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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-05-20
Mr.. Dickens Farewell.

After four months Of constant tray
ei and public reading Mr.. Dickens has
said farewell to A erica. 1T is sad
to do almost anything that is not
wrong for the last time: and | cannot
conceal it from you, that, although
my face viii soon be turned toward
my native land and to all that makes it
dear, 1t IS a sad consideration with me
that in very few moments from this
time this brilliant ball and all that 1t
contains viii fade from my view for
evermore." The sadness of the part
ing is shared by all who have ever felt
the exquisite spell of his rare genius,
and who feel that he is to be classed
among the true human benefRrtcrs.
There has, unquestionablv, been a
certain GOODNESS of feeling toward Mr..
Dickens npon the part of many who
should be naturally his warm friends.
But we think no one who reads. GER
tainly ne. one who heard. the frank.
manly and generous speech. which he
made at the Press Dinner in New
York, will any longer allow the
least cloud to chill the ardor Of his
admiration for one Of the greatest hu-
moristS and most delightful authors in
literature. His last reading in New
\ orll and in the country was almost
painfully interesting. His personal
suffering, which compelled him to keep
one foot upon a chair during the even.
ing, and the shadow Of the one word
which. as he said at parting. had been
impending over the whole reading.
made the occasion very touching and
memorable. Returning slowly, after
ali was ended, and in Difference to the
enthusiastic applause, to the quaint
little table, which was covered with
beautiful hewers, in wreaths and bass
kets and bouquets, he began to speak
amidst the profound silence of the vast
audience. His voice trembled. and
neither he nor his hearers could smile
at the little iests The mement was
too solemn. 1t was the final personal
farewell to a great nation of one whose
name is familiar and beloved but
whose futr life, as he said, lies over
the sea Mr.. Dickens visit has been
both wise and fortunate And we be-
lIeve he viii never regret the deter
mination he made TO come once more
in his maturity to see the country
which he had seen and Judged as a
younger man.-Uaypers Weekly.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-05-20

You ought to be ashamed to be so
thoughtless of me when you owe me
so much. Yes, indeed, if I hadn't
adopted YOU you been nothing but
a pauper now and all you are re-
quired to do in return is just the lit.
tie work we two make, YOU migrate
ful thing -
Don't say that I'm ungrateful.n
returned the young girl, half peteous-
ly, yet with mortified look. Its
my earnest wish to please you al
WAYS.
Remember what you're about
another time, then" was the curt re-
ply. as the cover went slamming
back into the fue.
During the words, Susy had turned
her back to Durbv, but as he rose,
taking the bundle, he saw that her
eyes were full of tears and her bos-
ON heaving. The old man compress
ed his hips harder, and his ewes flash
ed worse than the had done during
the heartless harangue of the old 'vix-
en- overhead; and he was about vent
ing his feelings into words, when he
controlled himself, and said earnest
ly:
Poor child good little one! re.
mem Der. Won will be rewarded and
blessed for your kindness to the old
beggar Goodnight - And he
walked quickly away.
1t was eight o'clock that evening,
when, having seen her peevish bene-
factress comfortable sleeping, for it
was one of her duties to read to her
until then, that Susy descended into
the sitting and there weeping
softly but bitterly, she sank into
chair.
80! o." she groaned Il had rath-
er die than live here, and have her
always upbraid and remind me of nv
poverty-and I've tried so hard to
deserve whatever she has done for me.
Who can it be ?' and she started up
al the tinkle of the door-belI. with
the blood rushing in tides to her
sweet face vet, few seconds later,
outwardly calm, but with rain still
a her heart. she was ushering Jack
Derby into the sitting-room and you
can guess his errand there when |
tell you nat a month afterward
there was a wedding a the Derby
mansion, after which its merry old
owner gave Susy a kiss, and fondly
exclaimed
My dear little daughter y
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-05-20
Mr.. Nasty has a Dream.

Methawt l wuz in Liberia, that
kuntry akross the waters settled by
civclized niggers / wuz somwot sur.
priced at what met my gaze: Mig
gers to the rite Nv me-nlggers to tke
/ left NV mc-niggers to the front NV
me-rode the six hundred thousand Of
them Occasionally, in the streets
NV Monorvia, the chief town, | seed
white man-more frekuntly, mulat-
ter, and Occasionally wun in wich wuz
only a tinge nv white bIood-jist enuf
tn sho that hiz ancestors had left Ken
| tuky many yers and generashuns be
hind. Passiu a fuIl-blooded nigger,on
the street, he pushed ut kontempshus-
I Iy iutwo the guther; and, 4thwith, a
rabble Of fuil-blooded niger boys pelt-
ed me with mud. yelln at me. ez tho
it wuz ali uprobus term-"W hite
man. Yah! White man! Yah !"
\ mild-faced niger kane to my
resku, and rebuked the boys Is he
TO blame fur being white 2" asked he.
Remember, boys, the same God made
him az made yu, and that he IL not to
blame fur hiz kollur! He -
At this period he stopt talking
The lst niger returned, and, DAMN
him fur disturbin, one-idea Radical.
knokt him in2 the gutter; and, NUT
turin suthin about bein tru tuw the
tradishons ny hiz rase, stocked away
hawtuly.
IL ther no law fur these outrages q
inquired !, Indignantly. Am | to
submit to bein pelted by boys and
/ Pummellcd by men, and no redress Z
! IL - IL lars sir :" said a benevo-
/ lent niger who had the appearance
ny being a Sunday-schoole teacher,
" y lars sir, thur t.-1ur kulor.
sir, vur kulor They have pregudishes
wich tina kant overkum. Farewell.
F sir. Sum da it viii be differnt, but"
{ And he drawed a 81 aud walkt on
ruther hastily, az he notist a fresh
krop Of boys apProachin.
! waikt on in my dream. Seem a
large house l entered it. Ii vuz the
kapitle, aud boldly essade tn pass
the doar. Tie dore-keeper, With an
expreshun Of skoru | never saw out
side ov kentuky, remarked that the
( white gallery wuz up that wa Up
asended, klus under the ruff, whar thur
waz, possibly, duzzel more like me !;
and | sot and listeud two kurus de-
bate The mezyure, unaer konsidera-
shun, wuz a amendment TO the kon-
stitushuu Nv Liberia, strikin the word
black out Nv that instrument. The
thing had been long pendin. Advo-
cstIn i wuz a balf-dozen members, in
a korner by themselves: and upp0zn
It wuz all the rest w the House
The scene wuz verv much az / wit
INST a good many years a 20 at Wash
itgton, when John Quincy Adams WIZ
champion Nv ekality uv all men in the
House. One member denounst the
leader NV the little minority az has,
grovlin, 10 retch. who had lost al
pride Nv rase-atl regard for the pu-
ritT nv blood-aud who WIZ insidusly
plott!n TO debase the pure and proud
rase ov Ham by mingiin with il the
pale milky blood Nv the inferor rases.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-05-20

:
Another wanted this House to ask
itself, boo yon want to march mp to
the polls alongside nv white man
Do yu want to be tried fur yur little
crimes before jury nv white men?
White men far offs / shudder at
the thot! See! [fuiIin out potrate
W a white woman az | see Y allindi-
gum DO wunSt IN Ohio at Demokrat-
TX meeting. only he had on hiz paste,
board, weach, = See, to what tile
gentlemen wishes to ally hisselfI -
Another gentleman asket the House
70 ask thursclves, afore tha voted on
this bill, whether this House wanted
to marry a white woman He wanted
this House tc ask herself whether she
wanted her dawtar , marry white
man IF We let EN- vote we MUST
marry them y The vote wuz taken,
resultIn, NV kourse, in the votin down
Nv the bill. The 6 Radikles were =
wunst expelled fur introducin such
mcendary measure; and the House
adjourned fur drunk, and made the 6
Radikles pay fur it.
The populacc got hold nv the news
and the widest gov prevail. One
wagon wuz rugged up into which wus
81 blak girls, with a banner over them
Fathers, protect us from equah-
/ ty: and another, similarly loded, car
rid hanger. onto which wuz written
-"Blak husbands or nun! The pu-
rItv nv our race =
NgtIa,, NO
lace went fur me. The police. which
OF have preserved the piece-(thev
were mostly emigrants from an island
off the koste, wich tha had left on ak
kount ov bein oPpresst by the King
nv another island wich had got posses
sion Uv en-, and wuz a bearin down
upon em)-the policemen, instead uv
protektin me, hedcd the hunt, and
/ lively tha made it. | wuz kowt aud
rolled IN the cutters, amid shouts
uv, XIII the dam, white -liverd whelpw
And tha pounded and pummelld me
and tore my cIoze Off ITO the " hite
/ Orfan AssiIum T. shouted of EN- an
two that krv l ovid nv If. Tha be-
/ levd in whul-sale KILN. ruther than
retale; and tha made a rush fur an
ASYLUM whar the orfans ny the fu dis
| pized whites wuz livin. Short work
tina made NV it. The orfaus wuz ros-
ted and beaten to death; the techers
run fur thur livs. and the bilding wuz
sakt, the blak wimIn mean time rldiu
/ round with the banners over EN-. and
/ the prlnsIpal sItlzans addressing the
mob, deprekatin Whence, but never
/ theles, applawdin NV en- fur thur zeal
III preservin the purity ny thur rase,
/ 2 white school houzes and s dwell.
ms wuz gone thru with az if by inspi-
ration. Finally, tina got sight Nv me
agIn; and, az thur wuzut any other
/ in site, tina cheerfullv sezed me, and
! rlgin rope, run me up a lamp-post.
H. Wat inhoomanity wat kruilty
wat ingustis = shreekt l.
Fortunately, l did not furthur kom-
mitt myself. The showtiug and the
sens Nv chokin awoke me. | wuz not
/ In Africa | had not ben bcated and
/ pummeId, and rolled in the gutter aud
/ hung but, thank the Lord | wuz in
Amerika-the land nv the free whar.
when sich things IL did, the white men
do EN- thurselves, which IL more kum-
/ furtabuler.
! But what a friteful dream What
a misforchune 1t must be to be nv an
other rase, when that rase arn't in a
magority. | ree!y simpa athize with
the niggers in this kuntry.
PETROLEUM Y. NAsBY, 7. NJ,
/ (Which X Postmaster J
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-05-20
{ n the Track.

The other day l heard a mother
ask her little son 30 do something
Il will in a minute he. said. She
spoke again. But it was one, two.
three, four, five, minutes before he
minded her.
Ii make: me think of a switch-ten-
der's bov. " hat if ne had waited a
minute before minding his father? \
switch-tender Ia Prussia was gong to
move the rail, IN order to put a com
ing train of cars on the side track,
when he caught sight Of hls little son
playing on the track The engine
was in sight, and he hadn't moment
to lose.
He might jump and save his child /;
but he could not do that, aud turn the
switch in time; and if 1t were not
done the on-comjng train would meet
a.other train and a terrible crash and
smash take place. The safety Of
hundreds Of valuable lives depended
on his fidelity " Nha. could he do !?
Lie down lie down :" he called
with a loud, quick voice 10 the child f;
and seizing the switch, the train pass
ed safely on its proper track.
Did the heavy train run over the
little boy Was ne killed " a.
he crushed to pieces? No; for he
did just a. MS father told him, and
did 1t instantly.
He fell fat between the rails. and
the cars went high over his head /;
and when the anxious father spraHg
To the spot, there he was. alive and
well not hair Of his head was
touched 1t was his quick obedience,
YOU see, that saved bis life. lie did
not stop moment.
Even a moments hesitation would
have been too late CHiLds PGpsr.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-05-20
IFrom the Western RuralI
Rules for Government of Ladies'
Trains.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT Offick,
PARIS April |, 1868.


RULE /. No train, after this date,
viii be made Up of greater length
than the height Of the propelling pow
CT.
RULE ,. IN coming down heavy
grades (church steps, for instance),
frst-class trains will move as rapidly
as salty viii allow. But all accom-
notation trains viii proceed slowly
and stop frequently to allow the peo-
pie time to step ON the trains eau
tiou. however. Is necessary IN starting
up, whilst people are Sc engaged, to
prevent accidents.
RULE 3. All trains should be held
up at crossings All empty flats"
standing on the .tsidings" at the time,
should be switched off.
Rule I. When three or more trains
are proceeding in company, they
should always move -by-s5de, and.
on no account whatever. change this
position. Trains, approaching from
the opposite direction, must keep out
Of the way. This rule Is imperative
RULE ). fit is desirable to attach
a fiat to a NOV ing train, speed should
be slackened and signal given bv bow
ing. The fiat viii respond BY throw
ing away its cigar, twirling its nous
tache and elevating its hat. The an
sweriug signal Is a smile, which sig
nifies couple on" After coupling
the combined train will proceed very
slowlv-veFv
b. order Of President FASHION.
A La NoDE, Gen. snper'nt.
The SoRRows or OTHERs.-There
is no question but habituaI cheer
fulness is very great blessing Bu.
when cheerful people are landed. let
it be- remembered. as a general thing.
that they are no more mended Tor
it than q person for the possession of
a pair Of beautiful eyes. Cheerful
ness IS a matter of health ard con
Etitutiou An Invalid a nervous
persona very sensitive person. cas-
ilv affected hy atmospheric and other
Influences. cannot be uniformly cheer
full. He mav do much towards en-
deavoriug 70 be so, IL j. true. but 1t
must BE- thing Of effort MANY peo-
PIE are cheerful because they are
apathetic The sorrows Of others,
not being their ewu. are easy TO bear.
We do not wish TO decrv this social
sunshine. but let rs not forget that
there are very sweet flowers that
flourish and give out perfume only in
the shade. and at intervals
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-05-20

WESTERN papers say they fnd II
necessary TO announce marriages IN
adva nee. because the married llfe is 80
short afterward that friends do not
get fairly notified Of an engagement
before they see an application for d.
vorce has been fled.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-05-20
TESTED.

rying rich?" queried handsome Jack
Derby, looking up lnquiringly at his
ruddy old father, who sat opposite him
by the carved centre table.
Il tell you, no" answered the old
gentleman, bringing down his fist
with emphasis. We've money
enough. ourselves, Jack, and all /
require in nv future daugt ter-in law
is to have her good. looking, kind
| hearted and capable. Your dear
dead mother was all that" added he,
a little tremulously; land you know
how happy she made me.
eyes. l know" returned his son,
softly, and he bent his head in his
hand for moment but the next he
! looked up matedlv-'prettv, good.
hearted and capable ~ By George,
father! l can mention two women
who combine all these qualities. -
You recoIlect the ones you danced
with at the military ball ?"
"Of course do, my boy" returned
the old man, vivaciously land two
charming girls they seemed. Who
, are they?'
"Susv Chester and Helen Jafrey
They are both in moderate circum
stances, though, ! may say, very dit
terentLy situated tor, while Miss
JafTrev has about her own way at
home, Susy Chester has to obey every
| beck and call of the vixenish old lady
who adopted her when a child
Il should like to know" exclaimed
old Derby, looking at him with a
shrewd twinkle IN hls eyes, how you
came to know so muchabout them 2"
"Hem-contound 1t J! stammered
Jack, blushIng, and biting his glossy
moustache
'Own up, you dog . CRED the old
gentleman, pulling hlm merrIly by the
ear; say you have been secretly
courtng them
wv ell, know 1t, returned Jack,
vallantly, yet still blushlng; land
they are angles, both OF them and
what IS more, continued he, resolute-
ly meeting the ra1llery OF the twink /
ing eyes opposite, i nave only, with
your consent, TO propose TO either OF
them, to WIN wife.
Mr.. Derby laughed heartily, and
then leaning ior"ara upon the table
tell TO musIng. Jack, he SAID,
presently, these tWo girls may be
all you represent, but very likely
your wealth has been the stlmulant
which has made them appear so like
anC : before You; aud
- don bplfpVp IT 10tprrnr ed
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-05-20
LIVELY STABLE.
HORSES AND CARRIAGES.

WILL be hand at all times to serve the public
W With aTikinds Of single double carriages and
horses. Stable back ofthe United states Hetel High
street, Mineral Point % JOHN BoYNTcN.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-05-20

THE seal attached to English let
ters patent Is six and g half inches in
diameter and about one inch thick,
having an impression c'f Victoria, on
horseback. on one side. and on her
throne on the other
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-05-20
TNEnRNfATInN

Information guaranteed produce luxriant Srowth
& hslr gpon bald head bsar3less face. also
tPe fer ii snoral % Pimples Blosches, Erupticu,,
etc. tbe SKIN leaving the soft, clear, and
beautiful. ~ obtained without charge by address
80 TlOG A. r c CsAPMAS. Ca.SIsr.
IS Er-sS-rsr. Ns~ yc-k
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-05-20

Professional ana Business Cards not exceeding six
lines SO per year
TveIve tines Nonpareil type, compact matter. or
--devalant in space viii he counted square
Rstrav Notices published four weeks y for single
ninal -af 6fty cents for each additional animal in
ranotice
TersI Notices - t=tstuterAtes-
soecfsl Notices lea ted and having precedence OF
7-lasrv iveriser~ -nts, 50 per centsdFance on Or
dtnarv rates
Afv@rtise-aents not accompanied with direction
serted tflI for bid and charged = accordingis
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-05-20
MOSES VI STRONG.

HAS resumed the practice OF Law and viii attend
the sess aus az the Cirgait Court in the Counties
NJ Ioaa Il FaygtEe, Grant. Crawford and RichlanI
D.rEla ct mis- residence lu Mineral Point. 5c-d
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-05-20

TTaRNENtS and rounselsrs al Law, Collecting
\ 4uH I3eaI Estate Agents
0Hgs opposite The Court House, up stairs, Mineral
pe5nE
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-05-20

ngArrICAL MARBLE WORKER, manufacture Of
| Tomb stones Monuments. Mantle pieces, Ia5l :
tops g. >nop-fii-h street. lae door above tFespH-
tzriaa Church, Mineral Point. xxi
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1868-05-20
j, 3. MOFF EFT,
SIDNEY r.. SHEPARD,

DuysICIAN ANp SURGEON. Office in Moeetts
| Br4E store High street, Mineral Point xxi
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-09-30
Shall We Vote /

This is a question to be decided by the
Conservative Central Commits of Virginia.
We have urged action in the matter, but
have received no favorable response. Why
is no action taken? Are we in the. fight or
ont? Is Virginia to take things as they
conc, or reassert her proud old SIC Sem
per Tyrannis? If we are tout" let our
Central Committee say so-if "in," let the
people see where we are to go.
Gentlemen, we commend to you the follow
ing brave words from Geo. H. Pendleton, of
Ohio, to somers Kinney, of Houston, Tex
BANGOR, Me-, August 81, 1868.
e 1Scnaers KINNEY, Esq; Houston, Teas, !:
"My Dear Sir,-Yours of the I'd instant,
dated at brownsville, was forwarded me from
Cincinnati. ss'ss gas - st.s gs
"In reply, have only time to say that you
cannot urge too strongly our brethren Of Tex
as to stand by the National Democracy and
resist all Radical attemps to abuse you. MY
heartfelt wish is that you may succeed in
your new undertaking. We are making a
last fight for constitutional liberty, and the
signs of the, time indicate a Democratic tri-
umph hitherto unknown. Yield not scin.
tilla of your honor. There is no ,roonu for
compromise 81 - -. & ss'sessa.a
''About your being allowed to vote, be
not alarmed soe shat see that Teas is rep
resented. Vote, by all means. I'D .a....f.5.
r HSend me your paper to Cincinnati I
will write more fnlly tomorrow or the day
after. Yours, GEORGE H. PENDLEToN."
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-09-30
"Gcd Bless the Ladiesi,s

There is something SO todchingly sweet in
this expression; so frought with memories Of
glorious past go hallowed and sacred, for
it was ever on the lips and in the hearts Of
our loved and lost that one can hardly write
it without tears.
"The boys ah, .sthe boys" our boys
so proud, SO brave, SO free said it, as they
left home, mother, sister, sweetheart to
fight for liberty! They said it OF the march,
in the camp, under the starry bivouac; on
the lonely pickit; in rain in storm; in the
dreary prison cell; on the perilous edge of
battle With their last breath it was feebly
uttered and, even now, the .disembodied spir-
lis Of The dead Angel voices re echo the
chorus of every true Southern heartbeat
s'.GoG bless the Ladies-H'
Aud we would be false to cur nature did
VIC not say "God bless the Ladies" who have
so peraereringly struggled, against every OBJ
stacle, to do fitting honor to the memory Of
the dead src al,cays haze scith as, and cry
shame on the people of the county Of Angus
ia, who do not aid them more
The dinner on Monday and supper at
night, was "a success but what "a success !"
A people eating to honor their dead /! Let
us have an end to such things and raise the
money necessary by every man paying his
part The Soldiers Cemetery stands dis
grace to Augusta county until this is done
but "no,c and torcuer" there should be monu-
ment there-inscribed
"GoD BLESS TIE LADIES y liz
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-09-30
The Agricultural Fairs.

A very remarkable fact Of the day, says
the Richmond Dispatch, is the spirit which
the local agricultural societies displaysin the
cause Of agriculture through their annual ex-
hibitions, while the Virginia State Society is
entirely inert and motionless. We give be-
low the times Of holding the Fairs Of each Of
the several societies, in which the merchants
and manufacturers of this city are more or
less interested: a - a.''''.'' go i't#
The first in order is the Fair Of the Cen
trail Agricultural Society of Warren, Gran
vile, and Franklin counties North Carolina,
The next in order is the meeting of the
Border Agricultural Society Of Virginia and
North Carolina. Their Fair will open on
the goth Of October and continue until the
23d. We need say nothing with regard to
the interests our people have to take care Of
and foster in that part Of the country. The
Fair will be held at DanyiIle, and the pros
pect is good for a fine exhibition @ss +
Then comes the Fair Of the Augusta
County Agricultural Society, which will
take place in Staunton on the 9th Of Octo-
Der, continuing for. three days. The -four
ishing county, Immediately represented on
that occasion, should be able to make a grand
exhibition, and the public should put up
with nothing less.
20 The Rockbridge County Agricultural So
ciety closes the fall meetings. The Fair of
that Society will place at Lexington on
November 4th, and will continue for two or
three days thereafter,
Of course our tradesmen are interested in
the proceedings Of the two last-named socie-
ties, and will be represented at them. They
ought to be very fine. The people Of the
Valley are better off than We on this side the
mountain are, and their domestic industry is
comparatively we'll regulated and thrifty
We may therefore anticipate very lively meet
eng at their two Fairs ss's