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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-13
Che fuil Of the Ching.
JOHN CUCUMBER
The prRGE Of DANGEROUS rprnLl

There came four Cooks out Of the Yves.
-Four Cooks both strong and high
And they have sworn though prone Tn rise
John Cucumber should lie.
They took frame and Gagged him down
Upon the t,rcing bed,
Wherein, by artificial growth.
John Cucumber they bred.
When cheerful Spring brought salmon in
At Pr1ce per pound no small
John Cucumber rash people then
Consumed their fish withaI
The r,pening suns Of Summer came.
And he grew large and long.
ana Some aid then express their fears
mat ne bad done them wrong
At sober AutuInn's entrance mild.
Dstempers did prevail,
oi snch sort that now they said
Ihey Knew he made them i'll.
Abounding daily more and more
Those cases did rage,
Inose iour Cooks tried their cleverest plan
dis crudeness to assuace.
They took weapon thin and sharp.
~; Ana siiced him, sore to see.
Then dressed him in the highest art
And skill In cookerie.
~ ocaooneu aim with salt no Lack
They pcppered him all Ger
They vinegared his mancled form.
And oil thereon did pour.
They stepped him, on china plate
In liquor TO the brim;
The way they served John Cucumber
Drew down big tears from him.
They stirred end tossed him DER and DER.
Regardless Of the woe
From his much weeping which appeared:
Ihey turned him to and fro.
John Cucumber was q rebel bold:
Fer Al their enterprise
10 render him quiescent food,
They saw he still would ri.e.
Him, therefore. not to work men WOO.
Though losing pains thereby,
They lastly, . worthless thing,
Did out Of window shy.
So much for cold John Cucumber
Whom few insides can stand;
OF all CucarbitdcP
The worst in merrie England
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-13

n ia said of q late physician, that he was waited
upon one day by q neishbor to come and see a sick
child with the Group. "Oh. certainly replied the
doctor. az If there is anything pride myself on
in my profession. it is my treatment of that dis
easen As the doctor stepped out a moment to
make ready, his waiting visitor was somewhat
taken aback to hear him say to his wife, "Sarah,
~Lot do YOU do for the croupY
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-13

IT ia related of colporteur sent out in the
,,.1n,v DAYS of colportage by the American Tract
S"c;ety, that he asked rough Arkansan what de
nomination a certain dilaritlated looking meeting
i.u,,sa belonged to. "Wa'af. stranger" was the
rsniv, She srsr Hard Shell Baptist, but they
Sn.sf ,.u, ber RoT,r
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-13

SIMPLE CURE FOR SORE THROAT.-A well in
formed friend says: Take the whites of two eggs
and beat them in with two tablespoonful Of
white sugar; crate in little nutmeg and then
add a pint Of lukewarm water. Stir well and
drink often. Repeat the prescription, necessary:
He thinks it will cure the most obstinate case of
hoarseness in a short time.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-13

PROFITS OF BEEs.-Among the few notes On
bees this year, we notice that q correspondent of
, ne hnrdt Ne'e Yorker says he had seven swarms
last spring. which, with the exception of two or
three, were light, and he had little hope of profit
this year. But the account stands thus: 9new
swarlns at $. Si5: $50 pounds white clover honey
Mt 30 cents S45; so pounds buckwheat honey %
cents, S12 so; total, sl02 50, OF nearly SIS per
swarm.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-13

On q sunny Summer morning,
Early a. the dsw was dry,
Up the hill / went Q berrying;
Need I tell you-tell you whyi
Farmer Davis bad . daughter,
And II happened that I knew,
On such sunny morning.. Jenny
Up the hin went berryinE, too.
Lonely work Il picking berries;
So 1 joined her q tie hin.
Jenny, dear" I sid your BASKETS
Quite no hrge fsr one 70 an.
So Ne seaid-ve two-SO an it.
Jenny talkinx-I wns stflE
Leadfng where the hin was steepest.
Picking berries up the hin.
mis- 10 uphill wurk, aid Jenny.
so u life, aaid ]; shall ve
Climb IL each a3one: o.. Jenny.
VII yoa coma cd climb With me r.
Redder than the blaalfng berrieA
Jennys cheeks . Moment grew,
While. without delay. che answered:
Il VIII come and climb with yoa."
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-13

THE man out West who is always doing sur
prisinr things, recently sent an order to Chicago
Tor a piano. and soon after wrote the dealers that
he and his wife couldn't find the place to wind it
mn, and they wanted to be told at once how to
make the thing 90.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-13

CH1pHOoD.-Oh, childhood! how pleasant are
thy day dreams! how pure, how delightful thy en-
joyments! We look back upon thee with pleasure,
for our happiest hours were associated with thee
and vet we sometimes sigh while memory busily
retrospects the past, because those peaceful hours
have fed forever
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-13

A GERMAN being required to give receipt in
no more money. John Swaekhammer."
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-13

aWhen he didn't attend church, he made 1t q
duty tokili Digger Indian SAYS an obituary no
tioe Of dead Laramie gentleman.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-13

He who forgets the fountain from whence he
drank and the tree under whose shade he gam
boiled in the days of his youth, is stranger to the
sweetest impressions of the human heart.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-13

OK EXAMINATION. it was found that the root of
a grape vine near which dead animals had been
buried. had entirely avoided the animal manure.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-13

MANY false things have more appearance Of
truth than things that be most true.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-13
CROONS FOR THE CRADLE.

CKOONS FOR THE CRADLE.
Full well recollect the rhymes,
The ballads Of my cradle times,
For often Emma Jane would bring
Her darling to INV crib, and sing
Orwell. Of almost anything,
o, Nurserie!
She rocked mx cradle 70 and fro.
The while abe chsuted soft and low,
o. Nurserie!
And I remembered how hung
On an sbe aid. and al she sung;
For vss musical, though young.
o, Nurseriei
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-13

Pur few live fish into wells, if angle worms
infest them.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-11-24
The Logic of Deception..

With all duo respect for our widely known
neighbor, the Toledo BlSde, we are beginning
s'h ou tAo trVuuIuus sea OF TAX
alton without .chart.or compass. In one number
it expatiates on the inefabls blessings resulting
from prohibition tariff in favor Of monopolists,
in NE next issue its sympathies are tenderiy ex
cisd in favor Of reducing the tariff on the poor
m ans luxuries, such..as tea, oulfse, sugar and
tobacco. Tue Blade, boweverr carefully avoids
men niionipg ,he boots AID shtes, the wearing ap-
parel, the tools necessary to the poor mau's per-
formancs Of his daily labor, and hundred other
things consumed by s,id poor man, which are
taxsI far more heavily than his tea, coffee and
sugar. We are beginning to think this contiuu-
ed palaver about the poor man is merely blind
by which 10 induce hi m to continue paying his
involuntary tax TO monopolists in addition to that
which he pays in support. Of the Government
The logic of the Blade onsthis question, is peril
nenry illustrated by the tale OF the white man
who wont hunting with an Indian under an
agreement to divide the spoils equally with him
Istur ned out that tke Indian shot a turkey and
the white man buzzard. On proceeding tn a
division Of the spoils the white took the
turkey in one hand and the buzzlrd in the other
and addressing he Indian. said - You max take
the Suzzard and will take the turkey, or, III
take the turkey and you may take the buzzard. !"
wildered by the logic of tho whit: :man, the In
dian exclaimed, "You no. talk turkey to me-"
Even so is il with the logic Of the B"de 1t talks
turkey to the uonopolists but 1t does not talk
turkey to the working man..
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-11-24
Letter From the Trustees Of perrYs-
burg TOwnshIp-An EnTesttgRtion
Ofthe Township Matters Invited.


PERRYsBUHd, November ~, 1871.
EDIroR JoURHALi There have appeared 10
your columns Irnm time 10 time, communications
from anonymous correspondents, in which the
proceedings Of the Trustees Of this township
have beer called in question. II has been at
least tihtcd that there was something wrong,
sirier in the levy Of taxes or the expenditure Of
the funds.
Now we, as'the Trustees of the township, have
nothing in the world to conceal. We have sup
posed that ali OF our transactions were fully
known TO our citizens. We invite most full in
vestigaton Of our accounts. That there have
been expenses connected with the county seat
contest and the litigation which followed, is
we'll known 10 this community. Butif any one
believes that we have used any money ourselves,
or squandered the funds Of the township, we be-
leye that we can convince him that he is msta-
ken.
Perhaps the best way to get the facts before
the people, will be to have meeting at the tax
payers called, committee appointed from our
most prominent citizens aud let our accounts,
expenditures and levies, be submitted to them
with the understanding that they report to an
other meeting. We are willing to take any course
which promises most speedily and fully to salts
fy and enlighten all interested. This seems to
be plan liable to as few objections as any, aud
If no objection is made to il, we propose to call
meeting for the purpose as soon as Mr.. Rhod,
is abetu leave his room.
HENRY NJ. MORSE.l
MICHAEL HAYES, Trustees.
| FRAND RH0DY.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-11-24

In our Covineton news department will be
found a notice Of the death Of Mr.. A. Gaines,
prominent citiztn n Of Boone county, Ky, from
lOckjaw. Mr. Gaines is entitled to celebrity as
the owner VI the Garner family Of slaves, whose
fight from slavery and recaptuIe at Cincinnati
resulted in the awful tragedy in which Magaret
Garner slew her children to save them from the
fate Of slavery. Even in the callunsed state oi
the public conscience at thai Time this illustra-
tion Of slayery as it appeared In desperate
mother sent thrill Of horror thronghi the North,
AMI with the lapse nf time the real features Of
the tragic act have become more deeply impress
ed on the public mind.
In those days a ende which sci aside ell the
safeguards which the centuries Of growth 0f
AngOlo-Saxson law had created for the proiec-
tion of personal liberty, and which treated the
rights Of the States and their citizens with con-
tempt, was in force, and obsequious United
States Commissioners. seryile Democratic at
tnrncy's trucking and trueuIes. United States
MaTshe y, and possess Of r''nghs, whS themselves
made riots in order to draw fees, were brought
into reqnisitiOn to return fugitive men and wO-
men whose dispair resnlted in such tragedies.
This was the much Democratic lamented times
Of the "COnstiiniion as II was" The Demo-
cratic party is welcome to its nnemoIies.- CiS-
ciahdd GUz,tte.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-11-24
Pie Value of immigration.

EDWARD YouSG, OF the Bureau Of Statistics,
has submitted to the United States Treasury De-
partment timely report on the subject Of for
eign immigration, in which, among other inter-
estng topics, he discusses the money value oil
the immigrants to the country as producers.
The size Of the immigration first receives his at
tention. Taking the population Of the States at
the beginning Of the Revolutionary war ,OO0,-
900 in round numbers, he estimates that 1908 =
SIS foreigners have siuce come into the country
These are not the total sources Of the present
population, because we have acquired new COM
munities with Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Cali
fornia, etc, but the msFs fact tht our whole or.
iginaltstock did,not equal the half Of what we
have since a quiied gives an impressive idea Of
the ma guitude OF the immigrant element. In
respect to nationality, no less than 3,S5I $50
have come from the British Isles, which number
added to those arriving from other British quar-
ters gises a total Of 4, 1924 10 help the origin
al stock keep up the preduminauce Of the Eng
lisb language and institutions.
Without examining in detail Mr. f0ung's pro-
cess OF getting at the money value of this i'm
mense immigration, we may say that his con-
cIus 10 49, 49, ~~or~Ro issss..'Sr~"t 10 w t'
$500 to the country which would give an addi.
tiun to the national wealth for the year 1870 Of
s2S5. 900 900, and total from the start Of s6 :
243, $50 800. To question these figures, prodig-
ious as they are, would require man as we'll
informed on the subject as Mr.. Young. which
would be saving considerable. The value Of
this vast influx of bone and muscle and energy,
at perlud Of the national career when II is all
absorbed in labor as fast as it can be recsived,
is clearly enormous. or male laborers alane -
such as have but our railroad canals and cit
ies--there have been ,3YS.8l6 To these must
be added 976, $40 farmers 690,67I manufacturing
operatives, and 1901, ,537 whose occupations are
not stated. Among the latter are all classes pro-
fsssions and callings, from Schurz the Senator,
and Ericsson the inventor to the greenhorn SER
want girl and the baby in arms. We make them
| all useful and profitable IN the country, and we
| trust.we do them all good If not, the stream m
would begin to pause or set the nther way. We
may add that Mr.. Yourg, by this report, cher
| ishes the laudable hope of being able to impart
some better system to our immigration, by ma
King known the qualities aud wants Of immi
| grants as they come, aud supplying them with
suitable information respecting the country and
assisting in getting to good locations. This
| would distribute the annual immigration where
it is most needed, and would relieve. New York Of
it's over supply. The object is certainly good
/ one.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-11-24
1nnidanta of the Late Fires.

Now that we can sleep Of nights without trou6'
led dreams Of the internal regions and without
being ,startled from our slum6erS by the fire
bells, the terrifying shouts Of fire! the tramp
ramp, tramp Of Moonlight patrol in his caseess
vigilance in search Of sparks and the 'loae and
solitary horseman' the 'battle scorcbed vetrans
of 1871 in this locality can sit about their hearth
stones and cosy stoves and relate their hair
breadth escapes to the rising gensratlon.for at
least quarter Of century hence.
In order to. .serrect false esimpressi"n that
pot abroad through the columns of the JOURNAL
in regard to the losses Of DANIEt NEWTON, Esq,
we will state that he had two shocks of corn de-
s;royed by fire, instead of one as heretofore
reported.
W.. DENSfsoN & Co. lost dish OF cuied
wooden bowls in the conaagration at Chicago
Mr.. PERRY PENsYwELL, during rhe dryes
part Of the late 'unpeasantness, went out to d'g
some potatoes, and concluded the cheapest anC
quickest way to get rid of the vines and. weed
would be b burn 8em. He accordingly APPLIED
,he MATCH which was Immediately. followed byii
race across the field to a fence. the fire getting
there first. Tim, two minutes. and thirteeI
seconds>-the best on. Issora;1
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-11-24
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-11-24
A Democratic Lookout--All the Slaves
to be Paid For.

We call the attention Of every economic man
and especially of every Democrat, to the follow
ing from the Richmond (Va.) Wig Of August
II:
"The Southern States, under any fair AZ
portiOnment that may be adopted, will haYe
Twelve more ~than a third Of the representa- atiyes
in Congress and in the Elecnrial College.
United and harmonious this would constitute n
power adequate for selfprniection. If not suili-
eient to control the actin Of the Government.
We have common interests; one, especially, Of
towering and controlling influence, capable Of
welding the whole Southern population. black
and white, into me solid mass nf jnint and cum
mon action. Slavery has been abolished. RaI
Slavery has not besn paid for, 1t was a conStitu-
tional and vested right, IL there be snch thing.
No Government ever coniscated such property
and of such magnitude without compensation to
the individual. II would be m instrOus if it did,
and il would unsettle and conluund and leopard
ize all other rights. The blacks can be made to
have the same interest in this as the whit, s..
The market value Of this property at the out
break Of the war estimated nt 80 900 900 =
000 The half Of that sum might redress the
whites, the other half would console ! G. bribe
the blacks. and prOvs far moro substantial
blt ssing than the imaginary mule and forty
acres Of land We have M idea of pressing
this reclamation at the present time, but II Is a
shot in our locker which we are unwilling to
the opportunity presented itself. SOuthrsn
Conference, either the coming winter or at some
future time, can arrange the programme the
mode. measure and time for urging this claim.
We would not hurry it it is n permanent bul :
wark and source OF safety and harmony to all
The distracted elements of southern society
Whenever the signal is given ii will bring white
aud black together shoulder to shoulder. The
North sold their slaves and pocketed the money
aud then cOnfiscated the slaves Of the South,
for what they pretended was for the public
good. They must pay for II! 1t is only ques :
tion Of time, and though We SEQ all, black and
white very poor we are not impatient. They turn
ed the poor blacks outof house and home, with
the delusve promise Of mule aud forty acres,
and left them to the cold charity Of the world.
The blacks must be paid for their confSeated
homes and right Of prote ctisn. But as already
stated, we, however, are unwi ling TO abandon IT,,
or jeopardiTe its recovery by disbanding an in
dependent party organization. That independ-
ent party may save us when all other expedi-
encies shall fail. Central GrantIhmself might
be willing to achieve reelection by according
to us all, or more than we ask. At any rate, Il
is the best trump out, and If judiciously played
NAV win the game. The weather is too warm
ET elabOraration. Hints must suffice. Wise
men can take and ponder them aud ii there bo
any good in them, like bread cast upon the wa
ters, 1t will return to bless us after many days"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-11-24
limited State Senator.

If current reports are to be believed an
ea,rs Is now being made to combine all OppO-
sing eloments for the defeatof Senator SHERMAN
for re- election To the United State Senate. IN
regard 10 IL so far as we are concerned, we would
simply state that with our views of the Senator's
past record, which certainly indicates legisla-
i've talents Of ~. superior order, and has been
characterized in the main by due regard for
the wishes ofhis constituents, and his ofiicial
conduct rolccs orly the purcst impulses Of an
honor able man such being our views at this
tim,, we certainly should prefer SHERMAN to an
untriei candidate. Should, however. ex-Gov-
ernor Cox be preferred by majority Of Repub-
lican Asscmblymc we could also cordially sup
nort him
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-11-24
Tho denomination of President Grant

1t seems asst the struggle for the Pres ldeutal
Chair was about to commence in right good
earnest, the friends and enemies Of General
GRANT being equally on the alert, simply with
this advantage on the side Of his friends thai
they have the inside track. The newspapers re-
port meeting to be held at Harrisburg by the
Presidents opposers, prior to the meeting Of Con-
gress, whlle on the other hand his supporters
are actively operating and eliciling the support
of the press in his favor in all partsl Of lbe
country.
We are in rcceiptofa prospectus oftbe Nation
al SEradard, published in Washington, D. Co.
which gives utterauce to many pertinent and
judi,i remarks concerning the administra-
tive policy of the President, and urges his re-
nomination in 1872. In that effort we propose to
cooperate with all our energies as we believe
him to be the right IN n for the place.
We do not regard the General as an abso-
lutely perfect man, free from all errors for there
is no man of that kind in existence. But look
where we may among those who are aspirants
for the CLisf,E xecutve Chair, we look in vain
for one whose personal reputation will transcend
that Of President GRANT. From boyhOod up to
the present time, the record.of his life has ex-
hibited the highest and noblest characteristics Of
personal cOnscientiousness, devotion to duty and
earnest patriotism. His record as a student nj
Wesl'Point his faithful services in Mexico, the
Triumphant close of the lat5" rebellion by our
brave soldiers under his command, and if we
my be permitted soto say, the still greater
achievement is of his Administration in the cira
asIdiplEmdSie services of this Republic, all
III ,se acts demonstrate 5fen, U. s. GRANT as the
man most eminently fitted to be our next Presi-
dent.
FHOM THE EDITUR OF THE NATIONAL srANDABE'
In our judgement U. s. Grant, being the
only man IN the Republican party that could
with safety be nominated 10 the Presidency for
the next term, we unhesitatingly declare in IA
yur of his re e-nOminRtiOn and reelection.
The country has had unbounded evidence OF
his efficiency and fitness for the position; the
people have the utmost confidence in his ability
and the soldiers who followed his fortunes in
numerous battles revere him.
Grant is no experiment; the people Know
hiinI the country is THRIVING under his excellent
administration of affairs, tho national debt is
diminishing rapidly, aud the genera condition
of affairs throughout the country besides 10 his
unerring wisdom and sonnd judgment.
We have nailed our flag to the mast, and say
10 the Union Republican Convention to be con-
/ vened next spring, nominate U. 4. Grant for the
'snext President and we promise in the name of
the Union Soldiers and Sailers, and the loyal
millions Of the country TO elect him."
CONDEMNED STATEMENT oY INDUCTION OF THE
NATIONAL DEBrs