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Year: 1876

The San Francisco Chronicle tells the


following story Of an engineer: 1t was
four years ago last winter. was com
ing down with train loaded with cattle.


The weather had been bad for weeks,
and the snow lay deep, but was melting
off fast in the warm weather that had
lasted nearly week. The ground was
saturated, and I noticed that things
looked shaky on the mountain. I was
feeling my way along carefully, think
ing tho track might spring, as lhe bed
was wet and sloppy, when Just as l got
around the point of this ridge, / looked
up, and it seemed to me that the whole
mountain above me had broken loose.
For hundreds of feet wide the hillside
was in motion, and charging down on
me. The slide, started hundred yards
above the track and was coming, right
down on me like lightning. Rocks, trees
and snow-drifts plunged down. the face
of the mountain with 9 laundering roar,
and seemed, bent on, overwhelming us
and burying US in; the. canyon thousands
of feet below. 7 was never 30 ,alose to
death before, although I have had my
share of perils on the road. :: For mo-
ment was stupefed, the danger was 80
great and escape so,hopeless, but only
for moment. / determined not to die
without an effort, but clapped' on all
steam, while the brakes were thrown of
at the same time. You can see tor your
self that the g1ade is heavy here, and
can believe that we made fast time. The
engine seemed to know her danger, and
to gather herself for an effort. She
leaped, duiveriug and snorting, down
the grade in the maddest race I ever
saw. Down came the avalanche like
lightning directly upon us, throwing
up clouds of flying snow and splinters
and rock, and away flew the old engine
like thing of Life and beauty, as she
was, dragging the cars like the wind
down the grade after her, abreast OF the
slide. But it seemed doomed to be all
in vain. The avalanche came faster
every moment. It was almost upon us.
The rocks begun to bound against the
cars and over them, and the train was
hidden in cloud of snow. But we were
flying through the air now;< the wheels
seemed never to touch the rail, and just
as I was giving up hope the engine
rushed past that point of land Just back
there where the little ravine comes
down. This turned the current Of the
slide, so to speak, little, and was our
salvation. The engine rushed past the
point just as the slide reached the track,
and q big pine, uprooted in the edge Of
the avalanche, fell across the next car to |
the last one and crushed it. The track
was swept away like cobweb in Q gale,
and the couplings Of the cars broke and
the cars fell into the chasm left in the
wake of the slide, and were carried down
to the river, a thousand yards below.
What there is left of them lies there yet.
The jerk made the engine and train
Jump the track, but che kept on her
feet, and wegot off with few bruises.
That account one of the greatest dan
gers I ever had in my twenty years Of
railroading.
Year: 1876

The St. James (EpiscopaD society of Burlington have had tea party on two evenings of this week, the object being to raise money to help build a new rectory for their church. Their efforts were crowned with success, the net receipts be- ing over four hundred and twenty-five dol lars. They have commenced to dig the cellar, which is in the rear of the old par sonage. The new building is to be in line with the cast end of our town hall. Their committee is composed of men who count the cost before they begin, and with the help of their enterprislng ladies will soon have building that will be an ornament to the village and what is much needed by the soclety.....W Why is it that when Harrington wants to build new town hall they must go for their stone away down in Connecti- cut to get the red stone, and when the En- field Shakers want to build meeting house they come to Burlington for the beautiful blue stone which is so plenty in our vil- lage. MT. Film has about dozen men at work in Doctor Collins quarry getting out stone, which is shipped by the way of Ca naan to Hartford and thence to Enfield for the shaker meeting house. Well the rail roads make something by the operation.
Year: 1876

Incoming vessels have strange tale to celebrated traveller Gutefundus, and the records of old Pontoppidan. The sea ser pent, or sea serpent, has been seen off the coast near New York and in the lower bay, by some yatchsmen, among others by Cap tain Peter Williams, of the Alathea. Ac- counts differ as to it's appearance, some al- leging that it has the horse head, enormous eyes, and long, slender body that charac- terized it of old in Norway, but Captain Williams says that its head closely resem- bles that of an enormous snapping turtle, while it's body can not be less than ninety or one hundred feet long and is very smooth and of greenish hue. He first saw it in coming from Block Island to Newport, and shortly before landing at the latter place. It was seen at dusk on the larboard side of his yacht, with it's long body lying of the surface and with head erect. It was not more than two hundred feet from the Ala thea, and seemed to be observing it.. Cap tain Williams shot at and wounded it, for it sunk at once and left a stream of blood on the water. Subsequently It was seen by him between Rockaway and ConeY Island, apparently in as good health as ever. The head is described as being as large or larger than an ordinary hogshead, and the mouth, which was then distended, ran from ear to ear, for the serpent is furnished with good- sized aural appendages. When last seen it lay on the water and was swallowing garbage by the bucketful, the water about Coney Island being amply supplied with that enticing edible by the boats which should carry it away. On Thursday even- ing it was seen by numbers of people from the steamboat landing ID process of cree. ton on the beach. In the main, the de- scription they give of it tallies with Cap tain Williams account. If we are to have visits from what has hitherto been re- garded as fabulous being-the great sea serpent-it is to be hoped that it will con- fine it's ravages to the garbage so kindly provided for it by the police commission ers.-N. ?. Graphic.
Year: 1876

SnhfOns

 Sharon IS gay and festive this summer. The village is literally oYelfowing with summer boar ders. The hotels and board ing houses are full, and every private house whose proprietor can be persuaded to open his doors to them is jammed full. Wheth, CT it would be paying speculation or not can not say but there is no doubt but that should large boarding house be built here with accommodations for a couple of hun dred there would be no difficulty in filling it during the hot summer months. The delightful location of the village, it's beauti- full surroundings, delightful drives and gen. ial citizens give to it attractions which are possessed by but very few towns in the state. Your correspondent never quite so fully realized the many attractions of the place as now when he is about to go hence after sojourn of several years, and he can assure the good people of Sharon that their kindness and hospitality will never cease to be remembered, and the pleasant remini- scences of the past few years will always be fountain of grateful and agreeable thoughts......A select party of ladies and gents from this village and Amenia visited Bash Bish falls last Thursday. Delightful weather, most agreeable company, the grandness of the scenery, the palatable Yiands, and last but not least the kind hos pltality of our friends, MT. and Miss Doug lass, whose beautiful home is in close prox- imity to the falls, rendered the day one long to be remembered and never forgot ten......The Episcopal Sunday school had a picnic last Wednesday in grove overlook ing Nudge pond. As is customary at such times the attendance of pupils was much larger than it is wont to be on less festive occasions. ALPHA.
Year: 1876

personally acquainted with Mrs. B., and who cherish toward her tenderlregard, that in quality or grade she is of moderate calibre, and her education small. To the credulous these facts increase their zeal and interest in what they deem her won- drous discoveries, albeit many another would choose, in sitting at teachers feet, to be informed of the source whence is de- rived the wisdom claimed, and to have it from quarter they themselves revere.

 Of all foolish notions in this world the most idle folly is to believe-or try to be- lieve-anything that is not true, for it will all come to naught, whatever it be or by whoever taught. C.MS.

 WHERE NlcKLR COMES FRoM.-It may not be generally known that the nickle de. post near the Gap, Lancaster county, Pa, is considered the largest yet discovered in the world, and the only deposit of the ore worked in America. The mine is on the high dividing line between Chester and Pc Quea Valleys. Besides nickel, copper, iron and limestone are found in the same locali- ty. Nickel was discovered here about the year 1856, though copper, which is taken from the same mine, was known in this locality seventy years ago. The ore has gray color, is very heavy, and so hard that it is mined entirely by blasting. After the ore has been broken into small fragments, it is put into kilns holding eighty or ninety tons each, and subjected to heat produced at first by the burning of small quantity of wood and continued by the conversion of the expelled gas It is then put into a smelting furnace and undergoes treatment similar 10 that of iron ore.
Year: 1876

The mother of Charlie Ross is stopping at Brookfeld, Mass, with her five remain ing children. She is wonderfully sustained by her religious faith. and believes that her boy will be estored to her, or that she will get certain evidence of his death.
Year: 1876

W We are informed by postmasters the fol-. lowing named subscribers have left the places where they have been regularly receiving THE NEWS, and as they did not notify us of their change of post t-offce. and are in arrears to the amounts placed parallel with their names we pub fish their only address known to us and if any of our readers know of the whereabouts of any of Is it exactly HONEST treatment. to receive news paper till several dollars are due and then leave the postmaster to inform us the paper is not re- ceived, and the subscriber gone nobody knows where? The following have done this: Does
Year: 1876

graphic style, made these revelations,


they fell like a bonn bshell among the


politicians on the corners, and the
news spread like FIRE, and now is the
general topic of conversation. 1t is
amusing to hear Howe's old hackers
now declaring. 81 always thought he
was that kind of a man." They be-
gin 10 realize that THE ADVERTISER
nearly two years ago was on the right
scent, when it charged Howe with
bribery, and that the grasshopper
clerk knew all about it and was paid
for defending Howe in his rascality.


Mr.. Let's motive in making this
revelation at this time is highly hon
orable. He could not conscientiously
stand by and see honest men, and his
friends giving their support to such
man as Howe without warming them
of what they were doing, and making
known his knowledge of Howe's
treachery to his constituents and out
rageous course as a legislator two
years ago. Mr.. Lett will deliver a
few addresses in the county and upon
this and other matters will most ef-
fectually ventilate the Hon. Church
Howe.
Year: 1876

- In our intercourse with our bust
ness men, we have frequent occasion
to call at Louis Lowman's store; and
1t is always pleasure to do so, for he
certainly has one of the neatest, most
pleasant and inviting establishments
to be found anywhere. His goods are
always so very tastefully arranged
and displayed, and appear so neat,
| bright and new, as to attract the at
tention of the visitor at once. His
great stock of goods being selected
with the advantages of experieE ce and
perfect knowledge of the best and
what and how to lay in varied stock
to suit his customers, it is not al all
strange that his counters are constant
ly lined during the business hours OF
day and evening, with ladies and
gentlemen of taste and culture, from
city and country, examining and pur-
chasing articles of utility, comfort
and durability; or of. the luxurious,
rich and fashionable.


Since Mr.. L0wman's arrival from
his purchasing trip to the old rich
cities of the East, and the opening
and display of the magnificent stock
he has since received for the fall trade,
this establishment has additional
charms that attrac: the people, and
affords gratifying evidence, to every
one who delights in seeing merit ap-
preciated and rewarded, that Mr.
Lowman's house is in the highest de-
gree prosperous.


We will not now stop to examine
the packed shelves to tell in detail
what they contain, nor tumble the
immense piles of ready made clothing,
nor delve into the drawers among the
silks, lacts and embroidery, and the
beautiful, charming goods which so
please the intuitive good taste of the
fair sex, but will leave all these to the
care end pleasure Of Mr.. and Mrs.
LOwman and the accommodating and
pleasant Master Nanny, who always
take pleasure in attending courteous
ly and promptly to the wishes and
wants of customers, and showing
their good to those who desire to see
them.
Year: 1876

Aye. that is the question. Is It better to
culver from head TO foot in the paroxisns OF
fever and ague, or to Danish the atrocious
disease by a course of shat standard anti
tebrile remedy, HOstetter's Bitters. There
cannot be much doubt as TO the response OF
the malaria-strIck to this inquiry. From
every locality on this continent whose In
habitants are tormented with the shiverlng
plague comes an increasing demand for the
only genuine preventive and eradicant of
malaria provided by science. The denizens
fever and ague districts well know how ut
terly inadequate to dO.more than gt7e brief
respite are the so-called remedies of the fac
ulty. Quinine, arsenic, bismuth-what are
these but poisonous palliatives, which cease
after time to produce any beneficial effect
whatever, and if persisted in wreak irrepar-
able mischief upon the system? Every
where they are being abandoned by intelli-
gent persons, and that genuine vegetable
specific for intermittent and remittent dis
ease, Hostetters Bitters, substituted in their
place,
Year: 1876

A good old friend writes US the
following priUGte nCte. As we think
it pretty good, he will excuse US for
publishing it:


Editor Advertiser: IF we should
send you anything not worthy
place in your valuable paper, find a
place for it in your stove. We make
no pretensiOns to being newspaper
writer. We obtained our education
very much as boatman on the Erie
Canal said he got his. He got his by
reading the sign-boards along the ca
nal. We have read the sign boards
along the road of life, and one very
plain and important one has been THE
ADVERTISER. We have won dered at
your patience in correcting and put
ting 20 rights our crude compositions.
Year: 1876

On last Saturday evening the
Democratic club of this city passed a
resolution calling upon the county
central committee to call convention
for the purpose of nominating a Dem
cratic county ticket, and requesting
other Democratic clubs In the county
to take similar action. A resolution
was also passed by the club that the
proceedings of that meeting should
be furnished to THE ADVERTISER for
publication. AS copy of the pro-
ceedings has not been furnished US,
we deem this statement necessary
from US to meet any charge that might
be made that we had refused to pub
lish them.


And, by the way, we will say that
we never refuse to publish proceed
ings Of meetings of any party. or no.
tices or other local matters of general
interest. We open our columns to all
local news, whether we endorse any
of the doctrines or sentiments that
may be advanced or not.
Year: 1876

sour and offensive. The consequence is
that there is aprospcct of its disappearance
IN the wake of perry, - beverage made
from pearjuicc, of which most of ourreadcrs
probably never heard, and which probably
none OF them ever tasted. They have not
lost much. 1t was not to be named with
cider IN flavor or in any other good quality
and we sincerely hope that the pear is not
to have itsrevcngo bydriying out the cider
producing fruit We know that apple
orchards are slow in reaching maturity, but
the production of good apples in such guam,
tty as to make them cheap could not fail
to be remunerative to the fruit grower,
The need which the apple supplies can be
supplied by 10 other huit-wo may almost
say by no other vegetable product.-N y
Times.
Year: 1876

his country as truly and faithfully as any
officer on board. To each of these asscvcr
atoms the only answer he received was
" You lie, sir" until, half frantic with
Indignation and despair, he and his com
panlons were sent back into irons till then
sentence could conveniently be carried into
effect


The first lieutenant, who was the only
soul in that great ship who evinced the
smallest compassion towards them, luckily
happened to pay the unfortunate prisoners
visit IN the course of the day, with view
to their safe custody. Though strictly
against orders, he could not refrain from
speaking to young Hastings who had a
bright, attractive face, and asking him how
on earth he found himself dams ceHe qqlerc ?
But dlnt OF cross-questioning, in the course
| OF conversation it came out that not onlv
had the families of Hastings and Asbbur.
ton-the name of the first lieutenant
| been connected in olden times. but that
actually Hastings mother had interested
herself in obtaining for this same Asbbur-
ton his commission in the royal navy
There was now no doubt that Mr.. Hastings
was bona tide the person he represented
himself to be; so Ashburton went to the
captain and terrified the old sea bear into
granting a reprieve, sorely against his will.
until the arrival of the Mrinci6Ie in port
Accordingly when the man.ofwar anchored
OIL Spithead, Hastings obtained permission
to be confronted with the officers of bis
own ship, the Ho1aeL then opportunelv
stationed at Plymouth and, in addition. his
father and other relatives hurried 10 tbA
spot, so that there was no lack of evidence
sufficient to satisfy the crustv old cantain
that for once in his life he had iumped
rather too hastily to conclusions. His
conduct was moreover severely censured
by the admiralty, "inasmuch as tLrouob
ms r"shness and pertinacity vely promi-
sing young officer was nearly lost to his
m@esty's service" In addition to which
we'll merited contumely, full fifty years
after Death and his .jouncyman. gout in
the stomach, had claimed him for tbo;r
own, we children, with infinite gusto.
tarrcd, feathered, and set fire to him in
ethgy; our enjoyment being only slightly
marred by the reflection that after all he
would never know anything about it.


Such was my grandfather's story, which
he was never tired Of telling or we of hear
ing. Few have had so hairbrcadth an
escape, so exciting personal adventure.
Many a time did the old man say-it was
a iavorite joke of his when he overheard
any discussion on the subject of descent or
ancient pedigree--"C Children, don't boast
remember you've grandfather who was
all bpt hungw
Year: 1876

Two bills We're waiting in the bank for
their turn to get out into the world. One
was little bill, only one dollar; the other
was big bill.


While lying there side by side, they fell
a talking about their usefulness. The dol.
lar bill murmured out:


"Ah! if were only as big as YOU, what
good would do! could move in such
high places, and people would be so careful
OF me, wherever | should 90! EVERYBODY
would admire me, and want to take mo
home with them but, small as am, what
good can l do? Nobody cares for me. |
am too little to be of any use"


All, yes! that is So" said the thousand
dollar bill; and it gathered up its well
trimmed edge that was lying next to the
little bill, in conscious superiority. "That
IS SO" it repeated. IF you were as great
as am, thousand times bigger than YOU.
then you might hope to do some good in
the world" And its face smiled wrinkle
of contempt for the little dollar bill.


just then the cashier comes, takes the
little murmuring bill, and kindly gives it
to a poor widow.


"God bless you?" she cries, as with a
smiling face she receives it. "Mv dear
hungry children can now have some
bread"


A thrill of JOY ran through the little bill
as it was folded up in the widows hand.
and it whispered g may do some good.
II am SMALL" And when he saw the
bright faces of her fatherless children. if
was very glad that it could do little good.


Then the little dollar bill began its Jour
ney of usefulness. 1t went first to the
bakers for bread, then to the milliner's.
then to the farmers, then to the laborer's.
then to the minister's, and wherever it
went 1T gave pleasure, adding something to
their JOY.


AT last, after long, long pilgrimage of
usefulness among every sort of people, it
came back to the bank again, crumpled,
deiaced, ragged, softened by its daily use.
Seeing the thousand dollar bill there, with
scarcely wrinkle or finger mark upon it,
it exclaims:


Pray, sir, what has been your mission
of usefulness ?''


The big bill replies 81 have been from
safe to safe among the rich, where few
could see me, and they were afraid to let
me go out far lest | should be lost. Few
indeed are they whom / have made hap.
pier by my mission"


Then the little dollar bill said: at is
better to be small and 60 among the mul.
tidues doing good, than to be so great as
to be imprisoned in the safes of the few"
And it rested satisfied with its lot.
Year: 1876

HAIR ToNlc.--An excellent hair tonic.
preventing the hair from falling ont. and
at the same time stimulating a new and
healthy growth, is made as follows Scald
two ounces of black tea with one gallon of
boiling water; strain and add three ounces
OIL glycerlne, half an ounce of tincture of
cantharides, and one quart of bay rum.
Mix well by shaking, and then perfume to
the taste.-BaH. SIN.
Year: 1876

10 CLEAN a NrBIA.-To clean nubia
take a wooden bucket, fill it half full of
wheat flour; then dip your nubia up and
down in the flour until it looks white,
shake thoroughly, when it will be as nice
as now, and will not have the drawn ap-
pearance which washing gives.
Year: 1876

We infer from the letter of our intelligent
correspondent at Concord that the Belknap
exposure will have but little political effect
on the State election. He has the impression
that ten per cent of the New Hampshire
voters are purchasable, and that the result
of the election depends on the expenditure
of money. 1t is the opinion of our corre-
spondent that there is too much corruption
among the people for them to be much
shocked by corruption at Washington.


Of course the republican stump speakers
must furnish some kind of plausible argu-
ment which will serve as a pretext for the
purchased voters, and they have already
quite a stock of sham reasons Tweed is
played off against Belknap; Floyd and
Thompson, of Buchanan's Cabinet, are
pressed into service as examples of
democratic corruption in Office. 1t is
also maintained that Belknap is a demo-
crat; that he belonged to that party before
and during the war /; that he was an Andrew
Johnson democrat after the peace, was ap-
pointed by Johnson as a revenue officer in
Iowa and was brought into the Cabinet by
President Grant to the surprise and dismay
of the republican party, who cannot be held
responsible for this strange freak of the
President. 1t will also be said that the
voters of New Hampshire are not court for
the trial of Belknap whose guilt must be
determined by another tribunal. His case
is further befogged by wholesale accusations
against the democratic committee of investi-
cation, who are held responsible for the
escape of Marsh to Canada and the defeat of
justice. Such arguments are well enough
fitted for the use of men who sell their votes
for money and carry their real reasons in
their pockets. We sincerely trust that the
voters of New Hampshire will vindicate
themselves on Tuesday from such dishonor-
ing expressions.