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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-08-10

One of the negro legislators Of Mis-
sissippi shot white man for reius-
ing to argue politics with him. The
Boston Post thus expresses it's indig-
nation: "If negro can't compel a
whito man to answer when spoken to,
what in the world, is the use of civil
rights ?".'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-08-10

Henry Ward Beecher preached the
other Sunday from the text, "Ay
soul cleaveth unto the dust" 1t GER
tainly does; and a $4,000 salary is q
pile Of dust we'll worth cleaving to,
too.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-08-10
SMITHS NEW CLERK.

SMIao NEW OLEhA.
Jenkins met Smith, his Senior
partner, at the depot, who had been
absent on business tour.
Elbows business?" inquired the
latter. .I%
Cali right; got new clerk"
s'Got a new clerk, eh! Where
is Jones
'Discharged him. An idle, en-
travagant, imrrudent young
dog!'
s:True enough, and the new one
wont be any better. Drinking,
gambling, late hours, and fast
Iorses-that's the way with 'em
all"
And Smith groaned.
jenkins. eye twhkled. He well
knew the peculiarities Of his good.
hearted but eccentric bachelor part
"Wen, the new clerk don't drink
nor gamble, Tn certain of that,
and has thus far been very: indus
trious and attentive"
"Thus yfara o, yes: Wait a
month. - = New brooms sweep
Clean"
'.Oh, we'll, if the new clerk don't
suit YOU, you can send the new
clerk adrift, that's all. I only took
hsf-ah'm! = the new clerk on
1rial.3S9E;3 ..5ssE
sMr.z Smith stared at his partner.
Il suppose the new clerk has a
namel" he remarked, dryly.
ooh, yes. Her, that is to say,
the new clerks name is Gardner.
But here we are"
AS was his usual custom, Mr..
Smith wen: through tile store, pass
I'd the ,array of clerks on either
side of the counter, without glanc-
ing to the right or left. But when
he reached his private Office, at the
..-,, o. cs.y.. l. \ l<,ssl,o,l +l,,,, IL - >,
1'lr'nsyie91' 1r ,I ne 'ooheu .ntousn ne
2 glass oooF' "i''cn ), was ~ s''uateo
that ne eou'a see al .'na' was gong
OH ~ '''o 'tote' ti, i, -, -, :
li!s eye leli on '"e occupant oi "
s>Wlat's that he said, turning
sLaTniv ,,non His partner, who had
"''""e" MN
':,''FiA" Sa%tu very cohPoseuiy
@. r. r * 81 >,enuer iot.i'' MnoSe - :
%EtG az was oent il'cn.'y
,33Eg s." ;n''' '''' "tN "poD
A.. o.,o .,o ,,o,r
.iI:. /" ny I at 5 tue nc"
',,,; oa,oo1
c:yiH ,.poee his eyes "no 'ooA
sf}Eis. !, -,
:t4S u S a woman ne I: ex,
a..|. ~ ."4tn aD all VI lucreouii'S
iror; -
""''id say II "aS' saiu zen,
coo'ly,,,ano ,s a contounaeo
~ o"o 80 'io'
'm'sh gave ms partner d LOOK o
~;tu@us inaignatLoh: ~ g.,
"Mr. JenElns' 1n's IS no place 10
woman.
,."Ihlnk not; NO" II strlkes me
taat shc su's the pace very heally.
"The proper pace 1or a woman
lis IN IN, the sanctuary OF home: nome;
This was a PEI observation o
Mr.. Smiths WhlGn ne hao lea'
Somewhere ana wnich ne consluer
ed as. clncher IN such an atsu
ment. o.,
but suppose she' hasn any: :,
mat was a poser ANU III ms 81 81
1orts s;.a9 10 sornl0un! IT, NIL 0'n''n -
eXClteQ.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-08-10

The excess of,women in Great Brit
tain, as revealed by tho recent census
is exciting mucn attention. The ais
proportion between the sexes is 9l3;-
l63.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-08-10

A man, commenting upon the ruins
Of Pompeii, said that it was a very
IMPOSING city, but very much OUT OF
epair.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07

In Sussex county, Del, says an
exchange, Mr.. Gray invented q new
non-explosive burning fluid, and in
vited few friends to come and wit
ness test Of tits qualities. He gath
cred select circle around barrel of
the fluid in garret, and to prove
how non-explosive it was, he stirred
it with q red-hot poker. In six sec
onds the inventor and his friends
were seen to emerge from the roof
with trap doors and shingles and
things on their heads, and to scud
away TO the northwest toward the
river, while enjoying bird's.eye
view of the State of Delaware, at an
elevation Of thirty thousand teet or
more above the level Of the sea. Mr..
Gray observed to the friend nearest
him that he thought he had made q
mistake in mixing too much benziue
in the fluid. Mr.. Gray did not wait
to hear his friends reply, because he
apparently had an engagement high
or up, ana az seemed in a hurry to
60. His widow will sell the patent
for the non.explosive fluid very cheap;
and she needs the money badly, be-
cause Mr.. Gray scattered SO much
around Sussex county when he came
down, that she had to bury him
gradually during the next three
weeks.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07

A mother on the green hills or Yer
mont was holding by the right hand
q son, sixteen years old, mad with
the love of the sea. And as she
stood by the garden gate one morn.
ing she said:
Edward, they tell me,-for
never saw the ocean-that the great
temptation of q seaman's life is drink.
Promise me, before you quit your
mothers hand, that you will never
drink" aAnd," said he, for he told
the story, al gave the promise, and
| went the globe over, to Calcutta
and the Mediterranean, San Francis
CO and the Cape of Good Hope, the
North and South poles, and saw
them all in forty years, and l never
saw glass filled with sparkling
liquor that my mothers form by the
gate did not rise before me, and to-
day am innocent Of the taste of
liquor" bAa
/ Was that not sweet evidence Of
the power Of a single word? Yet
that is not half, for" said he, !" yes.
terday there came into my counting
room a man Of forty years." aas
edo you know me?" o4s
"No." 58tte si'a 91otHa Sa2s.
"Well, said he, 81 was brought
drunk in your presence on ship
board you werc q passenger; they
kicked me aside; you took me to
your berth and kept me there till I
had slept off the intoxication you
then asked me if I had q mother I
said had never heard a word from
her lips; you told me Of yours at the
garden gate, and to-day | am master
Of one Of the finest ships in New
York, and came to ask you to
come and see me-" s'% sas tl
How far the little candle throws
its beam. The mothers words on
the green hills Of Vermont! God be
thanked for the mighty power Of q
single word = Wendell Phillips. \
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07

The Gate, speaking of the change
of editors in the Northeast, has the
following to say, all of which we
heartily endorse:
"The Fort Dodge Northwest, in
this last number at hand, isn't as
pleasant visitor "a is its wont. Il
has "a losing Office ut ls bearer
OF bad news. It contains the good.
byo of Gov. Cue, as its editor, and
his retirement from Iowa journalism.
We note this with more than ordina.
ry regret. Gov. G. is not only a
valued friend, but no is manly. in
dependent out-spokon journalist,
whom we have long admired. He is
able and honest; he can't be coaxed.
bribed, or driven. We hope that
Iowa journalism is not permanently
TO lose him. Mr.. Chapman has pur-
chased the Northwest and succeeds to
ITS management. Gov. e. speaks
highly of him as a man and an
editor.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07
Hada,t fined ,em Yet.

A rather verdant young man.
who's, features exhibited every
symtom of having tlnged with the
emerald, lately entered jewelry
store in New York, and gazing earn
estly In the show case, remarked:
You've got heap of mighty
pretty breast pins thar, mister, what
might you AK for 'em p
What sort of pin would you
like to look att" inquired the mer.
chant.
Well, dunno r. said the visitor,
pointing to plain Masonic pin, (the
compass and the squsre,) chow
much is that yere ?"
Five dollars, only, slr," was the
reply. "lts very fine pin, eigk.
teen carat gold, and"
You havn't got any one with a
little gold hand-saw laid across it
hev you" interrupted the would be
purchaser.
81 believe not, sir" said the mer
chant.
Wish yer had it would suit me
exactly, I'm just out of my time. and
gwine to set up as . carpenter and
jiner, and ! thought I'd like some
sort Of q sign to wear about me, &C
folks would have an idee who l was
What do you tax for that ar pir
you've got your hand on ?"
Seven dollars, sir" said the lner
chant, producing q compass and /.
square surrounding tho letter G.
'Sevon dollars, eh said th,
youth, "l'll tako it-sorry yer didn',
have tho hand saw, though, bu
reckon everybody'll understand it,
The compass to measure out tn,
work, and the square to see it's al
right after it's done measured; ant
every burned fool orter know that {
allus stands for gimlet.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07

A good story about sermons is to. d
by John Miller Ross, formerly OF Ed
inburg, now pastor of the Chalmers
Presbyterian church, Manchester, En-
gland. The pastor Of large Edin-
burg church, being unexpectedly cal
led away for three Sabbaths, was un-
able to do better than engage, as his
supply. q young student from the
University. knowing the high stand.
ard OF his people, and fearing the
weakness of the student, he told him
that he had laid upon his study table
three of his own earlier sermons.
never preached TO that people, and
that he was welcome to make use of
them if he pleased. On the first Sab
bath morning the young minister
looked the sermons over, and being
much delighted with one on the text
"Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in
tents," Geuesis XIV. ~, resolved, in
accordance with the hopes of the alb
sent pastor, to preach it instead Of
his own. The people were much de.
lighted and not little surprised, to
get such food from the young minis
ter, who, leaving the sermon where
he found it, went his way to return,
as he supposed, to take another from
the same pile the next Sabbath
Alas as Scotland's Burns bemoans,
SO did it befall our young Scotlander,
who, being sick, was in his turn oblig.
ed to procure q substitute, to whom
he forgot 10 mention the three ser.
mons. They, however, attracted the
attention and won the careful peru
sui OF the second supply, who, un.
consciously acquiescing in the wise
judgement Of his predecessor, an
nounced to an appreciative audiencs
the text, "Jacob was a plain man
dwelling in tents" Quite pleased
with the sensation which he perceiv
ed he had made, the young man re
placed the sermon and departed
Yet another substitute, on the third
Sabbath, following in the footsteps O.
those who had gone before, agair
proclaimed as his subject, "Jaoob wal
. plain man, dwell---," when b,
was silenced by an old woman, wht
rose near the desk, exclaiming il
broad Scotch, "Awa' wi, your Jacobs
we'll ha'no more of y'r Jacobs 7
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07

The following is from the official
report of the Jones county Republi-
can convention in reference to the
matter of instructions, about which
there has been some dispute. We
copy from the Anamosa Eureka.
T. K. Ercanbrack moved that there
be an expression OF the sense of the
Convention on the question of the u.
s. Senatorship-the same having
been requested by one Of the nomi-
nees for Representative. The motion
was opposed by Maj. Farwell, r.
Dott and Otis Whittemore- Mai.
Farwell quoting at some length from
various Republican papers expires.
sions unfavorable to the practice of
giving obstruction" to legislative
nominees-though he conceded that
the majority of the Republicans IN
Jones county were Harlan men in
sentiment. Mr.. Ercanbrack did not
desire to press the question to the
issue of Construction" or "non-instruc-
tion," but asked for a simple expires
sion in behalf of the legislative nomi-
nees who had indicated their pur-
pose TO conform their action to the
wishes of a majority of their constit-
ucnts. There being no disposition
to continue the discussion, the ques.
tion was put and tho motion laid on
the table.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07

Southwick, Mass, has a canary
bird twenty-seven years old.
Red silk ,parasols, edged with
green feathers, are threatened.
Connecticut has 112 Masonic
lodges and $4,000 Master Masous.
The cotton trade of Cinoinnatl
amounts to s5,0O0,0OO annually.
Five hundred Parisians went crazy
during the days of the Commune.
London is to have a Hindoo tenn.
pie. s4s{t ,,,,,, ". ~ z
Great Britain only lost $1,000 let
ters out of 94O,0OO,000 posted in
1870. ~ es'ea
It will take s14, 900 to restore the
glass in the palace of the Luxem-
bourg. &.
Salem, N. H., has experienced o
frost every month in the year thus
far. SID
An exchange reports that the
female wrist is now worn elevated,
but the hands still droop. Z
y The young women of German.
town Penn, are accused Of going on
sprees, the same - the men. !.
An Illinois widow was recently
tarred and feathered for PLAYING
croquet before her husbands funeral.
New Hampshire has twenty-one
couples who have been married over,
fifty years.
The Illinois farmers are said to be
:. discouraged" their corn crop is SO
great. 4a
More cotton will be stored in New
York warehouses this season than
ever before.
A Sacramento bride has commenc.
ed her honeymoon with 100000
check from the old man."
Did You hear my last speech ?"
asked political wind.bag. al hope
%" replied his friend.
The amber gathered on the Prus.
sian coast of the Baltic is of the
value yearly Of half a million of dol
lars.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07

The Clear Lake Observer chroni-
cles the death of q veteran horse -
"Old Laura Q bay mare owned by
Joseph Wood, died last Sunday,
aged 30 years. She has been q faith
ful servant for Mr.. Wood over 20
years. and assisted in moving his
family and worldly goods from Indi-
ana to Wisconsin 19 years ago, and
from Wisconsin to this place II years
ago. She was always fat and healthy,
and done q full days work until the
last two weeks. a
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07

What / have on the brain is weeds.
Some people think that, with modern
agricultural implements, and the
vast extent of fertile land in the
United States, we shall produce so
much more grain and meat and wool
than can possibly be consumed by
our population, that prices will fall
SO low that there will be no profit in
farming. We're it not for weeds and
insects, such probably would be she
case. My own farm and the Dea.
cons are overrun with weeds. We
are fighting them to the extent of
our ability, and are meeting with
gratifying success. Our farms are
becoming cleaner and cleaner every
year. but even yet the weeds cost us
more than all other taxes,--town,
county, State and national-direct
and indirect, combined. l do not
mean that the labor Of destroying
them costs so much, but tho weeds
that escape, damage our crops to
such an extent that We lost half our
profits OF farming, after deducting
the interest on the capital, the cost
of labor, (our own or Others, the
wear and tear of Implements, &C., are
exceeding small. Iknow of compare
lively few farms whore, after making
these deductions, tho actual profits
are more than five dollars an acre.
On the other hand, know of scores
Of farms whore, at least on some
fields, the weeds damage the crops
ten dollars an acre. And, depend on
1t, no farmer can be really successful
until he makes an earnest, persever-
ing effort to clean his land. 1t is
fortunate for us that tho means used
to accomplish this object will do
much toward enriching the SOIL
Joseph Harris, in Agricultaralst.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07
CoRYDoN, Iowa,

Editors Register:-The Republican
Convention Of Wayne county met at
Corydon and nominated, for Repro.
sentative, ]. H. Crawford (; Auditor,
Col. BENZ. s. Jones ; Treasurer, Geo.
W. Dean Sheriff, Nathan Brown !;
Superintendent ofSchoofs, w. g. Nc
Colin Coroner, A. Nelson.
In reference to the unsettled ques-
tion of the State Senatorship from
this District-Wayno and Monroe
counties-the Convention approved
q proposition to leave the matter Of
. nomination TO the arbitration of the
Republican State Central Commit,
tee. MI
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07

WOMAN 1UTFRA0E.
Messrs. EDIToRs: In Friday q is
sue OF the CouR1sR, in noticing the
election of 4 lady to the Professor
ship Of college, in Illinois, you ask
the question, "Why should not
women, who are qualified, be Pro.
fessors in colleges, Superintendent
in schools and Principals of schools
IS much as men 7" If | may be per.
mitted to answer the question, do
not know why, ulfcss I fall back into
the old foggyish idea, that because
they are women, they have no right
to aspire to first-class Offices of any
kind, but should modestly prefer
that the gentlemen take precedence
and monopolize these things.
Further, in noticing the fact that
. lady is placed upon the Republi-
can ticket, as candidate for County
Superintendent, you say she "should
receive the vote of every man who
desires to do justice to her sex and a
worthy woman" But, If you are in
favor of women occupying such posi-.
tions as County Superintendent, why
not make them eligible to that or any
other office, by making them voters ?
If gentlemen are to do justice to her
sex, by elevating woman to an
otiice which she is in evcry way
qualified to gil, why not do her and
her sex the further Justice, by per-
mitting them to vote also But you
say You are not in favor Of drag ying
women into politics. My dear Mr..
Editor, l think they do not wish to
be dragged into politics, or any other
thing, and ] think at the present
time they are dragged out oft.
But what fs politics? The science
OF government, and are not the
American women of the present day
capable Of studying this noble science
outside Of its small practical applica.
ton Of the family circle and the
school-room2 If she is capable of
filing Professors chair in any of
our colleges, or the office of Superin.
tendent of Public Instruction, or be.
coming the Principal of our schools,
her mind is surely capable of grasp
ing at least little of all sciences.-
And why should she not vote 2 What
is there in vote that makes it Cor
should make it) such sacred privi-
lege to men? It's the guaranty of
your liberties is it not and for this
men have toiled and died, suffered
imprisonment, martyrdom, great bat
ties have been fought and rivers of
blood shed that this experiment of
self-government might be tried and
established. And have the Ameri-
can women of the nineteenth CEN
tury no interest in these things p
Have they no rights or liberties to
be maintained Has she no con.
sciousness of sacred individuality
or is the life and existence of woman
so identified with the life and exis
tence of man, that he alone is to con.
troll all rights, all privileges, all liber-
ties?
When men come to look at this
Alright they will see that women need
the ballot as much as men, and will
not think that for them to cast a vote
will degrade them or detract from
these womanliness. And women
when they shall be properly instruc-
ted, will not only feel that it is q
grand privilege, but q great and
SOLEMN duty.
Begging pardon for consuming SO
much ofyour time and patience, 4
! am, respectfully, !
Il, A,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07

singular suicide.
The Indianapolis People gives the
following account OF most singular
suicide which occurred near Phi,a-
deIphia, short distance east of the
city, on Thursday week:
"a farmer was threshlng his grain,
by steam power, near the road side,
when well-dressed stranger drove
up in a buggy, got out, tied his horse,
and came up TO the machine. He
first went to the engineer and asked
the privilege of feeding the machine
for awile. and was referred to the
feeder. The feeder, seeing no reason
10 refuse letting him try his hand,
yielded his post, which the stranger
filed with ability. After running
short time, he looked to the engineer
for more steam, which the engineer
put on and then while the machine
was going at lightning speed he mo-
toned the man handling sheaves to
stop, and as soon as the teeth were
clear he doubled up his arms and
threw himself headforemost into tho
thresher, before the horror. stricken
observers had an idea of his intention.
He was literally torn in pieces in an
instant. No clue to his identity could
be discovered his pocketbook con-
tanned $50, but nothing in the way of
papers. The citizens Of P Philadelphia
are still in the dark as regards tho
name Of the man or tho cause of his
way with himself"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07

1t is said that the second largest
dairy in America (the first being that
of Chas. Webb Howard, Of California;
is located about four miles from St.
Louis. There are 500 cows in the
stable. They are attended by Swiss
mixers. The chief food used is
ground corn, mixed with malt and
oat meal, cooked by steam. Tho
average amount OF material consumed
per day is about 400 bushels OF malt,
5000 pounds of cut hay, fifty BUSH
els OF corn meal, fifteen SACKS of bran
and oat meal; cut hay and bran
mixed together are also furnished
The summer pasturage of this man.
moth dairy embraces an area ofover
1000 acres of fine rolling land, with
numerous springs OF cold water
The average daily yield of milk at
the present time is 500 gallons, with
eight gallons of cream.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07

The route of the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids Il Minnesota railroad, which
was surveyed by way Of Mason City,
has been abandoned, and the road
will pass up the Shell Rock valley,
uia Nora Springs, connecting with
the Mason City and Minnesota rail.
road at Plymouth. The survey ol
the road has been completed to
Postville.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07

A little thing in Sabbath school
was asked by her teacher "if she al.
ways said her prayers night and
morning" "No, Miss, DON'T
"Why, Mary Are you not afraid to
80 to sleep in the dark, without ask,
ing God to take care of you, and
watch You till morning ""No, Miss,
| ain't-'cause | sleep in. the mid.
dlao
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07

The Wapello Ropublican says that
last spring farmers in the vicinity of
Morning Sun were urged to SOW fax.
A number Of them did so and about
1000 acres were put in. The bar
vesting of this crop is now making a
brisk business for that locality
There will be something over $50
tons Of the straw and fibre. OF this
l2b tons have already been brought
to market. 1t is worth $50 a ton
Some $500 bushels of seed have been
shipped. This is worth x1.40 per
bushel. Altogether it will prove to
be valuable crop.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07

Col. Carpenter must have made a
serious impression upon Claggett in
his speech at Keokuk for the Judge
in heavy prosy editorial oftwo and
one-half columns of the Constitution
gives resume Of the speech. Per.
haps the judge ran off in this shoot
to geta little rest from his quarrel
with the democratic party of Lee
county. Claggett is doing most of.
fective work in his. county for repub-
publican success.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07

Bleakmore, of the Fairfield Demo.
crat, is to speak at Eddyville on the
llth. The more speeches Bleakmore
makes in this county, the greater
will be the Republican majority.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-09-07

Hon. James F. Wilson. of Fairfield,
made strong and forcible speech at
bis homo on the 24th INST, which the
Register Of the 29th publishes in full.
Want of time has prevented its care
fal porusal by US, but from hasty
glance at it, wo judge tito dojustice
TO the exalted reputation OF the
speaker.