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Nebraska advertiser., 1867-09-26

right smart crust 81 ice on ID, and ihe
moon was shining bFighi, and We e0nld
see shem cats like daylight. First shey'd
stand of and yow VOW al one another,
just The same as though they was q cuss-
m one another. yen know and bow up
their backs and push np their tails. and
swell around and spin. and lhen al Of
sudden The gray cat he'd snatch hand.
Gel Of fur of lhe yaller cats ham. and
span around like The button on a barn.
door. Boz The cat was game. and he'd
come and ehnch, and tie way they'd
gouge and Bile, and bawl, and iha way
they'd make The fur Ay was powerful. 2
Well. Jim be gos disgusled with The
row, aud lowed bed climb out there. and
shake 'em of that roof He hadn't reelv
no notion Of dong il, likely, bus we ever.
lasungly dogged him and balIy-Taggsd
hlni, and lowed be always Dragged how
be would 'nl take a dare. aud 80 on, 'lill
bimeby be histed the windeF, and 10 and
behold you, be went--went exactly as be
was, nothing on but shirt, and Il was
short You Onght TO seen him cre-e-pin
over The ice, and digging bis loe-naiis ID
for % keep from sllppln and 'bove all
you Unght TO seen that SHIRT 6appin' 10
the wind and them long ridiculous shanks
Of his'n glislenn' 10 The moonlight.
"Them Comply folks was down there
under the caves, the whole squad of'm
under hat ornery she'd Of dead Wash.
ION Bower Vines-all setting round Two
dozen sassers Of hot candy. which lhey'd
sot ia the snow 10 COOL And they was
lauehin' aud Ialkin lively; ba, bless you.
they didn I know nothing bout the panor-
ANNA that was goln' on over their
heads
tWel'," " Jim, he went sneakin' aad
a sDeakin' up, OnbeknOwns 70 lhem tom
cals-lhey was a wiskin' their tails aud
yow-yowin' aud lhreatenin' 70 Clinch.
you know, and not paying any aslsnliOa
i--he went a sneakin' and q sneakIn'
right Up TO the comb Of the roof, sill be
was in foos and half of'm and then
all Of a sudden be made a grab for the
yailer cat But, BY gosh be missed fire
and slipped his holt, aud bis heels hue
up. and be Topped on bis back, and shoI
Of,n thai roof like a darl--wenl asmash-
in and a crashin' down through them
old rusty vines and landed right in The
dead centre Of all them company people
and sot down like a ysarhquake in them
two dozen sassers of candy. aud lel of a
bawl thai was bark from The lombs -
Them girls--Well. they lefl you know
They see be WaFn'l dressed for company
and 50 they left. All done ia a second
il was just one little war hoop, and a
whisk Of their dresses, and blame the
lwench Of them that we're il sight any
where.
slim he was II sight. He was gorm.
ed with the blIin' bot molasses candy
clean down his heels. and bad more bus
Ted sassers bangln' TO hlm than if be was
an Injun princess: and be came pran.
cin' up stairs. jus1 hOopin' and Gus
sin; and every jump be give be shed
some china. and every sqDirm be fetch
ed. dropped some candy.
~And blisiered why, bless youE
SOUL that poor ereIur couldn't really sci
down comfortable for as much as four
weeks -
Nebraska advertiser., 1867-09-26

The New York Tribune, which has Of
late been very conservative 10 It's lone,
his al lasl seen the signs Of the times
and comes Out squareiy 10 favor Of i'm
peaohment ID lis issues Of Wednesday,
afler enumeraiing the Presidents ohen-
ses, il says
Where will this end I The President
means war. The country must stand
and fight. or be defeated. We believe
anyihing possible Of Mr. Johnson. His
ADMINISTRATION IS a record Of deception,
cunning. disloyally-anlagonism 10 the
best Interests Of the couHiFy He has
made the Administration of Buchanan
respectable, By showing degradation to
which even Mr. Bnchanancould not sink
He has betrayed hls parry be has be-.
lrayed lis friends: be has betrayed bis
country Nothing IS left Of bis Admin
islralon but few miserabie iobbeFs like
those who hang around him. and few
wre,ched political advenlurers like Back.
The men WHO accepted conlumely for his
cause, like Seward, and Randall, and
Wells. be Is impatient 10 drive out Of
lis Cablnei The savage OF Sahara is
nor lnsens bic 10 lhe Obligations of friend.
ship; bui even This no longer Remains
with Mr.. johnson. we adusonish the
people 70 prepare for a stern and high
Responsibility Its nearly a hundred days
pnul Congress meets. Till then We are
pOwerless We can only bow 10 this
dreadful tyranny. The President ap-
pealed 10 the country IN his lass message.
We join him in the appeal. Let our
friends organize everywhere. Let Us
make the canvass npon them IN any Of
Mr. JohBson's Administrations, and hav-
ing defeated him al The ballot box, we
can prepare, through our representatives,
70 consider the best course ID be taken
10 punish him for his crimes against The
sovereign win Of the American people.
The New York Times of August 29sh,
says:
Matters have gone too far to render
doubt or misaprehensienr reasonable. Mr..
johnson has entered upon course which
shuts oul the last chance of reconcllia.
lion, aud render al compromise impOssI-
bic. Views and professions wall save him
no longer. Prelences of compliance
with the law which be is trying 10 ObslEuct
are 20 longer admissible. His parrOi
ak abou, the Constitution is laughed al
as sheer nonsense and hypocrisy. He
stands revealed an enemy n0a less Ol
Congress and its laws than Of lhe conn.
Try and It's peace. WanlOnly. and lreach.
erOusly. with no conceivable hope Of sue.
cess. impelled only by needless mahgni
" and an insane ambition, be has re.
opened The quarrel in q shape which
renders his fate and the deiy Of lbe gov.
ernment parry perfectly clear. AS be.
tween the Executive and The people rep.
resented by Congress, there will be nei.
iher the giving nor taking Of quarter
Mr.. johnson has unshea.hed The sword
Of dislurber and usurper, and there
can be no further parley with him.
Nebraska advertiser., 1867-09-26

From Dr. james Dunlevy. SuFgeOn Of
the Montana Vols, we CLEAN The follow
ing items concerning the headwaser Of
The Yellowstone river, supposed BY so
many 10 be a CONTINUATION Of the sAlaa-
Dais Terres or Bad Lands that exist al lis
mouth.
DR.. Dunlevy left Camp Green Clay
Smith, near the mouth Of the Yellow
stone canyon. about the 12lh ult., with a
small party. following up The western
side Of The river for about ninety OF one
hundred miles. and within few miles Of
the lake near The head Of this greatrive f;
travelling through a valley Of great ex-
tent, richness and beauty. interspersed
with scenery Of most impressive grand.
eur which IN beauty and symmetry are
Superior 10 any works Of AIT; beesliDq
Nebraska advertiser., 1867-09-26
TOTAL l46 Al IA q

From ibis II VIII be seen thar the total
gains Of the Democracy IA the lever
House Of the F0rties1 Congress. a.
compared with their strength So ihe
Thirly-ninth. anoanis TO 1isi two mem
bers, while the Republican bave loss as
many. This leaves a Republican nisfer-
ny Of 95 members-16 more than Is need
I'd 70 pass 8ny bin by iwo-ihird vote
over The Presidents Eeio. This s. sDon
The assumption that aII she Democrats
claimants from Kennedy shoald ret
iheiT seats. Instead Of blocking ne
wheels Of government. therefore. s. is
not probable thar Dir. Johnson's friends
a. ihe next session viii have any apprs-
cable influence upon legnla,ion. This
iEils Be startling intelligence 20 those
who, mlsiaking noise for numbers. have
been Jed 70 the belief thai tbe Demeca-
g we're 10 q fair way % obssIn complete
eoniF0i of Congress. Or a least suficisnE
strength % preveni ibe passage Of bills
over The Presidents veto. So much faT
lhe great sDemocTalic Teaeliong ahoai
which re have beard 90 mach.- C5 feago
Rsstliesn.
Nebraska advertiser., 1867-09-26


"De color q das hog vas black.
"Dag's all
Coansel for planlid-" Hannah Jones.
dannahs you saw Sam johnson stole dal
bog l''
'''ro Be eours did. and il iusi ueig1sd
Ave hundred pounds, was worth Just lf-
iy-six dollars, and de color vas white.
Counsel for defendant -"l "l1annah
Jones you ssy de color Of dst h0g was
whisa s''
"Ob cous i was"
"Das's 81 you can leab.p
Judge-sCalI for next
PIainlid-.'We rest .
Defendanl-eNe took a rest TOO 2"
judge" Proceed % The jury jem ems
Council for Plainsifi-"If il please your
honor and ienon ob de juror, il have al
ready leen stated 70 you what dis case
am and we iink you have. yes, We kno'g
we have proben % yOu beyond 60 nnrei-
sonabie doubt that Sam JohnaDQ sole
dat hog as proclaimed ID our petition ob
m9legalion. So / 60 nos iink Il Wuf
while 10 spend my breal IL aFgufying dis
case 10 50 telligenl looken luTormen IS
now see befo me. So we claim &c ber-
dict On your hands. So We admit o.
case 10 your CONSERVATION
COUNSEL for Dsfendan,-'If ds Juror
please, we cannot see De case as de lem-
on would hab you see il. Nov. iemon %
DO juror; il Dc fuss place you know. dal
Jim Jones sword DAT dal bog were black,
and right on de lopUb dal Hannah Jones
swore de same hog we're white; SO jem-
on ob de juror dare are a plain compredic-
uon Oh terms Ob ebldsnee dareio. We de-
mand dat desc Two witnesses be peochsd,
and de case squashed, and da pay The
cost and my fees"
Counsel for plaintiff resumes ~ Jem-
on Ob de juror. We link De ieu0n on de
erder side must be mighty ignorant. Han
nah Jones sees de hog as she is used to
co0kin dem, and Oh conrs der da are
white eben if da are black when De har
is on darefo dem witnesses are no more
en,Rled 10 peachfoen, dan old Andy
johnson. President OBJ desc United States,
aud moi half 50 much Darefo, as I said
befOr, We claim De berdicl al de hands 0b
das enlighled juror, we darsfo committee
de case 10 your careful constern ftion.
Charge Of the Judge-eJemon son
h4b de testimony 10 dis case, and daf
testimony as you are aware, is somewhat
10 diciing. You, darefo, viii render
your edicl accordingly. You can now
wilhlire."
Jury out Zen minutes, returns with iho
following verdict
"Ds testimony being so inhi0ling iu
/ de case, we render our berdici for iNen-
/ ~ Eve dollars for defendant, and thirty
dollars for plaintiff.
Nebraska advertiser., 1867-09-26
The New Manufacture Paper Wa.
Ter Pals and Ice Coolers.

The Japanese aIt Of converting paper
into articles Of domestic use and conven-
renee will probably be fully developed 70
this country al no distant period. Al
Greenpoint L. l., there Is a large factory
Nhlch is now turning oul variety Of ar
iIcies such as have hitherto been manu-
faC,ured Of w0od. TN, copper. or other
metals. The process Is OF course Sc
cret. Bu, il may be stated that The or
dnary paper pulp Is subject 10 chemical
and mechanical influences which rem
ders Il as hard as hickory wood, and su.
perior 10 u III many respects. The sub
ance thus produced is nonc0nducloI
Of heat, impervIous TO The action OF ac-
IDS. aud mol Liable TO be warped ar lnjur-
I'd either by heat or cold, being capable
Of sustaining a temperature Of three
hundred degrees Fahrenheit, without lu-
jury. The preparation u IT'S soft or pol
py sale Is shaped on molds and patterns,
aud converted into wafer pals, wash bar
sins and pitchers. fire buckets, suga-
.nolds. aud ether articles. Improvements
are IN process by which complete sets Of
novel aud elegant kitchen and parloE
dishes made Of paper will be brought IN
10 competition with crOekery AMI china
Il is also intended 10 manufacture trunks,
boxes. carFIage bodies. gentleman's hste
ice coolers. FefFIgeralors, and number
of other ARTICLES for which patents have
sIFeady been secured. Il IS also spoken
Of as an excellent substitute for plaster
10 the interior Of houses. Ia tact, judg-
ing from be specimens of paper manu-,
faeture which we have seen, there is ~
reason why paper commodities may no
come into general use IN this country a
ID Japan.
Nebraska advertiser., 1867-09-26

The election ia az The States which
choose Congressman this fall with tho
exception Of vacancies 70 be filed ID Ohio
and perhaps one or two other Slaies)
are now over, and The political character
Of lhe FOrlieih Congress may accurately
be determined. The following isbls
showing The strength Of the respective
parties in the present Congress. as Wsil
as that which proceeded d. will Be of TO-
lerest in view Of the lusty rejoicing Of The
Democracy over their recent successes
KXxIXth congrsss, XLfb Congrsss.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-05-02
The Portland and Montpelier Road.

Mr.. Linsley pTouOunces the route for
a road through the White Mountain
Notch feasible, and the route which
seems to find most favor at Portland
now, for their connection with the St.
Johnsbury road is from Portland, by
way Of the Saco valley, through the
Crawford Notch to Dalton, then by the
valley Of Moose river to st. Johnsbury
aud SO on to Montpelier and the West.
The Portland Press says that the dis
lance by this route from Portland to
Montpelier is 100 miles, while from
Montpelier to Boston by the present con-
nections is 210 miles. From St. Johns
bury to Portland by the proposed route
is rs miles, while to Boston the dis
lance is 204 miles. 1t adds:
The road would pass within twelve
miles of Franconia, and through the
great uncut timber regions of the Gran
tie State, and on the whole line the max
imum grade would not be over sixty
feet to the mile, possibly not over fifty,
while on the Rutland road the maximum
grade is sixty, and on the Western
Mass road it is eighty-six feet to the
mile.
There is reason to believe that this
whole road can be built for an average
Of $685. 900 per mile, and that it can be
leased to the Vermont Central road for
six per cent. on the entire cost, that road
furnishing all the equipments.
The section from Montpelier to the
Connecticut river is now being pushed,
and its construction is assured. 1t is
believed that If Portland will provide
for the construction to the State line
remarkably favorable route for road
that the section in New Hampshire
can be provided for through harties who
will take the stock as q safe and profit
able investment.
Steamers now lay down freight on the
warves at Burlington, without breaking
bulk, which have been loaded at Chfca
go and other lake ports. True, these are
the small class of vessels but all freight
admits of speedy water transportation
from the West to Darlington, and though
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-05-02

Senators Sumner, Harlan, johnson
and Fowler, with Representatives But
Ter, Stevens and Schenck, are the only
members of Congress left in the metrop-
oils.
Comptroller Hulburd of the currency
bureau has finally determined not to
stop the certifcation of checks as prac-
ticed by the Boston and New York
banks, although the legality Of it is
questionable.
Postmaster General Randall, after
having intimated that he should close
post. Offices left vacant under the tenure
Of Office bill, has wisely decided to fol-
low the example Of the Secretary Of the
Treasury, and to place special agents in
charge.
Chief Justice Chase is pushing mat
tiers so that the bankrupt law can go
into operation on June l. The rules for
practice under 1t were completed Wednes-
day, by the associate justices, and make
a good-sized volume. They will be
printed and ready for distribution about
the first OF May.
The ODD Fellows of the District of
Columbia will celebrate to-day as day
Of thanksgiving, in common with their
brethren throughout the United States.
An executive order permits the members
of the order employed in the executive
departments to absent themselves on
that day for the purpose Of participating
in the celebration.
Numerous applications are made to
Surgeon General Barnes by discharged
soldiers for com mutation for artificial
limbs, under the impression that the re
cent act OF Congress will ALLOW theil
value to be paid in money, If SO prefer
red by the applicants. No such con
struction has been placed upon the stat
ute by the Surgeon. General in any case
as 1t is contrary to its meaning.
The President is determined thai
JEFF. Davis shall have trial this year OF
be released. He does not intend to keeI
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-05-02

Davis shut up through his life with no
prospect Of trial. As soon as 1t Is
fully decided that no trial will take
place, JEFF. will ask the President to ell
ther pardon him outright or release him
on bail, and before next January the
President will grant one of his requests,
II the trial does not occur In the mean
time.
Gen. Wool cot Off better than was
expected In the suit by Thomas r. Rich
against him for damages before the Uni.
ted States circuit court at Baltimore
The verdict was one cent damages aud
the costs OF each side paid by them
selves. The jury evidently thought the
arrests made by Gen. Wool were indie
fensible, but were dlsinclined TO give
damages. The similar case of A. w.
Evans against Gen. Wool has been dis
posed OF in the same way.
"A meeting was held at Washington
Wednesday night for the promotion of
education among the colored people,
Gen. Howard presided, and among the
speeches was racy one from Senator
Nye OF Nevada. He said, at would be
but a short time when the blacks would
be as well educated as the whites. lie
knew no good reason why they should
not. They ate and drank as white PEG,
Pile, had brains the same as the best
white man, and he thought they were
just as quick to learn as the white man,
II not more so" Gen. Howard read
from report, stating that there were
$4,000 colored schools in the country
400 Of the teachers were colored, and out
of these schools o23 were supported by
the colored people, and that during the
past year upward Of 100000 had been
deposited in the Freedmen's bank.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-05-02

BURLINGTON Posi- OFFIcB.-Col. Stone,
of the Plattsburgh Republican, speaking
Of the recent appointment Of George Il.
Bigelow, Esq, Of the Times, as postmas-
ter at Burlington, and abiding to the
previous holding of the office by Messrs.
Benedict Of the Free Press and Hoyt of
the Sentinel, says
"All of them are men fitted to fill any
station in public life, and we should feel
much better were we to hear that Bige-
low was appointed Governor of Utah :;
Benedict commissioner to ascertain
the true source Of wealth to us, in our
new possessions of Russian America !;
and Hoyt q commissioner to the Paris
Exposition"
Upon which the Free Press COM
ments
Col. Stone evidently wants the Bur
lington editors sent out of the way. But
we will accept our appointment if the
Others will theirs. We have a strong
suspicion, already, what the chief source
Of wealth is up there and our first re-
port will probably be a big thing, on
ice
To which the portly incumbent of the
Burlington post Office, through his or
gan, wittily adds
If Col. Stone had sent US to Russian
America, instead Of brother Benedict,
our first report i1pe'so" would undoubt-
eddy have been "a big thing on ice"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-05-02
Of our townsman, Mr.. Horace Barney,
when, after the dlspensatlon Of much
good cheer, the party separated.
VsRxosr MASuFAcruRu,-Thes pring.

VERMONT MAsuFAoruRss.-The Spring
field sepubllcan of Wednesday gives the
following item; "There seems to be no
limit TO human ingenuity in the evasion
Of sumptusry laws. Vermont mas u
strict prohibitory law, and boasts that
1t is we'll enforced, but those who want
liquor md means to obtain 1t in the vii
lagos, and lately an entirely new source
OF supply has been opened. DlstIllerles
are established, and the man who wants
rum takes quantity Of molasses to the
dlstiller, who converts it, reserviug .
certain proportion as toll. This bust,
ness is done openly, and there is no law
forbidding IL, And 1t is said that the
distiller pays no tax on his business, be-
yond his regular income tax, so that not
only is prohibition defeated but the gen.
eral government loses a considerable
amount of the revenue 1t would receive
II the distillers conducted their business
In the ordinary way"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-05-02

"A gold mine in Lamphin county,
Ga, yields from $500 to $1,000 per day.
The first cost of Russian America is
about two and half cents per acre in
gold.
Milwaukee is estimated to have ad-
ded fifteen thousand to its population
since the census of 1865.
Erie, Pa, is the second port of the
country in the exports of coal, and ship
ped last year 81, 500 tons,
"A superior quality of roofing slate
Is now quarried in Minnesota. The
quarries are extensive enough to supply
the whole Northwest
In Belgium there is one telegraph
office for every fifteen thousand, and in
Switzerland one for every ten thousand
inhabitants.
The Salut Public of Lyons says the
quantity Of arms which Europe is en-
gagged in Transforming or manufacturing
is estimated at II 900 cannon and 9, 200,-
900 rifles.
1t is estimated that upward of 1900
men, over 1000 boats and $4,000 traps,
ana at least capital of Sl50,000 is en-
ployed in the lobster business in the New
England States.
Russia is said to stand ahead of all
nations, except France, in promptness
with her contributions to the Great Ex-
hibition.
1t hailed in very lively manner at
Worcester last evening, during the storm
and ball of fire of purplish tint was
seen to strike the earth near Vernon
street.
Fifteen thousand dollars worth Of
stamps were recently sold to put on q
Western railroad representing thirty
millions of dollars.
1t has been ascertained that, owing
to the cheap coal and to other local ad-
vantages, the Pennsylvania iron manu-
facturer has an advantage over his fell
low in Massachusetts, Of from six to
eight dollars per ton.
The proposed London Aqueduct to
bring water from the Westmoreland
lakes, as estimated, will be 1873 miles
long, deliver 100000 gallons day,
and cost over s22,O00,000.
Some enthusiast predicts that there
will not be surface railroad in exls-
tence in FIVE years, but that pneumatic
railways, on which speed OF from lOO
to $50 miles an hour is common rate,
will take their place. The Hoosac tun-
mel will do for one OF them.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-05-02

BEWARE OF SwNDLERs.-We learn
from the Lowell (Mass,) Courier that O
man calling himself Fitch Gregory,
agent for James NJ. Hunter Of Chenan-
go Forks, N. Y, dealer in lightning rods,
has sWindled the farmers in the vicinity
of Lowell to large extent in selling the
right for Elliot's Hay and Manure Load
ers. This machine is valueless, but by
falsely representing it to be good, Greg
ory has persuaded farmers to unite in
companies, each member giving his note
for fifty dollars as payment for his inter-
est in the right purchased for this COM
pany. But as the thing is a fraud, it
will not not do for Mr.. Fitch Gregory
to attempt to collect the notes, so he
sells them at heavy shave to second
hands, and the purchasers collect the
notes. Thousands OF dollars have been
gouged out Of the farmers of New
Hampshire.in this way, and as the bust
ness is in a fair way Of being stopped
there, it is possible the operators will
try Vermont. So, farmers, be ready for
them.-Halt0n's Journal.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-05-02

BROKE AwAY.-The dam belonging to
the paper mill of NJ. J. Black & Co., Of
Newport, was greatly injured by high
water on Friday last. The bank at one
end of the dam was partly composed Of
quicksand, Though which the water has
cut large channel and the pond is en-
tirely drained. Though considerably
damaged, it is thought the greater part
of the dam can be preserved and the
breach soon be repaired. The delay,
however, occasions great loss to the
company, as at the time of the accident
the mill was running with full force day
and night.