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Year: 1873

brought him back not moment too soon
lis discovery saved hundreds of lives
which must otherwise have been lost.
Then again why was farmer Brady the
ono to discover the break? Why was
Donald McSweeney to run that particular
train? Was not the previous experience
OF these two persons merely to prepare
them for the awful emergency so near at
hand? Had not farmer Brady lost his
little boy would he have been prepared to
act as promptly as he did? Had Donald
McSheeley's feeling not been so intensely
wrought up, would he have been so watch
full Could he have stopped the train in
season to save all those livesp | conceive
ii to have been impossible. Ii was all the
work of inspiration and destiny They,
and they only, We're chosen to do it. 1t
was their destiny to stand face to tace-to
look for 4 moment into each others eyes,
amt then part-ioreyer


How strongly our lives and destinies
are linked together Who can tell us why
il was that little Robert and Donald Me
Shelley must both be sacrificed that so
many others might be spared to walk the
earth in safety?


How ineNplicable are the mysteries of
life and death May il not be that Donald
Mcsheelcy, holding. little Robert Brady
caresoingly in his arms, stands at this
moment on the further shore watching and
writing till farmer Brady comes to claim
his oWno
Year: 1873

In recent address before the Vermont
daiINmms association, Alexander HYDE
said: AS Il general rule it may be stat


cd that small COWS give q milk richer in
cream than that from larger COWS. Tina,
the little Jersey gives n more creamy milk
than the large Dmilanl-indeed. ordinary
milk nt a Jersey is about equal in this re-
spcct to much that is sold in or city as
pure cream. Mr. j. NJ. Machie, Of Great
harrington, Mass, in whose word we
can place implicit confidence, says that he
has one Jersey whose milk is by actual
test 30 per cent. cream. and that from
FIVE quarts of Jersey milk he can make
one pound of butter. The small Kerry
is said to be equal to the Jersey in its
cream product, and the smaller Brittany
coWlet for the kline of Brittany hardly de
serve the name of COWS, as they are only
26 to 40 inches in height is claimed to
produce milk richer in cream than that Of
the Jersey or Kerry. On the other hand
the large Durham are not remarkable for
quantity or quality of their milk though
there are some strains of Durham blood
unifolAlly furnish good mixers and the
large Dutch cattle, while giving an album
dance Of milk, are rather famous as cheese
tl'tii t'NitttI 1 Ht -iN ISll1tS,
which are a medium between large and
small COWS, furnish also milk which is
fully up to the average for both butter and
cheese. In the latter constituent we are
inclined to think the Ayrshire milk is
aboNeihe average. Perhaps we ought to say


here that the difference between jersey
and Ayrcshire milk is not so great intrim-
sically as apparently. Jersey milk has II
good emulsion, that is, the cream rises
rapidiv and easily In this respect ii is
like men of fluent speech They can tell
all they know, and sometimes pass for
more knowledge than they are worth


The cream Of Ayreshire milk is more Slow
in rising, and seldom rises perfectly, so
that if Il pan Of Jersey skim milk is COM
pared with Ayrshire skim milk the former
is watery and innutritious, having parted
with its cream, while the latter is white
and valuable from the cream and casein
which it contains. As the virtue of milk
so far as muscle forming is concerned, is
concentrated in the casein, Ayrshire milk
is intrinSically fully equal to Jersey
Year: 1873

and scald them just sufficient to allow you
to take off the skin, then let them stand
for a day covered with salt; strain them
to remove the seeds. Then to
every two quarts add three ounces Of
cloves, two of black pepper, two Of nut
megs and a very little cayenne pepper,
with a little salt. Boil the liquor for half
an hour, and then let it cool and settle
Add Il pint of the best cider vinegar, after
which bottle it. corking and sealing tight


~. Keep in a cool place.
Year: 1873

LIFE AMONG THE IOWLY The Trib-
une tells the following story of some of
the experiences OF busy life at our fash
iOnable summer resorts. The hero is Ali
9ustus. who is employed in a Broadway
establishment which deals in wearing APP
parel for men. The clerk, having saved
something from his earnings, went to Il
Saratoga. Newport on Long Branch hotel,
no matter which, to spend his money and
his holiday. He was well dressed and en-
the piazza he one day formed the acquain
tance of Marie, 4 youing lady Of beauty,
and arrayed in the height of the mode.
The impression was made upon the mind
Of Augustus that Marie was wealthy and
high born. He fell in love with her, but
carefully concealed from her his occupa-
ton. He mysteriously talked Of stocks
and made her believe that he was Il man
of large capital. After the holiday Angus
tus returned to town and resumed his po-
sition behind the counter; and now we
quote the words Of the Tribune; ut was
a week or two after his return, and Au-
gustrs' soul was not yet in his vocation,
Already the heavier woolens We're coming
in for the fall trade, and Augustus smiled
albeit sardonically, at the change which





stood at his familiar counter. But an eX-
ira and peremptory order for CUSTOM
made shirts obliged him to visit one of
the many seamstresses employed by the
emporium. As Augustus turned down the
narrow street Of Il remote, questionable
locality, and rung the bell of modest
tenement house, his mind reverted to the
past, and he glanced nervously up and
down the street lest Marie from a passing
carriage should detect him with the omin
Gus parcel under his arm. lie Wa, reliev-
ed when the opposing door enabled him
to enter. But as he did 50 the bundle
slipped from his nerveless fingers For
there, seated at u sewing machine, with
her pretty fingers on the plate and her
slim foot on the treadle, sat Mary Jones
the Marie of his dreams"
Year: 1873

SOMETHING disagreeably like a munity Of
the old historic kind took place on board
the English frigate Aurora in Devonport
Dock yard the other day. Through de-
reelection of duty on The part of some OF her
crew, a general stoppage of leave was order
cred by the officer in command; whereup-
on the men went below in violent fury,
and began to "make ducks and drakes''
of the ship-tossing the heavy shot about,
casting The guns loose, pitching a barrel of
tar down the hold, and being with difficult
ty restrained from throwing gun into the
engine room. At last the turbulent sail
ors we're paci6ed by an address from the
captain.
Year: 1873

The French Government has determined to
adopt strong measures to put an end to the
organization on the soil of France of the
bands which, under the pretext of an Al
phonist or Carllst restoration, maintain a


system OF undissembled brigandage ia the
Peninsula.
Year: 1873

That 50 few people know beans.
That one can never find any one in.


That so many people want to be pres
ident.


That money continues to make the
mayors go. - - -. ae4ssse-s- = =


That boys will smoke and chew and
chuck dice.


That men of small caliber should
by such great bores.


That we should have panics jp the
season of picnics.
That Chatham street can't have its
nose unlocked.
That, as a rule, the more a man reads
the less he knows.
That it is so easy for a man to make a
donkey of himself.


That there should be so many rats
about and so few cats.


That young pets should feel it their
duty to be melancholy.


That there is no process by which you
can make two and two five.


That men will drink gin-cocktails
when they can ginger-cocktails.


That "Old Prob" can't furnish us all
with the kind of weather we wish.


That there should be so much think
ing in the world and so few thoughts.


That men should be born free and
equal and women neither equal or free.


That our "gentlemanly hotel clerks"
will not be satisfied with dollar jewelry.


That there shouldn't be smoking-pews
in church as we'll as sleeping pews.


That there should lie so many more
lunatics out of the asylums than in
them.


That husbands-the horrid creatures
will read the newspapers at breakfast


That people should drink to keep
themselves up, when it only keeps them
down.


That, humanity speaking, there should
be more early birds than early worms.


That young girls will part their hair
on the side and the young men in the
middle.


That nearly every English author
should think he can come and play the
Dickens.


That among men black should be con-
sidered worse than white, seeing that
neither of them is color.
Year: 1873

Is there no secret place on the face of the earth
Where charity dwelleth, where virtue hath birth?
Where bosoms in mercy and kindness Will heave,
And the poor and the wretched shall ask and re-


ceive;


Is there no place earth where a knock from the


poor


VIII bring kind angel to open the door?


All! search the wide world wherever you can,
There is no opendoor for poor workingmani
Go, look in yon hail. where the chandeliers light
Drives off with its splendor the darkness of night
Where the rich hanging velvet, in shadowy fold,
Sweeps gracefully down with its trimming of gold,
And the mirrors of silver take up and renew,
In long lighted vistas, the wildering view
Go there in your patches, and find, if you can,
Awelcoming smile for poor workingman!
Co. look in your church of the cloud-reachng spire
Which gives back to the sun his same look of red


fire:
Where the arches and columns are gorgeous within.
And the walls seem pure a soul without sin I;
Go down the long aisle-see the rich and the great
In the pride and the pomp of their worldly estate
Walk down in your patches, and find, if you can,
One who opens pew to poor workingman!
Go look to yon judge in his dark flowing gown,
With the scales wherein law weighs equity down.
Where he frowns on the weak, and smiles on the


strong,


And Furnishes right, while he iustifes wrong;
Where jurors their lips on the Bible have laid,
To render a verdict they've already made
Go there, in the courtroom, and find, If you can,
Any law for the cause Of poor workingman!
Go, look in the banks, where Mammon has told
His hundred of thousands of silver and gold;
Where safe from the hands of the starving and POOR
Lies pile upon pile of the glittering ore;
Walk up to the counter ah there you may stay,
Till your limbs grow old and your hair turns gray,
And you'll find at the banks no one of the clan
With money to lend to poor workngman!
Then go to your hovel mo raven has fed
The wife who has suffered too long for her bread
Knee down to her pallet, and kiss the death frost
From the liDS of the angel DOYerty lost
Then turn in your agony upward to God,
And bless while it smites you, the chastening rod
And you'll find at the end of your life's little span
There's welcome above for poor wOrkingman!
Year: 1873

Young men, this is the first question
your employers ask themselves, when
business becomes slack, and when it is
thought necessary to econoUize in the
matter of salaries. This question is an
swered in an American journal to our
satisfaction. It answers the question
who can best be spared this way The
barnacles, the shirks, the make-shifts,
somebody's nephews, 1OrOtegees, some
body's or-nothings. Young man,
please remember that these are not the
ones who are called for when RESPONSE
BILE positions are to be filled. Would
you like to gauge your own fitness for a
position of prominence? Would you
like to know the probabilities of your
getting such position? Inquire with
in ! What are you doing to make
yourself valuable in the position you
now occupy? If you are doing with
your might what your hands find to do,
the chances are ten TO one that you will
soon become so valuable in that posi-
ton that you cannot easily be spared
from it and then, singular to relate,
will be the very time when You will be
sought out for promotion to better
place. Be content to grade among the
men who can easily be spared, and you
may rest assured that nothing will
" spare you so certainly and so easily
as promotion.
Year: 1873

The idea that farming can be conduct


ed on any kind of a cooperative plan


seems, at first view, absurd, and few
farmers would listen to such a scheme.


But, taking a clearer view, it will be
seen that cooperation has already COM


menced, and that so far it is highly sue


cessful. For instanc', the best and the


principal part of the cheese produced


in the country is made by the cooper
ative plan, whether the farmers sell
their milk, or put in their milk and re-


ceive their pay in dividends when the
cheese is sold, for both plans are
adopted. Country merchants have now
almost ceased to buy cheese, and we'll
enough, too, for they are without prop
er means of taking care of it; many of
them are such poor business men, or
they have so little capital, that they can
not afford to pay what cheese is worth
and, formerly, when they dealt in it,
many of them failed. Butter is also
made in factories in the same way and
even when made in families it is bought
by special dealers who take it at the
house and pay cash for it. This is of
great advantage to the dairy farmer, for
he is able to pay cash for whatever he
uSSNls anu u6 Cdu bEdu6 WDCIc u6
likes. If progress is made with like
success in this manner, for few years,
the country merchant will buy neither
fruit, hops, nor vegetables, and he will
sell but few groceries or farm machinery,
for these can be bought, as they now
are in many sections, at wholesale.
Grain could be sold by the farmers of a
township or district at wholesale, and
at better prices than they now get in
the retail way; and buyers can afford
to pay better prices for this way of
doing business drops out, first, the
country merchant; second, the small
dealer, making two middlemen, and of
course their profits are saved to the
farmer.


A western genius has an idea which
is an idea. He proposes TO arrange
church seats on pivots so the devout
may more conveniently examine the
4 r l.,
Year: 1873

CaSSagnacI the Editor Bully of Paris.


To have been a decided opponent of
the late imperial regime is to have had
the bitter enmity, the constant abuse.
the unmitigated insults of Monsieur
Paul de Cassagnac heaped upon one,
and in several cases these onslaughts of
the fiery editor have led to meetings,
generally resulting in the wounding of
Cassagnac's antagonists. Still young
and very vigorous, he is at least six
feet, very broad and muscular. Mon
sieur de Cassagnac, by daily practice,
has attained such skill at fencing that
it Is next to impossible to touch him.
Almost invariably the first offense is
given by de Cassagnac. He makes it a
boast that his abuse is never stinted.
and when In consequence he is chal-
lenged, he selects small swords as the
weapons for an encounter. He is safe
in doing so, as but few men can compete
with him, and those who make the en-
deavor generally receive a thrust for
their pains. Monsieur Paul is a very
conspicuous parsonage in the street.
He is very tall and broad-shouldered,
and he wears a very large and peculiar
looking hat, which he cocks over upon
his left ear. So much does he incline
his hat that sometimes one wonders that
1t does not fall off. Monsieur Cassag-
nae walks in a bold, defiant manner,
and carries huge walking-stick, which
he, from time to time, swings ominous-
lY from side to side. as though Just
preparing to smash the head of some
imaginary foe, and / have noticed that
at such times the passers-by do not fail
to point him out very admiringly. AS
for the ladies, they admire Monsieur de
Cassagnac very openly. He is so large,
so dark, his eyes are so black and so
bright, and he is so very notorious, you
know Courier Journal.
Year: 1873

Says the Detroit Free Press A
New Hampshire man was struck on the
head with an axe and made an idiot for
life, and yet the man who struck him
was fined only S65. IL doesn't damage
a New Hampshire man much TO make a
fool of him
Year: 1873

How AN OLD LADY TURNED THE TABLES
ON Two RoBBERs.-The Opelousas (La.)
Journal, of the 10th, is responsible for the fol-
lowing,


Down in the parish of St. Martin, an old
widow, whose children had all married off and
left her alone, had been persuaded to sell her
little place and live with them. She sold her
land buildings and improvements one day for
$4,000, and received the money in cash on the
spot, in her own house, where the act of sale
was passed before two witnesses, the number
required by law, and who witnessed also the
paying Of the money.


In short time she was to give possession,
but she remained in the house the night fol-
lowing sale, all alone, as was her custom.
That night two negro burglars broke into the
house and demanded her money or her life.
She gave it to them, but begged them to let
her have 500 of it, as she owed that amount,
and wanted to pay the debt, when she would
be satisfied. They finally consented to let her
keep the hundred dollars. They then order
ed her to make some coffee for them to drink.
In doing so, she bethought herself Of some
strychnine she had in the house, and quietly
dropped it in the pot Of steaming coffee, and
placed it on the table with cups, spoons and
sugar for. them to pour out and sweeten to
their taste. This they did and drank in
jolly mood, each one having s950in his pock-
ct. But in few minutes the tables were
Year: 1873

ag- One Of our exchanges thus reasons with
the man who don't take the papers-except
when he takes them from his neighbors Now
l tell you, squire, the day will come when
somebody will write long eulogy, on your
life, character etc., and the printer will put it
in type, with heavy black rule over and un-
der it, and with all your riches this will be
done for you as pauper. Your liberalities,
wealth and all such will be spoken Of, but the
printer as he arrauges the type, will remark:
"Poor, mean devil, he never took the paper,
and is now swindling the printer out of his
funeral notice."
Year: 1873

"a most terrific battle between two BIRDS
says the Virginia (Nev.) Montanian of the
18th ult., occurred between two large brown
eagles in the vicinity of the lakes above Vir-
ginia on last Wednesday evening. When
first noticed, the birds were soaring, one above
the other, at an altitude of perhaps three
fourths Of mile, and seemed on a sail for
pleasure. Presently the uppermost bird, clos
ing its broad wings, shot downward like a
meteor for two or three hundred feet, and
with wild, piercing scream, lit fairly upon
the back of the other bird. Turning with the
rapidity of lightning the victim elutched its
adversary with talons and beak, and a fierce
struggle ensued. The savage yells, the stri-
king of huge wings, and showers of falling
feathers, gave unmistakable evidence of the
ferocity with which the contest was waged.


GAS they fought they fell earthwards, and,
when within five hundred feet of the ground;
they became disentagled, and each swooped
upwards again. Now followed an interesting
trial as to which should first gain sufficient
altitude to make another plunge. The circling
of the smaller was rapid and close, while that
of his antagonist was made with greater limits,
and his ascension was quickest accomplished.
The larger eagle was soon fully one-half mile
high, and some hundreds of feet above his
victim. Hovering in mid.air for a moment,
as if making sure Of his aim, he again darted
down upon his enemy, striking him as before
with force that seemed sufficient to kill Of
itself. Again they grappled and fought like
winged demons whirling, falling and stri-
king furiously for the space of two or three
minutes They were now near the largest of
the lakes, and gradually descending to the
water. The struggles of the smaller became
less and less fierce he was getting weak, and
was evidently nearly vanquished, while his
more powerful aggressor seemed to wage the
battle with increased vigor.


"Another moment and the conquering mon
arch loosed his hold, and with an exultant
shout of victory scared upward. The battle
was ended his prisoner, limp and lifeless, fell
into the waters of the lake with a splash and
Aoated on the surface without struggle. We
with our companion tried to get the dead ca
gle, but were unable to do so without SWIM
ming for it. Both birds were of very large
size, the larger measuring we think fully
twelve feet from tip to tip. The spectacle
was exciting in the extreme, and the victory
tragically complete. The battle had likely
commenced before we discovered them, as it
does not. seem possible for one to kill the other
in so short time, although the fighting was
terrific"
Year: 1873

AN UNspoTTED CHARAcrER.-Money is
good thing, especially in these hard times,
but there is something thousand fold more
valuable. 1t is characteristic consciousness
ola pure and honorable life. This it should
be mans firm aim to preserve at any cost.
In times of commercial distress, while some
are found wanting, others come forth tried as
by fire. Here and there comes one out Of the
furnace far more of man than before. Amid
the wreck of his fortune he stands erect-a
noble specimen of true manhood. We have
occasionally witnessed an example Of courage
in such a crisis of moral intrepidity, that de-
serves all honor. Let it be the aim of every
business man above all things else, to keep
his purity unstained. This is his best posses.
sion-this is capital which can never be ta-
ken from him-this is the richest inheritance
which he can leave his children.
Year: 1873

Mex. Sunday. July 90. the members OF
that lively club of base ballsts will give
picnic at the Delachaise Grounds. Their
guests will not have to exercise themselves
so extensively as the Lees do when they
are playing match, but they will certainly
have good time. for the gentlemen of the
club will devote their energies to contribute
to their enjoyment with the same hearty
zeal that they enter on an exciting game.
Year: 1873

The man who would place lighted
candle near an open keg of gunpowder
would be considered a double distilled
IDIOT. and the man who places burning
candle rear leaky coal oil can is not
much better. Mr.. Lacy. keeper of gro
Gerry. corner Of Dryades and Josephine
streets. learned that his big car was leaky.
and took lighted candle to find the place.
He found it, hut the burns on his body will
always remind him Of the unfortunate
ri-pyl
Year: 1873

costs. 1t is quite manifest from this
increased expenditure that the British
government is resolved at all hazards to
maintain its ancient supremacy at sea.
In the altered aud rapidly altering state
of Europe all her efforts and all her vig-
lance will be needed Foreign ma
vies are increasing in bulk and
power at the same time that the de-
mand becomes louder at home for di-
minished expenditure. In spite of her
great wealth England will have hard
work by and by to maintain her proud
position.
Year: 1873

LUCID OR LEARNED. We are some
what troubled to decide whether to
class the following under the lucid or
learned utterances of the Vermont
Gazette. We give itup:


Editors generally are more troubled to
know what to keep out of their paper
than what to put into it. But some of
our readers are relieving us of this en-
barrassment by turning contributors.


This is the whole of the item, para
graph or article, whatever it may be
called. Do the readers, who are turning
contributors, relieve the editor of the
Gazette of knowing "what to keep out"
or of ''what to put into" We think so,
but confess we can't tell which.
Year: 1873

A HANGING GARDEN. A hanging
garden of sponge is one of the latest
novelties in gardening. Take white
sponge of large size, and sow it full of
rice, oats or wheat. Then place it for
a week or ten days in shallow dish,
and as the sponge will absorb the mois-
ture, the seed will begin to sprout be-
fore many days. When this has fairly
taken place, the sponge may be suspend
ed by means of cords from a hook in the
top of the window, where little sun
will enter. 1t will thus become living
mass of green, requiring a little occa-
sional moisture.
Year: 1873

MAN KILLED.-A man named Smith
was killed yesterday in Whitton's cut,
Cavendish. He was on one of the steep
embankments, when snow slide took
him under the baggage car of passing
train