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Year: 1873

When in 1861 pale and frightened girl came before New York audience at the Academy of Music, and sang for them the role of Glda in Verdi's "Rigoletto" she was met by that most awful of formalities respectful attention. Like so many op- era audiences before and since, it had come to be astonished and thrilled, and disap- pointed becau it had not been, was stern- ly critical. It wanted a phenomenon-it had been given g fact. The Gilda. like hundreds of other first attempts, was just enough removed from positive failure to make it tiresome to the people who desired sensation. The pale and frightened girl struggled with the passionate duties of the role with very little human aid, and when the curtain fell upon the last act she stag gered to her dressing room and fell faint ing among her friends.

 Nature at that mt ment protested against the severity of the ordeal and was kindlier than her audience. Indeed the applause of her friends had suspicious sympathy in it. Still some kind of victory had been gain ed, though the world did not know it. That was something. In all such cases the artists knowledge of herself is more impor- tant than her knowledge of others. This girl, coolly received, and fainting at the | threshold of the profession, with her own and others natures to overcome, dropped l her first tear there in the half-closed door

 way of success. It was the last tear that was she'd

 There was not strength enough said the | critics, and above all, culture was lacking. It was doubtful if she could succeed at any time. The very evidences of the true ar | list organization, the keen susceptibility, the overwrought senses, es well as the trepidation of inexperience, the blush of youth and modesty, the maidenly reserve, | were upheld against her. But they were in part the clements out of which she was to huid her future success.

 With this ordeal entered Clara Louise Kellogg upon her artistic career. There was not single prediction made of her ul- | innate eminence. But when we reflect how many aspirants have appeared in tie same way, and after the same results have disappeared, never again 10 bc heard off when we consider that ut this time Miss Kellogg is in possession of an assured and honorable position ut the head of American singers, we can be sure of the ability and determination that were hidden frsm the wonder-seeklng spectators in the pale and | frightened debutante in the role of Gilda.- Scrjbner's .for ApsSl.
Year: 1873

It took twenty-five years of agitation to abolish the franking abuse It died in its sgd year.

 One of the Ohio papers tells about a brave litt?c boy out there who found a broken rail on the railroad track. and per ceiving the peril in which the train would be placed if it should come flashing along without warning. set out on the fence in the bitter winter cold in order that he might carry the first news of the accident to his father, who is editor of local paper in the neighboring village.

 An Akron, Ohio, cat, relying upon his nine lives to save him, allowed his tail to swell, his spine to curve, and with the "Banner cry of help eminating from his jaws, waded into a buzz:sa in rapid mo- tion. The cat was never seen again, but the boss sawyer, who always stood with mouth open when at work, remarked to his assistant that he could ''taste fiddle strings and sausage meat in the air that morning."
Year: 1873

An editor is man who lives on what other people owe him until he starYes to death. A subscriber is one who takes a paper and says he is well pleased with it, and he tells everybody else Ithey ought to subscribe. After he has subscribed about seven years, the editor writes to him and asks him to let him have $2. 50, and then the subscriber writes back to the editor and tells him not to send his old paper any more, for there is nothing in it, and then the poor editor goes and starves to death some more.
Year: 1873

FENHE subscriber takes this method to acknowl. A edge her sincere thanks to her numerous pat rons of West Cornwall and vicinity for their very liberal patronage during the past season. and at the same time to announce to them that have just returned from the city of New York with new and carefully selected stock of

 Choice MILLINERY & FANCY GOODS To which invite their attention before purchas- ing elsewhere. Anything not in the store will be promptly procured. A first-class milliner from New York City will be in attendance. Please ex- anime goods and prices.

 Mfrs. H. c. CRANDALL. West Cornwall, April I5 1873 4w40
Year: 1873

For sale at Public Auction. the mill known as the Salisbury, Conn.,, and about half a mile from the depot on the Conn. Western railroad. Said mill was running until about the 1et of March last ana Is now in good order. It fig located on stream of never-failing water, with head of 19 feet, which can be raised to 27 feet without flowing off the land belonging to the mill property.
Year: 1873

Kate Field inquiries, SIS the quid as neces-
sary to man as the cud TO horned cattle? Can
he discover no guild pro quo for his present
disgusting habit? How much more of a
beast is he in his quid-dities than horned cat
tie in their cud-dities? Better Shiny hip
popotamus or a ventilated kerosene tank for
travelling neighbor than great American
splitter. In steamboats, you can escape the
rain of terror. Illuminating animals have a
cabin to themselves, where, planting their
feet on the stove, they can spit round soca
be.' But the hair breadth 'scapes by food
in cars are of nature to try the patience of
Job himself. Like the course of empire,
westwa. d expectoration takes it way"
Year: 1873

As consequence of the panic the price of
ly to crowned heads and Americans" has
fallen to SIS bottle. This will be grateful
news to many of our unfortunate bankers
and brokers whose suspension forces them to
economize even in the neoessaries of life.
Year: 1873

Rochester editor went hunting the other
day, for the first time in twenty-five years,
and he was lucky enough to bring down an
old farmer by shot in the leg. The dis
tance was sixty-six yards.
Year: 1873

The times are so out of joint it is but little
wonder that croakers should abound, and
there is reason for the suggestion that the
saying, GAN the worlds STAGE" should be
changed to "All the worlds frog pond"
Year: 1873

military authority in support of these state
mcnts and many influential business men
and capitalists, apd persons interested in
philanthropio movements, and students of
social problems, have returned to their homes
from their Southern visit determined to do
something to enlighten the public as to the
outrageous state of things in the South. And
what shall be the remedy? 1t is difficult to
say; but one thing can be done, and that is
create public sentiment which shall enable
the Southern States to rid themselves oftheir
present POLITICAL rulers, white and black !;
and secondly, withhold all government and
political patronage from men known to be
connected with the "rings" in the South !;
and we can safely leave the rest to time.


A: J. &C. s.
Year: 1873

How sGREEYpAcK" PAPER IS MADE
All the paper for the money issued by the
government is manufactured on 62-inch
Four-drihier machine, at the Glen Mills,
near West Chester, Pennsylvania.


Short pieces of red silk are mixed with
the pulp in the engine, and the finished
stuff is conducted to the wire without pass
ing through any screens, which might retain
the silk threads. BY IN arrangement above
the wire cloth, shower of fine blue silk
thread ia dropped in streaks upon the paper
while it is forming The upper side, On
which tho blue silk is dropped, is the one
used for the face Of the notes, and from the
manner in which the threads are applied
must show them more distinctly than the
lower or reversed side, although they are
cmbeddtI deeply enough to remain fixed
The mill is guarded by officers night and
day, to prevent the abstraction of any pa
per.
Year: 1873

A HAPPY DADDY-We are not obliged


to tell how the following funny letter fell in


to our hands. All the readers has to do Is


read it and laugh:


Dear Sister Emma now take my seal


and set down to take the opportunity to in


form you that I am a daddy Or at least
suppose 1 am, for Addie has got as nice q
baby as ever. made. up faces We hope thai
these few lines may lind you enjoying the
same great blessing. Now, this is to be
strictly business letter. Firstly, as I said
before, Addie has got fine baby; secondly,
/ have snapped away old John, and think !
have got pretty nice horse, it is girl, and
and weishs nine pounds-I mean the baby
it is just as fat as butter, and has good,
strong pair of lungs. She is red, and has a
bobtail--the horse I mean-and white
stripe in her face, and is driver; she has
got some blue eyes and dimple in her chin
Il mean the baby-has just the prettiest
mouth that ever opened to receive pap ;
judging from her teeth, I think she is about
six years odd mean the horse now-she is
sound, smooth and kind-I mean the horse
or the baby either, now-and the doctor says
she is the fairest he ever saw, without any
exception-he meant the baby-I got $24
toIboot, not on the baby, though, for in its case
the boot rs on the other foot, and two or three
sizes larger, as near as l can find out lam
going to harness the horse now, and go after
mothershe was'born last mic ght at twenty min
utes vast 81 hope you don't think | fmean
mother or the horse mean the babyA She
is as hearty as pig; eat an egg, a biscuit,
and drank three cups of teal mean Addie
she is getting along nicely, and if she
don't have any bad luck she will get along
frst-rate She is subject to disorders of the
stomach, and they say it is a sign of collie
mean the baby-I hope it is, for the nurse
saws colicy babies never die. She talks
about her nose as she takes snuff mean
the nurse am going to name it Ediena-
mean the baby. There I've been read
ing this over, and / see plainly that I aint
fit to write. The amount of tits I am frustrated;
L am happy father, and that accounts for
it, SO you. must excuse me this time. Your
brother, JIM.
Year: 1873

To CURE TooTHACHE-A well-known
dentist, who has tried the remedy on some
nervous people who have old roots of broken
teeth, and are too timid to permit an attempt
to remove them, makes the following public
for the benefit of all whom it may concern :
To persons having hollow tooth, allowing
the air to reach the nerve, would advise
that they get some spirits of nitrc and mix
with alum saturatc little cotton with it,
and apply it to the cavity.
Year: 1873

EAR AcHE.-Tha following is said to
be aspeedy cure for this disease ''Take a
piece of fat, salt pork, and make a plug half
an inch long in such shape that one end
will fit in the ear like a cork the other end
large enough to keep it from slipping" If
any one is suffering with this disease, the
recipe is worth trying
Year: 1873

4 DEAD WrFE's GHosT.-A German OF
good standing up town lost his wife by
death about a year ago. On her death bed
the wife cxacted solemn promis from the
husband that he would never marry again


He was sincere at the time. and fully be-
lcved that he was willing to remain mourn
ing widower the rest of his days. A few
Year: 1873

Address of the Republican Executiv,
| r. Committee.
The state executive committee of tn,
Republican party of Virginia have noticed
an attempt at this late period of the can
vass, made by the Conservative press, t.
deceive the voters of the state in regard t
the eligibility Of Colonel R. w. Hughes tc
the office Of governor of Virginia. The
time and manner of springing this OBJ.
lection stamp it as partisan trick.


We deny that there was any duel on the
occasion alluded to, that there was any
challenge to fight duel with deadly wea.
pons, that any challenge was borne at all,
that any challenge was borne by Colonel
Hughes, and that any act was committed
in Virginia or in Tennessee which could
possibly implicate Colonel Hughes in a
violation of the laws of Virginia. lie took
no other part in the difficulty with which
he is alleged to have been connected than
that of trying to effect an amicable settle
ment.


We announce the most cheering news as
to the prospects of our cause in all parts
of the state. A faithful turn out of the
Republican voters will ensure the triumph
of our ticket. We, therefore, invoke our
friends everywhere to diligence, confidence,
and faithful work up to and on the day of
the election.


We call attention to the fact that this
party which has complained SO bitterly of
test-oaths and acknowledgements, are now
upon applying them to man whose
worst offence, according to their own ad-
has been his fidelity to the cause
of friend.


By order of the committee:


ALFRED MORTON, Chairman.


JNo. r. PoPHAM, Secretary.
Year: 1873




"A contemporary says of very
prominent militia general, that "his sword
was never drawn but once-and then in
raffle.'


Interesting to bachelors A number
of caterers in different parts of the city
advertise "Families supplied by the quar-
ter.


"A cowardly fellow having kicked a
newsboy the other day for pestering him
to buy an evening paper, the lad waited
till another lad accosted the gentleman -
and then shouted in the hearing of all by
standers: Its no use to try him, Jim, he
can't read"


The Portsmouth Chronicle SAYS
Take ten cents and go to leather dealer
and get a pound or SO of shoe pegs. and
boil them well in molasses, and let them
stand until cold, and they are just as good
as barberries-in fact no one can tell the
difference"


AN urchin of seven years went into q
barber shop, and ordered the barber to
cut his hair as short as shears could do it.
He was asked if his mother ordered it in that
way. NO." said he, "school commences
next week, and we have got school m am
that pulls hair"


"A man got up before dawn, Sunday
morning, to see the sun rise, and was shot
by the exasperated owner of a melon patch
next door. In MAY last he made similar
effort, and was bitten on the heel by q
strange dog. He thinks of hiring boy to
do the early rising for the family.
Year: 1873

WASHINGTON, October 23.-The Vir-
ginian Republican association last night
passed q resolution requesting the governor
OF the District to use his influence and to
secure that Of the board Of public works
towards getting the Virginia voters working
upon the city improvements paid off, so
that they may be able to get home and vote
at the November election.
Year: 1873

CONSERVATIVE EXCURSION TO Pc
Observation-Disclosures have been made
on a grand scale for the temporary removal
at O'Clock this evening of a number of
Conservative residents of this city to Pc
tersburg. A railroad train of considerable
dimensions has been engaged for the ac-
commodation of the numerous unwashed
and unterrified sans culottes who are ex-
pected to add interest and dignity to the
occasion by their presence. The train,
after its arrival in Petersburg, will proceed
10 the front of Jarratt's Hotel, where the
unwashed will signify their presence by a
patriotic yell, and those who have any
stamps will strike for the nearest bar-room.
A member of the Kemper Kampaign Klub
will be in charge of each coach of the train,
and be its conductor. He will be indicated
by his badge. ge.. ~
Year: 1873

DowEN-BEEoHER ScANDAL.-For many
months the public mind has been agitated
in the matter of the scandal published
by the Woodruff -Clafin sisters, and va
rious opinions have been expressed, pro
and con, regarding the truth contained
in the statements OF one thing We are
convinced, that it would have been much
better for Mr. Beecher, if innocent, to
have proclaimed that fact to the world at
an earlier day, and not permitted asser-
tions to remain unanswered which could
only prove damaging to his character.
No man IS above reproach or suspicion,
and, as it is well known fact, that men
are prone TO believe evil rather than
good, it becomes Mr.. Beecher to clear
his skirts of base insinuations at as early
a day as possible, if in his power to do SO.


SAD AFFLIcTIoN.-Somet time ago our
old friend Hank Bidleman, County Re-
corder of Lander county, was stricken
down with an attack of paralysis, from
the effects of which, it is feared, he is
not likely ever to recover. From the
RereiHe we understand that he was con-
veyed to the railroad from Austin in
light wagon, whence he goes to San
Francisco, to seek what relief he may.
We are heartily sorry for geuiai, whole
souled Hank, and could our sympathy
aid his recovery he would be around rs
spry as an acrobat.
Year: 1873

George w. Smalley writes from Lon
don to the New York Tribune, as follows /:


Next TO the grass and trees, or perhaps
before, the women OF England have had
the honor to interest the Shah. Re-
garding them naturally from the Orien-
tai point Of view, his Majesty has made
number Of remarks which will scarcely
bear repetition in print. The prevailing
fashion of dress has given him abundant
opportunity to compare their attractions
with those of his own harem For three
he is reported to have offered 100000,
with the option of cancelling the bargain
trial, they disliked Persia. One of the
three told me she was inclined to accept
If the money could be settled on herself,
and if she could feel sure about getting
back. But think no bargain has been
closed.


AT Lady Granyille's party, at the
Foreign Office, ON Tuesday night, it
was an American lady-or, as some say,
two or three fair Americans-who had
the honor to attract this noble savage's
regard. At one or two dinners he has
found himself with a lady on each side
of him, and this is practice which he
declares himself unable to understand.
They, ON the other hand, have been en-
lightened by experience as to some Gus
toms which prevail in Persia but have
hitherto been unknown in England.
One lady, on rising from the table, found
her lap filled with morsels from the
royal plate, which, as she supposed, he
had found unpalatable, and quietly dis
posed of in this way. Another beheld
sundry viands from time to time during
dinner transferred from the Shah's plate
to her own. There is even a story that
he. took such 4 violent dislike to spinach
when 1t was served to him for the first
time, that he elected it from his mouth
on to the plate of his neighbor. But to
all these, as to most of the other stories,
there is another side. The charitable
and well-informed explain that these
contributions were ment as marks of
royal favor, and were in the height of
good breeding, since among the Orientals
it is the custom to bestow on guest the
choicest morsels from the hosts portion,
and king always stands in the relation
of host to everybody else.
Year: 1873

ANOTHER BLUNDERER.- men
were appointed to command ships who
had served an apprenticeship under able
seamen, and sense of responsibility
was considered leading feature OF a
competent commander but now the
main requisites seem to be Incompetence
and utter incapacity. Close on the heels
of the Atlantic disaster comes the news
of the loss of the steamship City of
Washington, which case only differs
from the former in the fact that ProVi-
dence directed her course to "a sand-bar
instead of rocks ON which the Atlantic
sunk. And the British authorities, after
mature deliberatIon, condemned the in
competent commander to be suspended
from duty for the period of one year
When owners of steamships can employ
such careless and worthless masters, and
risk the lives of hundreds and thousands
of human beings with impunity, then it
becomes unsafe for any one to venture
beyond their own shores.
Year: 1873

WEIGHT OF THE TRADE DoLLAR.-For
a number of years the variation in the
weight of the different kinds of silver
dollars has been detrimental to the United
States, our coin being of inferior weight
BY the annexed it will be seen that a
change has been made which brings our
coin nhnua my other standard
Year: 1873

The allurements held out in acrobatic
entertainments to a depravcd popular
taste which finds it, favorite rest in seeing
human life imperiled need not, perhaps
concern the press 80 long as the perform
er's peril may be couutcracted by his own
skill. No legislative interference would
be admissible to prevent an adult gym
mast Of presumably sane mind from risk
ing his life in any absurd feat where the
loss Of that life would be attributed only
to his own clumsiness and accordingly,
If one individual choose to display on
tight.ropc stretched hundred feet above
the earth tricks which would show as
much dcxterity If done at an elevation
of six feet, or another see fit to hazard
his neck by gyrating among the rafters Of
a theatre in "daring act Of zampillae-
rostation," we have nothing tn do but to
hold our tongues and silently wonder why
the public should wish to sec the athlete
killed rather than merely bruised. But
persons non compos meniis and infants are
properly wards Of the state, and when
the adventurous funambulist undertakes
10 propel an unskilled imbecile in wheel
barrow along his dizzying cord, or the ay-
ing trapeze hero pitches a young child a
bout in mid-air, we have a right to pro-
tests against such exhibitions. For,
clearly, the wheelbarrow imbecile would
be unable to save himself in case of any
mischance, nor could he be saved by his
conductor, whose own deftness, moreover,
would be quite as well proven in trun-
ding an equal weight of inanimate
freight. And in the still more sickening
spectacle of triAing with the lives and
limbs Of children there is even less ex-
cuse, since the victims are incapable Of
giving valid consent to the danger where
to they are exposed. BE it remembered,
too, that they who gain the principal
credit in these unwarrantable perform.
ances incur little il any personal risk.
The young woman who is captivating
Iondon sight-seers by the peculiarly fem
iniiiie exploit Of hanging head downwards
from a bar near the roc. and holding a
male idiot suspended by her teeth, is ,sc
firmly braced to be likely to suffer injury
herself; but the slightest relaxation OF
her jaws would render her associate q
corpse or a cripple. The Hanlons, who
are tossing child to and fro between
them while swinging high over the heads
of admiring Partisan spectators; the
dashing equestrians who in every circu,
prccariously poisc other children on vari
Gus parts of their persons the proud
parents who balance their progeny on
poles and ladders-all these are confident
enough of their own safety; the real
jeopardy falls on the little ones who play
the passive part. More than q few
deaths (the world is not yet sufficiently
Just to call them murders) have already
resulted from these barbarous exhibi
tions, and it is full time that all enlight
ened nations should take steps to sup
press them.
Year: 1873

1t is easy to undertake, but more diff
cult to finish a thing. This term is
equally applicable to all ranks. Who
ever is ignorant is vulgar. BY the street
Of By-and-by one arrives at the house Of
Never. Between the "Yes" and mo"
of woman, man should not undertake
to thrust the point of pin. Patience
and shuttle the cards. A soldier had bet
ter smell gunpowder than musk. Other
mems pains. are easily borne. A bad
cloak often covers good drinker. Pray
devoutly and hammer stoutly.