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Year: 1873

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A story has gone the rounds of litera-
ry gossip about, an attached pair of
names not unknown to fame, who went
to board where people also went, who
were literary and of good taste. The
lady, thinking that as she and her hus-
band were all in all to each other, it was
as well they should remain so, desired of
the hostess that there might be no intro
ductions to other bonrdcrs, which was
observed. Various tender passages be-
tween the amiable pair on their way to
and from the dining room edited the
family during the season. In time
Boston man came to board, and on his
way to the basement at dinner, going
down late, he heard light laugh behind
him, and a figure not so light rs the
laugh sprang on his shoulders and
claimed ride down stairs. The Boston
man took things coolly, carried his bur
den down stairs into the dining-room,
and shot her into vacant seat at the
table. The lady looked up to find her
husband already there before her, and
every eye was turned to watch these ex-
traordinary proceedings. There was
nothing to be done but to burst into
tears, which she did.-New York
Tribune.


THE AFRICAN WAY or RA ATIFYING
A TREATY.


A shocking story comes from Africa.
a treaty having recently been concluded
between the King of Bonny and the
King of Opobo it was. in accordance
with the ancient custom, ratified by
sacrificing a slave in u very peculiar
manner From the crown of the head
down over the trunk an mission, as if
for halving, was made; then several
stout men seized hold of the victim,
while some others hacked the body into
two parts along the line indicated
through the incision. One half of the
body the representative of King Bonny,
and the other half the ambassador of
King Opobo flung into the sea, by which
the contract was considered irrevocably
sealed. King Bonny tried very earn-
estlv to void this useless and cruel part
of the ceremony, but the Africans were
not to be dissuaded from abandoning IL
time-honored usage. The victim him
self did not appear much disturbed by
| the fate in store for him. His consola-
ton was that his butchers would be re-
paid with the same coin in the next
world
Year: 1873

have not been so frequent The banks have


not suspended SO as to make the currency OF


uncertain value. if not altogether worthless.


The national credit is unimpaired Nobody
expects repudiation either as o necessity of the
past or . corollary of the future. AT the
Stock Exchange securities are not quoted so
low that only the most reckless of speculators
will buy them. The crisis of 1857 differed
very little from that which occurred twenty
years before. The fve years preceding 1t
were years of enormous speculation. Nothing
was too mean or too insignificant for the
speculators. There were even ''hen brokers'
in Boston and New Orleans, and pair OF
Cochin China fowls was valued at S700.
Stocks rose and fell and values were un-
certain. Congress famed the speculative
fame. and the State legislatures fol-
lowed the example of Congress. The
lobby was power in the land Charters
were sold for money and franchises could be
had almost for the asking. The collapse was
only natural consequence. The crisis of
1887 had nearly ruined the country-had left
it legacy Of disgrace in the subsequent re-
pudiations-yet in few years business was
active as ever. The war found the country no
longer suffering from the crash Of 1857. A
single year will now suffice to restore every
thing to its normal condition. The times are
not bad compared with the cases we have
cited There are more money and greater re-
sources, more abundance and prosperity, in
the country to-day than at any previous time
in its history. The crisis is an accident, born
of the folly Of few men who bought more
than they can pay for. It is impossible that
the disturbance should be more than tenn
porary 1t would be an anomaly if it were not
capable of so simple an explanation. We are
strong, we are prosperous and we are at peace.
and if SO many Of our business men had not
stepped beyond the limits of credit allowed by
their capital, and, like an over-trained pu-
gilist stripped for the fight, broken down in
the arena, we never should have heard of the
panic of 1873.
Year: 1873

mittee would have presented hostile report
but this report had to come before the Cham
Der, and in the Chamber they had clear ma
jority if they could keep together. They
could, therefore. have laid the report on the
table or have rejected it and brought their
project forward in some other form and with
wiser discretion as to the hands into which it
should fall The game was therefore, far from
lost if the players hearts had not failed them
In the circumstances o Ministry could only be
formed from the Left Centre--for the Right
and the Right Centre go one--and MacMahon
could, of course, have no possible atiiliation
with the Left France will likely, therefore,
if the Cabinet is changed, obtain Minis
try formed from the best and most patriouc
party in the House-the party Of conscien-
tious, thoughtful moderate and enlightened
republicans, equally removed from the bigotry
and political dotage of the Right, and from
the fanaticism and extravagance of the social
lists and demagogues of the Left. With such
Ministry the chances for the permanent
organization of the Republic will be far better
than they have been any day since it has ex-
isted, and if France obtains such Ministry
out of the present complication she will have
good reason to rejoice over the fortunate
obstinacy of Bourbon
Year: 1873

A WORTHY MAN MIssMG-A MELANCHOLY
DIsAPPEARANcE.-In the many vicissitudes,
mysteries and misfortunes to which human
lives are subject in great Cities cases are con-
stantly occurring the SIMPLE facts of which
cast into the shade the most ingenious inven-
tions of the romancer. We have one Of these
cases before us, and very sad case it is, the
case of Mr.. Thomas Armstrong, merchant of
this city, whose mysterious disappearance on
election day TUESDAY last) is the subject Of
an advertisement which we publish this morn
ing, Offering five hundred dollars reward for
any information that will lead to his recovery.
A prosperous man of business, man highly
esteemed by large circle Of friends tho
brightest prospects Of life lay before him. he
was to have been married to an estimable lady
on Wednesday, the day after the election; he
had invited large number of friends and
acquaintances to be present ON the happy
occasion; but for several days Immediately
preceding his disappearance he had betrayed
some alterations of mind which caused his
friends much uneasiness He has not been
seen or heard of by them since he left his
home in Brooklyn at about ten in the morn
ing of election day. Whether in ft Of
insanity, like the unhappy Preston King.
he plunged into tho river. or from the evil
dences of wealth which he carried upon his
person he was spirited away for the purpose
Of robbery; or whether, in his unsettled state
of mind, he wandered off to some place where
he is unknown, are the questions now to be
settled. While there is doubt there Is hope ~
to what may have befallen him. We refer the
reader to the advertisement on the subject for
the information that may lead to tho recogni-
ton and recovery of the missing man.
Year: 1873

It is conceded on every side that If the
laboring classes, whom the present money
stringency have thrown out of their usual en-
ployments, are to be assisted through tho
winter the help should come in the shape Of
work rather than the demoralizing agency Of
mere charity There are numbers, of course.
whom such q plan could not reach, and for
them large-hearted charity must exer-
else its best and worthiest efforts.
The public works which our city so urgently
needs should provide for the remainder.
There are several such, and if spirit Of
bilious parsimony is the only stumbling-block
in the way Of providing for our poor, our citi-
zens viii desire to know exactly who is re-
spcnsible. Our ungraded streets would give
employment to thousands who would be glad
even so to earn their bread. It has been OBJ
jected that the Commissioners Of Docks could
not give employment to numbers in
the winter on account of the impossi-
bility of the divers descending when
the water was at the freezing point.
This is very poor reason. If the work OF
giving new stone piers to the water front Of
New York could be commenced by laying tho
stones in their bed the freezing point idea
would be good one, but it need hardly be
said this is not the case. There is preparatory
work for thousands which could be prosecuted
for over two months time out of the next
three, and which would not need the assistance
of these warm-blooded divers at all. We
want thoroughgodng earnestness on this
head in the departments where work can be
given out, and, above all, we do not wish t.
see officials commence their excuses at the
freezing point Of sympathy.
Year: 1873




and we all know that the earth must become
serene and fair again. However dark the out
look may seem just now, however much we
may suffer- and the poorer classes particularly,
we see fair weather beyond. The men who
are in debt will be swept away, but the indus
tries which their borrowed capital created will
remain, unfettered by the liabilities which now
press them down. If the Spragues are able to
dispose of their outlying property SO as to pay
their debts and save the print works at Grams
ton and the cotton mills on the line of the
Hartford, Providence and Fishkin Railroad,
taught by the lessons of the past, they may
begin new career unexampled in the pros
perity Of the past. The same is true of many
other manufacturers. The effort now is to shake
of the accumulated indebtedness of the last
few years-to square the books and begin
anew. In this effort to clear the decks the oper-
atives will be compelled to suffer as we'll as
the capitalists; officers and men must share
almost equal burdens. But when the effort
shall have been accomplished everything will
be In stronger, more healthy and more
promising situation. Business win bound
forward again, but not to recoil. We have
experienced financial gale and labor
crisis with all the natural conditions Of pros
perity unimpaired. The gale has already
passed and the crisis, though it may require
longer time to spend its force, gives promise
OF soon being over. When business shall
bound forward again it viii be to keep rolling
onward and onward, because there will
really be strength behind-an impelling power
based on solid business principles, and not ON
notions Of buchu expansion and extension.


Only two conditions are necessary to bring
about renewed activity--mutual confidence
and mutual helpfulness. We are in every
way better Of than in either 1887 or 1857.
Speculation has not been more rife than from
1896 to 1896 Considering the great increase
in tsmDtatious and oppQEtunites. defalcations
Year: 1873

STABLE FOR SALE-A GOOD CHANCE FOR A LIVE
- man rwo othlrds Interest the whole OF Livery
and Boarding stable in first class location doing
good business reason for selling. its owner has other
business TO attend. Address STABLE, Brooklyn Post
of1e
Year: 1873

and was tue only man that could be found

 in Litchfield County that dare attempt the

 hazardous experiment The entire populs- tion of the1village saw him perched upon the vane, and wondered at his sublime dar- ing; when finished he received three ring ing huzzas and bowed his thanks in Ches- terfieldian style. and in a few we'll chosen lines he said he saw the land of promise from that dizzy height. Truly he spoke, and rrophetlcslly, although l did not then comprehend his meaning, but it is now clear as an icicle. He was climbing on the ruins of my friend Godine: the ac- complished sexton. No man can now gsay where the restless ambition of such & man will end should he throw away his paint brush, cease tugging at the bell rope, change his religious views and join another church, he might at some remote day sit upon throne and grasp a Bishops mitre. l sympathise with Godine, and hope he may ring the chimes in land of perpetual summer. cannot conscienciously let the l subject pass without an allusion to my friend George Bump, the bell puller of the Methodist Episcopal church, an old resi- dent of the town and a fisherman. also, of the first water. In the winter, after the for nation of ice, he spends many a leisure hour upon the frozen surface of our beau tiful Silver Lake, hooking pickerel weigh ing from one to three and 8 half pounds each, and presenting them to his personal friends and admirers. I feel fsttered in being enrolled in tue number, and ever think of Bump with pleasure when eating his delicate fish. When the pickerel do not bite sharply, he pulls from his pocket. (his time is never un- employed), the last edition of Watts Hymns, and commits to memory many of those elegant verses which have given fame to the author, pleasure to the songster and consolation to the Christian bell puller. May his life be long and pros

 ous,-havc many Bumps, but none upon the ice-and retain and transmit by heredi

 tary right the office of sexton to future generations...Mr. Boughton gave de- lightfu entertainment at his hospitablt home on Friday evening last to his young lady friends. The beauty and intelligence of this town was well represented, ant every guest departed in d joyous and hap

 py frame. May he live long and give

 many such pleasant evening entertainment

 is the sincere wish of EVERYBODY.
Year: 1873

SnG11neI0.

 Last week We noticed in the NEWS a communication from Luna" Now l think 1t is the Suns turn to give the items ; don't you? Iwould like to reply to some things which our friend Luna stated last week concerning the epidemic which she says is raging this winter among the old bachelors in this region. Her meaning is quite ambiguous. The epidemic must ex ist in :the lunacy of her dreams, else she herself knows something more than she choses to tell concerning the contagion. We will watch the marriage lists for the next two months and learn if Madame Rumor tells truly. The Sheffield Ora matic Club are to give another entertain ment on Wednesday evening of this week. They announce that it will consist of the comedy, "A Tremendous Question" and the amusing farce "A regular Fix" A crowded house undoubtedly will be theirs, as their success previously is well known. 1.-The friends of the Rev. MT. Chipp are to make him donation visit on Wednes- day evening of this week and good time is expected. 1.-The Congregational Soci- ety held meeting last Saturday and elect Henry Butcher to the office of Deacon. A sad accident occurred near the village on Friday afternoon of last week. k...... As Miss Alice Sage and her cousin Mary E. Sage were driving towards Joyceville, the horse took fright at the cars and ran. Turning short corner of the road both ladies were thrown out and Miss Mary Sage seriously injured. At first it was thought fatally, but we learn later that she is convalescent. Miss Alice escaped with few bruises. The sleigh is among the things that were, being completely wreck ed It was overturned in such way tha it seems miraculous that the ladies escap ed with life. There seems to be little safe ty in travelling nowadays. On the ocean we hear of fearful disasters; railroad slaughters are becoming altogether toe common. and even the best of horses will sometimes drive for themselves and smash things generally. SoL.

 Another correspondent from Sheffield writes under the caption of ''Guards":

 We hear of various guards nowadays, but the latest is this: There is a gentleman of an uncertain age living in the town o1 South Canaan who is SO afraid that some lady will entrap hlm in matrimony that he protects his heart with 8 genuine truss This is what he says, so we have it from good authority. Such cowardice is to be condemned. Girls, look out for that man He would make good insurance agent at any rate he has the right kind of talent for the business. L.R.
Year: 1873

Sharon

 Do you bite your thumb at me ? No SIT : I do not bite my thumb at you, but 1 bite my thumb ;-said Shakespeare over two hundred years ago, and to-day in open light, in this beautiful town and in the col umns of widely circulated newspaper, the authors and abettors of treason are biting their thumbs at respectable people, and scattering and leaving thelr poison on every living, green and beautiful thing. They no doubt imagine that they have bis- ten me, and left their impress on my un

 wrinkled skin. No sir they have fallen into error. l am as smooth as four-year- old, and ready for foot race or 8 fight. Dream on ye vlpers; you will rue the day you ever attacked the reputation of. such self-nade, noble souls as Justice Kingston and Mutton Hill, and as soon as the snow disappears and the protracted meetings close, will hold a conference with you, which may or not be pleasant and refresh ing, at least to the people hereabouts.- Coming out of church on Sabbath last. I met Brother Chase. He seemed timidly excited, and extending his hand l grasped it and said: What dost thou here noble heart He replied in a sorrowful tone, l now pull the bell rope in the place of Go- dine, removed. did not want the office, indeed did not! but they thrust it on me in spite of my letter of non acceptance g moments pause, and then l spoke with some warmth of feeling: Can it be possi- ble that in the nineteenth century and with the mercury running five degrees below zero, chat an old and highly respected townsman would be removed from the an cient and responsible office of sexton, be- cause his hands were so cold that he could not not pull the bell rope. Can such things be, and overcome us like a summer cloud without our special wonGer?" I could not believe that such a thing would take place in the town of Sharon, especially du- ring the freezing season; or that the office of sexton should be so carelessly consider ed, when it runs full up to the time of the priesthood. Boys climb trees and men climb ladders. political and otherwise, and Chase is famous for tall climbing. He painted the spire of our Congregational church last summer, in truly artistic style
Year: 1873

To bleach flannel, soak it for an hour in weak solution of bisulphite of soda, then add little dilute muriatic acid, stir well, and cover the vessel for twenty min utes; after which take out the flannel, rinse in plenty of soft water and dry in the sun.
Year: 1873

God knows what key in the hu-
man soul to touch in order to draw
out its sweetest and most perfect
harmonies. They may be minor
strains of sadness and sorrow 7; they
may be loftier notes of joy and glad
ness. God knows where the melo-
dies of our nature are, and what
discipline will call them FORTH
Some with plaintive songs must
walk in lowly valves all life's weary
way; others in loftier hymns shall
sing of nothing but JOY as they
thread the mountain tops of life;
but they all unite without a discord
or jar, as the ascending anthems of
loving and believing hearts finds
its way into the chorus of the re-
deemed in heaven.
Year: 1873

David Crippen would respectfully intimate TO his
numerous patrons and public generally, that he
Is now fully prepared TO contract for, and exc
cute any work in hisr line of business. During
the past season entire new set of machinery
has been introduced into the shop at very great
expense. A blacksmith shop has also been open
ed in connection with the Machine Shop, which is
presided over by good and competent workman.
Customers can rely no having their work attend
tirstSclass hands will be employed. All kinds of
mil gearing and machinery made a speciality
Orders from parties ut distance will receive
prompt attention.


DAVID CRIPPEN.
Year: 1873

The health of the city is steadily i'm
proving. Rains still fall, and the heat
ar MONDAY is intense. But the wind
was blowing yesterday from the north
and northwest, and many people i'm
sgiued the improved sanitary condition
Of the city resulted from this fact. On
the contrary, We suppose the death
rate Is lessened because much attention
has been given TO the careful selection
o. food, and to cleanliness. Lime has
been freely used about every house, and
dfsinfectaDts have been freely distribu-
te,L Everybody confesses now that
there is no contagious or infectious dis
ease in the city, and has not been.
Therefore the stupidity of stories that
frightgn people abroad. A stranger is
a. safe here as anywhere else in town or
country in the valley of the Mississippi.
Year: 1873

II has been held that bondsmen of
bankers clerks--Of teller, for instance
are liable even when this teller becomes
cashier. In a case of this sort recently
decided, the bond said "and such other
business as may be intrusted to him, I"
aud therefore the decision above given.
Why do not the people so fond of insur-
ance organize an association TO go on
official and other bonds for pay? The
times and the corruptness Of the age de-
Year: 1873

The twenty-ninth annual meeting of
the national division of the Sons of Tenn
peranee will commence in this city on
the eighteenth instant Visiting dele
gates will be given a public reception.
Year: 1873

TuB THEATRE announcement that
Rose and Harry Watkins--two Richmond
fayorites-c commence an engagement at the
Theatre on the 29th instant will be received
with pleasure. They will appear in q sue
cession of plays which will certainly please
the Theatre-goers.
Year: 1873

THE NEW POSTAL cARDs-yery useful for busi-
ness purposes. Cards or announcements Of any
kind printed on them will pass through the mail for
one cent. Printing for these cards neatly and
cheaply done at this Office.
Year: 1873




Tom Marshall was captain Of a com
pany in Col. Humphrey Marsbalf
regiment Of cavalry in the Mexican


war. One evening, when very much
under the influence Of liquor, no went
to the quartermaster with whom he
was intimate, and behaved in so out
rageous manner that the latter was
compelled TO kick him out. Next
morning, Of course, the quartermaster
was the recipient Of cartel fros7
Captain Marshall. The challenged
officer declined to fght duel for the
several reasons that he held profta-
bic position, from which bc derived a
comfortable support for his family,
who depended upon his exertions for
a living; that be was oonstitutionally
opposed to dueling anyhow; that he
had taken an oath when sworn to his
commission not to engage in duel so
long as he was an officer in the United
States army. and be did not desire or
intend to forfeit that commission and
suffer ignominicus dismissal from the
service by gratifying Captain Mar
shalfs very evident mania for the
duello. "But," wrote the quartermas-
ter in conclusion, las Captain Mar
shall is dissatisfied with one kicking, |
will pledge myself TO give him kick
ing every time he comes about my
quarters and misbehaves himself as he
did on the occasion complained Of"


"Gcntlemen," Tom would say, in
that peculiar serio.droll way Of his, ~
would rather the rascal had shot me
dead than decline my challenge in that
manner"
Year: 1873

YOUTHFUL VIEW OF OxES.-A little
boy 10 the Bishop Scott Grammar
School at Portland, Oregon, has got
ten off the following luminous view
OF "Oxen." His composition is Civ.
en- verbatim ct lteratum:


Oxen is very slow animal. They
are very good TO break up ground. I
would rather havo horses if they
didn't have collie which they say Is
wind collected in bunch which
makes II dangeresser 10 keep horses
than oxen. If there were no horses
people would have to wheal their
wood on wheelbarrow. 1t would
take them two or three days to wheal
q cord a mile. Cows are useful too.
heard some people say that It they
had 10 be an OK or COW they would
sooner be a COW, but think when it
come to bo MIXED in cold winter
morning think they wood sooner DO
oxen, for oxen don't have TO raise
calves. If had to be OK or COW
would be heifer but if | could not
be heffer and had to bo both would
bo q OK.