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rENERAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
E. II. FOSXKBt
UOiHH JFATHIC PHTSICUS 8XRGEON
BBACroKD TtEHOST.
Owe la btuldlnR formerly oeeu;iied by
Vt. M. L. Scutt, nearly opposite l'twt Oibee.
U. II. WITT,
TAILOR,
r.ntiFORr, Vermont.
Room in Hardy" Building, in rear tf S. T.
Of-orge's Store .
" nosvr i.i- l" it " T n.
ATTOltSF.V AND rOUXSKLLOK AT LAW.
jfM(fr S .Wiriw i". Cl.imfi- and PentUtn
itn t'Miin A'cnl.
mud; l'I'.l', VEMMIINT.
National Opinion.
VOLUME L
TULVDFOHD, VERMONT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 18GG.
NUMBER 30.
II. . WOKTIIK.Tf,
ATTOnS EY AXl tOl. XSLLLOK AT J. AW.
nnr.ni::r. vermost. 1
:1.1.1m iu.i,
LICENSED Al'l'TU'XEKR,
nnAiroiin, vt.i:mont.
r H ot o o n a v ji k u ,
wei.iV mvEU, vf.umont.
1
CBOWKM' HATCH,
TAItOK,
T.n-.Dror.r. vkmtoNT.
Shop n Hardy'" Building, first door tip ntuii"
(With Win. O. Hardy.)
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER.
Store in Xn. 1 Hardy's ISuibliu;.
WII VI SII U.1. IT ill'-'J
Tt RDR tVIi:V
-XV .U
I1V JI I.IA A. AMHlTf.
II. STi;H'KI.A.l.
IROX FUl'XDElt A XI) MACHINIST,
And MaJiufaetm-erof A iexiltur.ilLiil'lenioiits j
IIIlUiroRP, VERMONT. '
it. i. sti:vi:s,
PROPRIETOR TROTTER JRH'SE,
hhdtii n c , v i: m e s t .
X
Mi. II. STIll KS,
proprietor sprixo hotel,
S 10 H'Bl'llV, V E K K O N T ,
H.. r.ood Livery ottitehcil.
A. T. CI.Altlil-:,
uorsK. siux, and -ornamental
Painter. Grainrr, (!!:r.iri; Piiprr-Jfuiiger,
HKAirolM. Vl.UMIINT.
Alio, dealer in Taints, Oik, Vnrn'.-hf . and
I'ainf Stork of every deseiiption, IVtui-n
Frames, .MouldiiiKS and Glass. I
j. o. Mvi!iT(ni:,
ATTORXEY V COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Solicitor in Chunerrit. Life it tire Inaurann
Atjcnt,
v. i:st iotsiiav, vr.r.MONT. 3
noit i r. j. id)M?i'i:ii
HEAL ESTATE ACKNT, CIVIL LXGIXEER,
nnd Prwtieul St'rrvijor,
iiADFOHI', Vl.RMOXT
Rrniiwvi'.s.-- I 'id. K. I-'arnam.S. T. floorse,
Tinidtor.l; Jlon. Win. T. (Jeono- Fast Top.
.ham ; ,1. & ,1. L. Jt. H. Haverhill, X. II. i -L It.
t'pliain. M. 1.. Botii. M- '
17. a. tMVOl.L.
HARNESS MAKER &. TRIMMER,
UAI-T COUINT1I. VERMONT, 4
i'. i:. ixmv, ji. -,.
PHYSICIAN AND SIT.OEOX,
TOISriAM, VEBMOSr. 4
yi A It K II. ( ouivn',
I'll Y SIC I AX AXI) SEUUEOX,
corinth, vi.ioioxT. 4-Cm
Whieh shall it be ! Water or Wind
Life in lyinc brifjit before you.
The rnminj; days most fairly idiine
And ne darkening ekmd linnim o'er you.
'What need to i lioosel There's time enough;
The world ha" Rt bent few pleusures ;
Art sure it path? are made more rnu);li
Jiy i-nnttlng wine's ruby treasures r
Oil. foolish ones! have yoi no thought
For the l.earta of mothers, broken,
For sisters' tears, fur falhers' woes'
Kml for ivtt," deep gnefn !innpoken I
V m've none of these, and yon eiioose wine.
Red wine, that yleams in your tilasses I
Fiil n;i the eup and drink to Death,
While svift'iy tit eveuini; passes I
ViU to the brim, for life is idiort ;
rink ye this : "Red wine forever !"
Fill ! Dri'ik to the di"jiikurd's eorpini
That is limit in); down the liver!
Fill up a.'.'ain A srrenm yon heard I
It may be, for lln're'sone ly inji,
"Who even now. iineij;h yoiins as you,
In mad delirUiiu is dying-
Yet di ink it down, the ruby wine,
While pleasure your life is ei-ov.-nin
You henrd a ciy from yonder brook I
Yes; for th-re's a drunkard drowning.
What t'-eksit though, the Berioit eni
And writhes in the pattering glasses !
We'll till again ami drink to Ibsith,
While .swiftly the evening pas.ses !
Stop ! think of your si.t rs' id tears,
Think ot ymir mothers, lira 1 1 lo-okin,
Tiiink of your fathers' bit ter woes,
Of your wives' deep griefs unspoken !
Ah ! shiverins, turn i.-.im the wine
As you tbiiik itf the void, deep rivrr.
Tie' drowned corpse, the mai.iae's se:.:am,
And forswear red vine fureeeri
It is done, and, savi 1 from lmiy
The Ti'inplar'.s vow you have taken;
Then look no more ontlic nify wine,
Let your purpose 1.' unshaken.
We've ihnsen v. ater. elear and pure.
That sparkles bright in our glasv ;
Fill up the eup and tl .ink to Life,
hde swiftly the evening passes !
j lii nt that lie Avns ofton let in allor
j tliat lionr I'.y a liat k iitrim.'(, antl
; w onlii ri'iiatr to tho sithiijjTdoiH n t-
pared for h occasion, with his t'tiir
! one, viKre they talked " soft iion
j smisc" till the '" weo small lunrs."
I As ho generally riKlc over to licr
j icsiik'iicc, laii had taken the C'ap
j t.iin'tf hired man into liis confidence,
! and oinploycd him on siu-h occasions
1 to leave the barn doorM TiiifaKtPTK'il
j when be went there at nine o'clock
j to make, ovry thing wn-ure ;i-cnd-I
in to his niHsK-r's orders, so he (Dan)
i could obtain leave of his team there
! at nny hour of the night
; Of bourse he apparently pubiuit
I ted to the CaptaluV stern mandate,
j and always promptly batie his be
! loved auieti antl thove-otf at precise
ly nine p. m., but only to return
again at :i later hour to diive his
the bon vivant young man did not
recover for several years till he
met siisy Low,' the heiress, whom
lie without hindrance wed.
English v k ii m u s American
IUilroads. Mr. Moses Y. IJeatb.
of 1 he New York Sun, who is now
in Kurpe, thinks American rail
roads do not compare very favora
bly vitk those of Eug-Und. lie
says :
" Ye liare stood still comiiarative
ly thc.c', twenty years ij! railroad af
fair., and hence, from being first,
are now in the second rank. The
Englishman sticks to his comjiurt
inent carS, but adds to tlitMiu'lior
of compartments in each car until,
on the newest roads, the length of
horse, with the least noise possible I ear billy equals the American. Jhen
in the barn, where he generally h -ft system vf rigid attachment, of I ing a crown which vii wore not on
God A Comfort. Dn yon know
what fomfoiting iowcr there is in
(iol f Have you never seen times
when in your own affairs you would
have given all yon had if there was
one perfectly wise man' tUat you
could go to and aseiitain what w as
tluty, what wa the rijrht way?
Have you never seen those hours
that hung as if ensphered globes,
when the flickering lift of a clrild
seemed suspended, nnd you knew
not whether it should live or ilic V
Have you never had in those hours
the thought. 'OIi, if there, were but
one of infallible, skill that I might
goto, the whole enrth. even if it
were guldens should be his for my
child's life, certainly rest o r e d
Have there never been hours of re
morse; have you never had hours of
disquiet and tears iuwardly,a.sifeach
tnougtit v.-ere H spear ami -ach b-el-
JllStELLALOI.H ITEMS.
Two men were shot through Che
breast by an unknown person in
Pert kind, Me., last week.
u Hanging by the neck nntil tLey
are ilea l in iwvr -tire ienalty iii
Mississippi for horse stealing.
Tbe emigration, fram Ceorgla to
Texas is imrneiiKC.
A negro
Prown was
burglarj-.
man named Thomas
buug in Mauon, for
him standing all harnessed
1 Icing -cognizant, of these facts,
and by stratagem learning the night
! Dan intended to visit there next, he
! arranged a plot to ofl'set the punish
meiit he had undergone in the pear
i raid.
j As it happened the Captain's ser- ; liolirs
i vavii' after dnlv renortiuir affairs at ! kind
the barn all right, upon tliat event
i ful night, sought the residence of an
i old acquaintance to enjoy a social,
j prolonged chat. Dan at tin; same
time itad bidden the family good
night and after waiting till the old
! gentleman was abed and sound as
' lecp, had with customary caution
i returned to recommence the atten
! ti ins, so unpleasantly broken up for
! an hour ortwo on every such ncca
Ision, by the Captain's stringent
; ruie.
He bad hardly entered the house
: the second time ere Soinerby the
victim of the pear gathering scrape
i stole into the farmer's barn and
i lighting a pocket lantern, hastily
j began to detatch Dan's horse from
the chahe, which act being neconi-
cars produce a steadiness of motion
much to be preferred over oiir jerk
ing rattletraps. Hut perhaps, the
most striking change is in the mode
of taking water. What think you
of running a trai'i of a dozen cars
two hundred miles or more, in live
nnd without a Mop of nny
The thinir is done here ! A
sufficiency of coal for fuel is easily
provided, of course, and only neces
sitating the carriage of a few pounds j
extra weight. The water is taken
up once in twenty miles, without
the sliglrlest delay, by a simple con
trivance, 'cute' enough tohave oiigi-
the head but the heart, and of thorns?
And have you never felt, Oh, were
there but one teacher, of sympathy
and depth and knowledge that I
might go to. who had the power to
take me up out of my circurust Alices
and luing i n hack to comfort and
assurance 1" Is there not; some one
here that lias departed from the
mother's house that to day thinks,
"I would give the globe, if I might
but tind my way back to the.purity
of childhood ?"' Is there no oik; to
say today ."Oh if I might work mv t( Boston
lifec'eanand whiieiu lioncsfYuirain?
The Chief of Foliee reporto one
hundred and eighty houses of pros
titution, and fifteen gambling houses
in Cincinnati.
Nineteen thousand five hundred
and ten acres of public land was
sold fit HnrnboTt, Kansas, land of
fice last month.
The editor cf a California iaper
has been presented with a radish
about the size of a five-gallon keg.
A man was recently kicked to
death by his wife at Elinburg, Pa.
Corn is selling in Alabama for five
dollars per bushel.
r.oxbury, Mass., has been annex-
natcd in a Yankee brain il'it did not. jl
I. 1 ... 1 1" :l .. I . a. !
'Wntn-'i f,,r nut rctel Wi.-ie Minuvi
. L l. ol I,. I'., !!rallli-tn)ro, l. Nov.
.1
. 1 ,tK
plished. he harnassed him in a
bill with lifO'l living tlir ilnnlur .'
Th''ii by sundry ohanges in
buckles and straps, h
A trough, halt a mile long, one toot
wide, and foui inches deep, made of
cast iron, is placed between the rads
and filled with water. As the i iai.l
ptissos over tills trouo'ii, one nid of
a pipe reaching forward from the
tender is lowered into the water.
The motion of the train forces the
water up the pipe into 4he tender
and the thing is done. My descrip
tion may not convey t lie idea to a
lion -mechanical mind, but those who
i (iod knows that there is notbing to ! J,,Im Moran, who kuied Mary El-
avcihat I wontl not ciye to u-o I u'n Kwu'ii.v most brutsilly at Kox-
laek again."' Hooii know the
tliicLiiations of c
. Then you know the
re-
irthlv
;ain 1 have bailed out leaky bn
suit of thes
exjierieiice
conditims in wliich (lod resents
hinisell'as the comfoHing Cod.
where al the treasures of wisdom,
of patience, of love, of f,ravr, and cf
goi'nlness in iuni are not hoarded,
but yet kept in an unfailing supply
that is poured out forever and forev
er inexhaustibly, and they that have
gone wrong, done wrong, that ail
its with a the children of want and sorrow in
jed t!
the
so disarrang-
scoop, as often as ,ou have done,
will uiu'eitand this method of
scooping" water from the locomo-
this world may find in Him a lie
j deeinets a comforting tiod. ..'treur.
I20V." S!I.IMXi:KN lost
" i'ri-:ii-:s."
SUM
whole gear that an hourltive. With us th;.- sanii nlan would
spent a diliigent toil t'y any otn
would hardly rearrange it a be
u.n.tj.'HAiati,
( As.-ist "d by J. A. II:.r,'y.)
WATfll-M A Kli'lt AND JEWELER
IIIIAMOIIII, Via-.MK.VT,
Dealer ill Wateln'".' 'he-Its and. Jcwclry.Oohl.
Silver. 1'lated and liii; anna Wai-e. Fine l'oekt t
nnd Table L'utii-rv. Speetai les. Revolvers and
Yankee X.itiou... (Tiakf. ati-lu-s, and ,lew
nr.v eorreel ly ri-puirrd and warranted. 1'i onipt
utteution to oidi rs by Express or Mail. X ). 1,
Hardv's building.
A.
ivy r.r.o. r. ci'.ui-i'in:, v.
Dan was the wildest ''blade
ill the town of W-. . He was
always concocting some kind of
,y. i:sti:y x t o.,
H RATTLF.lIO RO, V K R M OXT,
MASCFAi-Tt'RKR "F
'(Kits, Cf(t3r lliinnonif, auil BctiIir Organ.
with the Vox Humana Tremolo, found only
in the Lst. v Organ. H. II- COXAX T.
Orford, X. II. Agent.
LIVK11Y STARLK,
(Rear of Trotter House,)
n5 oncak CAiiiro-v.
Turties furni.-hed with
Sinylc or Douhlc, Tets,
nt iliort noliee, and fit
KEA SON ABLE 1 'EIC ES.
Carri.igenin rrudiuesa nt the depot upon the
arrival of the train".
lIni.lford..liltie It, ISt'.e. 1
lARl'ETS AT REIilCFI) I'KK'ES. RICH
J All-Wool. Hemp, nil Cloth, llrass Matting,
Cotton llaiking, nt , ,
F. it II. T. KF.YF.S At f'fi'S.
OTOF.A; H. T. KF.YF.S A. ('., II l.J.I'.
voiieiiuget good All Wool lio'tum-", lusii-
louable ecdors. for .'ine.. uii.nl l'rinis Irom l i to
JOc.. and other lrrM (Jo.ls e.iinlly u" eln up.
IlAIU.OR Ft fl.M IT'HI. L U'XOF.S. S(.
1 fas, Easy C'hiiii's. Stutleil lloekinn ( linn",
(.'line Si nt. nnd Hnek Chairs, W hat Not, la
bleu, Minor.", Window shades. ., nt
r . v 1 1 . I . I 1. 1 r.3 . e. .-s.
(V
1
4
(1V.. I'UHIIUiP. A;J'. Wnll.n IN
vitn attention to lua .look ot nowls, nsmi
ng his iialroii. thai ha'. i i;; bci n .ineliased at
;b ninsi favor '! Ii rnis. be w ill gi e gren-
! ttiibieemi'iiis to I ash, iin,l Ri udy I'm r biiyem.
Wanted, ill nrhange, and for ra:,h,
IJulltr, ( hftir, f'j.;, Ihant, ifnph Fugnr, Pn
IntiHt, 1 I j, mi l Wont,
prirc will to
For which tb hih"t market
paid.
a. n. aowT,
DHMTIBtT,
OirirB in llARiifa Rorm Ilnt.MSo,
Ilrndl'ortl, V'rinr.n.
rrr.nn riLLi n with nnt.n and sii
I vi r. Aim. Liel ted on tbihl, Silver, nnd
Viih iiiiliied Riibln r bae, Iii tlii lal-t improv
rd mi dim My to.
V re per rt of Twill otl VulritnUeil Rilli
ber I nnge nil the wny from Five to Thirty
Fit Ii ' r, arronliiiK t" atylf "till llnl!i.
noitt; WAtnuyTKO.
tlrnitfonl,.tiine 11, pffl. I
4AII
O from tun i
iiatitltip", at
bv the run, nr In mmiller
EYES' STfiKE, Xewluiiy, VI
fttlAVKF.K MiTS.-A VARIETY OF I'LAIN
J and ntiiiinieiiial lledriMiiu Knit a, Mattraa
e. Spring lb d, CutU(a IledMeud", Cllln. nud
Swing Cradlea, at
r. U H. T KEY CSAt CO-8 J
Pntr'l V"Ltb!orDv,a la tha baat Una-
mft ana t'alfi KillfT1
mischief, and would sometimes turn
the tables on those whom he indue
ed to join in hi plots.
Ha" ing one evening persuaded a
young chap, oho was a grcut lover
of fun, to assist in robbing a neigh
bor's pear tree, he played the follow
ing haul joke at his companion's ex
pense:
They arrived at the orchard con
taining the tempting fruit just be-j
fore the old farmer and his family
retired for the night, aod although
the tree, a vcri tall one, was near
'the. house immediately proceeded,
! to carry out their evil design, as it
j was concealed by other trees from
I the window that opened in that, di-
rection.
I Dan enticed bis victim to climb
! the tree and give it a vigorous shak
i ing, while he stood beneath to gnUi
I er tlie lneious pears into a bag as
j they fell. Having tilled the sack
' nearly " chuck full," Dan tossed it
i coolly upon his shoulder and run
I for tl'ie highway, leaving the other
fellow standi"'..' upon the highest
1 limb that wo,,,,, bear his weight,
gaz;ugtowai'd him in sheer amaze
ment. Cut addinc insult to injury, as he
cleared the wall of the close know
ing lie could shortly reach a belt of
pine woods himself he halloed at
the top of his voice :
' Man stealing Hay ward's pears !
Man stealing Hayward's 1cars J"
nf course, this startling announce
ment brought the maddened owner
of the same to the door, and just as
the poor young thief reached the
ground with lorn unmcnlionables
and bleeding shins, through their
rapid friction with ro'igU nark, the
chloric tiller of I he soil was after
him " full bent," nourishing a huge
shelalali, nnd swearing audibly. The
race, for the length of the enclosure
was cxlremelv close, and the club of
the infitrinUil pursuer actually graz
ed his back once, and was again
raised to smite him as lie denied
the wall with a Hying leap.
I The old farmer was getting stiff
in the joints, ami did not attempt to
jump after hint, ho at this point gave
tip the chase, though vith great re
luctance. Scarred half out of his w its, how
ever, the unfortunate chap continu
ed his Might, vowing eiincunce for
(ho mean eajsT Dan had cut.
I'.eing well awaro that he was
pmiug bis addresses to the. voting
est dnuuliter of old Cnpt. Merrill
who lived in m adjoining town, he
resolved to retaliate for the injur
les then inillirted, the very nest
night Dan went to see aer.
lie Inul heard him often sny, that
his lady's father was extremely bar
tleiihtr in regard to the courtship,
not allowinK his daughter on any
nr. million, to BCt UII W'itll IHT " ft'l-
ler' after nine o'clock j distinctly
tellinc hrr if they violated that or
der ho Hhould forbid Dan the house.
And In confidence Pan had told
ne tnen inn uunseii in a mow 01
hay to awa.t the time Dan would
come for his team. A little after
midnight he heard him stdmb
ling through a side cut ranee, as the
night Wits quite dark and could
hardly n si tain a guil'aw, as be
heard him fumbling w it It the horse's
tail, no doubt entertaining the idea
that it was his mane !
Cut Dan shortly expressed a sen
tence of surprise, followed up as the
truth dawned upon him, by a long
string of expressive oaths, in which
the listner perceived he had the
opinion that the. hired man was the
aul horof the outrage.
At last, after opening all the barn
dooVs to get the outside light, and
finding it useless to attempt getting
out of l he dilemma wit In ait a lantern,
he returned Ui the house and made
known his troubles to t he fair Ange
lina, who had been waiting i:t anxi
ous suspense for the sound of the
' carriage wheels bearing, him sali ly
away, unaware o tne aosence oi
the servant ; and suspecting him
guilty of the foul deed, he mentally
resolved to punish him at some fu
ture day, and therefore concluded
not to ask aid from him. but per
mitted his " intended," who kindly
volunteered to visit the barn with
lit.,, and hoid up one of her father's
lanterns, while, lie disentangled his
bt ,ist from her laifghable predica-
nient.
W. ...... I.I ,,- L-'ktt- till.
,-siiiiii Ml i'oiui I i,,l eini in ,
Captain's daughter approaching
with her lover, he made good his i
cscane. and running to the back
answer lor taking v.p small ant lira ;
cite coal as well a s wat -. 1 do not i
doubt so that we iniohl; run trains!
icrtiss tlie CMiitiucnt
if that weiv desirabl.
v, :
aotil
a e-' iip
I.Aiiir.s.
lulus, hut
eineroeiicy.
be depend-
make uur
Advii i: t Vur.Mi
! Trust not to uncertain
; prepare yourself for an;,
j l.earn to work and in-t
' cr pun serv ants to
lire, ; sweep , our Honrs, d. it n our
J stockings. Above all liii, do not
esteem too little (nose honorable
men who sustain themselves and
their parents bv the tvmk i f their
i ow n hands, while e.ii care for and
receive into ,our company, tiiose
!lazjidle popinjays, who never lilt
i tl lillgj r tp help thetiiselves so long
j as they can keep body and soul to
I gethcr and get siiflieient to live in
fashion.
Young women remember this, s.ml
instead ot sounding the purses ot
your lovers and examining the cut
of their coats, look into their hearts
and habits. Mjrk if they have
trades and can depend upon them
selves ; see it' they have minds
which will lead them to look above
il butterfly existence. Talk not of
the beautiful white skin and the
soft, delicate hands the line np
pearance of the young gentleman.
Let not those foolish cnnsidi rations
engrossyoiir thoughts.
Tur. Cor.ou or Tuoi T.l'ut a
living black burn trout inte a w hite
basin of water, and it becoun-s wi;h
in half an hour, of : Iij;ht color.
Keep the fish li ing in a whirr jar
f.ir "oniedays, and it becomes abso
lutely white; but put it in a dark
eoioied or blai'k Vessel, and although
on first being phiocd there the white
colored li.i'i shows most eonjiieuous
!y on the black ground, in a quarter
of an hour it becomes as dark -colored
as the hot torn ol the jar. and conse
quently diiiietlk to be seen.
bury, Massachusetts, last year, will
be hung on the last Friday in Janu
ary, General Mcf'lel'an is at a quiet
bathing place in Switzerland.
Four hundred white emigrants
lett j-ortress Monroe the other week
for the North.
A hand of Utah Indians have just
surrendered to General Carson.
Dog fights are the refined enjoy
ment of two legged brutes and pup
pies. The Indians within the territory
of t ho Tinted States number 2'J.V
771.
The Indians on the Plains have
taken three thousand white sculps
this season.
The Mormon church is
years old. It was organ i;
six members.
over 30
:ed with
.onr
It
1 Keep a careful account of
personal and family expenses
; v. iii help 1 lie household economies,'
i and belter enable y oil to be imi il just j
jam! e,enerolls. Above all, keep il j
daily account with God, lest at the '
; tinal reckoning you have not hino-to
; cover an eternal loss; for "w hat shall
j it proitt a man. if he gain the whole
i woi Id and luse his own .sc l ;':
I Wi, . .. .. .. 1 ....... i . '
oili.nl. I 111, li.il (ill 1 AMI. I.X.
' Mr. Crucc's and Si.cr's farms ail- I
'; joined i;ich oilier. Si.er had tin tin-1
ruly siieeji, w hich was in t ho habit
i of getting into Cruce's field.' Cruce j
! expostulated with Sizer several;
! times, and told him if he didn't keen 1
lix him
fences. !
sheep at home, he would
Tin: Dim'N'karu's Will. I leavi
losociely a ruined character, w i
ed example, and memory that
,Min rot. 1 leave to my parents
during the rest of their lives, as
much sorrow its humanity, in a fee-
side of the house sought one of the ' ble and decrcpid slati
bed room windows, where the old
man slept, below .stairs and ener
getically rapping thereon said:
Neighbor Merrill, awake, awake !
There is some serious trouble
among your cattle, and you bad bet
ter seek your bant as quickly as
possible,"
Having completed the details of
his plot, Somerby ran behind the
shelter of some huge rocks near at
hand, to witness the denouement.
He heard the Captain jump from
his couch to the floor, and shortly
saw him emerge from the kitchen
only partially dressed, ami rush ex
citedly toward the barn.
Of ' course Dan and his " gal"
were not a tittle, but wholly dumb
founded, oil beholding the hat less
" llgure head ' of the. old salt the
Captain, with glaring eyeballs pro
truding from their sockets direct
ed in i silent rage at them.
Helpless for excuse or apology,
Dan sank like iv limp rag under his
awful scrutiny. As soon as the
thunders of his voice could llnd
veiil, betuititul Angle was hustled
trout the vnrd and ordered to walk
for the house, and consider herself a
prisoner in her room for n month ;
never to be ullowed to speak to the
miserable, wretch who had forfeited
all hopes to his regard or her hand.
Dan was peremptorily packed oil'
as soon n the inix'i up pieces of
harness were in any way arranged
as before.
lie was refused ndmission to the
Cai.tftiii' house henceforth and for
ever. , It was a blov from which the
can sustain.
1 leav c to my orot tiers and sn tcrs as
much mortification and injury as I ,
could well bring on them. 1 leave!
to my wile a broken heart, a life of
wretchedness, n shiiuie to weep over
my premature death. 1 give and j
bequeath to each of my children
poverty, ignorance, u low character,
ami the remembrance that their
father was a monster.
As the, rose tree is composed of
the sweetest flowers and the sharpest
thorns; and the heavens arc some
times overcast alternately tempest
uous and serene ; so is the life of man
intermingled with hopes and fears,
with joys anil sorrows, with pleas
ures and pains.
Sl.ANliF.Rot'K. A miserable old
bachelor poked his head into our
sanctum door the oilier day, ami
proposed the following:.
i" nre young indies kissing
ench on ke an emblem of Chris
tianity ;"
Vciohl him we did not know.
He nnsweied:
"ilccntme they aro doing unto
ench othei as they would that men
should do unto them."
Out of gallantry we hurled our
Inkstand at his head, lis it disap
peared out of lltu door, for the out
rageous libel. The impudent fellow.
his
so he wouldn't jumpaii v mm
Cut l'.iiice soon found the sheep
back again: so he caugiit him. and
with ;i knife .-.evercd the cuticle ni
si., in jast beyond tlie gnmbivl joint,
and bet ween the main cord and bene.
tch- i then thi'UM the other bind leg
will through the avenun'. and then nut
the sheep back ovw the feliee, which
went oil' hobbling' on thive leg.-',
Sizer soon after discovered the sad
plight hi: sheep w as in, and he knew
very wcjl who was the cause of il ,
The French army will hereafter
contain l.'JuO.OWl of soldiers.
In New Haven County, Conn., (V
unhappy couples have been divorc
ed since the 1st of last January.
A Western Eohcmian repels the
gift of a bottle of spruce lx-er on
the ground "hat if is contrary to the
rules of the profession to tell a dol
lar and a half in- for six and a fourth
cents.-
An English clergyman recently
pleached a sermon in what lie said
that the newspaper was a part of
life's earnest self culture.
A Cuffalo paper has a remarkable
story to the effect that a trout, meas
uring four feet and a halt in h;gttt.
three fevt around the body, and
weighing seventy pounds, was
caught iu the lake iii'icon miles iYoiu
Dunkirk, not long ago, by Messrs.
Johnson & Crother, of Dunkirk. It
is the largest trout ever i aught in
the lakes of which then' is any re
cord or t lie largest lish story known
I since the days of Jonah and i. is
we are not at all certain
i M isa Virginia Pen ny, a teiclwr in '
itie Third Ward ScDool.Tn l)ui .
uie, -was mea last 1 uesday .on an t
indicftcent for an assaolt'uri Adam
llaagj-cffie -of her pupils. The boy' .
disobey el thft teacher's offers, and'
she -whipped him ; was inrpudetfc'
afterward, and She whipped him,
again excessively, the. prosecution "
claimed. The court niled that the,
teacher tiad the right to fhip the
boy ; but iliAt if the punishment
was exc 'ssive, and maliciously in
flicted, the t-erdict should be against,
her. The jury foitnd her guilty, and
sue was sentenced to pay ono cent"
flue. '
Anecdote of int Gueat Doce. '
In the " Life- of Lord Comber-
uiere'' is this characteristic anecdote
of the Ihike of Wellington;
" One day toe coiBuiandfcr in-chief .
nnd Sir Trent .Spencer were ridiug
mt together, when Sir Brent toolt
cue ipjriuniry or Viic3croning .
Iird Wellington as to his plan' of
rtpiTatioa. - The cantcrsarion ' ran 1
nearly as follows:
Sir Brent 8petierV: 'we aro
nliout my lord, to engage in a very
hazardous campaign, and no ono
can tell what may befall any of us. .
I m sure that I trust nrost sincerely'
that nothing will happen to your
loi'dship. It wttiild be a great mis
fortune to the army if it were to lose
you ; hut sfilTyod might be killed, '
and I think it necessary that should
askou what are your plans, in or-"
derthat I may carry them out, in
ease I should unfortunately sueoeed '
to the Command of the army." . ,
Lord Wellington : " Flans! Ah!
plans. I haven't got nny plans, ex
cept that I mean to heat the French.'
If I can't do It in one way, I will in';
another."
Mr.'Beechef has withdrawn from1
the Independent the right of furth
er publishing his sermons, owing to'
that paper discontinuing their pub
lication titter the issuing of his'
Cleveland letter, and criticising his'
course pretty sharply. The Inde
pendent ,hv ever, proposes to aak no
favors of Mr. Beecher, but to have
its o ii reporter and publish them.'
The World has stopped printing Mr.'
Ceeeher's sermons...
Always T.vr Fat Meat.---T1io
American Farmer says there is near-'
ly twenty per cent.- les water in
the carcass of a fat animal than in'
a lean one. Did you erer notice, as
I have, how much more the leui of
a poor beef will dry up in hanging,'
than the lean of a fat animal ; and
according to 1'rof. Voelker, alean
hog contains' eighteen per cent, more
water than a fat out,
It is stated that the eight hour'
system, as enforced by the city au
thorities and foundries in Indiana-'
polis. Iris created dissajifartion, as'
the employees are paid by the hour,
and they cannot earn enough o
support their families.
A complete skeleton of a Korth
American Mastedon has leen un
earthed at Cohoes, X. Y. Careful
measurement shows that they be
long to an animal that must havo
stood ut leat fifteen feet high and
some twenty odtl feet in length.
Fit ACTfCAL Hints. A coating of
three parts lard and ono part rosin
applied to farm tools of iron or etcel
will effectually prevent rust,
Common nails heated red hot and
dropped into cold water- will clinch
and answer the sani ) purpose of
wrought nail.?.
A sharp corner of a common In
dian arrow head or Hint will' cut
glass quite effectually.
A good wagon lack may be niad.ft
of two pieces of boards, two or more
feet long. LMhcu the board in fironi,
of the wheel, one end on the ground
and the other just under one of the.
spokes, close up to the felly ; then
take hold of a spoke on the oppo
site side of the wheel and lift ; 'at'
the same time place the second
j board in. tier the axle-tree. In this
.ioeh
way a hti
v. ;ih ease
tiled wagon may be lifted'
suitable op-
bl
oue
but he concluded to take thbiirs
coolly, and wait some
portunit v to revenge Ij
curly Cilice's old tow
Si.cr's field, when he caught
and, with a sharp kuiic, cut her
mouth from car to car, and turned
her back into the lit . W h e u
Cruce discovered this, he went to
Si iter's in a great rage, ami deman
ded of Ihin what he did that fur.
Sizer said:
'Tiioii inv word, Neighbor Crtiee,
I didn't do any such thing. Yoiw
olit now uplit her iiiiitith litiujhltii) n!
my xhrtp li'mintli thefeuee."
lloW TO Kl'.LIKVi: CHnK'Ltl) CAT
TLE. I have fattened cattle on po
tatoes, and always feed (hem whole,
and occasionally oiri gets choked.
1 then put the nnimal in a yard,
where there, are bars, which I let
down so that she can juiiipovcr. but
as high a.-.i she can jump. 1 then
place her about two rods from the
bars, with her head towards them.
ami with a good whip, well applied, I
run her over the Inns on liiejunip,
and when she tour lies the ground
on the opposite side, (he pot a toe
will lly out of her mouth.. 1 have
informed my neighbors of (his rem
edy, many of whom have tried it,
and in no case have 1 known u lail
nre. .lit run Leo in Rural Anierlean.
A Maine editor says (hat a pump
kin in that State, grew so large that
eight men could stand around it.
This is like the lell.iu- wlm sum- tin-
self. I'rcs- j p.,,,,;- ()f ,i.0S S(l j;nv ti,;lt K. t.0(1,j
into : Mi, .,!,-, ,, stick nt n lent
her,
A lany s absence w as apologized
for at a party the oiher .night, by a
friend who said she was detained
by an interesting little incident,
" weighing just nine pounds end a
In; If."
A new Irish toi'is'do, while being
experimented with by Fenian olll
ccrsin 'ow York Thursday, explod
ed, but caused ho hiss of lire.
At last accounts the Methodist
Centenary subscriptions bnd reach
ed 92,1131,070. .
IM'.MovAi.s. No less than 27.1 of
ficers out of 1 10 have been removed
by .Mr. Johnson in the recess of
Congress for no other reason than
their lldelity to the Ecpublican par
ly. This is the result of the "kick
ing out" process which Mr. Johnson
threatened when nt St. Louis. The
people, however, have been ho little
inclined to follow Johnson for the
loaves and fishes, (hat lie seems to
have ut last concluded that it is not
advisable to continue removals for
political reasons. Certainly the
fciiiHotiiie has rested for several
weeks, lie may be wailing, howev
er, to nsccrtaiii the action of the
Semite upon the appointments al
ready made.
Vkrmont. TIio grand list of
t8fil shows gratifying results, t wit t
An increase over l,sti5 of ft.'JL'rt 1"
the number of polls ) of to.'5,),dl J
in the value of real estate, air' of
i92,I71,04t in the amount ot person
al projsTty making the Increase of
property 2,"(0,23fl, nnd of taxable
men tVL'K, .
Kust v nai'3 may be drawn from
wood without difficulty, by first giv
ing them a blow hard enough to
start them a little.
A gun will not need cleaning for
years if (he muzzle is tightly cork
ed, and a piece of rubber kept up
on the tube under the hammer,
while standing idle.
I Tom i. Li . 'Rr.f!. Several of our '
Vermont g ntlenieii are in the lec
ture Held (li s winter. . Among them
we notice Frc''. A. D. linger of Froe '
torsvillc, Slate Geologist, who has a
lecture on the " Extinct of ancient
animal races." Prof. Craiuard Kel
logg, of MiddWbury, Uev. Wm. IJ.
Cord, and Hon. Chns. W. Willard,
of Montpelicr, Moses E. Cheney, or
Barnard, FresideiitAngclljSeercliiry
Adams, i'rof. Buckliam, and Hon.
David Keade of this city, besides
that pleasant poet J. M.D. Taylor, of
St. Albans. As the St. Albans Ale
nvnger very well says: "Those towns
which cannot all'oid to pay, th big
prices of" celebrated ''lecturers jjmy
perhaps be as well served ut less cost
bv huiklng for lecturers nearer home.''.
Durlinyton Timet. .
.
A'womau in Winona, Wisconsin
who had not heard from her husband
for ten yenrs, recently got a divorwi
on the ground of desertion. On the
same day that Oils was accomplish
ed, the Imsband made his appear,
mice, and they were re-marrlcd in -thn
evening. The mystery of tho '
man's long absence is not rxplntned.
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