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3V. ; " m - WRONG COKDEMN. J5Lli"...'.--va-.. t, 1 VOLUME I. ' H11''. -4-' 1875. NUMBER. 48. "2s, .9 F'--- r: ;; .. . .'.,7- t -1 ! 1 1 . . , i ' - . . . ; " ' " ; . i i ..I 1 1 . . i f 1 . j inrm 1 "FT M v, t: with dew Iak. .k, lookBHt ough tbe'cftSiSftudoffrf of the mofiiln'g, Villi! iiie tngel e.TM unon ir vmIm tui - Wblphtn fan fh0iri th b ' n The hlim tell each Uier, and the listening Valleys hoar j all our longing eyes are turned Up to thy bright pavilion j inane forth , T. And let thy holy feat visit oar clime. ,u t i Ceme o'er the eastern hills, and let our winds ' Kieu tliyjierfumed garments : let us tiu.t i k .Tfcy- mom nd evening breath ; scatter thy ' ' pearls' -,. - ".' O Upon oar lovesick land that jnourns for tkoe. Oh, deck her forilJththA fingers : Any son wanes on OTWT; fni put " ...Thy golden crown upon her langiuijhed Whose modest treBSfis wta Iiii n.f THE FOX THAI: Gead 4t WLpIwasa boy I lived in 'one bf " those" rustic neighborhoods ion tiie'out . skirts of the grwt.i' Maine woods." "V Foxes were ploiiA Viv about all those -. sunny pioneer ex JRgs birch-'partridgeff . breed by thousfjls, as also field-mice' : "jr and stjuirrels, making plenty of ' game for Eeynard. -'i f-'i g 1 c-; , - . Tuor worered foxe .,' cross-grays, . : and ." silver-grays ;'' even blacl? fpxeg were reported. These animals wore the : . poots of thg iarpiyardflijaajLe.havoiJl with the 'geeso, "i turkoyp, and chiek- ens. In the, f nljtt 'tho year, particular ly if tor 'tho frosts, the clearings wro . overrtln1 by thenvgight and morning. .Thoii- bharp, . cut-like barks used often' to rouse us. and of a dark evonino- m would hear" them -otit .in the fields, mousing" around tko istono heapi ; around 0 , im.tuMK rawuillL H1VU 11 grass nests inside the sjSe h'oap,' ITigJ laiarseu, w a lavonte trick of Reynard. At.tUp time of my styy, my friondrXqm JSdwtrdfi (tea years of- age) 1 ana 'jtoyUlf wcro-fh the turkey businesH, equal part ners.. Wo owned a flqck ff thil'ty-one ys. Intfse foostcd xargo unttt'ruut.tree in front of Tom's iloui5o in tho very top of it. and bv ,ifcly tlmy1 wnniloroa nViont the CdgeS ofi tho clearhiKS in quest of beech nuts, i Twlncii wer& very plenty that fall. J - -' liHl went walk till the.lat week itt.QC' loner, wiHin.on'tdiiDug tue oeneus one : mofuiug, a turkey was found to be'rrffss-" .ing; the thirty-ono had become thirty einoe nightrjill tho previous evening. It . was tha first oi'ie.we had lost. Wo proceeded to look for tracos. (Jui? '. suspicions were divided. Tom thought I ifa "thoTwombly boys," nefarious Sam- it particular; " I thought it might i he been an owl. But under the troo, ji.. it. 2 fa. Sf. I :- it . 1J fc isfuitly beeu og, we found fox-tiick -iw twojar three, ominous little wads of mvwwmi one longiau ieniiieraonit, .fl'hiuiCfltr wo concluded that tho turkev Had kccffiJlIUivilv fallen "down" out of the ti'Mdternul.hftd a fit, perhaps and that lltutf nrina nftm.t,.,! tl,., utfmi. .to?' TV)f iomn'imiinff f,t-r T, Mt 1 , ft ,1 a, i -"o - i " - mOHSH. to oM flirt -Pn.il ,4- ff M1 : .1 i 4 -.""ryiwitu, snK!U it 111 cuargo. . it was, Jyy)wergRrdqdg,oiieol I4oso uufortiuiate ti .. uui-prrFuuua wuicu no care on our iiart coukl have well foreseen, and a basualty ' : ' i . , .... k.-.BUcn ns tnrkey-raisors are unavoidably t Ijeirs to, and we bore onv h)ss with V i , rsujnatiou. We were gkd to remcm "I,f ilthat grJyn-A dul not ofton fall off This theory received 8(11111 a ' -. . - ... . '." . rcuecK wuen our hock counted only twenty-nine liio next moiuincr. ' There ,1wens ltiore fox tracks, and a irroat manv more -featliers under the tree. This put a new and altogether ugjy aspect on the .nuui'T. sto Higoiirn wan-iuoicd to flgiue tho outoomo of the turkey bnsi rnss at tm rate, togctiier witu or pro- t, si)tto profits, in the light of this new faet. It wai tlfaf that somethiiiK must iirftfone1, MX 9i Mi; tt6,-vt Ttria mrald swalow up tlio poultry linn, Itlirliilv or wroinrlv. wo attributed tlio . t - --o-y wf , ftiwchhjf oertaui " Bilver-gr.ftj fox thatJiad soverul times been soeu ill tho nsijr&borhood thst autumn. lt would take far too much space to roiato 4nfcdtHil Iho plan wo laid and ptU In execution to rakhthat fox dnr iugilw uoxt tad weeks.". I reeollrtct that W4Uittirctt trupa for iiim.to.na purjn.iuir aiiiUh!! WU, liow-owed a foxhouud to hunt Wm'with, but mew ly anortiulvd In running him i t his bnrrew in anohrbbor , ing ro!ky"1iillHid, whence we found It could g Crin him that night, ,..'. qhita 'OBaihlo o dislodgotti wily j Wo" t'Mik' Xhr fi l( Hh4 hftiiio.-atfd ' fUoCt SH WriR . J llKhtd a candle. It was the "silvsr- tf.s,M'(or,f-?) had vn V -,'' I f v7 nm rwiriu ;uwgiwo sitcf oiiup i -mm wa.iio.1 ins vm iirkeys.. . U1f,.,v, , , f r J-rtsos. This dilnuims of ours developed y Wi g.uii.pM " v ' V1. rt III !m Ihi 1 rtf." ha mM, when! thn trnrm fnttml aud whoa the houinl . provej of no avail, ho utill said; " I'll, hss hiinyet.UO J i , !"Bnl Lowf laiksl Tout said ha would show nit, lit, brought "a two bushel Vaiktt'aua Went out Into th wsua l la ttaeletane hej and beside uie oid logs ana stamps, there were uu7 Vl jitwBrwa moiM-nwULlLlillLJuiMl legV,and-.thatl tUey "uyiifl ary graaatts ittrg ftftftuftrt box-" These he gathered u. and filled ithe basket, . ".. . ThmilBftidlS.W.VJ triHmph&ntly; don t them BiilyiQMHnT?'' They did, ortaiuly ; iiii savored as strongly of foice as Tom's qOeniion of bad grammar;' '' x v..H';n.! v l4 And don't foxes -catch' mioeThdr mandod. Tom.-confidont.lr. bow tlat's " Well, look here, jthen, I'll show ye f id ho. Piny you's the fox ; anly 'vas iftgtfo autl(asj"oWtfg around Wnelds.' Go'offnW oftt!o by that stump." j. uu ui wuuuur uuu curiosity, .i- re tired to tho stump, - Tom,-meantime, tunned out the mass of nests, and with it conipletoly'cdvbred hhaMt . I ' Tbe' pilo qow resomoioa"an enormtma lnotise riest, or,ratndr 'a sriiall hny-coclc! ftet'fcj1 pooit I heard'd low,' high;keyecf, smieak ing noise, aocoWfaiii6d by a fllifrhl rus-i tie insicle thp .nest. Evidently there were mice ia it 'j and, feeling' my char acter dsfojt at' stake; I at onco trotted forward, then crept tip, and, as the' rus tling and squeaking continued, uiade a pounoe into the grassas I had hoard it said foxes did whou mousing. Instantly Wo apty Ijrbwil kaixfc titemi qdst clutched me with a most vengeful grip, As ft fox," I struggled treinondously. But Tom overcame me forthwith, choked me nearly black in' tho face, 'then, hi dumb show, "knocked ay head with a stone." ; "D'ye see, howl" he dom'aftded. :' - 'Builfx'W t2'you," I ob- 1 'Lot him bite." said Tom. " 1 regit Wm whwivtmc I et iUmm iva. KooTcsvou'riim.'- And'ho 'chnn -Brhttl 'tfee toremgh the;mouse:iietpti;thor." That night we sot oUrsolves to put the stratagem in operation. With1 the W niirfit m' u1'du,lk wo stdla. otiti it& ih,, figi .wt uio biouo neaps were, ana wuefOTro naa oftenest heard foxes bark. ' 'Jjefectine. a uouk in uo onge or aciumpOf raspberry Uriors.. which grew abooit a preut tiine stump1, 'Tonray, ffoh.' fltiff T evsrod4 him up completely with 'iho contents of the big basket, , Ho then practiced squeaking" and rustling Bevoral times to be sure that all was in gppd .trim,,. His squeaks wore perfect successes made by Bucking tho air' sharply betwixt his tacth Now be off," said Tom, " and don't como poking round, nor get in sight, till you hear me holler, Uim 1 went into tuo Darn AHtnlilutlinil tiivself at a Mwnk on the bacK side, wnicli looked out. upon tho field whore Tom was ambushed Tonj, wvjuwiiile, io aftyfw.ardj told m0 waited till it nad grown dark, men Kl'Kl" squeaking and ru itling at inter- V'"H to tkftW tlle "ttenUou of the fox when first ue siiouid come out into tno clearing, for foxe have ears so won , ... ilnrinllv aotite mmkj, lev nr klila ro a mouse fcquetjc t wejly rMnrfoy, t is siud. An hour passed." jX'TM must have, grown yrety IjjmXfJ Bcuieaking- It was a ; moonless ffv'uiirg, ttiougli Ht ufy dark. . I could See lobjnots at a liUJe dis taneo throueh tho crack, birt fcftiild not seolii fntW tno dnmff ftlgf raUtor dull, watching there ; and being amidst nice cozy straw, I presently went to ! nleep, quite unintentional!, It iiuist have slept si)in Wna, tTiOtuilL, It denied to mo bnt K vety fbw mhrtitos. Whal'wets! wM il SK)iso2-ftT Bhirr suppressed lrv. H took ip nonient to nndonttaifJ whero I was and why I ! wa.4ttar yidi'Lif Surillh and tubjrljel 14 frJi4yk!fAuc"Htirice asi4l f&, wandering wits, ami I rivdiod j out of tWiin wid ran towad fliiU'l As I rait, two or thred'dnll whacks came to my ear. - " (lot ymJfanTi" I ili-MitftTrrush- ng up, , Tom was Iiolding ana mwfvArik tiin of his hands with th other aivd shuuig, it vioV.JJuiM -lot j .worJ-jud left mo to poke amrnr and sflnn, on tuo limp worm caruavi of a largo fox that i jaj near. w . " y 2", 1 eXr lahned, after satisfy. I myself that the fox was d.i, . , , - 1 - Homo," ud Tom; and that was all I in cold wutfr and ! wenttoUX Noxt ruj.iig lmnil wai UiU-n through tlni ! md!jswt41eu.:nimiuiTa: Next rujHiifng hp wks in t. His . ft palm,'iitid lsdly swt4leu,inimasrali a dilp bito iu tba U hy paii of his right arm, jiud below tho o1IhW Sjevertil ininor wps in hin4i'ft leg aliovo tbn'kWi'snfl a rag. ginf ' grab "in thrtdiin TIjimi nlnttar ous bits, hownvtM-, wfo followed by n serious ill rfft'4 t j f Thswat daj, Ton told iu that tU WgbTS rtathe grass, that htliad tliey-had"rollod owSijdover in thwrnHs togettier. He owned to mn t.W. wlian fA. hit Mm .oiMilia rJ.in. lie lt hf tKJrt,4 wuld haVo given tip ttie -IfeM, but that the fnr Mi.;., the fox had then actually attacked him, "Upon that," said Tom, V I just deter mined to have it out with him." 'Coiisidoririff tlio fmt flint, n. tnr it i very active; shtap-Wtlug Animal, and that this was an unusually largft male, I have always thought Tom got off very well, ; I do not think that ho vor cared t make a fox-Imp" of himself again, how ever.' ; ' . We sold the fox skin in the village and received thirtoen dollars for it,, whereas a common red fox skin is worth no more tihati three dollars. ... llof, or by what wilos'that fox'got the I turkeys out cf the high butternut, is a eowfr-W that 'perMied , tfe h jm., , It would 'seem' that nmimt'eitlier' liave climl)pd the tree, or oke have practiced sorcery to make the turkey come down. r. t. Hm-n the Ola Letter. , The fact that xin' almost every case'the ends jc)f old letters are used in evidence, indueos an exchange to say: There is no higher (tpjMil owW-rfjjfc Vdiicb a confidential letter implies, llivifcugod word may Jiiojofjt forever, bivt the wriJ ten word remain,' 'lt.iia Jhalnios'' iin- (iuestioniilg love wliioh puts 'itself at the mercy of a correspondent, which writes wVt it wouldwdlxiBiyiJjiivltiikes its , chitneos c Advipe jmd trumi)cted to $e four . corners of the earth. " Does not ouch ' tender rauknoss ciemina evtn a !rw.imcaoMdtfaition npott the other side" ? ""A.'tilow tor flLkw-g is b: .1 enough, lngratitudo is the op- prottniim of our. nature. .But what blow can N.tottof to Hutrv9w9mantTiaif gnrded, and the Htinctuin sanctorum of her soul thrown wide open for the" curi ous to Btare'arii.nmfdwlill1Ull4wed treasure? Such l'a 4ntflnnV,1 t4 mockery of good faith is traeredv pure and simple when it poisons tho peaco of woman. , Did she vrito this loving sentence for the whole world to read 1 UitV wie Kiircad out all the tetidernoflaof hia; srml upon tho blisi tared page, that coarso jesters might traiiHlato it into thoir own foul dialects, and constnie it according to the un- cleanliness of their own besotted na tures? ' 'i Yes! it is certainly bett'r to burn let- tors 01 auoetion uiau to -noard them in this most uncertain jv-orld. Burn, if you would not have rlie deepest, secrtts of your soul made the sport of attorneys t Burn, if you would not have your frieud pained by even an occidental disclosure I of kinknesa ! Juru, if y(ni would have your coHtliest Hecrels coutinuo undi- vulgod ! Burn for your own sako and for thp.fti(Jj)f,UMy !,.,Oiye trembling hopes and eeutlo as. -muices, the first litucrmg proiniMe, ino iosi welcome as Bciveratiou, the golden and silver son- onces, ,the record of dreiims and of doubtfl, tho lines traced when all was be nighted -givo the sweet and bitter and the bitter-sweet, earnestness and play fulness, deep appeal and trivial jest all to the friendly tiro I the VlrU mhtm HiU. When tho IIouho got through- with tho Civil llighU Ml, tutys tMNew. York !, there was not very much left o: it. Tho ameufltiiwit offered hy Mr, Kel logg, of Connecticut, and accepted by a very largo' votn, Btriking out all that ro- lntodta BclwmlM.tixik frdi the bill its most important fi-nture.' 'By tho bill as it parsed the House' "all fx-rsons within tho jurisdietiuii at Uuited States are entitled ,t jtho oipial enjoyment " of the aeooiii'moilations, advantages, fnoili- ties, and privileges of inun, publio cAn Veyances on land or water, theaters and bther plnetis of publio amusement." Tim bill provides for its. own oiiforoompnt, nrst, uy means ti sinu iy jnrsnis nongmi agiunxt tsrons guilty 01 Uiw wrong for, damages to tho amount of flvo hundred' dollars fur acV bfTme; and second, by a criminal suit for a penalty of - from live- hundred - dollars to wie thiMHiiU tui (,k fori la printmjit front fhirtdiiys In A vearl RVh Ktidce.n ful employment of either one of tlmwi Wars the other, i , JuxUdietiou iuvasvs JHnhig under the act is ginu exeliuiively iu tlui Fodwral ouorts; rJ ml comml'i- sioners are remtrml to itiHtituto proocetb tag u'!l wJuJ vioUo tlio act, and district-attoniys are dirn-t-il to prm e intt f surlt proceeding under a petialty of from five htpidmd dollars to fl vo thoil sand dollars, or a forfeiture of flvo hun tired dollars to tho iwty ARgrieved. Tim fnurtU' Motion tif the bill iirohil.iU ox. .ieiifMi.r jtuy!4ilfy itqiMceniit .f and maktNmny WHf.irfhargiKl wiUi getting a jury vi.-Iuliiig lUdm ecllon liable to a fine of not mors tkaa five thuiuauduolkftH'i u, 1 fox had suddenl . KETH1BVTIOX AT LAST.'',, -v.-t -:-, - A irua Man" in thti Wf of italtforui jFottnd Mte the A.U . f tor thp . HVijWrfe .Wmrffr " tr Hut er Votintufx. i J. N. Mastenr of Wurtsboro, N: A" , baa received a letter from" a relative in San Francif co, Cal; , formerly a resident of Ulster conlity, N.': Y., giving the pai Hon iara of the killing of " a (leRpemlo in that State) : known as the " Wild Man of Colusa," who- proves1 to bo Joronliah Smith, tho pqrpetiatpr of what is kuown i" i - wnysiae-muruor, nt'ar ionww . wao, Ulster ntyJahiW M. Smith miu'doreil his .wife and child in tho road, near . hja," fidence, b(pourTding1 uimiouoniii witu a stouo. lie tnon flod, and a Itu-ge, toward, was .offorodfor hia capturo. At least twelve men Answer ing hiis doserlption wre arrested An, di-J lerein pori o tnq country out pone 01 ii(n proved to be He. HcS Was' tmbmf by defectives nsfnif as Utah,' and there all trace of him was lost," CT'i 3 About three pr "four years ago thoro, appeared in-the sago brush in Cohv coun ty, California, a strange human , being. He was dressed in the skins of "animals, and was alwnys armed. His hair and bentd were of extraordinary length. Ha haiintod small , settlements, and when ttote were no men aroumj luado raids on the houses, securing whatever ; plunder wiia to be had. : He) came to he ' tho tor I'Vor of the county, and narrowlv escaped with his life Several times when surprised by.meu who were hunting him. A few w&ks since he matte 0119 of, his vinit8. to a ou8e where the inmates' refused to comply with his demands, and the door was 'barred ocuMiHt hna,, He emptied tho conkmts of threo revolvers in the hotuo, seiiouslv wonndiucr a woman, ami then retreated to the swiunn. Thd next day a. party-went out to capture him and ticoeeded in doing bca - He was lodaod Theimrtieulnrs of this afifair were seeiv i , . . . i y by Mr,, Masten in a copy of the San Frnlvqisoo Chronicle. Tho "descriutiou from one of his hands, that ho wrote to his relative, inclosing a photograph of the murderer 'When .the letter was re ceived in San Francisco tho party to whom it was "addressed proceeded to Colo county, and found that tho wld man hod escaped from jail. He showed tho letter and. photograph to bo vera! inoi), who declared at tVo that thoro was a great reRemblauoa4)ctwewi tho picture and tho wild mnn. A smirch was at pneo iuHtitutod for tho escaped pris oubr.' Several men, among them Mr, Masten 8rnhn, foUoweri Liu foj ilnys turofif the' Miiket.', aud ilually Jaiao up with him, , He at onco showed fight, ami commenced firing at tho party.' Tho lire was returned, and thojnaii fell. . Mr, Jowusend tha fvemer Ulster , county man, went up to him and recognized hiin, and was recognized in return. Smith died in a few hours. - Ho had eluded justico for. nearly seven years, " l.mlu " atut ",tJentletnn.H A writer saysT "Eady 'nndit'chfrS wponding geutlomiui " may, ln oaiiHo of thii adjective force which adheres in them, appropriately bd!li4ed M'prl'di-eates.-pruvfdod. thsy istiiml ahjivi vAJut for the sumo rcamr-it is utterly iiinpjro priato to use them as predicates or iu uu? other form with aji adjeeo.attiu'hed. itio rule is not optional, inn mui Allien good seiiie and cultivated usago have combined to fix with iron HtrictueHs. Tli higliest broeding, wo know, tends always to approach tlio utmost simplicity V 1 1 1 in ninnner and in language and prefers such wholesome, downright terms as man, woman, girl, to any altuctel iubstitute. ;Bve)o M U niay.m'tiii, any violation of tho rule wo havo'hintod at e .ifils a aliofls o k HtmidisoB a tW f turn and iJeicVifc. vf , .Ut. VlUjrit., When ,U,llf)yjli1borutt1tithn Jitel tnblo deieribes a guoid opposite iw tt",''ver'y iutolligeiit gentleman or " a tharmiug ymiii my " h(vlMs ;iojiyriv it ij tyio is conlmon rtiOttghlHi mlals thun less worthy auif stuiahtn people; but ho roim'tnidl Jlmt.. 'Ih" UU of eiisilUn Kefttr aily toks UlVlse id such tlighfe mntlf r., ami tlio sjn ngaui4 stylo is apt to estate a pngnniee iir re gord to more essential things. ' All 6'snc. , Capt. Kehlen," of the United Hitr revetins stnmr f lullidin, sawyt signal of distress flying on the Duxbury Tier light Iumde, aritj, on nppneljiMg as trear as tlie lee would allow, .iun(d that tho inmhte had had no ctmimetiirslkm Willi tho outside wkl far forty-nbto dsys, tlintilxiir tml sud fal'f Wereenhailjjfc'd, and tluH tliey had iWn on an allows ! of halt a1 phit ef wator a lliir.' ' After twtt hours' vigorous entting thmnJi tW th Oalltttin's crew reached the light, aul fumuihsd ilief. iVjrfn lrp AMrM4 Uney, It will be remembered that a few ''wwiyitg6i""hfflfthMtii. CTpfea'"t. 'waa burned near Warfungton., - The govern ment alone had $5,750k000 iu it, and the private proporty amounted to nearly half s ranch, inoluding jewelry enough to fill seven safes, ; , ' Up iii one of the auuny, weVl-lighJed rooms of the United States Treasury de partment at Washington, four ladies from the Treasuror'8 office are at work on theso charred treasures, and their pro cess is one of the most interesting fea ture of the service. All the safes were j r. - mJ alrted from, Uie . cars to the Trea- "in j t.iiv.. 9 vuiuuuuwu nciv o, n i n la . . vii. those most expert at. such work. ' First the private Bafes were opened, and in theso welo found about $100,000 -worth of (diamonds, a hundred ; watches, old gold and Bilver coins, andalas ! for tho douree of true love a package of love letters and a tress of pretty brown hair,. ricking out tho valuables was oompara tiyely easy work, for though many of tlto stones had fallen from their settings it was ot hard to find them. The gold was blackened. , , The money iu tho government safes is so charred that at a breath it crumbles j and yet it is expected that four-fifths of it will be deciphered Each little shrivr elhjd piece is detiwhed -.witb-e thin knife and.hud on rough blotting paperv' There, the ladies exauiina it with magnifying glasses, and after deciphering as much as possible they paste itF face up, on a strip of thin paper; and bo, bit by bit, a whole kite is pioood out , It is suoh trying ex ercise for tho eyes that those engaged in it Can work only throe hours at a time and on bright days. The trust reposod in thorn is great, for the money is deliv ered directly to thorn, and remittances made on their reports, without furthor questioning. After the 'terrible fire qf October, 1871, Chhiago stmt two hun dred and three cases of burnt money, ag gregating, at owners' valuatiou, $101- 097.08. It came iu sheets, in bundles, iu tiny packages, rumpled and crushed as careless hands had ptuthed them into a was swatnod m wtton as careiuuy as if it were the most precious jewelry, and as the blaoBTbrittlo packages wore un rolled, it Boomed really impossible that anything could be made of such cinders. Yet out of that 8161,097.08, $12C,5,33 was redeemed and returned to the own ers or banks, Boston profltod by Chi' cago's experience, and packed lior burnt money so carefully th liearly all of it was redeemed. Eighty-three cases, eou tainiug $88,812.90, came from Ilor.tou, and $88,290.80 wore returned to hor, lif aido a number of policies, notes, bills and other 'valuable paperc. Tho mot skillful person on this committee is a lady who has had much experience in such work. ' Ouutdia deciphered $18!S, 000 out of $200,000 Unit had been iu the UoliTol a uuiued Blup lor three years,-4 and Adams Express Company, which was responsible-for the amount, gavohor $500 in acknowledgment of her, Bervioos. Another time sho and her ftSBooiates worked faithfully and, long over some bonds a crar.y cashier saw fit t& throw into the fire. Tho bunk asked for only filtWUJOO, but the ladies picked out $llh,000; whereupon tho directors, with reckless oxtravagauco, presented the committee with $20 about foul dollars apiooo ! . . Nvhoot farming. ' Dr. Horace V. Wakefield, principal of tho Musiachusetts State Primary Bchoo at Monson, in an addrena said that farm ing has paid well there under his care. tho net profits Inung about $2,800. II family consiHtod of 500 childrejv and he had -forty icows, mostly Ayrshire, to feed them, i They used Dearly all the milk at thff school, with three barrels of flour, flvo or six bushels of meal, and In their scaioh, a cart-load of cabbage, daily. It was a bad pallet tooll hay and nUutj CAUlr Ho found, seven years ago, when hi' took charge, . 1,800 gnllonl of milk frre produced, whioh has now JnereaHcd to aiyHM). He had'eaikavorej to getfca tliorough ire4 of;4yntlur oows, and would rather have tlrtD weigh 801 than 1,200 poQiiila. He dsteilod his method of feeing, recommeniUiig rjiixeil food of brtm and wator twice m iuy, hay, roots, etc., good veutuatlou, ftild warm barn. ' He cut his hsy fiomjuuo 10th t i Hi 15114 hwv.fitlng 220 toon. Hay at Monson mquirea iuore mukhig Uisnln Voftnont, being neat the at'a-sliore. The Hel ool Farm eompriso 2.14 acres, pf wMch oneliondrsd Were t4ure n f.trtr woodhuid, Fifteen ale dressed from, the watt r-cIoit and Uaiidrt. The soil is some IhBy inches dwp, lwWe ol black loam, eight yellow iuImoII, and thore ia liarl pan of blhq,BTael tliat will IH leeefc treuf'hO V low ind pl.int dep, the rooH g l U6wn to the LletUwiib . top uresititig ofryi sum, one hundred tMiuiids to the errl, he hud feittud ! imt profitable. ' The pastures now t arry, tiarly uoubls as biuoh feed as all ytafs Kgo, ' ' J ll'het Tkree H'eHten ftaM. The other day, in tha cars, I set be hind three women for . an hour or two. ITtey we 7 and they didn't mind my .presence. i "Did you hear about Sarah Lambl" -asked one. : " . ' ' ." . " Qoodness I No 1" answered the others. ;. . ;' '..;;.' "Well, Sitrah's got her pay, I tell you 1? continued the first. " You know she jwaa a whole year trying to catch that red-headed widower. Well, she finally married; and what do you think I They say that he swears at her-ao-tually uses oaths when things go wrong ; keepa lior from going to ehuroh i fa -set atrainst company, and won't let her, use above two eggs ih a Bweet-cake I" " Mon-ster-ous 1" exclaimed the oth ers. . There was a moment of silence, and then one of the trio Bpoke up: Did youknow that Mrs. Lanoey had a new empress-cloth dress J" "iXpu don't say 1" exclaimed the others. -, : , . ' . t " Yes, I do -I know it for a fact, for- Bhe wore it past our house tho ' other day. -That dress nover cost less than seven dollars the bare cloth and then there's ' Via making and trimmings . . . . thrown iu I : Just think of a woman in her circumstiuices going to such an ex pense 1 1iy, if ! hadn't seen it with my own eyes I couldn't believe it 1" " It's awfid 1" exclaimed the others. " And tjie worst of it is, she seems to hold her head bo high I" ooutinued the s first. "I've heard that her grandfather had to go to tho poor-house when ho broke hia leg, and yet she holds her head -nyi with the best of usP Of bourse, I don't want to bock-bite any one it isn't my nature to talk behind people's hooks but I will say that I shouldn't wonder if such extra vngiuico brought tliat fur. lily to want for bread before, spring comes I" ' . . .Nothingwas said for the next flvo minutes; and then one of .tho two ox claimed: . hat 1" ' ."Whatl Another f" "Yes, another; slie wore it to church last Sunday I Think of that a girl hav ing throe hata iu one year I " , ."Shameful!" they cried iu chorus. 'I don't know what the world is com ing to," continued tho first. " Vthen I , was a giriJnne hat had to last me seven years, while now a girl wants at least two a yearif not three.. I tell you, whou I sat in church last Sunday and saw Lizzio como shying in with that new hat (must have cost three dollars at tho least) I felt queer. Tho fate of the Bin- ful peoplo of Sodom and Gomorrah came to my mind iu a second; and I shouldu t havo boon surprised if Lizzie had been stricken thou right down 1" They pondorod over it for two or thrse minutes, and then one of them re plied: w So Mary Jane Doolittle is deal, is Bhol" . . . Yes, poor thing," was the reply " dead and bui led a week ago. Hannah was at the funeral, and she says that Doolittle never shed a tear never even blow hiB nose." -, "He didn't?"- No. he didn't. Haunah watched Lira all through, and she says he has a heart like a stone. If he should be arrested as hor mnrderer I shouldn't be the least bit surprised Poor woman I I met her only last August, and I could see that she was killing herself. I didn't ask her right out about it. bui I could under stand that Doolittle was a cold-hearted wretch. He dida't lutvo much to fcay, but just one remark he piade convinced me of. Lis oold-heartoduoss. He aatsd for oap to wash himself, and when alio Jiandod hliu a piece he looked at it, sneered like, and says he: "'Mary Jare, you musn t buy any more yaller soap i' " Did he say that!". f He certainly did. I'll go before any conrt in the land and swear to it 1" " I had to get off the train then, and missed further" con vernation.. ; U hrmt m f r4 fmt Animal: Oa an extensive farm in England the horses were fed alt through the year's plowing on boiled wheat and cut straw, as their sole feed. The farmer report that his horse were never stronger to labor or looked bettor. Auother former fed his store pigs with diseased potatoes, boiled and mashed, to which had been added equal parts of red wheat and tale barley, ground into meal. He reports j " Nerut do I remember to hae bed pigs get on better. , I have, also, thirty pork era Join'g well on the same food. They are not only growing, but fattening ripldly. It is proper just here to re mark, thai' wheat abounds jsu-ttcularly with gUtU'ti, or muscle-making matter. Ueooe it is eiotilkmt to restore streugth, and good fsr all working anlmala, fir Mil If' lifl 1 M1 it: -i: 4: 4 -I t C39-fc (i9ii;j a' t 1 1
The Weekly Ansonian (Polkton, N.C.)
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March 11, 1875, edition 1
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