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Year: 1872

When I was young and tender, too,
had TO mind and had to do


Whatever. mother bade me.
She used to have walnut stick
Which kept me on the double quick


And that is where she had me.
When older grown, and quite beau
Among the girls, I used to know


4 Miss Priscilla Cadmy;
And with the help of smiles and mods
Z fell in lOveaat forty rods


And that is where she had me.
When I was older, say sixteen,
/ thought it time to have queen;


And asked her if she'd wed me.
She said she did not much object,
Or words something to that effect


And that is where she had me,
And when, to make the matter straight,
l went down to negotiate


Affairs with Colonel Cadmy, E7
He said he did care to sell,
lie told me might go towel


That was where he had me.
I drowned my sorrew in the CUP,
Until 1 got my dander up


l could not have been madder,
When she proposed that we be one,
In spite of pa, the thing was done


And that is where l had her.
Two lovely children on my knee, -
Pm proud to say, belong to me


lThas is, to me and madam
For when we left our native sod
We spent a year or two abroad


And that is where we had 'em. re-
Year: 1872

A Correspondent says that New
Mexico has a supply of minerals
that will bring the energy of the ma
ton there, and create a third civil
zation which Apache and Navajo
cannot destroy.
Year: 1872

Some conception Of the Immense
iron demand IN the Gnited States
may be inferred from the fact that
it requires fully one half of all the
American iron produced to build
our railroads and Keep them in re-
pair.
Year: 1872

Couldn't Help H.--Those of our readers who inhabt that section of our county, through which the Housatonic Iailroad passes, were not permitted 10 get the NEWS last week till Saturday, and this is the way the trick was done, Since the new mail arrangement went into effect, and twisted everything ana everybody out ot joint, we have carried the bundles of the NEWS, which go north and south on the Housa- tonic road, to the depot Thursday evening, and the agent has sent them to Canaan on the early morning train, in charge of the baggage master, and thus they could go up and down that road on the regular mail trains and get to our readers on time This works very well if no ''slip between the cup and the lip" occurs. Last Thurs day evening the large bag full of the NEWS was carried to the depotanda agent Friss, who, like everybody else is liable occasionally to forget, forgot to put them aboard the Friday morning train, and the result was, that all on the line of the Housatonic road waited till Saturday for what they should have had Friday. It is an established principle in the mlnds of all newspaper men, that a journal, shlftlessly and irregularly mailed to its readers, no matter how laboriously edited nor how neatly printed, can succeed. No matter what has happen ned in the world of news, or in the printing office, the sub- scrioer is remorseiess in wanting his paper when he expects it and when it is due, and to carry on our business of conducting a journal, where our mails are served to us so slowly or in such haphazzard manner, is indeed q precarious business. The imme. diate cause of this disarrangement in the carrying of the mails, is a misunderstanding between our esteemed Uncle Samuel and Mir Austin the former stage driver. We hope and expect a change tor tue better will soon bc brought about.
Year: 1872

\ Welsh clergyman applied to his
Diocesan for IL living. The bishop
promised him one hut aS the Clergyman
was taking his leave he expressed hopes
that his lOrdShip would not send him to
the interior of the prinripality, as his
wife could not speak Welsh. Your
wife, sir" said the Bishop, "what has
the parson, but she lectures"
Year: 1872

A WOMAN OBTAINS A DIVORCE FROM
AN UNMARRIED MAN.-The case of Mar
tin VS.. Martin, entered upon the docket
of the Supreme Court a few days ago, is
one of the most remarkable specimens
of legal eccentricity that we have heard
of fOrmany day. The appellant makes
affidavit and motion for a writ Of error,
stating that in December, 1871, while he
was at the East, the plaintiff brought
action against him in the Fifth District
Court for divorce, and obtained an al
lOwance of $500 for counsel fees and $50
per month pendente lite. Upon the re-
turn of the defendant he moved for
a reversal of the Judgment and order.
The lower Court refused to grant the
motion, stating that its Judgment was
final. The affidavit filed in the Supreme
Court narrates the above facts, but
alleges further that the defendant never
saw or knew the woman sueing for a
divorce from him until his return from
the East, and that consequently he never
could have married her, and that she
was the widow of another party recently
deceased in Missouri, and that, as his
relict, she had received a portion of his
estate. There is something very queer
about this cause, and If the allegations
of the defendant are true it certainly
presents Il novel method of obtaining a


livelihood for impeeuniOus women. It
is giving considerable latitude to the
doctrine Of wOman's rights.--[Sacra-
mento (Ca1.) Record.
Year: 1872

\ gentleman once asked little girl,
an only child, how many sisters She
had, and was told three or four" Her
mother asked Mary when they were
alone what induced her to tell such an
untruth. "Why, mamma said Many,
Il didn't want him to think that You
were 50 poor that you had but one
child. Wouldn't he think we were dread
fUl nOOr
Year: 1872

readers can see that living here is not ex-
pensive.


We have written heretofore about the
great healthfulness of our city. Taking
that and what we have herein fairly cx-
pressed together, and we insist most seri-
Ously that in all the South there IL not an
other so desirable point for immigrants,
and all things considered, we think that
there are few places anywhere in the
United States presenting stronger induce
ments for pleasant, healthful and cheap
home than Knoxville.
Year: 1872

Hon. HENRY WILSON candidate for Vice
President spoke to very large audience at
South Bend last night. The speaking was in
the open air, as no room in the city was large
enough to accommodate the tenth part Of the
audience.
Year: 1872

The following Is an extract fro;n very
able speech of Hon. T. Chandler of Mich
igan on Legal and Political Disabilities


Mr.. President, by some means Or
other and can hardly tell how, civil SER
vice reform has been dragged into this
discussion upon amnesty. do not very
we'll understand VI that business it has here,
but 1t has been over AID over and over
again, and | may as well make an allusion
TO it as | go along.


ain in favor of every effective reform
that can be made ii. the civil service, and
| am In favor of tie most searching in-
vestigation to ind out where reforms can
| be made. But the other morning | was
| going to show that some reforms had
been made when the expiration of the
morning hour interrupted me, and | wa
| prevented That I believe was upon
another bill but that makes no differ
ence. Civil service reform has been here,
and may as we'll say now what [ meant
to say then. | then said that civil SER
vice reform had been going on for the last
ten or eleven years. and very effectively
going on. [ stated that when the rebel
| lion broke out nearly every officer under
this Government was a traitor to his
country; certainly more than nine ten,hs
of all the officeholders in the District of
| Columbia were rebels against the Gov
erpment. We went to work to reform
every one of those rebels out Of Office,
and we reformed loyal and faithful men
into Office in their places That was our
first civil service reform.


Then, as l said before, Mr.. johnson,
having turned liberal Republican i
believe that is the name now. but we al
ways used to call them Demoerats-Mr.
johnson. having turned Liberal Repub-
lican, found it extremely difficult to pro-
cure honest, competent, faithful men who
would even profess to be johnson men.
Iu consequence of that. he was obliged to
a very considerable extent to fill his Offices
| with incompetent men. and in many
cases men not OF the highest character.
We have reformed all of johnson
incom petent nominees out of Office and
: have reformed honest men into office il
Year: 1872

| their places.


Thep. in addition to that. early in tIli


Administration good many Senators
and good many members of the House
of ireSentativcs. and a good many
members Of the press, recommended the
and it was utterly impossible that the
President should know all these men -
There is one instance of an editor, who
1 believe now belongs to the reform party,
who recommended several very improper
men to Office; they proved to be thieves;
and every one of them that bas been
proven to be thief has been reformed
out of office and reformed into the peni-
tentiary. Then good many more. some
recomWended by members of this body,
when they found that this reform was
goin on, reformed themselves into foreign
lands. where they were beyond the reach
OF the United States courts, and remain
there yet in disgrace; and good many
more, where the proof was not sufficient
to convict them, and yet where the mora
conviction was so strong that they could
not be retained in Office, have been re-
formed out of office and are now in dis
grace in this land, and in every instance
where it could be done competent and
honest men have been put in their places.
These reforms have been going on daily
and hourly ever since President Grant S
inauguration, and they have been very
effective in their results. 1t is my SIN
cere belief that we never had SO honest
or SO efficient civil service under this
Government as we have to-day; and yet
undoubtedly other reforms can be made
and will be made. Wherever an abuse
is pointed out to this Administration, that
abuse is Immediately remeded, and
wherever abuses are found they will con
tinue to be remedied. Our Savior must
have been pretty good judge of human
nature and yet among His chosen twelve
there was one Judas, and from the day
of our Saviour down to the present time
[ suppose the average has been about
the same as with His chosen friends.
about one in twelve [ think fyou study
the Scriptures you will make up your
mind that our Saviour brought about
Him the general average of honesty and
dishonesty; and it makes no difference
whether in this body or in the House Of
Representatives, or somewhere else, you
will find about one Judas out of twelve
Until the millennium comes we must ex-
pect here and there to find man who
cannot resist great temptation. | believe
that this Administration has used every
possible effort to End the twelfth man. !"
and whenever found they made note
of it," and turned him out and put
faithful public servant in bis place. Such
is the Republican policy. We punish
our thieves; the Democratsr reward theirs. !"
Year: 1872

WE publish the following extract from
a private letter from Great Britain, to
Gentleman in this city, as an index of
the popular feeling there respecting the
Alabama Claims;


This Alabama question is creating a
stir with the two nations, but most peo-
pie here think it is stock jpbhing a flair
altogether. God forbid that war will ever
take place between the two countries. 1t
would be terrible calamity to tie whole
civilized world. / said at the time that
Britain would have to pay the damage
They do not like to it. Their pride is so
great with the Aristocratic factions Of
this country, that the very idea of paying
to a Republic is gall and bitterness to
them"
Year: 1872

THERE is one advantage in the assaults
which have thickeued in the United
States Senate for the past three months,
they are removing much Of the material
out Of tho way of the Presidential cam
paign. All this straw had to be thrcsh-
ed. and it canuot be threshed over again
with any effect. DOUBTLESS we shall hear
no end of French arms and Custom
Frauds, but they have lost their edge
and cannot cut. They have been used,
and used in vain, and cannot be used
again.-Al6any Journal.
Year: 1872

who is in our Judgment. the only man
in the great Republican party, that can
with perfect safety be nominated to the
Presidency for the next term as the
country, thriving under his excellent ad-
ministration, has had unbounded eviden-
ccs Of his efficiency and fitness, and the
rapid dimi1ution of the national debt
and the prosperous general condition OF
public affairs of the country testify un-
controvertively to his unerring wisdom
and sound judgment
Year: 1872

She met Luke Ruddilove that afternoon
for the first time since his return to Sequos-
set-Luke himself, vet not himself,-the
demon of intemperanee crushed out of his
nature, and its better, nobler elements tri-
umphing at last lie looked her brightly in
the face, as he held out his hand


Mary :"


= am glad to see you hack here again.
Luke" she said TREMENDOUSLY.


- And well you may be-" he reioined.
= Do you remember that night YOU gave me
the dollar bill, and begged me not to 20 to
the tavern :"


=. Yes. -


e That night was the pivot on which my
whole destiny turned. You were kind to me
when every one spoke coldly; you trusted
me when all other faces were ayerted. |
vowed a vow to myself to prove worthy Of
your confidence, and kept it. did not
spend the money! treasured it up-and
Heaven has added nightly to my little store
put the dollar bill under the cornerstone Of
my new house, for the house has risen from
1t and it alone | won't offer to pay You
back, for | am afraid he Eadded smilingly,
= the luck would 90 from me with it /; but
III tell you what | will do, Mary viii give
money and words of trust and encourage
ment to some other poor wretch as You gave
to me"


And Squire Partlet never knew what his
wife did with the dollar bill he gave her to
buy a new piece Of oil-cloth
Year: 1872

InE RUTLAND RAILR0AD.-Mueh has been
~aid IN the New York and Boston papers
about the bad mana cement and losses Of the
Vermont Central railroad mana gers and es-
peciaily as regards the leased lines of the
railroad they are operating. Our Rutland
road Is one that : much talked about Now
it may be chat the manag gers of the Central
have lost money hy their lease of the Rut-
land road but we know that there never was
time when the rolling stock of the road was
in any better shape than now We do
know that since she lease was made some
half dozen elegant passenger coaches and
several very fine locomotives have been
added 70 the rolling stock of the
road. We are also informed that three
thousand tons Of new iron has been laid by
these managers. and that they have about a
much more iron on hand 70 lay; also.
that not les than twenty-five thousand new
ties have been laid. besides making many
Other substantial and permanent improve
ment>. We think these betterments will
explain the Deficiencies over receipts from
the earnings of the road. and the Central
managers should have the credit Of this, and
we presume that their statement. which We
understand l. in preparation, will show up
this matter clearly, a. well as some Others
which are now prominently before the
public, IN regard % the Central railroad
trouble-


We believe that John Gregory Smith and
his associate managers fJlly comprehended
what they undertook when they leased the
Rutland read. We believe they are able
business men, and are 10th To believe the
dishonesty attributed 10 him and his associ-
ates IN 50 much haste by some of the press.
-Ruflan9 Herald
Year: 1872

\ SPIDERS BRDGE.-One chilly day was
left at home alone and after was tired of
reading Robinson Crus0e, | caught spider
and brought him into the house to play with.
Funny kind of playmate, wasn't it? Well.
| took wash basin and fastened up stick
in it like liberty pole or vessels
mast, and then poured in water enough to
turn the mast into an island for NV spider.
whom | named Crusoe, and put on the mast.
As soon as he was fairly cast away. he anx-
iouslv commenced running around to find
the road to the mainland. He'd scamper
down the mast to the water, stick out foot.
get it wet, shake it, run round the stick and
try the other side, and then run back up to
the top again. Pretty soon it became Sc
rious matter with Mr. Robinson, and he sat
down TO think it over. As in moment he
acted as he wanted to shout for a boat, and
was afraid he was going to be hungry, | put
a little moasses on the stick 4 fv came.
but Crusoe wasn't hungry for flies just then.
lie was homesick for his web in the corner
of the wood shed. He went slowly down
the pole to the water and touched it all
round, shaking his feet like pussy when she
vets her stockings in the grass, and sudden
ly thought appeared to strike him. Up he
went like rocket to the top, and commen-
eed playing circus. He held one foot in the
air, then another, and turned round two or
or three times. He got excited and nearly
stood on his head before found out what he
knew, and that was this, that the draught of
air made by the fire would carry line
ashore on which he could escape from his
desert island. lie pushed out web that
went floating in the air, until it caught on
the table. The he hauled on the rope until
it was right, struck it several times to see if
Year: 1872

Cheers-l do not believe that one state or that
yen states or that even majority ofall the states
nave moral, legal constitutional right 10 dis-
solve our Union" lCheersl


Such declaration from him Is simply astoundine
We need not repeat the evidence often quote, of
h elehe OF the right Of the cotton states 20 out
OF the Union; o. his hope that if the Pacific states
Sheuid ever wish TO do they should be allowed 10
Eoi and OF his maintenance in the broadest way Of
the night OF secession. On no otheE- ground than
tiat TINS vas his solemn and earnest conviction can
ms course during the war, from the beginning to
the end OF il, be defended To confess now that he
maue 90 miserable mistake is a confession that
should cover him with humiliation and sorrow. II
ne does not believe i" that one state or that ten
states or that even majority Of all the states,
nave moral, legal or constitutional right 10 dis
s9lVe our Union, now, Of course he does not believe
that right existed twelve years ago. and he in ad-
Voeathg then was utterly and fatally in
tne wrong, because Northern man
dld SO much as he did By his assertion Of that
flsht 10 precipitate the war; no Northern man did
SO much as he 10 bring il 10 disgraceful and disas-
trous termination at the cust Of the Union aud no
Northern man SO much 10 hinder its successful pro-
sress In this, his present confession, he avOws a
weakness OF Judgment and purpose. which, if there
were no other reason, show how utterly unfit he is
TO be put in place Of power and trust as the ruler
OF great ueuula
Year: 1872

Every one will join with us in the wish
that the Central railroad may come through
It's present difficulties successfully. 1t Is,
whether financially at fault in the manage
meat or not, after all a Vermont interest,
and We should be sorry % sec il fall into
the hands ofpersons who have no special
pride in the welfare and prosperity of our
State. We have long looked upon the road
As in part at least, sacrificing its own best
success as well as the permanent prosperity
OF the people along is line, in it, efforts to
become a great thoroughlare from the Eass
to the West but any foreign management
would only increase this tendency 10 seek
through traffic rather than way business. If
out of its present trouble the management
shall come To see that the amount of busi-
ness which the road does, and the number of
trains which it runs, are not necessarily
anv sign of the prosperity Of the road itself,
and may bringit to an adverse balance sheet
at the end of the year, the lesson may be
valuable one if it i costly. Every village
that grows up along its lines viii contribute
to the financial success of the road, but the
growth Of Chicago or the building of the
Northern Pacific Will not contribute to its
financial prosperity. Ii seems to Us Obyious
that the policy which bnilds up Vermont.
and not thepolicy which builds up Western
towns, Is therefore the true policy for Yer
mont railroads and we hope to see these
roads remain in the hands or Nermonters.
that they may be managed as Vermont in
terests. and not as interests of states and
cities in whose growth and prosperity we
have little or no share.-Monfpeiier Free
man
Year: 1872

! PLANTS FOR Sunny WINDOws.-Yines for
the window whether in summer or in winter,
are now the fashion of all fond of window
gardening. \ pleasant idea of what plants
to place in the window is gained from the
following suggestions of a Boston exchange ::
If your window is sunny there is no limit
to the flowers YOU may have from Christmas
until the wild ones come again. With two
nyaurandias, one white, the other purple,
with high colored dwarf nasturtium Tor
tropaoleum, as it is called) and English iyy,
and vigorous plant Of German ivy (or SEN
eciO scandens) YOU can make screen for
your window more beautiful than anv Ra-
phael or Da Vinci ever designed for yours
is the perfect original of their defective re-
presentation. The vines should be at the
ends of the box, 50 as to be trained on the
sides and over the top Of the window frame


Then, close to the glass-lor true to its
name, it loves the sun-put a heliotrope or
two, trailing winter blossoming fuchsia.
geranium, and, for the sake of contrast.
white one, whose flowers have a bright eve
in the centre. Do not be afraid of crowding
the plants; but SOW mignionette and sweet
alyssum seed, as well as the tiny ones of lin
aria cymbalaria or coliseum ivy. If not in
tending to have but one box. do not forget
plant or two of the neat, handsomely mark
petunias, for they will give you lasss Of
flowers from the first week Of blooming until
put out in the garden in the spring Yel-
low myrtle and the plant commonly called
wandering jew and EGGPLANT, as well as a
variety Of saxilrage, known as beelsteak
geranium, may be made to droop over the
front Of your box, and their graceful sprays
will reach even to the floor. if YOU wish
Year: 1872

EDITOR HERA1D:-I see in your paper, which
to the people of the whole county, articles on
fence or no fence laws, which meets my fullest
appreciation. l have visited county where the
fence law has been abolished for five or six
years and confess / had no desire to stop
there, or live in community without fences.
While there stopped with farmer who had
one COW and a herd of horses. He rented tule
lands D miles from home for grazing horses and
h'red man to drive there and back each day; his
GOV b, kept in pen, and one night she got out
and run off, and after a four days hunt he
found her tied to tree and nearly starved to
ueath, ana IN such condition as 10 be worthless
Tor weeks Had he put the money he paid for
grazing land, hire and board of herder, and pen
hihg, hunting, damage and feeding the COW, it
would have fenced his farm. I only give this
one case as a sample of what was occurring
throughout the county. The whole county looked
desolate and unfarmer-like Since reading your
"rtcles have visited many of my neighbors and
talked with them on this fence law question, and
they all agree with me that no fence law would
Dc The worst law that could be passed for this
section Of country. We have now good fences
20 protect our crops, and want others to do as
we nave done. We have stock outside as others
nave and there is no trouble in the neighborhood


blt abolish the fence law and there will be
trouble, law suits, and perhaps shooting and
oioodshed without end 40.
Year: 1872

BLEsr are they who live in the foothills, for
when storms and floods come they are safe, and
wien dreuths prevail, they suffer not. In the
Winter we look down on the great waters of the
valley which threaten damage and destruction to
all its denzens with compassion; and in Sum
mer we hear the lamentations of drouth heat
and disease, and pity our unfortunate neighbors.
What is life without health or wealth when it
may all be swept from earth to the great ocean in
m hour?
Year: 1872

New YEARS TUnKEY.-Our friend Owen King
quietly left large. fat gobbler at our residence
on Saturday last, as New Years present. 1t
was as fine fowl as ever graccd a holiday board,
and while partaking of it on the first day of
1872, we could not well help wishing that our
friend King and his family would prosper and be
blessed with health and the fat of the land
throughout the year.