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Year: 1872

dinner was announced ready, and the
Judges. happy men seated themselves at
the table-the crowd regarded them with
il disguised envy. a roast of heef, deli
cately done. was put steamlng hot upon
the table. then followed corn pudding,
whose delicate aroma fell upon the olfac-
tories of the excited crowd Like breezes
Of Araby the best;" a profuSion of veget-
ahles, cooked to perfection, followed next.
The Judges ate and ate, praisng the flavor
Of the food and the skill of the cook at
every mouthfuI But when, at last, a
dessert of piping hot apple dumplings
made its appearance, the forhearance of
the crowd was at an end. They broke
through the ropes into the ring with one
accord. and the dump ings disappeared IN
a trice


One old fellow. proprietor of a store and
owner of a bio saw-mill proposed to the
Young lady on the spot. but he was quickly
colIared and Id off the grounds by two
Young aspirants. who made a common cause
against the aged suitor, saw-mil and all.
TIE young lady was the centre of attrac-
ton in her town after the cooking feat.
She received > offers of marriage the
first week. and her fame spread through
all the country round. An old bachelor
fellow down in Grundy county, with farm
so big that it takes him all day to ride
round it. and cattle on a hundred hills,
heard of her and made a pilgrimage all
he wav to that town to learn the truth.
he GOT the g1rl TOO, although some of the
Young men of the place sued out writ of
habeas corpus 10 prevent her being carried
out of the county. They were too late.


This. Is, [ am aware, a rather sad end
ING for 50 good story, but devotion to
the truth compels me to give nothing but
the simple, upvarnrshed reality. She
ought to have married that fellow who sat
up there in the crotch Of the tree 50 long
aud at such fearful discomfort. He
wanted her. aud he was a poor bilious
dyspeptic whom her splendid cooking
would have soon restored to usefulness and
society, but he was Door. All Louis
riHe Courier Jouruaz
Year: 1872

a lady made her husband present of
Silver drinking-cu with an angel at the
bottom, and when she filed 1t for him be
used to drain If to the bottom, and she ask
ed him why he drank every drop. " Be-
cause, ducky," he said, long to see the
dear little angel" Upon which she bad
the angel taken out, and had a devil en-
graved at the bottom, and he drank it off
just the same, and she again asked the
reason. Why" he replied, because [
won't leave the old devil DROP
Year: 1872

At an inquest upon the body of a girl in
Vermont, the evidence proved conclusively
that the deceased came to her death by eat
ing arsenic to beautify her complexion. She
had been in the habit of eating cloves, chalk,
etc., for the same purpose, and having seen
in newspaper that some ladies ate arsenic
to whiten their skin, she took some of the
poison for thot purpose. with fatal results.
Year: 1872

EDITORIAL NOTICES are so common thatit ia
almost impossible for an editor to express his
honest opinion Of the merits of any article
without being suspected of interested motives.
This fact, however, shall not deter us from
saying what we think of new addition to the
Materia Medca to. which our attention has
been recently directed. We refer to DIR. j.
WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERs. a
remedy which is making its way into more
families just now than all the other advertised
medicines put together There seems to be no
question about thepotency of its tonic and al
terative properties, while it possesses the great
negative recommendation of containing neither
alcohol nor mineral poison. That it is a spe-
cifc for Indigestion, Billiousness, Constipation
and many complaints of nervous origin, we
have reason to know; and we are assured ON
good authority that as a general invigorant
regulating and purifying medicine, it has no
equal. 1t is stated that its ingredients, lob
tanned from the wilds of California; are new
to the medical world; and its extraordinary eff
fects certainly warrant the conclusion that it is
a compound of agents hitherto unknown. If
popularity is any criterion, there can be no doubt
of the efficiency of the VINEGAR BITTERs, for
the saleof the article is immense and continu-
ally increasing. apr1-4wt
Year: 1872

in the Ohio press as to the e identity Of the on
ly and original killer of Tecumseh 1t Is
with regret that we learn that this great and
good Indian is really dead, but, from the con-
ficting nature of the evidence, we must re-
ceive the report with caution till further con-
firmation comes to hand.
Year: 1872

A man at Louisville ran away with his wife
recently, mistaking her for another woman.
She was disguised, the local chronicler says
Since the tragic event, all the neglected wives
in that city wash their faces and comb their
hair in the hope that their husbands may
take them for somebody else.
Year: 1872

In the south of New Jersey, some
years ago, there travelled over some
of the hardest countries, good
faithful, hard working brother,
named James Moore. or Jimmy
Moore. as he was familiarly called.
He was devoted to the itinerancy.
A true, loyal Methodist, plain point
ed and sharp in all his preaching
and exhortetions.


He had been laboring a year on
one of his circuits. and before leaving
for his new field lie gave his people,
who dearly loved him, has farewell
sermon.


At its close he said:


My dear brethren, this is my last
address to you. l am going from
Won and YOU may never hear the
voice of James Moore again.


Amen" came loudly from the
seat before him.


He looked at the man with little
surprise. but thinking it Was a mis-
take. went on:


MY days on earth will soon be
numbered. | am an old man, and
YOU may lot only never hear the
voice of James Moore, bnt never see
his face again


Amen" was shouted from the
same seat, more vigorously than be-
fore.


There was no mistaking the design
now. The preacher looked at the
mamie knew him to be hard.
grinding man-stlngy and merciless
to the poor.


He continued his address:


May the Lord beess all those cf
you who have done your duty, who
have honored Him with your sub
stance, who have been kind to the
poor; and"


Pausing and looking the intruder
straight in the eye, and pointing to
hin with his finger
May his curse rest on those who
have cheated the Lord and ground
the poor under their heels. Say
amen to that, brother!"
The shot told. He was not
interrupted again.
Year: 1872

Snow BOUND BRIDEGRooM.-A Chey-
enne correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial, speaking of the late block
ON the Pacific railroad says:


A man in Denver married, but had
to leave Immediately and unexpectedly
for Salt Lake City on urgent business.
He left his bride with tears in her eyes
and a promise of immediate return upon
his lips. He got there just in time not
to be able to get away. He made his
way slowly along with the blockaded
trains, working with his hands, for ev-
cry shovelful of snow got out was that
much obstruction removed between him
and his beloved. When within two hum
dred miles of Cheyenne, the foremost
train ran into a bigger snow bank than
ever, at which, faithful unto death. he
struck out a, foot and walked the two
hundred miles in five days. He came
in with frozen feet and ears, but his
heart was all right, and he went on tC
Denver rejoicing. At one point he was
chased by the wolves, and lost his plug
hat in running. The hat saved his life
for the wolves had never seen one before
and stopped to examine it for a long
time. 1t took them so long to deter
mine what it was, that our hero lover
got out of their reach He borrowed {
red handkerchief at laborer's hut anc
passed on
Year: 1872

SHUTTING THE Door ON THE PARsoN.
Ten or fifteen years ago public dinner
was given to the members of the legisla-
ture at Providence, and Narragansett
preacher, called the Regular PAGER" be-
cause in his prayers, he had a habit of
standing behind a chair, stepping back
ward and hitchlng it after him, was call
ed on to ask blessing. He stood up in
his usual style and began lengthy pray
er. There was an open door behind
him, and he soon unwittingly backed in
to an adjoining room, taking his chair
along, when some one softly closed the
door, and the hungry guests proceeded
to dine, when the petition was finished
at leisure by the abstracted minister
WaShin gt0n Star.
Year: 1872

A REMEDY For Badness bald
may now take courage and smile at the
frequent summer fy. 1t is no new To-
ton that is to bring back the hairs of
their youth and innocence, but system
of planting hairs in the smooth skin of
the head, exactly as cabbages are set out
in garden A discoverer, whose name
cannot be long concealed from grateful
world, has invented plan of replanting
the hair where it is lost. As plants grow
so does the hair. 1t is rooted and thrives
like vegetable. The operation of re-
storing hair is very simple put healthy
hairs into the eyes of needles and draw
them through the upper skin, the epider-
mis- being drawn through, the hairs are
left in the skin, as thread may be left
in any material by stitcher. The roots
which have extracted with their bulbs
complete, are brought under the epider-
mis-. The surface so operated on IS pro-
tected at first by linen band, but the
hairs soon take root, grow and flourish
1t is not stated whether having the skin
punctured in this way is disagreeable,
and how often it is fatal If it is sue
cess the plan has many advantages one
can have any color of hair he may select,
and he can plant variety of colors, and
thus make his appearance striking and
beautiful.-Hartford Cooru'at.
Year: 1872

If you cannot on the ocean


Sail among the swiftest feet,
Rocking on the highest pillows,
Laughing at the storms you meet.
You can stand among the sailors,
Anchor'd yet within the bay,
You can lend hand to help them,
As they launch their boats away.
1t you are too weak to journey.
Up the mountain steep ard high,
You can stand within the valley,
While the multitudes go hy,
You can chant a happy measure,
AS they slowly pass along;
Though they may forget the singer,
They will not forget the song.
If you have not gold and silver


Ever ready to command,
If YOU cannot towards the needy
Reach an ever open hahd
You can visit the afflicted,


Der the errihg you can weep,
You can be true disciple,


Sitting at the Savior's feet.
If You cannot in the conflict,


Prove yourself a soldier true,
If where fire and smoke are thickest,
There's no work for you to do,
When the battlefield is silent,


You can go with careful tread,
You can beat away the wounded,
You can cover up the dead.
DoinOt then stand idly waiting
For some greater work to do,
Fortune is a law goddess


She will never come to you.
Go and toll in any vineyard,


Do not fear to do OF dare,
If YOU want field of labor,


You can find it anywhere.
Year: 1872

She's not what fancy painted her
I'm sadly taken i'll
If some one else had won her,


Should not have cared pin;
l thought that she was mild and good,
As maiden e'er could be.
wonder how she ever could


Have so much humbugged me.
They cluster round and shake my hand
They tell me | am blest-
My case they do not understand
| think that know best:
They call her the 'fairest of the fair
They drive me mad and madder
What do they mean? 1 do declare
only wish they had her.
'Tis true that she has lovely locks,
That on her shoulders fall
What would they say to see the box
In which she keeps them all?
Her taper fingers, it is true,


Are difficult to match
What would they say if they but knew
How terribly they scratch?
Year: 1872

WHY HE JUMPED THE TowN,-The
reason why the editor of a paper in
Easton, pa has suddenly gone into the
country for couple of months is, that
there is an infuriated man after him with
a horse pistol. It seems that there was
freman's ball to be given in Easton.
and the editor wrote splendid puff of
it beforehand for his paper, and drew up
number of lively ''display headlines
for it to the following effect: ''How is
this for high? A nice thing for the
boys. Lively times in prospect. A
chance for some good fun. Everybody
will be there. and all will go merry as a
marriage bell. Mirth, jollity and good
fellowship. Put on your dancing pumps
and 30 ir- Oh yloatll, &c. &C.,
Well, that same day-the very same day
when that account of the ball appeared
the paper contained a notice of the
death of an old and respected citizen, to-
gether with an announcement that his
funeral would take place on Wednesday.
And now what should the insidious out
cast of a foreman do but take those
headlines and put them by mistake over
the death notice, and so the paper went
to press. 1t was sad-awfully sad
and when that editor picked up the pa
per at his breakfast table and saw how
it was, he rose suddenly and packed
clean shirt bosom and fresh paper col
lar in his hat, and darted for the early
train. He caught itjust as 1t moved off,
and from the window might have been
seen another man moment too late,
fourishing some firearms, and swearing
and going on like mad. It is thought
that it will blow over but, if it doesn't
there is an editor in Easton who will
emigrate to the far West and stay there
Year: 1872

The National Executive Democratic
Committee will hold meeting at Wash
ington early in May, after the meeting
of the Cincinnati Convention, to fix the
time and place for holding the National
Democratic Convention. 1t is supposed
that the time will be the 18th of July and
the place ST. Louis.
Year: 1872

CONGRESS met TO day at l2 o'clock. The
Presidents Message may be sent in this after
noon. 1t 10 said that the President will make
some allusion in il 10 the death Of Holace Gree.
ley, and that lie recalled it on Friday for this
purpose. Manifold copies Of the Message have
been made for the Press, but none will be given
out until after the President has been notified
by the committees appointed for that purpose
that both houses are ready to proceed to business.
The President has refused to permit his message
to be put in type, and positively prohibits any
developement Of its contents until after its
transmission to Congress.
Year: 1872

The body OF an unknown man was yesterday
Sund in the water at the Penitentiary gate,


Lbcrwell's Island. The remains win be sent TO


a Morgue. where Coroner Herman will hold an
IuueeS
Year: 1872

Making total cost Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S22 800 600
to carry 600 gallons Of water per day from the VI
city at elevation of about 1873 above tide


would take several to construct and bring such


system INTO use ana would also Involve the


The expense of maintaining and operating such sys.
tural such system been brought into
The actual expense IN maintanin and operating the
gines and pumps IN the city Of Brooklyn TO pump
sand dollars year We therefore, safely conclude
that the expense Of maintaining and operating this sys
lars year, and that the maintaining the sysem Of
elusive of general renewal would be over one hundred
expense OF over six hundred thousand dollars


Cast iron Ia the best and cheapest material known
for the construction Of pipes for conveying salt water
mechanical appliance brought into to the
time which will permanently protect cast iron from the
and cannot be counted to last than ten years


The necessity OF the two additional mains and the
cessay cross mains above alluded To- for perfectng the
within reach of the Fire Department such copous sup
ply OF water under great head that there need be
discussed by would respectfully urge upon your
day, for laying these additional mains and, as
every steam vessel plying in this harbor which Gro.
ton water shall only be supplied with water the


Uss sSe ey s s rS
ing gallons of water hour at elevation Of 200
feet their boilers Of sufficient capacity to furnish
such capacity the pump shall be large the boiler
can furnish steam pump water under 200 feet head and
them to furnish their boats TO perform service at such
points and at such time the Fire Department may
direct in case Of large fire 4 this regulation was es
tablshed 1t would include all the ferry and tug boats in
'ns na''0' }EDwAkby byGHp'R T. Tracy Chief Engineer
Year: 1872




q Fire Exiting guishcr.


TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Strive have too long been in the habit OF
searching for available agents for extnguishng
fire in the mysterious resources OF nature and pro-
curing them at considerable cost, when agents that
would better answer the purpose and cost nothing
are allowed to escape in close proximity to the fiery
element which they are able, II properly used, to
subdue. In every steam fire engine the exhaust
steam also the hydrogen and carbonic acid gas,
which constitute the results Of combustion, instead
Of being utilized for extngushing fire are entirely
lost. When we think Of the vast volume OF incOm-
bustible gases that can be produced nom
fuel it il matter OF surprise that no method
has been adopted for utilizing them. One
pound OF charcoal fuel during combustion produces
200 cubic feet Of nitrogen and carbonic acid gas,
and Will vapOrtze seven pounds OF water, yielding
200 cubic feet OF steam half ton or 1000 pounds OF
the same fuel will produce the enormous quantity OF
10000 cubic feet OF inc0mbustble gases and vap0r
weighing together, l9,4oo pounds. When steam il
mixed with permanent gas 1t is more elastic aud
has less tendency to cOndense than before; the
small particles of vapor being held In mechanical
suspension by the rarfed gases. II the mixed
gases and vapor be forced into a burning building,
q pressure greater than that OF the atmosphere
will be at once created inside the building and pre-
vent the admission Of oxygen itself to support COM
bustion, II IL well known that fire will soon exunr
Year: 1872

The Association to Administer Missionary Aid to
the Indian met at the Bible House yesterday. They
elected officers and appointed a committee OF two
ladies in each parish to solicit anu receive aid Tor
the Indian MISSIONS
Year: 1872

We have all along tried to put the best features
we could upon the obstructons and difficulties
which have been encountered in running trains
upon the U. L. r. Il. this winter, but we fud
that the press east and west, aided by the argus
eyed associated press agents aud the ubiquitous
Western Union telegraph lines are bound the
whole history of the affair shall leak out any
how; SO we have concluded to give some light
upon it in the SENTINEL,


For eight weeks past passenger trains have
been standing on side tracks all along the will
derness country wherever there was no station,
each of these trains loaded with hundreds of hui
man beings, and the horrors through which they
have passcd can never be fully described. There
are some thirty of these trains strung along In
this wav. There is one up near Lookout
which has been there for about tiye weeks. 1t
had orr rignaly some four hundred passengers on
it, and we suppose there are ovec fifty lett alive
yet OF course they have had nothing to eat
during all that time The citizens of Laramie
have kindly contributed about twenty Car loads
of provisions to relieve the sufferers, ,bnt the COM
pary refuse to ship the food unless the freight
is paid ia advance. which we are determined
not to do. OF course these passengers are very
much demoralHed nov. When at first they
were driven to cannibalisn, they conducted the
business with some little degree of fairness and
cast lots equitably, to see who should be the
victims, and in some e4ses lean and tough old
men were spared, when they drew unlucky num-
bera though this may have been on account Of
the scarcity Of fuel. So also We're some infants
allowed to live for fear their mothers
would .utfec for want Of their services. The
President and ether officers of the road near
there, having shoveled through snow drifts near
ly to the train sone weeks ago, but the psssen-
gers have become so desperate that nobody dares
to approach them; so the employees daily crawl
up and peer over the hill and speculate from
the looks of the piles of bones how long the bal.
ance can hold out The few remaining passen-
gers have held indignation meeting and
unanimously resolved to tear up mile of track
each way, and set the cars on fire soon, if some
thing is not done for their relief Trains pass
and re-pass them at all hours Of the day and
night, but they rush rapidly by SO as not to let
the facts become known to the travelling public
And this is the history of only one of the thirty
trains before referred to, as will be proved by
the large pile of human bones found bleaching
on the side tracks, when the SHOWS thaw away
i'll the spring.


As we remarked, we have tried to cover these
things up, but the reports OF the associated press
and the tales of travellers are bringing them to
light and representing them to be so much worse
than they really are that We are sure the COM
pany will thank US for stating the exact facts in
the matter.-Ldra'aie Wyoming 7er.! Sentinel.
Year: 1872

The latest exploit is that of COW belonging to
a Mr.. Lambart, Of Bay City, Michigan. Explor-
ing the back yard On u recent evening, she put
her head into barrel, which she could not get
of, aad becoming very much frightened at her
condition. she blindly forced her head into the
wood-shed, thence into the kitchen, thence into
the dinining room OF the house, becoming all the
while more furious. From this room she made
her way into the parlor, throwing down and
trampiing under foot everything that came in
her way. Mrs. Lambert aroused her husband,
who arose. but finding he could do nothing, went
for help. The COW next rushed into bedroom
where Mrs. Lambert, with little baby and one
chald, occupied q bed, aud another little child u
crib in front of it. The enraged animal mount
ed the bed. but help arrived, and not an instant
too soon. The window was raised from the out
side, and neighbo attempted to enter, when
the barrel gave him blow which knocked hin,
back against the fence. The children were at
last secured and passed through the window, and
Mrs. Lambert soon followed. The door OF the
bedroom was then closed and the COW left to her
self. She finally became soothed, and walked
out after Aomolishing all the nice furniture in
the lower part of the house.
Year: 1872

Many of the friends Of the dead who
were admitted into the Opera House
evidently felt that the glory of it, the
beauty, symmetry and massive gran
deur Of the Erie offices, would suffice
to cover the sins Of even a greaterc cul-
prit than the one so suddenly sum-
moned to his account. A close study
Of the surging crowd without showed
few faces tnat bore the stamp Of re-
finement and civilization. Especial
ly was this the case as far as the wo-
men were concerned. There were
many costly dresses in the crush, but
the true ladies of the city seem to have
determined that, whatever of natural
human interest they may have felt In
the last sensation OF this prince of
comedy, they owed It to themselves
and their sex that their faces
should not grace this pageant except
casually as spectators from their
own windows. BUTT was not so with
the general multitude. A more jOvi-
al, rOllicking crowd was never seen
In this city They appeared deter
mined to be all Fisks in these respects
at least. Nothing would disturb Their
good humor. From the usually gruff
pOliee-captains to the.raggedest gamin,
with some few marked exceptions,
all were resolved that he who had in
troduced into this city just such de-
lightful and Intoxicating public en-
tertainments as beguiled the sens
uous lives Of the Romans In their de-
clining days should have no cause to
complain that they did not show
themselves his true disciples In the
last act Of the tragedy that ended his
hurtful and demOraIfzing career,