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Year: 1873

Notes from the Danbury News Mans
TraveIs-Denver and Elsewhere.


In Kansas City they speak of Denver
as fourishing hamlet, and then shrug
their shoulders. In Denver they think
that Kansas City would be passable-
place if it was on earth.


The favorite expression here is Gin
time" Such "town will in time be a
big city" Such ''man will in time
make fortune. And so on. q" In time "
is the popular qualifer used in every
connection.


They tell me here that grave-yards
are not needed for residents; they are
merely laid out as an act of courtesy to
visitors. This intelligence affected me
very much, and visibly shortened my
stay in Denver. Kindness always did
overcome me.


We passed number of settlements
on the line of the Kansas Pacific. They
were in fourishing condition, and am
ply provided with printing offices and
churches, but L would bave freely
traded them all for one buffalo 1t is
an awful thing to want to see Il buffalo
and not see it.


The markets of Denver are superior,
the saloons are elegant, and in one of
these places are billiard tables, which
are pronounced by people who know to
be equal to anytlAng in New York. To
see shirt-sleeved miners and bull-whack-
ers punch balls over these tables is next
in impressiveness to the eternal
SHOWS"


We found the populations of the
cities at the depots The men were
whiting, not slashing off chips as yaN
see in the east, but softly tapering down
the stick, lovingly fondling it like
man would do if he was whiting off
the end of his nose. Only the wealthy
whittle, anyway, because timber is
scarce.


These are admirable grazing lands. 1
did not see cattle on a thousand hills,
but 1 saw a thousand cattle on no hill.
Herd after herd we passed as we
whirled along, and attending them We're
rough-looHing men on horses. Men
who have been idealized in novels, only
in novels they are known as rangers,
but here they are simply deneminated
g bull-whackers.


If you come across any statements in
this letter that appear TO be rather fgu-
rative, so to speak, you must remember
that the letter is written on the cars
while in motion, which are apt to make
the soundest statements and the most
awful truths appear vague-like. The
motion of a running train is uncertain.
start to give some facts which would
make a river open its mouth, when a
sudden move sends the pencil ont of the
golden realms of truth into the obscene
| atmosphere of levity. wish now that I
had written this pamphlet at the hotel,
because Denver is a most delicate sub
iect to handle under the most favorable
| circumstances.


P. 81 may be mistaken, but I feel
certain that a careful survey of the
above letter will not reveal the least
reference to the Pixies Peak and Longs
Peak as being so far distant and vet so
wonderfully discernible from Denver.
I am the only writer who has performed
this feat, and I feel proportionately
proud of it, but I should hardly at
tempt it again.
Year: 1873

For the benefit of our country friends
building farm-houses, in which comfort
and convenience are desirable to the
'help, as well as general cleanliness
to the household, We give these observa-
lions, Of the late Mr. Loudon, in his En-
cyclop@dia Of Architecture:


"The wash-house should be well
lighted and therefore, if united with
other Offices, it should, if practicable, be
made a corner building, and have win
dows on two sides.


Instead of portable round tubs,
which, as noticed in the preceding
book, are the most mconvenient of all
the forms that could be devised for
washing by hand, oblong t1oughs,
about three feet IN length, eighteen
inches wide at the top, one foot wide at
bottom and eighteen inches deep.
should be fixed round the two lighted
sides OF the room. Each trough should
have hole and stopper in tho bottom :.
and close under these holes should be a
gutter, common to all the troughs.
which may convey away the waste wa
ter to the manure tank. In one corner
or side OF the room the boiler should be
placed and over it a supply pipe from
a cold water cistern. Pipes may be
conducted from both the cAd water
cistern and the boiler, so as to deliver
on turning cocks, Geld or hot water, at
pleasure, into the trough.


The floor Of every bath-house ought
to be very carefully paved, with an in
clination Of an inch in a yard towards
one corner, in which there ought to be
a trap-drain leading to the manure tank
The inclination, which viii hardly be
perceptibIe to the eye, or recognized in
standing or walking, wiz yet be most
useful, by directing all the water
which must occasionally be split on the
floor, to the point where it viii be car
ried off Close under the ceiling there
ought to be several openings eommuni-
eating with the outside air. to carry of
the steam, and IN the bottom of the
door there ought to be corresponding
openings to admit fresh air; both open
ings ought to have shutters sliding in
horizontal grooves with hooks in them.
50 as to admit of their being easily
drawn back or pushed forward.
Year: 1873

LITTLE BEGINNINGS. steam
which raised the lid of the kettle, led
a philosophic mind to utilize it for
mans benefit. No one dreamed that
we should now be dragged along by it
at the rate of sixty miles an hour
When Perry Davis made preparation
for the medicinal use of their family,
thirty years ago, neither he or any 9TH
er man imagined that it would now be
sold in every land, and prove to be the
4" Pain Killer" of the world. 1t should
always be kept on hand, especially at
this season of the year, when so many
suffer from bowel complaints. There is
nothing so quick to relieve in attacks
of cholera


Sold at only 25 cents bottle, by
merchants generally
Year: 1873




An experienced correspondent of the
Practical Farmer, from eastern Penn
sylvania, after enumerating a list Of
very tempting profits realized from
sheep, advises that farmers do not rush
headlong into the business but those
who have none, procure and trv q few
upon their farms, and see if there be
not a profit in keeping them. a few
sheep can be proftably kept on almost
any farm, as they VIII feed upon some
thing that other stock will not touch
VIII entirely eradicate some kinds Of
weeds, and what they thus consume
wiz not be missed at the end of tbe
year. as to grazing sheep and cows ON
the same pasture, the writer SAYS:


L viii conclude by giving a summa-
ry OF my own experience in sheep hus-
bandry. I have been farming and
keeping sheep nineteen years. Du-
ring the last seven years [ have been
keeping thoroughbred southdowns
carefully selected from some Of the
best focks IN the country. Nv lambs
have averaged me SO piece. and the
wool 3 for each sheep. think I can
keep one sheep and one COW to every
acre, on a given amount of pasture
land Just as wei as to keep the COW
alone. In regard to alleged injurious
effects affirmed by some of keeping
sheep and dairy cows in the same. I viii
state that have never observed them
And if there were any injurious effects
resulting from the practice, it would be
confined to the short space of time in
tervening between first turning to pas
ture and harvest, say from the middle
of May to the first or middle of july
Sheep prefer and VIII cling to the old
pastures. while COWS are continually
seeking and longing for new
Year: 1873

TIE cynic of the st. Louis Democrat
says: The clerks in the new Grand
Pacific hotel of Chicago have not had
charge of the cash drawer long enough
yet to sport diamonds, but one wears
the bottom of beer glass set in silver
on his bosom, and the other, the night
clerk, has small bull's-eye lantern set
in his shirt front with revolving light"
Year: 1873

FENTInATTNG SrAoKs.-A new inven-
ton had been adopted this year at the
Prince Consort's farm and the Norfolk
, farm at Windsor, England for the pre-
servation of hay ricks from the heating
occasioned by confined air and moisture
a long perforated tube fixed in short
lengths which fit into each other. is
built into the body of the rick as it is
carried UP, and surmounted by bowl.
which turns with the wind and pro-
vides a constant down current an up
ward current is also arranged for an in
ner tube, which is solid, opens at the
bottom, and so completes the circula-
lion. The invention is also adapted to
graneries and ships in transit, but in
those several arms are provided, run
ming out from the central shaft at right
angles, so as to distribute the air


lrough the grain.
Year: 1873

How TO PRESERVE HAN1.-Cut the
ham into slices, as when you fry it, then
fry it little and pack in a crock or
other close dish, and cover the meat
with lard to keep the air from it. In
this way ham can be preserved through
the warmest weather in good condition.
Year: 1873

CURE FOR RHEUMATISM "A bath in
hot sand is the latest discovery offered
by a therapeutist of London as an d" in
fallible cure for rheumatism. He
claims that the advantage of this mode
of treatment consists especially in the
fact that it does not suppress perspira-
ton like the hot water bath, but rather
increases it F; and another advantage it
possesses is that it does not interfere
with the respirations of the patient, as
does the steam bath or Turkish bath.
It is asserted that the body can endure
the infuenceaf such bath for a much
longer time, and much higher tempera-
ture can also be applied. 1t can be
used for infants, and permits of easy
application to part or to the whole
body. If this remedy shall prove eff
cacious for so serious an ailment, it will
indeed be boon to a large class of suf-
ferers.
Year: 1873

dest danger of


hest personal


of the half


the new era.


ad is the great


life-shades of
yield up defin-
moral obligation
PUP definite axioms
insight too various
.tences of approval
The action Of others.
strictly scientific, on
md moral questions
onduct and action,
y of complexity and
Year: 1873

The weather continues hot for this season
OF the year. and is TO be regarded as some-
thing more than unpleasant; TO the unac:
climated. who are not careful. it may prove
unhealthy. The nights and mornings are
coo! and bracing - too cool. in fact. for the
temnerature Of the day. which is made IN.
comfortably warm By the rays Of the south.
ern sun. whose heat this season has not
been counteracted by the blasts Of old
Boreas. 1t would be well for all to avoid.
as much as possible. exposure to the sudden
transitions from heat to cold at this season
of the year: but. i: is absolutely necessary
for the unaccimated. if they would pre-
serve their health. 20 abstain from exposing
themselves 70 the midday sun or the mid.
night air. Our city remains remarkably
healthy, if the number of deaths that occur
weekly are to be taken as proof of health.
But, notwithstanding this. we have had
quite an epidemic of the dengue in its
,ightest form. but yet Of sufficient force to
make a large number of people take to
their beds. feeling all the symptoms of sick.
ness. A little care, until cool weather and
Jack Frost make their appearance. will do
much toward maintaining the uniform good
health of New Orleans during the season
when sickness is to be apprehended.
Year: 1873

On the banks Uf the river Ganges, says a
military journalist, there are many quicksands;
and during our expedition a somewhat distress.
ing scene happened. An elephant incautiously
came within the vortex Of one; frat one foot sank
and then another, and in endeavorng 10 extricate
himself matters became worse; no portion Of
either Of his legs was at last visible. and the
bystanders had given up the poor animal as lost.
Being fortunately, unusually powerful, he three
several times, with what appeared TO all super
natural strength, drew a foot fnom the closely
clinging earth. placing it where, by sounding it
with his trunk, he found most solid; not until
the third time did the ground bear his pressure,
when he gradually released himself During
the whole period OF his troubles his cries were
exceedingly dolorous, and might have been
heard couple Of miles; his gTunt, when they
were at an end, was equally indicative Of satis-
faction. The internal application of bottle
Of strong spirits soon dssipated his trembling
and restored his equanamity. Many unfortunate
elephants are lost in these treacherous sands
when large quantities Of grass or branches o.
treeS are not at hand to form an available sup
port for them. After a certain time the poo
beast becomes poWeFless, and the owner can OILY
look with sorrow at the gradual disappearance
OF his noble animal, and lament the pecuniary
loss he hereby suffers, for all human aid
futile, They have been known TO be twely'
hours before entirely sinking.
Year: 1873




The following arc the provisions of an act now
before the Legislature:


SECTION /. That every person residing within
this 5tNto shall have exempt from execution or
attachment process tho following articles Of per-
son4 property, 70 wit: The family bible, school
books and family library, family pictures, seat
or pew in any church or place of public worship,
8 lot IN any burial ground, all the wearing apprel
OF the debtor aud his family and In addition to
have exempt the tools, implements and fixtures
necessary Tor carrying on his or her business not
3 IN value exceeding any dollars.
bHCTloN 2. That every person residing within
this State, and being the head of family, shall
have exempt ffore execution or attachment pro-
cess, In addition to the exemption made in the
hrst section Of this act, other personal property
not exceeding In value two hundred dollars, the
articles to be selected by the debtor


SECTION 3. That the property exempt and re
quired to be valued by the provisions of this act
shall be valued by three judicious and impartial
froeholders one OF said freeholders shall be cho
sen by the creditor having the oldest execution
In the hands of the officer making the sale; ont
othes Of said ffeehOlders shall be chosen by the
debtor and the other of said freeholders shall b
chosen by the officer; aud in case tho crcdto
and debtor, or either of them shall neglect or re
fuse to name freeholder, 1t shall be the duty o
the officer to choose for the person neglecting o
refusing, and to give notice to the freeholder
thus chosen, in writing under his hand, fixing tn
time and place In said notice they will be requires
to meet


Section 4, prescrbes the oath of the freeholder
making the valuation section s, imposes a fine o
20 on freeholder for refusing TO mako th
valuation; Section 6, prescrbes the fees Sectio
authorizes the officers making the sale to ad
minister the oath required and Section except
debts or contracts entered into prior to the pasSag
OF his act.
Year: 1873

The Banking and Currency Committee to-day
agreed upon thrseimportant bills, and instructed
the Chairman to report them to tho House when
the Committee is next called. These arc,
first, Hooper's bill to prohibit the issue
Al whatsoever. Of any promise to pay, which is
in any fo-m intended to circulate as money
second, bill from the same source making
National Banks depositories for Government
registered bonds without compensation 9ud
Year: 1873

The present coal famine in England
has led to the discovery that chalk can
be used for fuel Chalk and coal in al
ternate layers in aropen CRATE give near
ly as much heat as pure coal, at little
more than half the expense.
Year: 1873

secure tho services oe good officers with
out the expense being increased ono cent.
and as the iabors Of the judges would he
no greater in attending to tho same u
mount Of business in two places instead Of
one. the expense in this respect need not
be any heavier. aud as to the cos, Of new
buildings that is entirely unnecessary.
We could pay our proportion of the value
Of the old county buildings at New Castle
aud they would be amply sufficient to ac-
commodate all who have business at court
from these hundreds So much for the
increased expense. In fact the savings
in our expenses in not having TO maintain
Wilmington's criminals at the Jail, aud
Wilming,on's poor at the almshouse, will
go very far towards defraying all extra
expenses which the division might tenn
porarily entail upon US.


We will not pursue this subject further
at present. There is much more TO be
said on both sides. aud we would like to
have an expression Of views from oil the
journals Of tho county. The question as
the Con,merc'ul says, should be consider
ed calmly and fairly We do not hest.
tate to express our own views We have
been wanting to see the county divided
for several years. and tock an active part
in the circulation of petitions to that effect
in 1896 and. as We said at the beginning .
we have no time or space for personal al
tercalions. We are engaged in this great
work, and no attempts on the part Of
others to deter US will cause us to swcrye
from the course We have chosen OF
course il the Legislature refuses to enter.
tain the proposition, it must fail. but the
future consequences Of their action must
rest with those who crush a great move


mcnt Of this nature without allowing the
voi:c Of the people 10 be heard
Year: 1873

DIRTY and RAGGED PAPER MONEY
1t seems that Congress, at its recent ses-
sion, appropriated 100000 with which
to provide for the substitution of clean
bills by national banks in the several
States-those institutions, however, to
reimburse the government when they re-
ceived their supplies of the new money.
But the statement is now made that many
of those highly favored institutions re-
fuse to comply with the reduisition, pre-
ferring to keep their filthy paper abroad,
and thus both avoid paying for new bills,
and gain by the complete wearing out
and non- return of the torn and greasy
rags now in circulation.


If this is so, the time is not distant when
Congress will pc compelled to adopt COM
pulsory process. by which to bring these
banks to their senses. The old State
banks provided their own bills, and SO
fair and clean that the thought of a con :
tagious disease lurking in the bank bills
of ones pocket-book never entered the
mind of its possessor. And why should
not the national banks do the same? The
stock of great many of these institutions
sells for from forty to fifty per cent. above
par, and if they refuse at their own ex-
pense to give the people clean money, it
will be the duty of Congress to interfere.
Year: 1873

FAULT -FINDERs.-The world is full of
chronic fault finders. Nothing can please
them. They take delight in growing
and grumbling over everything they
meet. If anything is good, they COM
plain because it is not better. Human
ity has no bright side to these grumblers.
1t looks black. dreary. hopeless to them,
from whatever point of view they examine
it. They overlook the virtues of an in.
diyidual, and hold up a single fault to
judge his character from. They de-
nounce party as corrupt because a few
rascals disgrace themselves by unworthy
acts. The church is false because few
hypocrites find shelter within it. The
world is on the high road to destruction,
and everything indicates the depravity of
man. We do not envy the happiness
of these GROWERS. Their unhappy frame
of mind is about the only pleasure they
enjoy. It may sound paradoxical, but
the social misery they create is to them
source of enjoyment. A single hope
full heart is worth a regiment of these
fault-fnders Humanity has its bright
side-beautiful and attractive to those
who seek it. The world is alive with
public and private virtue, and we should
be ready at all times to foster and en-
courage this element of social comfort
and public happiness.
Year: 1873

NEWSPAPER Craft A boat formed
entirely of newspapers is the laot aquatic
novelty. 1t floats we'll, because princi-
pally made of the light and airy "Tran-
script" but we tremble to think what
might happen if it should pc constructed
of some heavier sheets we wot Of. Their
double-leaded columns show such an alac-
rity in sinking on land, that they would
60 plump to the bottom in the water.
The only consolation to the persons who
should go down with them would be
that they would keep dry by holding on
to the leaders; though the satisfaction
might be as short-lived as that Of the
sailor. who, when the ship was sinking,
clung to the anchor because it was the
emblem of hope.
Year: 1873

Why CHILDREN DIE.-The reason
why children die is because they are not
taken care Of From the day of birth
they are stuffed with food, choked with
physic, splashed with water, suffocated
in hot rooms and steamed with bed
clothes. So much for indoor. When
permitted to breathe a breath of pure
air once week in summer, or once or
twice during the colder months, only
the nose is permitted to peep into day.
light A little later they are sent out
with no clothes at all on parts of the
body which most need protection. Bare
legs, bare arms, bare necks, girted mid
dies. with an inverted umbrella to col
lect the air and chill the other parts of
the body. A stout, strong man goes in
cold day with gloves and overcoat,
woolen stockings and thick double soled
boots, with cork between and rubbers
over. The same day child of three
years old, an infant of flesh and blood,
and bone and constitution. goes out with
hose as thin as paper, cotton socks. legs
uncovered to the knees, neck bare, an
exposure which would disable the nurse,
kill the mother outright. and make the
father an invalid for weeks. And why
To harden them to mode of dress which
they are never expected to practice, and
to accustom them to exposure which a
dozen years later would be considered
dUwnright ftolery..
Year: 1873

A lecturer, quite connoisseur IN bird
stuAing. told droll story of bimself.
One day he stopped at window where
a large parrot was exhibited. and re-
marked to friend, "You see that there
is a magnificent bird utterly ruined by
unskillful stufing. Notice the mount
ing. Execrable, is it not2 No living
parrot ever roasted in that position. The
eyes are fully third larger than any
parrot ever had" As he thus spoke the
bird raised one foot and solemnly wink
ed at the critic.
Year: 1873

AN INCIDENT.-Romance in real life
is by no means rare, and story is told
of pair of lovers which owes its chief
interest to the fact that it is strictly true.
Years ago, a beautiful young Boston girl
was sent to the Vermont hills, to arrest,
if possible. the indications of approach
ing consumption. She recovered her
health, and meantime inflicted cureless
wound upon the heart of an intelligent
and well-educated young farmers son.
Unlike Lady We're de We're, she did not
scorn his affection, but returned it heart
lily, referring him to her father That
additionally unromantic parsonage
wouldn't hear to it, having, as is custom
airy in such cases, selected more suita-
BILE partner for his child. The young
man retired. went West, and made large
fortune, and the young woman married
the man prescribed by her father. She
went to live in France: her husband died
in two years, and, her parents also dying
she remained abroad. The memory of
her first romance faded with her as with
its object, who, though unmarried, was
too busy in making money for tender
thoughts. Last year his business took
him to Europe, and one night found him
on little steamer plying between Mar
seilles and Leghorn. A storm came up,
and lady, who had risen from her seat
on deck to 60 below, was thrown over
board by sudden lurch of the vessel.
The sometime farmer jumped after her,
and, though in the dark, the steamer
drifted away from them, they clutched a
providential plank and foated until
morning, when they were picked up by
another vessel. During that night, in
the cold and the darkness, they discov-
cred in each other the loved and lost Of
earlier years. The old feeling came back
in that fearful hour, and on their arrival
at Malta few days after their perilous
adventure they were married. End Of
the poetry. The rest is prose.


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