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Year: 1872

The legislative Temperance committee have before them several bills, for g state constabulary, for a license law, for re- straining iquor-selling by injunction, and for making lquor-sellers liable for the damage their liquor does i,s re. We have so often given our views on this matter that any reiteration of them seems hardly necessary. We have no faith in a con- stabulary for Connecticut, at least, nor do we want license law that shall permit sales where they are now prohibited. The law proposed by the Hon. Truman Smith seeking the punishment of liquor sellers by injunction is contrary to the spirit, if not to the letter, of the constitution which

 allows all criminals the benefit of trial by jury: We should be glad to see law passed making liquor seller responsible for the damage his liquor does. But the statute we specially desire is '1ocal op- tion" law that will let every locality re- strict the liquor traffic by such means as are suitable to it, and of those means we believe each locality can best judge for itself. .F r.-.,-..-.F ....,..
Year: 1872

A NOVEL trial is reported to have taken
place in London. A lady went to a ball,
and when preparing to return to her home
in the evening, before going to her car
riage, took off her coiffure and tied it UP
in a handkerchief, to keep it fresh for
night, and that she might the more con
veniently put warmer wraps on her head,
the evening being cold. When she
reached her dwelling the coiffure was not
in the carriage. She dispatched mes
senger for it, but it could not be found.
Some days after she met an acquaintance,
whose hair was the same color as her own
rather peculiar hue-and was satisfied
she wore her coiffure. She taxed her
with it, Of course it was Indignantly
denied. So certain was the lady that the
hair the other was wearing was the aricle
she lost at the ball she sued her for it.
When the trial came on the defendant
struck the prosecutor dumb, and convinced
the court by letting down her tresses and
showing they were her own, thereby pro-
curing judgment in her favor. Subse-
quently she quarreled with her hair
dresser, when it came out that the hair
she had so dexterously exhibited as hav-
ing grown on her own head, had grown
on some other head, but had been artfully
and artistically arranged for the pulling
down process by the hair-dresser.
Year: 1872

Winter pears should be examined
every week in order to ascertain if any
are ripe, approaching ripeness, or show
ing symptoms of decay, so that the fruit
may be used when in proper condition, or
be removed to warmer place, as it will
hasten the process of ripening When
the object is to preserve the fruit plump
and sound for long time, the fruit-room
cannot be too cool, if frost is excluded.
Year: 1872

An old manuscript has recently been
discovered in Western New York con-
tanning the following anecdote of the
famous Indian Chief, Red Jacket, which
is new He was ON visit to house in
Canandaigua, and not arriving until after
dinner, the girl was ordered to make
preparations for him. She, through care
lessness, or thinking it would do we'll
enough for an Indian, placed on the table
dish of meat that had been visited by
the flies. Red Jacket advanced to the Ia
BILE, and seeing the insects busily engaged
in the meat, took the dish and placed it
on the sill of the door, stepped back, took
his rifle, deliberately took aim and dis
charged the contents through the meat.
The report of the gun alarmed all in the
house. They ran to inquire the cause.
Red Jacket replied that he always killed
his meat before he ate it, The joke had
its desired effect.
Year: 1872

While in Boston the Grand Duke ex-
pressed desire to witness the methods
of instruction in the public schools. In
accordance with the request of his high,
ness the visit to the primary, high, and
normal schools was strictly private and
informal, the teachers being informed OF
the approach of the party only few mo-
ments before the Duke and suit entered.
Alexis expressed great pleasure at what
he witnessed, and asked that documents
relating to the organization Of the schools
J might be furnished him.
Year: 1872

1t appears that an accident, as in many
other discoveries, is about to render an
important service in the cause of medi-
cine, by which the eyes will be able to
locate many diseases whose source and
locality must now be determined by iu-
ference rather than sight. 1t appears
that DR. Richardson, of London, while
experimenting with electricity about two
years ago. was surprised to fnd portion
OF his hand so Illuminated as to become
perfectly transparent. This fact, and al
so similar experiment by DIR. Thomas
Nicholson, Of New Orleans, not long since,
to pursue the subject till he succeeded
in completely Illuminating the whole
body. from the result of these expert
ments it seemsthat in order illumin-
ate the whole body it would only
be necessary to increase the vividness of
the calcium light used aud enlarge the
magnifying lenses employed, so as 10 gain
sufficient power. When all the laternal
organs Of the human system are thus in
spected by actual sight, there will be no
need of diagnosing case to discover the
cause of the seat of the disease. In the
case of wounds or internal bruises, the
surgeon can determine at once the loca-
tion of the bullet or the condition of the
part affected also tumors, ulcers, or any
internal malady, as easily as can house
keeper the displacement of an article of
furniture, or an ink-spot upon the carpet


1t can be readily perceived that this dis
covery may become an eficieut aid to
medical science, and an inealculable bless.
| ing to mankind.
Year: 1872

The following is taken from the Ez-
mira Adcertiser: On Tuesday last in
BinghamtoH, a man was found lying 10
the open air with a few signs of life about
him. a doctor was called and the man,
stupid and senseless, was carried to a
saloon, where means were taken to revive
him. They were partially successful for
he was sufficiently aroused to say that his
name was Robert Crowle, that he came
from Wilkes Barre and had made short
stops at Scranton and Port Jervis that
he had bought some laudanum at an apo
thecary's shop in Pittston. Pa, and be-
cause he could find no work had taken
it. Binghamton had DO other place to
send him but to Jail and thither he was
sent where he sank rapidly and soon de-
parted to that place where work is un-
necessary. 1t was learned that he was
about twenty-three years of age and came
to this country from Hamburg, about four
years ago. As showing in what extreme
poverty and want he was, the only ar
ticles found upon his person was part of
a small onion and a nubbin of coru.-
"a las for the rarifv-"
Year: 1872

Some thirty years ago lodged from
Saturday to Monday with an inn.keeper
in the country, who was also farmer
On the table for Sunday dinner there was
a uince piece of picked pork, bold the
day before. On tasting | thought it the
most delicious | ever ate. l requested
"miue host" to give his receipt for curing
pork. He replied as follows: As soon as
nv hogs are dressed and cool enough to
be cut, | pack the side pieces in barrel
or cask, with plenty of salt on all sides OF
each piece, and when my barrel is full |
Immediately roll it to my pump aud pump
in water uutil | can see the water cease
to sink in the vessel, or to moisten the
salt on top of the cask. | then lay fiat
stone as large as the vessel will receive,
on the contents, SO as to keep the pork
always under the salt or pickle. L put ii
in my cellar, covered so as as to exclude
the flies, and there it remains until a
piece is wanted Care must be taken to
keep the meat under the pickle, other
wise it will rust.
Year: 1872

The Butler oil fields are now among
the most productive and most promising
territory IN the whole oil region Develop
ment is going on rapidly, and with the
most satisfactory results.
Year: 1872




In good seasons we raise something
over one thousand million bushels OF
corn in the United States ;and allowing
as high an average as twenty bushels
per acre, mora than fifty million acses
are planted to this crop. In the SoIth
and west very little pains is taken to
prevent the washing Of corn ground,
when the crop is growing, or for sever
al years after, if allowed to rest. This
is great error in farming. At the last
working Of corn, a fine tooth harrow
should be used to make the soil fine,
clean and level, to prevent water run
ming between tic rows. Instead ofpcr-
mitting the ground to lie Naked or
grow up in weeds, it should be seeded
at once with clover and grass seed in
the standing corn. The new crop will
not grow to do any harm before the
corn is ripe; while the fall growth shell
ters the otherwise nakcdncss Of recent
ly titled land, prevents surface wash
ing and recupcratcs the depleted soil.
All know, or at least ought to know,
that clover is u rcnovating plant and
that nearly all corn ground needs some
Year: 1872

New Salem, Ind, has devil worship
per, and is proud of him. Black Bill il
his name and cob5ling his trade. lie
lives the life of a hermit, and never
washes. shavCs, or cuts his hair which
is very black. lie is not handsome, but
what he lacks in beauty he makes up in
picty. lie is tremendously pious, but
believes the religious 'nsis OF the whole
world is wrong. lie holds that men
worship the wrong being, and that man
would be happier and more successful if
he were to offer up his dcvotions to and
ask the aid Of his Satanic ma ajcaty, IN
stead Of appealing to the Throne of
Light. lie prctends to believe that Sa-
tan is the true God of the world and
ought to have due respect paid to him
as such. Black Bill lately tried to get
up young mon's devils association and
start a PRAYER meeting after his own
breed, but the enterprise failed, aud he
is as yet the only acknowledged member
Of the sect of Devil worshippcrs.
Year: 1872

The best acre OF strawberry vines that
saw last fall was raised among early po-
tatoes. The early rose potato was plant
ed as early in April as possible. placing
one piece only in a hill, thirty inches apart
each way, and the strawberry plants were
also planted thirty inches apart each way
on the same ground at the same time;
that is. one strawberry plant placed mid
way between the potato hills in the rows,
leaving the other way open for cultivation.
Subsequently the tilling was done with
a one-horse cultivator and hand hoe. In
July the potatoes were dug out and sold
for ninety-seven dollars cash. At the
same time the strawberry plants were
nicely cleaned and hoed soon after the
runners began to cross the rows pretty
freely. The eultivator was then run
through the rows for the last time, and
hand followed to replace the roots Of any
runners that were disturbed. Very little
more was needed, although hand went
over the field three or four times with hoe
in his hand, pulling any stray weeds, and
with the hoe and hand placing any stray
runners SO as to occupy all the ground.
which was well covered with plants In the
fall, and the land was very clean and mel
low. The labor on this acre cost 41.12 1-2
per day. The cost of adding and caring
for the straw Derry plants is estimated not
to be very much from 800 This acre was
estimated to be worth $3.50 more for hav-
ing the strawberry plants on it.


The owner of this patch was instructing
me how to raise strawberries. Says he
planted squashes, cucumbers, melons.
cabbage or sweet corn with bountiful
supply of manure, the next year early
potatoes with the strawberry, using no
manure except plaster, sown broadcast to
avoid weeds


The essential points are, first, that the
plants must be set very early, and looked
to see that they are living, as late-set
plants will not give full crop next year;
second, the potatoes must be removed
very early, so that the plants will more
perfectly cover the ground. Thus he gets
one full crop of trawberries almost free
from weeds. But, said he. if l should
try to get second crop from the same
setting it would be quite possible, but the
labor after the first crop was picked would
cost me four times as much as it does to
plant new bed every year.


l have seen strawberry plants raised
among early peas and other crops, but
generally poor stand of plants was OBJ
tanned. and a full crop could not be real
lied until the second year, when the land
would be full of weeds, and weeds are
what the cultivator of strawberries most
desires to Germantoscn Telegraph.
Year: 1872

lT is 20 be hoped that Mr.. Greeley will
not fall into the habit of writing and


printing too many letters daring his
candidacy. All his productions in that
line are admirable in style and mat
ter, but llenrv Clay lost the Presidency
in 1911 by writing one letter too many.
Year: 1872

Did any of you ever wonder why the dark
wood so highly valued for furniture should be
called rosewood ? Its color certainly does
not look much like that Of rose, so we must
look for some other reason. Upon asking,
we are told that when the tree is first cut, the
fresh wood possesses a very strong rose-like
fragrance, heuce the name


There are half dozen or more distinct
kinds of rosewood-tree. The varieties are
found in South America and in the East In
dies and neighboripg islands.


Sometimes the trees grow so large that
pauks four feet broad and ten in length can
be cut from one of them. These board planks
are principally used to make the tops of
piano-iortes.


When growing in the forest the Rosewood
tree is remarkable for its beauty but such is
ts value in manufactures as an ornamental
wood that some of the forests where 1t once
grew abundantly, now have scarcely single
specimen. In Madras, the government has
prudeniy had great plantations OF this tiee
set out in order to keep up the supply.
Year: 1872

The Apostle Paul, after having labored
long aud earnestly in his Lords service, still
felt that he was human being, and liable at
any time, through the weakness of the flesh,
to lose all. al keep under my body" says
he, "and bring it into subjection, lest, after |
have preached the Gospel unto others my
self should be cast away" II this watchful-
ness was needlu on the part of this aged and
ong-tried servant of God, what care and
diligence ought we to exercise lest we should
lose all in an unguarded hour 7 Our pathway
through life is thickly set with snares for our
feet. The seductions of passion, the allure.
ments of vice, things to arouse our anger and
strip our hearts feelings, await us at every
turn Of lifes devious ways, and blessed In
deed is that man or that woman that meets
them all without harm.
Year: 1872

The best thing to give your enemy is for
piveness to your opponent tolerance to a
friend your heart to your child a good ex'
ample to father, Difference to your moth
er, conduct that will make her proud of her
son to yourself, respect to God, obedience.
Year: 1872

The man scarce lives who is not more
credulous than he ought to be the natural
Opposition of man inciues him TO believe ;
Experience alone teaches iucredulity, and sell
dom teaches it sufficiently.
Year: 1872




The grave of Thadasna stevsps is still with,
out monument or h0adstone 90 mark the spot
The great commoner sleeps his last sleep in the
shadow OF common school house. Appropri-
ate resting place for one whose energies we're
ever bent to the cause OF popular educationl
Perhaps he needs no other monument certain
ly he needs none to perpetuate his memory
but something is needed TO mark the spot, mas
much az ON Decoration Day last year some
difficulty was experienced in finding it. A cor
respondent who recently made a pilgrimage to
the place says;


The cemetery in which he rests is a very
small private one, known as Shreiner's. He was
about to purchase lot in Woodward Hill, but
on learning that no colored persons could be in
tered there, he bought Elk feet of earth in Shrei-
ners cemetery, Consistent even in death, he
could not have rested in peace in a graveyard
where the down-trodden race of whose rights
his eloquent tongue had ever pleaded, were de-
MED the right Of sepulture. In his will written
bS his own hand in the last year Of his life, al
though he made no provision for the care OF
his own grave, he set apart an ample sum OF
money to be devoted to planting flowers about
his mothers grave each spring"
Year: 1872




The Mddletown Transcript alone, of all the
Democratic journals of Delaware refuses to
bend the knee to Baal and accept the nomina-
tions made for the party at Baltimore. Where
upon the Sussex Journal twits the Transcript
with presumption in setting up its Judgment
against three millions of Democrats. But what
are the facts?


1t cannot for one moment be denied that Hor-
ace Greeley and b. Gratz Brown are the nomi-
nees Of the Democratic party-made such in due
form, and in accordance with the time-honored
customs of the party But while this is the fact,
there is underlying this nomination an action
unwanantable and insincere, from party stand
point-adeparture from party custom which past
political history fails to furnish the counterpart
of. Had MIR. Greeley been regularly nominated
upon Democratic platform, or ON one which
embodied the essentially Democratic (atter day,
we mean) idea, the case might have been differ
ent, and the action of the Transcript been in
defensible. But the party has neither a candi-
date from its own fold, nor platform of its own
making or in consonance with those which it
has builded during the past ten years. On the
contrary, it has drawn both its candidate and it's
platform from its opponents-a surrender as
absolute as that which put an end ts the late
civil strife, and dsintegration as complete as
that OF the rebel armies after the surrender OF
johnson, in South Carolina.


The party, then is dissolved dead As an
organization, fealty can no longer lie demanded
for it, Its membership is left free to advance
with its fellows to the new platform and the new
theories which the majority have accepted, or
they may still contend for what they have failed
to accomplish, the justice and wisdom of
which, it has always been claimed have been
more clearly defined with tie lapse of time
There is no moral obligation which requires
that the membership of the late Democratic
party shall follow its leaders in their race after
unknown gods or into new and unexplored
fields of action. The obligation ceases
with the dissolution of the party, and it is
no breach Of consistency and nothing more than
failure to recognize the inevitable to still con-
tend for the faith which has its origin in jeff
erson, and which, it is claimed, is hallawed by
time and fitted to the present necessities Of the
country.


Tho difference between the Ti'dusc,ipt and the
Journal is just this The one is contending for
princpe-the maturel Judgment Of time Il c
other is infatuated by a ha-ty Judgment which
eupposes that the line OF action adopted by the
party at Baltimore will eyentuate in its rein
statement in power aud its re-establishment in
the offices from which it has been so long ban
ished Honest men Of all parties will not fail to
mark the difference, or be unable to determine
which is guilty of presumption.
Year: 1872

MONEY ORDERs.-The postmaster of
this city has determined that after to-mor-
row no business will be transacted in the
money-order department of the Office before
0 o'clock A. Nj. The necessity for this
course exists in the fact that the money
orders payable at this office have become
so numerous as to require more time than
formerly to make up the register of dupli-
Gates. Under the new arrangement the
settlement of orders will be facilitated, and
not retarded.
Year: 1872

AND STILL ACCOMPLISHMENTS to-
bacco inspector received his commission
a few days since. Though many years
younger than those heretofore put in COM
mission, we are told that he promises to
become quite efficient in time. The name
of the new appointee is Chic Burton. Jr.
Year: 1872

DISTRIBUTION OF WOOD Stopped
Captain Bigger informed us this morning,
that for good and sufficient reasons the dis
tribution of wood to the poor of the city
has been discontinued for the present.
Year: 1872

five prayed only for those tnlilss
which are in accordance win the
laws of nature, or which there was
a strong probability Of our reeeiy,
ing by The operation OF recognized
though unconscious agents, there
wonid he then, indeed, no necessity
Of our praying at all
Year: 1872

CASH vs. CHEDIT.-A movement
is msking, according to the Alnerl-
can Grocer. to introduce new sys-
tenn Of dealing at grocery stores
with those customers who pay cash
for their purchases. On the present
svstem those who pay in this way
have no advantage over those VINO
take credit or who give much
trouble before they pay their debts,
if they pay them at all, and 1t Is
now proposed TO follow a plan al
work in England, by which cash
customers are allowed a bonus OF q
certain rate per cent. on their pay
ments.
Year: 1872

Although the iig-tree shall not
blossom, neither shall fruit be In
the vines the labor of the oilye
shall fall and the fields shall yleld
no meat the iocks sllall be cut Oh
from the fold, and there shall oe no
herd in the stalls; yet will l rejoice
in the Lord: 1 will JOY in the God
of nv salvation.-Ha6dkUh.
Year: 1872

MR. THOMAS EWING, one of the most active and truest of men, left on Thurs days stage for the States via California. He has spent nearly two years in Arizona, and we are pleased to know not without some profit. He has noted the illimitable pasture fields in this latitude and the mild Winters which enable animals to subsist and grow fat the whole year without any shelter or prepared food, and having a turn for stock raising, will hereafter en- gage in it. Just where is not decided He will personally examine Southwestern Missouri, some of Kansas, Texas, Arkan- sas, and if need be, other sections for a good location. But for the murdering and thieving Apaches, he would not look be- yOnd Arizona, hence another energetic, public spirited man is driven away from the Territory.

 Personally, we have the highest regard for him, and this is based upon an inti- mate acquaintance for many years more liberal man does not live, nor does a more reliable one in business or friend ship. Our friendship has been so cordial, and free of any sordid considerations, that we always felt delicacy in referring to him in print as we inclined to do; but when such men leave Arizona because they cannot in security pursue preferred and honorable calling in it, we can't let them go without suitable remarks. Among our whole range of acquaintances, none have worn better than Mr. E., nor do we believe any man is truer in all his relations to society.
Year: 1872

THERE are still papers eastward silly enough to report that because the Indians put a little hay into certain military posts the settlers are hostile to them. If the enemies of frontiers men can find no more plausible and sensible islanders to retail, they should hide their heads in abject shame and ask God to render them complete and speeches. idiots. Nothing so pleases the frontiersman with the Indian as to see him do useful labor and properly behave himself. The Papagos being most industrious and best behaved, they are here esteemed the highest; :; the Pimas and Maricopas are next in public esteem. Compel the Indian to work and earn his living, and the in jury to them by the settlers will never be greater than Is done by one set of humans to others in the best regulated society any where. Let new islander be invented, for this one is old and stale, and one that every well-informed person knows is the creation of hypo- critics to cover up their deviltry, or dic- tated by pure malice.
Year: 1872

doubt wether moro dishonest, dishon
orable, disgraceful, and objectionable
transaction than this house affair has
ever been heard of, and when it is
considered that the President of the
United States is the party implicated,
may not those who contributed to ele-
vate him to power ourselves among
the number) bow their heads with
shame and modification, and take
heed that they ego and sin no more.'