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Smyrna times., 1870-07-13
Best Rooms. +"

L have always wondered what some people
have best rooms for. 1t really is mystery !:
Tor they always keep them closed and dark-no
ray OF sunlight everpeeps through the curtains
or rails upon the carpet or pictures. Every
thIng Is cold and stiff, and sort of awe inspir-
ing atmosphere pervadeS the entire room, and
you feel lnvOuntarily like raising YOU hat and
making profound bow when you enter.
few times a year the apartment is aired
ana two or three times opened for grand
company. But how uncongenial everything
Is One feels just like walking on tip-toe !:
the children are sure to talk in whispers. and
there Is pervadlng feeling that the Garnet is
too nice to walk on, the chairs too easy to be
enjoyed, the pictures too beautiful to be com
mented upon, the books too handsomely bound
10 De looked at and read. SO you sit bolt up-
rlgnt ana talk politics and theology until you
get as rigid as your surroundings.
:. Now, | don't like such rooms don't be.
lleVe IN having things that are too nice to be
used; they always make me nervous If |
nave nice dress, | want to wear it if I have
a nice, pleasant room, | want to eniOv it whom
L nave leisure, and not when | have a roolnful
OF company to entertain.
always think soft carpets are to walk unon
easy chairs to lounge in, beautiful nicturrs to
look at and admire, handsome books to read
and talk about A
How love to throw open the "best room"
now ana then, and spend quiet evening there
nave father and brother put on their dressing
gowns ana silppers-motheI bring her knittino
ana sisters their crochet and embroidery: have
some one read good entertaining story. or a
Sketch from some tayOrite author-then DIov
an innocent game OF some sort, laugh and talk
Just as much as you please, or sing pleasant.
ment pam
Presently father will begin one of his long
thrlIlnS Storl t his early life IN new coun.
Iy' moth'r VIII look complacentIy around
upon 4 tHc lamliy group and think what a happy
cGhahge tlme has wrought. How bright and
HiiaplP 'hoSc ia' G. are around that hcarthstone
HooIi 'he clock gives warning that It's an hour
past bed time-and where has the timc foyyn ,
! happy good-nlghts are spoken, and hammer
hearts think there is no place like home. and
there isn't. "--N
!. Now, this is what | call enjoyment. and mt
ting our " best rooms" to a nropcr use ana I
am confident that if more parents tbouobt co
ana would labor to make home the MANIFEST
place on earth, there would he far less dissipa
ton and crime among our young men. than
there now is. '-'N''' ''''''i
There Is nothing that sheds such a glow Of
warmth through the soul as the feeling that
there IS one place on earth where we can find
resi-, ana that Is hOn3e; place where we can
enjoy the society of those most dear to us. and
"here all Is peace and happiness.
Parents, Openyour " best room occasionally.
"heh only your own family is to grace it. and
see now much comfort you can take. and how
great an amount Of happiness you will afford
lhoSe over whom you have control. = UcSfeyD
RWdL. "'''''"
Smyrna times., 1870-07-13

I,nI Man does not deal with his brother as God
to shine and the showers to descend with ' oo"n SUI
pr9fqsion on all. But in adjusting the re rewar5s
OF labor we adopt no such equitable ruIe. We
pay largely for the labor of the head we r..
crease capital with capital in an enormonS d.
gree; but we have little for the labor Of the
hands. We graduate the scale of nriccs NOT
by tie utility or the actual severity of the Ia.
9(% Gor' but by the demand and supply. Hence Il
iIlows 10 that that class Of laborers CONFUSING
I'll om' most @ numerous class are the worst paid Of
Yet this we may do: pay AS Iiber,Ilv for Iahe.
as as We we can oiford to--common labor, the labor
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WHOLE NO. SOB

r, Up in Wilkesbarre the people believe n
Campbells " Gertrude of Wyoming with ,hn n
same kind Of faith which other people have 0 ;1
Moses and Noah and General Wasbinrtonm ~
Every female child that has been born in tho
Town lor 1ity years has been named Gertrude
"'i% q. ~ Il y20 go to scWngsocicty and yell ont
, NcftE lltty women will Immediately Law
HTWn H1.S ther work and frisk over to the door
MINISTERS never inquire the name when tbav o.,
calGd upon to baptizc eirl-baby. Thev sI~Sb
on on tne water "a and say Gertrude" as matter
Gf t1 course. The editors OF papers published
there keep the poem standing on the eaiIe"S
anu az PRINT 1t regularly ever Saturday and nn
rourth OF July and Christmas. P3ra"ranb, !"
rom IL are arranged to long metre tunes in tbe
siHhlI- ~. DOCKS used in the churches. and ovor
h1ty t1nS OF jcwcry made out of Grrtv's bo;r
arc soiG IN the town every year! II Is sn;c;-
dai to doubt whether such woman ovor I:.- on;i
yea. One man was Drained on the spot IaSt
april because he said he didn't believe INV
woman ever had more than one skull. and he
~ II"u seen SIX, all of which were attribute,, n
GiertTGde since he entered the vallevI Az
me GlacSt inhabitants say kGy rccollect dis.
lucy Iy seeing her going out with slop bucket
20 20 lhG plg-ren every morning singing Rcon.
tIui Dreamer, and any one of them will .bow
you you l1c identical pig that she petted. She was
buried buried IN i9rty-siX different cemeteries. If the
people OF the valley are to be believed. W.
are 50 glad she died in the last century when
funerals were not so expensive as thev orc
now !-SUW}dy DtSpatch. "'0
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Josh Billings thus speaks of new apricul-
c tural implement, to which the attention of
farmers is invited: VI
John Rogers revolving, expanding. uncer-
entomouS' self adjusting, sclrcon,racting self
sharpening self grcasng, and self righ,eous
moss rake II now and forever offered tcw n gen.
cr'us publk. These rakes are az easy to Keen
IN repair az hitchng post, and will rake IN
paper OF pms sowed broadcast in a ten aker
in the winter for hen rooSt, or be sawCd mn
in stove wood for the kitch, n fire. No farmer
ov good moral karakter should be without tbis
rake, even il he has to steal ona.'
Smyrna times., 1870-07-13
Approved, December 20, lsC9.
A. $50. lPCBLIC-NO Al
the W m huuoh % the act entitled An net to Incorporate

IPJBLIC-N0.
an ACT IN addition TO the An
Company "''' Ne''SVt""h steam racket
BE enacted by the Senate House Of Representatives f
49, ol America in Congress assembled That tho
III s, . an act to Incorporate the Washington, NIxan-
Main @ steam Packet C"mpany approved third
I@I en- hundred and twruty-Iinc and continued Tor
vg tl'S 10y The act OF twentysiNt February eightcn
Il iniiN-Iut, be- and the
w. - , IN nll tore" and effect for her period Of
- 'S' ciIir with the first of January e0h-
t .'t sytyme Provided, nry yet.lrSs That
map az any I'm" hereafter modify or rpucaI the saIa
SEC z And hc it lur her enacted Thai nn sit % an'i
y ~ hiS Gr "latSocvcr,iu which the said corporati
20 p1'. or defendant shall aatc or Lc discontinued L
tIa su H g." l charter of said corporation, hut
So, continue ant hp prosecuted in all rcspects AZ il
49, 49, =, ~ no" expired; and the president and dirrcto
~ 'tr az ' tn"lt expired shall continue il, ofc
nh!,r a"! 10y virtue OF this act unit! others ,lalI h.
IN their places. '' '''-N4' oii"'' oc "uIS CHOSEN
ApprONNd JnnmarY ~ 1.-n
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POeI2V.
THE WORKOUT FONT OF TYPE

IN sitting by my desk, George;
Before me on the floor
mere Hes worn-Out font of type,
Full twenty thousand score.
ana many months have passed, Goorrc.
since they were bright and new,
anu many are the tales they've told
The false, the strange, Ale true.
what tales of horror they have told,
VI tempest and of wreck;
Of murder in the midnight hour,
OF war full many II spcckr'
OF ships hat lost away at sea
Went down before the blst
Of stilled cries of agony
As life's last moments passed.
They've told us how sweet Summon lave
Have faded from our view,
How Autumn's chilling winds have swont
The leaf-crowucd forest through:
HOW Winter SHOWS hath come and ponc--.
Dark reign OF storm and strife
And how the smiling Spring halh waruod
The pale flowers back to life.
can't pretend to mention half
My inhy friends have told,
since shining bright anl beautiful
They issued from the mould
How unto some they joy have brought
To Others grief and tears:
Yet faithfully the record kent
Ot fast receding years.
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PAWS, PaasMS AND REVOLUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
"'ND Al TIE SECOND SESSION OF THE FORTY
FIRST CONGRESS.
fPCBLIc-NO.I.I

fPUBLIC-NO.lI
" pTonoe the reconstruction ~ the State
t ~ enacted By the Senate House Of atiycs of
ctates 0l America in Congress assembled That
son forthwith, by prOcamatiOn, all per
elected To the assembly Of said
sne proclamation OF George G.. Meade general com
de Jung the military district including the Georgia.
June twentyfh eighteen hundred and sixty-eght
on some day certain, to be named in said pocana
IN said state and thereupOn the said general
Oy Of SAID state shall proceed perfect
gen0rnity with the Constitution and laws the United
sssscS accofIlhg 70 the provisions Of this act.
u turther enacted, That when the
elected to said senate and house s h.
sSened as aforesaid each aud every each and
sy person claiming to be elected memlr n said senate
a. nonse OF representatives shall, in add taking the oath
required by the constitution Georgia mi
and he IN the office Of the secretary of State of the
OF Georgia Of the following Oahs or agiunntios
sey: do sOlemny Tor gfrn - tho case NAV hoy
nave never held the Office, the duties O
or representative in Congress. been member OF
stature OF State Of the United held any
nce created by law for the administration General
or state or TOR the admniratOn Justice State
Tho the laws OF the United States, held any Office i'm
naval of the United states and there
IN lnsurrectOn rebellion United
Cent? ot gave AID or comfort to ITS rendered
am 0 direct physical force support aid
hd or Rebellion against the United States nor
Sst Au organized acting in hostility to the United
God ing war against the United States So help mo
he pains and penalties Of the
solennir ~ tne following oath Affirmation namely: do
Trliev,f ~ of arm the bel that have
W AN act 9f the Congress Of the United States from
as provided for three nf the
~ 70 Tue Constitution Of the United States So helm
e pains and penalties O the
sners - Nheh oath airna ion lieu 50 filed shall Le
-e''Iu W the secretary OF state Oi the State vi
Smyrna times., 1870-07-13

The peculiaritics of day and night in Sweden
strike the traveller very forciby, after being
accustomed to the temperate zone. In June
ten clock. There is a great illumination all
night as the sun passes round the earth TO-
ward the North Pole, and the rcfraction OF it's
rays Is such that YOU can see to read ut mid.
night without any artificial light. There is a
mountain at the head Of Bothnia where, on the
2lst OF June, the sun does not appear to 90
holm for the purpose of conveying those who
are curious to witness the phenomenon. 1t
occurs only on one night. The sun reaches the
horizon; you can see the whole face of it, and
~ live minutes more it begins to rise. At the
North Cape, latitude - deg, the sun does
not go down for 1cvora weeks. In June it
would be about % deg, above the hori-
zon at midnight. In the winter the sun dis.
appears, and it is not seen for weeks; then il
comes, and remains foy ten or fifteen minutes,
after which it desccnds and finally does not set
at all but makes almost u circle round the
heavens.
Smyrna times., 1870-07-13

:. une following is from an interi r pnpcr
Miss B---aStonishcd rhc audience by her
hIgh soprano voice. Her nOt2s, like 1000 dol
lar =. :. greenbacks, arr Of too high lenomi-
Ito1 nl'1o1 !Pr common country currency! and sug-
SeSte! tne probability that her music teachers
occupied the summit of Mount Blanc 5nr;nS
her rehcarSals and was hard of hearing. Sbe
beats catS on high notes There was no mns;c
or chest tone in her voice; but it was abont s;y
octaveS above the screcch ola lost Indian.
Smyrna times., 1870-07-13
Approved January u, 1870.
fprrIfc- No.5l

:" much of the act Of August eighth ono
MiuaDJ tRht hundred and forty n declared tho B's
~ ''''''''' VI I"""h PubHc nigh
De i taci ed y The Senate aud House or NJ
sHo iI'c Hi'fs"l America in Congress p>,rir Tta, 81
@ t' o. IN" Hct ui august eighth one, thui,.,i ~ i Luni
TI--itnra ~. 't' an net granting tain lands 10 ,
E % IOWA /" aii IN the Of tho
VI n"llcs river IN said Territory makes
pubic high hWay be- the same l. hriS ,n 9H'' river
Approved January 20 $50 80 " 0''''p'"cu'
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IPuBLIc-N No. Of

Be II pact,l ~ m Ill., olicals IN government empIov
t ohlleH states OF Ane-cR In Congress ~ YES oi
ai nv Inn ri,% -. % DhIted States government erl \. M
in tb5 @ s ,"ci, contributions Of other officials or wal
ior "hcia paitOn shall any such ii ~ ,'Sr ~ =
tLon ne l ~, a E or present offered or ~,
S less salary than themselves nor shall AM I rcr
@ MY nphal"h as glit present to anv onc'ai
y ,Ger h or clsrk Violating OF the povsns f b
Approve /, February /, 1870. NV N'''Ii'Iheht employ
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d, January 90, 1870.
fPCuLIc-N No. ~

n. an .'c relating To retired officers tho arrny
itc by the Senate aud House ui
'Ill' 81 America IN Congress asscnhl,, Tim; no
az c'I "i me army shall hereafter assigned 10 duty
".' N',' or M entitled 10 receive nj
', P!oN'l by law for officers o and sncl,
lehls heretofore made shall terminate within m irty
ia! ham the passage ~ mn, '' "''''i "''i'S
,v ,u D lt lrt"r enacted, That all and parts oi
same are hereby repealed. ~ - $500 'O' " ''N '"o
Approved, January u
Smyrna times., 1870-07-13

:, The following alleged valcdictory" of a
North Carolina editor is suggestive of a rough
ola law which existed Gift does not now) before
the war in the Old North State:
Through executive ecmcncy we are per
~ mnt'od to bid our friends a formal farewell
ihr Sheriff awaits us in the front office De-
answer for - ~
Smyrna times., 1870-07-13

j., II the axiom so pleasing to American vo,;t,,
InNt estw3rd the star of Empire takes ;ts
way Is founded on such vital fact 90 the
GlnerGnce between talking and doing. the faitb
MAJ MA the population Of the region between The
nlSSIISSlppl and the Columbia rivers will gov.
T SIIi tAls county future day is not il-fonnded
we" ork talks Ct Woman Ri. hts Nonto.
ma goes and does them. Fnnr wooLs aOn
young Welsh woman, Miss Gwen Evans a1r,;
ca ca at me otAce Of the Clerk of the limited
StatGs 5 District Court in Helena, and declared
her 9eslre TO take the nessary steps 10 become
ci{izen OF the United States When the
cIerk u recovered from the stroke of astonishment
!lat Iell upon hlm from the girls lips, he stud.
led the NATURALIZATION laws, and then announc-
ed tc her that she had as full rirbt to bncon'o
cltlze2 OF the United States as # she wore :
man: She received her Certificate and tbo@'
Sne 81. dld what no other advocate of Woman'a
Inghts mas been smart enough to do. or 70.
commend g other women to do She called unon
lnc cIerK 70 make out her decla!itory statement
under the pre- emption law for 10 irr.s ofIonS
III Deer Lodge Valley, the description of which
ShG furnished; The statement was made omt
ana forwarded, and now stands on the records
OF the Land Office at Helena as M INN
Inc gIrl Is buildings house on the farm thus
cheaPIy acquired, is fencing it, and has ON il
already a considerable stock of horned and
other cattle and if the Northern Pacifr Rail.
road should be built within sicht Of her bo""a
how her good sense and courageous antnrDr;"n,
will be rewarded PAl'e
Smyrna times., 1870-07-13

Sunday, being halmy day, the STYLES were
brought out. The most richly dressed IaIr W. we
saw was the wife of man who has owed this
4ihcc thirteen dollars for nearly three years m
lie says he cannot a e the money, and W, be-
hcye him-LltnLurY N,3rs.
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No . I

An Act making temporary approximation for tho
in % NJ upon ihc Improvement of the Des MONIES rapids
& ~ 9 the senate and House of NJ
i n,'' states OF America in Congress assembled Tbaf
,, - hcf"iy appropriated, he paid ont Of nv
] ~ ~ q" treasury not otherwise Appropriated To- I ~
~ I W ' ,It"cti"n and superintendent of the Srcr.
the Work o ~" -" buIpos" OF continuing th rro,ccuon Of
~" Inc Improvement at the DrS MnIncs
lars. ~ ~ VI '"O HuhuEeu thousand dol
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c1
An Act making nnnr,. ~.

ACt making appropriations irray tho expcnso Of tho
I bPkng m and Currrnc, in inves-
ne u hct't ly the Senate and lInu t H. otros az
e, 9''ts "l America in Cungr,, aS.,Iul4 TI,,
' I' iA .,tihl dollars, much thereof u,rv
'' ana the SANE j. hrrcb,, Appropriated out Of anv
, ' '" ,iy not ulhcrw, apprOprat, ted Tor t,. tr
~ uigaN ihE he Expenses Ui tlrC tee ON Ianb ,
Oi Ee9rv,tI '-N "4''S4 VI 'lc iiOuse
Approved, On IQ-o
Smyrna times., 1870-07-13

Bub, is your sisterat home? ?" "Ycs brt
she won see you to night" "Why?" Z Re- r.
cause she said she was going to have ono II orc
mess OF onions if she never got another bean
Smyrna times., 1870-07-13

The editor of the Hancock (Ky.) Messenger,
IN farewell address in his expiring Journal.
regrets that he " has not had the pleasure +
writing the obituary Of several Of the mi>craL,.
skinfints of the town"
Smyrna times., 1870-07-13
Christian Song.
A LECTURE-ROOM TALK BY REV. HENRY WARD
BEECHER.

=, The wings God has given us to fly up ia
linn are the wings Of song. The lyrical cle-
Ineht IS the best expression of feeling. All
forms OF experience have been touched in the
poetry OF chant and song. Why should we ne
glect tn Sc gatherings of expression? Whv
should you try by thought to get to God. when
you can sing your way to Him with half the
eltortI There is railroad up Mount Wash.
lngton a man who sings through life is like
the man aSccnds the mountain in the car: the
man who does not sing is like the traveller who
pants or foot up the steep ascent MANY saw,
llrst reason, emotion last But in the HYMN
the same truth may touch all hearts-Lord Ba
con- ana as well the slave on the plantation
Singing Is the process by which intellectual
propositions can be converted into emotion and
heart expression.
Those who sing good deal will be warm
hearted Christians. These are the Methodists
ana the IresbyterlanS-the one would sing the
people all to heaven, and the other would
preach them all there. Which will bring them
up quicker? They say the one side educatcs.
WINE thG other eXclteS the people, Why don't
you combine the two?
On Sunday morning, when have been iadcd.
IN deSpalr-sad, at any rate, before the organ
voluntary was completed, have been chang.
Cu, az II taken out Of January and plumreI
down into May-winter all gone, and spring
in Its place. ''e
Many a time the Friday-night meeting has
helped me through to Sunday. | set nv foot
down from the first, there should be singing in
this congregation Every year tn. r was anew
committee. 1t was eight or ten years before
way and now you'v got your way. too,
the church would let me have nv own
because You all like it. and that is one rea-
son why the church is so social and why Won
all love each other SO much. | alwavs think
church that don't sing is like gleirh ride
with no bells, garden with no flowers. A
church with four singers Four whole sing
ers A thousand pair of ears-onIv fonr
mouths. When singing is made to open up
me4 hearts, thousand people get four folks
to do it for them. Four singers have 70 SING
lor show; It's possible for them to sing de-
VoIl0naiiy all things are possible in the Lord.
don believe singing family can quarrel
much' and II people are ugly) and at times. |
suppose all people are ugly-I am | don't
thlnk they can have 4 hymn in the mouth and an
ugly feeling IN the heart. If two persons have
quarrel, and sit down near each other and
sing, don't believe they can feel disposition
to quarrel and sing.
We known a man Of humble talent in
country village, do as much good as the minis
ter. Having tenor voice and good memory.
he would be sent for to the sick and diving. to
sing the Lord 5 message to them. A nlain
man, who had good voice. and sings from
mousse to house, Is preacher and a good one.
All denominations come together in hymns.
Arminan and Calvinist here agree in regard ia
Nod sovereignty, mans siniulnesS. helnful
ness OF men, and the power Of The Holy Ghost.
Smyrna times., 1870-07-13

=, Nashville displays such handsome hc,reo.
rmat patients from all parts of the State are
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\ little boy, running stubbcd his toe and
ieIl on the pavement. "Ncver mind, nav it,
tie fellow, said by,,standcr; you won t feel
little boy 6 won't cry to morrow '''
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U. S. GRANT.
No o.

nc appropriations tor the service nf ~, ;ycai 80 !; III
Iu!c nm - ti@htttn hundred ~ '' ''"'i4
Enacted F TN" SrnGtr IIousa or
tlo ItHi states OF America IN Compress ri
our Of INV ' % m ' i n" sam" ar hereby, appropriately
t si,'ni ~ 'le treasury not otherwise annrnprqf fci
a. Ici~ pa the Appropriations fnr tJ. G.I yr.r
y, viz: ''' ''e"'e'u Huuircl ami seven
ii and mcage the members of ,bo o
''>' H! {" thr Territory ct New Mexico
e\"'' - icr' ht,r'n thuI>:tul dollars ~ 'ii'''i-ct
ot h% nr laws IN pamphlet and in uewspopars
ti!itF-SN Thousand dollars " " N''' va ""SliIhstoL'
APpiONCd December %. ISfg.
Smyrna times., 1870-07-13

A Western editor in chronicling the death of
prominent citizen says: "It was n rr,.at
blow to the family, which consisted of his so,-
ln-law, aunt, and few boardcrs.'' ''' 'P"
Smyrna times., 1870-07-13

IHE VI MEDICATION OF NATURE.-If ono Is NOT
SICK unto death, what more cffectual medica
ton can be found than tile sun, and the south
wind, and the all-embracing Earth? The
children Of the poor are healthy, because thev
Sprout out OF the very dirt. The sun disnnis
humors, enriches the blood; and the winds ex
ecute sanitary commission for these neglected
ones They live, because they are of the earth.
earthly. The experiment of training race of
att nuated chcrubs in the shade, and making
them martyrs to clean aprons and clean dick
cys is failure. There is a vast amount of
post mOrtem dOggcrel that never would have
been written if the cherubs had only made
dnt-WGs, and had eatcnfrecly Of them. Oh,
serve the strong tendency of men, even of cul-
ture, to court the wilderness and rude energy
o1 savage HE. Let one sleep on the ground.
IN IN mia climate, for three months, and even
the man who reads Homer is content. often. TO
sleep there the rest Of his lifetime.
1t IS better to tame the savages rather call
tIonSly, and with some reverse, for if he be elm
mated wholly, the best relations with Nature
are broken oft. EvermOrc we arc seeking for
something among books and pictures, and in
the babblingS of polite society. that we do NOT
find. When the blood is thin. and the body
has become spiritualized, then it is crsy TO as
ccnd to the clouds, rs balloons go up, and hold
high discourse, while the world, under our
leet. teemIng with its myraid lives, pulSating
even to the smallest dust, and all elorifed. #
we behold it, is not taken into fellowship. it's
speech interpreted, nor its remedial forces
marShaled as friends, to back our hating and
troubled humanity. 1t has taken almost six
thousand years to find out that a handful of
dry earth will heal the most cruel wound. In
the day of our mortal hurt we do but 20 back
to the earth believing that in the ages to come
we we snail go forth again, eternally renewed. u
OCTldnd W0nfhM
Smyrna times., 1870-07-13

3 An OHIO paper, after chronicling the death
ola "l noy fT%m ron the kick Of horse, furiously
asks: Where are the noicc p NV
Smyrna times., 1870-07-13

!, a dorado paper plaintivcly pleads: Gosh
ding it, send us more girls -