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Year: 1872

In 1866, an infant of six years had
his right foot crushed and mangled
while playing with other children on
a turn table belonging to the Sioux
City and Pacific rrilway, in the town
of Blair. A suit was brought by his
next friend, in the Circuit Court of
the United States at Omaha, for
damages. The jury, on the first tri-
al, disagreed; but a second trial re-
suited, on the 9th inst, in a verdict
for the plaintiff for $500. The
ground of the action was, that it was
the duty OF the defendant to keep
the turn table securely locked or ias-
tened 50 as to prevent it from being
turned or played with by children,
ur 10 keep the sane guarded SO as to
prevent injuries such as befeI the
plaintiff. 1t appeared on the first
lrial that the turn table was con-
stiucted and left as all railways con-
struct and leave their turn tibles.-
Judge Dillon instructed the jury that
ifthc company did not know, and had
no reason to suppose, that children
would to the turn table to play, or
had no reason to suppose ti,at if they
resorted there they would likely be
to get Injured thereby, then a YER
dict could not be found against the
defendant. But, ii the defendant
did know, or had good reason to be
lieye, under the circumstance, the
children of the place would resort TO
the table to play, and if they would or
might be injured, then, if the defend
ant took no means to keep the chill
dren away, and no means to prevent
the accident, defendant would be
gu lty of negligence, and would be
answerable for damages caused to
children by such negligence. The


finding of the jury as above stated,
was that the company were guilty OF
NEGLECT. of q want Of due and proper
care in the construction Of machine
~ of a dangerous character, and so
leaving it exposed that, as reasona-
bic men, the officers Of the road
ought to have seen that such acct
dents would occur.
Year: 1872

A great deal more attention should
be paid to the study of physiology
by both men and women. If we had
less Latin and Greek In the schools
and more physiology, the world
would be better off. It is impOssi
bic that the masses of men can be
healthy, and SO moral and successful,
without some knowledge of their
structure and of it's laws, which they
must obey or suffer. How can a
Young woman be called educated,
who is ignorant of physiology, of her
duties as mother, of the divine art
of nursing? How many men know
anything of the relations of the waste
and supply in the nervous economy?
Why, not one man in a hundred
knows even what the stomach is
made for, and the other ninety-nine
are constantly transgressing the
rules they have learned. We may
take the old parable of the apple in
the garden as an apt Illustration
of the way mems stOmachs
make havoc with their moral sense.
Not one man in a hundred knows or
suspects that God made the air to be
breathed. Every part of his house
may be reeking with miasma, the
cellar full of all evil, the partitions
clotted with dormant mischief, and
he never dreams Of it, bat goes on
mailing down his windows and list
ing his doors. If we conid only sec
the air we have once breathed over
Even the architects ofour public halls
and churches have the cIudest idea OF
Ventilation.
Year: 1872

''In the hall of feasting, there was
the bloody track to his chair. So at
last, finding the notice he attracted
incOnvenient, this unfortunate lord
deemed it best to go back to his own
Hall, where, living among his faith
full old servants born In the family,
he could hush the matter up better
than elsewhere, and not be stared at
continually, or on glancing around,
see people holding uP their hands in
terror at seeing 50 bloody track be-
hind him. And so home be came,
and there he saw the bloody track
on the door step, and dolefUlly went
into the hall, and up the stairs, an
old servant Gshering him into the
chamber, and half dozen others
following behind, gazing, shuddering,
pointing with qUivering fingers,
locking horrOr-stricken into one
anOther's pale faces, and the moment
he had passed, running to get fresh
rushes, and to scour the stairs. By
and by he vanished from the cid
Hall, but not by death; for from one
generation to another, they say that
a bloody track Is seen about that
house, aud sometimes it is tracked
up into the chambers, SO freshly that
you sec he must have passed but a
short time before; and he grows wi
ser and wiser, and lonelier and lone
lier from age to age. And this is
the legend of the bloody foot steps,
which myself have seen at the Hall
door Atlantic for May.
Year: 1872

If could persuade all the young
people of Elmira never to treat each
other, nor to be treated, I think one
half of the danger from strong drink
would be gone. If I cannot get you
to sign the total abstinence pledge,
binding you until you are 35, would
be glad to have you promise me
three things: First, never to drink
on the sly, alone; second, never to
drink socially, treating or being
treated; third, when you drink do it
openly, and in the presence of some
man or woman whom you respect.


''Now, boys if you wish to become
generous and treat each other, why
not select some other shop beside the
liquor shop? Suppose, as you go by
the post office, you say, "Come boys,
come in and take some stamps. -
These stamps will do your friends
some real good and will cost you no
more than drinks all round. Or go
by the tailor's store and say, "Boys
come in and take a box of collars"
Walk up to the counter, free and
generous and say, "What style will
you have? Why not treat to col
lars as we'll as to drinks2 Or go by
a confectioners and propose choco-
late drsrs all round. Or say, "Boys,
'take a newspaper" Or say, "I'll
stand a jack knife all round.


How does It happen that We have
fallen into a habit almost compulsO-
ry, of social drinking? You drink
many a time when asked to, when
really you do not want 10. When a
man has treuted you, you feel mean
and indebted, and keep sort of &C
count current in your mind and
treat him. And so IT is the use of Just
that agent, which a. the very best is
dangerous one, you join hand in
hand to help each other to ruin in
stead Of hand in hand to help each
other to temperance.-[Thos. K,
Beecher.
Year: 1872

In this universe of matter there is
just as much and 10 more than in
the beginning. So it in respect TO
the planet We inhabit. New plan
cts come into view from a small seed
and even the great trees of Califor-
MIA spring from a little germ. To
attain these immense magnitudes it
seems as though they originated ma
terially out of nothing. BuC after
all, there is but just certain amount
or number of particles in existence,
perpetually placed in new relations.
They are animal today; in the air
next; absorbed by the roots the next
imprisoned in the coal bed-set at
liberty by fire and away they go in
a ceaseless round of activity-for-
ever too, for aught we know to the
contrary.


How is it possible to get rid of
matter? By what process can it be
ennihilated? If it has been from ev-
eriasiipg, why may it not remain to
everlasting2


Such are natural questions still
there must be a beginning, which pre-
supposes an agent-a volition to be-
gin. Genesis explains that which
philosophers, reasoning from no es-
tablished foundation, manage very
poorly. Thus, T" In the beginning God
created the heavens and the earth. "
Any attempt to go behind that de-
claratiOn only makes the subject more
bewildering.
Year: 1872

It may sound ungracious to some
ears, but it is none the less true,
that the mOney-test is the best cri-
terion of mans religion. Some
times, indeed, we may find O man
who is willing to contribute liberal
ly to a cause for which he is unWil-
ling to make any other sacrifice
We sOmetimes-perhaps frequently
find men who seem to think that
if they will only pay handsomely in
to the treasury of the Church, they
need not trouble themselves about
living according to her requirements.
But while we concede that there are
cases like these, we will contend for
the general rule, that the best pay
ers are the best Christians. OF course
there are in every Chr rch very good
mem bers whose means are limited,
and of whom much could not be ex-
pected. But if they be earnest and zeal
Gus, they will prove it by their lib
erality, even though they be poor;
for it is the manner, rather than the
amount, which indicates the spirit.
Every one who has had any expert
ence in business, knows that there
are men who pay largely who do not
deserve to be called paymastors.-
They pay only when they cannot
help it, and then with such a show
of reluctance that it is evident they
bad much rather no. do so. So there
are men who contribute to the
Church largely who are net classi-
fed as LIBERAL givers. They show too
plainly tina. other motives than the
cause of Crist urge them to yield of
their substance. Sometimes the
ocffiers who have this business in
charge to make collections, have to
operate on the baser feeling of their
nature in order to get from them the
amounts which their means warrant
them to give.


Now, q man who has a genuine
zeal for the welfare and prosperity
of his Church, will need no stimula-
ting to induce hun TO give pecunia-
ry aid toward building her up. If
the Lord has blessed him with an
abundance, he is willing of that to
lend to Him, instead of seeking to
avoid calls on his purse, he is ever
looking out to see where his money
may be proftably invested for the
Masters service. If he be pvor,
there is still no tagging, The mite
that ne is able to contribute, is paid
IN with promptness and pleasures.
He does not wait TO be asked, nor
exposes deacons to the unpleasant
duty of asking him for his quota
time and again. He knows that such
delinquency void make them feel
as unpleasantly as it would him, and
though pride is not his ruling mo-
tive, he does have too much
pride to wait to be pushed into do
ing his duty.


The man who gives to his Church
as largely as his means will allow,
will, AS a general thing, enjoy his
Church privileges. He viii feel that
it is his Church; that he has an in
terest in all that she has and is
His pastor and his brethren will all
be dearer to him when he feels that
he and they are all engaged in one
common work, and that he has aid
ed It's furtherance as far as his abil-
ity will allow - Index and Baptist.
Year: 1872

A clever old lady, apparently just
arrived on a train from the country,
entered one of the refreshment
rooms at the Springfield Railroad
station the other day, and gazed ca
gerly about the apartment as though
searching for something. At last a
waiter inquired what she was look
ing for, and she replied that she
left her parasol on the settee, and
was trying to find it. A general
search commenced, and lasted for
some time. Finally one of the wait
ers asked the old dame when she
left it, to which she answered after
counting up on her fingers, "Well, IT
was just three years ago last Fourth
Of July" There was a general roar,
much to the astonishment Of the old
lady, who went away with a very
puzzled look upon her countenance.
Year: 1872

Parents run the risk of losing the
love OF their children who put aside
their trivial questions as of no con-
sequence. An interrogation Foint
symboljzes the life Of childhood
"Whys" and whats" are the keys
with which we unlock the treasury
of the world. The boys number
less questions often seem trivial, but
the wis=st parent will never turn
them of unanswered. if he can an
swer it. 1t his rich opportunity OF
teaching. He is met halfway, and
there is all difference between truth
on an eager mind aud an uninteres-
ted one. The little fellow helping
you to your work, and pelting you
with endless questions, may learn as
much in a half hour, as in week
when his body is a prisoner N a
school-room and his thoughts are
out of doors Exchange.
Year: 1872

Ladies some times do not value
their husbands as they ought. They
not untrequently learn the value of
Il good husband for the first time by
the loss of him. Yet the husband
is the very roof tree of the edifice-
the keystone called home. He is
the bread winner of the famil ly-its
defense and its glory-the begin
ming and ending of the golden chain
Of life which surrounds tits coun-
sellor, lawgiyer, and its king
Year: 1872

The New York Sun says: Miss
Mary Ellen Foy, the young lady
whose throat was cut by the core Of
an apple in the Normal School a few
days ago. is dying. She Was eating
the apple, and, while in the act of
swallowing portion Of the core, it
cut the lining OF her throat and sew


eral of the arteries like knife. Her
classmates were astonished to see her
fall over on the floor and vomit large
quantities Of blood. She was car


RED to the police station, but little
could be done for her beyond keep
ing her perfectly quiet. Her mother,
who had been summoned was not al
lowed to remove her until next morn


ing, for fear Of fatal consequences.
The poor woman sat in the station
house watching her daughter all
night. Next day she took her home.
where she has lain ever since. slowly
wasting away. 1t is impossible for
her to swallow anything whatever,
and her stomach has become so CON
tracted that nothing can enter it.
She is so weak from loss Of blood
and starvation that the physicians in
attendance refuse to perform any
operation on her, or even to insert a
silver feeding vube below the wound,
as has been successfully done III
other instances where the mouth or
throat have been injured. They say
that she could not survive an instant.
She was a bright, amiable young
woman, very much esteemed and
beloved by all her acquaintances." D."
Year: 1872

The TUNNEL FLooDED.-The heavy fall Of
rain on Thursday night washed away the
embanklnent thrown up around the cut in
the ravine near Trinity church, and flooded
the tunnel at that point TO the depth Of
nearly six feet, ctllsiDg Il stampede among
the laborers and Il temporary suspension OF
the work. Increased facilities have been
provided for pumping off the water, and in
short time work will be resumed.
Year: 1872

An ORDERLY CoMMUNITY.-Major Poe,
Chief Of Police, communicated to Acting
Police Justice Crew yesterday the pleasing
information that during the previous twen'
ty-four hours not single violator OF the
law had been arrested in the city.
Year: 1872

Only two Baptist papers in the world have larger
circulation than the hliqio"S Herdid Of this city.
1t read In every section of tie country and Is the
best medium in the South fpralvcrtisers. Its charges
Tor advertising arc very moderate considering the
extent aud character of its circulation.
Year: 1872

Surely ''Our Special Correspondent must be victim to circumstances. He went to the Hub, as you know, just be- fore the great fire, and left immediately after it Of course he didn't have any thing to do with the fire. We don't think he meant any mischief when he went there but some one evidently did think so, for he left the train at Meriden and has not been seen since. Although he is past the age of youths who are usually detained there, we hope he will serve his term faithfully, and return soon. -@ -'+- .4 s-s-

 t: The sister towns of Morris, Roxbury and Warren, have enjoyed rare chances the last few winters in being able to se- cure the services of Mir. Buckingham as teacher in music, while poor ssus" have been without, but now our turn has come, and we mean by spring to be able to show as much advancement as any of them. MT. Buckingham has rented the Hall two evenings week, and is ready to welcome all who wish to sing Last Tuesday and Wednesday evening he had a good class, and as soon as the horse disease leaves us we mean to fill the Hall.

 The Congregregational Society had it's annual meeting on the 18th inst, and voted one sermon through the winter months. We prefer the One Service and long Sabbath school to the two services and the Sabbath school wedged in be- tween, ..s. 5-.. JUDEA.
Year: 1872

EDITOR INQUIRER May add few wards to the notice. given last week, of concert by the ''Jubilee Singers" on Thursday evening next in the Congrega- tional church, as feel some responsibility for their appearance in Litchfeld !? Iob- serve that your Winsted correspondent supposes them to be travelling on their own account. I think he is mistaken. The arrangement for their concert here was made with one of the Secretaries of the American Missionary Association by whom they are still engaged in behalf of Fisk University. They are divided into two companies; Quartette, and Solo and chorus company of six. The latter are to be with us on Thursday. Their voices are said to be of remarkable rich ness and to be improved by study and discipline during the past summer. They its former condition, without exaggeration and burlesque to which we have been too long accustomed No audiences have been more enthusiastic than those which have crowded the halls and churches where they have sung I think our Thanksgiving" will be more hearty af- ter we have listened to them, and I trust that any who may be so unwise as to come at five minutes past ' o'clock will find it difficult to get seats. H. B. E.
Year: 1872

condemned him to die on the morrow,


and to pay the costs of the trial. Upon


his return to prison that night he slept
soundly until five o'clock in the morning


when nis wife entered, and they had an
interview of the most touching charac-
ter. Soon after nine o'clock he rode
with two officers and a priest, to the place
of execution. He was executed in the
usual military manner. To the last mo-
ment the wife of the unfortunate soldier
continued her efforts to save his life
The officers of the court put her of, un-
der various pretexts, until they knew
that the execution had taken place.
Then one of them approached her and
said: Madame, the audience which you
ask of the King would now be without
object"
Year: 1872

A NOVEL METHOD TO MAKE HUs-
BAND A. BIRTHDAY PREsENT.-Some
three years since a lady in town obtain
ed promise from her husband that he
would give her each day the fve-cent
pieces he might have in his pocket. He
often inquired what she did with them,
but never got any satisfactory answer,
but was daily reminded of his promise,
and gave her the nickles. Wednesday
morning was his forty-eighth birthday,
and upon turning over his plate at the
breakfast table Judge of his SURPRISE in
finding massive gold watch of fine
workmanship. There was a note accom-
panying it which explained to him that
his " better half had bought this pres
ent with the five cent pieces she had saw
ed, and with words of congratulation on
his birthday, she asked him to wear the
watch in remembrance Of her. The
watch cost upward of hundred dollars,
and the manner in which the sum was
obtained, proves how fast little savings
will accumulate; also. that where
there's will there's way Cape Ann
ADVERTISER
Year: 1872

An old Scotch lady had an evening
party, where young man was present
who was about to leave for an appoint
ment in China. As he was exceedingly
extravagant IN his conversation about
himself, the old lady said, when he was
leaving, "Tak' good care O. yoursel'
when ye are ava, for, mind ye, they eat
puppies in China
Year: 1872

invite any one that is in want of good PIANO
FORTE TO give me a call as / am sure that can do
better by them than any travelling agent Also the
celebrated Mason Hamlin ORGANS for sale


BY S. L. BAIRD.
Bellows Falls, Vt 81
Year: 1872

Once on time, my dear young girl
1t was not long ago
I thought you was friend of mine,
Alas it was not so.
l saw you through the gloomy night
When calumnies flew fast
l saw you there forsake a friend,
Ny hea 1T beat hard and fast
When l last see the glittering orb,
In glowing splendor red;
One only boon I ask of thee,


To ease my aching head.
And when the cold and silent earth
Enwraps this mortal frame,
Remember have striven hard,
And gained an empty name.
1t was ambition led me on,


To empty fame ascend,
1t was to prove my love for thee,
That l my knees did bend.
But now, alas my hopes have fled,
Since you have been untrue,
The only one loved on earth,
l must now bid adieu.
But when beneath the drear cold tomb,
This heart has ceased to beat,
Entwne the laurel round the stone,
Which rises at my feet.
This will but show that | have felt
For one | deemed most true,
That DER my brow the green shall wave
Instead of bonny blue.
What more than this It's all T want
Since you and l must part,
But ere we do, thou tickle maid,
Pray give me back my heart.
Year: 1872

Is one who is a male citizen of the United
Siu.es. who has been resident of the State
for six months and Of the precinct IN VIII ch
he claims to vote thirty days, and whose
name is enrolled On the Great Register Of
The county.
Year: 1872

A gentleman once heard a labor
ing man swear dreadfully in the
presence of a number of his com


Ianions. He told him it was a COW
ardly thing to swear in company.
The man said nc was not afraid TO
swear at any time or any place,


"rll give you ten dollars" said
the gentleman, ''if you viii go into
the graveyard tonight at twelve
O'Clock, and swear the same oaths
which you have uttered here, when
you are alone with your God"


agreed" said the man, "tis an
easy way ofearning ten dollars"


"Well you come to me tomorrow
and say you have done it, and the
money is yours"


Time passed on, midnight came.
The man went to the graveyard; it
was a night OF pitchy darkness. As
he entered the graveyard not a sound
was heard; all was still as death.
Then the geDtleman's words, "Aione
with Goo" came over him with won
derful power. The thought of the
wickedness he had committed, and
what he came there to do, dartcd
through his mind like a fash of
He trembled at his folly
.afrai'l to take another step, he fell
on his knees, and instead of the
dreadful oaths he had come to utter,
the earnest cry went up--"God be
merciful to me a sinner


The next day he went TO the gen.
tleman and thanked him for what he
had done, and said he had resolved
not to swear another oath as long as
he lived.
Year: 1872

As a general rule, the best place


Tor a young man 20 begin life is


right where ne is. Heneed not 90 4


hundred. or, three hundred, or a


Thousand miles away from home, to


try the world; that particular spot


where he lives is a part Of the


world, and just as good a place to


try as some other particular spot


three hundred miles OF. In the


Eastern States, where society is set


tied, and things change but little


where the business is held in a fixed


channel, and certain families are
supposed to have a prescriptive


right to do everything that is
done-there is not much induce
ment for young man to remain at
home, unless he possesses the geni-
US and enterprise to break through
the tradition that hampers him.
But no such condition Of things ex


ist out West; here everything is
new, fresh and plastic, and q young
man may do his part in moulding
things to his purpose. It is a very
common mistake for youngsters,
who have not yet butted their ten
der heads against the hard angles of
the world, to imagine that they pos
sess superior talent If they only
had an opportunity to exhibit it.
If they live or a farm, there is no
chance to show their genius; if they
live in a country town, it is entirely
too small to spread their wings in.
They yearh for a great city, where
talents aIe appreciated, and imag-
inc that there is a field for them to
rise to eminence and wealth; and
yet they had better stay where
they are, and make their beginning
in the locality where they are
raised, Ifthey really possess geni- 1
us or special aptitude, they may
first develop them, and test the
metal they are made of, inathe limi-
ted sphere oftheir native place, and
if the experiment proves satisfacto-
ry, afterwards transfer them to a
wider sphere of action. Thousands
Of young men, who go to great
cities to try the world, find such
cities too much for them, and learn
too late that it would have been
better for them to have made their
trial in au humber and safer sphere.