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Year: 1873

a GENTLEMAN living in retired part of Rox-
bury has q cat of an agricultural turn of mind,
which be is inclined to dispose of cheap to some
body who will take proper care of it. This cats
regularity is an unconquerable desire to dig
potatoes bects and carrots. 1t will take dahlla
root out Of the ground in an Incredibly short
period Of time, and dig the hole whence it was
taken to treble its former size. Choice plants
are removed with equal skill and despatch, and
holes dug with unerring certainty. In these
holes the cat is n the habit of rolling itself, 10
order to get rid of the .feas that torment it.
showing beyond doubt that it is of cleanly
habits. 1t recently uncovered an entire hill OF
potatoes in the brief space of half an hour, and
uprooted squash vine The gentleman values
the animal highly, as he believes it to be the
only known specimen of the cat which is pos
ssessed OF these peculiar and valuable instincts,
out as he has had all the digging he desires for
,ae present season, his crops being all In, and
nls house being entirely free from rats, he will
part with the animal on reasonable terms IT
any person too poor to pay its full value desires
The animal, its owner will not be too exacting
on the score of terms; in fact, sooner than not
Part with it to somebody he will give it away,
50 anxious is he that its usefulness shall become
better known. If it is not disposed of within a
week, the gentleman will feel so disgusted with
iae want of appreciation exhibited by thank
iesS community, that he will drown the animal
aua thus place it out of the power of the world
hy ,<or 90
Year: 1873

There is some hope for that young
lady who was sent for by the Court to
appear as a witness in a case pending
at our last term. A writ was handed
to a young and dashing officer of the
the law to serve upon her immediate
ly. He proceeded OH horseback to
her residence, and informed her that
he had an attachment for her. She
replied that she was very glad OF it,
and she could assure him it was fully
reciprOcated. He desired her to get
ready and they would proceed to
Court Immediately She didn't like
to court in the daytime, she said, but
if he would come back in the evening
she would be ready. The young Off
Ger was somewhat taken abaek at this
rejOinder, but not being used to such
repartee, he did not comprehend the
depth of her meaning. He finally
told her it would be necessary for her
to go with him Immediately, as the
Judge was waiting for her. She
thought it was q short notice, but on
the whole it would be well enough, for
she did not believe in long eOurtships.
This last rejOinder opened the young
officers eyes, and he explained to her
that it was a writ Of attachment he
had from ihe Judge OF the Court 10 ap-
pear as a witness in the case Of -
as. -. This story il just as we
heard it, and we do not hesitate to
say that tn young lady in question
will make Ler mark Ia the world as
sure as fate, and any young man who
could stand such frankness has n sure
thing on single blessedness.
Year: 1873

I know no duty in religion more
generally agreed or, nor more justly
required by God Almighty, than 9
perfect submission 10 his will in all
things, nor do think any disposition
of mind can please him more, or be
come US better, than that Of being
satisfied with all he gives, and con-
tented with all he takes away. None
/ am sure, can be Of more honor tC
God, nor Of more ease to ourselves
For, if we consider him as our Maker
we cannot contend with him; II a.
our Father, we ought not to distrusl
him, so that we may not be confident
whatever he does is intended for good
AID whatever happens that We inter
pref otherwise, yet we can get moth
ing by Tepining, nor save anything by
resisting. Temple.
Year: 1873

The following from an agricultural
paper will help many otherwise intel
iigent people who lack all skill and are
always embarrassed when asked To
carve: To carve fowls, which should
always be laid with the breast upper
most, place the fork in the breast, and
take off the wings and legs without
turning the fowl; then cut the merry
thought, cut slices from the breast,
cut out the collar bone, cut of the
side pieces, and then cut the carcass
in two. Divide the joints in the. leg
of q turkey. In carving a sirlOin cut
thin slices from the side next to you
lit must be on the dish with the ten
derlOin underneath), then turn it.
Help the guest TO both kinds. In cary
ing a leg of mutton or ham begin by
cutting across the middle of the bone.
Cut a tongue across and not length
wise, and held from the ribs, and then
divide the ribs. Help each one 20 q
piece Of kidney and its fat. Carve
pork and mutton in the same way
To carve a fillet Of veal, being at the
! top and help to the stufling with eacE
slice. In a breast of veal separate
the breast and brisket,and then cutup


asking which part is preferred. II


carving pig it is customary to di


vide it and take of the head before j
comes to the table, as 70 many per


sons the head is revolving. Cut of


the ribs and divide them. In cary


ing vension, make a deep incisioI
down the bone to let out the juice, ant


turn the broad end towards you, c1t


ting deep and in thin slices. Warn


plates are very necessary with veni


son and mutton, and in winter ar


very desirable for all kinds Of meats.
Year: 1873

The death Of a remarkable soldier
of the United States Army has taken
place very recently at Fort Washing
ton-that of Ordnance Sergeant Cam
eron. He has been in the service for
sixty-seven years, and for forty years
past has been stationed at Fort Wash
ingtOn, and in all this time 1t is said
that he has never failed Of lighting
the lamp in the lighthouse once, so
re markable has been his unfailing
strength and health. He was in COM
mand Of the fort at the time Of the
breaking out Of the late war, and was
at the time the only officer there. He
has a very interesting and eventful
history, dating back to a period prior
to the time when General Winfield
Scott was in the army, and many has
been the weary evening beguiied and
made pleasant by the stories of his
camp life in early wars.
Year: 1873

The funeral service of some Indians
is very religious and very solemn.
Among the Indians of the Cayuse
country, when a man dies, his favOrite
horse is led up to witness his death,
and afterwards the horse is bled to
death, and the skin put on poles over
the grave, in the belief that the spirit
of the horse will accompany the spirit
of the deceased. Another singular GUS
tom is the habit of mourning. Mourn
ers are hired, especially on the high
plains between the Sierra and Rocky
mountains, and the districts in which
they are hired are well defined; and
after funeral, men are sent round to
see whether the mourning has been
faithfully performed. For children,
twigs are broken after death; and for
adults, the tops of trees, 10 to ID feet i'm
height, are bent. SO severely are the
obligations OF mourning Legarded that
lawsuits arise when it is supposed the
rites have not been properly executed
The services, indeed, are regarded as
Indispensable.


In the marriage contract, position
and wealth appear alone to be consid-
tiSb' ANNoiiN esii tiiS y Npuiio NpIliVli uIc
the wives of old men, because the old
men have the money to pay for them.
Remonstrance on the part of a young
woman is out OF the question. because
she is threatened constantly with the
spirit of her father. Young men all
over the country have old wives A
poor young man has not 50 horses, and
he must take an old woman. He ac-
cepts the situation and marries an old
woman; but becoming rich he takes to
himself young woman. POlygamy
is allowed, and the Indians give many
reasons why it should he allowed.
They say that in the spirit land wo-
men are very small; that they are
scarcely grown at all; that one man is
so much greater than woman that he
can take care of several female spirits;
that in this life he requires one to keep
house, another to do hunting, and an
other to dig roots. Then the women
themselves are opposed to any change,
and opposed to the idea of marrying
unless they are bought.
Year: 1873

Kern River is lower at the pre- sent
time than it has been known for several
years. This is another of the many
signs that we will have more thsn
enough rain the coming rainy season
Year: 1873

in blaming Jenny and beating the dog
for what was really his own fault.


"If had only done what was told
at once," said he to himself, "this would
never have happened" And so he told
all to his aunt just as it had taken place,
not excusing himself or laying the
blame upon any one else.


Mrs. Brown was very sorry. She
could hardly be otherwise, for she was
poor, and could not afford to throw
away good dinner; but she saw that
Ben was very sorry too, and she felt
that he had had lesson which he would
not soon forget. So she did not scold
the child, but cut big piece of bread
and slice of cheese to send her hus-
band for his dinner, and bade Ben wipe
his ey es and not take his carelessness
too much to heart
Some weeks after, when Mrs. Brown
had forgotten all about this little event,
Ben rushed into the cottage one morn
ing with parcel in his hand wrapped
up in a newspaper.


"There, auntn' cried he, painting with
delight and at the speed with which he
had come; "Pve brought you another
dinner for uncle"


Mrs. Brown opened the parcel, and
found it to contain very nice piece of
meat, fresh from the butchers. 7''5-'@


."Why, Ben DEAR" said she, chow did
you get this ?" <A t..


Honestly, aunt quite honestly" re-
piled the boy. 81 have saved up all the
pence that have earned by running er-
rands, and had made up my mind that
as soon as could would make up to
you the dinner / lost. So here it is -
and Ben looked as pleased as possible.
"But, Ben" "said Mrs. Brown as she
went to the cupboard and got dish on
which to put the meat, 81 am sorry you
spent your money on this, for 1 know
there were several things you wanted
to buy for YOURSELF IS s7raia h-tiaj


''Duty first and pleasure afterward,'
replied Ben, gravely. 81 forgot that
once, auntie, when went to review the
ducks, instead of doing asI was told
but now have started fair, and l mean
to remember it always ailH5.i-sl
We are happy to say that Ben kept
his resolution, and through life he found
that the happiest as well as the safest
motto was, "Duty first. ."-Children's $
| Hour. 7TJ. 1iJaHa-I /. aygrrs-.'
Year: 1873

THE inmates Of the Social Evil Hospital
at st. Louis, are in open mutiny. The 9th
or night three of them took some Goals
from the fire, made slow matches of paper,
put them in several rooms, started them,
and then started themselves out of the win
dow, via the twisted bedclothes line. The
fire was qnenched without serious damage
but the authorities refuse to tell anything
of the matter. The girls complain of the
most fragrant abuses in connection with
the place, and are all determined 10 get
away by fair means or foul. In common
parlance there is evidently a very big negro
in that wood pilo.
Year: 1873

the moral ability of the Constitution and
the moral ability OF the right of a free peo-
pie to be represented according to their
choice, would be respected. For himself
he was ready to record his vote and by his
vote to notify all corners that he would of
fer no victim to the mob through his viola
ted oath aud the violated Constitution of
bis country.
Year: 1873

inquiry by Congress. A


Gordon of Corruption


had been laid, sweeping from Maine to
California, and it had succeeded. Tell
him not that it was failure. 1t was the
grandest success ever achieved by such de-
moniacal means among men.


Stevenson referred to the Congressional
Globe to show the action of various lead
ing members Of the House, on questions
affecting the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany. The hammer fell before he had got
out of the labyrinths of the Congressional
Globe, and permission to print what he
would have said was rejected, through the
objection Of Conger.


w. G. Whitthorne


got the floor for some minutes and express
ed his views in favor of the pending resc-
lutions. He opposed the report, however,
because it did not go far enough. He was
in favor of expelling all implicated.


Niblack, member of the Select Commit
tee, next took the floor, and made argu-
ment in defense of the position taken By
the committee. No partizan consideration
had influenced the committee. The ques-
ton involved was outside of and beyond
the range of party politics. 1t was a
question which related not only to the in
tegrity of the House, but which affected
the honor of the government itself, for
without an honest Congress an honest
Executive would be Of little avail.
Bingham Abuses the Press and
"JOins Issue with the Mob that
Demand q Victim.''


Mr.. Bingham took the floor and prefaced
his remarks by saying that he asked no
pardon and rendered no apology for enter
ing on the discussion. 1t was easy for any
man to undertake to silence the voice OF
Representative of free people By making
false and malicious accusations against him.
The men who undertook that task had
mistaken altogether the temper Of the man
withwhom they dealt. Some of the journals
-hedid not speak of the general press of the
Year: 1873

Reflect thnt sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connubial
happiness. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes a weary pilgrimsge, the
prospect hourly darkcns to the Wow, the mind
becomes ahadowed with despair, and fllod with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness of
anotbar is bliphted with our own
Year: 1873

Franklin Dyre, a highly respectable
and intelligent farmer, of Galena. Kent
county, Maryland, gives the following
as a sure care for the bite of mad dog.
As will be seen he has tested it, with
the most gratifying results:


Elecampane is plant well known to
most persons, and is to be found in
many gardens. Immediately after be-
ing bitten take one and half ounces Of
the root of the rlant-the green roots
are preferable, but the dried will ans
wer, and will be found in our drug
stores, and was used by me-sliee or
bruise. put into pint of fresh milk,
boil down to a half pint, strain and
when cold drink it, fasting at least six
hours afterward. The next morning
repeat the Gose, fasting, using two
ounces of the root. On the 3rd morn
ing, take third dose, prepared as the
last, and this will be sufficient. 1t is
recommended that after each dose moth
ing be eaten for at least six hours.


/ have son who was bitten by 4
mad dog eighteen years ago, and four
other children in the neighborhood were
also bitten; they took the above dose.
l have known number of others who
were bitten and applied the same REM
edy,
Year: 1873

p A letter from Greenville Tenn, says
The Cholera at Greenville has developed
a few cases of monstrous deprayity ,one
of which will relate without mention
names. And old gentleman, probably
near seventy years of age, who lived a
mile or two in the country, and is noted
for his recklessness and utter defiance OF
the laws of God came into town one day
and passing down street, cried out that
he intended to spread the cholera over
the town. He then went to an under
taker and wanted to know if he could
make him coffin and what he would
charge. The reply was that if he want
ed it before his death he would charge
him twenty-five dollars, but after he
would charge only fourteen. He told
him to proceed with the matter, but to
be sure to make it out of ftwo-inch plank
and leave it open at both ends, so that
if the devil comes in at one end he
could escape at the other. That night
he was striker down with the Cholera,
and by morning was corpse.
Year: 1873




A Western contemporary thinks it
smart to relate that an Iowa editor, re-
Gently, to keep up with the styles, ran
away with another mans wife. He did
not get off so easily, however, as he
he would. The man follow
ed and overlook the truant pair. The
editor got behind the woman and pre-
pared to sell his life as dearly as possi-
bic. He was uncertain as to whether
the outraged husband would shoot him
or murder him with a carving knife.
He stood there, like the boy upon the
burning deck, and calmly awaited the
result. The outraged husband came up
within about two feet of the editor, and
said. ..::Cuss your impudence. L want
you to stop nay paper" That was all.
The editor recovered himself, and said
he would have the matter attended to at
once. During all the trying scene the
woman stuck to the editor like sand
burr to girls stocking. Some people
get mad and stop their paper for almost
nothing-it beats all.
Year: 1873

An exchange tells how two New
Workers caught fish at Hamburg re-
Gently They bought five geese, tied
to their feet lines with baited hooks
and started them across the pond. The
pickerel took the bait, as soon as caught
of course commenced to founder
which frightened the geese, so that they
made for the shore, where they were
relieved of their burden and sent back
with hooks rebaited for another haul
In this novel way large number OF
pickerel was caught"
Year: 1873

All who have bowling dogs had bet
ter tie up their mouths at night. In
protecting people from the noisy nui-
sance, it is said by the papers that Ca
leb Cushing steps to the front as world
benefactor. In the Washington Police
Court on Friday the owner of the bark
ing dog who disturbed Caleb's slumbers
was fined $25 and costs and ordered to
remove his dog from the premises or
kill him. The precedent was valuable
one, and about dozen complaints were
entered on the following morning, in
one case the owner being ordered to
pay fine of two dollars per day until
the dog was killed.


Now where Is the cat man?
Year: 1873

Which are to he printed soon, are de-
scribed as being about quarter of an
inch shorter than that now in circula-
ton, and quarter of an inch wider,
the dimensions to be three and three
fourth inches long, by two inches wide.
On the face of the note, on the left hand
side is vignette head of Samuel Dex-
ter, who was Secretary of the Treasury
In 1901. The reason for this new
change in the size and style of the notes
is because of several successful attempts
st counterfeiting those now in circula-
Year: 1873

The noble work will ennoble the most


common life. Even the mest common


work, if nobly done, and done with a


realization of its place in the grand


harmonious whole, may be worthy of q


life's devotion.


The most soul-stirring poem is formed


but of our common words; the most
exquisite painting is finished, touch by


touch, with the same materials, as the
veriest failure of the school-boy artist.
1t is not because the work is common,
but because the object is unworthy, that
the gaining a little more wealth, little
more fame, or step higher upon the
social ladder, should not be the life
work of an immortal being. A few
more fiounces upon your child's dress,
ah, careworn mother. when her heart
is suffering for sympathy, little extra
pastry upon your table, oh, housekeep-
er! when your guest desires your con-
yersation; a few more dollars added to
your bank account, oh, husband! when
your wife is pining for the1ove you
promised her in her youth. We have
test In our practical West, which is in
variably applied to everything. Poeti-
cal or prosaie, sublime or ridiculous,
may beithe pursuit, it matters not. We
always ask, "Will it pay?" And un-
flinching the sentence of abandonment,
if the answer must needs be, at don't
pay" 'irs1i 80


1t does not pay, either in the coin of
Heaven or earth, to devote our whole
being to the common labor of COM
mon existence. ''were 1 to live those
over again." said one who had been
speaking of childhood and youth Of
unbroken toll, 81 would try to mix
some happiness with them" - /


Let US all so labor that when all is
done, we may look back to the life we
have lived, and feel that if work has |
been the strong. plain warp, yet with
love and happiness as the woof we have
woven pattern which shall be ga joy |
ever.'-Phrenolo1i Journal.
Year: 1873

Cause set of dominoes to be shuffied
together as much as any of the COM
pany may desire. You propose to leave
the room in which the audience are as
sembled, and you assert that from your
retreat, wherever it may be, you can see
and will be able to tell, the two num-
bers forming the extremes Of line
composed of the entire set, according
to the rules established for laying one
domino after another in the draw game.


All the magic consists in taking up
and carrying away, unknown to every
one, one domino (not y double) taken at
hazard: for the two numbers on it must
be the same as those on the ends of the
two outer dominoes. This experiment
may be renewed ad inJinitam, by your


taking each time a domino, which Of
course changes the number to be guessed


Be kind to each other, for nights
coming, on when friend and when broth
Year: 1873

a VERY wicked man in Davenport hav-
ing recently been taken i'll, and believed
he was about to die, told a neighbor
that he felt the need of preparation for
another world, and would like to see
some proper person in regard to it,
Whereupon the feeling friend sent for a
IRE insurance agent.
Year: 1873




Travels-Denver and Elsewhere.


In Kansas City they speak of Denver
rs hourishing hamlet, and then shrug
their shoulders. In Denver they think
that Kansas City would be a passable
place if it was on earth.


The favorite expression here is in
time" Such "town will in time be
big city, Such "man will in time
make fortune. And so on. In time"
is the popular qualfer used in every
connection.


They tell me here that grave.yards
are not needed for residents; they are
merely laid out as an act Of courtesy to
visitors. This intelligence affected me
very much, and visibly shortened my
stay in Denver. Kindness always did
overcome me.


We passed number of settlements
on the line of the Kansas Pacific. They
were in flourishing condition, and am
ply provided with printing offices and
churches, but l would bave freely
| traded them all for ono buffalo. 1t is
an awful thing to want to see a buffalo
and not see it.


The markets of Denver are superior,
the saloons are elegant, and in one of
these places are billiard tables, which
are pronounced by people who know to
be equal to anything in New York. To
see shirt-sleeved miners and bull-whack-
ers punch balls over these tables is next
in impressiveness to the eternal
SHOWS"


We found the populations OF the
cities at the depots. The men were
whiting, not slashing off chips as you
see in the east, but softly tapering down
the stick, lovingly fondling it like
man would do if he was whiting off
the end of his nose. Only the wealthy
whittle, anyway, because timber is
scarce


These are admirable grazing lands. l
did not see cattle on II thousand hills,
but | saw thousand cattle on no hill.
Herd after herd we passed rs we
whirled along, and attending them were
rough-looking men on horses. Men
who have been ideali2ed in novels, only
in novels they are known as rangers,
but here they are simply denominated
"hull -whackers."


If YOU come across any statements in
this letter that appear to be rather fgu-
rative, so to speak, you must remember
that the letter is written on the cars
while i'll motion, which are apt to make
the soundest statements and the most
awful truths appear vague-like. The
motion of n running train il uncertain
| start to give some facts which would
make a river open its mouth, when
sudden move sends the pencil out of the
golden realms OF truth into the obscene
atmosphere of levity. wish now that /
had written this pamphlet at the hotel,
becau"e Denver is most delicate sub
iect to handle under the most favorable
circumstances.


p. ST. may be mistaken, but feel
certain that careful survey of the
above letter will not reveal the least
reference to the Pixies Peak and Longs
Peak as being so far distant and yet so
wonderfully discernible from Denver.
| am the only writer who has performed
this feat, and I feel proportionately
proud of it, but l should hardly at
tempt it again.