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Year: 1872

told her what had done, but found She
only enyicd me ny exalted position, and
determined TO 20 as much higher a. cir
camstanecs would pemiiA such Is life
aud such Is woman,


tried 10 reason with her. but who
ever go, tie better Of bis wife ia an ar
cumcats She had two reasons for 70
every one against


: sha viii shs VII, yoa may aspsnd oht
II she woat she non {. spa there's the end ouE


These two lines are The battle cry Of
freedom with the other sex, so submit
ted with as good grace as ! oould ex-
temporarily master considering the cir
camslances.


When we reached the roadstead where
the Castle in the Air was anchored the
sun broke through the clouds, and we
were assured BY the professor that we
should have splendid view. After
climbing into the car, aud taking our
seats the signal was given, aud slowly
we began to leave the earth. This time
there were two persons who clutched at
the ropes, and our pulse run up from the
normal seventy-two into the nineties.
There were the houses far below present
ing their roofs and their chimneys to
break our fall in case of accident. The
sad thought was that we should have to
drop more than five hundred feet in a
straight line before we could even land
on chimney. We did not seem to be
going away from the earth, but the earth
appeared to be dropping away from us.
The elegant carriages of Columbus Ave.
looked small enough TO hang on ones
watch chain for charms, and as for the
human beings, the effect OF our elevation
was very peculiar We saw them. of
course, greatly shortened They seemed
to be not more than foot or eighteen
inches long But when they walked
we could see the full length Of the stride.
1t was very curious sight-men only a
foot long taking steps three feet in length.
The old sevcn-eague boots described SO
graphically IN the story books seemed no
longer a myth


Pretty soon ! caught the professor
emptyiug several huge sand-bags out OF
the car. lE3 tf


What for, sirYl said l}


To go up higher, he answered.


looked at the little woman who sat
beside me, and said


/ Higher?


4 A nod in the affirmative.


There's pluck, said In my heart, and
in half minute we could look down on
the entire city, and far out into the bay
/ beyond the lower light, and upon Brook
/ line, Dorchester, Charlestown, and, in
deed, upon such view that one could
hardly speak; SO impressed was he with
the magnificence Of the great picture that
lay far, far beneath him, To say that we
enjoyed it, often the trepidation was
over,is to speak in fceble'language. Who
would not enjoy sitting in the lap of Q
friendly cloud and looking down upon
miles and miles Of green pasture and
throbbing city?


/ But all excitement must end, so we
/ took an affectionate farewell of the uD
pc: air, and of the mists that brushed by
us, and soon stepped again upon the
planet, glad to have been for once W
above the world.
Year: 1872

There is touch of pathos about doing
even the simplest thing for the last time.
1t is not alone kissing the lips of the dead
that gives you this strange pain. You
feel it when you look your last upon some
scene which you have loved-when you
stand in some quiet street where yon know
you will never stand again, unless indeed,
you come back some day to the old
"haunts," and wander among them an
unwelcOmc ghost.


The actor playing his part for the last
time-the singer whose voice is cracked
hopeessly, and who alter this once will
never stand before the sea Of upturned
faces, disputing the plaudits with fresher
and tairer forms-the clergyman who has
preached his last sermon-these all know
the hidden bitterness of ''nevcr again"


How they come to us on birthdays rs
we grow older! Never again young
always nearer and nearer to the very last
the end which is universal, the "last
thing" which shall follow all the other
last things, and turn them, let us hope,
from pains to joys.


We put away on" boyish toys, with an
odd heart-ache. We were too old to walk
any longer on our stits-too tall to play
marbles on the pavement. Yet there was
a pang when we thought we had played
with our merry mates for the last time.
and life's serious, grown-up work was
waiting for us.


Now we do not want the lost toys back.
Life has other and larger playthings for
us. May it not be that these, too, shall
seem in the light of some far-off day as
the boyish games seem to our manhood,
and we shall learn that death is but the
opening of gate into the new land of
| promise ?
Year: 1872

Last year | raised twenty ox-loads Of
pumpkins with corn from an acre. The
cart would hold forty bushels Of potatoes.
| consider them valuable feed for stock,
taking into consideration how cheaply they
can be raised. I undertook to dry in my
apple dry-h0usc some for market, and was
offered Ave cents per pound. l found that
green pumpkin, weighing from fifteen to
twenty pounds, would make one pound of
wel.-dresscd dry pumpkin, and that it would
pay better to dry them for hogs Gas it could
be done very cheap than it would to sell.


| soaked the dry pumpkin in milk and fed
the same to the hogs-they gained fast.
also dried quite an amount and barreled it
to feed them this summer. ! fed my sheep
upon the green ones two months, and it did
very much toward fattening forty which
sold for mutton, and the forty which
wintcrcd never did better. | commenced
to feed my cattle in September, and fec
some every day until February. 1t saved
a vast amount of feed. / am planting but
a small piece of corn, and wish to raise 6
large amount of pumpkins, SO plant them
with my Early Rose potatoes their tops
die early, which will let in the sun and give
pumpkins Il chance to grow. Maine Far
nnr
Year: 1872

Two gather lilies and wade the sweet clover
Shouting glad song in their morning aud MAY !;
Gold are the dreams and the clouds that float


over,


And golden the future far stretching away.
Two launch their boat for voyage of loFg sill


ing,


The bright ripples play. and the wind y on


shore.
While the red light of the morning is failing,
Sturdy and strong sails the bark-dps the


oar,(
Two. hand in hand, climb over the mountain
Footsore and weary from tempest and toll.
With only a moment to drink from the fountain
Renew their strength for tomorrow turmoil
Two, when the Autumn hath put ON its glory,
Sit hv the shore OF the beautiful Past;
Whose solemn waves break with wondefthi


story


Of fancitul ships that went down in the blast.
Two. in the chill of the snowy December,
Talk of he Winter that leads TO the Spring;
Two sit and dream. over tagot and ember.
OF castles in air, and OF birds on the wing.
Two lie at rest under blossomng roses;
Winter sfts over them gently the snow;
The light of Summer above them repoSes;
Their places are filled, and the years come


and 90
Year: 1872

The Poultry World, in an article OH tur-
keys, has this in relation to feeding:


"rhe practice of most farmers who raise
turkeys is not to feed them at all after the
young birds are six or eight weeks Old.
They are driven off to the pasture or woods
carly in the morning, and get their living
whore they can find it. Their chief food is
graSshoppers and other insects, and they
do the pastures and meadows a great ser
vice in keeping under these destructive
creatures. This may be well enough where
insects and mast are plenty, but upon many
farms the range of woodland is exceedingly
limited, and the growth of the birds will
not be satisfactory without food from the
corn crib. They should come to the roost
every night with full crops, and if on ex-
animation this is not found to be the case,
they shond be regularly fed once q day at
least. There is no danger of fattening 4
young turkey on a good range in six
months. With hrst-claSs stock, full feed
will make q difference of four 10 five pounds
in the weight of the birds at Thanksgiving.
Turkeys like variety Of food though they
do very we'll upon corn, which they never
refuse while in health. They are very fond
of mash of boiled potatoes and Indian
meal, and thrive admirably upon it. What
ever the provender, it should be fed regu-
larly, and the birds kept thriving from the
shell to the butchers block"
Year: 1872

Men who see into their neighbors are
very apt TO be contemptuous; but men
who see through them, find something
lying behind every human soul which is
not for them to sit in Judgment on or at
tempt to sneer out of Gods manifold
universe Holmes.
Year: 1872

a paragraph IN a medical contemporary
reveals the secret that the fair sex is, as
compared with the male sex, almost ex-
empt from the most serious organic dis
eases of the heart. Oh, the selfshness OF
man! Then this is why young fellows
are always trying to negotiate an ex.
change of hearts with the dear creatures
Year: 1872

1t was enough for Maud that he was
"home again; and though she was not
sure that it was right for her head to be
lying on his breast, it seemed so precious
to feel that some one cared for her; and
she felt so happy after her desolation, that
she just let it lie there. Paul was busy
studying the fair face upraised to his and
after her heart ceased to throb 50 wildly,
he bent his handsome face close to hers,
and whispered that he loved her dearer
than he loved his life-that she was more
precious to him than his honor and his
hopes Of heaven-that his kind aunt was
waiting to receive her and Bette to the
pleasant home thav shared together
Would she be his wife ?
Year: 1872

Printed on short notice and in
handsome style at this Office. If
you wish to havc good attendance
ofpurchasers, and make bidding go
off lively, be sure and get your no.
tices printed. People never 60 to
vendues unless they are properly
advertised. This is the experience
of PEYToN Cox, who has serted"
more sales than any man in the
county. Como with all your Bill
printing to this Office. When you
come to town inquire for the EN-
oUIRER Printing Office.
Year: 1872

A LADY writer says if women were as
partical in choosing virtuous husband
as men are in selecting virtuous wife, a
moral reformation would soon begin, which
would be something mere than froth aud
foam. When this reformation commences
there will be stop to marriages for time
at least
Year: 1872

WARREN DUNHAM, PROPRIETOR.
HAVING PURCHASED THIS NEW HOTEL
iii the above named will hereafter conduct it as
first class house, and guarantees satisfaction
to all who may favor him with their patronage


THE TABLE
will always be supplied with the best to be had,
the Rooms and Beds will be kept clean, and none
but the best Liquors and Cigars will be offered at
the Bar May 2e, 1871
also have a Barn and Corral for the


Care of Stock.
Year: 1872

ened, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the follicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouliag the hair with pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. FREQ
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for n
Year: 1872

PUBLISHING a newspaper in Danbury
can hardly be set down as very profitable
business. The editor doesn't expect to be
millionaire right away. We infer thi.
from what he says about "collectiou day"
With mournful face he goes on to tell
that 1--WE have boy this week collecting
up back accounts of subscribers to the late
EUening NeUs. We have longing to
possess pair Of pants with pocket be-
hind. Whenever We have.this craving we
have the boy out. lie has raiJed enough
already to get the pocket, but we should
like more of the pants before appearing
Year: 1872

Over and over agsin,


No matter which way turn,
always find in the Book of Life


Some lessons have to learn.
I must take my turn ut the mill,


must grind ut the golden grain,
must work out my task with q resoluts viii
Over and over again.
We cannot measure the need


Of even the tiniest flower,
Nor check the fow of the golden sands


hat runs through single hour;
But the morning dew must fall,


And the sun and the Summer rain
Must do their part and perform it all


Over and over again.
Over and over again


The brook through the meadow hows,
And over and ovsr agsi,


The ponderous mill whsel goes;
Once doing will not suffice,


Though doing be not in vain;
And blessing, failing us once or twice,
May come II try again.
Year: 1872

The path that has once been trod
Is never so rough to our feet;
And lesson We once have learned
Is never so hard to repeat.
And though sorowful tears may fall,
And the heart to its depth be riven
With storm and tempest, we need them all
To render us meet for heaven.


The Household.
Year: 1872

WHEN Governor Lewis, of Alabama
can legislate through mob that pos
sesses neither certificates ofelection
nor quorum; when United States


troops can take possession, OF the
Louisiana State House, and place in
power State officers at the option of
Judge Durell when decisions of the
Supreme Court of State are declared
u nullity by United States District
Court Judge in five minutes hearing,
it is evident that this country is going
to the devil by large majority To-
ledo Democrat.
Year: 1872

A youth with an experimental turn
Of mind spoiled the worship OF a
peaceful congregation in Western
kentucky, the other night, by slyly
inserting o package of Smith & Wes-
sons cartridges in a scuttle of coal.
The cartridges went off and so did the
preacher.
Year: 1872

be made to exempt new and poor
roads-will notcarry. Also, an effort
to allow large cities to tax their
bridges and machine shops separate
ly, which of course will compel the
Census Board to deduct the amount
from the value of the whole road
and will be fought by all the Central
portion of the State.'


Having no experience, and not
sufficient knowledge, in this matter,
we cannot express any very decided
opinion upon it; but it seems to us
that, if upon fair consideration end
trial the taxation of railroads upon
their gross receipts be found no longer
advisable land of this zee are not
fully certain, then tie above bill
would seem to present pretty fair
system. But il would lodge a
weighty responsibility and consider
able power an the few men compos-
ing the Census Board; and whether
they Could discharge these new and
onelous duties to the satisfaction OF
the people would bave to be decided
upon trial.
Year: 1872

In the face Of threat from the Minister of
the Interior to the effect that the Diet would be
dissolved and the new one convoked il the Coun-
try Reform bill was defeated, the Upper House
of the Prussian Parliament has finally rejected
the measure by vote Of las to 49,
Year: 1872

It annoys your friends as we'll as yourself


You would like to get rid Of it, but scarcely


know what means TO adopt. We will tell you
Use the fragrant SozoDoHV, il will cleanse and
besutify your teeth, and leave your breath
pure.
Year: 1872

Few people are aware of the inside
workings of printing office, nor OF the
annoyances attendant upon the publica-
ton of newspaper. II is impossible to
form anything like correct idea Of the
number of men there are in every com
munity, who make it a point about every
other time they meet YOU TO tell you of
some important fac, that ought to be ne
,iced by the paper pro boio pubiieo. Gen
orally, however. it turns out that the
item referred TO has an az to grind, and
the newspaper Is to he the free horse on
which he expects To ride into public no
tice and confidence. Or il not that, he
Is constantly annoyed by multiplicity
Of communications. which are always
lengthy and contain nothing that any
body CARES to see 10 print or know any
thing Of whatever. except the writer and
perhnps one or two other particular indi-
yidsal,, and for whose exclusive benefit
Il WAS written, il not for moment occur
ring 10 the writer that communications
for a newspaper should be such as would
interest thousands Of readers. The news
paIsr business is very exacting on all
Connected with il, and the pay ia com
paatively small. The proprietor risks a
large amount OF money for smaller profits
and the editors and printers work harder
aud cheaper than the same number of
men in any profession, requiring the
given amount of intelligence and train
ing. The lite has its charms and pleas
ant associations scarcely known To the
outside world; hut it has its earnest work
and hours of exhaustion, which, likewise,
are not known to those who think the
business all fun. The idea that news
papordom is the charmed circle where the
/ ia, ored members live life of ease, free
from care, is mistaken one. Bu,iness
is business, aud the Journal that succeeds
is the one that is run ON square bust
ness footing, with the same system Us a
banking establishment.
Year: 1872

Here is a simple little experiment by
which we can prove the existence of a
blind spot in our eyes. Shut your left
eve, and with your right one look stead
ily al the cross just below, holding the
paper ten or twelve inches from the eye.


X o


Now move the paper slowly toward the
eye. which is fixed on the eros. Al
certain distance the other figure, the
letter o, will suddenly disappear, but
if you bring the paper nearor,.it will
come again into view. You may not
succeed with the experiment on the first
trial, but with little patience you cannot
hardly fail, and the suddenne,s with
which the black spot vanishes and reap
pears j. very striking. Now, examina-
ton has shown that, when il disappears,
its image falls exactly on the spot where
the optic nerve enters the eye, thus prov
ing that spot To he blind.
Year: 1872

LOUIS NAPOLEON tried to send a cipher
dispatch Of four hundred words the other
day. but was prevented from doing so by
order of the German police authorities,
sll Of which il doubtless delightful
To the great master of political sensation
alism. The mystery of cipher dispatch
from his hands must he very vastly com
Portable To him after his long ob.curiiy,
aud the fact that he can still do thing.
whleh excite the suspicion Of great gov
ernments must furnish him rare delight,
while the consequent mention Of his name
in the newspapers cannot fail to bring
great JOY 10 his ex-imperial heart.
Year: 1872

Few people know, and thousands do
not kndS, that by setting glass fruit
jar on folded towel, thoroughly soaked
IN cold water, the fIuit can be poured
in boiling hot, with no more danger of
breaking than with tin can.
Year: 1872

As Irish advertisement reads; "H
the gentleman who keeps shoe store
with a red head viii r-turn the umbrella
of the Young lady with the ivory handle,
he will hear something to her advantage '
Year: 1872

II The papers are demanding the dismissal OF
W. C. Webb from the Insurance Department, and
are calling upon the Governor to request him to
resign. Our private opinion is. that the Governor
does not care a Continental whether any man
supports Grant or Greeley; and it is pretty Ger
tain that he will not ask Webb to give mp what
he used such extraordinary means to bestow upon
him. There is but one remedy, and that is for the
Legislature to wipe ont the law, aud the Superin-
tcndent withit The Insurance law is aswindle,
to begin..with, and the Superintendent, creature
of the Governor, more powerful than the Govern
or himself Among hands, they succeeded in so
bamboozling the Legislature, that the law could
not be touched, except as the Superintendent rec
ommended Now, we hope to see the whole thing
cleaned out, like rotten cheese with all the
maccots that infcst it.
Year: 1872

" We have sometimes been led to wonder
whether, after all the fuss, Jim. Lane was not in
the right, in his local fight in Lawrence. In every
bolt from the Republican ticket in that County,
it has been led by the prominent Anti-Lane men,
and composed in great part of the same element.
They had 1t SO badly, that they opposed their
own party because Lane belonged to it; and they
became SO habituated to 1t, that they keep 1t up
since Lanes death.
Year: 1872

The COYOTEs.-Wc heard q gentleman, the
other day, give good illustration of the terrific
noise kept up by the little squad Of Grceleys who
are to be found in every community. He said
they reminded him of the coyotes, when he first
came to Kansas. The noise they made was terri
flying, and he Thought they numbered at least ten
thousand. But when he came to investigate, he
found that there was just one coyote making all
the noise!
Year: 1872

~ The tremendous stampctlcs of Republicans
to Greeley, that we read about, are something
like the milk-sickness used to be in Indiana.
When a stranger inquired in a neighborhoodl
where he had heard that the malady prevail
ed, he was always informed that there was
none of it there, but that they had it just six
miles away. 1t was impossible to get nearer than
within six miles of the disease. Those Greeley
accessions are always just at some other place
than the one you happen to inquire at.
Year: 1872

II Isn't it about time that Thaddeus H. Walk
er took a square, open stand either for Grant or
Greeleyi This thing of the papers claiming him
on both sides, is getting to lie q little irksome.
He wouldn't split to advantage, to use on both
sides
Year: 1872

The entbusiasm for Greeley is intense. Even
been forgotten if he had not come out f,r some
one. And here is the way he boils over for him /:
at would have been difficult for him to have
found a more disagreeable, Objectionable candi-
date to three fourths of the men who must vote
for him, if he is elected, than Horace Greeleyr
Year: 1872

The Naikvills Union and American says: "A
gentleman residing in this city, and who returned
from Warrington and Lee University, OF Virginia,
relates some pleasant facts connected with the last
dsy: OF Gen. Lee. He says that the private room
IN the University, which the General occupied.
mas been left just a. il was when he went out Of it
on the morning he took to his bed, and from which
he never arose. The General went into his room
at the usual hour that morning, put on his slip
pers, took . seat near window, from which he
drew the curtain partially back and began reading
copy OF the Nashville Union. lie had been
complaining Of being unwell, and after short
time he laid the paper ON the table and left the
room. never more to return. To-day the visitor to
the University is shown the room. which he is al
lowed to enter, but is prohibited from touching
anything. On tho dust.covered table he sees the
paper as 1t dropped from tho hands of the chief.
tain, and near the chair. which is partly turned
around, his slippers. The curtain is in the same
position in which the General had placed it, and
IN the inkstand is the deeply corroded pen, just
1t had been left when last used A guard is mount
cd at the door every day to that nothing abou.
the room is disturbed by any one visiting it.
Year: 1872

moth cabbages, monster turnlps, immense
beets, ETC., as well as for the plump heavy
headed oats, wheat and cereals in general.


The latitude of Lake Superior gives us
very long days in summer. From little
after four in the morning till nearly eight at
night the sun is heating earth air and wa
ter The vicinity of the lake ensures a
sufficient cooling of the temperature at night
to deposite needed moisture; and the lake
breezes freighted with vapor bring rains
just when they are most needed. Hence if
the farmer should seek the world over, he
could lind no region which more nearly
succeeds in combining the actual benefits
of the torrid and temperate zones than the
fertile belt in the latitude of Lake Superior.