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t, 1 iNulnil -1 tl.e ..T.t.J r a nun a.i.1
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l..t ring tu-nl Jit.'
SlUin," ne"lo'l"I lijri Ultere-l, ..iutms ti
the lritm n!J. .
tt.th II- U (all an.1 sl-.i. ' '
an.l lam nJ roM,
Pre lorer in tint 1'rinoii. .loouitil Una erjr
nllM to dl. , ,
At the rln;inor l!io Cur.'e. aa-l i.rtLlj Lt
m nlch.
fr..m ril will not cumo till nuo'ct," anl btrjn
jnr tran2ely white.
Ai .be Hfwketn husky whUr-' furfc. uia't not
r.ns to-ni;lit.
llix.e." calmly !k th. xxt-n.-evorj- ui1
ii etce-J beoouni heart
lake a thiind ;le.iiiiin- ar-!ik" JeallF
iHiLsoTicd dart . , . ,
U.ai.lon" ynral'ta rnaj the furr. rrni the
gloomy hhad.wed tower . ,
I-i.ry evening jttst atfunKI, it b tM II lw
llu1.'2!.mfi.l) . t,.eJ .Wo.ou.t.ini
V.. r'm'ltlw.ll net m- .1 '. hel-urfw
tLn to-O'Sht."
u .14 her eyea anl ile Wer features, tttrn ao.l white
Ana.fcpfel.-"'". B
she Lad'"" While Ike JUJS J. '
At tLe'rinslK the forfcif-llaul rnderwoo.1
A1,,lh'l"ret'h came fart arid Taster, au.1 herejel
crew larse ami hnrbt
tine uT murmur. carecly tpoien -' i urew tnutt
mot nn:; to-night "'
,V with li'ht step lrtumled fuma.rU, irang withtn
the old rhureh door,
lr't the old man coming slowly, paths he'd trod no
, ,t "tie moment (uued the niatten.tat with eheek
aud hrow aglow, ....
. lierod up the gloomy tower, where the I. I
wung to andrru :
.,,u -lii' climlped the -linij ladder, dalk, llh ol
..m ray of light,
I . tiai ' -I'll. hr pale lir 'at m;-Turfe
i ii t- night
r. a -hed the topai ot ladder. ..Vr her Inn;-
the .'real flaik oeii.
Mil the ful gloom beueetfc ber. like tl.e path
triv diwntobell
-e tlief idenrtitoniruei- winguu. ti" thi h-ur
,. tui.e now, , ,
u i ' Bl' i"d tor '""o"1. l'ld her
l.rerhandpalodherl.row
l.a.l -he lot it nog It", iiOer bor eje- narb u.th
madden light.
A I,e-pnn4ba4sre-l unnli-- Ourf.w -ai"
i ring lo night
,u' -lie wun' IJri'H the . .ty emd a tint -peek
h,er.'"tlt beoenan.1 tarth -ojpcuded. s the
111 -wuujl' and fro.
Ai. 1 !!.. hall de: feiton rlngior ( esra he bad u.,t
tieanl the hell
KuJ heth. ught the twilight Curfew rang joun;
llas.l funeral knell,
oi i. tlie ma den clinging rml) , fheek and brow ..
uale J'i'l white.
i ,le.iher fr glitKl hemrfs wild Ujt.n; ' i
u h Met nefl ro-mjar."
I. i. . er - the 111 eeaaed wajlui. hii.i the uia.d-
eu -tepped once more
t riu. ' ii the damp dd taddor, where lor nun Iritl
caw before. ....
Human :...t had n.d '- planted, and unit -he
Ih - mht had dime,
v,..uiil lie t"!d hmga.eii aMer. a !!.eii-.!-t
tinf -an
1.. lit the -ay ilhmell.i Wautj. ated -ire.K Ih
head- ot white
I ell the hildreu h the Curfew did n. i n.- that
une Mid uiht
tier Hie d.aUnt hill- came fromwell BosKioiaw
him, and her brow.
Lately white with sickening -sorrow, glowa w.th
sudden lieauty now .
Al hi loot be t.dd heritor, showed her hand- a. I
bruised and torn.
And her jweet j oung tare -.. ba.-srd. ithi l..k
hi sad anal worn.
CiOChed his heart with sadden p t . I.t hi- ee
with mit tight
ti inur lner lire," cried Cromwell l iirlew
ball n.d r ng to-night."
i Lu-( Hah),
ii. . ,a unMii.Mt nxt . i ii.k
Irnrn IheWashiCiti.n Clir. ri..-le
A- thf .).-lc3ltPl tuiiditv knuwn a-- din
..-re. rthT m. tlH- MH-ial iil'c (if the nation
.il mpital exhiliit -in ( n-tiirninfr anitnii
loiii Tlie avenue utm unnv sftcrnotm
i-tlirmiireJ. r-uilly after tlirw uVIiK-k.
hen tin- ileiutrtinf nU are cnititied, :iml the
.n'tty little officials liasten down f.iralireath
.d fre.i air ami a ie of the fa-hi.m -i
jch little official weaiv a i-arriae drew that
-weere. the dirty -idewalk with a lenptliened
train, they ra'r-e any ttantity of dut, and in
that reiemlile angeU in cloud- The t-loinK
are not of the fleanlieit, and the eniel
e?etator lia- hi own thoughts, alniut the
-oiled nnder lothliij that niu-t aii'imiraiik
the process. Tliev realire in thi, howeter.
the rmet'- deTijiiion of humanity that -a-,
Halt anjrel-i and lialf earth." If the dear
i-rrature- would only keeji the tm'ance and
i?i-it--half, weM li content And then
thev justify the iou-prediction. --Ilu-t thou
art .inJ uiito dus.t shalt thou return." eicn
ulterniKin at three o'cl.ick preci-elv
Ity the live. --akiiis of leturninj; t on
gn"-iuen. rather a paid -story ha- lieen tele
graphed ol a new manlier who arrite.1 with
hi- family. -onititi(; of wife, lite children
and nur-e. The econoiuii-al M.t'. itacked
In- family m one hack at '.' i: v . ami drove
to Willai-d'- They had heen car-riding f,.r
many night- and day-, and were in ii.n-c
.Uence envrfinglv fatigued.
Arming at Wiflard'-, they tiid tlie ha.-k
man, ordered tlieir trunk- oil' and trudpei)
wearily, hall a-leeji. into that lamou. .-ara-an-?ir
The hu-lnd. wile and four chil
Jren were e-corted int.i the -uper room,
after whi Ii. eleiated hy the iittee and the
cletator. thev were earned tiiyond the juri
diction of the lioard of puhlic work- to room
under the roof We wi-h to explain here
t liat a-; one get- n.-ar lieaven hi get- further
Ironi the Isaird that eiratale- only, and i
n..t odorh either. When the good lady
entered her U-driNina she einounlere.l the
iiur-e, and hoth eicUimed
"Where - llilihy?"
Why, mi -." -aid the nur-', "I thi-m-U
i u had hi in
"N'ancv," -i' reamed tlie Mi- M t' .
didn't viu letch him in?"
No. ilium . I had the thiee eara?t -a.-k-.
the .'l.iak-, Ipahy'- clotlie-, and ! thought
oii had liim."
Now llihhy wa- the hah, and the Iright
ful di-covery wa ntade tliat tlie Iwhv had
lieeu left in the hack There was a Irantie
ru-h for the elevator and the -tair- The
m-ane M. t' . tried to hur-t oen the door -o
a- to precipitate hiin-elf down the well, lie
tlien pulleii away at the Ml until he hroke
it . tlien -hoitting "fire." ru-heil down after
In- wife and four children, who liy thi- tint"
were in the clerk'- olhce trying to make :he
i-urpulent and amiahfe Mr. llaglev under--tand
the horrihle -ituation.
Nime one -ngge-ted the telegraph, and all
the i-oliee -tation- were adi-ed of thi- loss
of congre ional infancy Itjt the w.ir-t
jrt ot it wa- that the cra repre-entatite
could not reiiieinlier the niiRilier of the hack,
and the hack- ate not remark a Me for their
readt return of lot parcel-. We neter had
l.ut one -ent ii-, and that wa.-u Milumeof
the l're-ident- Me--age. with ai conipanying
din-umeiit-
1 ii the meantime, the happy liu-hand
iiade a -hurt eieurion into the neighlnr
lnl. lie hurried through the hack-on the
hack -tand-, and liad all the retireil i-onict-wlni
drive those vehicle-" volunteer to go and
.arch for the lo-t child for two and a hall
li.iur- liich one vvx-i ready to urakeaftidt
iii that he knew the hack, and one driver,
wlm ought to have heen hung, long ago,
-..re that lie heard the child cry a-the hack
Ir.nc l v Kroin tlie hackstand the ho
land hurried to New-naiier IJ.ivv.and -tirred
up the liiiheinians to the highest iitch of
evciteaient liy lira tale ol woe ineeorjiu
lent Uamnlell -nl down and wept . dam
hlew hi- nose.while lt-iynton philosophically
reniarkeil that the Iobk of a lathy wa- some-UhIv'-
gain, and Iretou addeil tbat it wa
a lo-- ea-ilv repaired, and - tne night wore
oil
What liecame ot that hack, with the pre
. iou- little hurden. i- the tno-t interesting
rt of the narrative. It -eems that our old
Iriend aeh. Chandler, the great Michigan-
der, who goe- incainiug alsiut at all sorts of
late hour-, louml linn-ell on t our-antt-a-naii
-treet in -ucli a -tale of aWnt-inindedne-
tliat he couldn't tell where he was or where
he oucht to le In the-e emergencies lie
m-tinctivelv rails a hock. All the luck-wen
in town know the great Mifhigander, ami
entirelv regardle of what he orders or nays.
thev invariably drive him home, stopping at
all the -ample-room- and liar- on the way.
tin this occa-nm he lialtiM a Hack, and get
ting in. -vid a- he did -o
" rakeiiic'omedamnyou."
Sittiuc down upon the luck -ejt he wa'
-tartleil hv a wild cry that almti-t soliereil
him This will -omul likeeiaggeration.luit
it's a fact It came very near heinga ti-e
of spoiled child, lor old .ru-h., liad hinged
two hundred pounds of senatorial lieef and
wln-kev on the lo-t clnld ot the lower hou-e
He -tarteil up with -uch violence that his
headi-truck the tup of the hack, nearly
l-ouncing the driver oil hi- -eat, more, how
ever, with a toni-hineiit tlian jolt
Old Ztch. resolved himself into an inves
tigating roramittee and sitting down on the
front -eat, tell round, lie gainerei up tlie
child and for a minute sat turning the situa
tion over in his gigantic intellect, then stick
ing hi- head out of the window he shouted
with that voice which made the llriti-h lion
tremble
'Driver go tne i-uick I've-got-a-liahy
As the infant continued its --creaming, the
driver had uo doubt as to the truth of this
startling revelation, and so he tore along the
-treet at a frightful rate, considering that
his team eon-i-ted of one vicious kicker and
one runaway. Pulling up at the t-alatial
mansion, tlie great Michigander tumbled
out and ru-hed in with the child in In
arms. Presenting it to the astonished Mr-.
Chandler he said
'Mo-L-trornary 'fair -sit-down baby uu-hat-k
(ioing-to-dopt-him."
The good old lady did not receive the new
comer with the same enthusiasm, bat ."ent
for a policeman, not to arre-t the senator,
but to remove the encumbrance. Through
this means the poor little waif was returned
to its frantic parents.
We are happy to say that both Chandler
and baby areas well as could be expected.
VOL. XLVIT. NEW
iuu:viTir.s.
The following concise and compreheiis-he
note was received by a Shenandoah hardware
dealer from an up-conntry farmer: "Send
me a trace chain and a keg of nails, faally
lad a lby last night also two lloor locks
with white knot- "
pauper who smilingly gave hi- name as
Santa Claus was sent to the Chicago bride
well some weeks ago. Hi" ej twinkle.
with good-humor In-fore and alter his arrival
there, and on Christmas evening he was as
chirpy a-a cricket, ahit about the time
when all good children's stockings are snp-po-ed
to have lieen filled and the child-world
is awaking in a tumult or eicitenient and
expectation, the little ..Id man in the bride
weU was passing nwav , and just as a liappy
Christmas dawned over the land the merry
light in his eves went out, and "Santa Claus
Uul.- the world and the bridewell good
bye A luunv -cene occurred the other night at
the liiwe'ry Theatre. New York, where the
stage was occupied with the representation
of a Issd-room at midnight with an old gen
tleman reading a letter. To the sound of
slow music a villain entered the room, and
with a cat-like tread approached the old
man, clutching in his hand a glittering knife,
lie approached slowly, and the excitement
among the gamins in the gallery became in
tense Ju-t as the would-be murderer was
about to make the deadly plunge at his m--u-peeting
victim, a lav who was leaning
with open month far ov'cr the railing of the
eallerv sung oat with frantic earnestness
Ivok behind you. guv'ner. There's a fel
ler goin' to stall ver 1 " The assa-sin drop
lied hi- knife and" nnre.1 with the audience,
and the curtain wa- rung down without any
body lieing murdered.
The wise saw Concerning anol-' visit- hale-en
proved untrue bv a modern intanee at
CarrolltoR. Ill , where Mrs. David Angel
wa- recently vi-ited by three little Angel-,
who were neither few' nor fox lietween.
little liy wa- recently presented with
a t.iv muni-!., to which he liecame greatlv
att-irheil ne night when he vva-aliut to
lie put in hi- "little ld," and was ready to
-aj In- prayer-, he landed the trumiet to
hi- grandmother, -aying, "1 lore gran'ina you
blow while I pray "
woman ttl years old living in li-liU
cuntv, Ky , wear- a lieautiful sliawl made
of the fur'of rabbit- which she caught, la-t
winter. The hair i- cut off. spun ami then
Wuvi'ii into cloth
Lily WTite- ih.- loll. living to tien lag
ged, i otiiini inner of jevtent- ''Having
lieird through -c-und parties that there ei-i-l-
much dissati-faction in the jatent ollice
on nii'ount of the clerks l-ing rrtiiired to
attend to oUce business until 3 p. m. during
the holiday week, 1 ju-t wish to say for your
encouragement that I know of lad'ws as cap
able of performing the duties who would
gladly -erve their dear country for the -alary
r.ieiveil, everv -ecular dav during the whole
vear
lc.ui Anii.m. t.aligu-aiii. who ha-ju-t died
at l'aris. wa- the editor of the famous (ralig-nani'-
Us. iv . which, when establi'hed
in 114, wa-the only Knelish paper jiub-li-hed
in I'ari- The objet-t of the journal
wa- tl.e promotion of i-ordial relation-, lie
tween Kngland and 1 ranee Calignani wa
Uirn in L.m Ion in Octoln-r, 179H, though
hi- father wa- a native of Lomliardy. He.
with hi-brother, took the Wuvnyr Iroiu
the hand-ol hi-father in J-S21. Tin- office
ol thi- paper wa- the literary head nearter
fiT furciguer- in l'ari-
nirre-pondent ot the t. lailli- llrptt!-
think-, that t'ol Iwiidinnt. the Che
rokee lecturer i- wondnMi-h" elorpient.
"l'lavin entirelv' bv ear." she -ay-, "he ac-compiir.ie-
hini-i If and -ing- the ,uaitilest,
-weele-t -ong- I vi" bean! IntrisliK-ing
thi- -.rt id' thin' into hi- evening's euter
tainmcnt will make him a- much of a de
light a- Koliert Heller u-ed to ). Heller
i:-isl to t II a go.nl -lory. da. a niagnificent
trick nni -it d.mn to a Steinway grand and
play like an angel lloudinot can distance
ea-ilv -inv urit'T 1 have ever jet heard."
iii-in named Hoke, who lived at Atchiir
son. Kan . lieeomnig jeaaoits. shot in the
-treet one Murlmurg, wlviui lie thought vva
t .i inlinrite with hi- wife. He wa- locked
up. and meanwhile hi- wife ranavvay, taking
their ihild The w.iundfii'i man recovered,
and Hoke wa- relca-ed. He then -et out in
-.arch 'of hi- child, lie, roamed about in
varioii-part-of the cmntry, and travelled
Is. .(Hill mile- liefnre he f mnd the girl, lidt
a few week- ago, he caught -ight of her in
tl.e hoi:- of hi- mother-in-law at lirooklyn,
N. A He and hi-wi'e are now wrestling
will, the iue-tions of divorce and the ps--ession
of the girl.
A girl, II vear-oll. bviug in M Joseph,
Mo . recentlj had a. very narrow escape
trom lieing buried alrv. . Miewa-a girl of
remarkable aeutene-s ..f mind, but Itad lieen
in bad health for orce month.-, and has often
-aid that she could -ee the lortns of persons
long dead. A few vlay-ago, -he told her
mother that -he could see her dead sister,
but while de-cribing her -he -auk away and
-eemed to die. Tlie IkmIv wa- prereil for
burial and kept oti hours, tin the way to
the grave the mother heard cries coming
from the hear-e The proee ion stopped in
the -treet. and the coffin lieiug; opened the
child wa-found to lie alive. iShe liad torn
the death rolie-almost eutire'ij off in her
-trugglc- She wa- taken out and lattlied in
v inegar, and ha-since lieen as well as -he
was hctore her apparent death.
Ninety-one female -tudent- arc enrolled at
the Michigan I niversity for the current
academical year -even in the law dejart
nient, thirtv-six in the medical, and fortv-
eight in the regular university our-e.
"Multitudino-ity" i- an ladianapoli- de--tipiitin
of a crowd around a p anut-stand.
Iowa hirmer- now -cltle the.'.r disputes by
arbitration.
riorhla already reui. e- in gn-en -ea- and
new potatoe-.
Judge Christian, id iivvience, Kansas,
marrieil a couple the outer dt.y and took his
fee in butter probably liecause the bride
and groom lionged to the cream of society.
The wor-t on record wa- what a lo-toti
negro said, when a -row -lide covered him
up, the other day He called it the "fip-t
black -burying part", ol the season."
A-k the Cincinnati people how they like
the "arctic morning glory," aud they will
look -heeiub A voung man recentlv went
nleiut in that city, exhibiting undci n glass
ca-e a plant g"ovving from a -ponge When
ever the gloU- was removed the - by -standers
were delighted by a delicious perfume, which
the young man -aid wa- exhaled from the
plant, lie -old little packages of seds,
from which, he said, similar plants v.-ould
grow in about a fortnight, if sown io the
house lie victimized a large number of
people, who now have Urge ero. of turnips
growing in their flower pot-. The delicious
erfume didn't come from the plant, a t all,
but from some essences which the rogu e lud
imprisoned in the glass glolie.
i.kms W'RiTt v lKk A mi i' I'--- The
lirand Duke Alexis has written a liook: about
hi- travels in America, which is repr?nted
as "intensely interesting." being 'sumptu
ously printed and profusely illu-tm tetl. It
is regretted th3t but a few hundred ..'.ipies of
the work will lie published lie declares
that his reception in N'evv Vor't almo-t
-tujiefied him. ami wa- greatly surpri-ed
that sit. b an ovation -hould In ti aidereil to
the son of a monarch in this republic. AVhirt
amused him perliap- more than anything
el-c was tliat the Kind-, upon cat ebing sight
of him. struck up, not the regubir Ku-sian
anthem, but the -o-calleil "Dirge of St.
Catheiine," which is played in Kus-ia only
at the funeral of ji member of the imperial
family ' The cheers ol the people w tre
more'deafening than any he. ha.il heard, in
Krrope. from which he plajlully conclu Jes
il,.ii liin-ilisraccri cannot lie very nrevahmt
in the New Worli. As to the soldiery, t be
variety of uniforms struck him as extremely
tld. Ho says he raw, peacefully side hy
side, belmcteil Prussians and " kepieil
Krcuchmen, red-coated Kngli-huicn and IrisJi
troops bearing the Imnner of the green j-le-Alcxis
praises American hotels, hut thinks
the fare too rich American manners, tbe
grand duke think-, arc a little awkward anil
angular.but decidedly pleasaiit on account of
evcryliody's frankne-s. 'W'hilc in Washing--ton
he vi-ited Catacazy's kitchen in di-gui-e-and
chatted with the Kiddies. He found
out that not one of them had an idea of
where Russia was situated, and one of the
girls even asked him if the czar always wore
a crown on his head, adding that she knew
the Queen of Kngland always did. Equally
amusing is the account of his reception at
Omaha, in Nebraska; where a memlier of the
Legi-lature congratulated him on the sue- 3
cesses of his father in the war with France f Jl
Another legislator of that State wanted to- j
know it it was always cold in Kussia.
These funny episodes in the West, however,,
were amply made up for by the extreme-
kmJness and consideration with wnicnttiesj
army officers there treated the grand duke. '
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SERIES. VOL. XX.
MrSICAI. A?II BBAMATtr.
Prof. E. C. Phelps of liroooklvn, N V .
has written a symphony .on the theme of
Longfellow's Hiawatha, which will be per
formed some time during the season by the
Thomas orchestra.
A French author describes Mile. XILsson
as follows "Animated snow, with golden
hair, and with two polar stars under her
wide brow . she has the grace of the reed,
the charm of heather, and of a licam a
scrawny beam of the North's iialesun."
Mr. William II Crisp, senior, formerly a
well-known actor, died recentlv in Dallas,
Texas.
A man wa- turned out of the gallery ol a
Memphis theatre, the other night, for call
ing out to Miss I.ydia Thompson, "Bully for
you, old tow-top Good lordy, look at her
kick '"
Acconlin to the) Ue.'t..ii Hlolr. arrange
ments have been made for the erection of a
new Glol Theatre, under the management
of Mr. Arthur Cheney who has secured for a
site, in addition to the old lot of 10,000 feet,
a piece of land adjoining it, which contain
11,000 feet. The Ks-ex street entrance vvll
be a little further north. The Washington
street entrance will Is; twenty-five feet wide,
occupying the place where the store of Pazolt
i Son stood before the tire. This will give
an opportunity for the con-truction of two
stores on Washington street, one of which
will fjll the place of the main entrance of the
old building. There will also be a -tore on
the Essex street side, with a frontage of
thirty feet. Tlie auditorium of the new
theatre will be tntich larger than the tald one,
will surra it in the richne-s of it- decora
tions aua fitting-. and will seat tuothou-and
jiersons comfortably round the audilor
lum will lie dressing, retiring and lounging
rooms of the nio-t elegant description, with
commodious lobbies.
The enthusiasm excited in Italy by the
performance of Hi:bin-tein, who lias lieen
giving concert- at .Milan and llorence, i
shown by the wonderful matter vvrittenaliout
him by the critics, one of whom is taken oil
uslollows by the I'anfnlla "His hands 1
tint ol those sinews, mii-cii-. ami veia--peaks
a thinking -pirit . the-e hand- have
but one soul , they are two electrical lst
terics animating the instrument The
greate-t wonder i- that then-are but live
lingers tin each land. Hut what lingers'
Lightnings -treani from them, and when
they fly over the keys' they Hash vvithldue
light. " On the platform stand two pianos.
Let none be alarmed . he only play- on one
at a time. The other i- there in ease one
peri-lies under his hand-. The owner of the
instrument- goes to all the concerts, and sit
there -tern, gloomy, unsympathetic, -ave
when a-tring breaks under liubinstein's de
tonating blows. Then a smile glides over
his lip-. The marble trembled before Mich
ael Angelo pianos ,hndder at tire ap
proach of Kubinstein."
Tennie C. Clatlin ha- I-en playing a poor
Portia to very bad IsasinesH in Connecticut,
Dramatically, as in mot other things, -he i
a "fraud."
Carlyle Petersilea is giving a -eriesoi 111
piano-forte recitals in ll-ton, comprising
the entire sonatas of l'-eethoven. 32 in nam
!.er. Ijura C. Alexander, who v.a- obliged hy
sudden illness to rtire from the stage,
while acting at Wallnek'- theatre in New
York on lliristiuas vv.-ek. died recently She
had been a nicnirof Janapschek's troupe,
and had gained eonsidi-rable ipiilarity. but
her tailure tnattain tt- eminence she sought,
with other causes, led to her death.
The New lork Eirjuny I'osl conclude-a
line tribute to the late "I'arepa iloxa as fol
lows "P.eturning to London, -he settled
in her Jeasant home in M. John'- AVood .
while her husband managed an opera troupe
in the provineen. .-she wanted to -ing on the
stage but her health forbtvle. A few; week
ago she gave birth to a -tiH-horn child. It
was the -eeond time she bad lieen thus
attlieteJ. Her yearning for domestic joy-,
it seemed, was never to lie gratified, and the
holy offices of maternity were denied to one
who would have made a devoted mother.
Her grief at the loss of her first child seri
oasjy nndermined her health, and a rcrti
lion'ofber affliction hs probably proved too
much for even the strong, vigorous, genial
and anny-hearted woatan whom we all re
memlier Parepa llosa to have been To-ome
artists it is given to outlive their jiowers,
and to pall upon a world which once hung
JeKohted on their every note. To others it
U given to past, nway" in the plentitude of
genius ami tiower. Among these last
Parepa. Her matchless voice liad never
known the touch of decsey. and it will live
in our memories a- it was when it n
silenced forever, in the brightest meridian .
it-richest glory."
A Imebisiinc: Dot, Mom.- Ihe ir
giuia City (Nev.). Enterprise thus discourse
iw,.. n nf Itu ais-iiisiritance Mate
Printer Pntnam. who has lieen sojourning
this cite for a Taw days Tst, returned to
I'lironn l?it SnniUr noon. He was pTe-ent
ed a fine Newfoundland p. almut f.sir
months old, while here. For safekeeping
this juvenile of his mother was placed in the
r.nJerynsr press-room last Saturday night.
As Jie was now the property of a printer, he
felt it a duty be owed his mister to get some
insight into'the business at once. After in
specting the rnnning of a job press Tor some
time with much intere-t, he went up to it
and stuck his nose lietween a pair ol cog
l,.l. Tmi-4W lietween the wheels a
piece of skin off the end ofhis nosenb.-ut the
size ol a trade dollar, he retired to a corner
and sat down for a time to reflect upon Ins
lir-t lesson. After he had for some time
rowed ami licked his wound his attention
was attracted to the lssl of the power press,
which seemed to be shooting in and out in a
peculiar manner. Alter this lie starieu en
.,... 1 l.e u.;n It retreatinir from him
but na- allno-t instantk knocked down by
the- vvift returncf the lied. Here he thought
l. I.. ..1 C.in.l n f.ip unrthr of his steel. At
t. n.i tnntl. nni! nail, and was regular
ly kn ticked' down, as each paper was struck
V -.., ti.rn. lionrs He then sat
A'r, -,n,l ntclnvl the "thine" the rc-t of
the night, liobbing his head up and down as
the b sd. plate moved in and out, but cunJ of
lattli jg, with it. lieuigshut up in tne room
and left to hi- own devices till noon on Sun
day, he found an empty ink larrel on its
-;, .ml mule that his home Being black
as ink himself, the condition o!" his coat was
n4 discc vered until hLs master baa taken
him aba ird the train for Carson. It was
then fou nd that he was a full of ink as one
of the ink-hells u.-cd by printers in the early
days of printing, lieing an affectionate and
playful little cuss, the consternation which
Jiecreatisl alsxird that train can well lie
imagined At last it was found neevssary
lo wrapond tie him up in a lot of newpa
iiers.nnd thus the printer's dog rode away
with bis new master, a newspiper-carrier.
.SlVk(--rEABEV t.'oVIE.T.l.tIES. " i'l"1
host ol the garter" The landlady, of
Miir-e , .
"And thereby bangs a tale" -Larwinian
tJieorv
"The lunatic, the lover, and the poet
Properly classified.
-Tho',1 ba-t damnable iteration" 'I he fcl
I jva that tells old jokes.
I know a hark whereon the w il J thyme
blov.-s" The faro lank.
"Take, oh. take tho-e lips away ' "Some
verr pretty women will eat onions.
"I.t hatti au ancient anu itsji-iiKc suicu -Codfi.s
h ari-tis-racy and Creilit Mobilier.
"Is -he not passing fair?" Doubtless the
lady er gaged in passing the bat around at
church .siH-iable-
"IfU: lies lie but young and fair, they have
the gift t.i know it"" They arc, indeed, re
markably .consciou-.
"He dravrelh out the thread ofhis verho
ity finer than the staple ofhis argument"
Tiie"heavv" eilitor
"HovrtiM- doth breeda habit iaaiuan'
(iood though t here. C-ea man meanly.and
he'll ssm get the habit of kicking yon.
" A needy, hollow-eyed, sharp-looking
wretch" The v'ery picture of u imlern in
terview ing repot te'r. Truly we can never do
justice to the fori ight of the immortal lard.
"It is a familia r lieast to man, andsignifies
love" This n -fere to the love of drink,
and the lieast is t be imp that climbs M
pts and jumps all' over a soaktst who lias
pursued bis loveto sscess.
Old fi icnds are li. te old boots W e never
realize how perfectly they were fitted to us
.... 1 i f.l . An.l nll,.N finer nn.l
tin liiev arecasiasiu ,au
more stylish perhaps , Jiut cramping
pinching in every co met'.
are substituted.
Then we are often f .rcetl to hunt up tne
worn articles from the attiv where they have
lieen tiirown, and, for a little season at least,
re-t our weary feet by wearing them. With
r-;.u It Is the" suae - after trying in
vain tn fit ourselves to the peculiarities of
new ones, how often v re go bock with a s gh
,S relief to the dear pt orle whose very faults
may sotnetimea have I tea brought about by
serving us'
A rnickaian from Cork.
The followhie sketch of ratrioue Oreill
mrononnced Orelavl and familv. is from
Clement Warner's new book, "The dilded
C"
The lion l'atrique vireuie nun im.i
Prsnsl.min from Cork Not tliat he
was wealthy when he first came from Cork,
but just the reverse. When he firt landed
in New York with his wife he had only bait
ed at Castle Garden for a few minutes to re
ceive and exhibit pjpers showing that he liad
resided in this country for two years and
then he voted the nocratic ticket ami
went up town to hunt house. He found
one and then went to irk as an as-istant
to an architect and builder, carrying tlie nou
all day and studying politics in the evening.
Industry and economy soon enabled him to
start a low rum shop in a foul locality, and
this gave him political influence. In our
country it is always our first care to see that
our people have the opportunity of voting
lor their choice ol men represent aim lyiii-m
them wc do not permit our great officials to
appoint the little officials. Wc prefer to
tiave so tremendous a power a- mai ui
own hands. We hold it t:e sale-t to elect
our own judges and everylsidye'-e In our
cities the ward meetings" elect delegates to
the nominating conventions and Instruct
them whom to nominate The publicans
and their retaicers rule the ward meetings
(for everybody else hates tl.e worry ol poli
tic-and stays at home) ; the delegates from
the ward meetings orffiinize as a nominating
convention and make up a li-t of candidates
oiuwitentirtn oueting a democratic aim
another a republican li-t of incorruptible--.
and then the great meek public come forwanl
at the projs?r time and make i.nhanijiercil
choice and ble- heaven that they live in a
free land vv here no form of de-poti-m can
ever intrude
l'ltriclr O'liiler Ins his name then stood)
created friends and influence very fast, for
he was always on band at the police courts
to give -traw Uail lor lus customers or e-tais-li-h
an alibi for them in ca-e they had lieen
lieating anvliodv to death on his premises.
Conseipiently be presently lrame a political
leader. wa-clecleil l.i a " petty office under
the city government Hutofii meagre sal
ary he -non saved money enough to open
.iilie n -tvli-h linunrsaioou higher up town.
with a faro bank attached and plenty of i-np-
tal to cairv it on with. Ihi-gavelunl lame
aud great rc-pe.rtahility The .i-iti.m ol
alderman wa- forced upon him. and it was
ju-t the -sime as presenting him a gold mine.
He liad fine hor-es and carriage-., now , and
iosed up hi- whiskey null
I!r and by he liecame a large ..nitraetor
for city work, and was the ho-oni Iriend oi
the great and good Wm M. v ceil him-elt,
who bad stolen s20.O0ll.IHKI from the city
ami was a man so envied, -o honored, -o ador
ed, indeed, that when the shcrifl went to bis
office to arrest him a- a felon, that sherifl
blushed and apologized, ami one ol the illus
trated papers made a picture oi tne -ccne
and spoke of the matter in such a way a- to
show that the editor regretted tliat the of
fence of an arrest liad lieen otlere.l t.i so ex
alted a personage as Mr. tA ecd.
Mr. O'P.ilev furnished -hingle nail- M the
nev Court llou-eat three thousand dollar-a
keg. and eighteen gross of CO cent thermo
meters at fifteen hundred dollar- a dozen :
tlie controller and the laiard of audit pas-ed
the bill-, and a mayor, who was -imply igno
rant, not iriminal. -igned them When
they were paid, Mr O'P.ilev 's admirer- gave
him a silituire diamond pin of the -i7eof a
filbert, in imitation of the liberality of Mr
Weed'- friends, and then Mr. OTlilcv retir
ed from active -ervice and nmii-ed him-elf
th bin ing real e-ute at enormou- tigure-
and holding it in other people'- name- By
and by the papers came nut with the expo-
ure-anu caueu n i-nnit.is niiri iiiic-.--
whereupon the tieople ro-e a- one man.
and elected the two gentleman to their prop
er theatre ol action, the New lork legisla-
ure The new-jttper- ilamored. and the
court- proceeded t.i try tlie new legi-laTor-for
their small irregularitie-. ilur admira
ble iury -v-tem enabled the persecuted ex
official-to -ecu re a iury of nine gentlemen lrotn
a neighboring a-ylum and three graduates
from ing .sing, and presently they walked
tnrth with character- vindicated The legis
lature wa- called upon to -iew them forth
a thing whicn the legi-lature declined to
lo It was Iiteaskjngt.ildren to repudiate
their own father. It wa- a legi-lature id
the modern ttern
Ileing now wealthy and di-tingin-iieii .vir.
t Biley. -till bearing the legi-lative "Hon."
alia, hed ti hi- name (lor titles never die in
America, although we . take a republican
pride in piking tun at -uch triflest, -ailed
fur Europe with hi- l.imilv They travelled
all aliout, turning their no-e- up at every
thing, and not finding it a very difficult
thing to do either. Ii-au-c nature had ori
ginally given those feature-a ea-t in that di
rection . and finaliv they e-tabli-hed them
si Ive- n Pari-, that Paradi-e of Anierii-ans
of their sort l'hey -taid there two year
and learned to peak Faigli-h with a toreign
a.-cent nut that it hadn't alway- had a for
eign accent iwhich wa indeeil the ca-e) but
now the nature of it w a- clianged Finally
thev returned hume aud betame ultra f.i-h-
i-jnable- I'luy landed here a- the llmi.
Patriijue Oreille and tiaiiiv, and -.- are
knownunt thi- dav
A i'iii i. ii. Svivli P.iv - A c.irre-Kiiid
ent ..f the M.s ktoli (Cal.), .. give- the
follow ing a- a -lire t ure lor small-jiox I
herewith upjN-nd a receipt which ha- lieen
u-ed to uiv kn.iwhsle in hundreil- of rises.
It will prevent or cure the -mall-pox, even
though the pittings are filling. When Jen
ner di-eovered the cnw-pux in England the
world of -cience hurled an avalanche of fame
on hi- hea 1 . lint when the most scientific
school "f medicine in the word tliat of
Paris published thi- receipt a- a panacea
for -mall-pox , it passed unheeded . itisa
unfailing as late, and ciinipiers in every in--tam-e
It i- harmlc when taken by a well
per-.m. It will al-o care -carlet fever,
ilere is the receipt a-1 have u-ed it and
eureil many children of the -carlet lever,
here it i- a- I have u-cd it to cure the -m.vll-pox,
when learned pbv-iiian- -aid the pa
tient must die
"Sulphate ol .'inc. one frain . fox glove
(digitali-1, one grain half a teaspoonlulof
suear . nuv with two tiible--poonfuLs of
water
When the alsive ha been thoroughly
mixed, add four ounces of water. Take a
spoonful every hour. Either disea-e will
disappear in twelve hours lor a child,
smaller doses, according to age. If counties
would comjiel physicians tn u-e thi-, there
would be no need of iest bou-es. If you
value advice and experience, u-e this for
that terrible and dreaded scourge
An American, weary of British critieisai
of his national manners ur no manners, con
jugates the verb "to retaliate," in one of the
mamzines. He ha apparently an emliatass
ment of riches in the stone of stupidity,
awkwardness, barliarity aud rudene-s in our
English visitors for which stories, be af
firms, cultivated Americans do vouch. One
of these i- of an Engli-h gentleman who was
asked by his American ho-tc-s after dinner
if be would have milk and sugar in his cofl'ce :
to which he replied that he never took either
when his coflce was good and then tasting
it he instantly returned hi- cup lor the milk
and sugar. Another pleasant anecdote i- of
the lady who being asked out to dine, ta-ted
one of oar national dishes, and observed
across the table to her husband who had re
fused it "Try it . it's not so nasty." We
are told that tlie habit of tilling the chair is
not exclusively American, for a Briti-h gen
tleman who was exceedingly fond of that
performance, has been known after a former
dinner-party to indulge in it until he sud
denly went over liackvvards with more case
than" dignity. This critic likewise mentions
the fnld"relie!lion of Engli-h vi-itors ng-iin-t
the usual dinner costume of society. Among
their vagaries in this regard he brings up
cotton or flannel shirts and plush waistcoats,
and even declares that in some caes of even
in" entertainment the waistcoat has been
omitted altogether
QrtEN VicTomv and inn Americas Be
c.ci iio. During the reliellion, the late Dr.
Henry Holland was among the comparative
lr few di-tinsruisbed Englishmen, who not
only sympathized with the North, but who
rendered good services to our government.
But for the high sense he entertained of the
obligation- of professional reticence I should
bsre lone since beeu permitted to reveal a
conversation between the Queen and her
physician that would have occasioned grate
ful and enduting regard for her majesty in
thelipiirtsofall ratriotie Americans. On
nt least two occasions, when the danger of
1
liecominff involved in more than one war was
imminent, the inlerpvisition of the Queen of
England was timely, rnlignteneu, anu eneci
ive? One seal of confidence has lieen pro
videntially broken, and I hope, ere long, to
find myself at liliertv to make a full dis
closure of facts which will prove that while
the masses of the English people, including
the humbler as well as the higher classes,
.l.:l .-Til. mMKiiii fl.l. flillsn
yiupuiuica iiuu .wc -. - i
was from the beginning to its conclusion,
oar steadfast friend. Thurlow Weed
BURLLNOTOlSr. VT., FRIDAY MORNINGr. FEBRUARY 6.
A Tale fur tir Monlaaa Marines.
Sam Hobart related to us the followingfish
story, which he says is true in cvey mrticular,
as he is keen to testify. He says that having
heard a variety of opinions expressed as to
whether a frozen fish coald be resuscitated,
he determined to try the experiment to his
own sati-raction. 'With this object in view
he wrote to a friend in California to send
him a fine healthy fish in a frozen state.
Day before ye-terday his fish arrived, and,
much to his astonishment, he found it to lie
a sturgeon about six feet in length, neatly
se. red up in a lot of gunny sacks. Sa large
an heavy was it that he was obliged to en
gae an express w3gon to convey it to his
residence, near the upper end of Lnion street.
When he reached home his wife was out,
Bridget was out, and even his Chinese cook
was absent. Where to put the fish to prop
erly preserve it until he had leisure to begin
his experiments upon it he did not know.
At last, however, a bright idea occurred to
him. Ho had it orried into the bath room,
pulled the gunny sacks off it, and,
stretching it oat in the bath-tub, turned on
the cold water. When the tub was nearly
full he packed in aliout his dormant" whale "
a lot ot snow and ice, in order that it should
be kept as near the freezing-Iioint as possible.
This done.hecamo down town to attend to
business. As we don't can) to a-sume the
responsibility, we shall let him tell the re
mainder of the story
"That night a friend insi-Kslon my going
to the lodge with him, and forgetting all
about the fish, I sent a lure to inform my wife
that she need not sit up" lor me. Now of
cour-e she would sit up, but that was all
riMit us long is she knew where I had gone.
About ten o'clo.-k wife and llridget were
talking nuict'y or Foster, spiritinlism-and
the like, '"hen there began to lie heard
a tremendous thrashing and lian'ing ae
wherc in the house. The noise was finally
traced to the liath-rooni. Hearing tne
terrible -plurging and splashing within, the
terrified women grew white as ghosts ; and
when my vv ife sugge-ted that -ome one might
have gone in there and committed suicide
Bridget's teeth chattered audibly, and her
hands shook to such an extent that -he could
hardly hold the candle. The women low
shouted loudly for John, the Chinaman
John came Irom the kitchen. Isild as a lion,
but when be heard the horrible noise in the
liath-room turned very blue a!nt tlie gills.
Being onlered by niyw ife to open the door
of the room, John hesitated, and -ceing the
women drav leick said. 'What vnu call him
in the lath-room ?' Ju-t then there came a
tremendous thump un the tloor a whack
upon the door, which flew open, and out
came the huge stargeon bead first . 'Too-na
mucka hi lo-o'' cried John 'llnvvly Mother
preserve us'' shrieked Bridget 'lioil help
u-'' cried my wife, as the fish turned a
a summerset," throwing itself several feet
into the air A grand stampede fur the
front d mr now occurred. 1 had
reached the gate as the Chinaman Isiunded
out with a terrible 'Too-na mucka' ' after
the him women, and after them, head
first down the steps, the fish, every tin erect
and bis tail la-hiug the nir. At the next
plunge the frantic fish knocked me down,
tassedover me through the gate, and out
into Fnion street. I took after him. but
the steep cro- street standing almost at an
angle of forty-five degrees, and being covered
with ice, 1 could keep him in sight no further
than C -treet. He crossed (' street with
a great leap, passing some feet over the
heads of a sleigh load of ladie- The ladie--aw
the monster and at once -et up a i rv
that their driver had the jim-jains and,
in spite of all he could say for bina-elf and
hi- protestations that he had seen nothing,
made him turn almut and drive them home.
Bushing on I nexf heard a number of piercing
scream- from the lioys and girls coasting
along I'nion Mow E street, and knew that
the monster fish must have dashed through
among them like a streak of greased light
ning. Then, an instant after, came up a
-ucce-ion of uneathly yells froni the Mon
golian quarter of the town. 'Hi yah 1 r.xi
na mucka hi-lo-o-o ' -hieked fifty Cete-tial-'
throat- at once. As I gave up the cha-e
and turned about for home there began in
Chinatown the most tremendous fusillade of
firecrackers I ever Jheard , the whole town
seemed a-hlaze with lire and colured lantern-.
This morning I learned from a man who
came np from the Carson Valley taillnjr
mill tliat thefish passed there about half-past
eleven o'clock last night, at railroad speed,
lieing carried acro-s the snowy valley by the
impetus acquired in darting down theslippery
tmughtofSix Miles Canyon. The sturgeon
went into Carson Biver with a tremenAius
spla-h. and ere this is doubtless frightening
the small fry of Carson Lake half out of
their win. "After all this, never tell me
that a frozen fi-h cannot lie resuscitated "
Territorial F.nt t pni .
A Cvs log "HiiK-i-irrEs " .-wiue jeai-s
airo the passengers of a coach passing through
acountry town were alarmed by seeingahair- .
dresser, pale asa ghost, rash out ofhis shop j
with his sti-sors and a comb in hands, and
elamlier frantically tothe topol the vehicle
a- it pursued its journey, uttering the mo-t
piercing shriek- of de-ir. When he had
-omewhat recovered ins comp'frure. he gave
the following explanation of his conduct
He was, he said, engaged in cutting a cus
tomer's hair, and while thus employed be
came so ahsorlieil in conversation that he
forgot to control his operations, ami, too late,
found that he liad clipped the hair to such
an extent that he had produced a large laid
patch on the head of the unconscious victim
of his carelessness. Dreading the eonse
qaenccs when the fatal mistake should lie
discovered, he prolonged the sitting until the
coach made its appearance, and then success
fully effected bis c-cape, intending never
again to return to the scene of his profession
al disgrace. It is surpri-ing tliat liairdre-s-ers,
with all their chatter during the time
they are at work, do nut more frequently
commit similar errors, and they will,
no doubt Is? awakened to the serious
re-jion-ibirtties ol their position by
a -mall debt action which came
up licfore Sheriff-Suli-titiite Clark in
(ilasgovy la-t Thursday, involv iug a question
of no small importance to barliers generally.
A lady sued a hairdresser for 12 damages
for liaving, as she alleged, while dressing
her hair, shorn it too closely. As put by
the pursuer's' agent . the question for the
sheriff-substilue to decide is, if a Itirher is
instructed to cut off, say, two inches from
the length of a customer's hair, is he entitled
to cut four? The case has lieen adjourned tn
allow evidence -'to he led," and in the mean
time barliers will do well to lie cautious, for
if the Glasgow lady wins her ca-e, others
who feel the breezes blowing with uncomfor
table freshness about tlieir heads on letting
hairdrc-sers' shops will no doubt claim
compensation. 1'all Mall llttzettt
The Coviino Womvn is Exglaxd. I men
tioned the Misses Ashwurth of Bith, nieces
of John Bright, in a former letter. During
the last week Miss l.ilias Ashwurth was
nominated for the town council. The town
clerk set aside her name on the ground that,
as a woman, she could not lie a legal can
didate. This matter of the eligibility of wo
men to such no-itions is sure to he well dis-
cusssil in the papers. Miss Ashworth.nl-
t hnno i a ready exerting a large political
influence in the town, and having her lavor
sedulously sought hy candidates for Parlia
ment, would prouauiy uoi nave neen eiecieii,
but she is glad of an opportunity to start the
question of the admission of women into all
bodies whose legislation aflects women as
well as mm. Though considerably on the
youthful side of 30, and pos-es-ing so much
lieauty and grace as to make her tlie marked
figure in almo-t every drawing-room she en
ters, she already shows a goou ileal ol tne
political zeal and oratorical fire of her uncle,
Mr. Bright, and this, with her very large
property, which would give to her and her
sister a vote for seven members of Parlia
ment, if they were men, gives her a com
manding position that few women can have.
tenJin Ijitir.
A Paris journal tells the story ofa beggar
w ho presented himself regularly at a certain
coffee house with a clarinet under his arm.
"Will you allow me, gentlemen," said he in
an humble tone of voice, "to play a tune? I
am only an amateur.and If you prefer giving
me a few coppers 1 vv ill spare vou the annoy
ance of listening to me." Every one felt at
once for a few "tray coppers, and the musi
cian departed with a profound olieisancc.
This he repeated several evenings in succes
sion. At last, one evening, a young man
who had never failed to contribute to the
wants of the itinerant musician, a-kl him
in o frieniUr manner to civc them a tanc :
let it be good or lad, lie wanted to hear
. r. . . r , t 1 1 1 I
him. "liat 1 amairaiu, sir, i suau uisau
point yon." "Xever mind that give us a
tune '"' "But I am a very poor player, and
I liavea verv poor instrument." "Xo mat
ter for that 1 want to hear you." "Well,
eir, tince you insist upon it." said the poor
j i - ; j , c i -
i I carry this clarionet merely for the purpose
man, "I Will tell you iiiafc l uou b liiay ill an.
I ofthreatening people with my perlormancc,
Vermont stale Teachers' Association. Twenty.
fourth Annual Meeting.
Sr. Albans. Jan. '-".
tOEENOOV.
The Association met at Academy Hill,
he President, Juiah Dam, of Rutlind, in
the chair.
The convention proceeded to organiza by
the appointmont of the following commit
tees " On Business. J. S. Cillcy. Brandon. K.
G. Williams, Castleton. C." 0. Mead, Mid
dlebury. On Nominations. A. I'.. Leavenworth,
Xewhaven ; A. II. Savage, Northfield ; Ber.
H. T. Fuller, St. Johnsbury.
On Ecsolutions. J. S. Spaulding. Btrre;
C. S. Halsey, Buriington ; JI. (i. Williams,
Catleton.
The first discussion was o.i the subject of
" Modern School Work as related to the de
velopment of thought in the pupil." It
wa? opened by C. S. Hal-ey, of Burling
ton. ME. U.U--tV 3 REJ1AEKS.
In the development of new arts and scien
ces there is much to arou-e and stimulate
the pupil ; modern systems develop indc
pendeuceof thought. Thepupil has means
of knowledge independent of his teacher.
The qualification of the teacher is not sim
ply to have knowledge, but to have skill in
teachinir. He must be prepared for his
work. Less knowledge ami more skill in
teaching the better. The mo-t depends
upon whether the teacher can wake up the
mind of the scholar. The profession has
been degraded ny tho-e. who have not learn
ed how to teach. If modern school work
isadaptclto the development of thought,
why have there not been produced geniuses
like men of old? These arc not needed
now. There are men eminent in all the va
rious pursuits at the present time, but un
liko the special development of old, wo have
general iiitelliget.ee and diffusion of knowl
edge. It is more ueful that the whole com
muuit) should be generally educated than
that there should be a few preeminent for
their learning. The price of education is
time.of which our American peoplo arc too
parsimonious for tho be-t results. 'Ilia
duty of the teacher is to ce that the pupil
exerci-es his mind. Books are lictter than
oral teaching because the pupil luu-t do
the work. No method uf naching makes
the teacher. The teacher might also be
-aid to lie born. He mu-t have the spirit
of teaching, and with the modern uicthod
be will -how the be-t results.
ME. LEWES. WORTH'S REMARKS.
.Mr. Hal-ey was followed by Mr. Leaven
worth of New Haven, who agreed quite
fully with mo-t of the v iews presented by
theprevious -peaker. He thought, how
ever, that the school rtioiu was a good place
fur the training of the teacher, and -poke
of Mr. Halsey as a good example of -uch
training. ,The scholars in our common
schools are not taught to think. They go
over a great deal ol ground, but it is run
over, and the power of thought is actually
weakened by the method of instruction pur
sued. A gentleman had said that he thought
he received, as a boy, more mental disci
pline in contriving how to e-capc from
learning bis lesson-, than he ever did from
the lessons them-elves or the instruction
founded upou then. Pupil-should be given
time to think the teacher should not think
for him. It i- not the amount of work we
do in the school room, but the character of
it, that is mu-t important. Grammar the
study ot language should lie one of the
earliest studie-, while arithmetic should be
put off till a later period.
The di-cas-ion was continued by Messrs.
Farrar, of Brandon and Ppauldingof Barrc.
Edward C.mant, of Bandolph, addressed
the .Wn-iati m un " The School System of
Vermont " He -aid the people were at
tached to the di-tr.ct sy,.tein. aud the ques
tion is to improve the schools without dis
turbing this -y-tem. The people are not
yet ready for the Town system of schools.
The outlook fur our advauce seems to lie in
the direction of the Normal schools and in
thec-tabli-huient of Hi;!i -choolsor Central
schools in the town-.
VITERNOO.
The exern-es were opened by the discus
sion betwc n Prof. J. E Goodrich, of Bur
lington, and Prof Edward Conant.of Ban
dolph, sutijeet " One Normal School for
Vermont, or Fourteen."
Mr Goodrich argued that wo needed but
one Normal School , we have three. While
he had a hili appreciation of much of the
work done thus far, he vvasol tho opinion
also that we had lo-t some time in trying to
" make bricks without straw." Originally
but one Normal school was contemplated,
this was the design ot ex-Secretary Adams,
but the Irfgi-laturc inisteJ upon time
schools. These schools are now each in the
receipt of $1,300 State aid. The speaker
forcibly argued that he would have but one
-Normal sic-bool. as he would nave nut une
College -o generou-ly endowed as to afford
competent teachers, and to secure full in
struction m all the branches required.
Proi. ii.uslrich w a-follow cal by Profe or
C.ioant, .it Bandulph. who remarked that
the true purp-i-e of Normal teaching was
t.i teach -abject matter and to teach meth
ods It we have but om school wo can
teach only methods, and the number of pu
pils will be small. W c mu-t undo what has
lieen done already, and begin anew. One
school would not he adequate to the vvark
as it exi-t-.
The Bev. B ti 'ViUi.ims, ol Cits
tleton, thought one school not though.
Pup-is must lie taught acconling to their
age : and the failure of nine teachers out of
ten toappreciato this necessity mado it im
portant that the teaching of subject matter
hould lie followed by careful instruction in
the proper method of teaching. Bev. II.
T. Fuller, of St. Johnshurv, desired that
the Legislature might lie memorialized on
the sunject of endowing uitr school that
would be equal to satisfying Prof. Good
rich's idea of a complete and e'Heient Nor
mal S'hool.
Bev. B. (i. Williams, of Castleton, open
ed a di-cussion upon" Mutual Belations of
the School and the State."
eeuarks or mh. vim tys.
The State justly exercises the authority to
say that schools shall be maintained, bow
man)' and ol what character. It may de
cide what shall bo taught its future citizen.
The State ma justly prescribe what shall
be the qualifications ol teachers The State
may require her schools to be just what -he
plea-es to have them, and may impu-fl com
pulsory education upon her children tliat
they may be fitted to executa the duties
herealtcr to devolve upon them. Ma-sa-chusetts,
l'.ho-Je I-land and several other
States have adopted compulsory education.
He believed in a government of the people
by the people, but Wlieved the State to lie
larger than the school district. Thecau-e
of education snould not bo left to the mercy
of that halt a dozen men ut a -cnooi uis
trict who vote for the lewest possible weeks
of school and the cheapest tesehcr that can
Ih obtained.
P.EM IRKS ol UR. SAVACE.
A. B. Savage, of Sorthfifld. was the
noxt speaker.
This question of the mutual relation of
tbu school and the state is one destined to
occupy a very prominent position in our
legl-Iattvo councils. ineruaru looso mho
advocate that there should be no connee-
tionbetwecn school ard state, and it Ver
mont does not take caro of her public
schools they will bo destroyed. The State
has the right to say that licr people snail tie
educated. We flatter ourselves that the
people ol ermnnt nro a well educated peo
plo, and sj they arc in comparison with the
people of some other lands, but there are
17,000 people in this State, over ten years of
age, who can neither re-ad nor write. Our
legislature should tie educated men and a
common school education is not sufficient
lor those who mako the la-vs for a state.
There is a reinarkahlo connection be
tween ignorance and crime. A large Kir
tiuii of tho inmates of our prisons are illit
crate persons. It is cheaper t' build school
houses than prisons.
Our school teachers, many of them, arc
poorly qualified for the position they seek
to fill. 1'hey are no more fitted, hy their
mental acquisitions, to enter a school house
as teachers, than they are to fill tl.o chair of
a college professor.
The speaker believed in a compul-ory law,
and a more stringent one than the State
now has. There arc parents as widows
who are not able to compel their children
to attend school, and the strong arm of the
State should be employed. An uneducated
ballot is the winding sheet or liberty.
ADDRESS or SECRETARY FRENCH.
Scre'arv French rollowed in a ery in-
tnrp-tinir address. lie firt considered tho
nre-ent condition ot education in ermont
with refVreuce to Jtlic change durable to
wake. The w:hool population was 84,250 ;
Tc-b-tered in attendance. 82,000; registered
in academic-, etc.. 0.000. Thw was nn at-
tend.ince of 17 oat of au avrrat-fl enroH
n..nr.r'tti uprdUtrlct. 5 000 ternH t
schools were taught in the State the last
,,ear. One-third of tbe schools did not
1874:.
nrcrae more than eight pupiN. The school
year f hould be lengthened ; we suffer from
tbe constant change of teachers. The evil
ot unequal taxation and inadequate super
vision was discussed. Tho taxation varies
in localities from 0 to 435 per cent. The
demands of tho time are more regular at
tendance, a larger school year, and much
letter teachers. The State should regulate
private schooli and insist on competent
teachers. The town system of school su
pervision is inadequate. We need county
superintendents. The school tax should be
laid hy the State, and the host of small
schools f-hould be consolidated ; a course of
study should be prescribed hv legislative
action for our schools. Xfe should adopt
the town system, and the Legislature at its
next Mission ought to abolish onr District
system.
In conclusion Dr. French said we need
increased facilities for the education o
teachers, legislative authority for the night
schools ; we need intermediate supervision,
and a state tax, and then we shall have a
state y.tem of education second to that of
no other state.
t EM NO.
Miss Thomas, of Castleton, read a well
written essay on 4 The Relation of Elocu
tion to a complete Kducation.
UK. fuller's audress
Kev. II. T. Fuller, of St. Johnsbury. next
spoke upon the Morals of our Public
Schools." He thought there was need of a
1-etter and higher moral tone in our private
schools. Thechildren in the public scIh-oIs
mast and do come together. Ilere, then, is
not only association but assimilation. The
tendency of the teaching is to level down
ward. Profanity and many kinds of im
morality are too prevalent, and many pa
rents will not eml their children to the
public schools on account of the contami
nation to which they are there expo-cd.
The teacher makes his impress on the
plastic minds of his young pupils. They
tollow upon our heels in whatever paths we
choose to pursue. Tho teacher should be a
model for his pupils. His invariable kind
necs, courtesy and good temper should, and
will if exhibited, exert a present and a lut
ing influence on the pupils.
The doling ad dress ... leliteredhy Pres
ident I.uekhani Ween, entire the very
complete report of the St. Albans AJcrrttst r.
1'rlsiikt nrcKimt's address.
He bean his address bv savins that the
common thought of a comparatively primi
tive country, ot one that ncetleu ueveiop
ment, that wanted cultivation, was " the
U'e-'t," that in his own opinion, however,
Vermont socially, commerciallVt and intel
lectually had a wealth of undeveloped rc-
sourcesufficient to givegloriousand worthy
work for true teachers to devote theiu-elves
to in the future. Hoth the power and the
opportunity was at tbe earnest teacher's
hand. The Vermont character was a good
character, that is its leading constituents
were both substantial and strong, but it
was marred by many serious blemishes that
n.i! r. :a. ..:.!..
would di-annear onlv with a more widely
disseminated intellectual cultivation. The
Vcrmonter was in physique strong, and
hardy ; in mind not brilliant, nor of line or
quick intuitious, but sagacijUH, solid, and
igurous e!f-containeil. rather hard and
undcmontratie in manner, the antipodes
of thesurfaee emotional, in ".hurt, ju-t the
nature that i.mo?t ulTenive and disagreea
ble uncultured, and mot admirable when
by the attrition of all bles-ed educational
influences the diamond in the rough grows
into the polL-hed gem. The ernionti-r was
a curious bundle of contradictions He was
lull of strong conviction's and equally
strong prejudices, and his prejudices were
frequently mi violent that the line between
prejudice and conviction was a light a- that
between genius and insanity. He wasfirm
ly bent on getting an education because bis
nativesense -aid it would pay . at the -ame
time in his ,4w ild" state he hated and look
ed with sour suspicion on all the refinements
that wert inseparable from this very cduca
tion he-ought to utilize. He wasunamia
ble, rude inspcech,uncouth,ad even when
he successfully sought after scholarship he
never surrendered a single barbaric trait
w ithout a everc inw ard struggle, lleneath
his superficial coldness and strem ing coarse
haired cynicism he concealed a deep well of
strong feeling that once stirred into excite
ment was not easily quelled; the country
had no I-ctter fighters for its unity than
started up by one common i:npulee from
among your proverbially cold-blooded.non-poetic
Vermonter, and Chicago had no
more generous givers than this State, whose
rt-putatiun i rather for pnrsimony than for
liberality. And yet on the scatf dding of
this unlovely, primitive character, cxperi
eneehad shown that culture had built u.ble
edifice' of manhood, that out ot this unique
compound of superficial coldness and
latent glow, of outward uneouthne-s, and
fine enthusia-m in deep reserve, had been
wrought the highest and most beneficent
types of American humanity. This pecu
liarity of Vermont character that even in
its un loveliness leaned toward strength and
permanence made it excellent stock, wheth
er to gather good fruit of to graft upon,
lie.-ides the native Vermont character that
needed all that the teacher could lavish upon
it, there was thelri-h element in our popu
lation in prai-e and defence of which from
unfair detraction tho speaker sjntke with a
manful, independent fearlessness and truth
fulness that wo have come to rccognue as a
leading characteristic of his nature. Presi
dent liuckh im we believe is RngHh born,
but fie is the most radical of Americans in
his spirit of perfect civil justice and tolera
tion. Under hisownolwrnation, the "wild
IrUhman" was both a brighter and a more
politcand correct talking man than the
wild' Vermonter when captured on his
native hills innocent of education or expe
rience. The Irish scholar was quick and
aptatscloul, and his mingling with our
r.ti !!. riiuld adl. what the Vermonter
wanted so ladly, vcrsatilittf. The faults of
the Irish race he wasconlidont would disap
pear the longer they were removed in time
from the injurious effects of the degrading
tyranny ana universal ignorance mey
in .stupor under at home. We must not
forget to mention the President lluckham
in the cour.-e of his lecture with character
istic good sense rejected the snobbish theory
that Iteauty is a thingof rist.eratie lineage
entirely, boldly appealing to h'n audience
to know if they had not often seen, in a
rude Vermont village, young men whose
forms and faces would at lea-t equal tne
Kussiar Alexis thrit New York raved over,
and maidens whose full orfujd leauty fell
nothing short of the lovclitiesv of Alexan
dra lKI.irc whom Kagland kneeled, and
whose praises 'IVnnyson sung. For the
truth of the lir-t p:irt of this statement, he
would fearlessly appeal to any young wo
man in the audience, and any joung man
should he the itidye of the ret of it
The responsibility for the proper utiliza
tion of all this eccentricjet -plendid ma
terial was with the teacher of every -sort
in Vermont, in the press, in the pulpit, in
the chool. The.excellence of a schtol was
dependent on the intellectual and moral
energy of it" teacher ; and further the dif
fusion and degree of intellectual culture in
auy lommuuity maybe -afely guaged by
the amount ana quality oi tnai son in cul
ture represented by its teachers. Itugby
School mount Dr. Arnold, just as the tni
versity of Vermont meant James Marsh.
President liuckham vigorously and wittily
protested against the vile interpretation of
the word til urate" as meaning " to draw
out. He satirized that method of4 teach
ing" that seemed as it were to apply a
stomach puuid to a child, plung it to the
extent almost of evisceration of one who is
treated as a patient rather than n pupil,
educate meant to ' lead forth, believing
with Humboldt that education meant n fin
ished, not an cjhauriated man. And so in
conclusion the President in eloquent lan
guage reminded the teachers there was not
small school house in any bleak four
corners' in Vermont that the devotion of
any gifted woman or man that chanced to
be iw teacher might not be stimulating, in
siiirinf some now mute, inglorious
Agas.su, whoshould jet bless the universe
with the hndingo! the missing lint be
tween science aud revelation; and Agassis
ileemml it his hi-fbcst title to irlory to call
himself m his last testament ny tne simple
Pt et.ti,irehcnive name of teacher. Wi
have done no justice to President Buckham's
able and beautiful address. Many are able,
mnnvnre cntertainintr.some few instructive.
and President lluckham is all three. Hu
was the man for the hour, and ho spoke the
thought for the hour at a time when it is
severely needed, fur it is time the people
honored simple money makers and riches
less, and its worthy leacfiers of all profes
sions more. President Buckham is the best
loiblic sneaker for distinct impressive euun
ciation and unaffected ness of manner in
theStato,o faraswe know, a rare merit by
the way. May we never lose him from that
Vermont whose faults he sees no more clear
ly than her virtues, and for whose develop
ment he is certain to do so much if we only
oneu nur ears to his frank vet courteous
protest against the fanatical utilitarianism
i.r Urn time that is so patent as to make an
enthusiastic admirer of Vermont write the
Pre.dent. ' Tell ermont that wool ana
butter won't save her, unless she hecs to it
that her intellectual resources are nurtured
with most assiduous care : for when a peo
ple become purely commercial they are be
come Venice wuo got rapmiy ricuaau mew
rapidly went to thedevu.
yniDiV roRt.voo.v.
Uenry Clark, of Rutland, then addressed
NUMBER 52.
the Association upon The Duties of the
Citizen and the Teacher."
s. clark's adiress.
He came as a friend of education, though
not as a teacher. A member of the edito
rial fraternity, he was engaged to a kindred
pursuit. The press h an ally of the free
scnooi.
It is to the interest of the citucn that he
should assist the child to join one of the
grand armies of labor that of tho brain or
that of tbe muscle that he mav le kept
from the ranks of idlcnes and crime. The
safety of the State demands the education
of its pupils.
The annual sale of public lands amounts
to $LVKK),000, and out of this some provis
ion should be made for education. Vr
must be made upon ignorance. Our growth
is all on the side of the material, while the
intellectual languishes. In the adoption of
public schools, as a strong support ot the
state, we occupy a position too years m aa
vance of other countries.
The strictlv elementary branches of learn
ing should not be excluded from the higher
schools. The authority ot Edward Everett
wasouerea in support ot a rtiain, praciieai
and unostentatious education. It is nor
best to give the child a little of each of the
olocies at the expense of sound elementary
knowledge. They should be mado masters
..C . rt if .t Tl : r t
iii itiii r.u iiu-iii ianu:i;ro. uiv -imuui un
living teacher is the best text book.
The educational policy of our Mated
mands teachers of broad, deep and progres
sive views. He must be able to do his own
thinking, lie is called upon to think he
must Uo so it he vou la beep altcaa ur even
abrpAst of the people. Tor the people tlunc.
The American system of free sehoolsshould
le free from all priestcraft, but the authori
ty of the BiMc should lie maintained The
teacher should hae a practical interest and
faith in the work Iwforu him. The great
end of all teaching of to-day is to make the
individual ot the tut lire strong.
Hev. Franklin Tuxbury followed in an
admirable address upon " Tho Wonders of
Physical (ieitgraphy," which commanded
clo-e attention and frequent applause.
AlTEENOOV.
The following officers were elet-ted for the
ensuing year
President Edward Conant, Kandolph.
Vice-Presidents Ezra Brainard, Addi
on county; II. II. haw, Bennington coun
ty ; V. H. (ulbraith. Caledonia county ;
C. S. Halsey, Chittenden county ; C. E.
Benton, Essex county ; F. A. Kinnej-,
Franklin county ; (!eo. II. (late, Lamoille
county; W.S. Palmer, Orangecounty ; D.
M. Camp, Orleans county ; J. S. Cilley,
Butland county : .1. C. V. Cixe,Wash"mg
ton county . B. F. llingham, Windham
county; I. II. Cobb, Windsor county.
Secretary E. V. WeMgate, Mont
pelier. Treasurer H. S. Perrigo, Johnson.
Executive Committee II. T. Fuller, St.
Johnsburj-, B. (J. Williams, Canleton .
Louis Pollens, Burlington.
St. Johnsbury was hxed as the place for
holding the next sesion.
The cjnstitution wans-i amended that
hereafter an annual few of $1 be paid by
gerUlemen to retain their membership.
Mks Field, of Brandon, read an essay un
The Influence of Home on the School."
At thee!oe of the cs3y, th ' Ma-sichn-setts
State Teacher" wason motion, accept
ed as the or-ran of the As-SMiation for the
Coming year, and Prof. (loodrieh, of Il.ir
Hngton, appointed as editor of the Vermont
department.
Prof. Louis Poilens. of Burlinctoii. next
addressed the meeting on the subject of the
Claims of Modern Languages in Modern
Education.
raoi". pollens' mh-ress
e copy the .XUtertaf r's attract
The addre-s was a calm, weIlUige.ted ar
gument in lavor of iriving to the modern
languages of French and tlenr.an the place
now occupied o exclusively, in most ot our
schools and college, by theso-cnUcd clas
sics." Prof. Pollens is himself an accurate
classical scholar, and speaks from no mere
nrefudiee in faor of pet' tudie and
we fi-tened tj his address with a feelmi
sincere nieasnpo that ronvincin-r a plea
in favor of modern languages should come
from one who has studied and taught the
claries all Ins life. Prof. Pollens position
i simply this : Wbilea thorough knowledge
ot Latin ana lireeltougnioi course ro una a
place in the studies ot one who ean aiTord
to be a fife stuuent ol nil languages anu
literatures, there is no sensible bentfit ac
quired by the average pupil- of our s,'ho.fs
ana colleges m me juror "awniTni-; m n-x-r-
sics they gather in their oriel s;uaeni ex
perience. The Pmfessor carefully analyzed j
the commonplace, and, we arc sorry to siy,
too commonly accepted arguments offered
in proof of the importance and superiority
of this thin classical training of our school-,
and demonstrated that no reaon could be
offered In favor of this persistent preying
upon the pupU of Latin and fireek that
could not te more forcibly urged in favor ot
the more modern language. HLs view is
that the best way to master Knrjlhh fer
writing and speaking is to study ftiylish,
and insisted, we think justly .that thos who
wielded English best won their skill just in
this way. One thing is pretty certain
that is that great classiral scholars are qoitr
frequently the authors of elumy,awkwa. 1,
lifeless English, w hile those who have
wrought the most wonders with English
speech are those whoc only or chief classi
cal studies were English books and Enitlfc-h
men. The time has been when the study
the original classics was exceedingly useful
and important, but that time has long past,
and the study of modern languages gives
the student in mere discipline ot memoriz
ing, construing. &c, all that is claimed for
theancients" and gives him a va-t amount
of modern, new knowledge that he could not
win in any other way; we pa-s oerthe
practical claims of tierman and French as
a social and commercial speech ot groat
utility toany educated man in this country
The classics jjive no knowledge that is not
already an easily read open Uok through
absolutely accurate English translations ; a
schoUr who would keep up with the pro
gress of the best modern thought, whet'ier
art, philosophy, science, criticism, in short
all good literature -sorely needs to know
both tiermau ami rrench, lor much that is j
het in them is either neer translated, or
long delayed, or HorIy executed. The
practical difference between one who
knows" and one who doesn't" was illus
trated by the fact that all tiermany marched
on France arined with an almost universal
knowledge ot France, its topography and
its resources, amassed bv the widespread
knowledge of the French language, while
theaveragc Frenchman was as ignorant of
his enemy's situation and military capaci
ties as he was of the " Open Polar Sea,
and the result was modern LnoicUdtje rapid
ly conquered modern ignorance. The clas
sics of France and (iermany embraced a va
riety and perfection of literary merit that
suriased that orantiquity in being4worth
the most" in every respect for the average
mod irn student's purpose and his limited
career of training. It you would know
English from other languages the French
nod the German are far more interesting its
sourccsof inquiry than the classics. We
confess while always partial to the study of
the classics wo have for years felt with Prof.
Pollens that they ought togiveway to mod
ern languages in our schools and colleges.
The classics give no mental discipline that
the modern tongues do not give ; they cer
tainly give no knowledge that is not better
attainable in an easier way. There 1ms
much nonsense been written about the ex
ceptional, peculiar value of the classics to
the student, and much of it has passed into
general acceptation and reverent beliefjut
as Iwjs reading Homer are asked to believe,
sinrt do believe, that in euphony the Greek
surpassed all languages on the strength of
their teachers reciting mo poiupnwuooia
thatasscs" line, but by and by the boy finds
out that he has only to go to Byron for
En-lish lines that at least equal this in mcl
udyl Professor Pollens made out a very
strung case." wc think, and is evidently ii
progressive thinker on matters i.f rdmra-
tion
A resolution was then unanimously adopt
ed asking our Senators and Kepresentativ es
to urge upon Congress the wisaoin oi in
verting the process of tho sale of public
lands to the cause of wducation iu the va
rious States.
A resolution was also adopted in memo
nam of the lateF.C. Ilatbaway.the lament
ed principal of the People's Academy of
Morrisville. Mr. Hathaway was alluded to
by Mr. Savage as an efficient member of the
State Board of Education and of this
Association. Resolutions of thanks to the
people of St. Albans Tor their generoushos
pitalitrandforthe free ueot their hall
weroalso unanimously adopted. Alter some
pleasant remarks by the President, Mr.
Dana, who apologized for tho absence of an
expected formal address upon th very sen
nihle plea" that the severity of his profes
sional labors during the year had jett him
no leisure for preparation, the Association
adjourned.
If it were passible that Senator Sumner
nn.l err a. mere human intedhrencemiicht
question the propriety of his course in the
I senate in dalavioz the confirmation of Mr.
Wite.Hr(iri? Coumi.
The Prayer or Acatli.
BTJOUVO. wnmiiB.
In tli? ot Penekue,
Hinged alwmt hy ripphlre vu.
'now hJ brwso Mlt t4 e&ol,
M-t tho miner wltti his echo....
Orer'all! that not Id vain
WtH-ttl tho wnl wlud'a steady ttrsln.
Line of coast that low and tar
btretched It undulating bar.
Wln-4 aslant aton; tbe rim
Of the warm the stooped tojkim, Jt
RIe and Ule, and el; iter! or bar.
Fell tho beautlfcl white day.
Paid tbe master to tbe youth
We bare come In March of tratb
Trjlnj with entertain key
Uwr by disr of mystery s
We are reach. qj. throurb hSa Un
To the garment-hem of Cause,
lllm. the endless, nohenn.
Tbe TonauieaMe, the One.
Light of all oar lic'it the iSoarce.
Lilt of life, and Vrcs of furec,
A3 with fingers pf tbe blind
We are Tvln here to find
What tbe hieiolyihie3 cwnn
of the l'n?ocn iu tbe een.
What the Thought which under l.i?
.Nature's mafkln-r acddlsjatsd.
What la It thit hide beneath
CU'bt and hlctm and birth and d.ttli
By past forts unaTailln;.
Ouubt and error, bs and falllcr.
Of our weakness made aware.
cq the threshold f our task
Let a" Uxbl and cuUance ask
Let u i-nmo in m itnt i rarer'"
Then tbe Master in M place
I'tiwed bs bead a tittle ipaoe.
And the leaves by nrt a ra furred,
Lps ot ware and cry of bird
Leu tbe bttle-nn buU unbroken
Of that worrtlew prayer use pwkdD, m
While It? WLh,ru earth unsold,
RoMsMhriren interpreted.
Aj, in life Wi bura, we hvni
l'v th jip rit'i tiiirr ttar
Ilia lw vt'rn wtth'.n ui, ttua
Tb Atl-Fitber beartth u.
And 111 holy ear we pmln
With our n-tUy wurdj and vata.
Not for Him our violence
Storm I o j aa tbe atre if aere,
film the prtnul Untue, Ilia
Tbe eternal aUenre
Urea the careless heart was m, i,
And the douhtlu e mdi.
With a cetitur re rarest.
To tbe Master WwH-faeWve-l.
As thin lulita are ;'WiStl
Cy tbe L.lit they cawwdhlde.
All who sated upon him aw
Through its vail at under .
lluw his fie was stilt ualit
Hy tbe iM swett look OI it
Uupvtul. tr Jatf jl, fall f ctt"-T
And tbe love that sails mt for
Who tbu trrtt tar deelaio
Of that bit!, MBQtte'td prayer '
Lkd tbftba4t-efr bica mqj
Of th iuerltaule tWu,
of th eat ft earth so mi
Tbo CUtriHtv u ar
In the lap o; ! belter iQj sm3
llertb tbe isle .t Tenkeaitt ,
l:uvitc lori. uf thsxUaaiu
Coine bot ti bis ua3aiu
Where tbe ere that loll.
i u a vaster aea bi aid
DriiUb.,uQ.t uur lk and hail
Othr itps within its bbikiid
aftait tb laws of lile eiuad (
Other er fn.ra mek iml itiell
Head tlu world's o d ruldlr- ,
hut when bretaes iuht4il bluu,
H!w fruui suuit&er's hUi-si8cd L.M,
When tb air 'd s'd w.th vms
And her M the sun - itw sparrow sin j.
Many an e e with his stilt tie
Mtali tbe living "n displace,
Many an ear the Murdabtll seek
He altM rou.4 fi' ty speak.
And m Uttc rriuiitf
Snail be uuered i.'er at o'er
Ity ho warei iUjI kiss tbe hur,
li tbecurlti .iii.t.aent
iMwn tbeeoe4. estett.td Er
in all voices known te her
N'dtnreewn her wwrfblpj-er.
Half In tnuuipb, halt UaMtnf.
Thi thr r Wrftball tearfBltura.
r'nemtahlp taosw, unaovensl tberd.
AD1 ih.? witeat reverence learu
Ffitn Im Master's silent pryetr.
ttrins rt r.tsr ii.tii.
l ite Ifltmtis &at Journal whitest the fol
hiwini; Mieeeiion ol i.iul inishapa "A
yonn; man named Koliert HrrKa re-ident
of ilowlett. ba lieen the tictiui of one of
the most shocking euUiuitit we hate t ver
been called ujoa to chronicle. He was in
theemployot Mr. Smith, '.vho i- fewlin-;
cattle at that rftuit, nd was doin hU
regular viork at the time ot the acciden:.
and cmraKed on the tup of a tub attached to
the distillery in plunitij; slop. While
thu.s empl!vtd be ky "'itie meant fell into
the tub. which wa-. r.irtially filled with hot
slop, and was terribly -calded. His cries
brought to his aid tbe men wlci were at
work in the vicinity.aRd. sending for medi
cal aid at once, th prwe-JtsJ to remove
him to his Jtoaic. To do thi- they were
obliged to cross the railroad ir-ick, and in
do! ti ; so the entire party narrowly ovaped
bcin ran over by a pH-int train. Alter
IIrri-4 had leen removal hujie, and wuile
the doctor was drestn hi, burn-, the
patient, in his eicruei-itioir aony, moved
in sueh a way as to tip ovtr a lighted lamp
near the bed. ami the lire quickly communi
cated to tbe man's clothti. and the bed
din, and tiefjre sulklueu bad added to the
already j;re3t pain of the i-ior man addi
tional Uon, tK-cHstoned hy the flames
severely buruta hi- person. The victim of
tho double ento?tnphe lingered along for
some hours, until death released him from
bi dreadful iifTerin about miJnight. Tne
deceased -.layabout twent-one jearsofold
and unmarried."
Ilasil WiNjJ.tweipresiaentat Franklin,
Ky.who recently pruft-s-sed to have heen
rob)ed and dt-.ribed tn meaa- therobber
so accurately tht th-y were arrested, now
confes-H'-i that he fmt tbe mun-y into hU own
pocket at id then cut irui.-i with a knife
to produce hi! u:d tiiure hi mouth,
and knocked his head tt,nnst the corner uf
;t counter, a to apjenr tti victim of
-li.dt-nee fttn the ti.-itju.
(. A. pa.iidi:t. ui--ipa,tca lawyer of
nichtiiufid. Va., wa found dead lu tho
lirand iury r.m at the court ')u-9 in tht
city Ih bad ne tner, !..- habit wm.
to sitseptntt it Utri-uiici, .tnti h tl Iven murder
rd by some rs.n unknown. Hiskullwas
crushed hv ,i !bw trooi -onto heavy in
tnent. ThoHia t'M.t, ut LkulsviD-, Ky.. aged
twenty-eight, sbr-vd hi- wife?, aged
ch;htten. Ii.: times, indictitisr mortal
wwtimR lib imt':cr-iD i.i-.T,Mri;utledj;e.
attemptetl to intfriere, when Co.k ub:d
her in th lar!c, and ttwn cut his own
thro:tt.. .Mrs. Rutled.o iiiwt in a few
iuinutes, and C-k and hi- ift are in a
sinking condition. The tav.liinir was dce
with a pwket Lnife. ik it under in
dictment f-r setting tin- t. hit own hou-o,
and it u -tnnily suvpeeitrd that be -t Ere
toa lions, in whih s, vral iier.je- were
barneil t.i death Aintttntp . He allege-
that his wife hs hdait uutaiiMul to hita.
Forre-t. alia- Worth, fi-r tzn time cap
tain of ptdift in the town of Like View,
near Chic-ago, who recently shut an old
man. killing him in-Un.lv, ban Iett for
parts unkno'n. Aftr the murder it was
lua'je known that tlie victim u&s the bus
land of the Wuinan with whom the captain
has been livini; ilurin tht past two tars.
The eaptaia is further c!rarl with innu
merable crimes, n.in; of whwh hu denied.
'Ihe wife of the luurdtTtd nun has gone
uith him.
The roMt.rs wiut pluiitlt-red a p-isner
train netir Adair. Ia.,last summer, but have
c3ll operating in Mt-wmri and Kansaaever
since, recently cut end a storent Uroslcy,
Mo., near the Jlismri, Kansas and Texas
l!niIroud,aiid having Uund and blindf dded
tbe proprirtor. ribbrtl him. A etond,
third and fourtn m-in were trrated in the
same manin r. an.l another, who attempted
to e-siipf, w i si.t diMTQ. inn robers
tlunderet the -i,,. iettiuir in all $500 or
Nftkl w.-rth ol promTtv IramnlUtelv
afttr tin hibwsymrn lett the town, a
party ot Mty .- uiuro -tartei in pursuit.
Ilut ii; '-lead ut eatchiu the roblters, several
of them were eangnt. Thy were atterward
released, however, and aiiow to retain their
pocket-Ufcks, but were cautioned that they
would In held responsible for newspaper
reports.
Two brothers named Hopper, who tad a
quarrel, Christmns day, with two men
named Sdnimm Kilkwoud and William
Husoti at lirand 2jss Ltr.din, III., laid in
wait for t!tia uco niht recently, and, as
Ssilkwotid anl companion named Isham
pas-trd bt, tired (on Lliem. killtntf Isham
outright, mid dangerously wounding Silk
w,mk1. The desperadoes were arrested.
Dillon, the Svracu-e (X. Y). joath who
killed tViIhtm Vamplwll. the East Indian
planter ia Florida, the other day, has been
exonerated hy a coroner? jury, it having
proved to be entirely nn accident. Dillon,
who was much attached to Campbell, was
nearly crazed and betook hita -elf to the
wood-, w here he was found alter a Ion
search nearly starved.
Thomas A. Pike murdered his wife,
Maifjie, at their drinking den on Franklin
street, Portland, Me., nccntly. lie was
arrested next day with several witnesses
They bad lieen drunk and rainb!iii during
thoiii;h:, and Pike dragged her by the
hair I nm the bar to the sitting-room, fling
iti her on a lounge, where she was found
dead. Sho was nineteen years old.
PTr.Ts Geamed. The following patents
have m-cn i-sued to Vermonters
.Milk Cooler Cecil Graves, (leorge C
Pojve-s aud ChsrlesO. (jrave, Waterhury.
Th siphon-pics are to draw water from
the ImUuin ot the water pan, and the. sur
face pipostodraw it frjm the surface, lor
the purioe of facilitating the rapid with
drawal of water.
Umbrtlla Langdon Sawyer. Springfield.
The Tit" are iu section-, having sliding
joints. When the runner is pushed up the
ribs are spread and lengthened. When the
umbrella is cIo-ed tho ribs are lengthened
by lowering tho sliding tube on the stick.
Cement for slaterocfingHoraco Wheeler,
Curlington. Koofiug slates are attached,
without overlapping, by a cement com
posed of ground clay, ground plaster of
pari", ground slate, coal tar, and linseed
oil placed between the foundation and
the Hlatej. The joint between the edges of
the slates are also filled with the .same com
position. A Tammany official, haTing written to
Recorder Ilackett of Xew York, proponing
the nomination of officers for hit court, re
ceives a scathing reply. The Recorder "
Whatever may have been the political
sin of former leaders of Tammany. Hall,
they never increased them by even -e-ag-gestively
interfering with the independence
of the court in which I hare the honor to
be a Jadge."