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Year: 1872

They sat in the sun together,


Till the day was almost done,
And then, at its close, an angel


Stepped over the threshold stone.
He folded their hands together,


He touched their eyelids with balm,
And their last breath foated upward
Like the close of a solemn psalm.
Like bridal poir they traversed


The unseen, mystical road,
That leads 10 the Beautiful CITY,


Whose Builder and Maker is God.
Perhaps, in that miracle country,


They will give her lost youth back,
And the flowers of vanished spring-time
Shall bloom in the spirits track
One draught of the living waters
Shall restore his manhood's prime,
And eternal years shall measure


The love that outlives time.
But the shapes they left behind them
The wrinkles and silver hair
Made sacred to us by the kisses


The angel imprinted there
Well hide away in the meadow,


When the sun is low in the West,
Where the moonheams cannot find them,
Nor the winds disturb their rest.
Bat we'll let no tell-tale..tombstone,
With its age and date, arise
Ger the two who are old no longer
In their Fathers House in the skies.
Year: 1872

An Easton youth answered an advertise
ment in the Worerly, and formed the ac-
quaintance of young lady (?) who turn
ed out to be common character and who
gave her visitor to understand that he
could not occupy her time and make en-
gagements with her and not expect to re.
imburse her for all her trouble and told
the frightened youth to ''shelf out or
prepare for a tussle." He prepared to
shell rather than to have a "tussle"
with such a muscular female, and gave
her the contents of his pocketbook, which
amounted to a little over eleven dollars.
lie says he was satisfied at getting off at
that price, and would have given twice
that amount rather than have any diff
fculty with her. He has solemuly vowed
never to correspond with an unk nown
person again.
Year: 1872

a Pennslvania paper says "A bar
ber in Titusville, while cutting the hair
oil rural customer ran his shears against
something hard. which proved whet
stone The old farmer said he ''had
missed that whettsone ever since haying
time last July, and had looked over ten
acre lot for it. but now remembered stick
ing it up over his ear
Year: 1872

Is it aot Q lamentable fact that child.
rem are becoming shockingly unpopular
and unwelcome Is not the dread of
motherhood a menacing specter in the
moonlight lawns of prospective wedlock
do not many women--good women, as
the world goes-congratulate them
selves upon being free from the care
and annoyance Of children I Do they
not invoke all aids, both lawful and
unlawful to ward off what they deem
SO great calamity !? is there not an
ever-deepening, Overwhelming Ganges
cutting its dangerous ohanpel through


tho very meadow-land of Society up
roofing every blossomiug spray or
tender plant that meets it in its course?
Is there not horrible Juggernant
rolling throught the land, in ghastly,
Year: 1872

No young man ever thinks that he
shall die. He may believe that others
will, or he may assent to the doctrine
that "alI men are mortal" but he is tar
enough from bringing ii home to himself
individually. Youth, buoyant activity
and animal spirits hold absolute antipa-
thy with old age, as well as with death,
nor have we in the hey-day of life the
remolest conception how this sensible,
warm motion can be'a kneaded clod."
Or if, in moment of idle speculation,
We look vaguely forward to the close of
lie, it is amazing at what distance it
seems, what long, leisureIy perspective
there is between. We eye the tartherest
verge OF the horizon and think what a
way VIC shall have To look back upon ere
we arrive at,our journeys end, and, 10 |!
before we in the least suspect it, the
misls are at our feet and the shadows of
death encompass us.-Le Prevost.
Year: 1872

IF you want GROCERIES at what
they arc worth, call on w 5. Cooper at
the Novelty Cash Store. Don't believe
what others say, but call it is no trou
BILE to show goods. l was told by a lady
that merchant said my goods were very
inferior, but after examining them she
bought, and said she would call again.
Year: 1872

ROAD LAw.-The main changes in
the road law, is for the County Court at
Its May term, in each year, to appoint an
overseer for each road district, whose
duty it shall be to keep his section OF
roads in good repair, and failing in that,
subject to indictment All male inhab-
itances between the ages of 2l and SO
years are subject to work on public roads
not more than four days in each year.
When man fails to comply with the
order of the overseer he can be prose
cuted before Justice of the Peace, aud
judgement found against him, his poperty
sold to pay the cost and penalty. After
being notified and failing to attend he
forfeits dollar day, and two dollars a
day if he attends, aud docs not work
with due diligence.
Year: 1872

Now and then a shining pebble,


As We walk the wave washed strand
Smiles upon our passing footsteps.


From its lowly bed OF sand.
Now and then a virgin rosebud
Breathes upon us BY the way;
And its sweet delicious fragrance,


On the breeze doth round us stray.
And in winters desolation,


While the naked boughs nre seen.
There amid its bleak surroundings


Smiles the pine-top evergreen,
Though the road be rough and weary,
Till We reach the mountain height,
Then are We repaid our climbing,


By the prospect grand and bright.
God hath placed these things to please Us
All along our paths each day;
Emblems faint that just before us,
There are better things than they,
These are green spots as we travel,
Gases on weary" ground,
Left there by "our loving Father
By the pilgrim to be found.
Happy he who sees the beauty,


Leaves the bitter, tastes the sweet;
And enjoys each pleasing object,
He may on his pathway meet,
Thus will gloom be quickly scattered,
And the sun will brightly shine,
All of sadness be defeated,


And happy life be thine.
Year: 1872

SUGAR PASTE Take pound of Sour
quarter of pound of sugar, quarter
of pound of butter, little salt, one
egg mix all together with little water
The paste may be used for any second
course di-h
Year: 1872

family lie buried, thetown has purchased
of the Proctor estate, land for new
cemetery. The same has been laid out
in lots, fenced and provision made for
the future interment of our dead. AL
ready new and beautiful monuments
have been erected therein. Some of the
friends of those heretofore buried in the
old graveyard are removing their remains
to this newly consecrated spot. The
first among these erections was that of
Josiah ellison, Esq, a monument for the
ellison dead. We cannot give descrip-
ton of its height, measurement, or
weight, nor can we in language of the
builder, or of him who designed the
beauteous column, describe it; but this
we can say, and this we do know, that
these monuments for the dead show the
civilization of the living, touch the
hearts, and affect favorably the lives of
the children
Year: 1872

BosToN, Oct. 19, 1872.


Editor Rutland Herald The murder
of Mr. Lane still continues to form the
principal topic of conversation. Since
the first day, the coroner's investigation
has been carried on with closed doors,
so that the public know nothing of what
transpires from day to day excepting by
vague rumors which are circulated
around town, Yesterday it was re-
ported that prominent broker in State
street had been arrested as being accesso-
ry to the murder, but as the morning pa
pers make no mention of it, think that
in all probability it is not true and will
not mention the name eff the gentleman.
Large rewards have been offered for the
apprehension of the murderer and 1t is
to be hoped that before many days he
will be captured.
Year: 1872

THE INSANE AsYLUM.-The committee
appointed by the Vermont Legislature
to investigate the condition of the Asy-
lum for the Insane at Brattleboro, made
a visit to the institution last week, spent
several DAYS in an examination and sum-
moned some forty witnesses from the
Asylum to appear before them at Mont
pelier, where the investigation will be
continued.
Year: 1872

The musical portion of the commune
ty have at last awakened, and last eve
ming, Notwithstanding the storm, the
music hall was we'll filled to hear Ruben
stein, who made his last appearance but
one for the present. 1t is to be hoped
that before long he will return to us and
be better received.


Nothing new at any of the theatres,
but all are doing well. LIyY.
Year: 1872

There was large audience at the Opera
House, in the evening, to witness the perform
ance Of the Li2ette Bernard Company. The lady


herself Is a sprighty actress, whose manner il
much like that Of Maggie Mitchell, and the eve
ming = entertainment gave general satisfaction
Year: 1872

The Tribune, few days ago, printed a
congTatulatory dispatch from Boston TO Its
editor on the Cincinnati nomination, which
purported to have been drawn up at public
meeting at Faneull hall and TO be signed by
long list OF honorable" gentlemen. The
Boston Advertiser comments on the dispatch
and tho list In question as follows Barely
two OF the names are TO be found In the Bos-
ton directory, aud Fanouil hall Is entirely
ignorant Of any such meeting. This is the
kind Of news that the Tribune is prlding
Itself upon printing Just now.
Year: 1872

We ARE GLAD to be able TO say that the
Hon. Samuel Hooper, who has boen so NJ
for the last four or Ave days as to be unable
10 attend the sessions Of the House, Is now
convalescent, and will probably be able TO
resume his duties next week.
Year: 1872

This is from the New York Tribune
of Saturday before last:


We reprint to-day, from the Jloinc
Standard, a we'll considered and rea-
sonable estimate of what the Liberals
and Democrats of the State may prop
erly expect. It shows beyond question
that if they are able to reduce the av-
erage majority Of 10000 twenty-five
per cent, bringing it down to Il, 900 a
similar decease of the Grant vote all
over the Union would insure the elec-
ton of Greeley and Brown by an
overwhelming majority of the electoral
vote. 1t would be f,irer to compare
with the last State election majority
in a year when Grant was candidate.
The State was then carried by 20, 4o3,
and twenty five per cent reduction
even Oh this would indicate a percent
age, which, if carried throughout the
Union. would far more than insure oul
triumph. We should like to see the
Liberals do much better than this, but
in view of the tyrannical organization
of the Grant party and their lavish
expenditure of money in the cam:
paign, it is possible that they may fal
a little below it. They have made ;
most gallant fight, but the odds were
overwhelming from the start.
Year: 1872

The Shreveport Times says of the
crops: One of the leading planters in
this parish specially impressed it upon
us the other day that we request the
pious people of both city and country
not to offer up aHy petition for rain.
Indeed, q heavy rain now would do in
calculablc injury to the cotton. Near
ly all that will ever open is open now,
while the fields are banks Of dust A


rain weuld not only beat out aud into
the ground great dead Of the staple,


but would cover wild, dirt tiiat left ON


the stalks. The result would be such


!, crop as that Of 1853, we believe,


which was bout one lr,lfaldrt. ItMas


no unusual thing that year for 7sn aud


500 pound bales to be packed i'll press


es that would only turn out $50 pound
bales of clean cotton.
A large planter on the river above
here informs us that the worms have
completely stripped the cotton in that
neighborhood. and that no crop will
| he made. Where three weeks since,
! he expected to gather a bale To the
acre he will not gather half q bale.
Year: 1872

daily gaining power, and that all at
tempts to disintegrate it have utterly
failed.


To sum up, the skies are bright and
Frightening. Grant and his corrupt
legions are doomed to ignoble and
thorough defeat. The peoples money
turned against them cannot subvert
the peoples will, and when the sun
sets on the election day next Novem-
Der, it will be upon glorious triumph
for honesty, reform and popular gov
ernment.
Year: 1872

RAILWAY SPEED.-Fifty and sixty
miles an hour for railway travel is
oftcner talked about than realized. A
speed of sixty miles an hour for a
regular passenger train has never been
attempted, except in one instance, and
that on a wide seven foot gauge In
England. This rapid speed pleased
travellers very much, and many will
ingly paid the large extra charge for
being. shot along over the ground IT
the rate so great rs to render the way
stations of the accommodation trains
almost invisible. But the railway
company soon found they had passed
the practicable limit of the endurance
of wood and iron. They found that
the ''wear and tear" induced on both
road and rolling stock. OF such exces-
sfve speed was beyond the endurance
of finance, and that high rate of speed
was consequently abandoned. There
are but few trains now running on the
best wide gauge, straight roads in
England which average II speed of fif-
ty miles an hour. The express traffic
is usually done at the rate of thirty
five to forty miles, while the ordinary
travel is about twenty y-two. Railroad
travel in this country is much slower,
and necessarily so, in consequence of
the lack of solidity in our roads and
rolling stock, Our ''lightning trainsn
scarcely reach, and very seldom ex-
ceed, thirty five miles an hour-in fact
our fast trains do not average over
thirty miles, while our general passen-
ger traffic does not exceed an average
of twenty. Freight trains usually
run about sixteen to eighteen miles
an honr.
Year: 1872

There are various ways of ascer-
tanning whether gun is loaded, but
blowing in ut the n,uzzie and pressing
the hummer back with the foot at the
same time is not good way. A young
man in New Providence, Indiana,
adopted this plan a few days ago, and
though the coroner concluded that the
gun was loaded, the information WAS
of 10 use to the young man.
Year: 1872

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Another murderer who was to be
hanged has just succeeded in cheating
the ,galloWs by starving himself to-
death. remember hearing Of a case
of this kind in Massachusetts a few
months ago, but there / believe the
man did not succeed and was hanged.
His English confrere was more success
full. His name was james Flynn,
and he was sentenced to death for tho
murder Of Il woman. He received his
sentence OH the 1st of August, and
from that moment he refused to take
his food, and died ON the day he was
to be hanged, which was on the 18th
inst. 1t seems, therefore, that u strong
man, III good health, can live only
twelve days without food.


On the first night the Governor Of
the prison did not think there was q
determination On the part Of the pris-
oner to refuse food, but that msappes
tite had merely forsaken him for the
time being through the severity Of the.
sentence. On the following day, how
ever, Flynn still persistently refused
to eat any thing, and the Governor
called the attention of the surgeon to
the matter. The surgeon advised that
he should be tried to the breakfast
time the following day, and if he
still continued in his determination to
reject his food, means should be taken
to compel him. Contrary to the ex-
pectations Of the surgeon, he still held
out, and it was decided to bring the
stomach pump into requisition.


Up to this time the man had con-
Quoted himself with more sullenness
than violence, but when he saw the
surgeon and his attendents at the door
/ of his cell with the stomach pump he
seized stool, and swiging it over his
head, swore he would knock out the
brains of any one who attempted even
/ to enter his cell. They were thus held
at bay for some time, but the wnrder
/ who had been in attendance on Flynn
| watched his opportunity, and seized
| the prisoner round the arms and body
and pinioned him while the surgeon
and his attendents succeeded in plac-
ing the pipe of the instrument down
the mans throat.
| Finding himself baffied in his at
tempts not to allow the use of the in


strument, he now became exceedingly


violent, and worked his head about in
so ferocious II manner that the interior


of his throat was lacerated so much
that the surgeon found it useless to
attempt to use the pump again. After
this the prisoners boots were removed
and slippers supplied to him; for, see
ling the mosd he was in, it was


thought he might make use Of them


as weapons Of violence. On the day
ff0ifowfng, as sn1lyed VI 'esef day


since his sentence, the Governor en-


deayored to induce him to partake OF


food, and sent to his own residence for


tea and bread and butter to give the


man. This was also refused, FLYNN


taking just a sufficient quantity of the


tel. to noisten his throat and his lips,


but leaving the solids entirely nm


touched. He died on the twelfth day


and, strangely, enough, his body was


found to be only slightly emaciated
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Year: 1872

he attempted . scheme which here. in our
republican midst, can only be illustrated by
supposing that Wendell Phillips with ter
rible army started out from New England,
conquered the rest of the States and imposed
on us his peculiar views of liberty, socialism and
communism. What would we do in New York
When Wendell Phillips power weakened we
should rise to o man and cut to pieces every
mothers son belonging to his school of ideas
Approaching this feature Of human nature.
we can we'll understand that the Canadian
people can never come to us unless it be of
their own volition. When they join our con-
federacy Of States it will be with the under
standing that they shall enjoy all their own
laws and customs; and unless the Dominion
comes to us with free, good will we will not
have it, and there's an end ont.
Year: 1872

tanning rigorous order while this task Is being
accomplished. and being always ready TO restore
intact. scrupulousy and Loyalty preserved IN its
form, the trust you have confded to me. Behold


IT, in fact, such AZ you handed it to me. partly re-
organized and cOnformable to the contract made
between US. restore it-what viii you do with
tts You are the sovereign am not but am simply
delegated administrator. You are the
sovereign, or the word Fright" is but
vain word, for you are the elected,
the freely elected OF the country. To offer pro-
positions 10 you on the constitution would be on
the part OF my colleagues and myself but temerity,
an Infringement on your rights. But also are
the elected OF the country and have duties to per-
form both as members OF this Assembly and men,
bers OF the government. When by yourselves rals-
ing the grave questions which engage peoples
minds you provoke us to explain our views as to
their solution, we shall reply with frankness and
loyalty Till then my colleagues and have only a
loyal and exact account to render to you, aud we
have done so.
Year: 1872

simplifying tho Internal Revenue


Machinery.


Our Washington dispatches bring intelli-
gence of new plan for ridding the public
service of a part Of the present cum
brous and expensive internal revenue
system. This plan has been put in the
shape Of bill at the Treasury De-
partment and sent to Mr.. Sherman, chairman
of the Finance Committee Of the Senate, and
to Mr.. Dawes, Of the Committee of Ways and
Means, for their examination and approval.
The President and the Secretary of the Treas
ury are both favorable to it. and will urge its
passage at the ensuing session Of Congress.
The advantages expected from it are the
retirement of about sixteen hundred
officials from the public service and
saving of million and half of dol
lars annually to the Treasury. These things
are in themselves matters Of great importance,
but the incidental consequences are almost as
important as the direct results. The country
will breathe more freely when there are no
longer any m6f5 assessors 81 assistant asses
sors and collectors or deputy collectors of in
ternal revenue to vex the spirits Of taxpayers.
The distillers, especially, will rejoice, for the
tax officers have vexed their spirits in more
ways than one. But we protest in advance
that this measure must not be made a mere
pretext for delay. The same consideration
which will enable Congress to agree to reso-
luton postponing the carrying into effect of
the Internal Revenue bill passed at the last ses-
sion is sufficient for the consideration and pas
sage Of this measure. Postponement of the
operations Of the existing law might result
only in retaining the internal reven6e officials
in Office indefinitely, and in reality increase,
rather than diminish, the cost Of collecting the
revenue 1t is plain enough that the Internal
Revenue Bureau ought to be consolidated, for
it is certain that it now comprises hundreds
of useless officials. Congress owes it to the
country that the whole system shall be wiped
out, the stamp taxes being generally preferable
to all others, and simpler method, easy Of
attainment,
Year: 1872

BERLIN, Nov. 20, 1872.
The Lower House Of the Prussian Diet has almost
unanimously decided to proceed Immediately to the
second reading of the Counties Reform bill.
During the discussion in the Chamber OF Deputies
to-day Count Eulenburg, the Home Minister stated
that the reforms contemplated in the bill would
not be extended to Posen, because that province
was not ripe Tor them and chad not been dutiful in
its conduct towards the government"


CONSOLATION TO THE IMPERIAL CROWN
His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince Frede-
rick william is recovering from his illness.
Year: 1872

which ought no longer to exist In abort,
while JEFF Davis remains under his rebel dis
abilities all the States and people concerned
with him in their slost cause sympathize
with him in his exclusion and feel that s'ths
bloody chasm" between the North and the
South Is not yet obliterated. Give us, Mr..
PRESIDENT, with the supremacy Of civil law in
the South, universal amnesty, including JEFF
Davis, and there will be nothing left for
Southern irritations or discords or clashings
with the general government Davis has said
that he has not asked and does not intend to
ask for an amnesty. No matter. Let him
have it; for this is the way to disarm him
and his followers. Disarm them of their
grievances, and the moral effect over the whole
South will be that Of treaty of peace Give
the supremacy of civil law and universal
amnesty to the South, and peace and progress
will follow.


Peace and progress. From all sides the
reelection of General Grant is hailed as the
harbinger ofpeace and progress for the United
States on q grander scale than ever before
known to any nation. For example, General
Grant has just received letter, dated Paris.
October Is, from General Guardia, President
Of Costa Rica, who desired to express his
thanks-to the President for his courteous atten-
tions to him while on visit to this country
last Summer, and to congratulate him on the
good prospect of his reelection, which, says
General Gusrdia, is an event that will secure
to the great American people the continuation
Of their colossal progress, while securing to
Central America ''the construction of an
interoceanic canal as the great connecting
link between the two oceans and the highway Of
the world"


Z. Looking, then, to our Southern States, to
Spain and Cuba, and to Mexico and Central
America, what a magnificent field for . new
policy Of peace and progress lies open to Gen
eral Grant with his reelection for another
Presidential term Excepting Washington, in
the work Of establishing the Union, and Lin
coin, in the work of saving the Union, no
President Of the United States has had the
glorious opportunity which General Grant,
with the restoration of the Union, now is
offered for great achievements in strengthen
ing the government and in extending the
power, the honor and glory Of the country.
And we rejoice to believe that in the new
departure indicated he recognizes his true
policy in his opportunity, its advantages and


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