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Year: 1871




A remarkable geographical pheno-
menon has lately been presented In
the district Of TeIchef, in Lithuania.
Near the little town Of Wromin, on


the road from TeIchsf to Koyno, was
a lake eight versts in length and five
in breath, noted for its abundance OF
fish, the fishery of which was worth


1900 roubles year. A few weeks
since, during a perfect calm, the


waters of this lake rose and were agi.
tated as If by violent tempest, while
strong sulphurous smell rising from
them pervaded the locality. After
two or three days this ebulliti0n
ceased, and the surface of the lake was
covered with dead fish, some OF which
were so large as to weigh 1000 lbs.
each. Fearing their decomposition
would breed pestiIence, the inhabit-
ants of the neighboring village were
called upon to collect them, and they
were buried with goodly covering
of lime. Since then the lake began to
sink, while the sulphurous Odor in
creased daily, and the lake at the
latest accounts had become nearly
dry. It is supposed that the lime
stone and chalk bottom of the lake
had given way, and the waters have
sunk into a subterranean canal.
Year: 1871

An Indiana editor gives this to the
world as an argument that the women Of
his State are woll prepared for the duties
of a voting --tizen: "a Harrison county
girl reosntiy knocked her mother down
with a rolling-pin, and in return was
choked by her father until her tongue
hung out of her mouth. In q short time
mother and daughter recovered, and
pitched into the old gentleman with roll
ing pin and table forks, nearly running
his arm with the latter. The daughter
then threw all of the dishes out Of the
window"
Year: 1871

A CHRISTMAS GoosE.-We always have
goose for dinner on Christmas, and do not at
tempt so elaborate an affair as on Thanksgiy-
ing. We used to think goose must be boiled
before it is roasted or it would not be good.
but have since learned better 1t should of
course be tender. Take the body of the goose
with one hand, and with the other grasp the
leg. Bend the knee joint from the body. If
it cracks and snaps youmay know it is young
If the skin will break under the wing close to
the body it is also young. Unless a goose is
very fat it will not be good. Not that any of
the fat is required for the table, but it indi-
ca es good feeding and condition. Every part
of the leaf fat should be removed from the in
side before preparing it for the oven. The
neck and apron incisons should be securely
sewed up after the forcemeat has been put
in, and then the fat from the surface of the
body will roll off as it melts without affecting
the lean meat. Every particle of this fat
should be removed from the pan before the
gravy is made. Many persons do not think
ofthis and they make sad work of the gravy.
A neighbor of niue once came into possession
of four young ducks. She kept them until
they became very fat, when she gave one
away, and as she had large family the other
three were killed for her table. A few days
after one of the sons called, and having moth
Ing else LO says Aohcu uOW tHC1 clDOltu TIC
eating of the ducks. "Well, not much, !" he said.
"They were so rich we could hardly eat them,
and mother had two tureenfuls of gravy left.
She don't know what to do with it," 'Did
you see your mother make the gravy?" / said
suspeeting where the trouble was. ''Yes."
Sand did she pour off the fat" mo, not
any OF it, and she thickened it with flour II
is horrid mess. never want any more
duck 10 eat" should fancy not. Just think
of the quantity of grea3e that would flow from
three fat ducks, and then thicken this with
-four, and expect her family to eat and enjoy
s,,ch a dishi | suspect that If we could go in
to ths kitchens of some familis and see the stu
bid way in which the cooking is done we
should be sstonished. We shall have with
our roast goose spplesauce nicely made in q
covered jar in the oven, to which sugar is add
ed, making 1t rather sweet; then onion sauce,
the onions so thoroughly boiled that their in
act relations would not know them.-Ameri-
can Agricutturist.
Year: 1871

chart, and when a vessel from foreign port
loses its reckoning, the captain can take ms
glass, look at the number on the flag, and by
referring to his chart get the latitude, longi-
tude, name of the point on the coast, and as
certain exactly where he is


In order to put the system in efficient con-
, dition on the coasts of Long Island and New
Jersey, about 100000 more will be necessa-
ry, and then it will be made competent to
rescue shipwrecled people in any storm. The
object is so praseworthy and the end so graf
flying, that this outlay should be sanctioned
by Congress without delay
Year: 1871

10 accordance with the custom always
observed in this Office, no paper will be
published next week.


We skip one week each year, bnt pub
lish our regular 6fty-two numbers to make
up the volume. The intervening week
will be devoted to,makiug ct accounts aud
arranging business so as to enabls us to
start on the New Year with our debts paid
and books square. As our settlements in
town and vicinity are mostly annual, and
invariably made at the first of tho year, we
shall be promptly on hand on Monday,
January lst, 1872, and the day following,
to receive everything due US, and to set
tic our own Indebtedness. Time being
valuable to US, we trust all will be ready
for Cuisines" on sight, as there is no use
in making more than one bite at a small
cherry.
Year: 1871

COUNTY ScsiP.-Itis very evident that
there is culture" for Shasta county war
rants. When we consider the number of
miles of railroad which will be completed
through the county within the next two
years, and the additional amount of revenue
to be derived from assessments thereon,
we conclude that interest bearing county
scrip is good investment at ninety cents
on the dollar, and there is no good reason
why it should not bring that price.
Year: 1871

Medical men explain this on theories of
constitutional tendencies or of some poison
latent in the system The fatal accident to
one man is the merest accident for another
Two men while walking get well soaked by
the rain. One man shakes off the water
pretty much as dog or duck mi ght do,
and rather enjoys his shower bath than not.
Another man is taken i'll of inflammation of
the lungs, and probably dies. The doctors
cannot explain the different issues, and
they would also be very much puzzled to
give satisfactory account of the pneu-
monia itself They will, indeed, generally
explain theories more or less plausible,
and practice has been built upon theory,
and theory has, no doubt, sacrificed u num-
Der of lives. Yet medicine must have its
dogmatic system, and without it medicine
becomes little better than empiricism :
London Society
Year: 1871




FRIEND CARTER Last Saturday was a
'tield day" at Burgettville and the place
assumed a very lively appearance. The
cause of this stir was explained by the facI
that meeting Of the citizens'of Fall River
and adjoining Valleys bad convened fol
the purpose of considering the question .
forming new county: After the meeting
had been addressed by several speakers, .
resolution was offered and una nimously
passed, in favor of organizing new County
The favorite name for the new County is
"Crook," in honor of the renowned Indian
fighter for whom Fl. Crook, in this valley
was ramed


After due deliberation and consultation
among parties interested, the following
boundaries were agreed upon for the new
county, and the same are incorporated in
the resolution passed at the meeting:


Commencing at the northeast corner Of
the State, running along the California and
Nevada line south, to point twenty mile
south Of the county lines Of Siskiyou,
thence west through Lassen and Shasta to
a point where the line will strike about
the New York Ranch, running due north
to the California and Oregon State line,
thence east to the place Of beginning.


The above boundaries include large
area of good agricultural, grazing, and
timber lands, and embrace region practi-
cally isolated from the county seats of Siski-
you, Shasta and Lassen, and as it would be
better for all concerned, we hope the Legis-
lature will allow US separate county gov
ernment These boundaries now contain
population of over three thousand, and if
polls had been established convenient for
voters to get to, we would have shown a
voting strength in September of over one
thousand. Population is coming in rapid
ly, and if the Legislature will only grant
our prayer, we will soon have one of the
best counties in the State.


TAXPAYER
Year: 1871

PRosPEoTs.-Prospects all indicate that
new era of prosperity is about to dawn
upon this town and county. The certain
ty Of the building Of the railroad through
the county at an early day, has already re-
vived the spirits of our people, strangers
have began to enquire about and examine
our mines and lands, and general stir is
perceptible where there was nothing but
listlessness and Encouragement two years
ago. 1t is now evident that the road will
run very close to Shasta, if indeed it does
not ultimately run through the town. The
expenditures which the Company will nee
essarily have to make in the county within
the next two years, and the revival of every
branch of trade and industry Consequent
on the building and equipment of the road
is certainly cheering, and naturally leads
us to anticipate good times ahead.
Year: 1871

GooDs.-Shasta i, full of goods and
merchandise of every description this win
ter. All of our merchants and business
men appear to be in receipt of unusually
large and complete stocks of everything
in their respective lines of trade, and every
body will find it to their advantage to
purchase goods at the low prices prevail
ing at present
Year: 1871

A good story is told of the sparkling
Miss Kate Stanton, of Providence, r. l.,
the young lady who is announced to
lecture this coming season on the inter-
esting subject, "WhOm to Marry" to
this effect: Some two or three years ago,
while residing in New York, she was
importuned by one of her numerous
suitors, Ia wealthy and somewhat
naughty New Yorker, who thought it
honor enough for a queen to receive his
offer to marry him; and getting slightly
out of patience with his pressing suit for
the twentieth time, she said to him,
"JOhn, have declined to accept your
offer n score of times, as gently and as
delicately as l could; but it is of no use.
You know | like you as dear, good
friendi and your perseverance is worthy
of reward, | gratefully acknowledge.
Well, there are at least forty good men
and true on the same plane in my affec-
tiOqs with you. To be perfectly Just, sup
pose / must accept the first propOser in
point of time, first; when he dies, the
next, and so on. You are about the
twenty-fifth, say, on the list. If you
will be patient, and make me love you
too (fOr / will marry for love only, pll
take you in your turn. Could YOU pro-
pose u more equitable plan!" JOnn was
forced to bow to the justice of Miss
StantOn's proposition, and is said to be
waiting patiently, although she has not,
as yet, of course accepted the first suitor.
John is not a lawyer; Miss Stanton is;
that is, she is preparing for the bar; and
it is supposed that John in asserting,
overlooked the fact that in her PROPOSE
tion she set no time for commencing
1t is evident that as a lawyer Miss Stan
ton will not lack skill in drawing a
contract
Year: 1871

The Christian Union puts the matter of
paying women less than men for doing
the same work, in this compact way /:
''The labor which person offers for sale
is commodity, like any kind of mer-
chandise. Suppose n man and woman
offer each n piece of cloth, or a load of
cabbages, for sale, the goods of the one
being of the same quantity and quality
as those of the other. Would any one
pretend there was any Justice in offer
ing the woman 4 lower price for her
cloth or cabbages than the man for his
The case is precisely parallel, so far as
justice is concerned, when the commOd-
ity Offered is productive labor.u
Year: 1871

A large and intelligent audience assembled
on Sunday night at the hall of Branch Seven
of the Hibernia Benevolent and Mutual Aid
Association, on Chippewa street, adjoining
St. Michaels church, to hear lecture on
the Striking Features of Irish History,
by Frank McGloin ESQ.,


The views presented by the lecturer were
calculated to interest even those who are
not bound to Ireland by ties of blood and
association. The tenacity with which the
Irish people have clung to their nationality
and to their religion is certainly one of the
most remarkable instances of frmness of
purpose which history records.


The lecturer put this trait forward in a
manner calculated TO strike the attention of
all His notices of the prominent men of
Ireland, their struggles for the preservation
Of their national institutions. their contempt
of the hOnors and riches held out TO them as
the price of irelands honor, their contempt
of life itself when the national good de-
manded the sacrifice, were all set forth in a
manner calculated to make every Irishman
present, as well as those of Irish descent,
proud of the country from which they
sprung. On the whole, the lecture evinced
talent Of no mean order in the young orator,
and promise of eminence in the profession
he has chosen.
Year: 1871

A REAL ROMANCE Not long since a
maiden lady, named Tsnnehill, about
sixty years Of age, living near High Hill
in this state, was married to a gentleman
from Virginia of about her own age
This gentleman was her lover when she
was young lady, but from some cause
they were separated and he married
another lady. A few months since hi
wife died, and he came to Missouri il
search of his sweetheart of long ago
who had remained faithful to the love o
her younger days. No writer Of fictior
ever imagined anything more novel t
the ordinary events of human life thar
this incident.-St. Charles News.
Year: 1871

It is said that according to the new
apportionment St. Charles county will
lose one of her representatives in the
Legislature after the next election. This
will place us on an equality with the
smallest counties Of the state, and is Ger
tainly very unjust. This is one Of the
provisions of the Drake constitution, and
if possible tho evils which it will work
should be avsrted. We ought to have q
new constitution. The old bungline
instrument that was gotten up by Drake
can't be patched enough to make it re-
spectacle. st. Charles News.
Year: 1871

A large stock of GrocerieS-BUTTER HONEY, CHEESE and DRIED FRUIT which we offer for sale; wholesale and retail We adhere to cash system and sell our good remarkably low for casb. nl2
Year: 1871

To limited amount upon railroad which is well To-
Gated for business and which has been already largely
constructed with the funds OF ITS Stockholders cam


not be otherwise than sate This security iDcreas
ed If the Constructing Company is composed OF men
OF high character, arc OF ample means tor success
fully carrying any work that they undertake.
Year: 1871

THE New York Mail tells Of Brooklyn
lady who took passage on Broadway
omnibus with only $5 in her purse, and
who was particularly struck by the ap-
pearance of fellow passenger, who was
dressed in the most magnificent style and
wore on one of his fingers a superb
diamond. After. getting out of the omni-
bus she found her pocket had been picked.
The editor goes on to say:


She wondered, all the way there, who
had picked her pocket, and blamed, alter
nately, all the honest people who had
ridden with her in the stage; but she
never for moment harbored suspicion
of the gentleman of the rings and things
She got home and told her neighbors,
who consOled her in the usual neighborly
way, by "hoping it would be a warning to
her; )" I" she was very lucky to get off so
who laughed at her till she cried, she says,
then kissed her and gave her SO to buy a
new purse.


A friend dropped in after dinner, she
had tOtell the story all over again. Strange
to say, he suspected the gentleman with
the solitaire.


Was he in when you paid your fare?"


He was"


"Could he have seen your purse, and
where you put it?"


why, of course he could?"


Did he get up and then sit down again
the second time beside you?."


He did, but"


Where's your pocket?"


" Why, here" said the lady plunging
her nervous fingers for she was excited
by the MISUNDERSTANDING deep into the
pocket of the dress which she still wore
right here. And bless me p said she,
as she withdrew her hand again, "as
I'm living woman, but here's the ring :"


True enough. The exquisite, in alb
stracting the purse, had left the solitaire
behind him.


A Broadway jeweler values it at 81, 500.
Year: 1871

he ran away and Joined variety company.
he made his debut as first grave-digger in
Othello.


Diogenes was one of the most eccentric
men / ever knew His mother was a
washerwoman and he lived in her tub. ex-
cept on wash days, when she had to use it
to make living for him. Although he
gets good deal of credit nowadays for
having lived in tub, he didn't at the time
of it. The neighbors used to call him a
lazy, shiftless fellow, lolling around in a
tub, talking philosophy to lot of other
good-for-nothings instead of working for
living.


A good deal has been said about his 60
ing around the streets of Athens with a
lantern ito find man" l saw him at the
time. He wanted to find man that would
stand treat. The greatest remark of his
that has been preserved, was when he
said: "If could live Alexander the
Great, had rather Di-ogenesF'


Columbus was a mild, sweet-disposi-
TONED, but exceedingly thoughtful boy, as
as / remember him at school When we
boys were out playing, he would sit and
weep for hours over the incompleteness
of the maps of the period. He felt as
though something was wanting. He
wasn't satisfied with three-quarters of a
globe, such as was employed in the schools
at that time. He pined for the other
quarter. recollect his borrowing quar-
ter of me on two or three occasions.


He used to tell us we were a continent
out, somewhere, and that when he got big
enough he meant to run way from home
go on the canal and discover it; but we
only laughed at him, little thinking he
would yet give his name to the State
capital of Ohio.


1 lost all traces of Christopher until years
afterward, when the telegraph brought
the announcement of his having dis
covered America, which, up to that time,
had successfully eluded the most per-
sistent efforts of our best discoverers.-
| Cincinnati Times.
Year: 1871

THE extreme heat in which most men
and women expose boots and shoes during
winter deprives leather of its vitality, rem
dering it liableto break and crack. When
leather becomes so warm as to give off
the smell of leather, it is singed. Close
rubber shoes also destroy the life of leather.
All varnishes and all backing containing
the properties of varnish should be
avoided. Shoe leather is greatly abused.
Persons know nothing or care less about
the kind of material used than about the
polish produced. Vitrol backing is used
until every particle of oil in the leather is
DESTROYED. To remedy this abuse the
leather should be washed once month
with warm water; and when about half
dry, a coat of oil and tallow should be ap-
piled. and the boots set aside for day or
two. This will renew the elasticity and
life of the leather, and when thus used the
upper leather will seldom crack or break.


What Business to Enter Upon--A
Young man who says he is about to enter
upon business for himself, does not know
what To do. He does not like farming,
but thinks he would like to be mechanic,
if that is as profitable. Asks what he shall
do. We answer, do that which you think
YOU like and can do best. Decide; go to
work and struggle to excel; be honest,
faithful, industrious and economical and
YOU will find one business as prontaole as
the other. 1t does not depend so much
upon the kind of business whether you
succeed or not, as it does upon yOursetJ.-
Rural Neto Yorker.
Year: 1871

One took paper, and his life


was happier than kings;
His children all could read and write
And talk Of men and things.
The Other took no paper and.
While sfrol1ing through a wood
tree fell down upon his crown
And killed him-as II should
had he been reading Of the news,
AT home, like neighbor Jim,
III bet q cent that accident


Would never have happened him.
Year: 1871




RAILROAD AcclD@NT. Last Monday morni' G
the western bound passenger train of the c. L.
r. r. met with serious accident opposite this
town. at point about two hundred yards below
the Auburn Station Depot and less than one
hundred yards above the high einblnkment and
trestle near Colonel Finley's. At that point
there is a switch in a narrow cut made through
soft rock. The train, which was drawn by the
engines Success and Fancy, had but just left the
depot. and had not gained full headway, wher
one Of the engineers noticed that the switch wa,
turned off lie Immediately reversed his engine,
but it was too late to prevent an accident Boil
locomotives, with their tenders and Ia. mail and
express cars, ran of the tack, causing IRE y
serious snash-up. The Success made an ine.-
fectual attempt to plow her way through the
rocky east bank Of the cut agd The rear trucks o.
her tender were twisted into position 1T right
angles with the body Of the tender. The cow
catcher OF the Fancy was doubled back under th
engine, which was seriously battered andwrencl :
ed. The iron and wood work about the express
and baggage cars also gave battered evidence OF
the power of steam. Fortunately, nobody was
seriously hurt. Assistance was promptly al;
hand, IN the shape OF locomotives and hands
from Roc!sln, Co:ax and Intern ediatc points
and damages We're soon repaired as to permit
the passage Of the trains. AS hand Car loaded
with section hands had passed down few hours
previous to the accident, and as the switch was
locked at the time of the occurrence, it seems
almost certain that some fiond in human shar e
must have possessed himself Of Il key and changed
the switch with devilish intent. If the acciden.
had occurred o hundred yards further down the
road it must have resulted in frightful loss of
life.-Stars and Stripes.


The train was delayed between sig and seven
hours by the accident.
Year: 1871

Reflect that Il sound mind and body aro the
happiness, Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly durkcns to Il view the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
another is blrhted with our own.
Year: 1871

I The message of Governor Leslie viii
( treat all the current topics of interest to


the people of the State. 1t Is under


stood by the knowing ones to be an able
aud elaborate document IL will prOba
bly recommend a modification Of the
laws Of evidence, so a. TO remove all re-
atrictions from testimony in the courts.


either on account Of race or interest. 1t


will treat the subject OF iaweSsness at


length, and review the pernicious inhu-


ences OF the conflict of jurisdiction be


tween the State aud Federal courts will


take stroug ground Ia favor Of the exc


cution Of the law and the preservation of


order by the local authorities, aud the


non-interierence OF the Federal powers IN


our local affairs The finances, the eIee


mosynary Institutions, the school system,
the subject of immigration, and all the
several Interests of the Commonwealth
and her citizens will receive due and
careful attention from the Governor The
document IS yet ID the hands Of his Ex
cellency, and, of course, its contents
known only to himself; bat the general
matters TO be discussed, and the scope
and tenor OF his suggestions, are gather
ed from conversations with him upon the I
various subjects. We predict that while
great moderation and prudence will be 4
observed by him IN the discussion Of the I
points bearing upon cur Federal reia
lions" there will be all through the ring I
)f the true metal, and aa exhibition OF
rue manliness aud determination, so far
IS in him lies, TO preserve and protect
he honor and peace Of the Common
wealth, aud that the Democracy viii
laye still greater reason 10 be proud of
aim as their representative for the time
n the executive chair