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Year: 1875

Brigham Young is a shrewd Yam
kee, born in Vermont y years ago,
and brought up, like Joseph Of old,
to carpenters trade In person be
is rather commanding and striking IN
appearance He stands nearly six
feet high, broad shouldered and
stocky, with the general physical as
pect of human bull His head is
Of moderate size, with strong devel-
opments Of the basic and pssterior
regions of the Uranium, and it is by
10 means lacking in anterior breadth.
His hair is chestnGt If not colored,
abundant 10 growth, and eombed in
q pedantic style into fOretop to the
right side, with some what of the lop
of sick ROSTERS comb The i'm
preston received from the care be-
slowed on bis hair is that of an over
weening vanity and desire to ap-
pear young.


His face is entirely unlike that de-
scription of Christ alleged to have
come down to US from some Roman
writer. Benignity and the highest
type of humanity were the marks
upon that countenance indicative Of
the sublime soul so sweetly reposing
within. In Brigham Young the
lowest type Of humanity is depicted
in his gorilla like projecting lower
jaw, avarice ia bis pinched mouth,
harshness and ungOdliness in every
tlineanent of his revolving face; and
still l have heard many Mormon
women say, What a beautiful and
benevolent face be hasi" To my eye
it is among the worst faces l have
ever seen. 1t expresses greatness OF
a peculiar cast, but it is that of the
grossest ignorance which | have ever
seen depicted in a person protesting
such high position or so much &C.
clesiastical, civil ard political re-
nown.
Year: 1875

"WILL the boy who threw that pep
per on the stove please come up here
and get present of nice book, said
a Sunday-schooi superintendent in
Iowa. But the boy never moved. He
was tar-seeing boy.
Year: 1875

that more good can be accomplished
by some other kind of legislation.
We are not speaking of the rum in
terest nor of the opponents of all legal
measures in behalf of temperance, but
of the honest believers in license,
whose views have now been embodied
in the statutes. It is nothing more
than fair that the new system should
be thoroughly tried, and for that pur-
pose one full year is certainly a short
time. IF it fails it will have helped
the prohibition cause much more than
a year of the sort of enforcement of
that principle which we have generally
had. IF it has partial euccess, it will
throw new light upon the whole ques-
cannot but be of great practical ad


vantage. In any point Of view, there
fore, it is expedient and strictly just
drop out of Massachusetts, politics
this year as formal issue.


The State contest, then, will be
pies. On one side will be the Repub-
candidates the State can afford, and
inspired by that harmony any reform
impulse which are bringing the whole
national organization into line, as #
ready for the grand contest of 1876.
On the other will be the Democracy,
one thing in Massachusetts, and an
other in Ohio, and still third at the
South. Under these circumstances
every truly disinterested voter will
make his choice, and we have no fear
that it will be otherwise than such as
to give the Commonwealth next year
a Republican Governor and Govern
ment by \ good, solid majority.-Ex.
Year: 1875

We speak prospectively. There
will be a State Campaign in Massa
chusetts when the time comes, and
we should not wonder il it proved to
be pretty lively and decisive cam
paign. with important consequences,
too. For the present the weather is
against all upneces sary activity, while
the Centennial episode and some pc
culiar features of distraction in the
local situation have given an unusual
stagnation to political matters even for
the time of the year. The repressive
influences, however, will wear off in
month or two. The great shadow of
the Presidential contest OF next year
will begin to deepen on our local field
as we get ready for the State canvass,
and between the two. the men of Mas
sachusetts will be different from what
they have ever been hitherto, if they
are behind any others in the Union in
responding, promptly and intelligent
ly, to the demands Of the exigency.


The publicans, we are sure, will
show no such remisses. We observe
some very demure suggestions af1oat
as to what is the difference between
Gov. CASTOR and this or that promi-
nent Republican who may be nomi


mated for his place? and why not ac-
quiesce in the present cast of the
State Government and let national
matters slide. ETC., tic. The Repub-
licans of Massachusetts, are not to be
taken in by such weak inventions.
They know that the developments of
the lat State canvass were entirely
exceptional can never be repeated or
perpetrated. The present brings It's
own law. Governor CASTOR. hampered
and balanced as he has been, has done
very we'll in some respects, although
in no essential Of his Office has he
shown any superiority to what might
have been expected of regular Re-
publican Governor, while the mixed
condition of things at the State House
has by no means been favorable to
the general interests Of the Common
wealth. But now Gov. Gaston's party
friends aspire to advance on the po-
sition they won by mere good luck
last year, and threaten to give Massa-
chusetts a thorough Democratic ad-
ministration This recalls the Re-
publican masses to the true state of
things, to their own duties and the
needs Of the hour.


They will be prepared, when their
State Convention comes on, to act
with the requisite energy, discretion
and harmony. As we have eaid here
tofore, they will waive the temperance
issue for the present year. There
is, in fact no such issue now before
the people. What there is, is the fair
trial of new policy ordered substan-
tally At the last election. For twenty
years, speaking generally. the prohi-
bitionists have had the field to them
selves. Their own fair-minded lead
crs will not claim that the result has
been so conclusive but that sincere
friends OF temperance are found in
every part of the State who maintain
Year: 1875

How we swing and hang the balance
on the word "Ifr If we were rich
instead of poor, into what manifold
blessings should our gold resolve
itselfl How those dear to us, deserv-
ing yet never possessing aught of this
worlds luxuries, should revel in the
pleasures and comforts, small and
great, that gold can buy! If the de
mon anger had not burst his bonds
one day, the hasty words would have
remained unspokeD, and we should
still possess that which cannot be re-
gained-a friendship lost. If we had
but waited one little day, ere pennine
the letter whose every word was bit
terness-the letter which reached its
destination but too safely, bearing on
its white wings wounds sharper than
steel can give-what wild self-re-
proaches and what bitter tears of re-
gret would have been saved US! We
are tired of this old home, beneath
the shadow of whose roof-tree We have
dweit for SO many years. If We could
only go out into the great, busy, bust
ling world. see what others have seen :,
and do what others have donei If
We might only hope to win name and
fame! There are mountains, we know,
so lofty and magnificent that these
puny hills stretching around us would
sink into mere footstools beside them.
If we could but journey toward them
now, after patient toiling reach them,
rest in shadow of their base awhile,
and afterward ascend until we gained
the dazzling summit! IF there were
only more sun. and less of cloud, on
our pathwayi 1t is too sultry. fit
would only rain! It is too cold. II
the sun would shine brighter! If we
could only be content with what We
are! If flowers bloomed, and mother
earth wore her robe of green all the
year round-if VIC could always be in
good temper-if people never criti-
cised or found fault with other people
If no sharp words were uttcred--if
friends never turned to ioes-if We
were all as good and kind and loving
as it lies in our power to be-what u
sunny paradise We might make of our
Morldi
Year: 1875

Many young persons are ever think
ing over new ways of adding to their
pleasures They always look for more
fun more joy. Once there was a
wealthy and powerful king, full of
a man famed for his wisdom and piet;,,
and found him in cave on the bord-
ers of the wilderness Holy man..
said the king. Il came to learn how
to be happy" Without making a re.
ply, the wise man led the king over l.
rough path. till he brought him in
front uf high rock, on the top Of
which an eagle had built her nest
Why has the eagle built her mes.
yonder?'' Doubtless" answered tho
king, that it may be out of danger"
Then initiate the bird" said the wise
man, '.briid thy home in heaven, and
thou shalt then have peace and hap.
pincss."
Year: 1875

A story is told of girl in DaDbury,
Ohio. who has discovered an unique
way of extracting teeth. She suffered
nearly q whole week with an aching
tooth, but had not the courage to 20
to dentist One afternoon it troub-
led her go much as to force her to
look for a remedy. and she finally hit
upon a plan With a piece of stout
twine she made loop, which she put
about her tooth. Then she took
bit of soap and rubbed it on the floor.
opposite the back door. The other
end of the twine she fastened to the
knob of the closed door. Then che
took position on the soaped boards,
and commenced to lean back. When
che had acquired slofe of about
forty i've degrees the soap suddenly
took hold. and she came down on the
floor with such force as to knock a
pair Of ten-dollar vases from a mantel
up stairs. And there she sat, reaching
out for breath, when the affrighted
family made their appearance, while
the offending tooth dangled from a
string against the door.
Year: 1875

The Patterson On. J.) Press says:
ing checks, &C., 10 the amount of f1O,-
tional Bank at the Paterson post
Office to the Importers and Traders
National Bank of New York, the New
New York bank failed to receive the
anxiety about it on the part of the Of


6cers of the First National Bank.
Search was made in the Paterson and
both the banks, the search extending
package could be found. Now strong
ap,reRensions Of a mail robbery were
entertained, and the Government Off
cials were impressed with the idea.
The First National Bank meanwhile
proceeded to make the best arrange
ment it could for avoiding loss. An
extensive correspondence-th pack
age containing thirty accounts of sun
dry parties-was necessary, and in
demnity bonds had to be prepared
and given by the bank to all these
parties. Finally all was provided for
except about 500 of pension checks
oe the United States Government, it
taking much longer to arrange that
matter-through the dilatory process
es of the circumlocuiion ofice-than
it did the private ones. On July g.
exactly six months to a day from the
time the letter was lost-the clerks in
the post Office in this city had occa-
sion to poke under their stamping
table for something that had dropped
on the floor, and there snugly lying in
small crack between the bottom of
the table and the floor was the miss
ing letter. with its $40, 900 intact It
was the only letter ever lost at this
Office. AMI it is little remarkable that
it should have been SO valuable one,
and should have caused such extraor-
dinarJ trouble and anxiety"
Year: 1875

So we heard great strapping young
man exclaim the other day in an office.
We did want to tell him a piece of
our mind so bad, and we'll just write
to him. You want capital, do you
And suppose you had what You call
capital, what would you do with IL?
You want capital? Haven't you got
hands, and feet, and muscle, and bone,
and brains. and don't you call them
capital? What more did God give to
anybody? "Oh. they arc not money"
say you. But they are more than
money, and nobody can take them
from you. Don't you know how to
use them! If you don't. it is time
you were learning. Take hold of the
first plow, or hoe, or jack-plane, or
broadax that you can find and go to
work Your capital will soon yield
you large interest. Aye, but there's
the rub. You don't want to work;
you want money or credit, that you
may play the gentleman and speculate.
and end by playing the vagabond. Or
you want a plantation and negroes
that you may hire an overseer to at
tend to them while you run over the
country and dissipate; or want to mar
ry some rich girl who may be foolish
enough to take You for your good
looks, that she may support you.


Shame upon YOU, young man Go
to work with the capital you have,
and you'll soon make interest enough
upon it, and with it to give you as
much money as you want. aud make
you feel like a man. If you can't
make money upon what capital you
have, you couldn't make it if you hail
a million of dollSrs in money. If you
don't know how to use bone and mus
Gle and brains you would not know
how. to use gold If you let the
capital you have lie idle and waste
and run out. it would be the same
thing with you if you had gold; you
would only know how to waste.


Then don t-stand about like a great
helpless child waiting for somebody
to come in and feed you, but go to
work Take the first work you can
find, no matter what it is, so that you
may be sure to do it like Billy Gray
did his drumming-well. Yes. what
you undertake, do it we'll; always do
your best. II you manage the capital
you already have, you will soon have
plenty more to manage; but if you
can't or won't manage the capital God
has given you, you will never have
any more to MANAGE
Year: 1875

TRACY's spelling bee last night was
''s grand success" and that gentleman
deserves the thanks Of the public for his
able and discreet management and he
results attending. Let US give him q
rousi8g benefit on Friday night Of next
UsEE
Year: 1875

The treasury department has decided
that where goods are imported under
the act of 1870 for transportation with
out apprsisement to an interior port,
they are liable to duty under the tariff
in force at the time Of their first arrival
in this country, and not under an act
passed subsequent thereto, but before
their arrival at an interior port. This
decision may involve q change IN some
important decisions heretofore made
under the act of 1870,
Year: 1875

commenced to distribute a large number
OF circulars Of the AtchisOn, Topeka and
Santa Fee Railroad Company, which were
eagerly sought after by those who had be-
COME interested in his glowing description
OF cheap lands in Kansas.


A recess Of an hour was then taken,
after which the meeting was again called to
order and addressed by r. ID. Campbell,
cOlOred, a member of the Davidson County
Court, who expressed himself in favor of
the emigration movement. Before he con
cluded his speech the crowd commenced to
gradually move away, and amid the hurry
and busile Of the wagons, and beating Of
the drums, it was almost impossible to hear
what he had to say. He said enough, how
ever, to leave the impression upon the
minds Of the few that did succeed in hear
ing him, that while the laws of Tennessee
were so oppressive, and so long as the col
cred people could not seen e justice in the
courts, it would be far better for them to
emigrate TO some country where they could
live as other people and be in peace and
harmony with each other.


The meeting then adjourned.
Year: 1875




MEMPHIS, Aug. 1.-The river came to
a stand last night and now stands a frac-
ton over three feet eleven inches. There
Is no further damage reported, though the
river is higher than in the spring. The
immense cotton belt between here and
Crowley's ridge has not been filed with
water as it was in the spring, There is
great diversity Of opinion in regard TO the
damage to the cotton crop in this district,
which extends from the Missouri line to
the mouth Of the Arkansas. Some assert
that the damage viii aggregate 100000
bales, while Others, who have watched the
effect closely, are equally as positive that
It will not exceed 10000 bales. There is
much rejoicing over tie fact that the food
has reached IFS limit, and if a decline sets
in there will probably be little damage ad-
diGonal to that already done.
Year: 1875

ALOCAL paper in Illinois, desiring to
give complimentary notice TO a deaf
mute, Of great experience as teacher, was
forced by the excentricity Of the compost
tor to refer to the gentleman as "Mr. -,
a deaf-mule, IF great experience as kick
er." The editor says that he wishes the


statement were true, that be might exercise
some of his experience on that compositor.
Year: 1875

A colored boy accidentally killed him
SELF a the school house IN this place last
week. He was engaged in a game Of ball,
and was running holding his bat before
him. Wien he struck tree, lntiictlng IN
iuries f IN which be died the following
night,
Year: 1875

While in Houston county last week a
gentleman informed US thai in the early
part Of last month a little child four years
old, daughter Of Mrs. Nancy HaskinS, was
Sleeping on pallet spread on the floor,
which was made Of puncheOns. During
the night the child was very uneasy, and
called its mother, who was in the same
room, frequently. Al one time the little
child cried that a rail had fallen on her
finger and mashed it. The mother, think
ing the child was dreaming, paid no atten-
lion to it. When daylight came a sight
APPEARED to her gaze that chilled her blood.
BY the side Of the pallet was a TattlesDaBe
some three and half feet in length, and
in the mouth Of which was The child's
thumb. The noise made By the mother
started the snake, which glided through the
crack. Upon examination of the Child's
thumb 1t was found to be larcerated ve,y
much, and torn by the fangs of the Srake,
the effect Of which was soon visible on the
child, and at one time it was thought i'm
possible to save Its life, but was saved we
learn, by remedy of DR.. Nixon, Of that
county, which is moss made into tea, and
drank, and used also as a pOultice. The
snake was killed by some young men the
same morning.
Year: 1875

of these roads, foreseeing the ineyita-
bic advantages to be derived from the
success Of our direct trade movement,
have shown laudable disposition to
do their share of the good work. The
report respecting the sdaptability Of
the roads and of the points on each
suitable for the operations Of the COM
pany. as also respecting suitable banks.
l Will make as soon as possible. after |
have been able to visit the remainder.
In conclusion, | would respectfully
call the attention of the board to the
territory over which the operations of
the company are expected to extend,
and suggest that it will be impossible
for the managing director to visit one
hundreth part Of the places where his
presence is asked for.


Each director may do much in his
own State, but it is clear that agents
should be appointed to canvass each
district, under the direction of the
board or managing director; and I
would suggest that small commission
on the amount of subscriptions would
be ample compensation for such
services. and that such arrangement
would be likely to give more satisfac-
tioa than the payment of fixed salaries.
In compliances with the resolution of
the board at its August meeting, |
have continued the services of Mr..
John X. Cleayeland as secretary Of
the company. He is doing good work,
and is competent and reliable, and i
would respectfully ask for confrma-
tion of the appointment and the fixing
of his salary.


All of which is respectfully submit
ted.


Tuos. d. WoRRALL. 1
Year: 1875

The Ward will case is now before the
courts in Detroit, and is exciting wide
attention. The author ofthe will Capt.
Il. B. Ward, left an estate valued at
&, 600 600, He had been married twice,
having been divorced from his first
wife who had become paralytic. Six
ty days after the divorce he married
again. Soon after this his first wife
died, leaving five children, all but one
of whom are ofage. There were sew
eral young children by the second wife,
He left the greater part of his property
to the second wife and her children,
and the children Of the first wife are
now contesting the will. They place
their hope of breaking the will on the
charge that Mr.. Ward made il under
the influence ofspiritualistic deluslons.
lie was a strong believer in Spiritual
ism, and the contestants claim this as
proof that he was not IN hls night
mind. II the court shall decide that
Spiritualim is a form Of insanity, there
will be lively times among the beiiev-
ers in the shadowy faith
Year: 1875

GENERAL BUTLER has been talking
to a Philadelphia Times reporter. lie
told him that he expected William
Allen to be reelected Governor of
Ohio by 10000 majority, and among
other things, said:


-Four months ago the Government
borrowed $4,000, 900 for the purpose
of purchasing a metal substitute for
the fractional currency, which can not
possibly answer the purpose as well As
the currency does. The borrowed
money has lain idle since then at an in-
terest expense to the people of nearly
a third of million Of dollars. And
when the substitution Is made what
will be the consequence? The metal
currency will have TO be considerably
debased, or else every old woman 10
the country will fill her stockings with
il and bury it. Ii will be boarded, sir,
boarded to the extent OF removing
millions from the working currency Of
the country. The people who talk
about doing away 9Th the convenient
fractional currency are mad. Ii does
seem to me sometimes as If judicial
blindness had struck the financial
management Of the entire country.
And vet there is not word Of this IN
the papers-nOt a word.
Year: 1875

A careful selection Of the most ap-
proved varieties as seed. and a certain;
ty that it is free from smut and foul
seeds, is very important IN the effort to
grow good wheat crop. If seed is
old or has been heated in the NOW or
bin. the germ may be injured or de-
stroyed. and in that case will fail TO
produce n full and vigorous growth OF
plants.


is. the small kernels should be sepa-
rated from the large and perfect onea,
and only the best sown. This may be
done by raising up the front end OF the
tanning mill. thus slanting the sieves
in the direction Of the blast Of wind,
and feeding the machine slowly. turn
ing fast and blowing hard, driving hall
or more Of the grain over the sieyes
and allowing only the plump, heavy
kernels to come forward Of the mill for
seed.
Year: 1875

Archbishop Lynch, of Toronto has
pronounced most unequivieally on the
unnatural and horrible crime of abOr-
tion. Recently in ST. Michaers Ca
thedral his Grace made this cruel aud
cold-blooded vicesthe subject OF an ell
Oquent and forcible sermon, from
which the following is an extract:


The dreadful crime of the murder
of the innoeents before their birth is
the foul blot of the character of the
Christians of this country. At the
moment of conception an immortal
soul is infused into the creature, and
it reflects the image aud likeness Of
God. To destroy this is murder, and
the blood OF that being cries to heaven
for vengeance against .he assassin. In
the New England States an ungodly
people are exterminating themselves
from the face of the earth, and aehaste
and God fearing Irish people are sue
ceeding to their inheritance, as stltis-
ties of birth published by the New
York Herald and the principal jour
nails of the United States show. This
crime of murder in the first degree, or
in the first stage Of life. is also spread
ing into Canada Is eoptagion. The
answer OF the unfortunate fallen wo-
man to the suggestions % hiding her
shame by abortion is not often ROw
heard. The crime of bringing child
into the world outside Of matrimony Is
bad enough without adding 10 il that
of murder your drugs OF yoar instru-
ments shall not destroy youE innocent
one. The pagan Chinese expose, sell
and too often drown their offspring
when they become too numerous and
too burdeusome for their poverty to
rear; but TO the shame ofthose calling
themselves Christians, we have to say
that they murder in cold blood their
own children and in too many cases
destroy the mother. Thus two lives
are forfeited. The father OF the un-
fortunate illegitimate offspring is the
greatest culprit. The mother next, it
she had not been opposed and forced to
the crime Then, as hired assassin,
the abortionist.