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All Advertisements intciuled for the Pat -
riot must be marked on {li e mm-gin of j
the copy, the numbci of insertions <
desircii. otherwise they will be I
p u b l ish ed t ill ordered out |
and charged niLoi'din^l y.
Thirty-Second AnmiRS Report |
or thi; iMKKorous or the i
BARK STABLE COUNTY
MUTUAL !
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MM HPil
I'OI.iCIlIS. !
No. outstanding Auir. 1 , 1S> >1 , 3,.
"98 I
Issued since , " 022 j
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Disehsliced Miiee , 52:; ;
Present number oui-iandin;; , 3,497 !
nisKS. i
Amoun t at ri4 , t'2,'.iT5 ,.
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Taken sinee . Glii .T.VJ
3,r.s^,l 10 •
Disohar-ral siiiv , 45-1 ,942 •
Now at risk , i.( , l-'f.'i ,lT7
cas:: I'vmi.
Amount , Aumi-u !. l?' M , .VJ'J
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I'roniiunis c t::ki'ii siiu- i^ , >s,2 12,18
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Inte rest ref-.-i ve.! :ii:-i :ii\-im -.',I , .", 104 ,77
;41 , '
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Divid ends ;¦:-.;¦i , ~l ,r.J7 ,7. l >
Taxes ami Kxnuu-os , 1.1.V- 4S ,
Losses paiii , S:iii .i :i) j
i Pirsen t ami unit ol' Cash Fund , f-¦;."!.mj.'5,41 !
In vested as !
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j In United Si.iie^ liou-ls . i 12 ,000,00 ,
j In No tes , inriiid i:!^ im-.-.-e?t , 12 ,'J18.8S
' In Bank :\:><\ '
.v ailroad fc-t...;!;-. 9 ,aS0.0i)
I la Cas.li , ^04 ,53 s
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),003,41 c
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| The Cumj.:i::y I::-- - su--; ai:ied l« .-.:r losses dur- t
'. \nz the pa-r \v .u\ n.iiiie .v : , .
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Sept. 5, I Sf-i. 1iwi-liii vi' Hous e oi ' Tliai -li- ;
j er Tay lor. Yannouth.
_ _ ^200,00 C
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i Jan. 27. i--ii'-. Mr. -i iuiii '.-
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! Ma rch 4, l.-w . V
-.r.i vi Andrews ik-arsc. i \
! Banista ! le, 500,00 ; I
j 5^00,00 |
j In addition to the ahuve , the L'ompany owes |
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Step hen ILv-ve^ , o!' Ct!iii!. .iM . 812 , r
iama^e to
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his Jwelliiisi lio use '¦}' l'i; iiiiiin ^ ; not called for. i
Durin g tiio thirty-two years rhat thi-:Cnmpa- |C
j nv has been inroqiovated it has siisilined eighty- j j
I nin e Iosa-s, namel y : Finy-live or. dwcllinfr. i
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i houses , iurnilu ie , Imrn * and ntiiL -r hui'din;;s .
k-lassed witli dve llin .L:-.!ci;i:-?s. :\::i'iu!itin- to the '
i sum of SIS. (i7i! •-
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ch anics ' rhops . r- .
-ori-s , j ubiie !i:ills , school- f
houses and iii
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io ^eupici uwelii nu-iioti-es , £20,- (
ti34 ,72. Total amount in tlii.v y two years, , .
i 539
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1 Dari ng ten n'.o nth ? of the past year a uivi ¦ <
dend of
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vs , an-1 in J-i'ie and ,lu! y of 80 per i ;
cent., on th'.
-]. re.n]iunir ;of ail policies discharged , , ,
i has been pai d. T:." C.t-1: fund has increased !
I S5,062,ti8 duri iiir tile year , and a dividend of ¦
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t>7 per cent, coidil now he p;iid ; hu t it is not • !
; deemed pnulent to pay over 60 per cent. j (
- j Ko pffort lias been made by e;:ip li)\in ^ agen ts
|t
' ! or otherwi-e to increase the lm-iness of the ; '
' compa ny.
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.'¦; the annual reports siur.v a. stead y \
j and hea lth y in crea-e from year to year. j ;
' • Kr.fN'u Bacon , /
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' i David K. Ak ix , \ :
' Vai-kniixi ; D.j ane , j
Skxh Cuuwkli., [jj ircctorJ
Juna . I!. Hall, ,'
J oi ;n Doaxe , | :¦
V\' AI/n-.K. C.'liiH KOI, j '
Si:.ir.o>" Ai'v.
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r Yarmouth Port , Aiy. 1. 1S6."
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i [^"Letters for the Comj iany
to be
addressed
to Amos Otis , Secretary, Yarmouth Port, j
Mass. I
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bfrfeeutpirfs.
[V/r it ten for the 13:'.: ¦
'. -;a ble Patriot.]
Ofei l It S5 V}'.
Died ;,i Orieaiw , A]'r :! ti , 1^65 , Cai'T. En-
ia Co;.1;, ii .L7.
''l SO years :i:id 10 month- .
Thi.- veil ' rp .bio IV!: •:¦ in Israel who
osci! '..is earllii y carc.-i fil;ont aix months
nee , ik'serw-s more ;':-i'i -i p :i>siug no-
ct'. l i e ls culs m '-
¦
.' ¦i.'iam t'ro -;i the
en of in) one , for his lifj was a practi-
il exi .i-;;!itic5tion cf thu "n-ai t r u t h o!
ic \'r.'- :''.'.;. :< ¦¦ c!1uik::;i' '.I i>v our Suviour
nim ^.'.i:', th- ; ¦
ji l'tcd V.i\\ :\<\t\ a t'.o.st of
Dthers . who in all a^c>s i. 1' the workl . have
preui i": it thy checrini; (] ->c trine of tin.1 fi-
n al rtu . intHion of fili inaiskin:!. Capt.
L)ole «...-= i-.i\v of the lb;i:wbrs of the Uni-
ver saii -i Church in O.ij ms, and for up-
ward s ;,f thirty-two y-v.!;
-, so Ioii l' us his
health permitted , a cons ' a;it atlcndant up-
on t!:e ministraiion o!' ihc word. Thirty
year s ;.^o , it required n man of no ordi-
nary i ;-rvc 10 be a Univcrsalist , such be-
ini; th .¦ ubl.-.'.niv 1k;u. - J upon those who
bdii .'v ••,! in the jilori "':s doc'-vine of the
fi nal s -iv.-.tiii n of all v.-.m. But C;»pt.
Cole \.- is iqnal to th :i
' nicrgency. Iiav-
ing se:i!'c!icd the Scri p tures for himself,
and !•¦
.;¦, ing upon Piti 'ir; Providence for
aid , h'.- mind was h ap'.iii y fre ed from ths
wr etc: : .:;i dc^'.na of endless misery, and
the fil l :nv rondemna 'i' ---i of those who
did net subscribe to •> .¦ ¦ thirty-nine ar-
ticles; oi' i'aith and the Westminister A^-
sembl' 'f Catechism.
Sin n; the period referred to, what a
mi gh.y change; has brcn wroug ht in the
public niiiv.l, regarding reli gious instruc-
tion. Lib eral Christi anity, like an an-
gei of mercy, has spread its expanded
wings '. 'if oughout the k-ng th and breadth
of our beloved country, and r a i n y a
do wn.-.ist soul , by its lieav-n '
.y teachings ,
has b :-r.brought from the darkness of er-
ror ai.d superstition to God's marv ellous
light , ;ind to-day we are sitting under
our ov.t. vin e and fig-t ree , "with none to
mole= : or make us afraid. " The exam-
ple ci ('apt. Cole in the community where
he ri3-id::d, could not but exert a health y
influc nee on those who came in contact
with him. Having in fas earlier days
been •. n-aged in maritime pursuits, in the
capaci ty of master , his genial counte-
nance had a beneficial effect on those
who com posed his officers and men , and
he w:\s instrumenta l in quieting those
little disturbances which so frequentl y
occur on shipboard. Capt. Cole was
emphaticall y a peace man , in the script-
ural sense of that term, and his whole
life -.v;is a living commentary on that
beaut iful passage , Our Saviour 's celebra-
ted Sermon on the Mount , "Blessed are
the ]-. icemakers , for the y shall be called
the chi ldren of God." We cannot mourn
the loss of this aged servant of Christ ,for
he had iong outlived the allotted period
destined to our race, neither did he need
our ti'iirs. To those who tenaciously cling
to th:-' fanat ical idea , that U.niversaiism
will not sustain its believers in the sol-
emn hour of death, we refer with relig-
ious pride to the final hours of our
aged iriend who, like Simeon of old , had
already seen the salvation of his God.
To the aged consort of our venerable
friend , who still survives him , and to the
brothers and sisters, who have lost an af-
fectionate father , one in whom they had
centere d their best affections , we ten der
them the consolations of our most holy
religion , in the hour of their bereave-
ment.
To the church and society in Orleans,
of which the deceased was an honored
member , let the silent influence of his
example be an incentive to increased ex-
ertions on behalf of the great cause of Uni-
versa iism in this town. And when , like
him , we ?hall have cast off our earthly
panop ly, may we be able to exclaim with
Paul. "I am now read y to be offered , and
the time of my departure is at hand."
W. B. B.
[Written for the Barnstable Patriot.]
DeaiSt of Capt. Edward Barber.
Died in Orleans, Sept. 4th , after a lingering
illness, Capt. Edward BARnER .aged 66 years.
Capt. Earber was long a resident of
Orleans, and held the office of Postmas-
ter, during the administrations of Presi-
dents Pierce and Buchanan. He had
the credit , ju stly deserved , of being the
most accommodating Postmaster that
the town ever had, and will be remem-
bered with gratitude by those who had
dealings with him in his official capacity.
He was an ardent politician of the Jeffer-
sonian school , and exerted a great influ-
ence at the State and town election. He
also held the office of Selectman for sev-
eral } ears with signal ability. Having
discharged the duties of life acceptably,
he has gone , we trust , to that rest where
the cures and perplexities of this mun-
dane sphere will no more be known.—
Bequlscat in peace. W. B. B.
ES^The iron works at the Poles in
Wareham are being rebuilt. Work has
been for the most part suspended since
they were destroyed by fire.
(Lffrrcspcnlicncr .
EiPTIie most ridiculous libel case ev-
er prosecuted was that of a man on Nan-
tucket, who sued the publishers of the
Mirror , they having, in a report of the
doings of the Superior Court two years
ago/by a typographical error stated the
date of his first suit in court wrong ly.—
Jud ge Morton , in the Superior Court last
week , considered the libel suit so puerile
that he instructed the j ury to bring in a
verdict for the defendants , wit hout givin g
their lawyers time to offer a plea.
fd^ Two men who ran away to Cana-
da to avoid the draft have been tried by
Court Martial at Detroit , found guilty of
"desertion ," and sentenced to con fi ne-
ment at hard labor for three months , to
be dishonorabl y discharged , to be forev-
er deprived of cit :zenshi p, and the sen-
tence to be published in at least two pa-
pers printed nearest their homes. These
sentences have been approved , and the
State Prison &t Columbus , Ohio , desi g-
nated as the place of confinement.
E5F
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A mammoth cheese, wei ghing 4,-
000 pounds , which had been exhibited »t
several agricultural fairs in New Y<>rk
and Canada , was recentl y ok its way to
Montreal , on ;<- platform csr, when the
train run off the track. The bi g cheese
rolled down an embankment , and was
: fractured into fragments at the bottom.
, The owner , great ly enraged , demanded
81500 from the railway company, :-md
his claim was settled.
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Tbe Ti'u.-viile Htrald says an ex-
pei ir-nccd Colorado minor hr.s discovered
in a sour of the Alle ghany mountains ,
about 40 miles cast of that place , an ex-
U-n.« ive lode wf gold bearing quartz , spec-
imens of which have been sent to New
York for anal ysis , and are said to con-
tain , for surface specimens , a fair percent-
age ot gold. Svime excitement has al-
ready been produced bv the discovery.
l3PThe Stratford (Canada) Hcncnii
says that dozens of buyers are in the
country, buy ing all the pork they can lay
their hards on ut 7 and 8 cen 's per pound ,
liv e wei ght , at th? farmers' doors , and
manv are pac ing the cash nox , so ai to
secure t he iiurk in the winter.
E^'jplhe \\ ashmgton correspondent of
the Philadel phia Ledger says that from
the nature of the intelli gence just tn
hand , there is reason to believe that the
days of the Shenandoah are numbered ,
and that tha news of her capture may be
looked for at any moment .
jr ^A man and his wife and two chil-
dren , trave lling throug h Cincinnati in
destitute circumstances , were turned out
of the depot late at night , and soug ht
refuge from a rain storm under a frei ght
car. The tra ;n was moved while they
were sleeping, and the father and moth-
er were fata lly injured. The children es-
caped uninjured.
ISF Mrs. Ann Lozier, a lad y who suf-
fered the loss of a leg by reasons of in-
juries received throug h the carelessness
of a driver while getting into one of the
Knickerbocker stages in Broadway, New
York , got a verdict of four thousand dol-
lars against the company on Friday in
act ion in the Supreme Court.
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^ Five Fenians have been commit-
ted for trial for high .^reason , at Dublin .
They denied , on their examination , t hat
an indiscriminate slaughter of the higher
classes was ever meditated . Arrests con-
tinue in various parts of Ireland.
EP^The republicans retain their as-
cendency in Pennsylvania , Ohio, Indiana
and Iowa. The Democracy have made
large gains, however, not less than 100,-
000 in the whole, as compared with last
year.
'' "^ The National Council at Boston
have unanimously recommended that "a
special fund of $200,000 be raised by
the American Congregational Union , to
aid in the building of churches in the
South , and calls for a simultaneous col-
lection for this on the 17th day of De-
cember next."
dPThe counsel for the executor of the
will of the late Sylvia Ann Howlaud have
notified the counsel for the heir-at-law
that a trial of the case is expected at the
November term of the S. J. court in New
Bedford.
Ejp'Josh Billings says of the servants
at Long Branch : "Most of 'em ar black
but many ov 'em have lived so long
among the whites that tha begin to adopt
our kullur."
BPThere are seTeral cases of ship fe-
ver in Newport , two or three of which
have already resulted fatally.
GsF*The Boston Lancers arrived in
Chicago on Friday morning week, and
were received by the Ellsworth Zouaves.
ld^"Cholera has appeared in South-
ampton, England.
J-ktttprs' Department
Look Well after the Farm Stock.
As the winter wanes, the farm stock
requires our attention. If they have been
well looked after thus far, they are in
good condition, of course. In the cold-
est weather the coarse fodder can be
most economicall y fed out , and the stock
will readil y eat what , in soft weathe-,
they would rej ect or but barel y t n -f . —
We believe in stable or shed /ceding,
but on most farms there is always a cer-
tain amount of roug h fodder that is ijuito
as well to be fed outside in the open
yards or in the fields ; and it should be
done where the ground is nil her frozen
or covered with snow. Caule may t e
driviJTi out. and fed in fields : e'ack. in
some cases to advantage , but not expos-
ed to driving winds , or heavy storms. In
such times they should always be shel-
tered if possible.
Milch cows should now be looked af-
ter and kept warm and comfortable at
ni ght with plenty of sweet lmy and warm
bedding. Calves , lambs, and colts , .should
be we'l shelte red , watched in their food.
to see that e:ich gets its proper th^re and
rations. If you have a weakl y one. or an
underling that the rest ure running over ,
look to it. and ;-eparate it iVom the oth-
ers that it vr.;iy i:ot get pocr and weak and
lose its hide before Spri ng. A few loots
nicel y cut u;.\ s little cits o( rr.r al will
revive a pinincr thing \vond ;;riu!l\. 'Mur-
rain ' ski n- are not half so <= :i11u!j!¦_* at the
tanner s r=s tno.se from hcnNi y. :.;'< ed an-
imals , and tin- carcasses :-::e r.ood for
nothing but crow 's or dog s uh l-.I ; eio w?
and d 'g 's can lie fed ehi- rtii.T , if they
'mti .
-t live :'— thouoli'we sec no necessity
for that ," :is Samuel Johnson , i.. I, D..
told the thief who stole hi* hrrrlis g* . and
answered , as nn apology. th:it I"- Mnnst
live' There is an rdug ; t ¦
= nr j uns ,
'Well summered is half v, ir-Ur ' d, ' r.ml
'Well wintered is hal f Mimnv vo.! ." It
is a ni.-e satin g which \
\-: <1< vuut 'y bc-
lie vj . and if more farmers pru-'Ni- .l up-
on it ihcrf: would be a gr^d d:•:. "! mure
wealth in tiie farming world !).a:i now
ISotv Abou l the ?2:j;; 3-> :
Air they in comp h to <>i\!"r for the
winter : If not , no w is tin- liir.i " U> put
them so. For hrrses :t:id ea 'tl ¦to thrive
in tl esh , or for cows to\ii!.l u> '.-i sup-
plu s of milk in winter , they mu-t. be kcp f.
warm. In order to do thi * . tii •¦v n>ed to
bo s-rr-
'itcivtl , or if poor ly s:i.-L< r d , th'-y
mu st have a wastefu l n ip ' -i a h u'.id.incu of
food. The barn-yard , w heii - durin g
pleas-ant days the stock will spend much
time during the winter , ou^ i.t u< be pro-
te cted on the north and we-t sid^s by
the bams or sheds , or by f'/nct-s hiii h and
ti ght. There ought to be norr.< ; shedy
that stock can run under wh "nnor they
choose , and they should be su iarge that
all can find room. A got d Miji p ly of
st raw or other Utter will not o:/l y kee p
the cattle dry and warm , but will absorb
mp .nurts which would otherwise go to
waste. Anil , while pleading for warm
and cosy winter quarters, we must also
put in a plea for good air wit in -them.
The stalls should be cleaned out twice a
day, and at evening the floors strewn
with sawdust , bark , or some oih r ab-
sorbent bedding, and then if the barns
are reasonabl y tight , some provision
should be made for ventilation ; at least
let there be a Bmall opening or lwo,some-
where not very remote from the stalls ,
to let in pure air , and also a ventilator
for the escape of the foul air which rises
from the cattle. With ail our care ,there
will be more or less bad air in a stable ,
arising from the breaths of animals , from
the secretions of their skins , as well as
from their excrements , liquid and solid.
Many barns are so ill-kept , that it is al-
ways disagreeable to enter them. On
first opening the door in the morning, the
pungent odor is often almost strong
enough to strike a man prostrate. And
are we to suppose it does horses and cat-
tle no barm to breathe such pestilential
vapors ? Their-very frequent coughs, sore
eyes, and various othtr diseases show
plainly enough that they suffer sadl y.
HISTORY OF BARNSTABLE
BY A ltlOS O T I S
IV u m ber C X CI X .
The Indians.
At the division of the to«n in 1717
into two parishes, the Skun-ka mug
(Phinney 's mill stream) was made a part
of the boundary line. It now separates
We-qua-quet f rom Skon ko-net (town
records.) Skun-ka-mag (M-l!en ,) or
Chun-ko-net (Cotton .) These 1 consider
to be onl y different spellings of thp same
na me, all derived from Chun-koo , the
oyster, oh kee, land, and tte terminal ,
which means place. The exact deffini-
tion of the name is "an oyster bed."—
The terminal qualified the meaning. In-
8tet.d of meaning the oyeter bed itself, it
implied a village or place near to the oys-
ter beds.
Skun-ko-net, or rather Cot-che-set, is
bounded on the south by the Vineyard
Sound, callrd by our ancestors the south
|sea, southwest by, inciuning Great and
Little Oyster Island, by Oyster Bay, in-
let or river, and northwesterl y by Mis-
|tic. The early settlements made by the
English were at Sip- nes set and Kok-a-
cko-ise in the south. In the north part
j few settlements have been made to this
day, and excepting in the immediate vi-
J cinity of the mill privileges it is covered
by an unbroken forest, and still retains
the old name.
We-qua-quet. Several Indian names
of Oyster Island hare been git en, appar-
ently different ; but on being analized
and examined are found to be essential-
ly the aame. We qua-quet is a different
na»e. In this the change »f a few let-
ter- makes a radical change in its mean-
ing. The town records and the local
pronunci ation is Che qua-quet * with
some unimportant variations not affect^
ing :h:> meaning. Bourne , Gookin , Cot-
!"i; , end the colony recoids change the
f i r ' -y il.blii to We, making another
wr.-.i :i! the name. The second syllable
is ipiit!! uniforml y written qua , though
siiir.et im.vs koh. The last sy llable is
winter ; in almost every conceivable form.
ii u\ (pet , queue , quot , hut , hunt , &c.
Aiter much time spent in the exami-
¦'.;; 'i :i , my conclusion is that We-
qua-
:<[ •¦'¦¦
¦'.>u ''.d be so understood ; but in
m tv - if its rr.any other meanings ; that
;s _/'< ¦
,;¦or ] 4casn/i f . Au-qut has already
bii 'ii full y exp lained in a note. It means
;i cove , not so large and deep as to bo
called :x bay or a harbor , yet navigable
f r C!!io- 's ;ind small vessels. We
-qua-
•]>¦ •' in Eng lish would therefore be pleas-
ui 'f f .ii b'jr or pleasant cove.
!
'
> •; adding tin* common terminal et or
¦
•> :.r. /•, \w have the name of the pb.eeor
vi'.:. .'i' , 1!V-i/ un-i^'.- It , which literall y
tv . n- ..-.;.-d would bv Pleasant Harbor or
vi' i. - 1:- - ov Pleasantviile.
i i. -' n- is poetry in the name. Theln-
il. :-:i •' :¦! not erect his wi gwam on the
S' .. ¦
-' 'ire , bu! or. the margin of the chrys-
!; ! '-V. .'.'¦!¦.- of its nonds. i:nd on the banks
of ih• ¦ ciear brooks that , lull into the We-
'/.'.'¦: '/
¦
¦¦
', the no me is sometimes written
IT- /.
¦
• ¦i-ij iiH. Here we have an addi-
li .:¦ .1 «or d, koh , a contraction of oh-ke,
h'. :h , it has then-fore been
;n ;:!;c. -'i d. To tee-quash, or we-quashing,
i- t't <-]) hi' fi^ h by the li ght ot a torch
[¦ I c d in the bows of a canoe. It is a
g- o i .-port on i. calm evening. The fish
:iri attracted by the li ght , and fall an easy
pr.-y to the sportsman. Along the sandy
lie .(•! es and in the clear waters of the
ll ' r -ij ini qut , the red man's torch often
>|.r i.a its flickering light over the sur-
fi:(- i , ami (he white man , spear in hand ,
i ft; n i ngages in the same sport. If tha
riiiim- i-» hence derived , its equivalent in
Engli sh will be Torch Light Cove.
Th' 1 Indnns called the swan We-quash
b 'C i '>e it sits so lig htly and gracjull y
on ihe water. Like the Torch Light
.Sji< .: :-man , it suddenl y darts down upon
its uiisuspecting prey. l( this bird gave
it> fognomen to the harbor , we have for
i!> name Swan 's Cove.
i have thus rapidl y passed in review
the radical words from which We-qua-
i
yi.i-1 r.-ifiy be derived. M y own prefer-
ence is clearl y indicated. I may bo
w rong—and , if so, it will not be the first
time. The name affords a practical il-
lustration of the difficulties that environ
tii" stude nt of the amilogies of an un-
wriitcn lan guage. A misplaced U-tter
changes the meaning of a radical word,
and tl.us the inquirer is misled. Words
phonetica lly the same have a widel y differ-
ent mean ing, when differentl y accented,
or when accompanied by a different ges-
ture . Cotton and Williams ' vocabular-
ies are valuable aids ; but they are col-
h ctions of compounds and of phrases,
not of the primary words of the Ian-
gunge. Kasles dictionary of the Cana-
dian dialects gives the radical words, and
exhibits many of their combinations ; but
thoug h printed in a splendid quarto, it is
locked up in old Provincial French which
the student has first to learn , and the
work is therefore of little value to the
general reader. Schoolcraft's five splen-
did folios , elaborately illustrated , is the
best wor k extant on the history, the lan-
guage and customs of the Indian tribes ;
but it is too expensive a book ever to
become popular.
It may be asked , "of what use ?" Of
what use is the study of the Latin , the
Greek , the Hebrew , the Chaldee or the
Ai.gl n Saxon ?—the value consists main-
ly in the mental disci pline the stud y in-
cidentally affords. Tbis is a sufficient
anMvcr to the first inquiry. B it there is
another use. An English , French , or
German savan would be ashamed to con-
fess that he was ignorant of the history
nr.d ana logies of the words that he has
ilai ' y occasion to use. Wh y should not
Americans ? It is not so. Go to Har-
vnici College, inquire of the learned Pres-
ident "What is the meaning of the word
Massachusetts ?"—of the professors, of
the tutors , and of the students—if you
find two that can give you an answer,
and the reasons for their opinions , you.
will find two more than there is any rea-
son f expect. Ough*' this to be so.—
Men will spend hundreds of dollars to
have their sons in?tructed in the barba-
rous idioms of the middle ages ; but not
to instruct them in homespun words,
w'i ich they daily delight to repeat.
*In the Coleman article I gave the prefer-
emu io this spelling. Che-qua kwau, an intelli-
gent Imlian chief from the West, informed me
meant ''the eilge of the forest," but among the
great variety of spellings of the last syllable, I
do not recollect one that precisely corresponds
with this. Bourae and Gookin , who were fa-
miliar with the language, both write the name
We. I remarked ia that article that the au-
thority of such men was not to be disregarded .
I thiuk they were richt. The town records and
the local pronunciation probably had the same
origin , and toe and che are not :To dissimilar as
to render it in improbable that they bave been
confounded.
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Farmer Seymour's Mistake.
. 'The \\ ashing must be done to-day,my j
dear ,' said Mrs. Seymour to her husband , !
one morning, as he appeared to be leav-
ing home ,—'but we hav« no water ;;
what shall we do ? j
'What can you do r' answered her hus- 1
band , rather gruffl y,—'what can you do ? j
That 's rather more than I can tell. Wa- .
ter , water, it's always water when I am j
in a hurr y to go to work.'
'Bui , my dear ,' returned Mrs. S., iviild- .
ly, 'I mentioned last evening t hat we j
shou ld need water this morning. \ou ;
know that you wish the washiug done on ,
Monday ; but 1 put it oil' one day be- \
cause I saw you were too much engaged
to fetch any.'
'Engaged !' said the husband. 'I'm
driven hull out 'jf my souses , and tiien
the cry is water , or some other want. —
Wh y didn 't you catch water yesterday r ;
the rain ran like a mill race.' ii
'We did our best ,' rep li ed Mrs. S- ; \
'but tli'j casks were loo dry to hold ,
and—' |
'Where were all jour tubs ? Wh y
didn 't you nut them out :
' i
'We did ; but you know we have on-
ly two , and one of them is. quite small.—
Our large washing in harvest time can- '
not be done with the wnter of onl y two
1ubs.' I
'Wiis there ever a man so pla gued?
Fair weather , grain ri pe, grass dowu ,men
and teams nil read y, and now every wheel
must step to get water. You can 't wash
with it , if ive got it.'
'M y dear ," sJd Mrs . S., her eyes filling
at his unki'.idness , "1 regretted t.> men-
tio n the Mirj i-c 1., fur I was sensible that
you were ly.'.ite enga gad, but I did not
well know what to do.'
'Weil , well , if we must , we must. —
Here , Ja mes , stop t hat tea m , put the
hogsheads into the cart , and fetch some '
water. '
But Jatfi i .
's had caught the spirit of
the master , and stopped the team wi'h a
wral 'nfu l stroke over the eyes of the halt-
in yr beast? .
'There , slop will ye :
' The cask was
tumbled along with rough kicks , and
more speed than a dry cask should have
been , a!:d before it reached the cart the
staves bade farewell to the hoops , and
fell together in a heap.
•There, you—' Mr. S. was on the point
of calling him some ug ly name : but like
a wise man , he bit his li ps, and said on -
ly, for he began to reflect upon himself ,
'next time he more careful. '
'Well ,' retorted James, quite unbe-
coming ly,—but he had a bad examp le
that morning ,—Hhe hogshead was of no
use : it wouldn't hold water any mere
than a basket.'
'Go get a barrel,' said Mr. Seymour ,
in a somewhat softened tone.
'A barrel !' answered James. 'There
isn't a barrel fit to put water in. I'll
take the scalding tub. Bat there , now ,
it's up aloft , where a bod y can't get it
under half a day.'
Mrs. Seymour had passed into the
house ; but a window being open , she
had hr-ard the conversation , and feeling
a sympath y, quite natural to a woman's
heart , for a husb and generall y kind but
thoughtless, and now perplexed she ap-
proached the window and said ,—
'Husband , I'll put off the washing
another day. This will accommodate
you the best,—and—she would have ad-
ded—perhaps vou'll by and by have a
cistern.
Whether the hnsband conjectured
what was in her thoughts or not, he de-
termined once more, for the hundredth
time, to build one. For thirty years,
like some others, he had made use of
casks of one kind and another , usually
a hogshead or two ,—to catch water, and
generally a sufficient quantity for the
washing days had been obtained. But
in the summer months, that busy period
of the year, there was often a deficiency,
which must be supplied from a neigh-
boring stream. This was comparatively
hard during the dry season, and some-
times impure ; but it was preferable to
the water of the well. The subject of a
cistern had often been discussed, but
that was all, the article had never been
provided. The incident related has more
than once occurred at Mr. Seymour's.—
Similar incidents are common in hun-
dreds of families, because they are des-
titute of those conveniences neceessary
to their comfort.
In those parts of the United States
where the water of the wells is unfit for
washing, perhaps not one family in four
has a cisteen, and yet three out of four
of such families as contain five or six
members might have this important ar-
ticle. Often the well is at some distance
from the house. The female part of the
family bring nine-tenths of the water
used in the family. Many a mother dates
her feeble health, and ultimately a brok-
en constitut ion , to services of this kind ,
which the expenditure of a few dollars
would have prevented.
But look at the moral effect of what
took place at Mr. Seymour's. There
was unkindness there ; there was ill-
temper, and just that ill-temper which
would destroy a man's peace for a whole
day. Upon reflection, he must have felt
that the request of his wife was both
fljifitfllanwm*.
proper and necessary. True , it was a
most pressing season of the year, and if
ever one had an apology for a momentary
unkindness, it might be in the hurried
and perplexed circumstances of Mr. S.
But an apology for unk indness towards a
wife ! Rather let all such jars between
those whom God has joined together , be
prevented. A man's house should be
his earthl y paradise. It should be , of all
other spots , that which he leaves with
mo? t regret , and to which he returns
with most deli ght. And , in order that
it inny be so, it should be his dail y stud y
to provide everything convenient and
comfortable i'or his wife.
With every provision which he can
possibl y make , hers will be a life of care
and toil. She is the sentinel who can
seldom , if ever , leave ,—seldom , if ever ,
be relieved. Others may sleep ; but il
there be one who mus 1
. watch , it is she.
She oug ht , therefore , to be furnished
with every comfort within the me.tn-j of
her I,1,!shanil : and if furnish"cl to the ex-
tent of his me.-ius, and she 13 generall y
eagle-eyed enoug h to discern the point
at vvhi;-h his ability ends ,—she U eon-
tented. Generall y, every shilling ex-
pended by the husband i'or the accomo-
•.iation of Iiis wife in her domestic opera-
tions is returned upon him four-fold ; if
not precisely in pecuniary advant a ge,
though this is often true , it will !>e in the
order , peace , and happ iness of hi:; Jami-
ly. Where conveniences ;~-re found in
a ft.milv , there are generall y bii ght looks ,
happy feeiing = ,and industrious hand s , and
where these arc found , there will be
moi o virtue and less of its opposite.
("Home Monthlv.
rish St oi-y.
Th'.- besi, fish story of the season is re-
late d by tho Albany Argus :
It says on Sunday last as a schooner
lay (-if Orient Point , L. I., becalmed ,one
cf the hands , ;>.s was hi s pract ice, thoug ht
he would take a bulb and plun ged over-
board. As he struck the water an im-
meiise :".':.ark seized him by tnc waist ,
reach ing at least two third s of the "way
round , and tarried him down at least
twenty five feet. He struggled with the
mon:-tec , and instantl y conceived the idea
of attacking him in the eye. He plung-
ed his thumb into h;s eye when the shark
imrnffiiati-lv released his hold and his
intended victim rose to the surface , and
was immediately taken into a boat by hi*
friends and placed on board the schoon-
er. He was then taken to Grcenport
and placed under the charge of Dr. Iv E.
Skinner , who thinks that he will not re-
cover. All the region of the abdomen
br::;r.s large gashes whes e ho strugg led
with the monster.
Stst ndicjjr by tins Ciovcrninent.
The New York Observer (a religious
news paper , but not of the rad ical sect)
remarks that
"It is painfu l to observe what papers
now ridicule, oppose , and seek Io defeat
the measures of the government ; they
are the papers that were loudest in mak-
ing a support of the administration a test
of loyalit} — papers that denounced every
man as a tra itor who opposed tho meas-
ures that Government wished to cany
throug h. We have a right to ask such
papers to be consistent ; to unite now
with the great masses of the American
people in sustaining the government in
its patriotic and noble efforts to bring
about the reign ot peace, union and fra-
ternal love. We hold that man to be a
selfish seeker of his own gain , an d not a
warm , large-hearted patriot , who throws
cold water on the President's plan of re-
conciliat ion."
[^"The following, too good to be lost,
occurred some years ago in a provincial
town , in a hotel not many miles from the
railroad :
"Will you give me a glass of ale, if
you please ?" asked a rather seedyiah
looking person , with an old but well
brushed coat, and a most too shiny hat.
It was produced by the bartender ,
creaming over the edge of the tumbler.
"Thank ye," said the recipient , as he
placed it to his lips. Having finished it
at one swallow, he smacked his lips and
said :
"This is very fine ale, very. Whose is
it ?"
"It is Dawson's ale."
"Ah , Dawson's eh ? Well, give us a-
nother glass of it."
It was done, and holding it up to the
light , and looking through it the connois-
seur said :
"Whose ale did you say this was :
"
"Lawson's" repeated the bar tender.
The mug was exhausted , and it only
remained for the appreciative gentleman
to say, as he wiped his mouth and went
toward s the door :
"Dawson 's ale, is it ?" I know Daw-
son very well. I shall see him soon, and
will settle with him for the glasses an d a
mug of his incomparable brew. Good
morning."
{3P°The Lawrence American tells a
story of the marriage in that city of a
couple, the bridegroom being from Wis-
consin and the bride a resident of Law-
rence. Immediately after the marriage
the lady told her newly wedded husband
that she was unworthy of him , giving
reasons which emphatically proved the
statement ; said she loved ; that she was
coerced into the marriage and would not
live with her husband, and the two there-
upon parted , the lady, meantime, being
formally disowned by her parents.
ESP"About 70 liquor dealers in Law-
rence, Andover and vicinity, complained
of by deputy Constable Boynton , have
been indicted by the Superior Court,now
in session at Lawrence.
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