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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-10-21

Up to the 1st day of the present
month, the decrease OF monthly
interest on the national debt
amounted to 81 .343, 127. Think #
this ye howlers about the extrav-
agance of the administration IS
one Of those stubborn facts whish
stand out in bold relief, and q saiast
which no amount Of mere Assertion
can avail. The fustian OF Der, ovrat
fic writer's does not weigh a. st n
against acts like these.
Over million and a quarter is
saved monthly henceforth through
economy of the government, ny the
cancellation OF this Interest, which
represents an enormous amount Of
taxation. THIS while the aggregate
OF the debt is dimiui he'd and the
present taxes are in prhcess OF re.
reduction, at the same time pro-
vision is constantly t,ein. made :or
large abatement Of the burden of
tsxation hereafter. In 1869 the
reduction Of interest amounted %
855, ,622 per month; last July the
reduction had reached 81 32O324,
and on the fret Of September it
had reached one million three
hundred and forty three thousand
one hundred amt twcnty-seven
dollars, on increase in the rate Of
reduction from July to Septembtr
1sl of S22, 803.
In this ali citizens, of whatever
party, should see cause for con-
graduation. We doubt whether a
more signally successful financial
administration is conceivable
When q merchant thus aus al 3
his credit and adds to his capital,
he is regarded as doing admirably.
A capitalist with an agen making
such an exhibit would hardly listen
to the boast OF some other woutl.
he agent. who hail so i,npsire, tie
credit of former EN- m,piover ~ 10
8 double the rate Of inerest on loans.
The government. under the Dem
Ocratic administration Of NJ.
Buchanan, could not get loan
short Of one per cent per month
The eersibfa business man woui /
nos stem % an s.Peai 70 dlsuacc
sr1 gene sslss-ese,sfssi sIS,Yss 3 mont
ty Increase q MS oepitsi. an,i ..ta-
pioy another whose tnsna.eulen,
would loss aim the conf l.aes o.
his oreditoFe.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-10-21

A SHREwD Trick AT Bingham
ton favo-ite mode Of winning
''the drinks'is for sharper to bet
with countryman that he can stand
an egg on end fright out on the
floor," and the stranger can't break
i Nth q half bushel measure. The
bet is taken, and tha 1en3 ia huuan
shape pats the egg precisely ia tire
corner, and il yaa aish g know
how it is Yourself you would 10
vel 70 try The experiaier..
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The Fort Wavne Sentinel saws.

The Fort Wayne Sentinel SAYS:
1--WE we're shown, this morning
by Mr. GilIet, corn stalk nine feet
and seven inches in hight. bearing
two ears Of corn thilt.een n inches in
length. We expressed our surprise,
when the old gentleman remarked:
in language plain-"Thunder and
botheration, l only. brought this il
as sample; if any one beats it,
I've got one out there two feet hi gh.
er, and bearing as many more cars.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-10-21

A Danbury father Was recently
complaining of the late hours kept
by his son, when . nei9hbor suy-
gested what he thought wou:d be
Q proper way TO keep him from his
haunts. Oh exclaimed the afll'c:-
ed father, "it Is not his aunts, but
another woman.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-10-21

One of our citizens made pret,a-
rations to raise turnips ant soTsd
a nice little patch. He say lie Is
the finest crop of musfara "A sh
state, end thinks he will ten VIVA
he knows about farming soon.-
Conners Vile Times. -s
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-10-21

SERMONS IN STONES.
commemorating heroic men and
heroic deeds. I'D
In Greely, Colorado, no whiskey
can be found for love or money.
Everv deed for the purchase Of
land contaias q clause nullifying
the instrument: should Intoxicating
liquor be manufactured. sold or
given away on the premises, as
q beverage. But if whiskey can
not be had, ammonia can be, and
Greely ammonia is said to have SO
wonderful . rssem blance to ordin-
ary whiskey that the best experts
can not distinguish between them.
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Reader, compare your life and its aims, as

Reader, compare your life and its aims, as
directed by yourself, by the following ; then
see which is the better of the two:
81 live for those who love me,
For those who know me true,
For heaven that shines above me,
And waits my coming too;
For the cause that needs assistance,
For the wrongs that lack resistance,
For the future in the distance,
And tho good that cau do"
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WAYNE COUNTY. IND. OCT.

escape from Lach Leyen Castle; it
is apossession of the Earl Of Hope
town, whose magnificent residence
is in the neighborhood; and as this
is considered one of the finest ba-
ronial estates in Scotland, I prom
ised myself q visit there, as it can
very soon and very easily be reach
ed by coach from Edinburg. and
this has become my favorite means
Of locomotion, as it affords fine
opportunities for seeing the coun-
try.
j At Linlithgou, we went at once
to the Palace, fine old ruin; once
a favorite residence Of James v :,
and where Queen Mary was born
The corner towers and the stair
ways within are still in good pres
ervation. and we walked around the
ancient battlements, from tower to
tower, and ascended the highest
point, Queen Margaret's Tower
Queen OF James ", and the same
English princess who was so royal
ly wed At Hollywood; and in this
tower she was wont to watch for
her liege when away to the wars,
and here she watched and waited
iE vain his return from "Flodden
Field There is an inst 1pget e4
/ the wall r. @r ygts:af ~a0tt, 10
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OF Ms fauiueFeoce 30 money, 5rse
then sallies ont In search of home
or some other place. ofS
The Boy OF the Period 10 q great
render. He is familiar With sOur
best Society,"" "The Days Doine.''
and all the pictorial literature
which draws it's cmbeliish men
from lewd imagination. He de-
tests raading Of . solid kind as
being unworthy the attention OF
modern young gentleman. His
taste is to fine and fanciful to be
Iregaled with the vulgar pfood of
knowledge. He ,glancess his eye
now and then, over the lea.ling
daily prints, but if he fails TO find
in them some rousin2ss Sensational
record Of crime, he losses them
away in dis6sin. He has heard of
.h. Library Dur deens..;io.o,as ;Sio.o,as
blockheads very well, however.
The BOY Of the Period is q genius.
lie Is above work and has a CLERK
ship, Bnt has no intention of pass.
ing his years ia tie dull routine Of
profession. trade or craft. He is
too sm art for all that. He needs
money, for he has the habit Of
spendthritt
Chance is Protean. Honesty is
straightforward, and has but
single eye. The Boy OF the peri.
cd worships chance, and waits daily
at her shrine. Atlengtbhe sails in;
makes venture, in some fol m. and
luck; the deceiver, at FIRST is OF his
side Suddenly luck turned against
him. He fights agains. his luck
desperately; founders into a crime.
is detected, arrested, imprison ed
and punished. Then the Boy Of
the Period gets his face into tho
rogues' gallery, and himself among
the criminal classes. 5@'
4 Such IL . brief outline OF the
biography which very nearly de-
scrides the line Of lite along VIII oh
a good many young men are travel
ing. A little reflection on their
part might have induced the to
chose q better and safer path.
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Into HtFy +I-ssli ~ ."S
Slakips 81 he ....nen, every
lace where there was warmth in store;
Shaking till the china ratified,
Shaking till the morals battled;
Shaking, and with all my warming,
= Feeling collier than before;
Shaking till it had exhausted
III its powers to shake me more,
Till it could not shake me more.
Then it rested till the morrow,
When it came with all the horror
That it hail the face to borrow,
Shaking, shaking as before
And from that day in September
Day which shall long remember
1t has made diurnal visits. ..
Shaking shaking, oh so sore:
Shaking off my boots, and shaking
Me TO bed if nothing more,
Fully this if nothing more.
And to-day the swallows fitting
Round my cottage see me sitting
Moodily within the sunshine
Just inside my silent door,
Waiting for the ague, seeming
Like man forever dreaming
And the sunlight on me streaming
Casts no shadow on the floor, q
For am too thin and sallow
To make shadows on the floor
Nary q shadow any more.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-10-21

WATCH FREE.-Prize Candy-boxes
Prize Packa yes. Cheap Jewelry, &C., &c. Sill
yer Watches given gratis to every agent. $50
per day made selling our goods at Country
Fairs and Political Meetings. Send for Cir
culsr, Add. MONROE KgsEDY Co. ittsbeh
Pennsylvania. 26-4w
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The instance OF the baggage mag
ter who lost his sight by daily
reading upon his route for years is
only too common, in a relative de-
gree. The constant motion of the
body, though very slight, makes
the effort OF the eye to follow the
line very severe and weakening.
And yet there is hardly busi-
ness man in the city who takes
car Of any kind or carriage without
running over al entire news spaper
or magazine in the worst of type
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9snetfR-
THE AGUE.


Once upon an evening bleary,
" bile sat me dreaming, dreary, :.
In the sunshine thinking over
Things that passed in DAYS OF yore,
While l nodded, nearly sleeping,
Gently came a something creeping,
Creeping upward from the floor,
"'Tis cooling breeze" muttered,
"From tho regions meath the floor:
Only this and nothing more" @
All distinctly remember
1t was that wet September,
When the earth and every member
Of creation that it bore,
Had for weeks and months been soaking
In the meanest, most provoking,
Foggy rain, that without Joking,
We had ever seen before.
So knew it must be very
Cold and damp beneath the floor
4 Very cold beneath the floor.
SO sat me. nearly mapping, @
In the sunshine, stretching, gaping,
With feeling quite delighted
With the breezes meath the floor;
Till felt me growing colder, e
And the stretching waxing bolder,
And myself now feeling older, Ea
Older than felt before
Feeling that my joints were sitter
Than they were in days of yore,
Stfferrql they'd been before.
All along my bach, the creeping
Soon gave place to rustiing, leaping.
As if countless frozen demons
Had concluded to explore
All the cavities-the varr-
'Twixt me ard neither saa~.
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EY Tue WAY A worthy old
clergyman in Scotch town is
very absent-minded,. and has
short memory. 1t is common
habit with him in the pulpit to
forge! sOmeth NJ, and then, after
sitting down to rise up again, and
begin his supplementary remarks
with the expression, "By-the way.'
A few Sundays ago he got half way
through q prayer, when he hes
ita:ed, forgot what he was about,
and sat down abruptly without
closing. I'm a moment or two he
rose, and pointing his fore finger
at the amazed congregation, he
said, d,-"Oh! by-the-way.-Anen!'
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s.. Esk0 H4


Everybody has seen the boy CT
the Period. His face hangs on the
showboard in front Of the photo
grapher's. He 10 ON exhibition
awhile every fair evening on the
corners Of conspicuous streets
he Is carefully and exquisitely
dressed, wears delicate kids; twirls
a light stick; pane q fragrant cigar;
eyes every young lady that may
chance to pass, asd'giyess bis opin-
ion OF her at once while her care
are in reach. Having ffnished bis
street perform ance, be lounges
ihto & biiii&fd saioos f@aHsbes
hts eGe. drinks his AFiakzs EEfe
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VARIOUS WANDERINGS.
ATHELsToNEFoRD, SCOTLAND.
August Is, 1871.

ATHELsToNEFoRD, SCOTLAND.
August Is, 1871.
DEAR H.: Had l not made a
positive promise to write you full
account of my various wanderings.
l certainly should not submit. to
the penalty OF remaining indoors
this morning for more lovely,
stroll-in viting weather l never be-
held. Ipity those who labor under
the impression that here the sun
never shines. Since my arrival
there has been much dull, cool
weather, but nevertheless very
agreeable for the brisk, long walks
1 have become accustomed to; but
for a week or more past we have
had genuine summer weather, and
such summe er weather as l never
before dreamed of. For the first
time since childhood am able to
realize the beauty Of summer,
with all her lovely 81 gifts and
sounds" without being blinded,
and having its sweet visions washed
away in a rain of perspiration;
keeping one in perpetual remem-
orance u =" disagreeable penal
tv under ~biclt mar is doomed -
earn his bread.
THIS sunshine has somewhat tha
quality Of our rich golden autamns,
yos with the greenness and iyess-
ness of our early simmer, and
breeze, withal, which, as it fans The
brow, is so cool, SO sweet, so pure,
that one seems to- feel the +eeatact
of crystal streamssnd violet din
giles, and one casts aside the shack
les that have 'weighe ed the bur
dened spirit down with the cum
bering cares of earth,' and revels
in land of phantasy. -One Of my
favorite walks is down the burn
side, which. as you must still re-
member, takes its winding way
through lovely valley. On its
banks have gathered twenty diff
ferent kinds of wild flowers, most
of them remarkably sweet and
beautiful. conspicuous among item
the Queen of the Meadows and the
Blue Bells Of Scotland, to me ths
most beautiful flowers.
But 10 our tour. We left Edin-
burg for Inverness by the Nortl
British railroad, a route as with
all routes in Scotland Of which
every foot has history, tradition
ary or historical, and the places
and objects Of interest crowd 81
thick and fast that the mind ha,
scarcely q moment of relaxation
and the poor invalid, endeayorln:
to be rid Of ph hysical ailm ents, is il
danger of falling into the wors
trouble of contracting dyspepsia o
the mind from too much and to-
rich mental food. However, thi
! is not likely to prove q fatal dis
ease with US.
In the contracted space of let
ter, J. can only mention such a
n were particularly interesting to III
The first, then, is the ruins G
. Niddry Castle, where Mary, Quee
Of Scots, slept the night after he
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There is q station on the Pitts
burgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad called H anna. in honor OF
a deceased citizen Of Fort WAYNE.
A train stopped there the other
day, and the brake man. after the
manner Of his class. thrust his
head inside the door and called
out, Hanna" loud and long. A
young laiy, probably endowed
with the poetic appelation of Han,
nab, supposing he was addressing
her, and shocked at his f--7i,iarity
on SC shot an acQsainssace,
Truwned like thaadoT eicua ani
retotsc3 eshqg g9ar mouth" Ie
sh0tia
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1uey be leased chem eyes?"
Next morning, making an early
START, "s sook the coach for Beauty
Firth, and began The r-seas q the
Caledonian canal, a route compris.
ing much of the finest scenery in
Scotland, and one of the most popu-
lar tourist routes, of which will tell
you in my next. am anxious 10
send you this remembrancer by to
days mail, and SO must close.
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>
ien from tAe car and refresh our
serves with a gooi draught Of stout.
At this stage we suddenly seemed
to be transported to tue back
woods of America. At small
station we found what we had not
before seen in this country, wood
en- house; it was put up in the t, M
porary manner of backwood sta
lions. and seemed quite out Of place
Ia the mi,lst Of this exceedingly
Scottish scenery. Here, we were
told, could be had entertainment
of man and beast. Tue bracing
mountain dir had sharpened our
appetites to a painful degree of
keenness, and we lost NO time in
procuring such as could be had,
and as there were a number in like
fix with ourselves, and only women
to wait upon US. the audacious had
opportunity OF doing much as they
pleased during the short time al
lowed US. Time and tide wait for
no man. neither Dies the train, aud
as / made all the haste / could to
get through with q glass OF ale and
some stale confectionery, l OBJ
/ served friend S. making some VIZ
orous passes over huge loaf of
bread, and a tempting dish o: cold
mutton. The summons was sound
ed and l had onl: time to cast
4 regretfu3 glance at my still unfin :
liShed glass, and gather up the re-
Mains of the aforesaid confection-
cry and regain my seat in the car.
4 Having compartment to ourselves
we were not confined 30 the strict
vst bounds of propriety, and went
into Mysteries of laughter at the
monster sandwich with which S.
had provided himself, against all
4 future necessity l. should think.
: Really and truly it was three inches
thick and half a gard in circum err
ence. In extreme generosity he
offered 10 share this delicate morsel
r with US, at which proposal l threw
: away my sweets, and confess that,
without pepper, salt, or other con-
diment except our own merrim ent,
E it was the most delicious bread and
( mutton l ever tasted. =
5 Fifteen minutes more brc ught us
a to Inverness the capital Of the
ft Nothern Highlands. We found a
fine and well-appointed hotel quite
| near the depot. and after enjoying
! asupper we strolled around the city
q {sby the glimmering twilight. W! ich
t near the hour OF twelve, was still
4 family glimmering. We came upon
S what we supposed to be the Castle
8 and this being my weakness.
: was enchanted with its stately ap.
8 pearance, and fine commanding
q position; but, alas! for wasted sen
di ,iment, next morning We Were tolt
y it was the Jail. The city is yer,
ancient, and passed through al
"a the vicissitudes of feudal times
as one of favoritc authors says
~ver deserted well; and
4sE 0
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and venerable friend OF the same
illustrious nsme, and in describing
Il shall, for the same sake, use the
authority: "Blair Athole is the cen
ter of tie Perthshire Highlands.
Blair Castle was a stronghold OF
the Marquis, of Montrose, captured
by Cromwell; it was subsequen :ly
occupied by Viscount Dundee, pre-
vious to the battle of Kiliiecrankie,
and latterly owned, and resided in,
by the dukes of Atholc. 1t was,
visited ty the Queen and Prince
Albert in 1854
b The castle is handsome and the
scenery around it unrivaled; I
looked at it as long as it WAS posi-.
BILE to catch the fainte t glimpse of
any part Of it. At Newionmore,
in the old Castle Of Cliny, visited
by the Queen and Prince Albert. IN
one OF their earliest tou-s in Scot :
land. 49,.
y. The country through which we
had passed was wild and rugged
in the extreme nothing but barren
mountains. with the snow lvin"
cold and white upon the;r tops
in their go-~es ard slleaBs toam~
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Stlchey 0S uc A...~. aa@t4 OF 4E 10
assist himself in getting in But
what was his horror to fild that
Sam had literally ''greased up tie
buggy tor he had applied the
wheel grease to every party of it
the seat, TOP, sides, wheels, dast- =
er, aud shafts His rage WAS lot
cooled mnch by Sans remarkiDg,
3 ne scrambled ou, of the sticky
couce n, "Golly, massa, coaldn't I
grease dis yere harness. cosde
grease it's all dun gone!'
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Fun Flashes.

When General Boyrton was in the
South a swarthy, gooa-natured
isrkey became quite attached to
that jolly son Of Mars aud quill
driver. The General in course OF
time, sent him to his father in Ohio.
The old gent asked Sam it he knew
any thing about horses and car
rlages. "Spec l does. massa; was
massa's ole coachman, dis chile
,ga' ua ~as told to go to the barn
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Tbs opposition esthe DauassSrscy Ia
ne afneiioration Of the condition Of The
ssooFiag men. aud ia enmitv to univer>
- esuestion, farGsd lhe theme ofeaa
I. - astrsr .,a--..s...t1 II ar-us.. IL
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G 1T OF B T M o E
s1,2OO,OOO six per cent. Bonds OF the Western
Maryland Railroad Company, endorsed by the City
OF Baltimore. The under igned Finance Committee
of the Western Maryland Railroad Company offer
through the American Exchange National Bank
sl,2OO,OOO Of the Bonds of the Western Maryland
Railroad Company, having 80 years to run, principal
and interest guaranteed by the city of Baltimore.
This endorsement having been authorized by an
act of the Legislature, and by ordinance OF the
City Council, was submitted to and ratified by an
almost unanimous vote Of the people. AS an addi.
tiona security the city has provided sinking of
$780, 900 for the liquidation OF this debt at maturity
An exhibit OF the financial condition OF the city
shows that she has available and convertible assets
than sufficient to pay her entire Indebtedness.
To investors looking for absolute security no loan
offered in this market presents greater inducements.
These bonds are offered at sZK and accrued inte-
rest, coupons payable January and July.
WILLIAM KEYSER,
JOHN X. LONGWELL,
MOSES WIE5ENFELD,
/ 6Ott Finance Committee
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WHY DOES NOT MIR. BOUTWELL,
RETIRE?

From the NJ Y. Times.
81 shall on all subjects have policy to
recommend-none to enforce against the
will of the people," These were General
Grants words on the 4th of March, 1869.
They are words that gave satisfaction to the
country, because affording a guarantee
against renewal of that mischieVous con-
test between the Executive and Congress
from which the country had lust been de-
ivered. They were accepted, too, as a nledoe
applicable to the administration in all its
parts, as well as to the President individually.
1t was not thought possible that what the
President would not do any of his advisers
might do with impunity. Yet this is pre-
cisely what Mr.. Boutwell, has done ever
since he assumed the management of the
Treasury. He set up a policy of his own,
and has pushed it, in season and out of sea-
son, in defiant opposition to the will of the
people.
In nothing have the people been more po-
sitive or persistent than in the demand for q
reduction of taxes. They have urged it, not
with any vague hostility to taxation, but
under stern sense of the injury which the
then existing burdens inflicted upon their
interests. The experience of the war time
had abundantly proved their readiness to
endure sacrifices when the wants of the coun-
try made them necessary. When the war
ended, and the drain it had created had
ceased, the first cry was for relief. Industry
and trade struggled as for
existence under load beyond
their strength. That cry was still, to a
large extent, unheeded when Mr.. Boutwell,
passed from Congress to the Treasury De-
partment. An oppressive system of internal
taxation had prostrated some branches. of
manufactures, and crippled all. Relief was
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TOHN FARNUM q CO., COMMISSION MERl
81 ahans and Manufacturers Of OonsstoSA Ticking, eto
"a "a OHNaEUT ntrsaA. PhilAdslDhiA- GfA
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ASHIN GTON OLLIE G E ;,
VIRGINIA.,
GENERAL q. W. CUSTIS LEE, PRESIDENT
WITH FOURTEEN PROFESSORS.
The Spring Term OF the present season begins on
the ~ Jr
FIRST OF FEBRUARY.
The rearrangement OF classes then made enables
students to enter the several schools with advan-
tsge. Students entering at this time pay only half
fees. effgFt
All the ACADEMIC SCHOOLS OF the College, as
well as the Professional Schools OF LAW and EN-
GINEERING, are in full operation.
For further Information, address
WILLIAM DOLD,
Clerk of Faculty, Lexington, Va.
January /, 1871. II CIV