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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07

OrroslruN To RAILROADS.&C. vote
was taken IN Chaplain county, Can.
ada, a region OH the st. Lawrence
half way between Montreal and Que.
bee, in reference TO a subsidy OF
100000 to the North Shore rail.
way. The vote was dead against it,
In the Colonial Parliament their rep.
r-sentativr, Marchldon, opposed tins
and all railroads on the ground that
their noise frightened cows and in.
jurcd the quality Of their milk. The
Sunday before the voting. the priest
Of st. Flores preached a long sermon
against the road, and in the course
of it seized the crucjdx from the al.
tar and cried out, I'm the name OF
Christ cruciiied, whose image hold
in my hand, | conjure and abjurr you
10 vote against the railway
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07

DAVID DAyis.-Our Washington cor
respondent states that the opinion Is
gaining ground there that Hon. David
Davis, of Illinois, judge on the United
States Supreme Bench-iormerIy a
Wing, afterwards a Republican, and
now retarded as "a good enough Demo
ocrat, will be agreed upon by the ell
cments oropposition to President Grant,
on the Postum platform, us their candi-
date for President
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07

The Union Pacific Railroad is again
snow blocked between Cheyenne and
Rawins
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07

The Mississippi river is open at keo-
kuk aad Fort Madison
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07

Snow fell all Friday afternoon in
Vicksburg, Mississippi, and in Jackson
all day.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07

Az immense stock of all kinds Of wall
paper-trmmed free Of charge - at the +.
O. Book Store. 10
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07

IosEru has just received from Chicago,
and is now Offering very cheap, stock of
late STYLE collars and ueck.tes
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-03-07

Is Lawrence library are many of the
very best works in print, any of which can
be had aud read for 10 per cent Of their
volup
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-25

Some people feel SO very anxious to
hear everything that will vex and annoy
them, they set about searching and finding
it out. If all the petty things said of one
by needless or ill-natured idlers were to be
brought home to him, he would become a
mere walking pincushion, stuck full of
sharp remarks. / should as soon thank a
man for emptying on my head busheltf f
nettles, or setting loose swarm of mos
quitoes in my chamber. or raising pun
gent in my house generally. as to bring
upon me all the tattle of spiteful people.
If you be happy when among good men,
open your ears; when among bad, shut
them. 1t is not worth while to hear what
your servants say when they have slammed
the door what beggar says whose pc
titions you have rejected what your
neighbors say about your children what
your rivals say about your business OF
dress. / have noticed that a well bred
woman never hears an impertinent re-
mark. A kind of discreet deafness saves
one from not a little apparent connivance
in dishonorablo conversation.-CassePs s.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-25
The Power ef!rnagination.

Some time since, lady in this city had
occasion to use some corrosive sublimate
dissAved in alcohol, and being of an
ing away the teacup which had contained
the deadly poison, she told the servant
girl to give it thorough cleaning, and to
make sure that her orders were obeyed,
she stood by and saw the work DONE
She saw it washed in half a dozen waters
and finally, to make doubly sure, she
caused it to be boiled. To be sure this
was great deal of trouble to save an old
teacup that didn't cost over four cents
when it was new; but there is nothing
like economy.
At last she was sure tie cup was ready
for use, and telling Bridget to wipe it and
place it with the rest of the dishes, she
withdrew, we'll satisfied with her efforts at
economy, and dismissed the subject from
her mind
But now comes the cream of the joke
That evening at the supper table, the
lady complained of feeling slightly indis-
posed but thought nothing again of it
until, while slipping her tea, she happened
to recall to her mind the little fact of the
corrosive sublimate, when the idea sudden
ly occurred to her that she might have
been drinking from the identical cup that
had held the poison. 1t was a terrible
thought. What did she do? Did she
scream? Not a bit of it? But she turn
cd very pale and whispered, Husband, l
am poisoned" her head dropped on
her breast.
The husband rushed to her, and caught
her in his arms, and carried the seemingly
lifeless burden to the sofa and deposited
it thereon. BY this time Bridget was at
hand, moaning and wringing her hands
over her poor unfortunate "missus."
The husband, half distracted, begged
his wife to tell him what had happened, at
the same time ordering Bridget to run for
the DOCTOR" said the wife fainuy, 81 feel
that am dying" After pause she CON
tinued, "throw away that fatal teacup."
''Please, missus," sobbed the girl, ''what
teacup?'
"Why, the poisoned one," answered the
lady.
''Oh, missus !'' exclaimed the girl, her
sobbiDg increasing in violence, "bad luck
to the cup, after giving it decent wash
ing, snd while l was wiping 1t dry, / drop
ped it, mum, and it broke in thousand
paces-it dill, indade. num-"
What followed can be better imagined
than described. We Will simply add, in
conclusion, that the newspaper reporters
lost an item. and the undertakers job
Bridget was not reprimanded for breaking
the di sh.-Hdrtfortl Times. .H
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-25
Ask the Old Woman.
A gentleman travelling "out west r
lates the following:

A gentleman travelling ''out west re-
lates the following:
Riding horseback just at night through
the woods in Saginaw county, Michigan,
| came to a clearning, in the middle Of
which stood log house, its owner sitting
in the open door smoking his pipe. Stop
ping my horse before him, the following
conversation ensued.
"Good evening SIR" said [.
'Good evening"
''Can | get glass of milk from you to
drink %
"Well 1 don't know. Ask the old wo-
man. e4r1 p
BY this time the wife was standing at
his side. la se
a'Oh. yes" said she," "of course you
can" sla-i
While drinking it l inquired:
''Think we are going to have storm ?"
"Well, l really don't know. Ask the
old woman-she can tell" ..f <
Il guess We shall get one right away,"
said the wife. ..--4 -.
Again asked;
'IIow much land have you got here?"
"Wcll, l don't really know. Ask the
old woman-she knows p'
"About nineteen acres" said she, again
answering.
Just then troop of children came run
ming toward the shanty. '~it
Gall these your children p said /.
Don't know. Ask the old woman
she knows best %
didn't wait to hear the reply.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-25
JONEsBOROUGH, TENNESSEE THURSDAY April. 25 1879.
Life's Brightest Hour.

sa Not long since [ met gentleman who
is assessed for more than million Silver
was in his hair, care upon bis brow, ,and he
stopped beneath his burden of wealth.
We were speaking of that period of life
when we had analyzed the most perfect
enjoyment, or rather, when we had found
the happiness nearest to be unalloyed
'tIll tell you,' said the millionaire, ''when
was the happiest hour of my life. At the
age of one-and- twenty. l had saved up
$500. / was earning $500 year, and
my father did not take it from ME, only
requiring that I should pay for my board.
AT the age of twenty-five [ had secured
pretty cottage, just outside of the city.
L was able to pay two-thirds of the money
down, and also to furnish it respectfully.
L was married on Sunday Sunday in
June-at my fathers house. Ny wife
had come to me poor in purse, but rich in
womarhood. The Sabbath and the Sab
bath night we passed beneath my fathers
roof, and on Monday morning l went to
my work, leaving my mother and my sis
ter to help in preparing my home. On
Monday evening, when the labors of the
day were done, went not to my paternal
shelter, as in the past, but to my own
house-my own home. The holy atmos-
phere of that house seems to surround
me even now in the memory, opened
the door of my cottage and entered. I
laid my hat upon the little stand IN her
hall, and passed on to the kitchen-out
kitchen and dining room were all one.
[ pushed open the kitchen door and was
in heaven. The table was set against the
wall-the evening meal was ready-pre-
pared by the hands of her who had come
to be my helpmate in deed as well as in
name-and by the table, with tbrobbing,
expectant look upon her lovcing face,
stood my wife. L tried to speak, and
could not. could only clasp the waiting
angel to my bosom, thus showing to her
the ecstatic burden of my heart. The
years have passed-long, long years-and
worldly wealth has flowed in upon me,
and l am honored and envied but as true
as heaven-I would give it all-every
dollar-for the joy of the hour
of that juno evining in the long,
lons ago !'-N. Y. Ledger.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-25
The Evening OF Life

When the summer Of the youth is slowly
wasting away in the nightfall of age, and
the past becomes deeper and deeper, and
life wears to its clOse,it is pleasant to look
through the vista of time upon the SORROWS
and felicities of our earliest years If we
have home to shelter, and hearts to re-
joice with us,and friends have been gath
cred together around our fresides, rough
places and waliaring will have been worn
and smoothed away, in the twilight of life,
while many dark spots We have passed
through will grow brighter and more
beautiful. Happy indeed arc those whose
intercourse with the world has not chang
ed the tone of their holier feelings, o.
broken those musical chords of the heart.
whose vibrations are so melodioas. so ten
der. and so touching, in the evening Of
life. s1s.,,s.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-25
An Ingenious Instrument.

Droz, a mechanic of Geneva, produced
clock which excelled all 9th in..ingenu-
ity. On it were seated negro, shep-
herd, and dog. When the clock struck,
the shepherd played six tunes Oh his flute,
and the dog approached and fawned up
ON him. This wonderful machine was
exhibited to the King of Spain, who was
greatly delighted with it. ~
The gentlencss of my dog" said Dros.
sis his least merit. If your majesty
touch one of the apples which you see in
the shepherds basket, you will admire
the animals fidelity"
The King took an apple, and the dog
flew at his hand, barking so loud that the
Kings dog, which was in the room, began
to bark also. At this the courtiers, not
doubling that it was an affair OF witch
craft, hastily left the room, crossing them
selves as they departed. Having desired
the Minister of Marine (the only one who
ventured to remain) to ask the negro what
o'clock it was, the Minister did so, but
obtained no reply. Groz then observed
that the negro had not yet learned span.
ish, upon which the question was repeated
in French. when the black immediately
answered him. at this prodigy the firm
ness of the Minister also forsook him, and
he retreated precipitatcly, declaring that
it must be the work of a supernatural
being.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-25
Critical Periods Of Human Life.

From the age o. forty to that of sixty
man who properly regulates himself
may be considered in the prime of life
His matured strength of constitution
renders him almost impervious to the at
tacks of disease, and all the functions are
in the highest order. Having gone year
or two past sixty, however, he arrives at a
critical period of existence the river cf
death flows before him, and he remains at
stand still. But athwart this river is
viaduct called '.The Turn of Life" which
if crossed in safety leads to the "Valley
of Old Age" round which the river winds,
and then flows beyond without boat or
causeway to effect its passage. The bridge
is, however, constructed of fragile materi-
ais, and it depends on how it is trodden
whether it bends or breaks. Gout, Apo
plexy and other bad characters are also in
the vicinity to waylay the traveller and
thrust him from the pass but let him gi-d
up his loins and provide himself with per-
feet composure. To quote a metaphor,
1.-The Turn of Life has a turn either in
to prolonged walk or into the grave.
The system and power having reached
their utmost expansion, now begin either
to close, like flowers at sunset, or break
down at once. One injudicious stimulant,
a single fatal excitement, may force it be-
yond its strength: whilst careful supply
of props, and the withdrawal of all that
tends to force plant, will sustain it in
beauty and vigor until night has nearly
set in - rl.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-25
What II Dream, Did.

The Fort Wayne Sentinel soberly mar
ratcsthe following as fact:
ga gentleman of hi gh social position
living in this county has a son engaged as
clerk in large mercantile house in
Omaha. A few weeks ago the father re-
ceived letter from his son to the effect
that he had been robbed of $4,000 be-
longing to his employer while returning
from a collecting trip into the country.
The father was naturally troubled by the
intelligence. and when retired to his room
for the night he lay awake for some time
thinking of the occurrence. At last he
fell asleep, and, as it seemed to him, ha
was sitting by a table in bed-chamber
of - Hotel, of Omaha, listening to
the conversation of two young men who
were recalling the aIticulars of rob-
berry in which they had just been concern
ed, while they counted over the proceeds
of the same with an exultant air.
Learning the number of their room he
descended the stairs. consulted the regis
ter. fixed their names in memory, together
with the date under which they were writ
ten, and then awoke. He immediately
wrote letter to his son requesting him
to call at the - Hotel, look at the
register, and if he found the names of
John b. Wilson and James Frank insert
bed on its pages under the date of No
vember, to have the parties found, arrest
ed and charged with the theft of the five
thousand dollars. The son followed the
directions, and from letter received by
the father yesterday We learn that the
said John i. Wilson and James Frank
were arrested at the said hotel, that they
confessed to the felony, that S4,812 of
the lost money was recovered, and that
the offenders had been sent to the peuiten-
tiary."
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-25

EDIroRs HERALD AND TRIBUNE;

EDITORS HERALD AND TRIBUNE:
Having sowed my clover seed, and
plastercd my clover that intend to NOW,
and spent much time in clearing off my
moving ground l have time at last to
write again to you for | assure you that
a practical farmer don't have much time
to write. | manured my corn ground,
(sod ground of course; for [ plant no
other kind in corn.) and plowed lit deep,
early:in January ,and intend to! plant about
the last week in April, or the first in May
could plant now, but early planting does
not do so well. Many persons plant too
early just merely to have it said they get
done first without regard to their own in
terest, and others, lazily enjoy themselves
and never make up in the spring until
late, and then have their ground to plow
with probably poor horses and no corn in
the crib or hay in the barn plow shallow
plant late ''tead" badly and raise almost
nothing.
1 try to avoid extremes, plow early and
deep when the days are short, and cool.
and 1 have plenty of hay and corn, and
my horses arc strong, and then wait pa
tlently Tor spring 10 come 10 Piant.
1t is good idea in some cases to replow
your ground just before planting. 1 am
not very particular about planting except
that I want it planted straight IN rows
both ways. and the burrows run deep to
make loose place to hold moisture when
YOU cannot pillow it afterwards. 7 hope to
write again, and will probably tell how to
raise corn after it is planted, and l also
hope your readers will pardon the egotism
of this, when 1 say that I do not advise
others to do what l 90 not practice myself
and good way to tell what think is to
watch and see what l do. / often think
of the old fable of the old crow first ad-
visine his son to walk forward while be
always walked backwards himself.
Respectfully.
EAST TENNESSEE, April 18th 1872.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-25

~. 81 p
There is nothing which goes further to-
wards placing young housekeepers beyond
the reach of poverty, than well-designed
system of economy in the management
of domestic affairs II, does-not- matter
whether the man furnishes littlc-er, puch
for his family ;if there is a leakage in his
kitchen or the parlor, it runs away, be
knows not how, and that demon waste
cries "more, more," like, the horseleech's
daughter, until, he that provided has no
more to give. ,rs.a s,s.e.e. Efs.
1t is the husbands duty to bring into
the house, and it is the duty of the wife
to see that nothing goes wrongfnllya out
of. it--not, the least article, however un-
important in .itself---to establish a pre-
cedent !; nor under any, pretence, for it
opens door for ruin TO walk in, and this
seldom leaves an opportunity unimproyed.
a man gets wife to look after his affairs
aud assist him in his journey through life,
and net dissipate his property. The hus-
bands. interest should be the wife's care.
and her greatest ambition should carry
her no further than his welfare and happi-
ness together with that of their children.
This should be her sole aim, and the
theatre of her exploits in the bosom of
her family, where she may do as mush
toward making fortune as he can do In
the workshop. on the farm, or in the count
ing-room. 1t is not the money earned
that makes man wealthy it is what he
actually saves from his earnings. a good
ard prudent husband makes the deposit
of tho fru,ts of his labor with his best
friend and if that friend be not true to
him, what was he to hope for? If he dare
not place confidence in the companion of
his bosom, where is he to place it?-Rorut
World
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-25
ELIzABETHToN, E. Tenn, 1
April 18th, 1872. I

DEAR HERALD Would you like a
letter from old Carter or Gid ''Alpha"
give you all the news! Perhaps she only
showed you the poetry, but tell you my
friends, there is good deal of very hard
matter of fact prose, in living in the
mountains. as well as poetry.
They may be very sublime and all that,
but they are very hard to make living
out of, as most of us farmers about here
can testify. Its all very well, for the
mountains to appeal to us, to let it alone,
but we might appeal to the mountain,
forever, for bread and it wouldn't give it
to us, unless, we cut the wood down,
plow up the ground and make it yield to
us, and that's what we've got to do in
'.loyal Carter" if we don't want another
year like this. Why sir, you don't know
anything about it, unless you were here
among us what continual cry there is
for bread! heard one man only yester-
day, say that by night he would not have.
bite of bread in his house for his child
rem and didn't know how he was to get
any, and farther up in the mountains it is
worse. Up in the Cove, there are families,
plenty of them who do not know to-day,
how they are to live through tomorrow,
and their cattle falling dead from starva-
ton. Did you hear about the gentleman,
who had empted his straw-bels for his
cattle? Great deal of poetry there is in
all this! Yet almost every Sunday, there
are collections taken up in our churches
for the heather and for the suffering here,
and the destitute there, when there is
worse at our veny doors. think "Chari-
ty begins at home"
l don't know of any news, only that
we are expecting vigorous campaign here
or Representative. One of the candi-
dates. Mr.. A. A. Taylor, of your town.
we know to be very energetic young
man and that is what Carter and johnson
need in the Legislature, 1 don't know
much about his politics, but may be he
will tell us, in a stump-speech or two, this
summer. So no more at present.
From
-.tH et F "UNowHo."
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-25
BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
BY MRS. NJ. A. K1pDER.


A gentle voice, 4 heartfelt sigh,
A modest blush, n speaking eye,
a manner unaffected, free; I'u
These things are beautiful to me.
A ready hand, a loving heart.
a sympathy that's free from art,
A real friend among the few;
These things are beautiful and true.
A mothers prayer, and answer mild,
An aged sire, a little child,
A happy home, a cheerful hearth /;
These things are beautiful on earth.
A joyful song, chorus sweet.
An earnest soul and willing feet,
A day of peace, n night of rest
These things are beautiful and blest.
A sisters love, brothers care.
a spoilers name, 4 jewel rare,
y cleanly tongue that will not lie :
These things are beautiful-and Why
Because they all are born of love,
And emanate from God above
An earnest of the heavenly birth,
These things are beautiful on earth.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-25
A Child Of Nature.

Our readers viii appreciate the follow
ing:
DEAR ELLA - wish you would rite
me one little, any how, just for luck. /
feel sorry to think you've gone back on me
for have Chance to be fourman on
big farm and git $50 month if was
marid man. had made my mind up to
git marid sooner than we had agreed on,
but 1 guess it has played out now. 1t
makes me shuder to think of it but tbare
is no use to kry for split milk. dear ella
let me no how you are getin along. it
would gratif me
s'lov has sarowned my body
and brok all the bones in head
but haiut it A very fine story
that never killed A man ded."
[ lave been to one dance since left you.
give my love to the poore and all the rest
of the folks. must bring my few broken
remark to clos for the present time. An
swer as soon as it Gums to hand with
owt fail. Good by your friend.
Aleck Watson.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-25

A POET has forward to the Chicago
Republican an epic on the burning Of
Chicago. 1t opencth thus:
s.That night woman, lat the hour of nine,
Went to Il barn to milk cow; and when
the beast kicked o'erth lamp, as savage
kline rr. ~
VIII sometimes do, 1t lit some straw and
boards of pine" .a8-
'.It is in INIT" ton of Burns" the author
answers, in reply to remark of the pa
per that it will insert the Chicago POETS
obituary gratis. Which had the best OF
it2 ""t
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-25

A lady, riding in n car on the New
York Central Railroad, was disturbed in
her reading by the conversation of two
gentlemen occupying tho seat just before
her. One Of them seemed to be student
of some college on his way home for va
cation. He used much profanc language.
greatly to the annoyance of the lady,
She thought she would reOuko him, ,and, on
begging pardon for interrupting them.
asked the young student if he had studied
the languages. "Yes, madam. L havo
mastered the languages quito we'll. "Do
you reld speak Hebrew "Quite fluent
fuently. '.Will you be so kind as to do me
Il small favor?" with great pleasure, |
am at your service" eWill you be SO
kind as to do your swearing in Hebrews"
We may well suppose the lady was not
annoyed any more by the ungontlcmaniy
language of this would-be gentleman.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-25

A QUAKER, teetotalcr, gave lecture
to a confirmed lover of dre-water, and
told an anecdote of terrible accident. in
which an inebriate, in blowing out
candle, was killed by flame igniting the
alcoholic fumes of his breath. The drink
ing individual, an Iriahman, was much
ta. rifed, and to the comfort of the Quaker
commenced q solemn asseyeratiou, be-
moaning the fact that he was bringing
himselft to ruin, and then swore that never
again, so long as he lived would he attempt
to blow out a candle.