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Year: 1873

YoU CAN'T SOMETIMES MOST. ALWAYS
TELL. There are great many young
21en in Vermont who think they would
like to be a local editor. They imagine
it a very soft thing all roses, all honey,
a great many treats, dead-head tickets,
in brief, all sunshine. Now, if we owed
these young men gTudge, we should
hope their wish might be fulfilled. They
would then see how different the reality
is from what imagination paints it. They
would learn how unstable a thing is hu-
man friendship, how readily man for
gets favors, how long they remember
even fancied injury, and how cussed
mean and sneaking some folks are. So,
young man, when you see a cheerful,
smiling reporter, remember that you
can't always tell what may be the state
of his innermost feelings. The rainbow
is bright and beautiful overhead, but be-
meath is the moaning sea.
Year: 1873

"a recognition of one of the privates
of the late war-for it will be by many
remembered, the privates had hand in
it-would be graceful as well as a
memorable event. Thus far only the
officers have been known in connection
with honors and offices"


1t would be funny if the services of a
private soldier should happen to be &C
knowledged in the way suggested. Such
an accident, however, was never yet
known to occur
Year: 1873

DEAD BEATs.-The world is full of
them-no single department, be it social,


political or religious being free from
them, but there is class well known to
newspaper men, which deserves especial
mention. This class is composed of
those who, after taking paper for
which they have subscribed from the
post office, for a longer or short period,


without paying anything for it, finally
change their places of residence without
giving notice to the publishers -sneaking
away into obscurity leaving an old news
paper score unsettled; while others sud-
denly discover when the publisher sends
his bill, that they do not want the paper
any more, and order it discontinued, re-
fusing on some pretext or other to pay
up; or-but it is useless to particularize.
The manner in which the innate mean
Year: 1873

The city people ore going back home
this month, You can see them loading


up at the farm house and making for
the cars. The head of the family wears
a long, linen duster and tall, white
hat with broad black band around it.


HGis mainly fusy in thrusting chill
dren in the wagen, and running back
to the house for things that his wife
has forgotten. She, poor woman, has
taken whole seat TO herself, and be-
tween expectations of the coming sea-
son and dread of something being
spilled on her clothes, is in about as an
ecstatic state as can be imagined. And
the little olives are enjoying themselves
too, rasping each others little shins
and threatening to fall out and be
TO death. Bot they go eff with
floatin ghandkerchiefsa and hearty good
byes of the farmers family, who i'm
mediately retire to the house to give
thanks. And when the farmers son
returns from the depot, he takes hold
of the grindstone, and the conversation
that ensues between him and his sire
while the various edged implements
are being put in shape, calls for renew
ed efforts on the part of Home Missions.
Il Danbury News.
Year: 1873

DIR. Hall does not approve of the old
doctrine which was formerly instilled
into the minds of children-that they
should spring out of bed the instant
they awake in the morning. He says
that up to eighteen years every child
should be allowed to rest in bed, after
the sleep is over, until they feel as if
they he'd rather get up than not. 1t is
a very gr, at mistake for persons, old or
young-especially children and feeble
or sedentary persons-te bounce out of
bed the moment they wake up; all our
instincts rink from it, and fiercely


kick against ii. Fifteen or twenty
minutes spent in gradually waking up,
after the eyes are opened, and in turn
ing over and stretching the limbs, do
Year: 1873

as much good as sound sleep, because
the operations set the blood in motion
by degrees, tending to equalize the
circulation; for during sleep the blood
ls>to stagnation, the heart beats
feebly and slowly, and to shock the
system by bouncing up in an instant
and sending the blood in overwhelm-
ing quantity to the heart, causing it to
assume gallop where the instant be-
fore it WAS in a creep, is the greatest
absurdity. This instantaneous b0unc-
ing out of bed as soon as the eyes are
open viii be followed by weariness
ong before noon.
Year: 1873

A Boston preacher, in speaking OF
the danger of permitting the Bible to
be crowded out by the newspaper, per-
petrated the following pun: "Men now
adays," said he, fare like Zaccheus-
desirous of seeing Jesus, but they can
not because of the press"


Some of the "iron men" of Great
Britain are on visit to the mines and
manufactures of Belgium to ascertain
what may be done to help the trade in
their own country.
Year: 1873

NEGLIGENCE OR WoRsE.-Mr. j. c.
Mason Of Douglas City, was necessarily
compelled to reside in San Francisco last
year and at the November election took
a transfer from this county and voted in
that city. Since his return to Trinity he
has sent three times for certificate of
cancellation from San Francisco, but
failed to receive it, and on election day
found himself disfranchised in a county
where his home has been for the past
twenty years. The neglect to forward
the required certificate is an act of culpa-
BILE negligence on the part of the County
Clerk of San Francisco county to say the
least. 1t is more than probable that the
neglect was studied to afford some striker
Of that city the chance to personate Mr..
Mason and vote.
Year: 1873

THERE were not as many at Condon's
dance on Tuesday evening as had been
anticipated, owing doubtless to the fact
that the election would take place on the
following day, and the boys wanted to be
on hand to see the fun. Those who were
there, however, enjoyed themselves first
rate.
Year: 1873

GENERALLY SATISFIED. The Democ-
racy are generally we'll satisfied with the
election result, and with good reason,
Tinnin, Trotter and Paulsen were the
men the work was done for and they
swept everything. 1t was apparent for
some time before the election that there
was strong influence among Democrats
in favor of electing Philbrook, of letting
McCausland alone, and in favor of de-
feating Dick Clifford. This last was the
only point that was lost. Clifford carried
too many guns for the opposition in his
own party. The most dissatisfaction We
have heard among Democrats is at his
election. Many of them would have been
exactly suited if they had not got their
District Attorney.
Year: 1873

A COURAGEOUS Boy. - On Sunday
last son of Mr.. Alex. Pellctreau killed
four bear before breakfast, near the noted
cave in the vicinity of Taylor's Flat
Young Peletreau was out with his gun
and came suddenly upon a she-bear with
three cubs following her. The old bear
at once made for him, and the brave boy
dropped on one knee and waiting till she
came within thirty feet shot her through.
He says that he knew he was lost unless
he inflicted a mortal wound but he was
MT scared a bit. After killing the old
one he rushed after the cubs, run them
up a tree and then shot them down. 1t
is but seldom we read of an exhibition of
greater pluck by one so young, Our
youthful hunter had already killed nine
ty-seven deer at the time of his bear
fight, and intended to make it a hundred
as soon as the game laws would permit.
Year: 1873

A TOTAL RoUT.-The general election
is over, and We arc going to be spared
from button -holing for two years more


The contest for the county offices was
short but decisive, and there is just about
enough of the Republican party left in
this county for seed. Iti useless to NOR
alize or lament over the matter, but the
fact is that the Republicans stampeded
at the critical moment and are over
whelmingly defeated. No fault was
found with our candidates, but they were
nearly all if not quite, badly beaten, and
the plain inference is that the people
wanted the other men to run the county
offices, and besides this that there are nu-
merOus Democrats in this county, too
many by far for the success of the Re
publican ticket. Republicans are so bad
ly whipped that they can't find fault with
one another because this, that or the 9TH
er was not done. The best and only
thug to be done is to try hard to believe
that it is an excellent joke on us Republi-
cans, and if we can see it in that light to
laugh at it. We have never known a
more quiet, orderly election, and there


seems to have been general attendance
of the voters. The Democrats have be-
havcd very handsomely and have re-
Trained from anything like offensive
taunts and Civilizations. OF course they
feel good and have reason therefor. We
should feel so if we were in the same fix.
1t is to be hoped that there will be no
lasting animosity between any of the par


Elephants in the race, engendercd by the
excitement of the contest. Perhaps the
whipping the Republican party has re-
ceived will have tendency to unite Re-
pubicans, and inspire them to work as
earnestly for the success of their ticket
hereafter as the Democrats did this time.
Year: 1873

Now COMES the TRINITY JOURNAL
and relates another wonderful exploit of
the Day family. Too thin-too much
HdUiiuh Miner.


Nearly as bad as the rich lead which
two legal gentlemen struck in "Lald
Valley" and over which the Miner ex-
ulted. Did you ever hear of the man
who went out with lantern to find the
extension of quartz ledge which was
struck in cleaning out well Z?
Year: 1873

THE Committee on Elections in the
Senate, has been directed to examine and
report at the next session the best and
most practicable method of electing Pres
ident and Vice. President of the United
States, together with plan for the or
ganization of tribunal to determine all
contested questions connected Herewith,
and that the committee have leave tc
sit during the recess of the Senate.
Year: 1873

LARGE numbers of cattle are perishing
in the snow near Phoebe, Nevada, for
want of food. One stockraiser has lost
seven hundred head. There is no hay in
the country, and the cattle are too poor
to be driven to more favorable locality.
Year: 1873

A FEW days ago a freight train Of 81
cars left Truckee and Boca for Reno
This is said to be the longest train that
ever went over this portion of the road
it being over half mile long.
Year: 1873

Every one should find most profit
in mindiag his OWL business, but one
sometimes 'imagiues that did his
pe;ohbors do differently without ap-
parent expense or trouble, he could
get along much better: Forinstance,
we have quite number OF exchanges
that we prize for their local news
but in a majority of cases where there
are two in the same town, they are
published either on the same day or
not more than day apart. ihere
are two good papers in Marshall but
both being published on the same
day. one is of little or no interest al
ter we have read the other; SO Ill
Carrollton, in Richmond, i'll Column
bia, in Independence, and other
towns not necessary to mention
Such a thing brings the papers III
direct conflict, whereas could Their
conductors agree to make their issue
a few DAYS apart, they would not only
benefit the community in which they
are doing business, but could help
zach other in the increase of business
il would bring to both. In LcXins-
ton we have three papers all wci!
sustained, and We believe q large
majority ofour town subscribers take
both the other two simply because
they are issued on different days OF
the week, or take ours for that rea-
son. In many cases we have adver-
tisements that would be Of no use OH
Saturday, and there are some we do
not get because our paper is prsh,.o
in the middle of the week. DIG
all the papers in this city make thei'
appearance OH the same day OF th'
week, not more than two-thirds o
the aggregate business would be dom
by them. Take counsel, gentlemen


disagree as much as you like i'll poll
tics, an prices, or anything that VII
furnish discussion. but for the homo


of the craft don't cut each Others
throatsto the dctriment OF the com


munity i. which you are doing bus'
ness.
Year: 1873

The significance of ;he recent
Congressional Convention in s..
Louis, and the still more recent gu-
bcruat0rial convention in Atlanta. is
doubtless not yet fully apparent. But
it is something that tie public men
of all parties are beginning 10 come
together in Il friendly way for the
discussion of questions affecting the
material interests of the country,
without having The skeleton of dis
loyalty thrust in to raise discord.
Year: 1873

The proprietors of the new Iron
works have leased lands on Turkey
creek, some eight miles from this
place, in this county, and commenced
to take out iron ore; il is their intcn-
ton to ship the ore to their furnace
in Camden county and smelt it. Thus
the good work goes bravely on, and
we expect soon to hear ofsteps beng
taken to erect furnaces i'll this
county.-lBenton County Democrat.
Year: 1873




1t is worthy of note that some of the
passengers who witnessed the relations
between this man and his daughter were
impressed with the idea that the father
had dark designs of which the girl was
conscious; hence her threats to leave him
ON landing in this city. This impressed
few who heard him make certain
remark one day, when he found her in
conversation with one of the passengers,
at which time he drove her brutally to
her bunk.


To keep her under close surveillance,
he attempted to force her to remain in
her bunk by taking charge of all her
clothing; but the remonstrances of the
other passengers forced him to relin-
quish that mode and subside into the old
routine.


Knowing that Hugel possessed some
money, Coroner Grayer went to him and
inquired what disposition should be
made of the body, and if he desired CIV
ing her decent burial. The mans reply
was: No; let the city bury her." And
so this young girl, who died by her
fathers hand, was laid away in the cem-
etery Of st. Vincent de Paul, on Louisa
street, at the public expense, and not
more than two hours and a half after
stepping upon the soil that was 10 have
been her future home.
Year: 1873

AN
principles in the circulation OF the waters of
the sea were beautifully shown before the
Royal geographical. society, recently, by a
simple experiment A though with plate
glass sides, about six feet long and a foe t
deep, but not more than ali inch wide, was
filled with water. Al one erd piece OF ice
wa> wedged in between the sides to repre-
sent the polar cold, while the tropic heat was
represented at the other end by bar of
metal laid across the surface of the water,
the projecting end OF which was heated by
spiritlamp. Red coloring matter was then
put in at the warm end, ard blue at the cold
end. so that the currents could be tr; ced.
The blue water. chilled by contact with the
ice, Immediately tell drwn to the bott, n,
crept slowly along, and gradually rose owa d
The surface ot-the equatorial end, after whi h
it gradually reCnrped along the surface to tue
starting point. TIE red water crept fist
along the surface of the polar end, then ie i
to the bottom just as the blue had doue and
formed another ratum, creeping back again
along the bottom and coming to the surface.
Each color made a distinct circulation during
the halt hour in which the audience viewed
the experiment.
Year: 1873

One of the latest addition to the museum of
the State University Medical Department, as
We learn from the Iowa City Press, is live
rattlesnake, sent to Professor Clapp by ex-
press. 1t measures ten feet in length. and is
said to BE- as big round as churn, and has a
set OF rattles as big as an ear of corn. The
serpent was confined in box which had
81 nlet holes bored in it to give him air. If
the box were touched he would make his rat
ties play with roar like train crossing a
bridge. Any one wishing to play with this
snake will call on Professor Clapp.
Year: 1873

Do you want to see handsome figure set
upon your horse? Let him drown or meet
with some accident which demands his de-
struction. Death at once apotheosizss him to
very valuable animal, for which you would
not have taken thousand dollars-query,
because you couldn't.
Year: 1873

The MEXICAN BULL-WuAcKER.-Of
the many sights and scenes in the South


west that constantly remind the stranger
Of his proximity to another and entirely


different race of people. none is more like
Iy to arrest his attention than that of
Mexican freighting team. The heavily
built wagons, with their enormous loads
piled high above the wheels, the thin, wiry
oxen, with slow swinging gait, dragging
them along by means Of heavy yokes,
which bow down their necks until they
are perfect PICTURES of helplessuess and
hopelessness the vociferous and unintelli-
gibie ejaculations OF he unkempt, ragged,
swarthy, and undersigned drivers as the
train moves BY. all oonspire to make it
difficult for the fastener to realize that
he is still within the boundaries Of the
United States, and not in the very heart
OF old Mexico. From Eve to eight yoke
Of cattle are generally attached to each
wagon. this team being usually driven BY
single teamster, who, in the common
parIance Of the country, Is dubbed bull
whacker. He controls the movements ol
his lengthy charge BY means of clumsy
looking whip, made up of . very short and
very stout handle, and very long and
very heavy lash. When not IN use, The
Year: 1873

A Coon CoLLEcToR.-An exchange
has this humorous picture of good collec-
tor:


A good collector is on time to the
minute when the doctor says "Come
tomorrow at nine O'Clock" Sits on the
steps aud waits for his return when be
says =" am just going to dinner Insists
On stepping out to make change when the
man has nothing less than twenty"
Will 60 for an old stager every day in the
mouth with . cheerful countenance about
that little account. Doesn't mind edgng
INTO q crowd to ask fellow. Will take .
dollar in part if he can't get ten in whole,
and credit 1t with thankful slacrity. Don't
mind asking for it Immediately after being
treated or pleasantly entertained. Is
never in . hurry. can wait till you get
through. Cuts off the retreat of the
dodger by crossing over to meet him. or
follows him INTO a store into which he has
gone to hide. Can cough or salute when
the hard case wishes to pass without
seeing him. In fne. is patient IS duck,
socisble as flea, brave as lion, weather
proof as rubber, cunning as fox, and
watchful as sparrow hawk.
Year: 1873

examine it, so that we are indebted to him
for knowing some remarkable peculiarities
which he then discovered in it. One was,
that at the point Of each wing, just whence
the stroke would proceed, is hard knob
or point of bone, like spur, growing
there as if on purpose for an instrument
of attackand defense, and different from
what is found in the wings of any other
bird. Its feet also are formed to enable
it to stand firmly on the loose, soft soil
which 1T frequents; and its legs are pecu
liarly adapted for the rapid hops and long
steps necessary to escape the equally swift
motions of the snakes. In fact the snake
eater," or secretary bird, seems formed for
| the especial purpose of destroying those
dangerous serpents, and the pluck and in
tellgence it displays in attacking them are
marvellous, rendering it fully match tor
a redtle whose cunning and subtlety are
proverbial The first approach is ,nvari-
ably with one wing extended in front to
parry off the stroke of the serpent's fangs,
which are as invariably prepared to meet
it. Often long time is occupied in dodg-
ing and watching the wary snake before
single blow with the spur-polnted wing can
be safely aimed; and this was, no doubt,
| what the traveller witnessed in descending
the mountain. The wings, long and pow
erful are used not only for attack and
defense, but also in place of hands, or
rather, perhaps, as shovel, when, with a
peculiar sweep, the snake is tossed on
them to fall bruised and disabled. Should
the wearied snake attempt to give up the
battle and crawl away, the bird antici-
pates its escape, and with swift hop is
front again, with its wing de6anty spread
to cut off retreat. Though one bite of the
poisonous fangs would speedily end the
birds existence, yet, as food. those venom
GUS snakes are not injurious to 1t.


Another popularity in the secretary
bird is its enormous appetite. A perfect
cormorant is it. That naturalist who shot
the snake-e eater on purpose to learn and to
tell to others all he could respecting it,
found in its crop a sufficient proof that il
was -eptile-killer indeed. You will
scarcely believe the number of creatures
it must have eaten that same day, for half
of them had not begun to be digested, and
all were sufficiently sound for him easily
to distinguish them three snakes as long
as his arm, besides the large one just kill
ed, eleven lizards, and eleven little youne
tortoises, besides numberless large insects
such as iocusts, grasshoppers. beetles, etc.
which We're onl y as so many sugar-plum'
to the serpe nt-eater.
Year: 1873

A Main street gentleman saw his boys
in front Of the house throwing ball in
the air last evening. he had not played
ball himself. and knew nothing Of the
kind base ball clubs have introduced IN
the past few years, but he felt the old
spirit rising in him at the memory of
foraer triumphs. and he held up h,s hands
and told his sons 10 let her slide. She
slid. He caught it full and fair, and then
dropped it. and started into the house
with bis eyes full Of tears. and his hands
pressed under his arms. The youth sub
sequently told another boy that he could
plainly hear the old mans bones snap.
Year: 1873

that Smith was humbug and the gentle
Pocahontas no better than she should be ;
there was William Tell. by whom We swore,
until some fellow proved IS clear as day
light that there never was any such chap
all those We have given up. if not cheer
fully. at least with resignation, but when
it comes to tangible piece Of machinery
we must stop. An historical myth We
can drop. but real bona tide machine
We must believe in, spite Of al: drawing
We vote that British Saint humbug.
Year: 1873

o that our lives, which dee so fast,
In purity were such.
That not an image of the past
Should fear that pencils t0uchl
Retirement, then, might hourly look
Upon a so thing scene,
Age steal to his allotted nook,
Contented and serene;
With hearts as calm as lakes that sleep
In frosty moonlight glistenng;
Or mountain rivers, where they creep
Along a channel smooth and deep,
To their own far of murmurs listening


-Wordsc0rth
Year: 1873

SHOCKING TRAGEDY,-A correspondent OF
the st, Louis R,paGHcda. writing from Boon
vile, Mo-. Nov. 10th says:


Friday morning one of those terrible TRACE
dies that now and then shock society, occur
red at Pilot Grove in this county resulting
in the violent death oftwo young and estima-
Die people of that vicinity 1t appears that n
young gentleman named Henry Roe, OF most
respectable parcntage, had for year past
been paying his addresses to Miss Mollie Wal
len, beautiful and accomplished young lady
OF eighteen, but without avail, Maddened and
cnraged at what he conceived to be ill-treat-
ment at the hands of her father, who opposed
the union of the yeung pc pie on reasonable
grounds, he yesterday armed himself and
sought her company early in the morning.
Unsuspecting any danger and innocent of any
intention to wound his too ardent suscepti-
bilities, the unsophisticated aid beautiful
Young girl welcomed him as usual to the hos
pitalitus Of her home. But disappointed love
had already mastered the better nature or
young Zoe, and the sight of his idol only
served to add fuel to his frenzy. At the very
moment when the unsuspcctiug girl held out
her hand in cordial welcome, her discarded
lover drew from his breast pocket II revolver
and shot her dead. Appalled, at The awful
deed he had committed, and almost without
moments internisssion he turned the fatal
weapon against his own heart and fired shot
that laid him dead where he stood This ter
rible tragedy has cast gloom over the entire
community of Pilot Grow. among the most
Intelligent aud enlightened ia the entire
county,