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Year: 1873

A man named Gilsey, who, by strict
economy and severe industry, has sue
ceoded in getting his family little
place, free Of incumbcrancc, was fish,
ing in SdlI River, near the Beaver
Arook Mills, Oh Sunday afternoon. Az
ter sitting on the bank for a couple Of
hours, without catching anything he
was graiifed to see, on fiat stone in
the water, a swapping turtle sanning
itself. The buttend Of the turtle was
toward him, and he thought he would
capture it; but, while bo was looking
for a place to step, the turtle grayely
turned around without his knowledge,
and when he got within reaching dis
tance, and bent down to take hold OF
what nature designed should be taken
hold of when handling snapping-tur-
tie. that sociablc animal just reached
out and took hold of Mr.. Gilsey's band
with grasp TINT left no doubt Of its
sincerity. The shrieks Of the uHfnrtu
nate man aroused some Of his neigh
bors, but when they arrived il was too
late to be of any benefit to him, Or ever
to themselves, for they just caught 9
glimpse of bare-headed man tearing
over the hill, swinging small carpet
bag in one hand, and they at once con
cluded that it was u narrow escape from
highway robbery. However it was NO
a carpet bag he vas swinging, it wa
that turtle, and it clung to him unit
he reached the White-street bridge
when it let GO; hut the frightened mai
did not sIacken his gait until he 90
home. When he reached the hous
the lplicrousness of the affair burst uT
on him, and and when his wife locke
at his pale face, and bare head an
dust-begrimed clothes, and asked wha
was the matter, he said, Nothing wa


the matter, only he was afraid he Woul


he too late for church, and appeare
to he much relieved when he found h


wasn't
Year: 1873

A TEXAS editor, whose midnight oil
must have failed him just as he was 60
ing to press, prints the following ener-
getic. opinion: "The man who would
water petroleum and sell it,, would sneak
into the palace Of the king of kings, and
steal the gliding from the wings OF an
GELS" The sufferer could have hardly
been more vigorous in his denunciation
il be had caught some body watering bis
whisky,
Year: 1873

Tp,ron RECORD: We have had our second
vain. which, Ike the first, did little more


than lay the dust. It gave us moisture
and more enjoyable atmosphere. The
weather is delightful--warm sunshine
during the day, soft moonlight nights
lust cool enough to cause brisk step
and make woolen clothes feel comforta-
Year: 1873

A NEW wNoTE.-Thenew fifty cent note will
be about quarter Of an inch shorter than that
now In circulation and quarter Of an inch
wider, its dimensions being S7< inches long by
2 Inches wide. =


On the face Of the note, left hand side. is a


v1gnette head OF Samuel Dexter, who was
Secretary Of the Treasury in 1901. and A fovneT
Governor Of the State Of Massachusetts. ON
the right of the note is section Of geometricaI
lathe work, with the words fifty cents, :" in
white letters, engraved across the face. The
lettering on the note is the same as ON the pre-
sent issue with the exception Of the words,
tine bottom Of the old note which ere omitted
on the new one. They will be out In few
Year: 1873

Every housewife Of neat and tidy habits takes
especial delight in keeping all the TIN, copper and
iron ware OF her kitchen as clean and bright as
rainstaliing labor can make them. A pride in this
direction is commendable, and always meets the
smiling approval of the ''tyrant man" who pays
household bills. Remember that SAPOLIO is the
only thing on earth that will make an old tarnsh-
ed tin pan or rusty kettle shine as bright asne
And by the use of Sapolio it is the quickest and
easiest thing in the world to keep every utensl in
high state Of polish. july9, 9,2weod.
Year: 1873

!. A West Chester merchant set a steel trap in
the cellar to catch rats, and the next morning
lt was missing. A few days thereafter bOV
saw strange eat enter the cellar carrying q
piece OF meat In her mouth. She went behiud
q lot Of empty barrels and presently retured
without the meat. The barrels were removed.
ana there was cat eating the meat, with one
leg fast In the missing steel trap
Year: 1873

Ting patron Of a cheap eating house,
who complained that they only gave one
potato with his meat, whereas they for
Inerly gave him two, was mortified by the
walters explanation that the last lot of
potatoes they purchased was SO bad that
no gentleman could eat more than one
of them.
Year: 1873

A young English clergyman in country
parish thus reveals some of the secrets of the
clerical prison house: sob, there are four of
us whose churches are neighboring, and we
have whist party every week, and the loser
writes the Sunday sermon for the party"
Year: 1873

A large brick store in the Racket Block corner
IA Of Middle and Ceurch streets-basement and
first floor, elegantly nished and adapted to jobbing
dry goods OF other similar trade.


Apply to ALLEN HAJNES
Year: 1873

The Danbury News says: ga Thomaston
reader complained to us of his pastor, who
persists in praying with one eye open. Ii
may be matter of taste in which we ought
not to Interfere, but it certainly doesn't look
well for one eye to be engaged in reverent de-
votion and the other prowlipg over the con-
gregation in search of business"
Year: 1873

A Vermont paterfamilas has sued his next
neighbor for giving his family smallpox, and
the defendant threatens q counter suit on the
ground that the plaintiffs took it from him
violently without his permission.
Year: 1873

A Michigan paper boasts of a dentist who
can extract fourteen teeth iu fifty-five seconds
We know an old lady who can take out that
number of teeth in half the time, aud she
isn't much of a dentist either.
Year: 1873

now makes them the laughing stock of the community, and proves what said before that 1t is only a war of cliques. Very fortunately the gun was aimed too high last night to do serious damage to the crowd, and only few were killed and wounded.

 To-day the McEnery legislature has been arrested, and the pollce have taken possession of their hall So ends another act in this farce. You have no idea of the respect the people have for the United States government, and especially for the Regulars p A small squad of them could d1sperse the largest mob it could be possible to collect in the city. You need have no fear of any more wars while the present generation live. All through the South you see traces of the war as fresh as if 1t had not been over a year. don't think General Hawley himself would have anything but compassion for peo- pie that suffered so terribly, and lost so much without gaining anything, and who to-day are as loyal to the government as we at the North. Kindness and forgetful- lfess of the past is all they ask now, which we should freely tender them. What the people need is honest men from the North, men of means and brains, to come down here and help them rescue the land from the wretchedness into which It has fallen. The North may consider that the South Las been terribly conquered, and the most violent abolitionist ought to consid- CT himself satisfied. The desire here for peace is as universal as at the North, and the wish seems to be to forget the past, so far as insults and misunderstanding are concerned, and to live happily togeth- er .-----
Year: 1873

MIR. EDITOR As farmers clubs are be- coming popular and instructive in many places, had thought of telling you how we did not form farmers club, in this town, last fall. A few farmers in Bethle- hem expressed wish that club might be formed, but how first to get them to- gether was mystery. Finally one man, having a good horse and but little for it to do, drove through the town and notified every farmer that on a certain evening there would be meeting at the town hall, for the purpose of forming a Farmers Club. The evening came, but only one man attended. As it was slightly damp, not much rain, however, another evening was named and general notice given. That night was some like the first, but not even one came. A third night was set, and not a living soul made his ap- pearance, so the thing went by default or into oblivion. But soon after this de- batting society was formed, and farmers have been regular attendants ever since it's

 

 formation. going over and through snow drifts mp to the horses bridle. We'll what did they debate, Resolved that the virtnes of the Puritan Fathers have been over estimatedw Now if all these angry debates will cause few farmers to go out on their farms and even roll over some of the stones that have SO long been nuisance there, to let the moss grow on the other side, it will have accomplished legitimate object. Under such an affiict- ing dispensation, is it any wonder that successful farming ''is one of the Lost Arts?''

 In this staid old town, we have many curious things. a very notable one among them is, free horse, which bids fair to be ridden to death.
Year: 1873

desire to call attention to the fact that Ihave on hand full stock of all varieties of LUMBER called for in this market and am prepared to sell the same at the lowest market price for Cash My stock comprises
Year: 1873

The condition of the Ohio river being such as to prevent navigation, we proceed ed by rail to Memphis, where we hoped to find milder weather and boat up for New Orleans, but signally failed to real ize the first condition, the weather, for that latitude, being intensely cold, and the surface of the mighty river closely packed with immense masses of ice, moving si- lently towards the Gulf. The steamer,

 "John B. Meade" was, however, about making an effort for southward move ment and we were transported directly from the railroad to her decks where were about one hundred passengers bound for different points along the river. We were unable to get away from the dock that evening. During the night an ice gorge carried away part of one of the wheels, and it was not until Monday morning that we found ourselves floating and struggling in the direction of the moving ice, the Captain declaring, however, that as soon as he made some landing where he could take in coal, of which there was none in Memphis, he would go down the river ca hooting"-whatever that may be. This mode of travel proved very agreeable to our travellers who made the usual number of pleasant transient acquaintances, pass ed Vicksburg in violent rain storm, went ashore at "Natchez under the Hill;" and, the weather gradually becoming. warm, we were able to spend much time on deck where we could look with pleasure upon the immense sugar plantations of the low CT Mississippi, those of of Burnside, Ian dry, and Beranger attracting especial mo-
Year: 1873

The lighthouse was passed before dark, and the tranquil motion of the boat at once gave way to unceasing rcstlessness. Supper was served and eaten, and the aged veteran having disposed of his to the sharks, retired to his state-room, and was seen no more till Sunday afternoon. The invalid also retired, though as we'll as usual, taking to his state-room merely as a matter of discretion. It would be in vain to attempt to describe the remarka- ble performances of that boat, which I could Gken to nothing but those of the trained mule ill circus with myself for rider. I rode we'll, though sometimes on the neck and sometimes on the croup !; but pluck and skill were of no avail, and, Saturday noon, I surrendered. One fails to understand clearly how a benefcent power can visit poor mortals with suffer ings so intolerable, and words are quite in- adequate to express the half of their fiend- ish horrors The motion from side to side is perpetual at one lurch the victims face is crushed against his pillow, at the next his body is stretched in the direction of his feet. Again he is iammed madly against tho back of his berth, and at the next lurch he is in danger of being hurled out upon the floor. There is no possible escape. Sorrow, tears, rage, curses, are of no avail. If he raises his head, his stom- ach heaves till he is purple in the face from the horrid and useless effort Hun ger assails him without the power to eat, and the poor wretch in his misery arran- ges sumptous repast which he resolves to attack the moment he reaches land, or indulges in weak regrets that he neglected to indulge in luxurious ones while within his reach. The invalid was fortunate in find ing upon the steamer Cuban gentleman, long resident of Matamoras, the only passenger not sick, who was unremitting in kind attentions, and at this time I have been able to forgive him for obiging me to eat when I could not, drink when it was impossible, dress myself and go into the air, when it did not seem as if I could 4x,, l.
Year: 1873

EATING WHEN EXHAUSTED When
the strength or nerve power is already
worn out or used up, the digestion of
food only makes fresh demand upon it,
and If 1t be unable to meet the demand.
the food is only burden upon it, pro-


ducing mischief. Our bodies have been
compared to steam engines, the food be-
ing the fuel and steam produced being
the nerve power. The analogy holds
good to certain extent. If, when the
steam is low, because the fire is low, you
pitch in too fast quantity of coal, you
put out your fire, and if you have de-
pended upon steam power to fan your
fires that is also extinguished. Beyond
this the comparison fails. You may
clean out your furnaces and begin again,
but in the body the consequence of this
overlooking are dangerous and sometimes
fatal. No cause of cholera is more COM
mon than eating freely when exhausted.
The rule should be to rest for time, and
take some simple refreshment, cup or
a part of cup of tea, little broth, or
even piece of bread anything simple
and in small amount, just to stimulate
the stomach slightly and begin to restore
its power. After rest, a moderate guam
tity will be refreshing. Never eat full
meal when exhausted. Take first small
quantity of anything simple which may
be handy, and rest. Then, after time,
proper food will be blessing not bur-
den. The fires will burn, the steam will
be up, and you can go on your way safe
ly. 1t is not amiss, In this connection,
to say that children would avoid many
a feverish night and many an attack of
disease, if mothers would follow this rule.
Year: 1873

PERSISTENCE OF EARLY IMPRESSIONS
IN OLD AGE.-The impairment of the
memory in old age commonly shows it,
self in regard to new impressions those
of the earlier period of life not only re-
naming in full distinctness, but even it
would seem increasing in vividness, from
the fact that the eye is not distracted
from attending to them by the cqatinued
influx of impressions produced BY pass
ing events. The extraordinary persist
ence of early impressions, when the mind
seems almost to have ceased to register
new ones, is in remarkable accordance
with law Of nutrition have formerly
referred to. 1t is when the brain is grow
ing that the direction of its structure can
be most strongly and persistently given
to it. Thus the habits of thought come
TO be formed, and those nerve tracks laid
down which Gas the psychologist believes
constitute the mechanism of association
by the time the brain has reached its
maturity and the nutrition of the organ
continues to keep up the same mechan-
ism in accordance with the demands up
on its activity, SO long as it is being call
ed into use. Further, during the entire
period of vigorous manhood, the brain,
like the muscles, may be taking on some
additional growth, either as whole or
IN specia parts new tissue being devel-
oped and kept up by the nutrilive pro-
cess, in accordance with the modes of
action to which the organ is trained.
And in this way store of " impressions"
or traces " is accumulated, which may
be brought within the "sphere of con-
sciousness whenever the right suggest
ing strings are touched. But as the nu-
tritiye activity diminishes, the :" waste .
becomes more rapid than the renovation
and it would seem that while (to use a
commercial analogy the old-established
houses" keep their ground, those late
firms, whose basis is less secure, are the
first to crumble away-the nutritive ac-
tivity, which yet suffices to maintain the
original structure, not being capable of
keeping the subsequent additions TO it in
working order. This earlier degenera-
tion of later formed structures is gem
eral fact perfectly familiar to the physi-
ologist.- Wiilidm Carpenter
Year: 1873

SLEIGHING IN RUSSIA. When th,
roads are rough the continual jolting o.
the sleigh is very fatiguing to traveller
and frequently during the first two Of
three days of his journey, throws hi i'm in
to what is very properly designated the
road fever. His pulse is quick, his blood
warm, his head aches, his whole frame
becomes sore and stiff, and his mind is
far from being serene and amiable. In
the first part of my land journey | had
the satisfaction of ascertaining by prac-
tical experience the exact character of
the road fever. My brain seemed ready
to burst, and appeared to my excited i'm
agination about as large as a barrel /;
every fresh jolt and thump of the vehi-
Gle gave me sensation as if somebody
were driving tenpenny nail into my
skull; as for good-nature under such
circumstances, that was out of the ques.
ton, and | am free to confess that nv
temper was not unlike that of a bear
with sore head. Happily, however,
kept it pretty well to myself, and as my
companion was affected about as / was
we managed not to disagree.


Where the roads are good, or if the
speed Is not great, one can sleep very
well in Russian sleigh; succeeded in
extracting great deal of slumber from
my vehicle, and sometimes did not wake
fer three or four hours. The government
couriers often suffer much from loss of
sleep, as they are compelled to maintain
the utmost limit of speed without regard
to their own convenience Sometimes
the roads are In such wretched condition
that one is tossed in his vehicle TO the
height OF discomfort, and can very well |
be likened to lump of butter in a re-
volving churn. In such cases sleep is |
almost, If not wholly, impossible, and |
the traveller, proceeding at courier speed, |
must take advantage of the few moments
halt at the stations while the horses are
being changed. As he has but ten or
fifteen minutes for the change he makes
good use of his time and sleeps very |
soundly until his team is ready Harp
er's Magazine.
Year: 1873

HE PROPENSITY TO MAKE THE BEST


OF THINGS is generally found in combi-


nation with those smaller virtues which


are more annoying to ones neighbors


than most vices. The man that rises at


live every morning, who always ties up


his letters with red tape, and who is con-


vinced of the great truth that it is better
to be half an hour too early than half a


minute too late, is frequently given to


making the best of things. The duty of


doing so is moral maxim Just big


enough for him to understand. He


probably reflects upon it in the early


morning at the time when his cold bath


is bringing out that glow, physical and


moral, which makes him an offense to


all weaker vessels during the rest of the


day. The ruddy jovial person who gets


himself up after the country gentleman


type, or the more unctuous variety of


popular preacher, is apt to be perspiring


this doctrine at every pore. 1t is


pleasure to him to meet anybody in dis
tress upon whom he may discharge bois-
ferrous comfort through his favorite aphor-
ism, as fire engine sends cold water
through hose. If he acquires some
dim consciousness of the fact that his
kind exhortations sound like bitter
mockery to his victims, it only increases
his sense of virtue. They cannot COM
fort themselves under the loss of wife
by the reflection that they still have sew
eral first cousins, and money enough to
pay for handsome monument. That
only proves that they have not studied
so well as he the great art of properly
directing their sentiments. For of course
he will deny in the most pathetic manner
that he would ever advise anything like
selt-deceit. He does not avowedly ask
sufferer to profess that a toothache is
rather a pleasant distraction than other
wise he only recommends him to fix
his attention upon his great toe or some
other remote part of his body which may
appear to be enjoying good health. And
IN fact, there are some people, SO envia-
bly, constituted that small pleasant OBJ
lect elevates them more than great un-
pleasant object depresses them. They
are people, SO to speak, of small spe-
cific gravity, who cannot be submerged
without heavy burden of melancholy.
The person who makes the best of things
processes to be of this temperament. 1t
is not we would not have you believe,
that he does not sympathize with grief,
but that his constitutional buoyancy
makes sympathy in him compatible with
he does not deny the ex-
stence of evils, but the smallest grain of
good makes him happy, just as half a
glass of wine makes some men drunk.
There are we say, such people as these
men, If We may coin a word, easily in
But we are inclined, as
rule, to vehement suspicion in both
Eases. Ine man VINO Is upset by the
irst glass has generally had certain
number of glasses. before, and the man
who makes the bes. of things is generally
helped to be serene either by the absence
If strong feeling or by the want of cour-
sge to look at the worst.-London Sat
lrday ReUieao.
Year: 1873

The MYSTERY OF DEATH.-Ah, that
great mystery of death How silent
have all the dear voices become, which
lately we're music in our ears Where
have those loved ones gone? What are
they doing? The fathers and mothers,
the wives and husbands, the sweet chill
dren, the noble friends, who, a little
while ago, told US all that was in their
hearts! How deep is the voiceless hush
of that world ! Why cannot we talk
with them across this abyss? Why may
not we hear one word TO tell us that they
love US still Between us and them
there is great gulf fixed. There are
those who believe that spirit voices are
heard across it, and l am glad if they


get any comfort out of that belief ;but
those voices do not sound to me much


like the voices we used to hear, nor do


they tell us great deal. Their tones
are rather unnatural. Only one voice,
hitherto, has retained its old tone-the
one that said Mary, in that early eve
ming twilight; the one that said " Peace


be unto you, in that evening meeting
the one that said, Come and dine," on


the lake shore of Galilee. But that
voice has thrown light into darkness, and


has told us of the many mansions in the
house of God, assuring US of world be.
yond this world, as good at least as this,
as rich in beauty, in action, in thought
and in love- Common Sense in Religion.
Year: 1873

Ny Store is about done and is now considered 10
De the Best Store in the village and have the best
assorment Of CrOckery ever offered in this place
and at low prices any one is selling the same
quality. o. 0.f.W00DS- Al