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Year: 1871

A correspondent of the st. Paul Press
writes from Winnipeg, as follows:


The principal topic under considera-
ton in the Province is the disappoint-
ment of immigrants arriving here from
Canada. The Dominion Government,
which made such profuse promises to
the inhabitants of this region a year
ago, and which induced great number
of Canadians to come out here and set
tie, has violated every one Of its pledges,
entailing not only great inconvenience
but actual suffering upon great many
people.


The volunteers who composed the
military expedition to this place last
summer were influenced to enlist by
the promise of receiving large tract of
land free Immediately upon their dis
charge. Nearly all have now been dis
charged, but not one has received any
land or even any certificate or scrip, the
authorities simply giving each man his
discharge papers and turning him loose
upon the settlement. There is no en-
pioyment cf any kind to be obtained
by them here, very few of them have
saved any money out of their twelve
dollars monthly pay, and the poor fell
fellows are in desperate strait. They
are selling their prospective titles to
land at from fifteen to twenty dollars
apiece, and few men here have bought
up at these low figures nearly all the
volunteer land scrip. All that can
leave are going to Minnesota to settle,
having become disgusted with Manitoba
and all pertaining to Canada. Immi-
grants are coming in, bringing, unfor-
tunately, nothing with them in the way
of teams, agricultural implements, and
means of subsistence. What they will
do is serious question.
Year: 1871

a sentinel angel sitting high in glory
Heard this shrill wall ring out from purgatory:


Have mercy, mighty Angels hear my story
loved and. blind with passionate love, fell.
Love brought me down to death, and death to


hell.


For God is just. and death for sin is we'll.
do not rage because his high degree,
Nor for myself do ask that grace shall be;
But for my love on earth who mOurns for me.
Great Spirit! Let me see my love again,
And comfort him one hour, and were tain
To pay a thousand years of fire and pain y
Then said the pitying angel. Nay, repent
That wild vOw Look. the dial-fnger's bent
Down to the last hour of thy punishment"
But still she walled, d" pray thee, let me go
| cannot rise to peace and leave him so.
o, let me soothe him in his bitter woeP.
The brazen gates ground sulenly ajar.
And upward, joyous, like q rising star,
She rose and vanished in the ether far.
But soon adown the dying sunset sailing,
And like q wounded bird her pinions trailing,
She futtered back with broken-hearted wailing.
She sobbed, 81 found him by the summer sea
Reclined his head upon maiden's knee
She curled his hair and kissed him. Woe is


mel'


She wept NOW let my punishment begin
have been fond and foolish. Let me in
To expiate my sorrow and my SIM"
The angel answered. Nay, sad soul, go higher!
To be deceived in your true hearts desire
Was bitterer than thousand years of hreV
Year: 1871

Nature a London journal, says that
| the American system of cheese factories
was established nearly twenty years
ago, and in its present condition of ma
| turity it retains all the essential features
which were characteristic of its infancy.
The test of twenty years experience in
country where apparent improvements
are eagerly submitted to a fair trial is
amply sufficient to prove the success OF
the system Recently the question of
its adaptability to English dairy districts
has acquired considerable prominence
in agricultural circles, and is now pas
sing from the stage of discussion to that
of experiment The two great merits
which are claimed for it are economy in
the labor of production and superiority
of quality in the produce. 1t is evident
that if dozen farmers convey their
milk to one building "a factory to be
made into cheese or butter, fewer hands
are required to perform the work than
if the process were carried on at dozen
different places by as many sets of peo-
pie. The factory can be furnished with
better labor-saving machinery than the
farm dairy, and the former establish
ment requires no more supervision than
the latter. The process of cheese-maklng,
also, occupies practically the same
length of time. whether the quantity OF
milk under treatment be large or small,
SO that two or three persons whose ener-
gies are concentrated at one place will
produce as great an economic result as a
dozen or more who are necessarily en-
ployed at as many different points, each
one going through the same routine in
dependently of each other.


The superiority in the quality of the
manufactured article may be more diff
cult of explanation, for the best farm
dairies produce as good cheese as any
factory. The reason why the establish
ment of factories has improved the ave-
rage make of cheese is because fewer
frst-rate cheese. makers are required
under the factory system. But when
Mr.. Jesse Williams established the first
factory twenty years ago, the great bulk
of American cheese was extremely poor,
and for many years it was almost un-
salable in the English market. At the
present day; on the contrary, it can
compete on even terms with all but the
very choicest English makes, notwith-
standing that it has to undergo the
ordeal of long sea-voyage. The factory
system therefore, has not only improved
the average quality of American cheese,
but it has very considerably raised the
standard of the choicest brands.
Year: 1871

Sunshine over the meadow lands.


Kissing the crimson clover,
The sunshine haunting the lily cups


That the yellow bees hung over
And sunshine over the hazy hills


And over the dimpling river
And wished that the sun and the Summer day
Might shine and last forever.
We walked down by the meadow path


The broad highway forsaking,
For the quiet of that lovely spot


Seemed better for our love-making.
And was silent and she was shy


And we walked down through the clover:
But we thought it the sweetest Summer day
That ever the sun shone over.
We heard the birds in the waving grass,


As they twittered to each other
About the nests they had hidden away


And the coo of each glad mother.
And we thought, us we walked that Summer day
Through the clover blooms together,
That at last the world was in perfect tune,


In the glad, bright Summer weather.
cannot tell what said to her.


As we walked knee-deep in clover;
But know that the robins merrily sang


A song that was gladder: sweeter
And its echo joined with the world $ sweet hymn
And made the day cOmpleter.
And when we came up the meadow path,


Our heart sang over and over;
90 sweet glad day for blossom and bird,


And for every blithe young lOver!
And yet know not the words she said


Or whether she spoke at all;
But Of all sweet days, that Summer day


/ count as the best of all.
Year: 1871

A Lynchburg (Va.) paper gives the
following incident Of the late terrible
food in that State:


" A mother and several little chill
dren were making their escape from a
narrow neck of land which lies between
the river and the canal, when they
were amazed to find that the bridge as
already gone, and their only hope was
to cling on to the abutment of the
bridge until the angry waters should
subside. But as they stood there cling
ing to the abutment, the waters CON
tinued to rise higher, while in the deep
darkness they could hear the crashing
of trees and the thunders of bridge
timbers, that were wildly dashing all
around them. They had been in this
desperate condition for some time, when
the little girl felt that her strength was
gone, and with wild shrek Of terror,
she exclaimed, Kiss me, mother, for /
can't hold on any longer 7 and with the
warm pressure of that mothers lips
upon her cheek, she was swept away,
and was seen no more"
Year: 1871

winds and fogs, requiring less coast for
works and less cost for publication,
and not exceeding one fourth the ex-
pense of culture and gardening; while
the sugar is the same. Melons have
peculiar superiority in other respects.
The rinds are equally good for stock /;
the syrup, which in beets is only fit for
distillation, is of exquisite favor for ta-
BILE use and fine table oil is made
from the seeds, not inferior to olive oil.
By reason of the great simplicity of
manufacture, the very cheap first cost
of works, and the varied products of
the sugarie, there appears to be an en-
tire absence of risk and q certainty of
profit. Beet sugaries are for men of
large means; melon sugaries are Tor
farmers and men of limited capital. We
have one person in the State who is
well versed in melon sugar making
Mr.. Wadsworth, of Sacramento-to
whom reference may be made for fur
ther information.-Aha Californian.
Year: 1871

Is optical wonder reuedIs the thousands Of hidden
a1onders nature is of permanent and practicable
availability, combining INSTRUCTION with amusement
and never losing its interest. Itmagnihes
Year: 1871

THE MICROSCOPE" a monthly journal Of in
formation for the people-the mystery of nature ex-
gained-interesting information on the y9n@ders der of
year. This Journal will be sent FREE for one year to
any one purchasing Craig Microscope at the regular


For sample copy and beautifully illustrated and
descriptive circulars and eight pages OF testimonials OF
Craig Microscope send three cents for postage to
Year: 1871

For myself should be thankful to
return to the habits of our grandmother;
buy bonnet which would do to wear
ten years have three dresses, two for
every day and one for nice" and
wear them year after year till they
wear out, without alteration, and also
twist up my hair in Il plain wad at the
back of my head. / should then have
more time for reading and study, and
more money tospend for books, pictures
and travelling, to say nothing of the
unlimited time and money for doing
good. And ] know of very many
women who would be only too happy
| to throw aside the wearisOme shackles
Of fashion. But what would better re-
suit? With the maiden no more beaux;
with a wife--a cessation of devotion on
the part of her husband. Results too
dire to be contemplated for a moment.
/ speak what know, and testify what
l have seen. | have myself been to
parties sensibly and economically clad,
and / was despised and rejected of men;
again have been more fashionably
and eXpensively attired, and had more
beaux than l knew what to do with.
BY the way, why don't some Of these
wise and sensible bachelors court and
marry amongst the vast army of work
ing girls?


They are dressed very simple, and
are accusomed to habits of economy
They are personally attractive, and
doubt not, are quite as refined and in
telligent as the average of fashionable
women. Why is there not greater
demand for them as wives, and why
are not the Flora McF!imseys a drul
in the market? Let the facts speak fo
themselves. BE not deceived, o, my
brethren With you lies the fault
from you must come the remedy-re
fuse to pay court to silks, panniers
frills and chignons, and we shall 6,
| over to calico in battallions.
Year: 1871

81 dare no more fret" said John
Wesley, than to curse and swear"
One who knew him well said that he
never saw him lowspirited or fretful in
his life. He could not endure the socie-
ty of people who were of this habit. lie
says of them "To have persons at my
ears murmuring and fretting at every
thing is like tearing the flesh from my
bones. By the grace of God, am dis
contented at nothing. l see God sitting
on his throne, and ruling all things" If
every one was of John Wesley's spirit,
it would revolutionize the world. Chris
tians lose all their wayside comforts al d
dishonor the Master, by their fretful-
ness over little troubles. Some who can
bear the great sorrows of life with a
martyrs faith and patience are utterly
overthrown by the breaking of vase.
The temper is an unruly steed which
must be kept in hand every moment.
Year: 1871

This is an age Of novelties not per-
haps of ideas, for originality in that re-
spect is SO questioned and Iefuted now
adays that we begin to be believers in
the somewhat caustic observation of the
Hebrew king, that there is nothing new
under the sun. But the practical appli-
cation Of resusctated principles, says
the London ErGminer, is carried out
so largely that we begin to wonder
sometimes whether human ingenuity
will ever find an insurmountable boun.
dairy and limit it cannot pass. The
wars of the last ten years have given Il
wonderful stimulus to inventive genius
for improving old and designing fresh
instruments of destruction, and society
is indebted TO the present sanguinary
contest for one or two novel aids to
wholesale slaughter. When this un-
happy war shall have ended, Europe
will be flooded with books about it-.his
torical, political, and technical and we
shall be greatly disappointed if we dc
not see some record of the doings of the
intrepid aeronauts who have rendered
such signal servicei in France by preserv
ing means of communication between
the invested capital and the provinces
Their operations have been doubtless
irregular, awkward, and not always
successful; but their art is in its infancy
and crude as may have been their etfort'
they have had valuable and beneficial
influence on the defence. Blame as W,
may the vanity and rashness which LED
to the war, the mendacity and reckless


ness which have characterized it on thu
part of the French, ii is impossible no


to admire the indomitable perseverance,
and courage they have displayed unde


crushing reverses.
Year: 1871

JENNY LIMBS husband has at length


run through the splendid fortune with
which she retired from the lyric stage,
and she is compelled to teach music for
a living. The ill-matched pair have
separated by mutual consent, and the
spendthrift must now shift for himself.
Year: 1871

The following record Will show the changes Ia
the temperature for the past twenty -four hours in
comparison with the corresponding day OF last year
rs Indicated by the thermometer at Iudnurs
Year: 1871

WALLACK's TnEATER-THE JEALOUS WIFE.


The most interesting performance that has
taken place at Waacks Theaer since the opening took
place there Monday, when The Jealous Wife" was
acted in the presence OF full house. and Miss Plessy
Mordsunt made lrer first appearance on the American
stage. 1t is very violent assumption that a play
which before the public for more than hun
dred years pretty well known and therefore, may
suppose that mnutry careful comment on The Jealous
Wife will scarcely be expected 1t shows that close
observation OF human nature in the invariabe and
perennial methods OF manfcstng character and passion,
for which Comans writings distinguished He
understood men and they in all times, no
less than the aspects social in his particular
age The drawing Of jealousy in this piece is indeed,
somewhat coarsely donefOr the Jealous wife s almost


yirago and her habits OF thought as mean as her
conduct Is suspicious, ntemperae, and ill-bred The
delineation, however "a made instrumental In evokng
some comic situations and One-the interview between
Mrs. Oakley and Lady FreelOre-whch is vital with truth
full analysis of the sptefu side of feminine nature and bril-


liant with terse opposite dialogue Colman is we'll
known indebted to the novel OF tom Jones' for the
suggestion OF the main idea OF the comedythe flight Of
Miss Russell In the one, corresponding to the flight OF
Sophia In the other But the conduct Of the plot, the
delneaton Of the characters, and the management OF
the dialogue his and they in his ablest STYLE
The piece was set upon the stage with mostly new
scenery, and though Miss Plessy Mordaunt-who re-
ceved cordial greeting-was naturally little nus
rated and therefore, fful and uncertain, the repre-
sentation passed smoothly and effectively Miss Nor
daunt chiefly impressed observers by the ripe and
uxuriant beauty Of her personal appearance. She Is
handsome. In the imperial way; and through all the
turbulence OF the temperament she depleted and all
the restless vacillaton OF her own pertur5ed mood
she evinced a womany sweetness which made her
beauty the winning. She has manesty suoleo IN
the good old school Of comedy-acting She displayed
control Of the weapons Of feminine dupclty
and raiery, and showed herself to be the mistress OF
Mysteries. Upon the fneness and the reach o her art II
was not possible To form positive judgment The indi-
| cations OF the most promising character; and
VIC shall hope TO have the opportunity OF seeing
the actress in character OF higher caber and more
various color Mr. Fisher played Mr. Oakley in the easy
and gracefully finished manner peculiar to him. and Mr.
Rnggold gave carefully polished and really excellent
deineation OF Lord Trinket For Miss Plessy Mordaun
may he recorded at the outset, which, not
surprisingly brilliant is rich in promise The lady
called before the curtain by cordial plauds at the end
| OF the performance Tonight, The Rivals"


The San Francisco Minstrels will give per-
formance, next Saturday afternoon In aid Of the suffer
| ers by the dreadful disaster In Chicago.
Year: 1871

SUICIDE OF AN OLD BILLIARD MARKER


Peter COye, age 60, cut his throat, ycster-
day while lying in bed in his apartment at No. 8l Mul-
berryst He employed for mnny years "a marker In
several billiard in this city. lie was unmarried
Somewhat eccentric from lack Of employment he has
recently been low spirited having stated on several Oc-


d. nast he has been confined to hs bed by sickness
and he probably committed suicide under temporary In
sanity
Year: 1871

d1st Book Concern Difficulty. &c.


New YORK, June 23-The Arctic
steamer Polaris will be ready 10 leave
here on Tuesday next. Mr.. Hall sue
ceeded in getting scientific staff and
crew to suit him.


The leading operator in the Rock
Island speculation offered to settle some
of his contracts at fifty per cent. cash,
or in full with his notes al twelve
months.


The brokers were engaged Yesterday
in unraveling the tangled thread OF their
confused accounts, and for the present
there is an end to suspension, whatever
feature may develop when the claims
which are now counted as cash are real
lied at their actual value.


Mr.. Fanshaw closed the session in the
Lanahan trial yesterday with the argu-
ment for the prosecution. This morn
ing the Court will listen to the areu-
ments BY Judge Reynolds for the de-
tense and General Runyan for the prose
cution. Early in the present session
the committee passed resolution in
vitipg Lanahan to bring before them
whatever new proof he had OF fraud !;
this he has not done The committee
confined the present investigation strict
" to the cause Of the suspension.
Whether Lanahan is deposed by a
verdict or not, he will be allowed to
bring all charges whatsoever in the new
trial before the committee, as they are
determined to give him full and fair
opportunity to prove his statement.
Year: 1871

CINCINNATI, June pa special to
Times and Chronicle this evening saws:


WASArAH IND, June ga culvert
on the Louisville, New Albany and
Chicago railroad. gave way this morn
ing as the north bound express train
struck it. The engine and the front
baggage car were thrown into the
creek, which was swollen by the recent
heavy rains to the depth OF fifteen feet
The fireman being unable to extricate
himself was instantly killed. The en-
gineer received severe injuries and the
baggage master was also badly hurt
Among the passengers injured was a
LADY, who had two ribs broken, besides
other, and it is feared, internal injuries.
She is in q critical condition. Several
others passengers received severe bruis-
ca but none fatally. The culvert had
been weakened by heavy rains, which
caused it to sink under the weight Of
the train.
Year: 1871

The whole bluegrass region was in a
terrible state OF excitement yesterday
About Midway and in Lexington peo.
pie quit work SO greatly was the whole
community appalled, by the horror Of
the thing. 1t il to be hoped that there
will be no lynching or ku.klusing, bat
the people are excited and there is no
telling what may come Of it all.


Mr.. Harper has telegraphed for sew
eral OF the shrcwdest detectives in the
coantry, and the matter will be silted
to the bottom. 1t is as appalling as the
famous Nathan murder, and more
bloody. The victims are among the
most wealthy people of Kentucky, and
the murder, aside from its cruelty, will
attract attention from the close con-
nection OF the murdered with a man
whose name has so recently been
in the mouths OF everybody in the
country.
Year: 1871

Miss Betsey's wounds were dressed,
aud she returned TO consciousness yes
terday morning. She appears perfectly
rational in all except one thing. She
was unaware that anything bad hap.
pened. Upon being asked who had
been in the house during the night, she
replied nobody. Who struck her no
body. Who killed Jake; nobody. She
was conscious to everything except the
terrible deed which had been so fatal TO
her. Physicians say that she may live
for eight or ten days yet, but that shc is
so old and feeble that she can hardly
recover. Her skull is broken and
crushed in upon the brain in several
places II was rumorei ia Lexington
last night that she had died. but it is
unlik kelly.
Year: 1871

twenty-five years of age, is also suspect
ed. His mother testified before the
Coroner's jury that he slept in the up
stairs of her cabin, and that he could
not get out without coming through her
room, unless he climbed out the win
dow and over a shed at the side OF the
cabin. Sometime during the night she
SAYS she heard log or something at
the side OF the cabin fall. Upon ex-
animation Yesterday it was found that
one of the rafters, or long poles, which
laid upon the shed to hold the boards
to their places had rolled of the shed
to the ground. The roof gave unmis.
taxable evidence of some one having
passed over it. Several other negroes
are missing, and are suspected Of hav-
ing a hand in the affair. Three in all
had been arrested at last accounts.
Blood was found on the clothes OF the
negro whom Mr.. Harper met coming
from Lexington, and he failed utterly
before the Coroner's jury TO account
for it.
Year: 1871

Ssnsationalists let not week pass
and have not during the winter with.
ont announcing to the country that
great changes are soon 60 be made
10 the cabinet q late ara sweeping
report says that oil are to walk the
plank but Dslano. Now we have
the best Of reasons for believing that
the prsssnt Cabinet is wy L......--
Aious il sentiment, and fully in 40


cord with tho President at least a.
nearly 70 as Cabinets usually are


with the executive. There may be
perhaps, sometime in the near
future, . change 10 one or two OF
the Offices on account Of i'll health OF
parties, or some reason akin thereto
in character, but to say that there


will b : sweeping change in the
Cabinet unless some future and un.


torseon difference shall yet arise to


CAUSE it, is to mouth the folly Of the
tool, or "a, wantonly mislead the nm
sophisticated public. There are ut


least four men in that Cabinet with
whom the President would be very


sorry to part as his advisers, and


whose place in his Cabinet will not


be vacated BY them in the present
state of their intimate and harmoni-
ous relationship unless we are very
greatly deceived.
Year: 1871

From the report Of what transpired in the Board
OF Health there seems to be apprehension OF an


alarming increase OF smallpox in this city. From
large cities, centres, this disease rom present
c0nveniences OF travel, readily nnds its way into
country towns. Yesterday one Of the members
called the attention OF the Board OF Health 10 this
Its progress. The only prevention Of This loathsome
disease Is to be found IN vaccination-not with
II vaccine ID properly introduced into the system
there need be no dread OF smallpox. In order TO
have vaccine pure and fresh, and in quantity to
meet the wants OF The community, the Board should
adopt measures TO have 1t rnshed our vicinity.
small quantity Is imported from Europe, which
comes at high rates. Why not have it provided TOR
ourselves at homer MEDICUS.


NOVEMBER y. 1871.