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Year: 1873

LOST AND FoUND.-A few weeks ago a


brilliant wedding occurred in this city.
A young gentleman now in business in


Boston, though formerly of our city, was
united to one of our Portland bellies. The
happy couple left at once for Boston.
About week after the marriage, the lady,
whose father is one of the officers of the
steamer John Brooks, plying between this
port and Boston, went down to the boat as
she lay at the wharf in that city, to see
her father. Busily engaged in pleasant
conversation, she failed to note the flight
of time, aud the boat put for her trip east
before she was aware OF it. Of course she
became terribly excited on discovering
that she was sailing down Boston harbor.
She flew back to the cabin she found her
father; her father tried to find the cap
tain, which, after a little delay, he succeed
ed in doing. Meanwhile the boat was
moving majestically down past island, fort
and rect, out into the broad bay. When
the captain learned the circumstances the
boat had proceeded so far that he deemed
it best to continue on his course, especial


ly as her father was on board and could
care for her. That night violent gale
arose and the steamer was obliged to put
into Cape Ann for safety, where she re-
mained throughout the next day The
lady, however, was not to be persuaded to
remain quietly on board. Her agony OF
spirit created such sympathy among the
crew that some of them ventured to pu,
her ashore in a small boat, which offer she
gladly accepted. After great peril the
shore was reached, and in short time she
was on her way to Boston, where she soon
met her somewhat puzzled and troubled
husband. The husband, too, had his share
of anxiety, for when the wife went to the
boat she thought to return in an hour, and
took tn e key to their room. Going home,
he found the room locked, and could get no
answer to his call. Naturally alarmed, he
broke open the door and found no trace oil
his wife. He then called upon the police
and the city was searched far and near


but no wife. In his excitement he tele.
graphed to the mother-in-law living in thi
city, and filled that house with the conster.
nation that the husband and wife, out Of
their home, were suffering. But calls
we'll that ends WE'LL" though the lady


will hereafter leave note when she visits
a steamer that is to sail-Portland Press
Year: 1873

In Virginia City, New, according to the
Territorial Enterprise of that town, a
gentleman has placed on each side of the
gravel walk leading from his front gate
to his door handsome iron fence the top
rail of which is made Of gas pipe filled
with small holes. Before he thus fenced
his walk he was much troubled by book
agents, map peddlers and other persis eut
cattle, but now all is lovely with him.
When he sees man enter his gate with
books under his arm he simply turns a
cock and instantly thousand streams of
water dart across the whole length OF the
walk from side to side The book ped iler
retreats to the gate, gazes wistfuly up the
walk for time, concludes the man of the
house does not want to see him. aud then
travels, wondering what sort of internal
machines people will next invent for the
dscouragement of honest industry. This
beautiful and useful iuveat,ou is uot pa
tented.
Year: 1873

GREAT MEN-We always think of men as
in the act of performing the deeds which
give them Fenown, or else in stately re-
pose, grand, gloomy and majestic, and
yet this is hardly fair, because even the
most gorgeous and magnl lfcent of human
beings have to bother themselves with the
little things of life which engage the atteu-
ton of US smaller people. No doubt Mo-
ses stuffed and got angry when he had a
severe cold in his head. and if fly bit
his leg while he was sitting in the desert,
why should we suppose he did not
jump and use violent language and rub
the sore place and Casar-isn't it toler-
ably certain that he used to become furi-
Gus when he went up stairs to get his
slippers in the dark and found that Cal
phurnia had showed them back under the
bed so that he had to sweep wildly
around for them with the broom handle
And when Solomon cracked his crazy
bone, is it unreasonable to suppose that
he hoped around the room and looked
mad and felt as if he wanted to cry? In
agine George Washington sitting on the
edge of the bed putting on clean shirt
and growing at Martha because the but


tons were off; or St. Augustine with an
apron around his necl having his hair
cut; or Joan of Arc holding her front hair
in her mouth. as women do, while she fixes
her back hair; or Napoleon jumping out
of bed in frenzy to chase a mosquito
around the room with pillow or Martin
Luther in his nightshirt trying to put the
baby to sleep at two o'clock In the morning
or Alexander the Great with the hiccoughs;
or Thomas Jefferson getting suddenly over
a fence to avoid a dog; or the Duke OF
Wellington in bed with the mumps; or
Daniel Webster abusing his wife because
she hadn't tucked the covers in at the foot
of the bed; or Ben Franklin pairing his
corn with razor; or Jonathan Edwards
at the dinner-table wanting to sneeze just
as he gets his mouth full of hot beef; OF
Noah standing at his window at night
throwing bricks at cat.-Mar Adeler.
Year: 1873

The Laconia Democrat tells the follow
ing singular incident:


We are told of one of old who was fed
by ravens, but we had not supposed until
within a few days that the miracle would
be duplicated in this age. A few days
since a well-known ell Zen, then living
near the Weirs, was quite sIcS, aud a i ct
of partridge was reco'nmeniei, to procure
which a son Of the sick man travelled the
woods in all directions. Althout success,
and returned home dis rppointlng the house
hold. Very soou hawk was seen flying
owe with something strugglingiu his caws
and that something proved to he a n'ce
fat partridge, WOUNDED but not dead, that
while over the dooryard of the sick mau's
house, got free OF the haw>'s claws and
came tumbl'ng down at the very door
where he was needed.
Year: 1873

- "hso' L. IL. y. CLEAN ELAND, AUTHOR OF NO


sECTS IN HEAVEN"


:. My beloved is gone down into his garden to
gamer lilies "-SolOmon s Song 2.
The Lord went down to his garden one day,
10 gather lilies, the Scriptures say,
And set them again in the borders green
That blossom the heavenly hills between.
And just as he came in the sweet old song,
Year after year he has passed along,
Seeking the bowers of the Sc Son of men,"
Gathering now as he gathered then.
miser sat by his bag of gold;
Hundreds of times were its contents told
- Eve gathered the fragments, Lord" said he,
" All for myself, and none for Thee.n
Co. scatter it all, your shining store,
TO feed the hungry and clothe the Door;
These were the words that the dear Lord said;
Il III gather you, then, for my royal bed.n
And as he went on his shining way
He came where another had toiled all day
In the winters cold and the summers .heat-
Was he for the heavenly garden meet?
" have builded churches, great and small
For all persuasons, and given them all
For the worship of Thee" he pleading cried.
Then the gentle voice of the Lord replied:
- But you nave not 0Hered a single PRAYER.
Nor bowed your head in those temples fair
And there stood tear in his plying eve
As he looked on the man, but passed him by
Still looking for lilies, he came again
Where another strayed from the haunts of men
Trembling, he stood before the Lord,
And made the plea, says the holy word
" l had one talent, but was afraid
And safe in this napkin it is laid;
There now thou canst take what is lust thine own
Then the eye OF the Master turned to stone
And he moved his lips these words to say:
| Coward thy talent I'll take away;


No leaf can bud and no flower can bloom
On thy naked stem in my heavenly home"
Then he stood where pure and simple child
Sat humbly down by savage wild,


And was telling him o'er and DER again.
| How the Lord came down to ransom men


And a radiant light from the Christ-eyes ell


AS he heard her warning of death and hell


& Lo here is a flower in my home to set"
| Said he, and his cheeks with tears were wet.


'' Since thou hast told with thy feeble breath


The way that a soul can be saved from death


Thy sins, so many, I'll freely hide"
| The Lord in his loving kindness cried,


- And I'll gather you now, o lily fair;


Come up to my garden and blossom there"
Year: 1873

A henpecked gentleman determined to
sup with party of friends against the
will of his wife. He resolved that he
would, and she that he should not 90. He
did not 90. His friends missed him and
Just for a lark, invaded his residence,
where they found him and his wife sitting
in their chairs, fast asleep. He had given
her an opiate that he might slip away.
and she had given him ons that he might t
not
Year: 1873

There is no absolute sin in horseracing, We
learn from religious paper. Certainly
not but if there is anything provoking
in this world. it is to bet your money on
the wrong horse, and be obliged to steal
a ride home or 90 atoot. ats where
the trouble is.-Rochsster Chronicle.
Year: 1873

LANDsL1DEs IN BoL1vIA.-The Reforma
de Ia Paz in Bolivia, gives an account OF
some terrible landslides that have taken
place in that republic:


"On the 10Th of August last, about one
o'clock in the morning, terrible noise
was heard in the direction of San Pedro,
to the south of the city. On the following
morning it was observed that large tract
Of arabic land situated at the foot OF the
heights of Potosi had gone down out of
sight. Up to eight o'clock the immense
and dense clouds of dust announced that
great masses of the hills had given way
This place which had disappeared SO COM
pletely was called Tembladerani, name
given it, no doubt, from the swampy nature
of the soil, caused by the rivulets that rar
into it. The people focked for two days
to look at the place where so large an ex
tent of ground had sunk out of sight. Tht
crack and rents extended south to dis
tance of four thousand metres by two
thousand wide. The transformations o
the field offer curious aspects. The cart
seems to be as if it were in ebullition
producing uprisings of the ground. Fiv
Indian huts, with their gardens, granarie
and cattle went out Of sight in moment
The other houses near are in a state o
ruin. By taking off the roofs the cattl
and vegetable products we're saved. 1t
supposed the base of the hill was so soak
ed with water that it allowed the bill
sink down through it, and that there ha
been also a sort of eruption from below
raising the earth above its usual level"
Year: 1873

Editor Grange Advance Having been
sent to Chicago by the Oranges Of Goodhue
county, as their delegate to the Farmers
Convention, some report from me may in
terest your readers. The general business
Of the convention has been published so
many times, it is unnecessary for me to
write it in our detail. In = general way
the convention was success. About two
hundred delegates we're present, large
proportion of them from Illinois. The
subject Of transportation took up q large
share of the time Of the convention. The
conclusion reached, was to petition the
general government to open up water
routes to the Atlantic SEQ board. The
delegates from Illinois stated that although
the Railroad Law passed last winter, had
not met their expectations, still they would
recommend the law to the other States and
better one if they can get it. The sub
ject Of cooperative transportation received
considerable attention; one idea was for q
number of farmers to own . car and pay
the Railroad Company for running it at a
fixed sum per mile. Some of the business
was of local nature. We received an in
vitation from the National Board Of Trade
to attend their meeting. If we are farmers
l did not see but that our business was
done with as much system and order as
was theirs. One word about Chicago: the
burnt district has been built up better and
handsomer than it was before the fire :;
buildings five, six and seven stories high,
a large proportion of them stone; and
prices as high as the buildings. The In
dustrial Exposition is worth the trip to
Chicago if there was nothing more to be
seen. spent all the time had in it and
was sorry that could not stay longer.


H. BRUCE.


Ocr. 28th, 1873.
Year: 1873

The Washington Sentinel says Jay
Cooke & Co. propose to apply to the next session
of Congress for relief from their present nanciar
embarrassments That paper says it is their In
tention Ito throw up the charter of the Northern
Pacific railroad, and turn the whole concern. the
unsold lands and the railroad, as far as finished,
with stock and material, over to the government.
OF course thereto will be added the millions which
they owe, and the payment of which the govern
ment is to assume. They will thereby be entirely
relieved, it is CLAIMED, from all liabilities, and
Uncle Sam will satisfy their angry and indignant
creditors
Year: 1873

t1sSssss - ~ = 0sAlss ~ AA On inc oqU1fO,
|. ws were honest men, 8 how muoA
tins " would give st the stated (csshl
price, and % On, With u oooasional' Or
der for saehinsry shipped 70 then, to bs
paid for whom received, land these were
parties th.t We did not know we'll, to
make long story short. = said he, . Nc
received Patron letters BY the hundred,
and in our endeavors to answer them all,
we hired new clerk and put him at it,
but it. was no 60; what were We to do !?
Here was mass Of confusion. We could
not send out machinery in any such way as
that, and were we to do 80, we should have
no system in it, and 50 Of course while
we regretted it as much IS the Pat
roma, we were obliged to decline to deal
with them and stick to our old and estab-
lished system of state and county aeen-
cies.'


Now this is but one of them, they can
al tell the same story, and what is to be
done. l will tell you what must be done
to make this thing , success. In the first
place, the manufacturers are anxious to
deal with us, at faceory prices, land less,
for cash, as we are to deal with them, but
they cannot give up a thorough system for
such mixed up mess as they find it to be
to deal with every one all over the state
And they ask US to adopt some system,
whereby they can work with an under
standing and they are with US heart and
hand.


The State Executive Committee of this
State have held meeting and appointed
one State agent, and they call on the Coun-
ty Councils, to appoint their county agents
The Patrons to order, and get all informa-
tion through their county agent, and coun-
ty agents to do all business and correspond
ence through the State agent This will
be the regular system now employed by
the manufacturer, only it will be controlled
oy the Patrons who will do the business at
very small per cent, and this will bring
@0 SAAAO6 AZ oA0HCs 5O IubL Lue maQuI8CCu-
rers will have confidence in our ability OF
manage it successfully, and they will glad
ly dispense with the trouble and expense of
keeping up their own agencies, and reduce
their prices accordingly. The State Execu-
tive Committee have concluded to make q
call on the subordinate Grangers through
out the State to contribute small amount
from the treasury Of each Grange, to bear
the expenses Of establishing regular sys-
tenn, and to pay for sample machines and
tools, to have an exhibition for the benefit
OF the county agents and farmers generally,
to pay rent Of machines, warehouse, and
to start the business fairly and in shape to
do business promptly.


| hope all will see the necessity for this
arrangement and cooperate with the State
Executive Committee and state agent to
bring about this arrangement promptly.


FROM AN OBSERVER.
Year: 1873

B@ Mrs. Charles has returned from
Chicago and New York with large and
elegant stock of Fall and Winter Millinery.
and invites the ladies to call at her store
in Red Wing and examine.
Year: 1873

TIE NEW POSTAL CARDS-yery useful Tor Dusl'
ness purposes. Cards or announcements OK any
Kind prnea on them will pass through the mail for
one cent Printing for these cards neatly ana
cheaply done at this office
Year: 1873

It will, it is predicted, be ali unusually
gay one. Our places Of amusement promise
much more than ordinarily {the list has al
ready been given in The Dispatch in the
way of dramatic and musical entertainment
several attractive young ladies, among them
sisters of two of our most distinguished
bellies, are to make their 6ebdt in society !;
and several fashionable weddings are OH the
tdpiS for the winter.


1t is as yet too early to pronounce definite
Year: 1873

Whatever may be the state of the finances
of the country or the fluctuations in stocks
fashions reign is never suspended, and dc
spite the hints of husband and father as te
the scarcity Of currency and the danger Of
be2gary from bursted banks in distant
cities, ladies must know what is to be worn.
and, moreover, buy it. During the past week
our dry goods stores have been again
filed with customers, our dressmakers are
busy, and, although the season eau hardly
he said to have commenced, the work ol
preparation for it is steadily going on.
Year: 1873

A Boston gentleman who could not
waltz, offered a young lady one hundred
dollars if she would let him hug her as
muchas theman did who hadjustw waltzed
her. 1t was a good offer, and showed
that money was no object to him.. but
they put him out of the house so hard
that his eyes were quite black.
Year: 1873

A young man in this neighbOrhood
read somewhere that more deaths occur
red at five o'clock in the morning than
at any other hour, and now gets up reg
larly at four, in order to be out when
Death makes his morning calls.
Year: 1873

MORE TEouDLE.-lt seems there is NO end OF
of the troubles of our friend viii. H. Clark. OF
the Strcator Free Press growing out Of his report
OF the late prize fight. Early in the morning Of
that cvcntful day he heard that crowd Of miners
had gone out Of town mile or two to have big
fight. With the true spirit and pluck Of a Bohc


mian he followed them up, pencil and paper in
hand, and got there IN time TO see the last half
dozen rounds, and with the information he could
gather from the bystandcrp made up report Of
the affair, which was published While thus he
had no more TO do with getting up or conducting
the fight, and really had no more knowledge Of
it until It was nearly over, than the man in the
moon, hc Is arrested as an accessory to the mur-
der of one Of the prize fighters and lodged in the
Jail at Pontiac to await hearing on the charge.
II looks like petty persecution. In the sense in
which the word reporter" /. used in the statute,
WIZ! Clark is no moro reporter than any spec.


htOr who saw the fight aud afterwards report
td' it 10 others The seconds, Stockholders and


taincro--all the really guilty ones indeed 20
free, while the only man who gave the public Il
correct account OF the outrage is prosecuted"
Year: 1873

This popular clothing house is still doing
heavy business and is not in much fear of any
panic, very heavy stock of new style of over
coats and a large assortment of gents furnishing
goods has just been received; also an abundance
OF cloths of the best quality for new suits, and
prices are such as to place these goods within
the reach Of every one
Year: 1873

The ladies OF the First Congregational Church
VIII hold their Annual Fair next Thursday eve.
ping, Dec. lltb, in the basement Of the church.


All their friends are cordially invited to take
tCpper with them that evenng.yTt will be found
Lot sad inviting from o'clock during the eve
ming Go and have social, pleasant time, and
YOU will, no doubt, find among their choice col
'ectiou of useful and fancy articles some suitable
.fts for The approaching holdays
Year: 1873

\ New FRM.-Mr. Geo, Drallc, who for a long
time has been running grocery store at the
head of L. Sale St, has taken partner M John
Hartman This store is filled with choice gro.
cerics and plenty Of provisions Of all kinds, and
the prices are such rs no one can find fault with
and no one living in the vicinity OF that store
need go down town Tor good groceries, They
keep delivery wagon, and all goods bought at
this store by people living in town Will be
pro Omptv delivered
Year: 1873

DRESS MAKING.-Mrs. Roberts is still do
ing a prosperous business in dress making,
and maintains her position as the best in OF
tawa, She is patronized by most of the fash
ionable ladies in this vicinity, and does no.
ovcrcharge for her work
Year: 1873

A HINr.-Therc were fourteen loads of coal at
the market on Tuesday last at one time, await
ing customers, at 50 per load. o ye improvdent,
Wait unit! Jack Frost comes in all his bitterness,
and then freeze or pay S. for whatever trash in
tho name of coal that you can get
Year: 1873

ARREST THE NILLAIN!-Complaiut is made
that during the past few days some onc-eycd sin
lister looking scamp has been chasing and
frightcnin g little girls on their way to and from
the Sd ward school Arrest him
Year: 1873

ARREsTED.-.Billy Mostin, somewhat known as
a penitentiary bird, has got himself once more
in durancc vile: This time it is for a brutal as
saut upon widow woman, who lives north of
the Feeder in this city. If the facts stated
by the woman, Billy is in fair way to go back
10 Joliet
Year: 1873

CLEANING 1T OuT.-Last Monday and Tuesday,
during the time "hcn the water was drawn from
the sdccut and shut out from the Fox river
feeder, q gang Of men were employed in cleaning
out the mud bars that had formed in the feeder
between the canal and the railroad bridge. That
work having been satisfactorily accomplished
the water was let in again on Thursday last and
the various mills, sc. that were stopped in con
sequence Of the water being drawn Oh, were run
ming again
Year: 1873

!! you need boots or shoes for yourself or fam
lily, the place TO get them is at the Boston Boot
and Shoe Store, where you will find a splendid
assortment and prices way down to baJ1 pm.
Year: 1873

FEsTIyAr5.-Thc ladies Of the Congregational
church are to have Pair and Festival in the
lecture room of their church on the day and
evening Of the nth Oyster, and @trt viii pre-.
vail al Ebiti,p
Year: 1873

The fasmer<- staFEed IUr the mouse, ana
Bruin divining his plans deemed it prop-
er to get away. He doubtless suspected
that gun was coming He came slowly
down, tearing the bark from the body of
the tree. 1t ratified about the sleepy
mules head, who had not yet seen the
bear, and dreamed notiof the proximity
of the ugly beast. The bear descended
slowly till he was within five feet of the
mules great ugly head. Then it was
that the stupid, innocent, unsuspecting
mule looked up. He had never seen a
bear before. His knees smote one
another. He grew pale in the face. His
eyes were projected from his head-the
farmer said half a foot. His tail was
slowly lifted, the hairs turned awry, till
it stood at an angle of forty-fve degrees
above his spinal column, and then it was
that the mule 'hoved a sigh and smole
smile" 1t was an unearthly sound the
farmer, fifty yards away says it shook
the ground where he stood watching the
progress of events.
The bear suddenly twisted itself about
and reascended to its perch The mule
swooningly fell at the base of the tree.
He lay still and apparently lifeless for a
time. when Bruin again attempted the
descent; but the terrified mule howled
and roared even more terribly and pit
.eously when the bark began to fall, and
he dashed and danced about the treesso
frantically that Bruin hesitated, and
finally in stupefied amazement, sat upon
the limb upon which he first rested.


The farmer came with his rifle, and
a bullet soon stopped the pulse beats of
the bear. 1t fell heavily beside the mule,
and strange to tell, as told to us, the mule
and bear died side by side-the one of
a mortal wound, the other of mortal fear
Year: 1873

Gss- A little girl attending school has
lately had her dinner stolen. No clue
could be obtained of the thief, although
it was sought with tears. Finally mild
plan was hit upon, a tempting dough.
nut with filling of cayenne pepper was
placed In her pail and the result was
watched Before noon little boy WAS
seen at the pump. working it in a lively
manner 1t seemed if he had had two
hundred pairs Of arms he could have
used them. The FIRE was put out, how.
ever, and enough OF the structure saved
to take across the knee for few min
utes