davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-03-25
Letter From Nebraska.

NLetter From Nebraska. p
PAwEEEfC NEBRAsKAI
trl Februaryy23, 1869. lno
Ed Record: 1elv or on
Some twelve years ago |
J left your countyto seek a home
in the West, and at that time
many Of my fiiends lad me
promise that | woull write and
let them know what kind Of
country the West is. | wrote
to some soon after | left Ohio;
but at that time | had but a
slight knowledge of the West,
asi my readers will see; for
when L left Ohio, i settled in
Illinois and went to farming as
q tenant on otherpeople's land,
giving them one half or one
third of what produce Il was
able to raise; as all the land
near where ] lived was, owned
by settlers, who had moved
there previous to me, and |, be
ing poor, could not buy. l
lived in Illinois three years and
barely made enough to meet
demands, I th3een moved to
Iowa 5l] but ,fI finding Che land land all
taken up, | again tried renting,
but at the end Of. three years, l
.wa5poorer than1when II com
nIenced.s "di - orr paiIno9si
About this time the'home.
stead bill passed, granting'ev-
person 100 acres Of land who
would be an acteah settler on
the same. j then moved to
this =, State. At that time, it
was g territory, and very thinly
populated, especially west Of
the river counties, and ! took q
hQmestead in CHS, county
Pawpee.u Then the county
could not poll fifty votes, and
as far as the eye could pene-
tfate, rlay one vast unsettled
prairie, with here and there q
sn3]alll 1] belt Of timber growing gr3o,I ii
along 4hedwatey courses, ryA,es, In,
dians werelplenty, and some OF
my neighbors were shetland
scalped by them, stripped lol
their garments and left to
| be bleadhed on the plains OF
! deyeured by the wolNes.l su,9r
| But the tide Of emigration
cemmeneeda thelsayages were
| driven back, and to day,egery
foot Of land in this ceunty is
taken the most oft by actual
settlers, Who seem to be proud
of their new homes and have
] gone to work breaking up'their
land. Nearly . all seem t, be
doing! we'll. There are a few
exceptions, as some would not
be rp satisfied ff fed if they had their
| land broken up for nothing.
Such men don't stay long, but
tthYeiig places are soon filled up
.Ebyn Others, 6who will be con-
4tentedn even to endure hard,
ships for a while. There is
plenty of government land in
tliis statephat canabe taken as
.homesteads, and in this county
land can be bought at from SO
to So per acre.GiaGood i'm.
proved prairie. land can be had
for the latter figures. Land
near our town is Cwortha from
T $40 to $50 per acre.
ASA grain growing country
thisecah't dbePbeat.h As high as
35i bushels of wheat per acre
and-from 50 to1i75 bushels Of
| oats are raisedq 5onbushels. is
about all average for oats. It
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-03-25

A LADY in Schenectady, ono.
day last week, having. OCCASION .
to replenisho the coal in her ?
stove, picked up the scuttle and ;
dumped in a black cat The
way that cat. ''got up and got
was lively for to see. -.7t ,-...-
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-03-25

Master Shrimp's Composition.
-!MAois any mother. 1 am her
sonaF Mas name is Mrs. Shrimp;
she ds the wife OF Mr.. Shrimp,
and MraShrimp is her husband.
Pa is my father Ny name is
John George& Washington
Shrimp Pa's,name is Shrimp
too aadso is Mas. r..l-l Z
Il My ma has a ma. She is my
grandma. She Is mother.in-law
to: PA. My pa says mother-in-
laws ought to be vetoed. /
like my grandma better than
pa does. She brings me ten,
cent stamps and bolivars. She
don't brIngcany 10 pa. Maybe
That's why he don't like her.
Aunt Jerusha us my aunt
When pa was little boy she
was his sisteEo ! like little sis
ters. Dickey Mopps has a lit.
tie sister, Her namefs Rose,
| take her, out riding on my
sled. Aunt Jerusha don't like
her. She callshor that "Mopps
girl" l think Aunt Jerushe
ought to be ashamodof herself.
Aunt Jerusha lives with US.
Sometimes4 think marhad rath-
er'haye'her live with somebody
else. l asked Aunt Jerusba
once why she didn't marry
somebody and set up for her
SELF She SAID that many and
many a cman had wanted to
marry her, but while her;poor
Susan Jane was'in such a state
of health She couldn't think oil
leaving; besides, shetaid, what
wouId 8becohs Of your poor pa?
Aunt Jerusha sometimeshas
a state of health too. On
washing days she has the head
ache, and does her head up in
brown paper and vinegar, and
I,have7to make Toast for her, at
the kitchen fire.; ? + make some
for myself too!aA 'MA rsLc
o Aunt Jerushs says that no.
body knows what she has done
for thai. boy. o That boys me
again. Il told pa what She said.
He said it was just SO. No.
body did know g Ma said that
Aunt Jerusha means well, and
that she's pas dear sister. e /
Idontosee why that's any reason
she shoulde always scold me
witend eat cabbage with a
knife!a 'nj $3.50 20 e2..I e-..
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-03-25

THERE are signs, says The
Pittsburg Dispatch, of a great
emigration southwark in the
early spring. Many families
are preparing TO leave Pitts
burg for Virginia, Kentucky
and GeCrgis5, 3 i, = r9..1a-
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-03-25

Mrs. PARTiNGroN says that
nothing despises her SO much
as to'see people, who profess
to expect salvation, go to
church without their purses,
when a recollection is TO be
taken. -'''' .A.'. -' o b
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-03-25
ADyERTIsINt3 TERMS

One squere, >, ngI.EAGsg 81 90
Each additional insetfion, 80. SO
Cards. per year, ...-.......... 10 90
Local notices, per line, -. =. Id
Yearly advertisements .R1OO-ler
column, andat porportionate rates for
less space. Payable IN advance. 4
eB> The Record being the official
paper Of the town and county, and
having the largest circulation Of any
paper In the county. offers superior
inducements to advertisers.r -,lT
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-03-25

How can it be proved that
Moses wore a wig9 2 Because
he was sometimes seen with
'air on ( (Aaronl, and sometimes
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-03-25

"MAssA," said Jumbo, @one5
of your oxen is dead; t'oder
toe" Fraid a to- tclTo you Of
boff at once, for fear you
couldn't bore it.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-03-25

ASA grain growing country
this secah't bePbeat.d As high as
35' bushels Of wheat per acre
and-from 80 tors bushels Of
oats are raisedl 5oIlbushelsis is
about all average for oats It
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-03-25

FROM HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD,
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court Of Penn.
sylvania
... PHIL Al ELPHIA, March 10, 1857.
Ifnd HoofInd's German Btlers" is not an
'tStoricdting beverage, bat is a good tonic ussjm
IN disordsrs Of He digestive organs, aud Of great
'bensM in cases Of debility and i1d'n " HeTpoI;
octtos in he system.
Yours truly, D.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-04

whilst the third part nearest the house, Is
laid out as q grass -plot-a tranquil basin Win
water in the centre, and some handsome
Mexican aloes on either side; whilst near Is
an elegant terrs-cotts vase on pedestal, with
yet another inscription, Wiz
on Est L'BsPoIR, LA EST LA PAX.
now overgrown with oreepers Of ivy and
honeysuckle. Bshind, again, is trellised
aleove, covered with well-traned trees; whilst
arbutus, and ilex trees tree-like frchsias,
gigantic geraniums and veronioas flourish
iuxufiantly. Over against stone seat, on the
wall over which droop the branches of a sweet
scented aloysia, half hidden under moss and
ivy, is the last inscription to be recorded it is
this-
mMENsITE, DIT L'ETRE;
BTRRNfTE, DIT lame.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-04
TN THE ORPHANS COURT FOR THE CITY
| NJ 4, InIiMIX or PHILADELPHIA.

| AND COUNTY or PHILADELPHIA,
Estate OF REBEOCA FOLEY. deceased. .,,o
and sdinst the account of MARY A. ROWE. Execu-
trix OF The estate Rebeccs Foley, deceased, and TO
renor fbution Of the balance In the hands of the
accountant Will meet the parties interested for the
prv S ise9 at O'Clock P. M. at his ofhce, No. 81
South THfRD Street, in the cLy OF Philadelphia.
2slhRtu5t H. h. T6ARP, Auditor.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-04
Sl,647,967S so

DIRECTORS.
Thomas o. Hand Edmund A. Souder
John Q. Davis, Samuel e. Stokes
James G. Hand, Henry Sloan,
Theophilus Paulding, William q. Ludwig,
Joseph II. Seal, George q. Leiper,
Hugh Craig, Henry @. Dallett, JE,
John r. Penrose, John ID. Taylor,
Jacob =. Jones, George w. Bernadou
James TraquaiT, William g. Boulton
Edward Darlington, Jacob Riegel
II. Jones Brooke, spencer McIlvaIne
James b. Mcfarland, D, r. Morgan, Pittsburp
Edward Lafourcade, Iohn b. Semple, a.
Joshua z. Eyre, A. b. Berger,
THOMAS q. HAND, President
JOHN y. DAVIS, Vice president
HENRY LYLBURN, Secretary.
HENRY BALL. Assistant Secretary. [lOS
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-04
LEGAL NOTICES.

TN THE ORPHANS COURT FOR THE CITY
L AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA.
Estate OF ALLEN j, HUBBS deceased.
Notice is hereby given that atCATHARIN ME ID u BBS,
the widow OF said deceoent has filed In said Court
her petition for allowance of the sum o. 5000 elected
to be retained by her under the OF Assembly of
April IA, 1851, aud ITS supplements ana ha the same
Will be allowed by th @ CouII on SATURDAY Febru-
" - ~ JOHN ROBERTS,
20 tn TN a. Attorney for Petitioner.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-04
IA FIN DU sBIGNBUR.
LA FIN DU PREsTRE.
LA FIN DU sOLDAT.

-alluding to the time when aristocrats,
priests, and soldiers shall cease to exist, and
hoerty and equality reign. Under the win.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-04-21

BOILED INDIAN.-The Reese River Re-
veille, chronicling the amuscments Of Aus
tin says:
Our attention was called this morning to
the case of an Indian boy, about twelve
years of age, whose shoulder, arm and
breast, were SO severely scalded yesterday as
to leave them bare Of skin. The little fell
low applied Ia person in store on Main
street for help, and appeared to be suffering
.cutely. We we're informed that the scald-
ing was done by baker on lower Main
street. who represented to person who
called ON him in relation to the affair. that
it happened from the accidental falling Of 4
kettle of boiling water from the stove near
which the Indian boy was sitting. This
person told us that he dlsbelieved the story
Of the falling kettle. and was inclined to be-
lieve that the sealding was done purposely.
We do not agree with our informant, for We
cannot conceive how any enc could infict
such devilish injury on a mere child. even
though the child be an Indian. II, however,
the sealding was accidental, as alleged BY
the baker, he osRAt to have done some
thing for the relief Of the boy, which he
does not make i sppear he did, and this in
diffeseHee to hin sa6ering oiFsss Some ground
fer the eharge Of ipsentfsssi seaidins.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-04-21
THE NEWS.

Tb.re i, 4 considerable number Of
news items in the latest dispatches, re-
ceived by Us by last evenings Gold HUI
News. which are worth referring to in
detail. Among them We find the state
mss, that our old Tor young) friend Bob
Gardner, Of Sacramento, has been
appointed Land Receiver at Humboldt.
Bob WAS ons of the Lincoln Electors.
He was told by Seward that he was
taceording to the Secretary's best in
tsrmation), the youngest man that had
ever oficiated in that eapaeity-Bob
being then brit 70 years of age. We
are glad to see that our old friend Z. 5.
Davis, of Lander, has been appointed
to fill the vacancy caused BY the
appointment of Hon. A. P. X. Stafford
~ Governor of Arizona, by which the
US. Surveyor Generalship of Nevada
was left without an incumbent. No
.eieciion that could, by any possibility
have been made, would better please
the working Republicans of this State.
We are glad to note that Mr.. Howard
Of Michigan has been confirmed As the
successor Of ]. Ross Browne as Minister
to China. Edw. NcCook, as Governor
Of Colorado, is a splendid appointment.
This reported action of the President
with regard TO Cuban affairs is as deci-
ded and essentially American as the IN ost
ardent admirer of the Monroe Doctrine
could desire. He has given it to be I'M
derstood that Spain must settle, in due
form, aud peremptorily, the measure of
the outrage upon our commerce involved
in the Mary Lowell affair or I" fight it
cat on this line" In the meantime the
Navy 10 ordered into efficiency. 'Tis
we'll. Reverdy Johnson is reported as
desiring to stay where he is until
August. Grantsays "uot for Joseph, !"
and Reverdy will have to return or stay
where he is in the capacity of a pri-
vate Bohemian. We like the idea con-
rsyed by the dispatches that our Gov
eminent proposes to pu: the onus of the
Al.bsma question upon the British
Government. Il means TO say, virtual
~, "if you cas- stand that sort of thing,
we can" II is thought ,ha, the Senate
will adjourn to-day.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-04-21

REFRESHING TO DENocRATs.-A prom
inent Virginia Democrat having been charged
with changing his political views, writes a
letter confessing the charge, expressing the
reason for the change, and declaring him
self utterly opposed to the Conservative
(rebel) State ticket. Among other things
he says:
1 have changed because events have
changed, and our Government has changed.
A mighty revolution has swept over our
political and social systems !; and are the
people of Virginia to remain stupidity blind
to the new line of departure? Have they to
follow longer the lead and cling longer to the
fallen fortunes of the Northern Democracy,
who have failed to afford them any relief,
and who are powerless to extend relief to
themselves: / shall do no such thing and
they who are seduced longer by the Jack %
lantern lights of those shipwrecked mariners
who are dreaming and specializing about the
defunct resolutions and platforms Of the
past, are simply gambling away what little
remains from the debris of war, of the home
stead of their good old mother common
wealth, and dancing at her funeral. They
shall dance by none oil my music, nor will
dance by theirs.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-04-21

SENATOR Coxxsss.-" Buttons" the
Washington correspondent of the San
Francisco Chronicle, writing under
date of March 20 says:
The prominent Californians here have re-
r-ived the cards Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Con-
ness. The pair were safely married last
week at Greenfield (Mass.). at the rssidence
Of the brides father. Wendell Davis. Ths
lady is an estimable and lovely person. about
twenty-five years of age-a blonde with
black eyes and profusion of auburn hair.
Several Of the Senator'S personal and politi-
cal friends went up from Washington to at
tend the wedding. n is not certain what
Conness will turn his attention to in the
future, but / understand il is more than
probable he will return to California during
the coming summer, there reside.
This statement shows how little
ruth there is in the scandal retailed
With regard to CONFESS and Miss Angela
Starr King by tina, aneaking Backyard,
Simonton Of the Bulletin.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-04-21

THI NEW President OF HARVARD
USIvERsIrY.-The Boston correspond
ent of the San Francisco Times states
as follows with regard to the newly
elected President Of Harvard Unirersity:
The mystery as to the nomination for the
Presidency of this institute of learning.
which, among the alumni and other. inter-
ested, has, for some time, been a matter of
great interest, vas brought to a close on
Thursday last, by the nomination, on the
part of the Orerseers, of Mr.. Charles w.
Eliot. Mr.. Eliotis graduate of the class
of 1858. was for some years q member of
the College of Faculty, and aierward Ad-
junct Professor Of Chemistry in the Law
renee Scientific School, for some time past
hiss been Professor of Chemistry in the In
sritute of Technology, and is widely known
both for his attainments in his own branch
of science, and for his great familiarity with
the methods of education at home and
abroad, as well as for his remarkable e1ecu-
tive ability. The nomination was generally
received with great satisfaction. arising not
only from the universally recognized merit
of the nominee, but from the belief that the
proposes on the whole the best
settlement of the varied questions which
have seen so much discussed of late among
the friends of the college.
Mr.. Eliot has contributed a number of
articles of late to the Atlantic, upon scien-
tifc education, which have attracted much
attention. He was at one time stroke
par " of the first boats crew of Harvard
and represents very largely the " Young
American element among the graduates and
friends of the University. His election to
The Office will crafty large circle.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-04-21
Cny4Ix,c AND axt.s,r-Joi,u q

CHIvALKIC AND AMfAsLE.-John Big
Ter. formerly Governor of California aud
sow the Editor of the State Capital
R-por,e. of Sacramento. courageously,
chivaironsly and amiahly comes 10 the
defense OF Governor Aaight who has
been accused by the unfssIing Radical
press of tsing a lawyer. The charge
is without soundntioa snd John, know.
ing ii. says 80. The ,Aauks VI the Cal
iisraia bar srs due rs" honest Johs."
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-04-21
A LISaUIsrIcAL GIAsr.-Says an ex
change {:


change:
Reuth Goshen, the Arabian giant, has
settled down at Algonquin, Ill. He is seven
and a half fee. high, weighs six hundred and
fourteen pounds, and is. with enc exception
the largest man in the world. He is a native
"f Jerusalem, and is said to speak twenty
!anguages.
" The Arabian Giant" that exhibit
ted himself in San Francisco some
years was simply a Sioux Indian. How
ever. this may be a different person-if
giant is amenabls to that common
place epithet-bu, whether a native Of
sac Western Wilde OF Holy Lander,
~e doubt his ability to speak more than
nineteen languages correctly. Giants
don commonly run to brains.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-04-21
Tan san FRAxcrsco TIMDs on rHB

TlH san FRAxclsco TIMBs on raI
SAc2AMsnro UKIoN.-A certain Bohe.
n,sn named Henry George, having writ,
ten some abusive things concerning the
Central Pacific Railroad Company, and
the Sacramento Union having swal-
lowed the same with greedy avidity, our
occasionally pungent, but generally
i digni6ed," contemporary, the San
Francisco Times, commenting upon Ger
tain phases Of the position Of affairs
regarding the matter in question lately
developed, says:
The Unions eager endorsement of this
correspondent reminds US Of the old Mar
quis in the farce Of Grist - the Mill, who is
so tickled with the conduct of Fancine that,
though he cannot make out who or what she
is, exclaims rapturously, &c She plays my
game, and love her for thati,"
The Union, however, having in the same
issue attacked the Heralds Especial" dis
patches. the latter journal retorts triumph
antly thus:
But the Union is peculiarly unfortunate in
its last attack. for in its issue of Yesterday,
in a column adjacent to the one containing
disparagirg reference to our Eastern dis
patches, it has an editorial in which it speaks
Of = gentleman named Henry George as a
keen newspaper man, and one who is not
afraid to tell the truth, even at the risk Of
offending wealth and power. We are pre-
pared to endorse the Unien's eulogy.-
For it is none other than this same Henry
George who prepares and forwards the WASH
ington specials to the Herald.
We must confess that so far the Herald
has the best of the dispute, and We are curl
Gus to see how the Union will e1tricate itself
from the dilemma into which it has been led
oy its blind hatred of the Central Pacific
Company.
The Sacramento Record, yesterday, struck
into the fight, and hercely assailed the Union
and the Tribune's correspondent. and denies
the assertion Of the latter, that the Central
Pacific road, in the neighborhood of Ar
genta, is unnecessarily crooked. The Re-
cord says:
The same correspondent also states that
the road, east of the Sierras, is unnecessarily
crooked. and particularly in the vicinity OF
Argenta, where it makes a circle in order, as
he says, to increase the length Of the road
and gain more bonds and land The truth
is the track in the vicinity of that station is
so straight that standing on the track, it is
almost impossible to see the curve which it
makes in order to pass through Be-o-wa-we
Gate. which is tw-nty-eieht miles from Ar
genta. That correspondent must have very
unusual optic organs to call crooked a curve
Of less than twenty-five degrees twenty eight
miles long.
We may add our own testimony to the
truth of this statement, and all who have
passed over the portion of the road alluded
to will endorse it as correct
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-04-21

FUTURE FIGHTING YAHKKEs.-The
boys in attendance upon the common
schools of Boston are taught, as par,
of their regular education, the manual
Of arms besides company and battalion
movements. May be some sectional
sardine that don't like New England,
thinks that the Yanks won't be pre-.
pared for the next war.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-04-21

TENACIOUS OF LRR.-A man was recently
hooked by COW, in the vicinity Of Ps,alu-
ma. the horn running through the left eye.
and the point of it coming through the top Of
the head. The man sarvives.-Erchange.
The man took horn and hew iuao his
head. That's all. No good reason Why he
should lle in consequence.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-04-21
ORMSBY HOUSE,
Corner of Carson and Second Streets
CARSON CITY, NEVADA.
GEO. D. FRYER, Proprietor.

'l'He ABOVE NAMED PROPRIETOR -
1 having leased the Urnsty House would Ess5
inform bis friends and the travelling pubic ~,
that This House has been thoroughly RENTED
throughout and put in complete order iu tl-
conf 1T and pleasure Of all who may please TO g,-
him a call
The lAEI.E will at all times lie supplied with
all the substantials as well as the luauIies that
the market affords. No psius will l-a spared L.
please guests and every attention will lie laid t.
their respective wants at all times
The BAR is well stocked with Fine Liquors,
Wines &c.
Attached TO the House is BILLIARD ROOM
containing Three Tables of the latest improved
styles. with good cues, balls and fire light.
Also. G GENERAL STAGE Of iCk for the Stsgr-
connecting with all the different lines Of stages
and Railroads running through this State aud
California. and any information in relation to the
same will be cheeriully given at all times.
ss- Particular attention paid to booking Pas
engers, calling thei.i, &C. apl5-tf