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Year: 1871

A few days since a Waterbury (Ct.)
lawyer returned to the Railroad ticket
agent at that place one dollar, ever
paid him in making change. For a
moment the agent stood speechless
then as the tears poured down his
cheeks he grasped him by the hand and
exclaimed: "Please stand still one
moment, sir, and let me look at you
and a lawyer too"
Year: 1871

Reflect that sound mind and body. are the
most necessary requisites to promote connublal
hunnincss Indeed, without these tho journey
through life becomes II weary pilgrimage. the
prospect hourly darkcns to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reelection that the happiness OF
another i hlipbted with our own
Year: 1871

LOUISVILLE, May IA negro was
arrested and identified this morning as
one Of the highwaymen lately infesting
the Preston street road and robbing
milk men and others going from the
city after nightfall. So


While party Of boys were playing
at the foot OF 14th street this morning,
one of them fell into the River and was
drowned before assistance could De
given. The body was recovered this
afternoon.
Year: 1871

Four days afterward the Herald was lament
ing that 1.-The government has already by
immense railroad subsidies managed to des-
troy the business of our only surviving line
of steamships" Then speaks of "another
serious blow struck at our ocean commerce"
and now the Philadelphia line of ocean
steamships, in full connection with Philadel-
phia lines of continental railways, bids fair
to strike another serious blow, and lessen
still further the echoes of ocean paddle
wheels in New York harbor.


The city Of New York will hear more yet
on this paddle wheel question if she does
not take the tr uble to find out this sum-
mer what Philadelphia IS doing at the head
of Lake Superior.


We commend to the Herald, 4dUertiser,
and other papers that have been too lofty to
examine this subject on its merits the more
humble and sensible course of the n. Y.
IfnleS and Tribune. In the language of the
former journal in its September articles,
&c Perhaps 5t IS not too late noac."
Year: 1871

The citizens of the upper country, be-
tween this place and the Northern Pacific
Bailroad, will be pleased to learn of the pas
sage of an act of Congress which will insure
the immediate construction of the branch
line from here to Brainard on the east bank
of the Mississippi, and another line from
here to Otter Tail Lake. The act reads as
follows:


That the ST. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Company may SO alter its branch lines that
instead of constructing roads from Crow
Wing to SAINT Vincent, and from Saint
Cloud to the waters of Lake Superior, 1t
may locate and construct in lieu thereof
line from Crow Wing to Branard, to in
tersect With the Northern Pacific Railroad,
and from St. Cloud to a point of lntersec-
ton with the line of the original grant at
or near Otter's Tail or Rush Lake, so as to
form direct rou'e to ST. Vincent, with the
same proportional grant of land, to be taken
in the same manner along the said altered
line as Is provided for the present lines by
existing law: Provided, hOUecer, that this
change shall in no manner enlarge said
e"ant and that this act shall only take eff
feet upon the condition OF It's being IN
cord with the legislation of the State of Min
nesota, and upon the further condition that
proper releases shall be made to the United
States by said company of all lands along
said abandoned lines from Crow Wing to
St Vincent, and from st. Cloud to Lake
Superior; and that upon the execution Of
said releases such lands so released shall
be considered as Immediately restored to
Market, without further legislation.


This bill passed the House on March I'd
and the Senate on March Sd
Year: 1871

LATEST advices from the straits of Mack
inaw report the ice about all gone from the
nearly to Point Sauble, above which point
the ice, on the 10th, was firm. Probably
within few days the entire channel will
be clear for navigation.
Year: 1871

If we ovERsToCKED in anything it is in Grocer
les and Provisions of which we keep Good Stock
consisting of CHOICE and FANCY GROCERIES,,
as well as STAPLES. In this line we would call
special attention to our TEAS which we think are
not excelled by anything in the market


when visiting our store, if you do not see what
you want, ASK FOR IT,
Year: 1871




A case of singular embarrassment
touching the religion Of foundlings, oc-
Cured at Coleraine, in Ireland, the other
day. An infant of no acknowledged
paternity or maternity had been LETT at
the work-house, and entered in the regis
try as "Eveline Percy" an Episcopalian
by profession. The Roman Catholic
Chaplain formally demurred to this,
protesting that he was unable to under
stand by what process the faith of the
child had been determined His own
suggestion on the point was unique, and
was put in the following terms: " | have
this day made suggestion to the Poor
Law Commissioners, that in the case
of Eveline Percy, or in any other
case for which the law does not pro
vide, the religious registry should
be determined by the chaplains
drawing lots" The question was
referred to the Poor Law Board in Dub
lin, and the Commissioners wrote to say
that as there was no longer State religion
in Ireland, the guardians could do as
they wished; bearing in mind that the
proposal to let the finder of foundling
child determine the religious registration
was entertained by Parliament, and that
provision to that effect passed the
House of Commons, but was rejected by
the House of Lords" The child was
ultimately lodged, by the decision Of the
Board, in the Presbyterian Commission
on the grounds that the woman who
brought it was of that persuasion, and
that the majority of the population in
the district we're attached to the same
creed.
Year: 1871

Art thou gone? hast thou found heart
More true to thee than nine?
Then fare thee-welll in peace depart
And every JOY be thine
Oft have 1 read upon thy brow


Thy bosom's bliss or woe;
But what thy thoughts or feelings now,
1t is not mine to know.
Thy cup of life may yet be quaff'd
Not from its bitters free.
And thou wilt drink the mingled draught'
Without one thought of me.
Yet shall my memory cherish thine,
Till life's last beam shall fade,
And on undying friendships shrine,
Offerings for thee be laid.
Go, and each joy thine hours beguile,
The gift of fortune bless thee.
Bask ever in her kindest smiles,
And gentle friends caress thee.
May love with thee ne'er prove name,
A thing of change or blight.
Nor ever friendships sacred flame.
A faint or tickle light.
Yet will I not the past regret,


In gloomy discomfort.
But many a thought of kindness yet,
On thee shall oft be spent.
My fancy shall not picture thee,


With cold or scornful brow,
But such as thou vast once to me,
VIII believe thee now.
Go, and thy footsteps angels guide.
Through life's uncertain waste,
Be no true joy to thee denied,


And heaven thy home at last.
Year: 1871

A correspondent of the New York
Herald relates the following:


Now that the tragical incidents of the
fire have been nearly all told, the ro-
mantle is creeping in, and stories are
being related which require a great
amount of credulity to swallow. / will
narrate one told me during the course
of my rambles to-day. Some weeks ago
clerk in one of our city banks was re-
turning one night later than usual from
his business, and in passing the vacant
space on Michigan avenue fronting on
the lake, he was startled by the
appearance of a woman in white, on
the lake shore, who seemed in immi-
nent danger of drowning. Our friend
calamity rushed to the rescue, and on
nearing the fair specter, he saw he had
a case of somnambulism to deal with.
1.-THE danger was great, as the lady
was making directly for the lake, but
being attired only in her night dress
the gentleman was at a loss what course
to pursue. He, however, had to cast
delicacy aside, and she was rescued from
her dangerous sleep. The position Of
| the two was most embarrassing, and
the first impulse of the lady was to cast
herself into the lake she had just been
rescued from. The gentleman proved
himself equal to the occasion. Offering
her his arm, as a matter of course, he
offered to conduct her to her residence
which offer she accepted, and the
pair left for the lady's paternal resi-
dence, which proved to be one of the
finest residences on Michigan avenue
They met several times since by par
ties given by mutual friends, withou
any recognition on the lady's part
though she was well known to our hert
as the fair somnambulist.


An acquaintance followed, which sooI


ripened into intimacy, and, as thu


novelists say, promised to become some


thing warmer, when one night, in al


unlucky moment the gentleman rashl!


recalled to her remembrance the fata


night and revealed himself as her res
cuer. The intelligence was coldly re


ceived, she not being at all pleased a
the discovery, and the intimacy was SUD
denly broken off On the Monday q
the fire, agentleman perceived n woma
battling for her life with the smoke an


flames, and on going to her rescue h
, found the Lady of the Lake" he hin
4 self being the real Simon Pure. {
/ course marriage must follow such
! strange coincidence, and we will leay
the matter, mel ely adding that you al
= at liberty to believe the story or reje,


it, at your pleasure.
Year: 1871

Old Squire H-was very success
ful and substantial farmer, in an inte-
rior town of Massachusetts, and a more
amazing eater never lived in any town
anywhere. And especially much did
he eat when fresh pork was to be the
nourishment. Well, at certain time
one of his hogs had been killed. The
next morning there was to be fresh pork
for breakfast, and the old man ate most
wondrously. In the course Of the fore
noon he ate his luncheon, consisting OF
bread and butter and mince pie and
cheese. At noon his dinner consisted
OF fresh pork, pickles, mince pie, and
the usual Accomplishments. His after
noon lunch was like that of the fore,
noon. When he came home to his sup
per, his favorite dish had been prepared
as partof that meal.


The old man fretted and scolded till
fresh pork was added to the substan
tials He ate voraciously, as usual. Ii
the evening he toasted some cheese
buttered and ate it. just before to bee


he roasted couple of apples and ate


them. In the night he was taken witt


a severe collie; the doctor was with hin
till morning, and wrought a miracle il


in saving the old mans life, The mex
, day Bolles W., one of his neighbors
went in TO condole with the old Squire
Faithful Bolles," said the old worthy
81 liked TO have died last night. II
never eat another roast apple as long a
/ live. never did love them very well
| and last night ate only two, and the
nearly killed me,
Year: 1871

Colonel Montgomery was shot in


duel about a dog; Colonel Ramsey in
one about servant; Mr.. Featherstone
in one about recruit; Sterne's father
in one about a goose; and another gen
tlemen in one about an acre of an
chovies; one officer was challenged
for merely asking his opponent to enjoy
the second goblet; and another was
compelled to fight about a pinch of
snuff; General Barry was challenged by
a Captain Smith for declining wine at
dinner on a steamboat, although the
General had pleaded as an excuse that
wine invariably made him sick
and Lieutenant Cowler lost his life
in a duel because he was re-
fused admittance to club of pig


con shooters. In l777 a duel occurred
in New York city, between Lieutenant
Featherstonebaugh, of the 10Th, and
Captain Mcpherson, of the 49d British
regiment, in regard TO the manner o
Year: 1871

Even while summer fingers with us, and
flowers bloom almost untouched by frosts, here
ana there scarlet maple or yellow elm gives
promise of the season that is coming. So in
the World OF fashion, there are indications as
bewitching as indefinite, of the changes which
autumn brings. As yet only few general
principles can be evolved from the gorgeous
confusion Of form and color which our shop
windows and the rooms of dress makers and
milliners present. Conservatism is the most
striking feature of the fall styles. The chan
ges made thus far are rather in the lessening
OF the amount of trimming, with increase of
richness and durability in material, than in
any new forms or shades of color. Heavy
silks, poplins, reps, velours and cashmeres,
OF which the most distingue are still self
colored, are the favorite fabrics of the time.
and the heavier and richer they are the better
Black is as much used as ever. Costumes in
three or four shades are still greatly in favor,
and are very elegant, especially in browns
and grays. But they require to be combined
with artistic taste or they are simply ridicu-
lous, and care must also be taken to have the
bonnet and gloves exactly match one of the
shades usde in the dress. 1t is said that both
long and short overskirts will be tolerated,
which is certainly to be desired as a matter of
convenience, though to our thinking, the long
looped skirt is much the more graceful. Un-
uefsklrts Will be trlfle shorter, so as ~ clear
the ground-a sensible reform.


The pelonaise, as during the past season,
will be the favorite fall style for suits; but
for cold weather, it is rumored that cloaks of
heavy cloth or velvet will be more in favor
than those en- suite, as being better adapted
for our climate. Sacks are worn, but the
double or single cape is preferred in all heavy
materials, and a cape may be added to a sack.
Pleated waists in bright colors of silk or
cashmere, will be fashionable for morning
wear, and black silks will be made in this
way, and trimmed with barbes of black lace
over white. Black cashmere jackets, en-
broidered in soutaehe with colors, will be use
ful for house wear. Fringe is again favorite
trimming, and jet ornaments cover the new
gimps. In fact, all the styles in trimmings
are rather revivals of the old than anything
distinctively new.


As to bonnets, the shape is large and closer.
Ostrich tips are preferred to flowers, and the
strings are much wider and longer than they
have been worn for the past few years. The
turban is the prevailing style in hats.


New and brilliant designs in jewery have
been brought out by the leading dealers in
New York. Lockets are worn more than
ever, and are very large. Turquoise is the
favorite gem of the season. Bracelets are
wider and heavier than ever, and the red and
yellow gold combined presents a pleasing
combination in almost all articles.
Year: 1871

TIE RULE RELATIVE TO CHANGE OF FIRM
AS REGARDS SPECIAL TAX.-The Acting
Commissioner of United States Internal
Revenue calls attention to the ruling that
"eyery change of firm whereby former
partner retires from the same, or a new
partner is admitted, constitutes, in con-
temptation Of law, a new firm, liable to new
special tax for the unexpired portion Of the
year for which the same has been paid by
the original firm, which should be assessed
from the first day of the month in which
the change occurs"


There is no provision in the law by which
q person retiring from business during the
year for which he has paid the tax can
transfer his receipt to the person succeed
ing him. We would suggest, as many firms
are changing, that parties interested take
the proper course to save themselves the
trouble of being called on by the revenue
officers.
Year: 1871

MINUTE MAcHINERY.-A correspondent
writing from london says: The most
extraordinary machine in the exhibition is,
beyond question, the one for microscope
vii ing. This enables person to write in
the usual way, and to duplicate his writing
million times smaller, so small, indeed,
that it is invisible to the naked eye, yet with
powerful microscope becomes so plain
that every line and dot can be seen. The
inventor claims that with this instrument
he can copy the entire Bible - times in the
space of an inch. The Astor library, ! pre-
sumo; could be transferred to sheet ofnote
paper. Practically, it will be OF great ser
vice in preventing iorgeries, With cue of
these machines u private mark can he put
on bills SO minute and perfect that the for.
lner Gun neither perceive nor initiate it, but
the bank clerk or broker, knowing where 10
lock, Gun at once detect that a bill is genuine.
Ths machine is the invention OF Mr.
Peters"
Year: 1871

A man in Sacramento has brought suit
to recover twenty thousand dollars damages
Of neighbor who callyd him 9 hog g-thisf
We suppose it will be necessary to produce
in court the hog which that epithst implies
that he stole. If the animal be not readily
obtainable, plaintiff will himself be o to]e-
rably satisfactory substitute. A man who
will charge q neighbof twenty thousand
dollars for the simple luxury Of calling
him bog-thief must have the porcine in-
,tinct pretty we'll developed.
Year: 1871

1t is an old saying that if you do
q man nineteen favors, and for any
reason decline to DO him the twen-
tieth, he will forget the nineteen
requests that you have granted, and
only remember the one that you
have refused-and for that refusal
he will hate you ever afterward.


And this is true of some men; it
is true of men of mean and narrow
natures; but it is not true Of all. 1t
is natural for noble soul to cherish
lively recollection of kipdnesses
as it is to breathe. And while we
are often shocked to see acts OF
friendship towards others, which
have cost us a good deal OF time
and Of labor, entirely overlooked
and forgotten, we not unfrequently,
on the other hand, are surprised by
the grateful reciprocation of some
favor long since rendered, and the
very performance of which had
passed from our own recollection,
until reminded of it by the recipient.


We have always regarded graft
tude as a feeling which is hardly
susceptible of being taught to any
one. A lecture on gratitude, to
whomsoever addressed, instead Of
awakening. that emotion, is very apt
to engender feeling Of indignation
and hatred. People never like to
be told to be grateful. And it is Of
no use to tell them. If it is no,
natural to soul to appreciate the
rgood nature of others, it can neve,
! be taught such appreciation.
Year: 1871

that city, but also of the young
man of imperial blood, who comes
to our shores on peaceful visit,
and as the bearer of kindly greet
ings from bis father, our ally and
friend.


And when New York is done
with him, the rest of the country
will take him up, extending a hearty
welcome without stint, and in all
sincerity.-N o. Times, 17th.
Year: 1871

You scorn my dwelling as you pass it by


I do not say, Come in;
You are a stranger to the company


entertain within.
Ny house is humble. yet within its walls
Contentment doth abide;
And from the wings Of peace blessing
falls, s..


Like dew at eventide.
You think my soul is narrow, like the room


Wherein toll for bread;
And that, because oblivion is my doom,


1 might as well be dead.
Yet are you sure the riches are not mine,


The poverty your own;
Is he not rich who finds his lot divine,


In hovel or on throne?
You judge me by the narrow boundaries


'Twixt which my body moves;
But behold wider land that lies


Free to the soul that loves.
Is that not mine in which I hourly take


My largness of delight?
Are not all things created for his sake


Who reads their meaning right?
1t is not mine, this landscape behold?


Mine to enjoy and use
For all life's noblest uses, though no gold


Has made it mine to lose?
1 know the wood-paths where the feet Of


spring


Have left their prints in flowers;
And all the carols that the wild birds sing


Through the long summer hours.
I watch the changeful light upon the grass,
The wind-waves in the grain;
1 note tie swift cloud-shadows as they
pass
Above the breezy plain.
Mine are the stiffness of the autumn Moons,


The peace of tranquil ewes,
The sunset splendors, and the glimmering


moons,


The rain fall on the leaves.
I cannot count the half of daily joys
Which kindly Nature gives;
For while some homely task my hands
employs,
With her my spirit lives.
Nor these alone the pleasures that know,
The riches possess;
Still other things are mine, and they
bestow
A deeper happiness.
For unto me the past, with all its shore


Of untold wealth belongs;
To me the singers and the saints of yore


Repeat their prayers and songs
For me again the long-past centuries yield


The harvest of their thought;
My cleaning brings me sheaves from many


field.


Where stronger hearts have wrought.
Mine is the present, too; nor let it be


Despised as little worth;
I could not tell of all the good see


Each day upon the earth.
Year: 1871

DRINK! Young man, did you ever
stop to think how terrible that word
sounds? Did you ever thank what
misery and woe you brought upon
your friends when you degraded your
manhood by getting drunk? Young
man, did you ever for a moment stop
and think how you looked in the eyes
Of respectable people and christians,
when drunk? Hear him as he reels
along the street, asking God to damn
his soul. Suppose they should have
their drunken words heard and an
swered2 How many thousands would
daily have their souls damned? Oh!
it is fearful thing to trample under
foot the high claims that God and man
have upon you. Drunk How it rings
in the ear of loving wife How it
makes the heart of a fond mother
bleed How it crushes out the hopes
of doting father, and brings reproach
and shame upon loving sisters See
him as he leans against some friendly
house. Drunk He stands ready to
ioii lhbp bhO OpSh Jaws VI Htli, uuCOH-
scious as TO his approaching fate The
young wife, withtearful eyes and ach-
ing heart, sits at the window to hear
her husbands footsteps, but alas they
come not. He is drunk The husband
the parent, is drunk, spending his
time and money when he should be at
hom enjoying the p,asures and comforts
of the family circle. Drunk He is
spending the means of support for
liquor, while his family is starving for
bread, and his children suffering for
clothing. Drunk! His reputation is
going, gone! His friends, one by one,
are reluctantly leaving him to his
miserable fate. He goes down to his
grave "unhonored and unsung." No
one cares when he dies; he is nothing
but drunkard. Drunk God have
pity on the drunkard. Drunk young
man, think of the life which you are
now leading, and turn from it before
you become a confirmed drunkard,
scorned and scofied at bv all respecta-
BILE people. Drunk! Drunk II
Year: 1871

The Democracy have howled so
much over the Coustitution being
trampled under foot and violated,
that people had almost begun to
think that there was some truth in
1t. But Hon. VIM. s. Groesbeck
made a Democratic speech in steu-
benville on the 18th inst, in which,
after reviewing the amendments to
the Constitution, he said /:


"These are the changes made in
our Federal Constitution during the
last ten years. I have been request-
ed to notice them. I should have
noticed them without a request, for
there seems to be an apprehension
with many that the old Constitution
has been spoiled or put aside. Far
from it. That same Constitution
which our fathers had and to which
the Democracy has been so faith
full through all our history, is our
Constitution to-day. These amend
ments have been added to it, and
that is all. The Constitution re-
mains still an excellent Constitution
and the State remains, with am
pie sovereignty to do its proper
work"


Then the Democratic press has
had all its bowling and depreciation
for nothing! And a prominent
Democratic statesman tells US so.