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Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-11-04
Romance ofRGal Life.

A correspondent of the Cincinna-
ii Commercial writes from NeHcas-
tie, KY;
| write this letter in the house
of an old lady who is II niece Of that
Rcbccca Bryan who became the
wife Of Daniel Boone, and concern
ing whose eyes { the young hunter
is said to have mistaken them for
those Of q deer } the pretty back
woods romance is told.
The lady herself is the widow of
one Of Daniel Boone,s own ncph-
ews, her second husband, who as
sisted in bringing the great hunter
back to Kentucky. She was born
in one of the chief old pioneer sta
tions { her grandfather's J, near
Lexington, and, although, she is in
her oighty-first year, she is active
in body, and busying herself with
her flowers and garden, clear-sight-
cd and alert in spirit Recently
she heard from one of her middle
aged sons, absent over twenty years
in California, aad presumed dead
more than half of that time, was
yet alive, and her joy was great.
He, to, had supposed his mother
to be long dead.
The old lady has ., romance con-
nected with her second marriage.
1t is as follows When her moth
er was q young lady, Colonel Viii
liam Boone, the nephew of. Daniel
mentioned above, was very much
in love with her, and asked her on
one occasion TO mary hin. She told
him that she was engaged to Nor
gan Bryan, and that they were TO
be married in few days. Colonel
Boone went away and married an
other young woman. Aftcrward
he, with his wife, visited the young
married couple when their first
child { now in her fifth score. of
years } was but very few days old,
and seeing the baby, he laughed
and said to her mother: "Now
Milly, as you wouldn't have me
yourself you'll give me the girl for
my second wife, wont your" Wheth,
or any jesting promise was made, |
am not informed but the baby
grew up. and at twenty-seven she
was married, and had seven children,
became widow after nine yeers'
and remained one for long time,
when Colonel Boone's first wife
having died scme years previously,
she really became in her own mid
die life the wife of her mothers
early lover, who.ha claimed her in
her cradle. The good old lady is
accustomed, in relating this 10 her
sons and nieces, 10 speak of it as
"one of the most remarkable things
that ever happeped". ] think so
too, and it is a true story.
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4 lsisgrstcG Republicans.

Mr.. Simeon Brunk, OF Hancock
county, Ohio, Published in tho Fin
dlay Courier the following card:
oilDs, CoURIER-John Sherman
said in his Mansfield speech that
poor men pay no taxes, and ho
abuses and sneers at them for com
planning of hard times. When he
was elected to the United States
Senate it was all he could GO to keep
soul and body together, financially
speaking. lie is now worth mil
lion Of two cf dollars; his salary as
Senator would not amoHnt to fifty
thousand. lie sncors at poor men.
| have a family Of eight children,
beside myself and wife, to support
by daily toll. 1t costs me for boots,
shoes, clothing, blankets and bed
ding, tea, coffee, salt, pepper and
other necessities, which ! am COM
PEELED to purchase-it costs me
more than one dollar each day Of
my life to pay the additional ex-
penses growing out Of the Repnb-
Iican tariff alone. Sherman knows
he stated falsehood
! have been Il Republican and vo-
ted that ticket ever since the party
originated. | was three. years q
soldier in tho late war, and have
an honorable discharge. am sat
isied that the Republican party is
corrupt beyond descrlrtion-l mean
its leaders--and more than this, |
know wo can not make the matter
worse by change. >,
When it has cost two billions
eight hundred millions of dollars to
keep up the expenses Of the Gov
ernment for the last six years in
tmo of peace and it only cost one
billion four hondred millions for
Government expenses for seventy
three years before 1860; under
Democratic and Wing administra
ton, | can no longer support par
ty guilty of such doings. Count
me with the Democracy hereafter.
Very respectfully,
SIMEON BRUNK.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-11-04
Artificial Rain.

In England, where experimental
agricultural is carried to an extreme
almost unknown with us, the inven-
ton Of methods Of irrigation has
been very ingenious. At, Stoke
Park a tract of twenty acres: is ir-
regated by artificial rain, the sys-
tenn being quite successful. The
water was applied every night last
summer in showers, excepting when
natural rain made it unnecessary.
The apparatus consists ofnipes laid
in the ground, supplied from the
elevated reservoir, into which water
was pumped by machinery. Tbs
financial exhibit made by the re7
suit of the experiment is said to be
a good one. The interest on the
money invested in the necessary
machinery, and the cost of oper-r
ating it, aggregated s95 per acre
for the entire tract of twenty acres.
Likewise the income per acre ag-,
gregratcd 5000, being made up of
the proceeds of one crop of grass
and grazing in the autumn Of 1870,
and two crops of hay in 1871. The
net profit was thus sl05 per acre.
On land of the same tract and same
character, used for tie same pur-
pose, but where the irrigation was
omitted, the net profit per acre was
but s45.
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Ease ksall

Is properly so named we think, frtin
the way it is at present conducted and the
fuss made about it, As an exercise and
amusement for school boys, it is well
enough, but exalted into a speciality, and
ielegraphed and blown over, it is ridiou-
| lous in the extreme. We remember the
game, when boy and played it ourself
pretty we'll for those days, when it was
not 6ered science and road to
fame or wealth and studied accordingly.
But now, and for some years back, it has
been blown up into great importance and
called u National Game, and compnnies
have been formed in the principal cities Of
the North and West, who travel all over
the Country and exhibit their skill and
proves for money. Games are made up
or large sums and betting is INDUCED in
to any extent. Becoming regular gam-
bling business, of course, there are every
now and then complaints Of unfairncss
and throwing off and cheating as in other
sporting matters. This is not at all strange
it was, indeed, to have been expected,
when mere gentlemanly practice of the
game, rs II recreation for little leisure
time, deyenerated into regular business
for not over reputable living. r.Wly men
Of any culture or fortune or character in
society should 60 into it to the danger OF
their reputation as well as their bores, we
cannot comprehend. viii the nooriety
ACQUIRED by the newspaper reports COM
pensate for broken leg or arm, or the
smashing of ones nose or the putting out
of an eye? We fail to see it in tha light.
The sport has become almost as vulgar as
prize fighting, and we would about as soon
have the fame of Coburn or Mace ai that
of the most fam GUS of base ball playerL 1t
is TO us n matter of astonisbment how
many of the most widely. circulated and
respectable newspapers can give so
much space, which might be filled with
something usefu. or really tertaininE, to
the particular accounts of the games play
w 'hc " "io aNNu
ings and Leather Breeches and Blue Ndses,
or what ever they may be called. The re-
suits are deemed to be of sufficient impor
tanoe to telegraph over the wires to ,he
exclusion OF news really valuable or of ln
terest. When that terrible calamity, The
CREST Chicago fire, occurred, among he
frs; details telcgraphed, was a notice tiat
some Of the White Stockings bad been
burnt ont and the. future movement, of
certain professional members thereof +
There we're white stockings, on the 1et
and legs Ofmsny poor white girl of tIst
unfortunate city, much more verify Of 40
tiee. Who cared where the White SioA.
ings were going and when their next gsfe
would come of 2 Not we, certainly. Aid |
IL any body did, amidst the gloom aid |
pain o: that awful dispsnsation of Divide
Providence, we don't envy him his hett |
or his head. Both must be pretty eDBy |
Of anything Of value here or hereafter, in
this world or the next /
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+. ON IIis Travels
A SNAKE ~ A PASSENGER CAR,


DIR. \. b. Anderson, Of this city.
returned homo irOm a visit To ST
Louis the other day, He relates a
little incident Of his travels on Mon
day night, which partakes some
what Of the horrible, The seat in
the ear Immediately in front Of thd
Doctor was occupied ty n swarthy,
rough-lool,ing and hard visaged,
e0ld-nalnred kind Of man, who car
ried with him u yo0dnn box, about
the size, perhaps, OF sn ordinary
hal-b0x. Some time in the night
the Doctor noticed the man take
tho box carefully from the seat and
place il in the rack overhead, and
then take his scat, But what was
more noticeable in this man was hif
apparent uneasinaSs after this move,
ment, rs, every few moments he
would turn aud look ut the box
anXiously, rs ii II contained some
precious treasure, or rs If he was
afraid ofsomcthing within, Before
it had remained overhead n great
while. the strange individual arose,
took hold of tho box with the same
caution as before and placed il on
the seat beside him. Soon afser, u
passenger entered the car, and ask
ior the seat occupied by the mys.
terious box, when its owner told
him that the seat was taken. The
Doctor, after this, took no further
notice ofhis travelling companion,
and, forgetting the circumstances,
he soon feel asleep, with his head
bowed down on the back Of the seat
in front and Immediately over the
box. In this position he slept
soundly until morning. When he
awoko a frighttul spectacle met his
bcwildered eyes, that almost para
lyz,d his already drowsy nerves.
The curious box was Immediately
under his face, and ( oh horrors J
through an opening made in one
SOEHCi VI tHO buA uIOSc .Nlihoot W |
the Doctors forehead, the, huge,
rough head of a venomous, and |
deadly snake called the Cyphon,
his eyes glaring into the eyes OF the
frightened man, while he thrust his |
head from side to side, darting his
forked tongue almost into the Doc
tors face. As soon us he could re-
cover his senses he touched the
owner of the reptile on the arm,
and called his attention to what he
thought the critical conditioned the
man. But without any sign Q!agitai
ton, he turned deliberately around
caught the snake by the neck, stuff
ed him down into his prison, and
covered him up. The Cyphon is
one Of the most venomous Of Cali
fornia reptiles. DR.. Anderson said
that there was, II striking. resem-
blance' between, the looks Of the
snake and its owner, and he dread
ed one,as much as the other Cour-
rier Journal.
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that when a smoker begins i0 all
bodily, or 10 bs getting lislless,
dreamy, and disinelinei for serious
thought or action, or 10 shirk ihe
duties .Of social intercourse, tlls
Limit. has been exceeded q"
Tobacco should DO used us sup
plemsaiary TO Rod, not Us a sub
stiiute l0r il, Tho season, there
fore, for healthy smoking is amer a
meal. Tobacco should not be Ia
ken on an empty stomach (unless
To slave or hunger) any more than
alcohol, Smoking merely Ia kill,
time or 10 color a plpell is u child
ish abuse OF tobacco,
Against moderate smoking in n
healthy person who enjoys iI, not u
single argument OF any weight has
Yet been advanced, Perhaps tho
most plausible Of them Is this; that
every smoker daily imbibcs n small
quantity of tobacco oil and nicotine;
and as these substances taken by
themselves in the pure concentrated
state aud in large doses are highly
poisonous, therefore every habilual
smoker is slowly poisoning himself
Just as reasonable is il 10 condemn
all alcoholic drinks, such rs wine,
beer, etc, rs pernioions, because n
drail of ruro alcohol will nearly or
quite kill man; or to condemn tea
and coffee rs dangerous drinks, bo-
cause their active principles, theinc
and caffeine, taken alone and in
largo doses, are poisons. Ono of
the best established truths in med.
ica science is that the same phys
biological agent, according to tho
dose given, may produce effects
which differ not merely in degree
but in kind. Tho idea of small do
scs of tobacco or other such agent
slowly acGpmulating in tho system
and at length producing the effect
of u single large dose is a priori alb
surl, and also contridictod by cx-
pericnce. &C. SO
SO. much, and often so much nom
sense. is prated about the evils of
tobacco that its virtues rarely get II
hearing, and yet tho latter are
many and great, To quiet nervous
unrest t. soothe n rutllcd temper;
to favor calmand impartial thought;
to steady and clear mot to cloudD y
ovcrworkod brain; to
the effects CT physical !
eXhaustion-these are. just the |
things which tobacco does, and if it |
can effect these ends safely and
pleasantly, who shall deny it II place
nmono, Gnl's uoni pifis IN mnn2
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1912
&C bbls. saelled corn

Wanted n man-to elope with
nv wife. He must be n man OF
courage and strong as an OK. lie
must be one with a healthful con-
stitution, and able 10 do with little
sleep. A sailor. would suit best
one that is accustomed TO big blows.
My wife has many good points. for
man thatcan appreciate them.
I cannot. She talks faster than light
ming can travel and louder than q
railroad whistle can scream She
doesn't. care much for amenities,
but Is very powerful on the accrbi-
ties fife. She wcnld be a good
assistant in avinegar factory, she
is so sour. and would Dea noble
companion to a man living IN the
country where there are plenty Of
bears, she's 50 powerful on hugging,
To any man who wiih entice my
wife to elope with hish. | will pa-
$50 and the expense Of the elope
ment. Should my blessing be con
sidered Of aay consequence, III
throw il in. Tor fr-ther particulars,
apply 70 HESHF giSEs.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-11-04

Name lhe l"nscsl day la tho
year, said Nashua teacher 10 a
young hopeful 0I i've summsrs,
"SanisY, responded lhe little vic
Vm Of Tie hlae-laW,
Annlle Well, Lncy, | suppose
you sro pleased with The new baOy,
Lucy; No, amt,
Aunlie; Il will By such a hies
play fellow hT yOg,
Lnry' How ean I. 20 a plsy-fsl,
low when is gir.' e..
"N0a must mol play IN ;hs street
with tho boys now, my dear y0a
aro seven years old. - said IA old la,
dy 10 her granechild. "Bu, grsnd-
ma, the older grow the better
like the bays, was lheiunooent 20
ply, -T
The Louisville ledger tells os4
msn who quarTellvd vita his wigs
aud in his passion advised hes 10
visit the Internal rcginns. Next
day his li:tlc four year oil daugh,
ter said TO her Wo,hcr, with y very
serious face; "Mama, papn told you
To 90 70 h-ll Inst night, didn'I
hc?' "ics, darling, what Of itg'
"Nniiinl only il wac you | rcrli
not GO" - ir, Nrt
Sophia, n six year old rot, are.
looking though,iully ut tho new
moon Is little while. turned % her
uncle ard said "Uncls. can can
$50 God : ,humb.nail. That is it,"
she added, pointing to the narrow
crescent: "And | can almost 500
Gods thumb" At another tiina
she found u shelless egg under the
currant bushes, and, in u high state
OF excitement, brought II in aud
showed il 10 her aunt. '''1ee aunty
what | found under tho curraEt
bushes! And know the old hen
that laid il, and I'm just going 10
put it back in the nest and mako
her finish it," But little Lula was
the most philosophical. Two or
three hours after u hearty dinner OF
soccataSh she complained Of u stom-
ach.acho. Perhaps the soccs,ash
you ate is troubling you," snggsst
cd her mother. "Oh, no mama, Il
ism that, it's ever so far below tho
scccatash."
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-11-04
Home Ald Erlen ds,

o, there's power TO make each hour
As sweet as Heaven designed IL;
Nor need We roam TO bring II home,
Though few there bc tnat liud Il.
We seek too high Tor things Close 10y,
And loose what nature found us,
For lite hath here no charms 81 dear
As home and driauds around US.
We oft destroy the present JOY
For lnIure Lopcs-und praise them,
While flowers ~ sweet, bloom nj our feet,
liwe'0 but stoop 10 raise them;
For thing, afar still saccter are,
When youths bright spoil hath bound as;
But soon we're taught the earth hath nrnghl
Like home and friend. around us.
The friends that speed in time If need,
When hopes last reed is shaken,
Dc show us still that, comes what will,
We are not quite iorsHkcn.
Though all were night, II but the light
From iricndships altar crowned us,
'Twuuld prove thu bliss Oi earth was this:
Our home and friends around us.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-11-04
A Lively Reminiseenee oI GoI
Daty Crockett.

lAets, AFhA- NkAtih ",
II the Ilii0F ~ iLs Nashville Baansr
p Paris, besides being one 0f the
eldest towns in this portion Of the
! State, has historic associations as
rich aud pleasant ~ any in the
! Wost, At this point tho canvass
usually closed between Davy Crock
eIt and "I.i.lle Pilz, IS Judge Pilz,
gerald WAS called. Here he clans
were marshallcd for tho winding
mp, which was always attended by
u half dozen og moro quarter races,
beef matches, whiskey drinking,
and dozen or two "iree fights"
IL was here tho memorable diilicul,
~ took place between Dayy and
Little Fi,r" that decided tho oleu,
tion of the latter for Congress, and
proved that Dayy recognized the
fact that good retreat was hettcr
than u bad stand, Fitzgerald hal
accused Crockett Of drawing more
mileage than he was entitled TO,
and characterized il in very severe
terms. Crockett sent him wGrd
that il no repeated il that he would
give him severe clicking" Fats.
gerald's friends represented TO him
tho danger ofa repetition, and ad-
viscd him not TO make the issue.
When tho hour for speaking arriv.
cd an immense crowd was present,
mostly Crockett men, and among
them their idolizod chief, Fitzger.
ald came late with but fcw hackers,
and they ola class not fond of broils |
and difficulties. IIe was met and |
begged to return, but he could not |
retreat without disgrace and defeat. |
Fitzgerald spoke first. Upon noun |
ting the stand he WAS noticed to lay |
something upon tho pine table in
front of him, wrapped in his hand
kerchicf, Ho commenced his speech |
by allusion to the reports that had
been made, and when he said that
he WAS here to reasssrt and prove
the cnargos, Crockett arose and sta
ted that he was there to give
thcm the lie, and whip the little
lawyer that would repeat it. When
Fitzgerald reached the objectiona-
5le point, Crockett arose from his
seat and advanced towards the
stand. When within three or four
feet Of it, Fitzgerald suddenly 70.
moved n pistol from his handkcr-
chief, and covering Crockett's s breast
warned him that step further and
he would fire. The move was so
unexpected, Crockett hcsitated a
second, turned around and resum-
ed his seat This is one of tho sto-
ries of that backwoods campaign as
given us, if we remember Alright,
by an eye witness.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-11-04

LAST SURVIVING GUEsT.-Among
the most ancient men yet in exis-
tence is Mr.. Marx Hardin, now re-
siding in Shelby county, Ky, who
was born on the banks of Monon-
gahela, March IA, 1882. and accom-
panied his fathers family on their
removal to Kentucky, descending
the falls of the Ohio in April. 17S6.
He recently visited Louisville, and
expressing a desire to cross the falls
once more a small party Of friends
accompanied him across the bridge
at that city, just eigbtv-five wears
and four months after he first nagi-
gated the waters flowing beneath
it. 1t is presumed that no other
person can cross that bridge and
say to himself, "More than eighty
FIVE years ago / foatcd down ibsss
bright waters. Ii is added that
Mr.. Hardin is the last SURFING guest
that was present at the wedding Of
Henry Clav-N D. P-t.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-11-04

WADE HANPToNs LETTER.-The
position taken by Gen. Wade Hamp-
ton in his letter to Gen. D. IL. Hill,
that the Southern democracy take
no part ir the next National Con
vention, lie certainly very peculiar.
So FAR from doing an injury TO the
Democratic party, as he apprehends,
we think it would strengthen it,.
OF course the Southern Democracy
should be prepared to- accept The
national platform, which will ussu-
redly recognize the binding force Of
the late amendments and give assu-
rance ofthe intention Of the Nationa
al Democracy to protect the rights
of all the citizens. They should
not presume to dictate to the con
vention nor make any display Of
their chivalry. All allusons TO the
differences which brought on the
war should be suppressed Actua-
ted by u wise, conservative, nation
al spirit, the Democratic party, as
II unit, with full representatives
from all the States, can make plat
form and nominate a candidate who
will stand Il fair chance Of being
elected
All revolutionary ideas represen-
ted by extremists and abstraction
lists must be discarded and the uni
ty of the party'and the restoration
of the Union rs it was, should in
fuence the action Of every delegate.
We must be national if we wish to
be Democrats .--Shreveport Gazette.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-11-04

A mama in the rural districts
lately gave her five year old hope
fnl an outfit Of fish tackle. Soon
she heard a shout from Willie, and
running to it, found one Of her best
hens fast winding up the line ia her
crop, whittier the hook had already
proceeded it. Willie, observing the
troubled look Of his mother, quietly
remarked: Don't worry, mother, l
guess she viii stop when she gets TO
the pole.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-11-04
Success OF the Malaga Grape
i'm Texas.

This incompatible grape grows to
perfection in California and in Mex.
leo. 1t originated from tho Mala.
ga Islands. It is cultivated in Al.
ALBANIA, Virginia. and many other
States, as a hot t-housc plant, and
has not been known to succeed well
under any other mode Of cultva-
ton outside of California and Mex
SEQ. | have, for curiosity alone,
been trying a few plants with my
other nursery stock. These vines,
after putting them out into the
vineyard, found had stood the
cold weather as well as the more
hardy kinds, for three winters.
The last was n trying one. find
the Malaga all right. 1t now is
loaded with bloom. The prospect
is good for an extra crop of this
excellent fruit. ,r
The lunches are very large. bor-
ry, greenish or white, shape, oval,
uuu lICll illuluICu 10 10 uDOuI tHO
size of u medium plum. The vino
is as clear as water. l gathered q
a bunch last year. the first years
fruiting. Their average was Il
oz., the least 6 o., the largest IA or.
The mode of cultivating this grape
is quite different from that of other
kinds. At least half,the leaves and
all the profitless timber must be
clipped off, and no grass or other
Vegetation should be allowed to
grow near the vine. The highest
and dryest points are, best adapted
to this fruit. 1t will fail near 3
creek bottom or river. The heavy
fog or dew are its cersmon opositcs,
but on the high and dry hills of
Texas the Malaga will succeed
TR. W. Tur Ter, in T'erds Ne,c York
er-
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-11-04

The Green Bay, (Wis.) Advocate
says: "Mr. Lewis Dirchs, in tic
town Of Preble, gives us the partit-
ulars Of a disease that has appef.
ed among the cattle of that viciri
ty. The. symptoms of the dise.e
are similar to those as described ss
attending the cattle plague in Ei
rope. The animal at first refusss
10 eat and drink; the nose, ears ard
horns are cold; the milk dries tp
and blood runs from theDose, moulh b
and other Orifces. In about fortF-
four hours the animal dies. Tie
disease is new here, and no remedy
as yet been found for il.