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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-06-04

however. Oae night, as a party
of miuers were seated around the
camp fire, the conversation turn
ed on murder. just as it has done
here to night. The disguised wo-
man listened eagerly to every
word, and at last heard her lover
relate exultantly, the manner in
which he had murdered her hus-
band, just as you have to night.
Bailey. Her suspicions were now
confirmed. She was face to face
with her husband murderer, and
her hour Of vengeance had come"
Mountain Charley had risen to
his feet while speaking, and he
walked over to where Bailey was
sitting, his eyes cast down on the
ground, and his fingers clasping
each other nervously.
"And did she kill him?' he
asked in an agitated tone.
"Of course she did, replied
Charley, with an energy that star
ted me- ''Do you think she would
let such an opportunity pass by?
The strangest part of the story
was the way in which she Killed
him. III show you how she did
it, Bailey, sothat if ever You wish to
kill another man, you can try her
method" He walked up to the
miner as he spoke. and stood inst
behind him. "The woman" he
went on, ''got up from where she
had been sitting when she heard
her lovers story, and approaching
him, as he sat utterly unconscious
Of his danger, laid her hand on his
head, just as l lay my hand on
yours, and before he could under
stand her purpose, she threw him
backward upon the gronnd, just
in this way, and in an other in
slant her hunting knife was plant
ed in his heart.''
AS he spoke; Mountain Charley
seized the miner, who seemed ut
terly paralized. by the throat, and
hurting him to the ground sprang
| upon him. We saw the bright
| glitter of a knife, and sprang to
our feet in dismay, but, before we
could prevent it, Mountain Char
ley had buried the keen weapon in
the heart of Ephraim Bailey -
Then, rising to his feet with a
kind of wild dignity, he said
solemnly,-"G entlemen, l am a
woman. | am the widow of the
man he murdered"
The mystery was now solved,
and we knew the history of the
strange being before US.
Il am ready to surrender my
self,'' she said calmly. 81 sup
pose that the law will hang me tor
this deed"
The miners. however, thought
differently, and l wisely held my
tongue. They thought she had
done right, and assured her that
no harm should happen to her.-
They agreed to keep the matter
secret, and keep their pledge faith .
fully. A few weeks after our ar
rival at Pixies Peak, the young
widow, who had resumed her
proper dress. became the wife Of
one of the miners, who had wit
messed the killing of Bailey, and
who, strange to say, had fallen in
love with her, out of admiration
for cher pluck"
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THREATENED CoRRUPrIoNS OF THE
JUDICIARY 1t is wrong to throw
extras judicial duties upon the
judges. because, in the first place,
they are all ovcrworked already.
Add to their present duties the
province of hearing suitors for
office, and their public functions
would hardly compare with the
burdens of their private ones We
have already made our judges cleo.
tive, we have increased their sala
ries, and: we now propose to, and
actually do from to day, extend
their patronage. Can any one
doubt what the result of this will
be The question will be, not
how man will administer justice,
but how he will dispense patronage
The judges will not nominate, but
will be nominated by applicants
| for office. This is no idle fear. In
Congress. there was a proposition
made in all seriousness to invest
! the Chief Justice with the patro-
mage connected with internal reve-
nue.. It's political effect was dis
cussed, but its fatal effect upon the
| Judge as a minister of the law was
scarcely, If at ail, thought Of.
| A judge should be above sucpi-
cion. Let him administer any
patronage with all the purity of an
angel, and his motives and con-
duct will be impugned. This is
the first step in sapping public
confidence, and before long the
| Judiciary will be spoken Of with
the same lightness- as other
branches cf the governm ent.-
Lippincott's Magazine.
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sADDEsT OF ALL.

| have done the saddest thing to. day
That ever fell 10 woman's lot;
I've folded all her cloths away,
And everv cherished plaything brought
To lay beside them. one by one;
He br i.day gifts and Christmas toys,
And then 10 weep, when all was done,
Ger buried hopes and vanished joys.
Her little dress, in childish haste,
Her own dear hands had laid aside
Upon the pins that held the waist,
| pressed m Y lips, and softly cried.
Within her CATERS, meath my chair,
Two half-worn crimson stocking lay,
And with pang Of wild despair,
l bent and hid them all away.
The purple ribbon that she wore,
The coral rings and pins were there,
And just beneath them on the floor,
The silken band that tied her hair.
A handkerchief that bore her name,
Was folded like tiny shawl
And, wrapped within this snowy frame,
Just as she left it, lay her doll.
lSbled afresh this wounded heart,
As if with some new sorrow stung.
As, with wild and sudden start,
| came to where her cloak was hung.
l caught it, sobbng to my breast,
AS lift held missing form,
And in low murmurs fondly blest
What once had kept my darling warm.
Her gentle fingers seemed to glide
Across my brow to soothe my pain,
As from the pockets at the side.
Idrew the gloves that still retain
The impress of those loving hands,
| Whose magic touch seemed fraught with
power,
| To cheer me mid the scorching sands
| OF sorrow, in lite's desert hour.
! Her little hat no more will take
/ To it's embrace her sunny hair;
| felt that my poor heart must break
| To see it lying, empty, there.
/ The beaming eyes it used to sha1e,
/ No more with trustful glance viii shine;
| The grass the early spring hath made
/ Is growing 'twixt her brow and mine.
. Her silk and thimble both were laid
/ With thread and scissors On the stand ;
P, Her dolly dress but partly made,
Seemed waiting tor the moulding hand.
/. The drawing OF a blighted vine,
Z Torn, ruthless, from a withered tree,
( Meet emblems of her life and mine,
We're the last lines she traced tor me.
I o was there ever grief like tbis q
Can sorrow take a form more wild a-----
Than sweeps across us whom miss
4 The presence of darling child 2 ii ri {.
And is there any thought that cheers :
Like this, the heart by anguish riven-
g. The time was given to mark qur tears,
Eternity to ngssare Hfavebe q
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A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.-Dr.
Chalmers beautifully says: "The
little that l have seen in the
world. and known of the history
Of mankind. teaches me look upon
their errors in sorrow, not in an
ger. When I take the history Of
one poor heart that has sinned
and suffered, aud represent to my
self the struggles and temptations
it passed through-the brief pull
sations Of JOY, the tears of regret,
the feebleness of purpose, the
scorn of the world that has little
charity, the desolation of the sc ii s
sanctuary, and threatenif g voices
within, health gone-I would fain
leave the erring soul of fellow man
with him from whose hands it
CAME
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PARENTs-Remember that the tins
must come in every fsmily when it is
the children's right to begin to think and
act for themselvee, and the parents duty
to allow them to do it-when it is the
wisest gradually 70 sink / command
into Il WISH to grant large freedom OF
opinion. and above all, in the expression
OF it. Likewise (and this is most inn
portant element in family union) to give
license-nay, actual sympathy to wan
dcring affections, friendships, or lives
which. for the time being seem too nar-
row, and the home circle too dull l.-Miss
Mulock.
OLD Aunt Dinah was shouting col
ored saint, Of the city of Charleston, who
would sing at the top of her voice, aud
cry Glory! above all the rest of the con-
gregation. 1t was common at the mis-
sionary meetings Of the colored people to
take up collection while singing the
hymn,
Fly abroad, thou mighty Gospel,
in the midst Of which Aunt Dinah al :.
ways threw her head back, shut her
passed. The sable collector observed
he came to her, and said blIatly:
Look here. Aunt Dinah, you needn't
be singing Fly abroad thou mighty
gospel if you doesn't given nothin' to
make her fly!
The last subject discussed by the vir.
ginian Debating Society was, If you,
have to haye boil. where would you.
prefer to have it?' The unanimous de-
!. cision of the members was, on some 9TH
er fellow
THE other day some ladies' were out
visiting. There being little two year
old present, nne of the ladies asked him
If he would not kiss her. He answered
NO
What is the reason you will not kiss
me?'
i am too little to kiss you; papa will
kiss you-he kisses all the big girls
| Lady Angela, who presides over
the convent at South Bend, Indi-
ana, was Miss Ewing, sister-in-
law of Gen. Sheridan. and once
a reigning belle in Washington.
According to the Republican
there is a faro bank on Fourteenth
street, Washington, kept by wo-
mar, where the women clerks of
treasury go to gamble their sala-
ries away.
at Timmonsville, S c., is the
| grave of Mrs. Florence Bodwin, of
Philadelphia, Pa. She was mem
Der of a federal regiment, and, as
a soldier her sex was not discover
ed till after her death.
Flax Chaf-Is it Injurious to CattIes
AESIA, April 25-I noticed in the Gozeise,
an article stating that MI. r.Egbsrt OF Amands
| town ship. had lost two valuable cows from
tax chaf The people in my nei2 hborhood
are IN the habit of feeding their fax chaff,
| and have never heard of any injurious ef-
| feet. l have been feeding FIVE cows for six
weeks past on fax chaff--one bushel TO each
! COW every night land they have done finely,
both in giving milk aud putting on flesh. ". 81.
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A SHARP SOLDIER "A soldier,
being on picket reserve, went to a
house, as he said, to borrow a fry
ing>pan, but for what none could
imagine. as there was nothing to
fry. However, he went to the
house. and knocked at the door,
which was opened by lady, who
asked what he wished.
MADAM, could you lend me a
frying-pan? l belong to the pick
ct down here.''
Yes, SIR and forthwith came
the pan. He took it. looked in it
turaed it over, and looked at the
bottom, and then turned it over
again. and looked into it very hard
ss not certain it was clean.
Well, sir, said the lady, can I
do anything more for you2
Could-could-could you lend
ne a piece OF meaa 20 fry in it,
ma'am? and he laughed in spite Of
himself. He got it.
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The LONE GRAvE.-A few miles be-
low Woodbury.. Iowa, on the range Of
bluffs running south, we, says the Elk
Point Leader. came across . lone grave,
with tasteful stone erected to mark
the resting place Of some loved one. On
inquiry we learned that number Of
years ago, when Sioux City was in her
infancy, two young men left their East
ern homes in search Of the EiDorado Of
the West! During their stay, and while
upon a hunting excursion, this young
man was accidentally shot, and buried
where he fell. No warning voice had
whispered to the heart of the fond wild .
owed mother-a letter informed her OF
the painful fact. In q few months, after
a journey of hundreds Of miles, she vls>
tied the solitary spot, and erected the
stone that marks the solitary resting
place Of the one who was the light Of her
dwelling. When no kind hand is near
to deck his grave with the flowers Of
spring, the white winged angel Of mem
ory comes, with soft footsteps. to sit by
his grave. While we sadly linger here
we seem to hear the voice of unseen
choristers singing from the star-lit ST.
Icnce beyond. We turn away while the
evening shades are falling and the mel
ancholy winds are signing in strains of
sympathy with one bereft of her only
son.
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Lithofracteur. a new explosive
agent. said to have twenty times
the force of powder and five times
that Of nitro gly cerine, is Of deep
blush color, resembling mud and
about the consistency of putty
1t is put into a hole drilled tor
the purpose, without tamping or
covering of any kind except a
handful of fine clay to keep it in
it's place, and is fired by fuse en-
ding in a copper cap, made for the
purpose. The danger of its use
is even less than by powder.-Ex.
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MYTLovERs.'


la the earlysgolden morning,
Wakingsatthe break of day,
While mrs little, youngest darling
Close beside me nesting lay,
Fearing II disturb his sleeping
Fearing happy dreams to break
Lay there and softly watched him,
Ere from slumber he should wake.
One small hand his cheek supported,
O4e,yas thrown across my breast;
Soft asd geutlo was his breathing,
Ar zephyr sunk to rest.
Onthe cheek, fair, silken la shes,
A4fhe lid, a smiie of light
AIeEe veins fondiy sroted,
Able brow, and tresses bright.
As lootedthe sndden opened
Eyes Tat filled with tender love light,
While he spoke,is cooling tone.
Father made a e66alse}eet,
When, said fe,,Ahe s'feeted you;
For he added with deep fsrror,
'You are good and gsstty too -
Little heart, so fond and faithfuit, - e
Other lovers, where are they,
Who would think it naught, that beauty
Time is stealing fast away P
Naught the cheek less round and far ?
Naught the iootstep robbed of lightness
Naught Times powder the hair n
Oh, my little precious darling
Oh, my little lover true!
Always finding in his mother
What is best and fairest too
Caught l him with smiles and kisses,
Clasped | him with springing tears,
Thanking God for such affection
To enrich my future years.
Answer me, true-hearted mothers!
Many such, thank God there be):
In your tairest, rosiest gIrlhood
Fonder lovers did you see p
Gave they deeper admiration
Choicer, tenderer, or more sweet
Than you now have from your children,
Than your sons lay at your feet p?
Four such lovers God hath given me,
And | owe him fourfold praise!
TRANQUILITY, thus love environed,
On the future can gaze
On the future, when lite's taper
Shall be hickering dim and low,
When the autumn tints have faded
Into winters cold and snow.
Ab. my sisters /! ah, my sisters
Little know We what We do;
Who refuse the joy and beauty
Of a love so pure and true
To whose strange, perverted vision
Childless wiiehood seemeth good
Who despise that crown of sweetness
Noble crown of Motherhood
SARAH EDWARDS HENsHAw.
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A dear little girl had been taught
to pray specially for her father
He had been suddenly takeu away.
Kneeling at her evening devotion,
her voice faltered, and as her
pleading eyes met her mothers
she sobbed: .'Oh mother! / can
not leave him all out. Let me
say thank God l had a dear father
once, so / can keep him in my
prayers Many stricken hearts
may learn a sweet lesson from
this little child. Let US remem-
Der to thank God for mercies past,
as well as to ask for blessings for
the future.
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The American Corps Of Terma-
gants is the general appellation
under which mother Of family
in Chicago groups the leaders of
the women's rights movement
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CITY STABLES!
WILLIAM Conner,
Proprietor.

TAKE pleasure'in informing my friends
IL and the public generally, that have be-
come sole proprietor OF the above establish
ment, on Man street, between 5th and 9th,
where will be found at all times full stock
of
Horses, Buggies, Carriages, &c.
OF the best style, which will be promptly
furnished to parties or persons at mo.
ment's notice.
My horses are of first class. Carriages
and Buggies new and elegant, and no pains
will be spared to furnish an A No. turnout
at tar prices.
r Hacks and Carriages for city calls or
drives, with careful drivers, by the hour.
Horses. kept at livery by the day or week.
A share If public Patronage is solicited.
n7tf WILLIAM CONER.
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Medical N Office

DR. o. w. PECK, Eclectic Pbysici-
IL an has located himself in the Ma
tonal Bank. k..Buildng. Franklin Street.
near Main, and resides at lis North Pearl
Street.
He offers his Professional services to the cit
liens Of Richmond and vicinity; and re-
spectfully solicits their patronage.
Richmond, April IL, 1870. 5:2m
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-12-02
YHc End ~ Hs" LcDj&i0fIyg.

MoNrrGiIiJ;. Noy. 23rd. i-.U.
The legislature - 'jnurrcl ,yia,ul
day It's NOR me-. alter a e n,iu,I -r~-
son CIR .kr': only II adjaornn".t Tor
'ncal-) oi c,ghtee hol"S, la~'iu4 through
the nigh. Oh the results, rsl.,,1ai.y tine
failure 10 amend the li~ti = ian, and The
crnwdiug tlrru4i, iy the ,oN,r 81 a
''ioug team" of a sa-caiici '',qualiza-
tius" ut ihc county lists. which is as
outrageous a piece Of injustice and inc
quaiilN IL WAS ever perpetrHed, you viii
doubtless have something 20 -ay hereafter.
The MINORITY report ot the state
Equahzarion Committee to average the
appri>:,I Of real estate, was called up in
the House last evening. Earnest protest,
against its adoption were male by Mr. Bal
hard OF Fairfax, DIR. Carpenter If Bun
Ii gtun and Mr.. WhiiIcmore OF Milton.
Tie report was sustained by jude Ike.
log Of BeuSon and Mr.. Hyde Of Castle
Ton. and WAS adopted l45 to %. by
this action the County OF ChitlcndcI!.
which lis finally averaged by the oIuaii-
zing committee, had been pnt into the
lists at an increase OF IS pc. cent. over
the appraisal e.. lSG5-ihe creates in
crease OF any c..unly IN the Niatc-va,
subjected to Il irr'her increase OF FJty per
cant. The county of Franklin, which
hal listed lis property at an Increase Of
II per ccnl,-a IreaIer increase than
that of amy o.her county in the State
except CL;teuden and Caledonia. wa
put up tidfy per cent. The great and
growing county of Rutland, whicF, has
made an increase OF 5000 in population
in ten years and much greater increase
of wealth, Lad listed lis property at an
increase Of of about 10 per ceut, and
on that valuation the House hy adoption
of the minority report, made deduction
OF ten per cent. But | have 10 patience
to indicate the results of this shameful
business, or to describe the way in which
it was done. If the counties which have
been abused in this matter, choose to
submit, this will stand Ii they should
not choose, it will remain to be seen iCl
the taxes can be enforced under an ap-
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THE CALEDONIAN.
:Butier on a Rampage.

We give mp considerable space to Il
speech given by Gen. Butter at Boston
last week. If there is any party or set
of men in this country who would, on
any pretcXt, complicate our 'ation> with
England, the people should understand il
in season and signify their di>approv;.l.
Two things are apparent in reading tbs
speech. One, that while with wor'i- Gen.
Butler talks non-intcrcourse and .'pcacc."
he thinks, wants, and means war Sec
ondly. that he thinks h. speaks i,r the
administrator and there is some reason
To fear that he does. 1t i understood at
w; sling, II that Gen. Grant favorS an
aggressive policy toward England, bu!
tnat Secretary Fi-h and the other mem
hers of the C~binet are for peace. 1t i
certainty 10 be hoped that President
Grant will counsel with safer men than
however much the public
ray re-pccl and admire bis abilities. they
ncye 10 confidence in hi honesty. and can
nut dcPrccatc his ra-hncss.
/; l. CRAFTY in to notice ihaG Gen. Bl.-
.er', speech find ~ response with tie
METER portion OF the pres. ani out q.
iceblc one with any cit>-.
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c G{edoUid County Acaden,y.
BY invitation of the board of truste,

BY invitation OF the board of trustees,
ne writer was present at the annual ex-
animation of the above institution in
Peacham, \ ovcmber Il and IS; and it
seems due to the trustees, as we'll as TO
the patrons Of this institution and to all
persons in the vicinity who are interested
in the cause of education, that a few
words should he said as to the present
condition of the school.
There have been about seventy scholars
connected with the academy during the
fall term, and all, with one exception l
believe, were present at the examination,
Glasses were examined in arithmetic, al
zebra, geography, English grammar,
rhetoric, chemistry, philosophy, Latin
reader, Virgil, Greek reader and Xeno-
phon's Anabasis. To say that these ex
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nous endeavor to enforce the rights of our
injured and despoiled citizens to avenge
our insulted honor, aid maintain our
fi-hrrmen in those rights now taken from
them by Englands wrongs, which their
fathers won for England and themselves
with their own right arms. As Il party
man do not fail TO remember that of the
twenty odd hundred thousand votes of
the democratic party now in opposition,
twelve hundred thousand are at least natu-
raiized IrisEmcn who would stand side by
side with republican administration in
u war with England, Ireland's oppressor
for nearly Il thousand years, and would
vote as they fought. As politician l
have on incentive to such war, a. its
result would be pcrpetuatlon of the
republican party in power for more than
a generation.
LEAD Us NOT INTO TEMPTATION.
; If, therefore, when we ask for our Just
rights and Naturalization for our losses
through her acts, England should incline
to offer us, instead thereof, such a wal as
| lave sketched, with such causes, with
such hopes, with such results and such
memories, ought not every patriotic
American to al !ress 10 her majesty
government portion of the prayer
which we were taught in childhood eve
ry day to say TO our Maker-so much
more beautiful and appropriate in TIE
original than as translated by English
bishops-"Sutler us not TO fall int,
tcmptation -
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BRICK, OR CoNCEETk? - Doctors
disagree Gas we'll as other lolk-) on the
value OF concrete for sidewalks. Tie
following items appeared in the last
number Of the Concord, n. H., Stale
man
Owners Of real estate on the east
side Of Main street have been doing u
good III 9 by widening the walks and
substituting concIr,r for irick And
they Wi. be the gamers. About fifteen
thousand square rods of concrete pave
melt Lave been laid this year il the CEN
rral portion OF the city
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pr.isal which is every where Illegal
that is 10 say. under valuation which
in 10 town and in no county, represents
the cash value required by law; and
which varies from the legal standard in
different towns and counties By all posi-
bic crada,ious, between the limits OF
thirty aud sevcnty-live per cent, OF the
true cash v:,lue-pr1bahly seldom going
below the first limit, and rising to the
latter only in Chittcndcn County.
! OF course the State equalization did
not come before the Senate, bu; the sub
icct was bronght up by the Grand List
bill. Contrary 10 my expectation GER
tainly, and perhaps to cverybody'S, the
Hcus,. finally aarcci on bill changing
slightly the listing system, ard admitting
that the present appraisal was all ont OF
JOINT, by ordering y new appraisal in
1872. The Senate added lis fell tcsti-
mruv o tie wurtIicssneSS If tGG appr;tis-
al Of 1870, by amending the bill - IS TO
provide for a new arpraiSHl III 1871;
and thaf-le.i ratcly and with malice
a:orytAuught, killed the bill. Senator
Dickerman led oil AGAINST il, declaring
that il was now TOO bate 10 duly consld-
eg the matter. aaj talking against time,
truth and reason at greater length than |
care 20 report. Senator ColIamcr was
willing to have Il new appraisal in 1871,
but ,iib not soc how We were likely to
get much iairer one tIan this was.
| Senator Gardner. who had been the