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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10
For the Rutland Herald.
The Dance of the "Darkies,"
OR
"a Subject for n PoeIn.'
BY C. Il. BALLARD.

A friend-who surely won't complain, ~
Though shall say, without permission,
That while he's often "on a traiu," @
His conduct is above suspicion;
"grand good fellow" all agree, EA
Whose privilege it is to know him f
The other day remarked to me,
"See here's subject for poem! !"
1 looked, and 10 ! little squad
OF "darkies" seemingly quite merry.
But this was neither new nor odd:
Indeed such sights are common, very.
But ere even had chance
To ask him for an explanation,
He added-"there's 'darky' Dance,
And here's colored delegation"
My Pegasus I'll quick unfetter.
For can truthfully confess
No other theme would suit me better.
A subject dark, and yet-how queer
Not stunning strict investigation
And furnishing, as will appear,
Examples three for imitation.
Why should not "darkies" use the Right,
Which Heaven has at last decreed 'em,
To celebrate, with spirits light,
The Anniversary of their Freedom!
Why should they not, with hearts aglow
With hope and courage, swell the pecan,
Or {" trip the light fantastic toe
Through labyrinths Terpsichorean
No longer now they ask in vain
That CALLING fetters may be broken;
No more they wear tyrant's chain,
For Ia the fat has hpeu sp0Lpn
And slow yet sure is their advance
Toward recognition by the nation.
Meanwhile they keep, with song and dance,
The Day of their Emancipation.
When Israelites from bondage fed,
Their glad release was celebrated
With Triumph-song by Moses led,
With Dance by Miriam consecrated.
So Affric, from Oppression freed,
Although by wars swift desolation,
Should laud, in Song and Dance, the deed
Which lifts her to her fitting station.
1 watched them as they passed along,
AS gay as foliage in October
happy, lively, merry throng,
Yet, strange 10 tell, entirely So6er!-
A paradox not overd0ne,
And scarcely needing explanation,
And which count as number-0ne
Example for our imitation.
heard of them while, all intent,
They gayly tripped thro' many figure;
And while the wee hours" came and went,
Redoubled all their native vigor.
Yet "nothipg out of taste occurred,
Il,,+a ord vi a4
So says mine Host" upon his word,
And none can truthfully deny it.
Why is't that people once enslaved
VIII anybody give reason?-
Are counted "quite as well behaved
AS any party of the season ~
This, too, "mine Host" affirms is true,
And not mere empty praise, and hollow;
And so count it number-t1CO
Example fit for whites to follow.
The dance is over, and away
They pass, like foliage in October,
Merry as when they came, and gag,
Yet "eUeTy one Of them a0as sober :"
And now for model Peters we
No more must needs " send men to Joppa," {"
For here We find dthem-number-three
Example fit for all to copy
My friends trust, will not complain,
Though have said, without permission,
That while he's often "on train,'
His conduct is above suspicion.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

TEXAS. - Lands around Gonzales,
Texas, may be bought very low as planta-
tions are large and hands to cultivate
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

MCFARLAND.-McF Farland has insane
ly instituted proceedings in the Indiana
courts to set aside the decree of divorce
granted his wife. His grounds for the
application are that it was fraudulently
obtained, and that through the ohicanery
of her lawyers he was prevented from as
certaining the court in which she had sued
for the separation, and was thus prevented
from taking measures to resist her appli-
cation. .a
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

A DANGEROUS CoUNTERFEIT.-An new
counterfeit was detected at the National
Bank of Derby Line, last week, in the
form of $50 note on the National Bank
of Commerce, New York. The note is
pretty we'll gotten up, but is / of an inch
shorter than the genuine. The lathe
work of the vignette is coarse and i'm.
perfect, under a glass. The signatures
are printed instead of written.-Std1aStead
Journal.
COOP TEMPLARs ELECTIoN.-The
quarterly election of officers of Gushing
Lodge at Dandy, No. 6S, L. o. of G. T.,
took place Friday evening, January 2Sth,
when the following officers were chosen
for the ensuing term:
w. G. Tt. P. Howe.
w. V. T.-Miss Emma Bancroft.
W. Sc B. Bond.
w. A. S.-Mrs E. B. Bond.
W. T. Sc. A Smith.
W. T.-Miss E. A. Green.
W. M.-Geo. Kisdon.
W. D. M.-Miss Addie johnson.
W. I. G.-Miss Hannah Grady.
w. o. G.-Geo. Burton.
w. r. S.-Miss Nellie Kelley.
w. L. S.-Charles Baker.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

BRATTLEBoRo.-prof. L. G. .Seelye of
Amherst college, gave the first of sup
Piementary course of lectures before the
Young Mems Christian association of
Brattleboro, Wednesday evening, at the
town hall Prof. Seelye's lecture will be
followed by weekly lectures from other
members of tho faculty of the college,
till the course is completed.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

MIDDLEToWN.-A meeting is called to
be holden at Middletown on Saturday
next, at 2 o'clock p. m, to take into con-
sideration the interests of the Middletown
Springs, the building of hotels, SC. Henry
Clark and Hon. D. E. Nicholson of Rut-
land, Rev. DIR. Newman of Poultney, and
other, are expected to address the meet
ing.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10
!'SOiIing Her Fingers With The
Ballot,

We find these words in the annual re-
port of Secretary Rankin, for 1869, to the
Vermont Board of Education. And the
Rev. E. Mills writes in your Weekly
HERALD, Jan 81, that woman is "too
pure" and "too good" to be intrusted
with the ballot. Is not the infer
ence obvious that voting is dirty
business, to be exercised only by the I'M
pure and bad. And on the same principle,
if we have any good and pure men, why
should not they be excluded from the
ballot? The Secretary who speaks thus
sneeriL gly of woman's enfranchisement is
the official head of a brigade of Vermont
lady teachers, in our common schools,
thousands in number. Wonder how they
will relish it should they ever notice it in
reading his voluminous report? In theory,
every voter in our representative, Demo
cratic government, is sovereign, and
only valves his sovereignty by investing
others with his authority, from time to
time, through the ballot box. A ballot is
~ SuCh I'll IAiALAS oAbCL o1is Az ALL
pure the fingers may be that are required
to handle it. 1t may signify pace or
war, tariff or no tariff, prohibition OF free
trade in liquor, and when the cleo
tion for members of the Constitutional
Convention comes off next May it may
mean the enfranohisement of woman. If
the vote is given for Brick Pomeroy
for President it means "repudiation of
the public debt" If for Secretary Bout
well it means payment in full. Thus the
vote is invested with all the dignity of
sovereign. But the dear, delicate, re-
fined, pure and good women must not
" soil their fingers with the ballot" Are
not women, equally with men, interested
in good government? Are they not citi-
zens and taxpayers Are they not amen
able to the laws? If for no other rea-
son we would have woman have the bal
lot that she might have an induoement to
become acquainted with the institutions
and laws under which she lives. Politics
are a more healthy study than novels.
DOeS any one uOuOt that inc presence OF
woman at the polls would have a purify
ing and restraining influence We may
concede to woman equal property rights,
equal remuneration for equal services, but
if we deny har the ballot she accepts as a
concession what she is entitled to as a
right But the laws and prejudices of
centuries are against her enjoying equal
rights. For instance, married couple
acquire property by their joint efforts;
when the wife dies the property is all
vested in the husband; when the hus-
band dies the wife obtains the use during
her lifetime of one-third or one-half of
the property, while the balance, perhaps,
goes to distant heirs. II.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

A TRUANT WIFE RETURNS TO HER HUs-
BAND AFTER EIGHT YEARS RESI-
DENCE AMONG THE MORMONs.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

them cannot be had. Perhaps not more
than one-half or one-third of the bottom
land will be cultivated this year. Some
of the negroes have made enough money
since their freedom to buy homes, and
many others are leaving the large planta-
tions to settle for themselves on leased or
rented lands. Good valley plantations in
a state of neglect can be bought at from
three to five dollars per acre. Some may
be rented for repairs.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

My friends trust, will not complain,
Though have said, without permission,
That while he's often "on a train,''
His conduct is above suspicion.
And now, in Just a moments time,
My modest Muse begs leave to show him
How she can say-so help my rhyme
"ZhG7akS fora subject for poemr'
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

From the st. Joseph Mo- Herald, l2th.l
A Long Separation and Happy Re-
union.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

SAN FRANCISCO MARKET.-Prices of
food in the San Francisco markets: But
ter As to so cents, eggs % cents, lard 20
cents, hams 20 cents, green peas 81 to 30
cents pound, chickens 81 to $1.25 a.
piece, wild ducks % to rs cents pair,
teal ducks $3.50 to So per dozen, wild
geese rs cents to 81 per pair, pleyer IL
cents apiece, snipes $3.50 to $2.OO per
dozen, turkies 80 to 80 cents pound,
fresh salmon Is cents pound, cauli-
flowers $3.50 to $500 per dozen, apples
8 to cents pound.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

"A NICE BROTHER-IN LAw.-Mr. e. B.
Locke, of Newport, Vt, is not exactly the
"right man in the right plnce." Last fall,
Hamilton Collins of that town was sorely
afflicted with sickness in b is family, all
the members being prostrated at a time
with typhoid fever. In this extremity,
Z. B. Locke, brother-in-law, went to as
sist the family. When Collins recovered
from his sickness, he missed several
bushels of cats and meal, some IA lbs. of
butter and some meal bags. One day,
finding bag of meal concealed in the
barn as though some one intended to steal
it, he thongh he would watch. Suspect
ing Locke, he finished supper one night
before Locke, who was still at his house,
and going to the barn concealed himself
Soon Locke appeared, and thinking the
coast clear, took the bag of meal, put it
upon his sled and went home as was his
custom at night. A day or two after,
Hamilton eacoused Locke of stealing the
meal. He denied 1t at first, but when he
found he was really detected, he owned
the theft. He was duly arrested a few
days since, had hearing, and was bound
up in the sum of $3.50. Not being able
to procure the bail, he was taken to Iras-
burgh, where he now remains in Jail.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

A MYsTERY.-Manyw will remember the
case of Martin Green of Benton Harbor,
Mich, who, last spring, had 300 of his
peach trees girdled in night by unknown
scoundrels; and how the citizens turned
out en- masse and dressed the trees with
salve and rags, and how the trees bore a
marvellous crop of peaches. Soon after
their burden had been gathered, they
were girdled again, and Mr.. Green in
despair thought he must have some enemy
in the neighborhood and sold his farm
and moved away Mr.. Hunter, Chica-
goan, bought it, and, few days ago, the
orchard was again outraged. The people
are terrible excited over it and are making
extraordinary efforts to detect the despoil-
arg
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

VERMONT IN CoNGREss.-On Tues.
day the committee reported that Mr.
Booker, from the Fourth Virginia district,
was entitled to seat in the House. Judge
Poland declared that Mr.. Booker gave
official and personal aid to the rebellion,
and could no more take the oath than
Jefferson Davis himself He was, how
ever, admitted by vote of 80 to II.
Hon. Luke P. Poland has been APP
pointed one of the Regents of the Smith
sonian Institute.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

PRENTICE's LAsT.-One of Prentice's
last and best: $3.50
"They now have in New York fat
mans association and bald-headed as
sociation. An attempt was made the
other day to start a dam-phool association,
but it was found that the other associa-
tions had absorbed all the material"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

HATRED OF ENGLAND. - The late Ma
jor S., of the United States Engineers,
had a thorough dislike for England he
would have pleased DIR. Johnson, who
liked a good hater. The major used to
say that in any foreign complication
which might arise twould be the simplest
thing in the world to determine what the
policy of this country should be: All
the President would have to do would be
to find out what the policy of England
was, and-tbe11 go dead against it," On
one occasion, conversing with an English
man, he told him frankly that in this
country Great Britain was " looked upon
as the enemy of the human race" g Yes" :"
replied the other, II suppose nurses fright
en- their children by telling them that John
Bull will come and eat them up ?" "Not
much m shouted the major. Once, when
he was coming over from England in one
of the Cunard steamers, on fine Satur-
day afternoon, band on deck played
Yankee Doodle. A gruf Englishman,
who stood by inquired whether that was
the tune the old COW died of. "Not at
ALL" retorted the major: ''that is the tune
the old Bull died OPP This apt reply
made John Bull pause and consider, as
indeed, according to the old ballad, the
cow in question did:
"A certain fifer had cows
He had no hay to give her;
So he took his fife and began to play,
Consider, COW, consider"
LippiRcoHs MaqaziRe.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

R. S. Hefin, member of Congress
from Alabama, was found in his room al
most suffocated by gas. When brought
to, he said he "tried to pinch the light
out, but found that somebody had stolen
the wick"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-10-15

SUNDAY Last week, Mr.
Dana &. Pearson, travelling a-cut Of the
Did, monthly jou,ttal published IN Tie
iptcrcsts Of Sabbath Schools. by tho
Young Mems Christian Association ol
San Francisco, flushed the canvass Of
Linn county He reports twenty even
Sunday Schools IN the county, to y hoal
eight hudred copies Of the Dtat will be
sent Two hundred OF these ace Tor the
schools in this city Mr.. Pearson, ~ho
Ihas been canvassing the whole Southern
,porsioi. of the Sac, pronounces Linn the
banner county in the matter Of Sunday
Schools. lie received here voluntary
contributions, in aid Of this enterprise to
furnish ajouFaal specially adapted to The
wants Of the young folks Of our land.
about 500 in cash, for which he returns
thanks in behalf Of his associates acting
nnder the auspices Of the Y. VI. c. ~
The Dial is furnished gratis to all Sun
day Schools
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WILLIAM DAVIDSON,
Office, No. ca Front street,
PORTLAND oREGo on
REAL ESTATE DEALER.
Special Collector Of Claims,

\ large amount of CITY and EAST PORT
LAND Property for Sale
Also. IMPROVED ! ARMS aud valuable. un-
cultivated LANDS, located IN all parts of the
State.
Investments in REAL ESTATE and other
PROPERTY, made for corrcspsn,lcnts
CLAIMS Of all descriptions promptly collected
HOUSES AM STORES leased.
All kinds Of Finaaeiai and General Agency bust
ness TIpsactcd.
Parties having FARM PROPERTY for sale will
please furnisa descriptions of tie same to the
AGENTS OF THIS OFFICE, in each of the
principal CITIES and TOWNS of this STATE.
fjuue ll'70-tfl
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Administrators Sale of Real Estate.
NGTIOE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, IN
IN pursuance of order of the Coanty Court
of Linn county, State of Oregon. made on the
second day of August, 1870, in tho matter of the
estate of Isaiah Mercier, deceased the undersign-
cd. Administrator Of the estate, will SELL at pub
lie auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, u. g.
gold coin, in different parcels, Gu
Saturday, the 8th day of October,
1870. between the hours of o'clock A. NJ. and 4
o'clock P. NJ. of said day, at tho Court House
door in the city of Albany, in LINN county. Orc
gon the following described real property to. wit
Lot No. in block No. 10. and lot No. in
block No. 16, in the city Of Albany. Lirn county,
s ate of Oregon, known aud described upon the
town plat Of said city Of Albany now on fiIe il
the ONCE of the Clerk Of said Linn county.
TERMS or SALg-0ne- -ha alf 10 gold coin. down:
the rssidus in gold coin. on credit of SIX month";
with ten per cent. per snnum secured BY no<e and
mortgage on the premises sold
Dated, August2. 1870.
8. NJ, FENEIE0roN,
.oef', IL ls'v4~z Administrator.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-10-15
ALBANY, Oct. 10, 1870,

At regular meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Linn County Bible Soci-
ETY., the following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted
Resolcel, Tha, all the Churches
throughout Linn county. who are friend.
ly to spread the " ord of God, be and are
hereby requested to take up collection
by the fist OF November next, or as soon
thereafter as possible. for the purpose of
helping def'ray the expense of suppl,in
the destitute families of the county with
copy of the Holy Bible. and forward the
same, soon, to the Treasurer If the Bible
Society, Mr. E. \. Freeland, Postmaster
of Albany, Oregon
Resolued, That the different newspa-
pers throuc hout the county be respect
fully requested to publish the above res
olution. GEO. w. GRAY, See'y.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-10-15

InoS-IcAL.-The OreJ9ai"n Of Mon
dry has the suhjoined iron ical para
graph The three vessels dlscbarging
cargo ut the Railroad wharf to day bring
an aggregate of six thousand rails. In
case the Co7amo.iore brings as much as
the Orient the amount in the river will
reach an aggregate of $3.50 bars. This
iron will be sufficient to carry the track
within three miles of Albany. Our
trends in Linn county may begin to max e
their arrangements to receive the car OF
prugrcss.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-10-15

PURcnAsEp,- At the sale of the Mer-
cier property on last Saturday, Mr.. Grad
wohl, member of the City Council, pur>
chased for the city lot = in block Is, for
the sum Of $500. We suppose the city
intends erecting an engine house and
council chamber on the lot. Lot IN
block 10 was purchased by Mr.. Adams,
for the sum of 81. .3o0-chcap.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-10-15
TIE STATE FAIR.

No doubt very creditablc display may be ex-
pccted on the gronn.'s of the Agricultural Society
during Fair Week, but there is no show in or
about Brownsville equaIing the splendid assort-
nent of goods on exhibition ut Wheelcr's store.
The stock has been carefisily selected with eye
to the wants Of all classes of people. and viii
repay the tiEae expended in examination.
When you want to buy or look at goods, or
talk over thc news, 80 II WHEgLEn's.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-10-15

4 Kansas lady on retiring te her
room one night, found it literally filled
with martins, which had flown III during
her absence, Instead Of harshly tu; ming
them out into tie cold, the kind hearted
lady captured nearly all Of the little crea-
lures, aud had them served up the next
dag IN a pot pie.
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New PAPER. new weekly i

NEW PAPER. new weekly jouI nal,
published at Monmouth, Oregon. en-
titled Christian Hesseayey, has made its
appearance. Rev I. f. Campbell, Pres
i4ient ef Monmouth Christian College, is
the editor aud proprietor. 1t is neatly
printed journal and viii prove efficient
or-an Of the Chr;s,iln denomination
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-10-15

LEG BRoKEN.-0n Tuesday, one Of
the bosses on the railroad Mr. w. Rine-
thai, was kicked by horse and the right
leg broken. Dr. Lindsey Hill was called
IN to attend on the sufferer.
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TnEoI.INE-f'or removing gre;

InEoLINE.-for removing grease
Spet.,. etc FROM six, ribbons, cloth. and
10: t.caain-s kil gloves aai all kinds
Of weolen or silk gods. Theycrs Goa
ce,tratel Taec1iar Is the best as;ie.e We
have ever tried 70 he obtained at the
Drug Store ct Geo. T. Setticnlier, First
street Albany
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-10-15

REAL ESTATE SALEs.-On Tuesday.
Jas. q Meara, Esq, transferred to slr.
Luther Elkins, dwelling and four lots,
on the corner of Lyon and Seventh
streets, in this city, for the sum of 81 500.
Mr. Geo. Pattersop has sold his aeat
little residence out on Second street, for
sI.O50.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-10-15

BARBAEous.-Hale I;ackeasto has
htted up shop in the Overland Hotel.
Wenow have three barber shops in tho
CITY.
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WILL RErltEskSrED.-A friend Of

y ELL NETNksEN IED.-A ITlend Of
ours, whose veracity is unqne>!ionable, in
forms US that train III which there
were two hundred wemen, camped JUST
below this city, on Sunday night, en- route
fur Salem. The train WAS from Uinp-
I'M
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-10-15

y SMAsHUP. On Thursday, as the
vehicle containing Mr. Jas. II Poster
aud lady was descending jackson hill, a
few miles this side of Salem, some por
tion of the harness give way, the horses
became unmanageabIe and ran away
upsetting the buggy and more or less in
juring our friends, aud smashing the
vehicle all to flinders . The team was
pretty badly used up. It is long hill.
and has been the scene Of numerous mi,
haps.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-10-15

SUDDEN DEATK.-At Corvallis on
Wednesday. youn. uan named Craig.
clerk in Mr.. Bddlo's drug store in thar
place, was found in the store stark dad
Whether the suspicion entertained b.
some, that his death was caused by poison.
sSas well founded. our issfsrmant could
not state
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-10-15

Many Suffer rather ri,an take nauSeous
,ncdici, All such. VIII, suffer from
cou2irs. cnld-. irritation Of the bronchial
tubes AMI icnarnry to Cons umpfaop.
have IN Dy. W.sfar's Bais0m # Via
Cherry rene Is as agreeable to the
palate as effec1ual in removing disease. =
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-10-15
A BARGAIN.

a BARGAIN CAN BE IIAH IN TIVE
~ STOCK ana Hastness Of the Dsag Store Is
nsownsvii,e. . Oregon. The undersigned. wishs,sS
70 change bis business. viii aispose of lis ssor$
Apply by letter or at tAsa aere Of
Aus- 20, s7o-4-sol sre-r.rsls. TTMnE: f.,