Eau Claire Argus (Newspaper) - April 1, 1880, Eau Claire, Wisconsin VOL I NO 48 EAU CLAIRE West Side EAU ONE DOLLAR PER REFRACTORY RHYMING parted by the in June That soft and month the sweetly beaming moon cant Hud a rhyme to month to paas ere we should meet A wide find yawning Divides me from my love so sweet While stuck I cant any rhyme to gull i urn In a myself how I dreaded in my sou To my sweet nymph While should their ro I Before Uunk Ill have to let it at that Beneath my fortunes stern decree My lonely spirit tunic For a weary soul was mine to be And will never do in the world She buried lovely Witlim lier scarf She knew id take the wretchedness As well as half that wont do cither j I have loved her many years r And loved her for herself 1 I loved her for her tender fears And alao for no no not 1 took between my her head How sweet her Jips did pouch I her lovingly and said not a bit of it did I say ouch I sorrowfully her hand My leara they did My feelings 1 could not command And I was but a well 1 did feel like an ape I to her a fond Sweet of loved school I told her I would ere be true And always be a fool since come to think of it T was a fool for full in lore with fellow before I waa pone a month U All A dawn down in Florence i UK of the Little a ucw was found by one of tlu city und JIB no one claimed it it was sent to the Innocent At fourteen she was almost a woman and deemed old enough to gain her own living was put out as a on the hills witli a larm iMi wife She proved clever could do in one hour than other maidens in six was strong cleanly and boasts and poultry came to her naturally was always weaving marvelous histories of herself and would sit aloof of a golden crown and oi peo ple on their knees to her She was too rich I v dowered by nature tube looked well on by her female companions she really beautiful with a classic grace about her that her more like a and to sec her standing with bare teet amongst the yellow corn of the threshing you would acknowledge she was a royal creature in the fullest sense of those old majestic words She jroud and discontented and the noise and jungle of the workers about her daydreaming so she often would take her portion of the work to be done with her and go up into loft and open the wooden shutters and shell her or walnuts by the light of the moon One night as she thus having tali en up peas to shell she heard uproar and tho voice of the good out above them all lMy son my son my son is Virginio come home at last thought as she cracked the pods An hour or more went by then Donna Jiosa called to her come down went down the wooden ladder silently here is my SHI come home at u corporal sullenly under her long and gave him a chili welcome What princess in disguise have you hero mother he murmured a little Isit er heard and the sullen look died out o her starry eyes The soldier had some sense Virginio was a very handsome man slender but cool daring in and keenly valued by his he was the hero of his native hills and chief jewel of his moth ers treasures soon slipped away to her loft again is that girl gone he asked as they sat at tho supper table She has up to the hft I say V she sleep in the loft asked Ay why not A wholesome place But who is she I never saw lier be fore when I came home I took her out of goodnature ant for good luck A foundling is she Yes baseborn no doubt But one keeps lier for good luck as I say and be sides she has a wonderful way with tie She likes dumb things better than she does us Doyou think she would come He a desire to see that beautiful haughty head once more Not said his to humor him they called her They got no an swer though she heard them well enough Netta Sari who was there She was a pretty girl who always longingly for the return ot Yir ginio And now he had come home and was only thinking of the The next morning when the first gray gleam of day went down to her work with the cattle She milked her three cows then she took her sickle and went to cut fodder for her charges for it was broad summer time and the poor cattle hereabouts are never allowed to leave their stalls in summer time lest they should crop the grown corn or munch tHe yet green grapes did her best to soften their im prisonment by bringing them all she could riOe from the fields went out of the light into the darkness the cattle were lowing after her I will soon be back my darlings My poor little creatures be quiet I will soon be she called to them in wistful tender tones from the heights she was mounting who had been a silent witness to this scene said to him self She has a heart in her breast Wao besides the cattle might reach it Love ripens as quickly as the pear on the wall under these suns I love you stid Virginio to her on tke seventh evening I love you Can not you hasten and love me back again a little frowned darkly then she laughed cruelly Go and say that to the girls in Turin May be they will hear for such nonsense I do not Nonsense It is all my life I say that I offer But plead as he would face did not change a little paler a little colder that was all I am only your mothers she said at last with a curl ot her proud mouth But I am too proud for you for all that Go I hate you I me Is that your last word nodded looked cold unruly Pierce indifferent all in one In the marning she heard that Vir ginio had left in the middle of the night His mother was sobbing angrily he had told her his colonel had summoned him suddenly Just when I had killed my lamb lor him smiled the mother saw the smile and guessed all but she kept her counsel and kept hers like wise Time passed It was j List after vintage and there were suppers everywhere and dancing and singing When the turn to feast came round to Signora Rosas the stouthearted stern mother though her heait was sore for her absent son would not give any sign of sorrow She prepared a grander supper than usual and all to come In her soul she said it never should be guessed that her darling had been rejected by a foundling She ordered to be present and she obeyed but when they were all at supper she got away to her loft and went to bed There was not a man amongst them able to hold a candle to Virginio she tall so pale so lull like any count or cavalier and she had cast him away like a pine below Netta ivari bad lost her pearl necklace the gift of her The house was searched but it was of no avail We have looked everywhere except in the loft she cried in despair Come then we will look there said Rosa though its stuff and The shining of the light on eyes awoke her What is it she murmured Netta has lost her necklace Of course it cannot here bu to satisfy The phrase was never finished ior as rose startled and confused a pearl rolled to the Netta darted on it It is mine she shouted Donna Rosas face grew thin and ash en gray in turn She plunged her hand into the hay and drew out the necklace of Oh you thief screamed Netta It isnt possible muttered Rosa do you understand The pearls were in your bed and Netta says you stole them I she cried aloud I stole these pearls Donna Rosa are you and that girl both mad Oh the thief 1 the liar I Donna Rosa you must give her to the guards As you will Netta it must never be said that I refused to deul justly by a guest but speak to me Say something Aie you innocent I dont believe you guilty You may think what you like she said wih superb disdain So the guards were sent for and Umil ta proudly erect between them was tak en to the place ot justice The interrogations began All they could make her say was flt is a lie I never took the pearls She would say nothing more varid the just soul of the good judge and perplexed With reluctance he aban cloned all hope of saving one who would not or could not save herself so in tones full ot pity he consigned her to prison to await her trial who had stood four mortal hours erect as one of the pines upon the hills fell straightWay to the ground The guard lifted the inanimate form and bore It away Netta turned pale and the cru el light of triumph begun to fade out of her eyes Donna Rosa broke down and sobbed aloud and when she reached home she sat on her wooden moaned Oh I never knew I the girl be fore On the morrow Netta asked her tath ther to take her to the city The old man stared but Netta was the pet and in the end he took her down She slipped away to a letter writer in the market Write this for me she whispered to the scribbler Your fine has stolen some pearls and is in prison A wellwisher thinks you were in luck to be refused your suit Netta dropped the letter in the post with her own hands Now she did begin to taste her vengeance The letter came to Virginio as he was cleaning his sword in his barrack cham ber When he glanced over the brief letter he sprang to his feet with a great oath Then he went straightway to his com manding officer and asked for leave of absence You have been back with your corps only three months Is your need ur gent face flashed darkly So uri gent time if the most excellent chief not give it me I will take it at the risk of being shot j The commandant smiled j As we arc alone I will let that speech pass You can have three days ab sence I At seven oclock in the early morning at the door of the of Florence was seen standing a soldier j I am come for justice he said to the pretore At the close of the interview the prc tore said You are sure the girl is I will stake my But you have no proof I want Permit me OPC question this accused maiden is your betrothed No 1 love her but she spurned me months ago So You are very your word is worth so much the more Would you like un interview with her would like to I believe in her it you arc good enough to grant mo this great kindness Stay a moment is there any why the accuser should bear any ill will toward the maiden accused j Oh said Virginio with an ian frank indifference to considerations of delicacy The girl Netta is crazy forme i lor people top fir The p re tore smiled ami signed to the usher to take Virginio away with him You can see lier for only ten said the usher That is better than naught and he followed the conducter to a door was heavily secured I been there three nights and they had done the work of years There was a haggard hunted ferocity and misery in her face that went to the of the man that loved her dont you know me I am your friend always your lover when you will Why dont you speak to me I Re lieve its all a lie She looked at him incredulously to Netta Sari she wants yon I do not I am a thief they say so They may say so You are as guilt less as a child and I love you If i can not free you I will wait for you The great God has made you beautiful and you have kept yourself pure and when you come from this place you shall to me and be my wile now she spoke very say it now and always Suddenly she sprang to him cast arms around his neck and kissed him j I love you but I will never bring shame upon you I never siw the and I do not understand They were un der me yes but I know nothing noth ing ym Virginio soothed her genty But you love me love me I Yes she said with a grave sweet ness that changed her ana made lovelier in lier pallor than she had been but I will never bring you shame You can never bring it to me Praise be to Heaven for this my love since it is you have shown your lip went quickly to tho house of Sari and found Netta sitting alone You wrote that said Virginio thrusting her letter before her lace you are a girl You put the pearls under bed to make her ruin j He spoke at random but he saw in an instant that he had guessed aright Confess said Virginio and the in he said Your is a vile bearer of false witness j Before noonday clown in Lastra the gossips had another tale to tell The confession of Netta was taken and was formally set free She was very pale still very chastened and subdued but with such a light her face that people said she looked like one of the I think I shall never be proud uny more except of she said as phe looked into her lovers eyes j Today I see her she is beautiful than a tall plume of tho maize she has a knot ot autumn roses at pier has her the child holds a dove in his arms The gold to her though not inthe thought i Accomplished Ladles Maids Ladies maids in society must to judge from an advertise in a A young lady for that place who must be irom 20 to 30 years of age disengaged and of distinguished education skillful with the needle and in making up fine things She must be of sym pathetic turn of elegant figure ind possess linen and good clothes good enough for going out with and attend ing I her y oun g mistress She must s md her I photograph to a Signor in pome who will personally inspect those ladies who present themselves to I com pete for A young lidy of these accomplishments beauty md would not long situation as ladies maid in America She would soon be asked by the im pressible American youth to resign her position as ladies maid to the mistress of his heart and home ac A COKNER IN KISSES Kiss ine Will sang To a pretty little tune Holding up her dainty mouth as roses born in June ten years old that day pulled her golden curls and answer Im too dont Irisa Ten yoara pass and Smiles as Will kneels at her feet Gazing fondly in her eyes Praying Wont you kiss me sweet Rite is seventeen today With the birthday ring the toys For a moment then Pro too I dont kiss boys Diphtheria The following circular by the Boston Board of the purpose of more widely extending the knowledge of a few facts concerning diphtheria all that greater care should be exercised prevent the spread of this disease Its cautions and directions are good for every lo Diphtheria is contagious and infectious bo easily communi either directly or indirectly from person to person It may be conveyed directly in the act of kissing coughing spitting or indirectly articles used as towels napkins handkerchiefs etc When a diphtheria occurs in any family tho sick person should be placed in ia room apart from tho other inmates of tho house and should oe nursed asi far as possible by one person only The should oo well warmed and exposed to sunlight and its furniture should be BITCH as of cleansing without in jury and all extra articles such as win dow and table drapery woolen carpets upholstered furniture and all Hangings should be from the room dur ing tho sickness The physician and as a rule should be the only per sons admitted to the room Visitors to the infected house should be warned of the presence of a disease therein and children es should not be admitted All removed from the patient or the bed should be at once placed in boiling water or in a tub of disinfect ing 8 oz sulphate zinc 1 oz car bolic and 3 gallons water by the nurse before being carried through the house o by any other person They may be soaked in this fluid for an hour and then placed in boiling water for boiling It is tetter not to use handkerchiefs for cleaning the nostrils and mouth of the patent but rather soft rags which should immediately thereafter burned vessels for receiving the discharges of the patient should con stantly Contain some disinfecting fluid closets and privies in the house should bo disinfected daily with a solution of founds to a gallon of water Every kind and source of filth in and around the house should be i thoroughly removed and dis infectants freely used Cleanliness tends both to prevent and mitigate the disease prams should be put in per fect and ventilated by a straight pipe extended above the highest point of the roof of the House in every germinating at a distance from any or other ventilator Child ren in family should not attend or mingle with other children he patient recovered And all infected articles nave been dis infected On the recovery or death of the pa tient the i most disinfection should follow The room and all ar ticles in it should be at once subjected to the fumes of burning sulphur as fol lows Close the room tightly and burn two and a half pounds of sulphur to each one thousand feet of cubic space After four or six Lours open the room and expose it ito the air and sunlight for a week Anything that can be boiled without injury may bo so treated The walls and ceilings should be dry rubbed or and the floors washed with soap and water to which may be added a j little carbolic acid When death occurs the body should bo im in the coffin with dis infectants and the coffin tightly and finally closed No public funeral should ever take at the house where the patient died nor elsewhere unless the coffin remains hermetically sealed i Floods Mr story of his lucky stroke is this I was on Montgomery street one day and a friend said Treat me to which I replied M have no money Consolidated Virginia and you will be rich you know my judgment if good his reply Something told me there was inspiration in his advice AndI said iWell go and buy me 1000 shares The mine was an old one and supposed to be exhausted and my order Ws filled at a share When I once goj at a thing I go in deep and so I continued buy until I got con trol of mine which was about 5000 which cost me My friends all came to see me like the comforters of old Job and said youre but I thought JC had a good mine They didnt seel how I was going toget at the ore if was any without sinking the shaft which would cost a heap of money but did A little bird has sung to me several in the course of my life when there was a crisis in affairs Borne eaT it in stinct or foresight I calli it providence I ran a secret drift the neigh boring milnes and struck a rich body of ore We j got in dividends out of hole in York Herald plants milk Horse radish has a tendency to prevent coag and wood sorrel will hasten it She was setting at the lattice Where tho clemana Translated for her gratis What the breezes suns and sighed And the dainty Of the sunbeams on her tresses Left her traced in the caresses Of tho golden morningtide The linnets were And the drapper And the dews All tho fays While from the dingle The zephyr lone and single Came up to In tha maze She wails another Her heart its riches summing Till suddenly a drumming From tho gravel walk arose i A hopo triumphant filled her And the words that thrilled hor Look here you Jane Come and them ar clothes A FRIEND IN NEED BY HARRIET E S CRESS Y 1 Over the hills to the poorhouse There that is just my case said old Mrs Williams taking fo her glasses and laying aside the paper that con the poem alluded to 11 Not quite so bad as that replied the neighborly friend whom she ad dressed Well I expect it will come to that month I have got to be toted down to myj daughters in Jersey You know I years with Betsy here and then two years with Emily I have done that ever since my son moved of West He said at the time he went I could go with him but he knew that would be impossible with my feeble health so it was safe to make me the offer When our farm was sold in Jersey he took the money came here to York State bought a farm the one adjoining this where Betsy now lives and had the deed made out in his own name He had no to do it of course and why the girls arid I allowed him to is now a mystery to me for should have shared equally with him and I been allowed the of a third and then my two boys in California should have had something But we were all foolish as to allow that selfish Cal to get it into his own hands The girls got mar ried or I cannot say how they would have got along and I am left on their hands j Dont he send you any money to help with he has got a wife that prevent his doing that if sHe even if he were inclined to She treated me shamefully the little time I iWed with her before they moved West She little realized or cared how hjard I worked to help earn the property ehe was then living on With house I work dairy six children one of whom died when he was 12 years tb take care of never having any hired help within doors but one or two hired mien to cook for a good part of the year 1 1 generally haft plenty of work to do For months together in spring and summer I arose at 4 in the morning and was so hurried through the whole day that I could not find time to sit down Jong enough to comb my hair until 9 in the evening And after that hour I often had about an hours work Ito do before I could letire Wo always had a good deal of compa ny too a schoolmarm and school master to board five or six weeks each during the year for it was then the fashion to board around particularly in tho rural districts I know I thought it something of a tax to put up teachers and childrens din ners so many weeks in the year and what I as one of my worst j tasks was going around into rooms in for we never kept but one and making up five or six beds IB is al most a wonder the little children did not freeze sleeping in those great cold rooms but il did my best to try to keep comfortable going around to their rooms every night and tucking up the bedclothes until they were fairly grown up My husband used to tell me I made j a slave of myself for my children but I did it with a free will and would do the same again if I were to live my life over again When my little boy died I know I nearly mourned myself to and then how glad I was I had always tried to make him so happy arid comfortable i And then when the Other two boys went off to California jl was glad 1 good and motherly to theml They were youngj one 16 and tho It seemed almost like burying let them go but their father be the best for themin rie did not live long enough to know whether they were or not having cited In less than a year after they went They have now been there six years have both married and write that not much more than make a good Dont they ever send you any either No they dont know but I haye plen ty to be comfortable as I haye never written about Gals be havior I I1 il should write and tell theip iti Mrs Williams for I should say he is the greatest scamp outside of prison selfish Mrs is all replied the poor old lady tears gushing from her eyes i i Well do your two Calif boys write yon and letters do not very often hav ing families of own to for but write though not asi do to I am glad I never had tiny V Mrs I aumey serves me I If you had them you find them inexpressibly dear j i No doubt I would but them all girls I believe a daughter ia a daughter all her life and a son is son till he gets a wife My laughters are very kind to line said the old lady r I And their husbands asked Mrs Blandon 1 Well Betsys iM sort of a man you know and in kind in his But the one in Jersey Emi lys husband would rather I were any where else than there ten Ef he speaks ta me after I get there j have to or over poorhouse Here woman burst oit crying Emily likes to have me with her and I think I do her a great deal of good by taking care of the children and doing the light work but suppose it would bo bet ter if I were dead and out of thai way and I sometimes think the end IB not far I hope It is a good ways off said friend and now that 1 have heard your story which is really a pitiable one I will make you an know Mrs Williams I am quite alone with the exception of the I keep and ani sufficiently well off to give somebody a home onJ ji you will come ana live with me the two years instead of going back to Jersey to encounter sour looks shall be perfectly welcome Indeed I will con sider it a favor to have yon with line as I am in want oi your genial company and it always was my nature tb want some one around me to jpet a little Mrs Williams caught of the ladys hand and raised it to her BO delighted was sheat the to lierl I will come she and try to make you just as little trouble as I possibly M DoI not mention the word troubb again in connection with you coining I am riot sure but a part I company Well I will try to be aa an old woman like me can be All but the ignorant you aiie as good company as I want The terrors of her tour to Jersey now over the old lady was the happy of happiest Betsy too at the thought of having her mother so near her a pleasant grand old house luxuriously furnished for she was wealthy jj Tho in summer with their flowers fountains graveled walks quiet lawns and singing birds seemed like aj para dise to old Mrs Williams former way of Then hearing no words but the kindliest besides having been promised shortly after she went to liva with Blandon that she always should have a home with her she was constantly in a frame of mind God for giving her so good a friend Thus after raising up 5 her children a stranger proved the greater friend to her i Masa I Kleptomania About eight years ago an alarm reached the chief police office in Lon don that jewels of great value had been stolen from a lady of high rank a guest at a Northern country A handsome reward was offered and not long afterward it became known that the property had been re covered Astounding may seem it is nevertheless true that the tem appropriator of these fine things was a millionaire peer who no wise penurious is singularly simple in his personal habits not spend onefourth of his The matter was ail hushed uj few per sons outside of the fatally knew who the thief if we can so iall him was This was a case of klep tomania and proves doubt that it really exists high distinction from boyhood his he entered rumored that Lord had entirely conquered the propensity except that at a Cab inet Council he never could resist kid The alarriiing disappearance candles at Travelers some The mem ber seeing old a a ambling along with dle sticking out commun with Wto Mised to to ago caused some dismay mystery was at length solved by a t t A AT Fight That I tha has figuring in late and am reminded of a story eon and war He was andi in a said Why Yankees If they show The what known A short time we can with popguns r Yankees did show fight and t i t result is well afte the war s had made the him if he plied d we done spoke A SENSES said the old lady an fbol got no
