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Year: 1873

kindly and courteously by the press.

 and we have heard but very little

 complaint from the public generally.

 No one has threatened to blow the top

 of our head off, or cut out our bread

 basket, but we have been very cautious

 to give no cause for so serious an op-

 eration upon our person. We have

 seen just enough of the business and

 vexation of country newspaper to

 satisfy us that we do not want to in-

 vest in such an institution and we

 shall feel more kindly and charitabl

 all the balance of our lives to all those

 who have by misfortune or otherwise

 been placed in so unfortunate posi-

 tion. We think hereafter if called

 upon we can and will go before any

 tribunal and defend any country editor

 who may be charged with any ordi- nary crime or vice, as follows If charged with stealing we shall plead that he has spent his time and means for an ungrateful community, that had lured him into the belief that he should be supported, but after they had induced him to spend all he had for their good, they were starving him to death; hence it was no crime to appropriate what they justly owed him for his services. If charged with lying we should say that he had brought upon himself more difficulties and curses by telling the truth than in any other way, hence to get along smoothly and retain any standing in the community lying became neces- sary. At best he will be cursed. If he is not the first to report news then he is not enterprising; if he reports news as he first receives it and after wards his report is found to be in correct he is cursed for his misrepre- sentations. If he speaks out boldly against bad men and measures as he sees them then he is @ villiier and low-down blackguard. If he don't do it he is coward and lacks spirit. The man who pays $5 and gets fifty two copies of the paper in return for his money thinks he is very liberal patron and of course ought to have large influence in shaping the tone of the paper, and when he finds he has not he considers himself sold and declares that the paper is not worth @ d-m. The paper must be made in teresting out of matter purely local, because the big papers attend to all outside matters and we get the news earlier and better from them than from our local paper. It costs great deal of time, patience and money to make local paper interesting, and yet those who will criticise it the most are not even subscribers, but poach upon their neighbors to read their local paper in order to find fault with the manner in which it is con- ducted. Now, we have so far no cause to complain. We have not been in the business long enough to become misanthropic but we begin to feel it coming on, and we throw down the quill entertaining the belief that more is expected of 8 country editor for less money than from any other person on earth. And if in the course of human events he grows sordid, morose, cross, cussed and mean. it is not his fault but the fault of those who receive the benefits of his toll and labor and then abuse him for 1t.

 So kind readers adieu, and may the good Lord have mercy on your souls.
Year: 1873

JOHN WISE and W. H. Donaldson are preparing to make a trip from Boston to England in balloon, and intend to start from Boston Common on the 4th of July, and expect to make the trip across the Atlantic in two days. We never have doubted that in time the air would be success fully navigated, but for the first trial, it would seem to be less dangerous to undertake to cross a smaller pond than the Atlantic.
Year: 1873

ANOTHER GHosr.-Some years ago |
was living in Newport, in an old-tashioned
house, also built by retired sea captain
in the ear y part OF the century, but un
like the other; there were no tales Of ter
ror connected with it, as [ ever heard of.
At l PM. on winters day, in the midst
Of a furious snow storm, as we sat at din
ner, we heard a commotion in the kitchen,
Instead Of the expected joint, enters a pal
lid woman "Oh, please come out and
see Martha " The lady of the house
hastened to the kitchen, and found Martha
the cook, almost faintiDg upon a chair.
" What's the matter p As soon as she
could speak she gasped out, "Oh, that
face at the window " The window of
the kitchen looked out upon the garden,
which had high fence all around it. |
at once ran out to see if any person was
there the ground was covered with a
pure and untrodden surface Of snow six
or eight inches deep. This was rather
startling, when inside the window wo-
man was fainting at the sight of some
fearful appearance on the outside. look
ed out on the street which ran alongside
the garden fence and which was not much
OF thoroughfare. There were no tracks
to be seen in the snow. No human foot


had lately been in the garden. d.


= When the woman came to herself, she


said that, suddenly looking up, she saw g


female face with an agonized expression


looking in at her from the window. Or


being asked if it was any one whom she


knew she replied that the face seemed
familiar, but that she could not recall th'


name that belonged to it. After reflect


ton. she said that it looked like daugh


ter of hers whom she had not seen since


she was child. The girl had beeI


brought up by lady in another State
J aud was now married woman, living L
Vermont.


About week afterward, Martha re


ceived letter from the lady who la


brought up her daughter, informing he
! that the young woman had recently dice
E after short illness, and that her grea
/ anxiety seemed to be to see her nothe
before she died Some time after l wrot
e to the town indicated to ascertain the ex
S act time of the young womans deatt
e The husband moved away immediatel
/, after the funeral, but the town clerk r.
e piled that person of the name mentione
D had died there about the time mentlone


in my letter. Here came the fatal gap
h the evidence, which always seems to pr
n vent the chain being perfect. If L coul
e have obtained a certificate OF the dea'
l. having occurred on the day OF the sno


storm. should have found myself near
IS to ghost than [ ever expect to be aga
IT till become one myself
Year: 1873

White lay the snow over roof, over wold-
While hung the moon in the frosty sky;
And huddled sheep that crouched in the fold,
Wore the white raiment dropped from on high
But little window, rustic and old,


Cleaned cheeriy red on the wanderers nigh.
painter passed on his way, that night;
What scene for a study the painter said
Fairly glim mers that ruby light,


1clcles fringe it from caves o'erhead;
Oh moon thou art ghostlyl Oh world thou ar


white


I'll look in atsthe window all warm and red"
So he looked-but whatever his eyes Nigh: see
His pencil told not, his lips were dumb.
l might guess, but who would listen to mel
And the days the painter have told their sum
Would you know, you must wait till your soul is


free


And you two.meet in the world to come.
Here is the study the painter wrought;


little way Off that window glows,
And the prints of childreu's feet are brought
Up to the doorway, athwart the SHOWS.
And the moonbeam falls like an alterthought,
And silvers their pathway who now repose.
Cold shows the world and the SKY round about
And warm breaks that ruddy light between;
OF the painters thought need not Doubt


For long like his study his life had BEEN
Ah long time his lot was to walk without,
From the one light apart, in a wntery scene
But hope, where the white fakes freeze no more
L hope, where winter is over and gone,
For the cold of the night that went before


He almost fOrgets how he made his moan;
And almost forgets how they closed the door,
And doomed him to walk in the world-alon,
Year: 1873

SINGULAR WISH IN THE WILL OF Wo-
MAN.-The evils " man of the Illustrated
London Ne,cs says that ladies have not
the opportunity of controlling their hus-
bands IN regard to their remarrying. and
he does not remember a single case of
married woman by her will placing any
restraint on her husband marrying again
but he knows of case to the contrary.
Mrs. Van Hanrigh by her will, proved In
December. 1868, leaves all her property
which appears to have been considerable
to her husband. Endorsed on the back
of her will is a memorandum stating that
she wishes her clothes to be sold to pay
her funeral expenses, which are to be as
small as possible; aud, after commanding
her husband to the care of her mother, she
adds: 1t is also my earnest wish that
my darling husband should marry before


long nice, pretty girl. who is good house


wife, and, above all, to be careful that


she has good temper"
Year: 1873

TRAPS IN OUR HoMEs,-A good many
houses have traps about them, beside those
set for rats and mice A friend of mine
has very dangerous traps in her house, in
the shape of the fastenings on the closet
doors. They shut easily, but can only be
opened on the outside. One day a young
lady stepped inside her closet door to hang
up dress, and the wind blew the door
shut. There she was, close prisoner in
very close quarters, on a summer day.
See was in delicate health. and the pros
pect Of long Imprisonment was not cheer
ing There was no one upstairs, and the
good lady below was at work in her back
Kitchen. Her calls for help could not be
heard, but long and persistent pounding at
last awakened a curiosity to see what she
could be about, and brought assistance.
These catches still remain on the door.
A lady in the city left her house in the
charge of servant, one little boy only be
ing at home with her. The girl stepped
into closet with just such fastening,
and the little fellow closed the door after
her. He was too small to understand the
mischief he had done, or to unfasten the
door. So there seemed little chance of her
escape. She remembered, too, with hor-
, row, that the street door was locked, and
her mistress could not get in until she
opened the door.


Nothing seemed left for her but to try
the strength of a good pair of brogans on
that closet door. She persisted so reso-
lutely that the lock, or something. gave
way, and she found herself once more at
liberty. If you have such trap in your
home, beg you will have it removed, be-
fore even worse consequences than these
happen to some one of your household. ]
should rest almost as comfortably if /
knew that there was an old we'll covered
with rotten boards in my cellar, as could
with suca door-fastenings anywhere


about.


Speaking of wells, recalls various ones


have seen in country places, surrounded


by broken board curbs which seem tt


need only fingers push to topple then
over. Let child stumble against one o
these traps, and he is at the bottom Of th'


water in twinkling. Some careles
householders live on from year to yea
with the cistern covered only by loos'
t boards, which even the creeping baby Cal
e pull aside. Some day, when its littl
y pink bonnet is found floating on the water
and its little dripping body is brought VI
+ from the bottom, there will be great mul
e muring in the house, and many reflection
y on the mysteries Of Providence, and the
Year: 1873

The Boston Transcript finds leisure to
observe " Rear is good word for raise,
but should be used with caution. For in
stance, you may rear house if you can
raise one, but do not speak of rearing
whiskers. Again, one might, perhaps,
rear Ned if one could catch him early,
but not Cain or the old Harry or
thunder One might, indeed, raise rats,


if one had concluded, as philosophic
friend has done, to lve,up his house to
them and go INTO the glove trade, and in
this case, perhaps, rear rats also. We
simply add that in these times there is one
thing that one can neither rear nor raise,
it is so high already, and that is money.
Year: 1873

1HE ELEPHANT AND
time ago very fine specimen Of the Asia
attic elephant was landed at Southampton.
The animal was an exceedingly fine one,
standing several feet in hight, with large
tusks, and between three and four years of
age. 1t was shipped at Bombay, and was
under the charge of a native Of Sumatra,
named Rance Jhandeegar, Qamilarly
known on board ship by the term" Ramy,")
to whom the elephant was much attached,
and who had brought the huge brute un-
der perfect subsection.


During the first few days after the ship
had cleared the land, everything went on
well but stormy weather coming on,
spirit of disobedience was displayed by
some of the crew. The would-be mutineers
collected on the main deck, close to where
the elephant was chained, and held council
as to their future proceedings. The keep
er, RAINY, lying at the side of the animal,
fegned sleep, although he paid attention
to what the wicked men were saying. He
heard the whole details of plot to murder
the captain, and great portion OF the
crew and passengers; ard he ascertained
that he himself was one of those who were
to be massacred The onslaught was to
be made when the watch was changed that
very night.


No time was to be lost in warning the
captain of the danger but it was utterly
impossible for RAINY to proceed to the
state-cabin without incurring the greatest
possible risk, inasmuch as he would have
been compelled to have passed through the
midst OF the mutineers; and they certain
| ly would not have scrupled in killing at
once one whom they had themselves select
ed as a victim. The willy keeper, however,
took wiser course and. as it turned out,
very serviceable one. Nose!essly un-
fastening the chain which bound the ele-
plants legs, RAINY set the animal at liber-
ty, and, springing to his feet in an instant
he bounded into the midst of the mutineers,
followed by the elephant. On his giving
a signal to the Intelligent creature, 1t laic
about it right and left with its trunk, anC


the astonished sailors were quickly thrown
down on the deck, wounded and bleeding


and shouting loudly for mercy. The cap


tain, hearing the disturbance, was soon OIL


the spot; and having been made acquaint


ed with the facts of the case, caused th'


mutneers to he placed in irons, to b


brought to justice at the first port a


which they might touch. The wound


caused by the animals trunk were fright
full.


This elephant gave many other proofs


on the VOYAGE, of his intelligence and sa


gacity. On one occasion, during heavy


gale of wind he saved a man from watery


grave, by ,eizing him by his jacket just a


he wa slipping from off the bulwarks; an
on an other he prevented the first mate c
the YES sci from beng severely bitten by
: furious mastihf belonging to one of tn
, passengers. The dog was flying at tn
throat of the man, when his spring wa
arrested by the elephant which, takin
firm hold of him with his trunk, hurle
him over the side of the ship into the ocear
f Early Days.
Year: 1873

the trap is set again. The results of mans
sloth and blunder'ng are. often charged
on Providence. 1t IS such an easy Way
of shtrng the burden from ones own
shoulder


A bro en- doorstep is a trap which has
proved ID most disastrous end to many.
Broken Ilmbs are great deal harder and
more expensive to mend than broken
boards. So be sure you see to the boards
in time. Better sprinkle the path with
ashes tnan be lald up half the winter in
consequence of bad fall you get on the
icy walk.


Look about and see what dangerous
traps you may have left lurking about
your premises, and once found, act as q
wise man should-have them at once re
moved.-Cor. Country Gentleman.
Year: 1873

The Worcester Spy says" How the
governments Indian policy appears to the
poor Indians untutored mud is shown
by the report of council of the klowas,
after the lapse of their chiefs, Santanta
and Big Trre, VINO have been imprisoned
some time in Texas under sentence OF
death These two chiefs had just told of
the immense numbers of the whites, tie
comparative weakness of the Indians, and
declared that it was folly for them to
fight, when another chief taking his turn
to speak, suggested that these two chiefs
had been bought up by the whites. For
himself, he said. he thought there was
nothing like fighting, for if they never
fought they never would get anything for
keeping the peace. That is in nutshell
the Indians theory of our Indian policy,
and not an unreasonable or inadequate one
either from his point OF view.
Year: 1873

pennons gayly Haunting IN the breeze,
while men, women and children, bathing in
the smooth waters, sported like fish in
their native element, and never dreamed
of the possibility of danger.
THE COMMUNE IN THE CEMETERY
About two weeks ago the Parlsians cele-
brated the Fete des Morts, and decorated


the graves of their dead with immortelles.


A correspondent of the London Telegraph,


after describing some of the scenes, adds


The most tragically interesting part Of


Pere- -Chaise has no grave-stones what


ever, although there is no part in which


the dead are SO closely piled together.


That is the corner in which the commun-


lists made their last fight and were shot


down like dogs. Driven from point to


point, they took refuge in the cemetery,


and offered the desperate resistance of


men who know that every chance of life is


gone. The marks Of the conflict are ter


ribly vivid. In one place are piled mass


of grave-stones, behind which the commun-


lists fought, and which were broken by the


cannon shot. A large gap in the wall,
filled up ty wooden paling, marks the


place up which the Versaillais entered the
cemetery, and other parts are rent from


top to bottom by cannon shot. Against


another portion of the wall the survivors


of the desperate fight were driven and


moved down by the mitrailleuse. No
quarter was given, and the bodies of the


dead were flung into a huge trench and


hastily buried Even yet the wall is
J spattered with marks of the shot, which


are horribly suggestive of the carnage


but still more striking were the symbols


of affection which had been furtively taken
to the spot. Some daring hand had drawn


black cross on the wall, while here and
there had been placed garlands of immor
: telles or lunches Of flowers. Some of the


wreaths We're such as lay on the graves o.
e men and women who had died in peace
= but most of the symbols were only small


buncbes of vIolets and immortelles, which
, seemed to indicate either that the mourner!
r had been too poor to buy the ordinary
garands, or that they had chosen suct
n symbols as could be easily hidden from
; the eye of the police Four policemen
r were on the spot, watching the person
t who came, but they did not touch thu
5 marks of mourning for the communists,
0 saw two young men take off their caps i
salutation to the dead, and then glanc
Y round to see whether the police were look
e ing, but the guardians Of the peace wer
If prudently blind to all these manifestations
:. and nothing could be more peaceful tha
e the whole of the crowd \ large body {
lie police and squadron of dragons ha'
h been sent to the cemetery to prevent an
v political manifestation, but nothing Gale
is for any exercise of force. Yet none tn
J. less eloquently did the broken grave-stone
I the shattered wall, and the marks of tn
, mtraileuse recall the terrible days Of tn
E. commune and none the less Ominousl
< did the punches of flowers on the grave
r of the communists reveal the fires thi
,e still sumber beneath the surface of Par
Is sian society"
Year: 1873

An exchange says that the greatest feat
in gasrronomy ever known was that re-
corded of a man who commenced by bolt
ing door. after which he threw up a win
dow, and then sat down and swallowed a
whole story.
Year: 1873

THE TRUE IDEAL OF THE HOME is, no
doubt, one of tasteful plainness, oftensst
realized by the middle-class and the pro-
fessions, who throw the advantage on the
side of life, freedom, ease, education and
a conversation that is music because OF its
higher tones and inspirations. One likes
to read the words of Eckermann descrip-
tive of Goethe's home 1t was not
show, but simple and noble in its appoint
ments." The wise will not consent to be
house-ridden, to the loss of better liberties
and joys. A gaudy saloon cheapens the
family life, as an Oriental sky fosters soft
and effeminate habits, and the luxuriance
of the West Indies breeds sensuous and
Creole traits. By our superior weight we
should hold down the house and not the
house us. Life is not for the structure,
though often lost in it or used up by it ;
but fit it as the shell fits the turtle, by
being an outgrowth from it. The home is
largely in its thoughtful and cheerful
spirit and power. Wneu We 60 to see the
wise and gool who greet US With true self
poise and dignity and lift US into their own
atmosphere, We learn the indifference o.
circumstances OF that the cot is palace
when it covers the vlrtuous, and the palace
is uninvitng that covers ignorance. Char
acter is more than riches, as we nam'
Plato with more interest than Cresus, anC


like fine Jewel, ine life loses nothing


but rather gains by plain setting


Sumner Ellis
Year: 1873

Resolved, that the best interests of the
State and of society centre in the proper ed
ucation of the young, and that education to
be effective of good, and conductive of
special advantage must be Christian, begin
with the catechism and end with the know
ledge that God is our goal and heaven IS the
reward of virtuous deeds and holy lives.


Resolved, that the present system OF pub
l:c schools, ignoring all supernatural anthor-
ity, aud making God the first knowledge
that thing to be learned, is curse to our
country, and food gate of atheism, ard of
scnsuality and of civil, social, and national
corruption.
Year: 1873

and truth in everything prove the greatest
safeguards against individual demoraliza-
ton and national degeneraey.


A Hit at the Grangers?


Resolved, that secret societies aud other
dangerous associations of men uutaught in
the principles of religion and bent through
tortuous ways on purely material ends, are
subversivs of soc al order and as fatal to the
faith as It is destructive of The morality of
Catholics.


Resolved, that Catholic can't be true to
his country if be bs false to his church, or
faithful in his duties to secrecy and his fel-
lowmen if he be a stranger to tbs 5icra-
ments and reereant to his God.