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Year: 1873

There are many good and a.
musing anecdotes. told about
our clergymen, and there is nc
class Of persons that enjoy 6
good joke more than they dc
themselves. We have recently
had related to rs an incident in
the history Of one of our good
brethren, in the Presbytery. of
Memphis, with which his com
panions in labor will be pleased
to be made acquainted. And
he will not himself object if
they should laugh till tears flow
at his expense.


Travelling in his buggy alone
not long ago, in going to one
Of his appointments, he over
took a 'foot pad' with his car
pet-bag in bis hand. The roads
were muddy, and he was just
at the time about entering a mi
ry bottom. With the politeness
for which he is noted, he asked
the pedestrian (an entire stran-
ger) if he would not take a seat
in the buggy, until, at least,
they had crossed the mud and
the mire. The invitation was
readily accepted, and the con-
versation for time was free and
easy, about things ordinary and
general. Presently, however,
the good brother with view
to make the conversation profit
able, asked the stranger if he
qcas prepared to die ! Not
knowing the character Of the
person who had invited him to a
seat with him, and misappre-
hending his meaning, and sus-
pecting foul play, be waited not
to reply, but sprang from the
buggy Immediately, and ran for
his life through slush and water.
The clerical brother, wishing to
assure the hestranger that he meant
no harm, called to him at the
top of mis- voice, to STOP! But
this only FASTENED his speed,
and like a scared hare, he ran
until beyond hearing and sight.
In his hasty flight, he left his
carpet-sack, which our brother
now has in his possession, being
the richer for his faithfulness by
the addition Of coarse shirt,
and a pair of thread-bare trous-
ers and a little "'baccer." If
any one should hear Of the
owner enquiring for such goods
they are at liberty to direct him
to this Office where fuller infor-
nation can be obtained.-Mem-
phts Presbyterian.
Year: 1873

A week or two since a little in
cident occurred at Cape Girardeau.
a character noted somewhat for
loaling around bar rooms, was SIT
ting in his usual place of resort
with several compatriots, about a
card table killing time with the
pasteboards. Suddenly his wife
entered the room bearing a covered
dish which she deposited on the
table with the remark, "Presum-
ing, husband, that you have been
too busy to come home to dinner,
have brought you yours, and de-
parted. The husband invited his
companions to share his meal, and
removed the lid from the dish, re-
vealing no smoking roast, but. In
stead, a slip of paper, on which was
written, Il hope you will enjoy
your dinner; it is the same kind
your family has at home"
Year: 1873

z A robin red,breast sat upon a
pole in Detroit one day last week,
and a boy named Clyhammer
brought out his fathers revolver,
leveled it at the bird and pulled
the trigger The ball missed the
robin by about ten feet, went
through the window of a house,
and brought up in a pile of crock
cry. Some excitement was occa
and the boy was Staken
home and made to chase the boot.


lack around his m other.
Year: 1873

A man in La Crosse, Wis, has
been married only six months, has
applied for divorce on the ground
of the cruel and inhuman treat
ment which he receives from his
wife. He evidently does not un-
derstandst the situation. A hus-
band who persists in keeping his
wife in a frozen region, where
there is winter thirteen months in
the year, must not become dis
couraged if she kicks him once or
twice day to keep her blood in
circulation.
Year: 1873

you belonging to lodge; he said he
might not live to see the benefits de-
rived therefrom, but those after him
would. and he felt like doing all the
good he was capable of: Another song.


Elder Barkaloo seemed desirous to
say something more, and remarked
that he considered the farmers not
wholly an ignorant class, that all the
knowledge and wisdom is not confined
in one horse towns and cities, nor in
the text books. To illustrate he told
an amusing anecdote he spoke of
prices in trade. Some kind friends
had given him money with which he
bought articles at Grange prices he
did not fail to see the hand that shook
the tree either.


The pleasant hours of evening were
wearing away, and each having done
what he could to make the occasion a
pleasant one, we adjourned, feeling that
the occasion had been one of pleasure
and profit to all who partook


Mrs. j. A. FARNSWORTH.
Year: 1873

h Rev. MIR. MosHER, of Omaha, intent upon
virtuous resolve, recently went into a gam


bling establishment of that place with this
nicely prepared programme in his mind


He would win the gambler smoney, and then,
with brief sermon on the evils Of gambling,
would return the money to the loser. But,
as it appeared, Mosher was not in luck that
day, and 50 the gambling person, Duval BY
penniless. Now the Rev, Mr.. Mosher goes
to court and sues Duval for the amount lost.
The above little story he told in court as an
explanation Of the circumstance that one Of
his cloth should have gone to such place.
Year: 1873




Tie Wsll-st. markets have been dull and quiet to-
day, with very little disposition manifested to
speculate either for the advance OF decline 60 as
matter of the volume of business has been
limited There rs perhaps disposition on the part
of spectators TO rest little from their labors. and
try TO discover what is likely to be the action of the
hating hesitating, and tiInid Congress 80 far as
the tinkering of the currency and the rails
ing Of means for carrying the affairs OF
Government are concerned The Adninistra-
lion see that money is needed than the present
rates Of taxation likely 10 produce for time at
least and that they must either increase tn. taxes
borrow money, and thus increase the Public debt
or stop public works which are deemed necessary
slse Of course they never would have been ordered
by no wise Government a. the present one. II is
not dssmed quite safe by the Washington statesmen
10 increase taxation in view of the present condition
Of partissnshrp, Especially in the agricultural re-
gions;p and sn increase Of the Public Debt which
would result from borrowing for current expenses,
would seriously impair their political
ssyttaI a. that has received large nc
sssxiens hep tbsu neDtbT ssd ssDUs,
Year: 1873

''to what end?" but strong-hearted, and
brave and trustful still. The windows Of
the church were open, and he could hear
the murmurous hum of the bees without,
and now and then rustling breeze, cool,
and perfumed, stole in like an unseen
bird. He listened, soothed and rested by
the solemn, soaring music, to the playing
OF the organ before the service, and in
the long hush that followed, when any
word would have seemed like an intru-
sion. he turned his head slightly, and saw
the face that was perpetually enshrined In
his heart. s 44"


Helen Ashley sat on the other side of
the church, clad in mourning. The statu-
esque form, the peculiar grace of every
movement, how familiar, and how beau
titul He could not help studying her
face, the same, and yet changed. A soft
rose flushed her cheek, her mouth was
sweet, and full OF sensbility. The one
charm heretofore lacking to perfect her
beauty was supplied. She was marble
before, pure and exquisitely chiselec;
now she was like Pygmalion's statue.
warmed and thrilled with life. She did
not turn toward him, and he could look
unrebuked. Only love could work such
transformation. He had renounced her
long ago, and was surprised at the sharp
pain OF Jealousy that penetrated his heart
at the thought that another could wake to


music the chord in her nature which he
had sought in vain to touch. y.


He did not enquire of himself why he


ielt it to be duty to call upon her as soon
as possible. 1t seemed the most natural


thing in the world to cross in the twilight


the little grassy space between the houses


he did not question. he did not try to


;analyze the Irresistible impulse that led
Year: 1873

The disturbances between the whites and negroes in Colorado county, Texas, arose from 8 very trifing cause. A deputy constable named J. R. Hone ar rested freedman who was charged with stealing beef, and the prisoner was rescued by another of his race. The officer then got his revolver and arrested the negro again, and in taking him into custody he struck the freed man who had interfered with the pris- oner on the head with his pistol, which at the same time went off, That night party of unknown freedmen fired fif- teen shots into the house of the officer, but fortunately his family, apprehend- ing danger, had left. The next night two freedmen, who lived near the scene of the disturbance, were murdered by some unknown persons while on their way to Eagle Lake. This aroused the whole colored population in that re- zion, and some four hundred of them armed and marched on Eagle Lake with the avowed intention of taking the place. The persuasions of the Sheriff of Colordo county, however, and the knowledge that one hundred armed white men had come to the assistance of the threatened villagers, led them to renounce this intention but at the last accounts there was an extremely bitter feeling existing between the two races, and fears were entertained of serious trouh1e
Year: 1873

While MT. Samuel vellier, Chief of the Quapaw Indians, living three miles south of Baxter, was going about his farm, he was bitten on the toe of one foot by tarantula. He immediately started for the house, but short dis tance, and by the time he reached it the pain from the bite was so severe that he was unable to sit up and he threw himself across the bed. The insect had crawled up his clothing, and soon after he lay down it gave him the second bite in the regien of the small of the back. This, with the other bite, charged his system with the poison al- most as quickly as if by electricity. Medical aid was immediately summon ed, but before it reached him he was too near gone for it to do him any good. In the most intense agony he fingered until about ten>o' clock that night, when death relieved his suferingsi
Year: 1873

'sA lady in this city," says the Nevada Transcript, Ca few evenings since, was startled in most shocking manner on discovering @ scorpion on her head dress. It appears that, during the af- ternoon, she had been out to the grave yard, where the bug probably got on her dress, thence to her head dress. During the evening, when she was about arranging her hair, she felt some thing singular about it, and commenced to ascertain the cause, and no sooner had she placed her hand on the bug when she received severe and painful sting on one of her fingers. Her hus- band, who happened to be near by, rushed to her. and, seeing the situation, folded towel together, and took the bug from her hair, and, while doing so, received sting through the thickness of cloth to his hand.
Year: 1873

The shoemaker sat at his leathern bench,

 And sang as he begged his shoe; He worked and sang and sang and worked,

 While he drew the wax ends through, Perchance his song was not so sweet

 AS the nightingale's sweetest trill; But he worked as he sang and sang as he

 worked,

 And sang and worked with a will.

 was not of love and Cupid's power

 That the shoemaker gaily sang; But he worked as he sang and sang as he

 worked,

 While the shop with the echoes rang He did not sing to Italian strains Those words that none can tell But he beat the time to his own hearts rhyme With the hammer that rose and fell. The words that he sang are known to all, And are known the old world through; But little he dreamed of his coming fame As he sang and begged his shoe. He had left the door of his shop ajar,

 For breath of cooling breeze, That murmuring sighed in the forest wide, Of the gently whispering trees. From the clover red in it's crimson bed,

 The breeze it's fragrance bore, And swept it along with the stream of song That flowed from that open door. And this was the song that the shoemaker sang, AS he sang and begged his shoe, While fly lit on the end of his nose

 As he drew the wax ends through. His hands were full and he could not stop, So what to do was he Then he sang in the words that echo yet "Shoo, fly don't bother me-" And he beat the time, in kind of chime, And his hammer that rose and fell; And the words of his song were borne along Whereverthe breezes swell. When now so soon the sun of June, And summers sultry sky, Shall work on man the curse and ban By bringing back the fly. Then whereso'er the breezes swell,

 On land or OCT the sea, t. His song shall rise iii countless cries

 "Shoo, fly don't bother me-
Year: 1873

If every person were able at once to pay their small bills when presented for payment, times would be much easier than they are now. Collections on even the smallest accounts are diff fcult, because hoarding currency is al- most universal. So soon as a bill is presented the debtor says" wait," even when he has the money in his pocket to pay the bill. This is a bad practice. Hoarding should be discontinued now because gold has touched a low point and the currency is slowly depreciating. So in 8 few days the absurdity of hoard ing will be apparent to every one.
Year: 1873

II may not be generally known to our
readers that water, even salt water imhi-
bed through the skin, appeases thirst
almost as well as fresh water taken in ward
ly In illustration of this subject CORE


spondent has sent us the follwoing abridged
quotation from a"Narrative of Capt Ken.
nedy's Losing his Vessel and his Distress
Afterwards" which was noticed in Dods-
ley's Annual Register for 1869: II cannot
conclude without making mention of the
great advantage received from soaking
my clothes twice day in salt water, and
putting them on without wringing. 1t
was considerable time before could make
the people comply with this measure. al
though from seeing the good effect pro-
duced, they afterward practised it twice
a day of their own accord. To this discoy-
cry may with justice attribute the preser-
walton OF my own life and six other per-
sons, who must have perished if it had
not been put in use. The saline particles.
however, which remained in our clothes,
became incrusted by the heat of the sun
and that OF our bodies, lacerating our skins.
and being otherwise inconvenient; but we
found that by washing out these particles.
and frequently wetting our cloths without
wringing, twice in the course of a day.
the skin became well in a short time.
After these operations we uniformly found
that the violent drought went off, and the
! parched feeling was cured in few minutes
after bathing and washing our clothes, and
at the same time we found ourselves as
much refreshed as if we had received
some actual nourishment. Four persons
i'll the boat who drank salt water
went delrious and died; but those who
avoided this and followed the above prac-
tice, experienced no such symptoms.
Year: 1873

"A singular wreck occurred near Consho-
hocken. ON the Reading railroad. a short time
ago. A heavy rope with hook attached fell
from the tender Of freight train. one end OF
which was secured to the tender As the rore
and hook dragged along the track the hook
caught in a switch aud turned u, thus caus.
ing the engine aud tender IN run into . coal
train aud wreck several Of the cars.
Year: 1873

"A venerable matron took hcr afternoon
nap at Berlin, Wisconsin. as usual, and when
she woke up was astonished 10 learn that n
young man who had been warned not Ia come
near tho house again had called in company
with Justice Of the Peace had married aud
carried of her daughter.
Year: 1873

lntelli gent farmers know, or should


know, that it will not do to plow


twelve inches deep where surface soil


is only six. This may be done in the


course OF time, but not at once. To


make a good deep soil to progress


downward should be gradual. Let a


proper portion of the subsoil be


brought to the surfac and exposed to


the action of the sun, rain, wind and


frost, then add the manures necessary
to render it fertile. By pursuing this
plan for successive years fertile soil
can be made one that will resist the
effects of severe drought and be fit-
ted also for the successful culture of
all ordinary crops. BY this means the
constituents OF the subsoil be
come thoroughly intermixed with the
soil of the surface, which, in conse-
quence of oft repeated shallow plow-
ings, has been depleted of them. To
make good soil by this method the
plowing should be done in the sum
mer or fall, in order that the newly
turned up subsoil may be subjected to
The ameliorating influences of the heat
and showers of summer and the win
,er's freezing and thawing. But after
III this is done it will be found that
,ood crops cannot be produced unless
here is liberal application OF manure
generously and you will have a good
oil and bountiful yield. 1t is bad
'olicy to plow deep when there is on
y thin stratum of mold or mellow
oil, and to bury this mellow portion
ar beneath the surface.-NeS York
Ierdld.
Year: 1873

We do not know who is the author


OF the following, but it seems TO have


been written by some one who pro-


fesses to know what he is talking about,


and 1t accords, to a large extent, with


our own experience: Nothing is more


common than custom ofmany persons


to have cold water bath Immediately


after leaving their beds as daily habit.


Delicately organized ladies not un-
frequently have established the same
course, considering it conducive to the
health. There is an impression that
it Invigorstes the individual, hardens
the muscles and strengthens the con
stitution. The sudden abstraction of
caloric or vital warmth in that way
has not only injured, but destroyed
more than ever were benefited thereby.
reaction, as it is called, a glow OF
warmth that subsequently follows, a
direct draft upon the system TO meet
4 sudden loss Of vitality,is by no means
as theoretically imagined
A tepid bath makes no such injurious
demands, and therefore, is not injuri.
BUS or perilous to those of a frail con-
.truction.-Rurol Neao Yorker.
Year: 1873

Experience has shown that the more
rapidly timber can be seasoned in open
air the better the quality, and the less
liable It is to be affected by the var
iableDess of the atmosphere During
the months of July and August, the
ar is drier than at any othor perio d,
and consequently, better adap ted to
seasoning lumber. Planks or boards
should be piled up under sheds open
on all sides, to allow free circulation
OF AIR in TO case ought lumber to be
subject to the rays of the sun or rains,
and it should be elevated two feet
above the ground. If the shed has a
floor it will be much better. As soon
as the moist weather of the fall months
commence, the shed should be en-
closed on ali sides, and opened only on
clear dry days. Lumber well "stuck
up" under sheds of this kind will dry
out in two seasons, and retain all the
natural strength ard elasticity of the
timber. The bark should always be
removed from white oak and hickory.
The growing scarcity of lumber me-
cessitates more care in seasoning, If
we would prevent prices advancing
too rapidly.-HarHeSs and Carriage
Journal.
Year: 1873

The man who can handle q spade
properly does not find it very hard or
laborious to work. He first sets the
spade fall of its own weight down to
the spot where the spadeful is to be
taken up, taking care that the breadth
on the surface ground is not more than
tour inches; then he draws back the
spade a little, which takes off much
OF the friction of the descending blade.
one good thrust of the spade with
the loot then sends the blade down its
iull depth. A backward pressure
makes a lever of the handle and heel
OF the spade, and Ge1trous turn of
the wrist sends the spadeful upside


down just where it is wanted. Tbere
is no raking or "sputteringn needed


to make the ground level. A sI;ob,


tap with the corner OF the spade makes


the work as regular and plane as i,


laid of with an instrument.-Ihoyao


Meehan IN Fo-raey's Press.
Year: 1873

HOUSE WINDows.-The more light
admitted to apartments the better for
those who occupy them. Light is as
necessary to sound health as it is to
vegetable lite. Exclude it from plants
and the consequences are disastrous.
They cannot be perfected without its
vivifylng influence. 1t is a fearful mis-
take to curtain and blind windows so
closely for fear of ipjuring the turni-
ure by exposure to the suns rays,
that rooms positively gather elements
in darkness which engender disease.
Let in the light often, and fresh air,
too, or suffer the penalty Of aches and
pains and long doctor bills which
might have been avoided.
Year: 1873

The universal error as to the un-
heallhiness of pies, puddings, and
pastries, taking it for granted that
they are well made and properly cook
ed, has arisen from the simple fact
that after we have made full meal of
other things the stomach is oppressed
by them, and if the process is repeat
ed becomes eventually dyspeptic-that
is, has not the power to work up the
food, because it has been worked to
death already. 1t would be quite as
philosophical if q man has become
very tired of plewing all day, after
ward by chopping wood, has worked
himself out,' to conclude that it was
very unhealthy to chop.-Halrs Joxrn-
al of Health.
Year: 1873

To PLow DowN GRAss.-The Ca
nadiGn Farmer says: ''Notwithstand-
ing the utmost pains and care in
plowing grass, especially if long, will
bristle up in boards and tufts here,
there, and everywhere, injuring alike
the appearance of the field and its
for growth. Do you wish to
remedy this great difficulty? If SO,
use the chain and bali to your plow.
No matter what kind of a plow you
have, try them. A piece Of ordinary
trace chain will do very well. Fasten
one end of it to your coulter, and to
the other end attach round iron ball
OF from two to three pounds in weight
leaving the chain long enough to


permit the ball to reach back TO about
the middle of the. mould-board and


there lit 1t drag along on the off side


OF course"
Year: 1873

DURING q late conversation with one
of our egg dealers, he advanced the
theories that eggs spoiled because the
yellow or yolk came in contact with
the membrane between the white and
shell, and if eggs were turned occas-
ionally they would keep for an indef-
mite length OF time. He further stated
that if sitting hen did not turn her
egg every few days, they would invari-
ably spoil, and fail to hatch. His
theory, so long as there was a portion
of the white or albumen between the
yellow and shell, the egg was practi-
cally air-tight, but when the yellow
came in contact with the shell il ad-
hered to 1t, and allowed the access of
air.-JourHal of the Farm.