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The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18
Row Miss Cary Sang 8evvanee
River at the Death bed 81
Judge Robertson.

From the Lexington Press, FEB.
On Sunday last as the venerable Chief
Justice Robertson, stricken by the hand
Of death, lay almost insensible 20 the
world, which he seemed fast leaving for
ever, while the gigantic brain, which. for
so many years, had throbbed grandly 70
the Inspirations Of his genius, barely
futtered with the consciousness of life,
he expressed desire 10 hear Miss Cary
sing the ballad of 'sOld Folks at Home"
as if the strains of his favorite melody
would have power to call back HE soul
from the portals Of the grave which he
was so fast nearing. This wish was at
once communicated to Miss Cary, who
willingly consented to do any thing in
herspower to rouse the ebbing current of
life in one who, as statesman or iDrist,
has known but few rivals during the
course OF long and eventful iiie On
reaching the residence Of Judge Robert
son, Miss Cary was at once ushered into
the chamber where 80 much of intellect
and learning was fast hickering out into
the darkness of the unknown hereafter.
and without accompaniment Of any kind
raised her rich coutrslto voice in the
touching words, "Wsy down upon the
Sewanee River" but before she had sang
three lines, broke down in the intensity
Of her emotion. Calming herself she
agained essayed the ballad, aud, while
the venerable and stricken man lay drink
ing her glorious melody poured cut her
whole soul in the simple utterancss
which gave SO much pleasure 10 one
whose giant intellect had 10 days agone
fascinated the most talented of the land.
When she had ceased Judge Robertson
could scarcely express his sTatifeatiou
by signs, yet signi6ed desire that Miss
Cary should sing for him Home, Sweet
Home" Twice did the gifted artistic
attempt to comply with the request, but
her emotion was too great, and, choked
with feeling she was compelled to leave
the room. The whole incident was one
of the most touching and affecting epi-
sodes that ever marked the death. bed OF
departing greatness IH
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18
BULLS cEDRON BITTERS.
AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS.
Arkansas Heard From.
TESTIMONY OF MEDICAL MEN.

-, po,xr. White ce,, Ark, May 2s %
% 1aux BuLL-Dear Sir: Last February
pn :, fouisviIle purchasing drugs, and
aos va some NJ Of your sarsapariila and csdron
bistsls, tts. ss.s.r-;n-law. who was with me IN the
My ~ haen down with rheumatism Tor
ssUas' sems time. @ commenced on the Bitters, ana
@ soon found his general health inpl1set p,,s tr;sd
DIR. Gist, who has benin oaa heA''A' '-s''
them, and he also impmrosea; m n had health for
Dr. Jonse, stomach and liver affected
severas nrssed wed very much by the use Of you. a
he I'm Tnaeed the Cedron Bitters mas
BitIsrs ieqe ereas popularity in this settle,
given yGa ,b;nh | could sell great quantity :,
%sS this sns SHIP
your Cedron .srs Of Rickett ana Neely
me via Menpnis' o. B. WALKER
; Respectfully
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18
The Bible.

Ii Y aaia that when at one time Oueep
Victoria entertained a delegation from
Asia, Oh na'ives and idolaters, who had
seen all the wonders of the British Is.
lands, and lhey asked tae secret of all
this success and power, she pointed to a
6lbie rs 'le great source of England's s
prosperity Father Hyacinthe, the Ro-
man Cathdic priest, who made such a
sensation n this country lately. gave the
following tibute to the Bible before the
commencement of the war now waging
between Prussia and France:
do yet know why Prussia triumphed
in the ned OF battle with Austria = 1t
was not because there was lack of
bravery o either side; it was not the
effect OF pat wondrous weapon, for the
acquisltIp of which men are now so
eager; bit it was because the assailant
YES bette educated than the assailed, and
~ had superior religious training it
was akusse every Prussian soldier had
q Bift5ls Els cap or helmet. In other
places T have asserted, and l assert
again here, that that which constitutes
the strength of Protestant nations is,
that when the people come home from
their work they enter the family circle,
and, sitting by their learths, read the
Bible and their natiosal poetry. We
(France) are behindhs.d with Protes
tant nations, and especially those who
dwell beyond the Atlantic aud the Straits
of Dover. Twice have I trodden Eng.
lish soil; and | have cone to the con-
viction that the strength pf that country
is from the Bible"
A glance at the various nations Of the
earth shows that the most prosperous and
the most powerful are those who read
he Bible the most
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18

The first manufacturer of buttons In
this country was Samuel Williston
While he was dragged along as a conn
try Sstorekeeper--his eyes having failed
him while studying for the ministry
his wife bethought her that she could
cover by hand the wooden buttons of the
time, and thus earn an honest penny.
From this the couple advanced in their
ambition until they had perfected ma
chinery for covering buttons; the first
employed for the purpose in this coun-
try. From this sprapg an immense fac
tory. and then Others, until Samuel Will
Ilston made half the buttons of the world.
His factories are still rnnniDg at East
hampton, coming wealth for the Proprle
tors, and known to every dealer IN buttons
the world over. He is now between
seventy and eighty years of age, Is worth
Eve or six millions, and has given s4Vo,
600 TO Easthampton for seminary and
for churches, 5000. 900 to South Hadley
Female Seminary, and 100000 to Am
herst College, besides lesser gifts.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18

THE Frankfort Yeonsan, describing
the handwriting of Hon. John 7. Bunch.
the present Speaker of the Kentucky
House of Representatives,, says that
nothing like it has ever been found
within the crypts of the lofty pyramids,
or unearthed from the ruins of Pompeii;
while the autographs of John Hancock,
Sam. Houston and Peter Force must
pale their intellectual fires and sink in.
to utter insignifcance in the presence of
this gigantic specimen of penmanship."
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18

The grogrist0s Of IBIS .iias sslsfss ,:s s. :. -
every nng that road and the N..pl.s. pu.s TOR eg,
OF the western or Ms<sys ana Permaneat
OF "A Fever, or Chilis and Fe err
whether OF short Or long standing He re-
fers to the entire Western and Southwest
ern country to bear him testimony to the
truth of the assertion, that in no case what
ever will il fail to cure, if the directions are
strictly followed and carried out. In a
great many cases q single dose has been
sufficient for cure, and whole families
have been cured by single bottle, with
perfect restoration of the general health
1t is, however, prudent, and in every case
more certain TO cure, if its use is continued
in smaller doses for week or two after the
disease has been checked, more especially in
difficult and long standing cases. Usually,
this medicine will not require any aid to
keep the bowels in good order; should the
patient, however, require a cathartic medi-
cine, after having taken three or four doses
Of the Tonic, q single dose of BULLS VEG
ETBALE FAMILY PILLS will be sufficient.
DR.. JOHN BULLS Principal Office:
No. 40 Fifth, Cross street,
Louisville, Ky.
nGA- All of the above remedies for
oy c. A. H0LC0MBE, Druggist,
feoS-ly Hickman, Ky.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18

A MAN in Kentucky, who lately found
lock of hair imbeded in tree, has re-
ceived solution of the mystery in the
following communication:
In olden times when wizard cures for
diseases were more in vogue than at the
present day, cure phthisic was prescrib-
ed as follows: Take lock of hair from
the head of a patient, especially child,
and bore hole in tree, place the hair
in the hole, and then plug the hole up.
The Simultaneous growth of the child and
the tree takes the malady from the child
and is supposed to be transmitted to the
fraaS
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18
THr disadvantages Of living in Green

THE disadvantages Of living in Green
land, so far as the receipt of news is con
cerned, is shown in the fact that, al
though knowing that war was imminent
last summer between France and Prussia,
the people of that frigid land will know
nothing of the actual fact of the war
until next summer-that is, unless by
accident ship should chance to land at
its inhospitable shores before that time,
On the 18th of September last. news OF
the probable outbreak of the war was
carried to Greenland by an American
shin which touched there on that date.
Rnf since then the islanders have no
news of current events.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18
s's's-nve Ins.s Tnss:..a women


In New York city, FOR the last ten
years, 1872 ,203 persons, of whom 66,629
were men and 65, ga women, were COM
mIrrou 10 th- e;sss rriaon for amortization
alone According 90 the city fn,psofoF's
report, from 1881 to 1862, there were
2,522 deaths caused by. intemperapce.
and from that period to the 31st Decem
ber, 1868. they amounted 20 2 170.
In 1862, out of 1857 committed,
there were IL, ,397 women. and 7.l20
men, Reports of the City Prison show
that womap are much more incorrigible
than men, 80
It may be said that these women be-
longed TO "the lower class No matter
what aelass" they belonged to, they were
women--possesso Of immortal souls. IL
is fearful to contemplate the havoc that
intemperance is making among The sex.
There is reason to believe that indul
oeuce. even to excess, ia Interesting
bev ,rages. prevails among women ~ what
is STYLED sshigh life" And yet some OF
our Young women who have had Chris
tian education, and some Of our Older
women who have suffered from the in
temperance of husbands, sons, or broth
ers. will continue to indulge, and en-
courage Others 70 indulge, in what they
call moderate drinking. Whence
come the recruits to the ranks OF drunk
eunessf 'r-t " sa s.ls
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18
Ice Storms.-The Phenomena Of
Heat and Cold.

Temperature may be considered, taking
the average of one year as uniform
that is, each year will present the same
average of temperature. People will be
heard every year saying "We have very
hot summer" aWe have a very cold
winter" &c, but each year will present,
with very lille variation, the same aver
age Temperature 10 the same place. The
average temperature in Cincinnati for
twenty sever years was 53.7 degrees.
The average temperature for 1867 was
SO. 4 degrees If we assume the average
temperatureof Cincinnati to be 534 de
erees, there viii be very little difference
from it in AMI one year. The idea there
fore, that theseasons have changed, is a
mistake. Thre are, however, ''cyeles, !"
in which the winters become in some
successive yesrs much colder, or the sum
mer hotter, itistrue In 1856, began
series IS s,efder winters, but no colder
than they had been half century before.
In January, 1907. the weather was cold
since. which YVES about 1867. There
"a connected With the cold winters a
phenomenon which has rot been fully
PP~rIa;,ad. but which we could call an
ice Ystorm. This seems sudden descent
&c ao,J Uhicb lasts several days. -ln
This Jescent of a cold stratum OF air,
or Is Il n rore which passes graduaiiy
over the gbole continent, and when may
nave ;ts origin in the North Pacinc
Tbe Grette has given tables OF the
veatber jor the past ten days, extending
ssasIca 49, Eh.repne to Boston. IF those ta-
bles be eIamined, it will be seen that the
cold exteaded over that whole region
fron the Rocky Mountains to Passama
ouoddy Bay. precisely Ikea wave OF the s'
sea beginning to rise on the eastern
slona of he mountains, in the Northwest
Is con,;nued to rise till its crest, or axis
was ON the Upper Mississippi.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18
Experim enting with the New
Steam Balloon.
From the San Francisco Bulletin.

From the San Francisco Bulletin.
The fight of this novel miniature ma
chine last Saturday was a complete sue
cess. The gas holder was filed with
| hydrogen gas at the corner of Folsom
and Sixteenth streets, and foated over to
| Woodward's Gardens, distance Of four
| blocks. There steam was raised in the
miniature boiler, aud the air ship sailed
about back and forth to the satisfaction
| of the inventor and of the spectators.
Yesterday afternoon it was advertised
to sail again at Woodward's Gardens. At
its first ascension, it did not work 10 the
satisfaction of Mr. Morrow, who brought
IT down again to remedy n slight defect.
| and in dotoE -disarrangtnent occured
in one OF the smsn ssPs 20 the snElne
discovered that tne. Ras-nOlder was leak
ing, and that large amount of gas had
escaped. The aperture was discovered
and meuded, and the gas generating sp-
paratus was set TO work TO replenish the
exhausted volume. But il did not fiji
| rapidly, and after an hours striving un-
der difficulties, the dense crowd pressing
close around the workmen aud discom
moding them, il was discovered that some
one had cut q hole with q knife ia the
gas holder the breadth of mans hand
from which the gas was escaping nearly
as fast as generated This leak was
stopped and the balloon was partislly
filled, but not until the thousands who
were eager to witness the hesuccessful fight
had gone away disappointed. At about
dark steam was again generated, and the
old looking eontrivance rose again in the
air, and held by ropes, sailed around
suceessfullvs nronalled bv the wfndmiIl
shaped wings. ~
In the working Of his engines up to
this time be has not attached the new
application to his motive power, on which
be claims his success will chiefly depend.
He has invented, and will shortly apply
for a patent for, manner By which he
can combine the expansive force Of air.
and water. He will Immediately attach
the improvement to his apparatus. With
the motive power as it now stands be can
fy,. and has flown the ship against
strong wind, and with the additional
power which the improvement will give,
he expects to be able TO dispense with tbs
gas holder entirely, or BY securing its
more satisfactory working, to use com
mon coal gas Of barely sufficient qusnti-
ty to overcome the power of grsvitation.
In few days he expects TO have this
attachment complete, when il is to be
hoped that the fullest success will attond
his endeavors. a pFt zltia
Nearly four thousand persons visited
Woodward's Gardens yestesday, to wit
ness the flying machine and other at
fractions. The yard containing the au-
phitheater was densely crowded.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18
THE HICKMAN COURIER,
SATURDAY, :::: FEB. ID, 1871

Two Bills. are now before Congress
establishing postal telegraph system
One is Mr.. Washburn's, of Wisconsin,
which provides for the purchase of all
existing lines by the Government, and
the other is Mr.. Hubbard's of Boston,
which provides for the transmission of
telegraph letters by company making
connections with all the post Offices and
doing the work under bond to the Gov
ernmeut.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18
Tur American Bible Society ha'

THr American Bible Society have
lately ;ssued an appeal. in which they say,
"If he gratuitious contributions oil the
mast year should be doubted this yea,
The he managers could judiciously expend
every dollar in embracing the opPortu-
mites and meeting the demands for Bible
s;s.r;hnt;on | already before them BY
Us ,s'. "a oea legacy of 81, 200 received IL
July. 1869. donation OF s4,oou wa'
made at DE close of last years operations
March 31st,) but unless there shouie
be q very general response and enlarged
Contributions by the churches during ths
nsxt two months, the Society will be M
able even to denote $4,000, willis tn
managers would be glad to be able Z
respond to the above appeal and doubi
the amount this year.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18
UNFORTUNATE MEN FREEZING TO DEATf
old But GOOD.

The Rev. Samuel Clawson, Methodist
preacher of eccentric manner, sometimes
called the wild man." was very popular
in Western Virginia some twenty years
ago. He was crosseyed and wiry made,
and very dark skinned for a white man.
At times he was surprisingly eloquent,
always excitabie and occasionally ex-
travagant. He once accompanied
brother minister, Rev Mr. r., a promi-
nent pastor, IN visit 90 a eolnred church.
Mr.. R., gave the colored preacher the
hint, and, of course, Clawson was invited
to preach. He did so, aud during the
sermon set the impulsive Africans to
shouting all over the house. This in
turn. set Clawson to extravagant words
and be leaped out of the pulpit like a
deer. and began to shake the hands of
the colored brethren and mix in quite
bappily. He wept for joy. Then. press
ing through the crowd, he found Brother
r.. and sitting down beside him he
threw his arms around his neck, and
with tears streaming down his cheeks ne
said !:
.lBrother R, I almost wish 1 had
been born nigger. These folks have
more religion than we have.
aWen, we'll, said R.. "you came 50
near it that you need 'ntcry about 1t.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18

VINO can read the feiiswis5 PidiJ
without lisping or getting tongue tied:
EnvvPsfss-s znrsefs, elsfseIe-siffer
sifted a sieve full of unsifted thistles
Now if Theophilus Thistle, the thistle
sitter, sifted sieve full of unsifted this
ties, where is the sieve full of sifted this
ties that Theophilus Thistle the thistle
sitter sifted?
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18

To TELL How THE WIND BLOWS
Farmers often want to know the dIrec-
ton of the wind. When very gentle It
lis sometimes difficult to determine The
following simple method will indicate the
d;rection with unerring certainty: Wet
finger and elevate in the air. The side
Of the finger experiencing cool sensa,
ton will tell "from whence 1t comes ana
whittier it goeth."
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18
BULLS SARSAPARILLA.
A GOOD REASON FOR THE
CAPTAINS FAITH.
Read the Capitals Letter and the Letter From
HIS Mother

a GOOD hEASON FOh u
CAPTAINS FAITH
Read the Captaia's Letter and the Letter Fross
HIS Mother.
BENTON BARRACKS, Mo-, April 30, '66.
DIR. JOHN BuLL-Dear Sir Knowing the
efficiency of your Sarsaparilia, and the heal
ing and beneficial qualities it possesses l
send you the following statement of my case:
was wounded about two years ago-was
taken prisoner and confined for sixteen
months. Being moved so often, my wounds
have not healed yet. I have not sat mp a
moment since / was wounded. I am shot
impaired, and need something to assist
nature. Ihave more faith in your Sarsa-
parilia than in any thing else. wish that
that is genuine. Please express me half q
dozen bottles, and oblige
CAPT. G. P. JOHNSON,
ST. Louis, Mo.
P. S.-The following was written June
80, 1865, by Mrs. Jennie Johnson, mother of
Capt: johnson. a::9.;ssrslrs nay hasband, DR.. C.
sician in Central New York, where he died.
leaving the above C. p. Johnson to my care.
At thirteen years of age he had chronic
diarrhea and scrofula, for which gave him
your Sarsaparilla- 1T CURED HIM. I have
for ten years Recommended it to many in
New York, Ohio, and Iowa, for scrofula,
fever sores, and general debility. Perfect
success has attended it. The cures effected
in some cases of scrofula and fever sores
were almost miraculous. am very anxious
for my son to again have recourse TO your
Sarsaparilla He is fearful of getting a
spurious article, hence his writing to you
for it. His wounds were terrible, but be-
iigse Respectfully, JENNIE JOHNSON.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18
JOHN BULLS WORM DESTROYER

To my United SITES and World Vide
Reders.
Il HAVE received many testimonials from
Il professional and medical men, as nv al
nanscs and various publications have
shown, all Of which are genuine The fol-
lowing from highly educated and popular
physician in Georgia, is certainly one of the
most sensible communications 1 have ever
received. Dr. Clement knows exactly what
he speaks Of, and his testimony deserves 10
be written in letters Of gold Hear What
the Doctor says Of BHlFs Worm Desroyer.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18

AMONG the contingent expenses oi
Congress are some curious items. From
an account, recently published in the
New York Tribune, it appears that the
average cost to the government of bury
ing a member of Congress is about ST.
500. The arrest of Patrick Woods, for
knocking down Virginia Congressman,
who refused to drink with him, took
$50 from the contingent fund, of which
81 day went to keep the prisoner in
provisions during his incarceration. Pat
must have lived well, or somebody made
money by the operation. The cost of
bringing the recalcitrant witness, Flor
enee Scanned, from New York. was 1891
XVo.sId s-.s-- --'.~~ f-s'-'%h -
500 from the fund. The cartiDg OF doc
uments to and from the House, cost 81
500, at 81 per load. The cost of board
at New Orleans hotel is set down at IS
per day, which is the amount charged by
the sub Committees of Elections and
their messenger. for the three months
spent in that city investigating the Louis
lana election frauds
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18

Mr.. REvELs, the dusky Senator from
Mississippi, made a speech in the Senate
on Thursday, which has the merit of be-
ing more sensible and practical than the
outgivings of many pompous white Sena-
tors of the same political faith. The
speech was in opposition to proposition
of Mr.. Patterson looking to mixed schools,
where white and colored children could
be educated together. The gentleman
from Mississippi opposed the proposition
because he twas satisfied that the passage
by Congress of such law would increase
the prejudice of the white man against
the black, which prejudice, he was sor-
~ to say. seemed to be on the increase"
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18

THE STATE OF BAYARD AND SAuLs-
deserves new name.
Her United States SenatorshiPs have
been monopolized by the first families,
and bv few of them at that. She has
senator Thomas F. Bayard. Before
him were Senator Rich. 81 Bayard, Sen
ator Jas. A. Bayard, ST., and Senator
I Iss Bayard. ir. Then she has Sen
ator Eli salisbury. The three caacl'
dates for the vacant Senatorship- at tne
la,s election. were all Saulsburys, all in
the family. Such is the State OF DeIa
ware that may we'll be hereafter known
ss the State Of Bayard and Salisbury
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18

WospxRFuL RIvER-The navifsbls
nortiop Of the Missouri river amounts in
ali 10 q $50 miles, The channel varies
from 200 to 1900 yards. except At low
water. when il is from 600 to Ioo iess
The river and tributaries drain 5ls,ooO
square nilss.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18

Announcing G6ffEspt eotice an
Rnr state Officers Fon- 80 -
or County 90
Fer Municipal OGeera 90
Marriages and Deaths.
Notices Of the above character will be in
serted free of charge Obituaries and trib
ates Of respect inserted at 81 90 per square
H6S- Advertisements IN Local Column 81
FOR four lines or less and 20 cents for each
additional line.
saE- Voluntary communications, contain
Ing interesting news, solicited from any
quarter. News letters from Western Ken
tueky and Tennessee especially desired.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18

GEN. Jubal Early is said to be dying
Of consumption.
The Hickman courier., 1871-02-18
Terms Of Subscription to the
HICKMAN COURIER.

Address, Publisher "BIoHxAx CouaIn, "
Hickman, Ky. --e
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-01-26

The New Albany Ledger says: "Twel7e
years ago last night John B. Cough was
announced to lecture In this city on the
same subject be leotured upon last night !;
but he failed, from some cause, to appear
On that occasion a gentleman, who then
resided in the city, invited a young lady
to accompany him to the lecture, which
invitation she accepted but, inasmuch as
Mr.. Cough failed to appear, the parties
were disappointed. Yesterday the same
gentleman, who now resides in Evans
vile, was in the city, and, remembering
the circumstance oe twelve years ago, con
Guided he would renew the invitation to
the same lady, now matron, and the in
vitation of her old friend was accepted
in neatly written note, and the parties
attended the lecture" ~