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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-04-13

,eB- Quicker time to all other poipts
than any other route.
PALACE SLEEPING CARS
Accompany all night Trains.
SB-Thr6nghT Tickets and Baeraee
Checks to all principal cities NAV Re
procured atthe Depot in Nashville, and at
Nashville Transfer Office, in the Maxwell
louise Church Street Ask for Tickets ria
Freight
Transported in quick time and at low
rates. Through. freight arrangements
rom Eastern and Western Cities perfect,
and Bills Of Lading given through.
Freight consigned to Agent L. 4 N. r,
Kat 1 louisville, forwarded without charge
for commissions. 81
All claims for Loss and Damage settled
promptly. ALBERT FINK.
> sept. l. Gen1 Sup't.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-04-13
Fine Beds of Limestone Rock

Immense beds of the purest iinh. ,on
rock Is found along the base OIL 'h :, a ri
tain, out of which may be BURN, ,Lc mil
fling cost, lime enough to supp!
lion.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-04-13
Mechanics

Mechanics
#Should support it. because it. maintains
the dignity and nobility OF labor. ana ON
tends for the rights of the w~orkingmar'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-04-13

Should take it, for it is II well-cstablishci1
fact that in those families where newspa-
pers are found, the children .:arc far more
intelligent and creditable 10 their parents,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-04-13
BALTIMORE : WASHINGTON

.,NB Quicker time to all other points
than any other route. ~
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-10-17
potttp,
THE JUDGMENT OF KOON-
FC-TSZE.
~ curN CHIN Gro

sms OF law that's rational, the oulwsrk OF the
right
Oar great palladium national 10 "a n shining light
of balanced scale aud verdict me, a. nation ever
Where Wisdom on the Judgment seat propounis
the end Of law
IN Nankiu's proud imperial walls teNtol them,
host, above,
spread through those blest Celestial halls the
breath OF truth and love-,
\ general po,tmau sure AMI bricI, after well
spent life
piSd leaving drov ned in pious grief two children
and Wife.
The tnal uourniul ritual DER, they counted the
estate.
Aud humbly pray'd the good Che.hsien he wonld
adminis,rato.
The good Che-hsien had pouderc,I much, the law
yel, bad been heari;
The w,doW -hould receiv, the hall, elder son
thirl
\ ninth. the ,ounger'- portion was; aud then,
should ausht remain,
That Tor hi> troablr, lee, should take the
soot Chc-h>i,u.
Al the effects were Tartar steels, ia number
seventeen,
Nud these how /, divide Alright puzzled the good
Cbcb.ic,,
The Interested PARTIES too, grumhle'i aud inade
rpW,--
NJ -teed they ,~ore, should hc sold on.-bui, To
divide them, Ao'e
Jha, WAY cam, the Philosopher, the gloriors
kpuu Ia tskc.
The Che h-icu >ail. 't drop The case, Master ito
thou dcrtec
The sage spread out h.- lrsnrcd robe, and sook
his reverend Wig
I'su,,d -,hiGed the Judicial chSir Win lo"hs "i
~i.dom b,s
And said. ''Soh, ldrnn,statc huI 1,il ".' ""i "i
1 have n,y ministerial pay, aHd nnusm viii tai"
from these,
Moreover. - here the htigant- raised al applau--
i've shout,
The loon cloou beloved, silence aud kicked
B. sailor out
Moreover TO facilitate OF legal ciain' ia, course
10 aid decisions just and prompt, g're another
horse.
And thu. but hsre the lawyers raised another
a-toui-hei shout
the constable, indignant, Kicked another sailor
out
Behold uow eight,en ,,ccd- There he Widow,
thS share - nine.
Eidrr. m, thiri-takr ~ lor thee. louns>t:r
t,ro ste, 10 are thine e
AL. going iron ,he coait s>tolloi the great and
Vituou- man
Who haL prevented rurihc, trire l'y such sencr-
Gus plan.
Koon.fu-tsze cock ms learned w,g, winkins with
solemn iUn,
Aud quietly mounts the "scuerous' gin h" has
bestowed on none.
Oh. people. all. who real this tals haN happy &c
would he,
We're bat the jud.7ls over You a. Wise as k'on-iu'
t-ke.
-P,rsaoiogiedt JJlsrHGt
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-10-17
Stock RAISING in Maine.

At the opening OF the Presumpscot
Park Association in Portland recently, the
following excellent address was deliver
ed by the President of the Association,
Or. S. III. Tewksbury;
Gentlemen,-ln opening the proceed.
ings of the Presumpscot Park Association
in this, the first year Of its existence, and
at its first meeting, will occupy your at.
tention a lew moments in giving the his
tory and purposes of the association, and
the object contemplated in its formation.
1t is known 10 many of you that sever.
al gentlemen Of wealth and influence re.
siding in this city and in various portions
of the Stale, who were desrOus Tor the
improvement of the horse and the heal.
Thy amusement OF themselves and the
people, petitionel to the Legislature in
February, 1870, for an act Of incorpora-
lion, under which they might legally or
ganizc an association. A charter was
granted, entitled an act to incorporate
The Presumpsc0t Park Association, .'for
the purpose of improving the breed and
quality of horses in this State by means
of public exhibition and the distribu-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-10-17
SeIttt Storp,
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
BY LILLE pKvERrux BLAKE.


How few persons among all the thrung
who daily pass through Pearl street, nl
hurry across the Battery, ever gave even
q flecting thought 10 the people To whom
they were what Fifth Avenue aud the
Central Park are TO us. The beauties
who adorned the society of half a century
ago, the wits who enlivcned ii. are un-
known TO the present generation, and
remembered only by Il few survivors of
that time, who are themselves last hasten
inc 10 the land OF shadows. And yet it
seems sad that all that gaiety and lile
should fade, utterly, leaving no trace OF
its grace and charm behind that all the in.
terest OF the stories OF the past should find
no chronicler. and be lost beyond recall.
We have the dry details of the history of
fifty years ago; We have The biographies
OF some of the prominent people OF that
day but we have no record OF the heart
romances that made up the tragedy and
comedy of social life. no mention OF tho
beaux and bellies who danced and flirted
and loved in ''twenties.
Let NE try, then, with such poor skill
as possess, to describe. ere il be too late,
some ol the fashions of the long ago, and
the .'loyes OF other days"
In those years Pearl street was the most
fashionable quarter for private residences.
Where now stand ware rooms and stores
were then the homes of the aristocraey,
substantial brick buildings, mostly with
..high stoopS. " wide halls, and spacious
parlors. Basement dining.rooms were
considered decidedly "ungenteel," the
rear parlor or an extension-room serving
for that purpose. The adornments of the
walls and the ceilings were, in the best
houses, very elaborate, and the mantles,
though curiously high lor nur modern
fancy, were often elaborateIy carved.
But, alas for what seems to Us an abSo-
lutte requisite tor comfort, these huge
ehimneys offered no better mode OF heat.
ing than great wood-fres laid up on land
irons.
Very much as We oi 20 day accept "a
modern Improvement" the people OF 1920
regarded the introduction of coal. esPec
tally of our favorite anthracite. distrust-
fully at first, incredulous of the merits of
anything new, and for some time the ex'
treme difficulty of kindling it was consid-
cred an insurmouutable objection to its
use. Alderman Benson. whose dry humor
will perhaps be still remembered by some
of his cotemporaries, when asked what he
though of the new fuel, replied when
the final oonilagration comes, shall take
my stand on lump oil anthracite coal,
for positively believe il will be the very
last thing TO burn
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-10-17

ton OF premiums. Under this &C: an rs.
socialion has been formed, officers chosen.
the constitution and bylaws adopted, and
nl OF those requirements fulfilled to
make il u legally organised body.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-10-17
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Local lgemts for The Democrat.
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-10-17

-Fifty.nine newspapers on the Pacific
Coast suspended publication the past
year.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-12-23
A Grim Joke.

The New Orleans Picayune tells the fol.
lowing concernings local practical jokist
call ''JOc:"
One of Joc's latest jokes was played off
upon q stranger who came into the city by
the Jackson train daring the recent yellow
fever scare. The cars had emptied out their
cargo of passengers, and one greenish,
country looking chap stood apart from the
crowd with carpet-bag in hand, evidently at
loss as to what he should do with himself.
He had not stood long before Joe ''went for
him." Five feet nine high; two feet
eleven across the breast; eighteen inches
through" said Joe, looking the new arrival
straight in the face, not cracking . smile,
and drawing from his pocket a tspe-line,
with which he was about to verify his esti.
mated measurement. "What do you mean,
sir?" eagerly inquired the stranger. "Why,
it's all right, said Joe. putting the tape. line
back into his pOckei; You measure Ave feet
nine by two feet eleven by eighteen. I'll be
ready for you by nins O'Clock in the morn
ing. "What have you to do with my meas.
urement, sir? What arc you driving at, sir?"
inquired the countryman. excited and angry.
"Why, you see." said Joe, I'm the city
undertaken. and the yellow fever Is killing
the strangers off 50 rapidly that have to
get their measures IS they come into the
city. If l didn't. yon see, sir, tue dead
bodies would accumulate on my hands. :"
At this an unusual palor came over the fea.
lures of the cOuntryman, his whole body
was in quiver, and turning to the baggage.
master he said: Look here, mister! Check
my baggage back up the road. I goes home
by the next train"
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-12-23
The Silerluan.Pxlmur ImbrOglio.

Senator Trumbull, in q conversation upon
the supplanting of State authority by the
United States military, said: 1T is unfOrtu.
nate for Governor Palmer that he has been
put in the position at an awkward time, of
asserting the State authority at Chicago.
The sympathies of mankind were with the
prompt and able manner in which General
Sheridan dealt with that con6agration.
Grateful to him for his great services, public
opinion is, in my judgment, severe and un.
just to Governor Palmer, who was asserting
the Chief Magistracy of the State in the
case of citizen shot down by q volunteer
organization acting under the auspices of
the United States military commander. In
any other time, it would have been an in.
fringement upon the jurisdiction of Illinois
for national officer to raise troops there.
Palmer had instantly sent State troops to
Chicago. and Sheridan not needing them
sent them back. Now, extreme cases make
bad prccedents. At law, the killing of Gros.
venor was murder. The life of citizen of
the State was taken in times of peace by .
soldiery acting independent of any legiti-
mate authority of the State. But, although
Governor Palmer is temporarily unpop ular,
his action will make the government at
Washington city halt in the whole system
of invading States and suspending their
laws"
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-12-23
Valla Walla md q Market.

The following compend of the situation
up the Columbia is contributed to the Salem
Statesman by an up.country resident:
AT the present time wheat brings 60 or
65 cents At Walla Walla, while it is readily
cash at Wallulu at 81 per bushel (only 80
miles distant, on the river). The rarming
region of the Walla Walla Valley is back
from the Columbia river at the foot of the
Blue Mountains, and the farmers are in
many instances hauling It to the river to
secure the additional value. The o. 8. N.
Co. are bringing down wheat at the low
price Of six dollars per ton; and up to the
present time, over $500 tons have been ship
ped to Portland, and more than twice that
amount is waiting shipment. The surplus
is estimated at 400, 600 bushels. All the
warehouses at Walh arefull to overflowlng.
and also Mt Walluls, where the boats cannot
take 1t away as it is received"
The region above referred to, will be
the noted grain. producing centre of the
North Pacific; bu. at present, by way of
the Columbia river, wheat has to be handled
t'oeloe times in reaching seaboard shipment,
at cost of 100 per cent. on the farmers
price. This section win literally be . feeder
to the N. P. Road.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-12-23
A Good Story on Mr.. Seward.

A Good Story on Mr.. seward
James Brooks writes to the New York
Express. from China: "They tell good
story in Pekin of Governor Seward, when
here, doubtless lie, but too good story to
be lost for that. The expectations of the
Ex-Governor were doubtless great. when he
entered the great capital of this great en-.
pire, with which he had made great treaty;
and he therefore INDUCED in these great ex.
pectations of great welcome. As he en-.
tered the gates of Pekin. great funeral
procession was coming out. with music, cat
afalque, etc., ail as imposing as grand pro.
cession of some great dead man could well
be made. The Governor was entering with
with the marine band of the Colorado,
mounted on donkeys. as this grand process.
sion was going out. The great living and
the great dead thus met. The Governor.
naturally enough, concluded this was in
honor of his grand entree, and he rose, ana
rose, in his open Sedan chair, and bowed,
and bowed, end then ordered halt, and got
out, and bowed, and bowed again, to the
catafalque and the dead. The Chinese think
all foreigners are rather mad, and hence did
not marvel over 1t as much rs they might;
but when Gov. Seward found out what he
had done, the story is, he was more mad
than pleased"
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-12-23
The Nature Of an Oath.

Early in the rebellion, when the Federal
forces were stationed at Beaufort. =. c.,
the. e was an old darkey by the name of Lige
Jackson, who, deserted by bis master, was
left to take care of himself as best he might.
Lige was considered chattel of weak intel.
.lect, and, moreover. he was exceedingly
awkward in his attempts to play the role of .
house servant. He smashed and destroyed
nearly everything he laid his hands upon,
and, having waited upon nearly every Off.
Ger at the post, each in turn, after giving
him the benefit ola good cursing for his
stupidity. turned him adrift.
1t happened that Lige was q witness In
case that came before court martial, and
being called up to give his testimony, was
objected to OH the part of the defendant,
who stated that he didn't believe the Niger
was of sound mind.
'stand up, Llge," said the Court. ''Do
you understand the nature of IN oath!"
Lige scratched his wool for . moment,
and then turning up the whites Of his eyes,
replied: Look y yearc, marse; dis nigger
has waited on bout haf do ossifcrs since
dey fus cum to dis place, and II he don't
stand dc natur Of an oaf by dis time, den
dares no wirtu in cussing."
The Court considered Lige competent
witness.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-12-23
s'Old Rosy'' and 'sLittle Rhody'' On the
Marrow Gsuge.

Yesterday distinguished party went out
on the Narrow Gauge Among the number
were General Rosecrans. senator Sprsgue,
and D. E. Small, of York, Pennsylvnnia,
who built the freight and platform car for
it. The train stuck Il the same drift that
caught it the night befoIe and backed out to
take breath. The distinguished gentlemen
ranged themselves along tho brink of the
cut and made guesscs 1t the progress the
little giant would make at the next butt
Mr.. Small set his mark e fifteen feet. basing
his calculation on what he had seen wide
gauge engines do In similar snow ana under
like circumstances. Mr.. Sprague gave lit
tie larger allowance, and "Old Rosy" had .
still better opinion of tie machine. Up she
same with q snort. and b the surprise Of al,
drove clean through tho cut, distance Of
near thousand feet, and, ssid Mr.. Small,
1.-The snow rolled clean over the smoke
stack" The party went out eighteen miles
Cheyenne and thence SOmshss
It Is clear case that the narrow gauge
engines can work their way through deep
snow. and take their trains with more speed
and certainty than can the monster wide
gauges under similar circumstances. The
divide, over which the Rio Grande passes,
10 one of the worst places for snow in the
country. It ID over seven thousand feet
above the sea and the wind sweeps over 1t
without obstruction.
There 10 no snow along the Fountain nor
in the upper portion of the Arkansas valley.
A streak several miles wide and eighteen
inches deep crosses the Arkansas between
Pueblo and Fort Lyon, and extends south
west to the Greeuh0rn mouutains. where
the snowfall was very heavy. Wednesday
was terribly blustery and cold oil through
Colorado, east of the noun ntains. -
Uencer Netcs.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-12-23
4 Sod Result q Herolsn.

Il ID perhaps rather late in the day to pub
lish incidents Of the Chicago h'e. but the
Pose relates one which deserves more than .
local circulation. It is the story Of IN In
dian who arrived in the city but few days
before the great disaster. A. the flames id.
vsnced he was standing on the side walk Of
State street. He gased upon the rushing
columns Of fire = calmly 9 II he was con.
teptedly viewing IN Apache brother cutting
the throat Of an Arizona settler. All abont
him was cssckling ruin, but bis bronssd
face gave no indication Of fear. Through
the smoke and nre the panic stricken multi>
tqde called upon him 70 ~. but hs stood
immovsbls - statue and vouch1afed no
answeG The curliDg tongues Of fame
wrapped him in blasing garment and
soon - perishsd-s victim 70 mistaken
idea Of courage The proprietor Of the ci.
M store Who Aad him carefully chiselsd
ont of : pine tzss . . oost of tWentI-1gs
dollaEs = iacoasolablA ss
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-12-23
Poetry Run Mad.

THE st. Louis 2imes gives the following specimen
of poetry The writer evidently "means business,
and has ''sonc In on his nerve:"l
stood upon the oceans briny shore.
And with fragile reed wrote
Upon the sand
"Agnes love thccI"
Tho mad waves rolled by and blotted out
The frail impression.
Fral reed! Cruel wave! Treacherous sandi
I'll trust ye no more:
But with giant hand III pluck
From Norway's frozen shore,
Her tallcst pine and dip its top
Into the crater of Vcsuviua,
And upon the high and FURNISHED heavens
I'll write
"Agnes! I love thee!"
And would like to see any
Dog-gcned wave wash that Quit
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-12-23
The United States Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court in ito small and cozy
chamber, quiet as the family lull at twi'
light when some one is reciting something,
sits every day in attentive silence, while
one lawyer at time talks his case. There
being no witness, no rumpus, not much OF
an audience land that composed a. st the
pleading of will where there were no ex-
pec.ations), everything proceeds like ser
mon. The attendants upon the Court are
of consonant respectability with it; the
Marshal, tidy - Judge, the Clerk, full of
mellow nature and years of interesting rec
election; the three or four young men do.
ing clerical duty, or taking down the re-
ports of the cases, each one decisive in
itself, and yet . precedent; the librarian,
with a flowing nch brown beard and face
like Rembrandt; the D00rkeepcr, couch-
ed in the dark corridor, regulating the
noiseless door by strap; and the grey
haired old negro who robes the Judges
every morning and disrobcs them in the
quiet afternoon. No echoes of the passion
of legislation, the nervous steps of the lob
by or the giggle of visitors, break this soft
melliffluous monotony when lawyer and law,
meet face to face, without the refraction of
baser mediums between. The intelligent
jury is gone-that parcel of human nature
gathered like mushrooms in the darkness,
and transposed by chance to the dignity OF
arbitration. The peoples orator is gone
that tonguey prostitute who raves the prais.
es of the victim he plucks and picks. The
tipstsve whom you tip with dollar to take
you out for drink, or worse, disportcth
not his burly carcass and weak countenance
in these halls.
And yet, perhaps, under those mantled
figures in flowing black, and venerable
heads, which give the chamber its sanctity,
the passions and patience of human nature
chafc and suffer as with all our kind. The
Chief Justice, nearly bald, and with traces
of recent pain, has felt the mortal exulta-
ton to see the streets filed with marching
people turned wild at the sight of his face.
Yondcr haler man has known the fiercencss
of frontier feud in politics, where chal
lenges passed, and the threat was uttered
to shoot him down as he rose in his place in
the Legislature. The near roar Of incenscd
parties has approached this cloister, and
wrapped it round like the cry of wind and
wolf round lonely houses. The quiet deci>
sions, falling SO softly, have stirred at times
such deep hostility that, only three years
ago, Justice of this bench received by ex-
press an internal machine, charged and
cunningly contrivcd, and capable Of killing
room full of people. .