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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-10-05
Poetry.
MY BIRTHDAY.
BY JOHN g. WHITTIER.

BY JOHN g. WHITTIER.
BENEATH tho moonlight and the snow
Lies dead my latc.t year;
The wiLtcr winds ure wu,ins low
Its tirges in my car
Igrieve not with tho moaning wind
As IL loss befell;
Before me, even as behlnd,
God Is, aud all is well!
His light shines on me from above,
His low voice speaks Within
Tho patience of i"mortal lovo
Outwearylng morts! SIN.
Not mindless of the growing years
OF care and loss and pain. or,
NV rye- are wei with thankful 'c"''
For blessings which reh'AA
" 1im rho gold of has growing years
,vill not count II urnss,
S,r ,urn from treasures stil my own
no sirh for lack and loss.
Tho years no charm from Nature take;
Asswect her v.ic call,
As beautiful her mornings break,
AS fair her evenings fall.
Love watches o'cr my quiet ways,
klnn voices speak my name.
And lips that find 1t hard to praise
Arc slow, at least TO blame,
How softly obb the tides Of will
How fields. once lost or won
Now lie behind me green and still;
Beneath u level SUM
How hushed the hiss OF party hate,
The clamor OF the thruns!
How OLD, harsh voices of debate
Flow into rhythmic song|!
Methinks the spirits temper grows
Too soft in this still mir,
Somewhat tho rcstful heart fOrcgOes
or needed watch and prayer.
The bark by tempest vainly tossed
May founder In the calm,
And he who bruved the polar frost
Flint by the isles Of balm.
Better than self,indulgent years
Tue outtlurg heart OF, TOuth,
Than pleasant songs In idle ears
lie .uu-l': of the truth.
Rest for the weary hands is good,
.ln,! -, r'E arts that pine,
Is t !t'. &c :"uly habiiude
Oi upright souls be mine.
Let winds that blow from he refresh,
Dear Lord. the l,nguid air;
And let the weakness of the flesh
Thy strength of spirit share
And if the eye must fail Of light,
II ear forget to hear,
Make clearer still the spirits sight,
More fine the inward car!
Be near me In mine hours Of need
To suothr, or cheer, or warn,
Aud down the " slopes of sunset lead
!As up the hills Of morn!
Atlantic Month";
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-10-05

latent by disusc, and they permit us to fall
and " run down at the hecr' by wrong use
or perversion. Oh, that each could see
and realize the certain doom that awaits
transgressors! May God put it into the
hearts of us all to 50 live that we may in
all respects be useful to cur fellows and
acceptable to Him.-P,rnologica Jour-
n0I
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-10-05
Bound to Do . Full Days Work.

Mr. NJ, of Oxford, don't object to hav.
ing hired man do full days work, at
least, so We sh, uld Judge from the follow
ing story: A short time ago man went
to his place for work. Mr.. NJ set him to
plo wing round forty acre field. After
he had plo~ed faithfully all da>, until the
sun was about half an hour high, he e1'
pressed his opinion that it was about time
"0h, no." said Mr.. NJ, "you can plow
around six or eight times more just as
we'll a. not"
So the hired man plowed around six or
eight times, then went to the house, took
CAFE of his team, MIXED nine cows, ate
his sup er, and found ten O'Clock staring
him in the face Fl iom the old timepiece.
Said the hired man to Mrs. NJ, "Where
is Mr.. N.Y.
The good woman answered, {" he has re-
tired do you wish to see him?'
He replied that he did. After being
conducted to the bedroom, he said, Mr..
NJ, where is the axe?'
Why" said Mr.. NJ, "what do sou
want to do with the axe?"
"Well," said the hired man, thought
you mi =. hit Ike me to split wood till break
fast is ready"
TIE Providence Journal alludes with
scorn and IN, ignation to the presumption
and ignorance of some Connecticut pso-
pie who announceda Rhode Island clam
bake" at a point near Hartford TLis is
the way they went to work: A proper
bed of stone was heated and the CLAIMS put
on; then by way of relish few ears Of
green corn, four bluttish, and a lot # crabs
were added to the pile, and the whole was
covered with seaweed. There Was saw
ory smell and a two hours roast, and when
it was believed that the cooks work was
completed, the seaWeed was removed,
when suddenly The crabs walked off the
funeral pile, and there was amazement on
every COuntenance. After son skirmish.
ing the crabs were got iuto hot water, and
different arrangements were made to dis
pose of the CLANS The Journal says it
is no wonder that the crabs got disgusted,
and that the clans would have walked of,
too, if they had ha any legs.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-10-05

"A boy named Sanford keltner, living
with J P. Burgess, near Richmond, Ind,
has very remarkable faculty for catching
rats. He frequtntly comes to the house
with huge Nor way" in each hand, and
in all his encounters he has never been
bitten. One day recently for a premium,
he caught and boxed alive 130.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-10-05

"A rccentlyA'cceased Conf, derate car.
ried bullet in his brain six years.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-10-05

| After the knot was tied, Mr.. Ives pointed
| to Tad1y's naughty corner" and thithel
the little culprit went, and sat down on q
cricket, with his face to the wall
"That Phelan boy won't go for his din.
and speak to you"
Jimmy Phelan had pushed past Rose, and
thrust his uncombed red head in at the
parlor door.
old, smoky kitchen where the tribe of
Ptelan cooked, ate and sept Jimmy had
seldom seen grander, but that was moth
ing so long as pour Taddy sat sobbing in
a corner OF it.
"lf you plaze, num-" he suffered, "if
you Place"
"What is it, my boy,"
"If you piaze, mum, I'd wish that ye
wouldn't tie up his mouth with banker.
chy; he didn't m. an no harm, Taddy
oidn't, and d just'slieve he'd cali me Pad
dys not!'
Now I call that nob'e and generous in
Jimmy Phelan, who had never b. en- taught
either good manners or morals, and whose
VEINS were tul, of hot Irish blood. But in
spite OF his pleading, Taddy had to be
punished as be deserved. He was kept in
the corner uutil the tea bell rung, aud rs
soon ss tea was over, Margaret took hin
up stairs When his mamma went, as
u ua', to get a goodnight kiss from her
boy, she found him sitting up in his bed,
as penitent and d SC nsolate speck of hui
manity as you ever saw.
i've been a.thinking, mother" he said,
with pitiful sob, rs she sat down beside
him, "l've been a-thinking."
"Of what, my childY"
"Why, s'posin' it that Phelan boy was
your boy, an I was Mikes boy, how d
like it if he doubled up his fist tome, and
-" Here was another sob.
"Aud what, Taddys"
"And p.e been q thinking what if your.
boy wouldn't gi' me just one little speck
OF buns with turrents ia 'em, ard said
they was pizen, when they u as sm,cking
good, AMI called mo Pad-Pad-Paddy, /
don't believe Id ask you to take of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-05-25

that have gone hefnre, the yeritable
history of which lives in the annals Of
Rome. Those who cannot accept
this facile hypothesis, and who are
not constrained to believe that the re,
ports of the doctors are. in every
sense, trnstworthy--so tlatno curious
unforeseen calculation shall be hit upon
as in so many apparently insoluhle
pathological problems bcforc--will,
no doubt, adopt the theory that the
case OF Louise Latean presents some
novel or hitherto unanalyzcd symp-
toms of hysleria, the explanation of
which wiil.not long be withheld from
tho world when experts apply them
selves to the mystery. VIII" are best
qualified to track and unfold il.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-05-25
The Irue Freendson.

He is above moan thing. He
inyades no secret in the keeping of
another. He takes selfish advantage
of no mans mistakes. He uses no
Hignoble weapons in controversy. He
never stabs in the dark. He is not
one thing to a mans face and another
behind his back II by accident he
comes irto possession Of his neigh
Hbor's counSels, he passes upon them
an act of instant oblivion. He bears
sealed packages without tampering
with the wax, Papers not meant for
his eyes, whether they tlutter i'll a; his
window or lie open before him in un'
guarded exposure, are sacred. lie pos
seSse sno privacy Of others, however
the sentry sleeps. Bolts ard bars, locks
aud keys, hedges and plckets, bonds
and securities, notices To uespassers,
are none of them for him. He may
be trusted, himself ont Of slght--nrar
the thlnnest partition -anywhere.- -
H. buys no office, he sells none, he
intr.gpes for none. He would rather
fail of his rights than win them thro'
hishonor. He will eat honest bread.
He tramples on no srntirivc feeling,
He insults no man. II he has rebuke
for another, he is strailfnrward, open
" and manly, He cannot descend to
scurrility. Blllingsgate don't lie IN
his track. From all protane aud wan
ton words his ips are chastcned. or
woman, and to her he speaks with de
ccncy aud respect. In short, what,
ever he jndgeN honorable, he prac-
tices toward every man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-05-25

Angusliua, the celebrated Maid o'
Saragossa, was n handsome itincran,
lemonade setter, twenty twn years ot
age. She arrived with tood for the
soldiers at the moment when the bat,
terry had been swept clear of every
defender. Tie people, danntcd 10y
the sight, hug back. The brave
woman instantly rushed forward over
the dead aud dying. aud snatcliug q
lighted match from the hand of the
dead artlllersman, fired. off twenty
six pounaer. Then jumping on tie
.uun, as Wilkic represents her, with
aisheyeled hair aud stormy eyes, She
swore to the Virgin never to'quit the
gun alive while the siege lasted. The
people, encouraged by this woman's
almost supernatural daring, rushed
hack into the deserted battery, open
Ell a tremendous fire and repulsod fho
French attack. When her husband
fell wounded at her feet she diseharg.
ed his cauuan at the enemy 10 aSengc
his fall. She also frcqn'Dtly led the
snrries, and. sword III hand, with her
CLOAK wrapped round her, fought
daily in the streets. When the city
surrendered Ansustiua was taken
prisoner, but, catching the fever, was
removed to The hospital and thence
escaped. Manuella Sanchez, another
heroine less fortunate, was shot thro'
the heart. The poor Countess Burr
Ia, after escaping innnmerable d N
gers. died OF grief on hearing that her
daughter had been killed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-05-25
The Dome of The Cdiifal.

The dome Of tn" capital nt Wash.
inoton IL the mos, ambitious strnci are
in America it i l0s feet higher
.han the Washington monument II
Baltiaior,'l g. feet higher than that OF
Bnutor lIlil, aud 23 feet higher than
the trinity Church Of n Y II Is
the only considerable dome Of Iron
in the world. 1t is n vast hollow
sphere Of irnr wel2aing 5000 goo
pounds. How much is that. More
than 900 tons, or about the wright
of - 900 full grown people, or aaont
equal To 1900 laden csal cars, which,
holding four tons each, would reach
two miles and half.
The cost was about Sl,i00,000
The wings cost S6.500000. The
architect has a plan tor building the
Old central park. nf the capital. and
eulafging the park, which will cost
about $3.20o,o0o.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-05-25

Farm Property and Detached Dwellings
taken for 3 YEARS At PER CENT. and
) YEARS AT II PER CENT-bring Ms
low as Insurance cnn he obtained in any
Mutual Company, and with the adyantage Of
having a large capital to draw on in event
of LOSS.
Insurance on STEAM MILLS taken pt
FAIR RATES.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-05-25

.1 The true newspapor--that
which would represent the lrue ms
sion Of the Press Of this wonderful age
of progress--mnst have great heart
in il, and a never.slreping conscience
r. must be lnagnauimoIs and gpdlg--
= with charity towards al, aud malice
towards none" II must speak the
truth boldly for the trnth's sake, aud
cherish Justice as the apple Of ri" eye
IL must seek @ prosper oy the pros
perity Of right principles and right
thonghts--to be nsetul az well ~ tn'p-
ullr-to build mp the truth ab'i tear
down error--in short, IN improve and
cnnoble as well as 70 enlighien man,
kind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-05-25
MISS VI. GORDON,
Dressmaker, Milliner, {,
AND DEALrR IN
LADIES' FURNISHING GOODS.

Fires as low as good work and gooS' ma.
Serial will warrant. | buy all goods in eur
tiBe at the lowest market price, and am siil-
3ng 10 dispose oF them at small prof -
Blooms over Aosher Snyder, Grand Rap
iss Vii, fs n :
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-05-25
No. 13.
SIMILIA sIMILIBUS OURANTUR.
"a EGTPsEsEHS'
Es0MEGPATEzyG SPECIFICS

uAVE PROVED, FROM THE MOST AMPLE
IL experience, an entire succees sim pie
lionpt EAieient and I.t.liahIe, They are the
only Medicines perfectly adapted 10 popular use,
TO simple that mistakes cannot be made in
nsiHg them go harmless as 10 be ffee from dan
ger, md so efficient o. 10 be always reliable.
They have raised the hi sfiest c,Hnendation from
all and Will always render satisfaction.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-05-25
LBRECHE & BODETT,
cEALERs IN
WOTS, SHOES, &C., &c.

~ We rave cohs'antly on hand full line of
Beots' Sh"es' MATTERS, Slippers, &c.,-both
~ our own Make and sale work. which We
re selling At prices thar defy competition.
Ne intend 70 keep none but the best stock.
FEploy skiliful Workmrn, and sell az small
= .st. Repairing neatly doUe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-05-25

Woman was toasted IN III" fol-
hwing st,le nj III" recent anniver-
gary meeting of the isr'h'n mi L,9ht
Infantry Bln"<: +" Wowan--pur" as n
.oa fake tliat falls upon the cold
peak. ot the Ba.tian Aite ; hcanIInl
~ the houri thit bnfhes harself in tha
crystal fountains ofthe MnSlem para
disc aracetnl AZ tbe peri afioat on
her sh"lI ~kitf over the calm waters of
the dark blue sea vain, worse ihan
vain, the arning T" gnaid the Hears
when intellect flashes fr,nn her bright
eve, aud the light If the soul -
breathe. like mn~ir npon her face"
To this t"aching toast tlse mayor ot
the city responded,
The Placer herald., 1871-09-02
let THE RECORD sIAAD'

r cou us;obt vetoed the swindllng suo-
a.,..hI,s intended 70 bankrupt many OF the couii-
ties of this State, not single kepuoueu ~
sano,e could he found to sustain that'veto' Ou'
of twelve Republican Senators, not one Oh 'ns e
81, 10 ;rdrced 10 stand and cast vote loi
.,,oso ,,oo,le that we're about to be robbed u
nearly all they had Pacheco, now cahoi''''',
I;eptenant- Governor, was there but lhe 'oo1 Vi
.to ooroorants Green, now candidate for ooh-
..,,l,or ros also there but the mere creature VI
the uononolv; with them stood Tweed lomp-
,,;,,s conlv Murch. Roberts, Orr, CapPeh
Wing. Beach and Turner; every hePoDi.O'i'
the Senate. and all voted to override 'he 'e'o
and rob the people. Just one keputonc'n '0',
1yonId have saved the people and possibly saved
the life of the noble Senator Burnett one vo'e
n0rst he had or the people were to be robbed Oh
millions Senator Burnett was lying on s'oh
bed. to leave viii his physicians said "o",r
cost him his life; but learning that his vote "ouu
save the people those millions, ne said' II ~"'
90: / ,eW be the forlorn hope; many so'a'er nus
ofeyed IN lis life 10 SAGE an army ana country ana
uhy should not my ne De Jeop"'u'-'" w VIZ r.
Of California ?" He did 60; was borne INTO 'He
Senate Chamber by two men, and votedt to deiea'
the subsidy bills and sustained Gov. HaiSh'
vetoes, and crushed the monopoly hounds ana
saved the people. lie was borne from that SEN
ate Chamber never to return-he died. Gov
Haight took from his Contingent Fund S5oo ana
erected a small, modest, but beautiful monu-
ment over the Inst remains of this noble Senator
Had we been Governor we would have taken
IS, 900, or enough to erectamonulnent that woul''
have marked forever the spot where rested this
honest man, the nobiest Of God. Let thus mon
ument and record stand. 1t is, if possible, the
brightest page in our noble Governors history
and let eternal infamy be branded on the brow
Of every man that objects.
The Placer herald., 1871-09-02
NOW sTAyDS THE CONTEST.

,.oxt tbe votes will be cast and
oh e''D' a.od that will determine who wins
p. .,,is aIect;on. Placer county 3D. ana Always
~ '-,'' .u,,s index as to how the State goes
n'' t. 1855 Placer county gave JohA-
III e''I. - Notbipe candidate for Governor,
son. son. - = nd the State gave him 5000. In
ooo 1o0- - ~. o,,ye Weller $50 majority and -.
oorr;od the State BY nearly l''co. IN loo' Ia
tbam beat Curey in this county i'avo "s Vo'es' ana
his majority in the State was zo,ooo IN 1851
,lS ,rna ,nrse candidates. and il was no test.
NC ,oe- c..haa,, had majority OF near 100 in
40 ~. ond Haipht beat him in the State
600 In 1868 Grant carried tnis county by
nearly 500 and the State by only ht.e over ooo.
~, f,,,ras f,om past returns show clearly how
pooor r,ust 90 to insure the State to either party.
1tcran, had lost fifty votes in Placer, and
...;o N the State, there would have been
so;or;tv of 600 against him in the State.
Placer castine about one thirty-third part OF the
vote of the State Every vote boo'h iaiis be-
hind Grant in this county takes thirty-three from
,;-a !, ,he State. thus: II Booth gets 600 major
;,r !, PLACER taking Grants vote as a test,
Uo;,ht vii, carry the State by 1000, but if We
allow for the nero vote mostly In the cities,
rrcRoped at 5000, still Haight would have 1000
majority. Reduce Placer to AGO. the utmostAny
pon,b,can claims. and it would give Haight
: 800 majority in the State Give Booth loo IN
placer and strike off IIaghts 1000 majority re
o,;yed in San Francisco four years ago, and
Booth is beaten 5000 in the State. The truth
is if the past is any guide to the future, Booth
must have five or six hundred majority in Placer
county to have any chance of election, and ths
craziest Republican loon in the county has never
clamed such majority for him. Weare making
these estimates on The basis of what Republicans
claim, ana merely to show that Booth is beaten
the best way they GIN put up.
The Placer herald., 1871-09-02

SARGENT. A miner from FL Dorado
sends us a letter, denouncing A. A. Sargent
for his mining and land legislation, and cs-
pecially for working Chinese in his mine in
Nevada County. He says that in that
county Sargent attempted to explain how it
come that he employed Chinese in bis mine,
and in doing so, he said that he only en-
poyed the Chinese to &C mental work atout
the mine. Our correspondent asks ns what
sort of a mine it is that takes fifteen or twenty
Chinese to do the menial work, and only
three or four white men to do the honorable
work, and insists that Sargent regards drill
ing, blasting, picking, shoveling. etc, as
menial service, and hence, all the white min
ers in the State who do this kind of work as
menials. lie asks if white miners can or
will vote for such a man as Sargent for Con
gress, and sends the following verse, which
he claims as appropriate to this mongrel as
pir mt to Congress, and about what he will
oe after election:
"Oh! the pup. the beautiful pup.
Drinking his milk from China cup,
Frolicking around so frisky and free
First gnawing bone, then biting u flea,
Running jumping, after the pony;
Beautiful pup, you IL soan be bologna.
The Placer herald., 1871-09-02

COMPULSORY EDUCATION. Peter Andcr-
son, the negro editor of the negro paper
appeal at San Francisco, is the author OF
the compulsory education plank in the Re
publican platform, and he says in his issue
of August 9th, that that plank means that
if the Republicans succeed. they will pass
laws compelling parents to send their child
ren to schools, such as may be prescribed by
statute, without distinction Of color, race
previous condition, etc. He says: "While
this State cen boast of its superior common
school facilities, it is shameful that the color
ed children in all parts of the State are linn
tied to isolated and separate schools. And
this is what this plank means, is it, Peter:
1t is law to compel white and negro pa
rents to send their children to the same
school, to sit together and rehearsc together
in the same room; and that in this hot eli
mate. Well, rcader,you now know what
this Republican compulsory education plank
means, and if you want it carried out, vote
for Newton Booth and his State ticket, and
for the Republican candidate for the Senate
and Assemblymen in this county.
The Placer herald., 1871-09-02
WHO SHALL BE GOVERNOR.

When powerful lobby, backed by mil
lions Of dollars from railroad and other
monied sharks, had bought, bribed, or
wheedIed majority Of the last Legislature,
headed by Green and Pacheco, now on the
Republican ticket for State offices, to pass
the odious subsidy bills by which many
counties were to be robbed Of nearly the en-
tire value of all the property Of their citizens,
Governor Haight inicrposed his veto, saying
to these cormorant robbers, thou shalt stop
this robbery ofihe people, he was hailed by
almost all men, of all parties, as the savior Of
the Taxpayers; and an almost universal de-
mand was made that he should again be
made Governor. Hundreds of Republicans
in this county said, nominate Governor
Haight and he shall have oui votes, no mat
ter who is in the field against him. The
people from every section demanded, and
the Convention by acclamaton re-nominated
Gov. Haight, and now he is before the peo-
pie, of whom he was, and is, the champion,
and now the voters have again chance to
secure the services Of a man for four years,
under whose administration they can rest
secure in their persons and property, and
feel that all is safe while Haight is Governor.
viii they forget those times that tried mems
honesty? VIII they curse the bridge that
has carried them safe over this yawning
gulf of corruption? Viii they desert the man
that has been reviled, abused, persccu'ed
and all manner of lies told on him because he
was their friend and stood between them and
the robbers and plundercrs of their substance?
Will they forget all these things and vote for
another when that other has, in all his official
acts, been the most subservient tool Of the
plunderers? ? We think not; we have a better
opinion Ct mankind, of the voters Of Placer
and Of California Haight should carry the
State by 20, 900 majority, and if the pc 'pe
would vote as their honest convictions die
tate, by even larger majority than that.
II is not what party ehall win the election,
but shall we have an honest, determined and
ineorrupiille Governor. There is no honest
we'll Informed man in California that can lay
his hand on his heart and eay that he doubts
Governor IIaisht's honesty, Ftnteswanship,
or Ermness When the people have such u
man proscntcd to them for Governor, tbcI
should not forget that it is both their duly
and interest to elect him. We believe aF
firmly as that we haze an existence, thtt il
the Republican ticket is elected, ;hat it vii,
be captured by the plundcrcrs, and that Ic-
fore the next Legislature adjouna, the hon
est and weIl-mcaning who vote for it will
curse it and the day they aided in its clcc
ton. When that day comes, gentlemen,
lay no blame on us; we have done our duty
IN warning yon Of the dangerof voting against
Ilaipht.
The Placer herald., 1871-09-02

b. II. MCCLURE, candidate for County
Clerk ON the remocratic ticket, is most
excellent and competent young man. lie Is
the son of the widely known and universally
beloved and revered Col. Mcclure of Yam
kce Jim's, now deceased. His election
would bc a compliment to his energy, and to
ono Of the most hospitab!s and highly es-
tecmed families Of Placer; as well as the
securing of most accomplished and accom-
modating officer.