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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-22
A Checkered Career.

In the lower shops of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company at Altoona, is employed an
individual, painter by trade, who has ex-
perienced as many changes in this strange
life as generally fall to the lot of man. He
graduated with high honor at jefferson Col
lege, and subsequently assisted in the build
ing of the first railroads in Illinois and Upper
Canada. Six months of his life were spent
with the Huron Indians on the Monte Islands,
in the Georgian Bay. He has been the editor
and proprietor of two weekly papers, and
the editor of three others-two of them daily.
He was a captain under General William
Walker in his fatal expedition to Nicaragua,
on which occasion he was Captured with his
commander and condemned to be shot, but
subsequently made his escape, and after wan
dering for three months in the forests, sue
ceeded in returning safely to this country. AT
the breaking out of the late civil war he was
commissioned q lieutenant colonel by the
Secretary of war, Cameron, and assigned to
the staff of Major General McCollom of the
construction corps. BY this latter officer he
was assigned to General Sherman's Depart.
ment, where he gave entire satisfaction both
to General Sherman and the Secretary of
War, Stanton. At the close of the war in
settling his accounts with the Government
for property passing through his hands, he
was adjudged Il defaulter to the amount OF
over $500, 900, although he steadfastly main
tains that he never wronged the Government
out of a solitary copper.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-22
TeetOtal Alphabet.

A stands for Ale, which we must not drink;
B stands for Brandy, an evil, we think;
G stands for Care, well known by the sos;
d stands for Drunkard; slave, is he not?
E stands for Evil, which drink oft produces;
F for Fermented, and, therefore, bad juices;
G stands for Gin, the cause of much woe;
H stands for Hunger, that follows it, too;
l for mtemperance; then let us abstain;
y, Join Teetotal, and happiness gain,
X stands for Keep from the ale-house away;
L stands for Liquor, that leads men astray;
NJ stands for malt or barley that's spoiled;
N for the Net in which the drunkard Is coiled;
0 for Oppression the drunkard's wife feels;
p for the Passion the drunkard's heart steels;
Q stands for Quarrels, oft broughto on by drink.
K stands for Rum, of which we won't think;
s stands for Spirit, which thousands has slain;
T for Teetotal, which we will maintain;
U for Unkindness, which drink often follows;
V for the Vice, which oftleads to the gallows;
w for Wine, mocker, we say;
X for X we should bear every day;
Y stands for Youth, may they ever abstain;
z stands for Jealous, teetotal to gain.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-22
Marrying Tspplcrs.

A word of warning to young ladies on this
subject is not inappropriate. How many
young women, by uniting their destinies with
tipplers, or men of confirmed intemperate
habits, have involved themselves In sorrow
and often shame? "Yet, in spite of all the
wretchedness of drunkaris' wives" says Mr..
Cuyler, young women are continually will
ling to marry men who are in the habit of in
dulging in the social glass. Ladies often re-
fuse the marriage offers of young men be-
cause they are too poor, or of too humble
family, or too plain in person or manners.
But only now and then one has good sense
enough to refuse to unite herself with q man
who win not pledge himself to total absti-
nence. A rich and fashionable young man
has commonly no trouble to get wife, even
though he is hardly sober long enough to
pronounce the marriage VOW. But teeto-
taller in coarse raiment might be snubbed as
a vulgar fellow who has never seen society.
Ladies', before you begin to scold at me for
this impious thing, just look around and see
Ladies. this is an important subject, and
you should consider it. IL involves your hap
piness and respectability in this world, and
perhaps your salvation in the next. You
should reject the hand of any man who in
dulges In the intoxicating cup. What are
riches, station or anything worth without So
briety, virtue and character. Beware.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-22
Something New I'm Tclegraphy.

The Philadelphia Inquirer says that one of
the thousand busy tongues of rumor is just
now industriously relating the particulars of
near approaching revolution in the exist.
ing methods of communicating by telegraph.
Under the new method every large business
house is to have telegraphic instrument OF
its own, by means of which any individual
of ordinary intelligence will be able to print
messages on slips of perforated paper, these
communications to be forwarded from gen.
eral Office to the point and person for whom
they are intended. By this system it is
claimed that message of one hundred words
can be transmitted in one minute and twenty
seconds, for twenty cents. Under the method
now in vogue, about sixty thousand words
can be sent by single wire in one hour. Fol-
the improved plan 1t is claimed that sixty
thousand words can be sent in an hour over
one wire without confusion. All the work
ing expenses of the new system are said to
be exceedingly low, the cost of an inditing
machine but three dollars. This improvement
in existing systems of telegraphy, though
sorely needed, seems almost too good to be
true.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-22
Helena, Montana, Thursday, August d, 1872.
To Those About 10 Marry.

My advice is to marry as quickly as posi-
BILE, for none but those who are, unhappily,
versed in such matters can be aware of the
manifold minor, to say nothing of major,
evils which long engagement entails. The
position of an atfianced pair, after time,
becomes almost ridiculous. Premature con-
gratulations are poured forth by some over
enthusiastic friends, while others cease to
believe in the reality of and ultimate settle
ment, and become suspicious of the sincerity
of your professions, and almost personally
affronted at your delay. Then the difficulty
of sustaining, with appropriate effect, the
character of an engaged man Is something
enormous.
say nothing of the difficulty which lady
in that delicate position has to encounter, for
we all know that they experience but little
difficulty in making themselves perpetually
agreeable-at least before marriage; but with
regard to man; think of the admirable and
excusable deceptions he is forced to be guilty
of-the real distaste, but professed pleasure,
with which he accompanies "the beloved
object" to the festive board of some oppres-
.sive family friend, where, for two mortal
hours at least, he has to sit, the observed of
all observers, next to the idol to whom he has
been paying unceasing devotion for the
greater portion of the day, and to whom he
has now to make himself agreeable-having
eAuauStcu every scrap Oh news, every COn-
ceivable subject of conversation! He is
afaaid to venture upon any tender aside, for
fear he should he thought silly, or to keep
much to generalties, for fear he should be
considered slow.
have, indeed, remarked engaged couples
who have been content to sit in blissful
silence, wrapped in contemplation of their
approaching happiness; but such Il state of
quiesence is rarely observable, and can
scarcely be preserved for an indefinite period.
One of my earliest recollections of such a
couple is when they were sitting in this state
of tranquil calm, and forming very limited
hand-in-hand mutual assurance company OF
their own; their example is scarcely to be
quoted, as the partnership was shortly after.
ward dissolved forever. and the lady and
gentleman are at present thousands of mile:
apart, and each belonging to another firm.
1t is impossible for a man of business no
| to sympathize with an eminent physician
who informed his future wife that he had nc
time for courtship; but that if she would
marry him, and be ready on q certain day, he
should be happy to meet her at the church
and make her his bride.-Tsmple Bar.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-22
No. 80
Queer Freak of N Pennsylvania
Farmer.

The Bucks County PENN Intesasgencer
says On certain farm in Pine Run Valley,
about three miles west of Doylestown, Is a
remarkable collection of hay-stacks. The
owner appears to have stacked his hay for
fifteen or twenty years past, without consum-
ing much of II, and the result Is that there
are now from forty to fifty large stacks of
hay on the premises. There is group in
almostsevery field, and the buildings are al
most surrounded by them. Some of the
stacks are so old and rotten that they have
fallen apart and show great gap in the mid
die, exposing the interior to the weather.
These stacks probably contain, or did once,
an average of eight tons each. This would
make an aggregate of 400 tons, which at the
present city prices would be worth not far
from 1000. As many of them are quite old
the hay cannot now be of first quality. The
object of this remarkable accumulation of
hay we do not know, and the owner is said
to be quite averse to selling any of it and
declined to supply some of the neighbors who
ran short last spring. Ii 1t were now put In
the market 1t would bring enough money to
put the farm in prime order and erect first
rate set of buildings
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-22
ECCGMaFiclfYs

The following singular instance of eccen-
tricity, illustrating the close connection of
this condition of the mind with insanity, is
related by Professor Hammond in his work
on diseases of the nervous system: A lady
had, since her childhood, shown sihgularity
of conduct as regarded her table furniture,
which she would have of no other material
than "copper" People laughed at her, and
tried to reason her out of her whim, but in
vain. In no other respect was there any evi-
dence of mental alteration. She was intelli.
gent, by no means excitaeble, and In the en-
joyment of excellent health. An uncle had,
however. died insane. A startling circum-
stance started in her new train of thought,
and excited emotions which she could not
control. She read in morning paper that
Mr.. Kopperman had arrived at one of the
hotels, and she announced her determination
to call on him. Her friends endeavored to
dissuade her, but without avail She went
to the hotel and was told that he had just
left for Chicago. Without returning to hel
home she bought ticket for Chicago, and
actually started on the next train for thai
city The telegraph. however, overlook her
and she was brought back from Rochester
raving of her love for man whom she had
never seen, and whose name alone had been
associated 'in her mind with her fancy fol
copper table furniture. She died of acute
mania within month. Monthly
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-22
How Money ls Made by Farming.

Much labor is done on farms that Is not
farming in the true sense. BY such labor no
money is ever made. A man may support
himself and family, keep out of debt, and a
few dollars in his pocket by practicing the
most stringent economy. If he is otherwise
than industrious and sober, he is on the down
grade with loose brakes, and the end is soon
reached. But farming, in its true sense, is q
profession equal to that of the law, or medi-
cine, and needs equal study, mental capacity,
and intelligently directed labor to command
success in It. The principles which underlie
the practice of the true farmer must be well
understood, and steady, consistent course
of operations must be followed. Having
thoroughly learned the nature and capacity
of the soil he possesses, and chosen the rota-
ton most suitable, and the stock to be most
proftably kept on it, he does not swerve from
his chosen course, but in good markets and
bad raises his regular crops, and keeps his
land regularly increasing in fertility. No
special cry tempts or affrights him. He does
not talk darying this season or crops the next,
but doubtless, If any particular product be in
demand and bring good price, he has some
of 1t to sell and reaps share of the advan-
tages. He saves as much money as some
men make by care and economy in purchasing
and preserving tools, seeds, manuers and ma
chimes, and his business habits and constant
readiness for all occasions give him reason
able security against the effects of adverse
seasons and bad weather Always prepared,
he is never too late, and always calm, he is
never too soon, and thus, s'taking time by the
forelock," he has the stern old tyrant at his
command, and turns him at his will He has
no losses and his gains are steady.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-22
THE LORDS PRAYER.

The following beautiful paraphrased acrostic of the
Lords Prayer said to have been penned upwards of
half century since, by soldier of the Twentysixth
Regiment of United States Infantry, when prisoner
of war in the Province OF Upper Canada:
Our Lord and King, who reigns enthroned on high!
Father of light! mysterious Deity!
Who art the great Am-the last; the irst
Art righteous, holy. merciful and just,
In realms Of glory, scenes where angels sing.
Hallowed thy name which doth all names Transcend
Bet BE- thou u.a adGred. ed our great Almighty Friend,
Named in the Book of Justice and of Grace.
Thy kingdom towers beyond the starry skies;
Kingdoms satanic fall, but thine shall rise.
Come, let thine Empire, o thou Holy One,
Thy great and everlasting will be done
Will God make known mis- WILL his power display;
Be 1t the work of mOrtas to obey;
Done in the great, the wondrous work of love:
On Calvarys Cross he died. but reigns above;
Earth bears the record in thy, holy word,
As Heaven adores thv name let earth, o Lord!
1t shines transcendent in the eternal skies,
Is praised in Heaven, for man the Savior dies
In songs immortal laud his name,
Heaven shouts with JOY and saints his love proclaim.
Give us, y Lord, our food, noi cease to give
Us that food In which our souls most live!
This be our boon to-day and ages to come,
Day without end In our eternal home;
Our needy souls supply from day to day,
Bread thoneh we ask. yet. Lord, thy blessing lend,
And make us grateful when thy gifts descend,
Forgive our sins which in distinctions place,
Us the vile children of q rebel race.
Our follies. faults and tresspasses forgive
Debts which we ne'er Can pay, nor thou receive;
As we, 0 Lord. our neighbor's faults o'erlook
We beg thou would blot ours from thy memorys book.
Forgive our enemies, extend our grace ~
Our souls TO save, cen Adams guilty race,
Debtors to thee in gratitude and love, ,...
And in that duty paid by saints above.
Lead us from sin, and in thy mercy raise
Us from the tempter and his hellish ways,
Not In our own, but in his name who bled,
Into thine ear we pour our every need;
Temptations fatal charms help us to shun,
But may we conquer through thy conquering Son
Deliver us from all which can annoy
Us in this world, and may souls destroy;
From all caamities which men betide,
Evil and death, O, turn our feet aside
For we are mortal worms and cleave to clay,
Thine it's to rule and mortals to obey.
Is not my mercy, Lord forever free?
The whole creation knows no God but thee;
Kingdom and empire in thy presence fall,
The King eternal reigns the King of all.
Power is with thee-to thee be glory given,
And be thy name adored by earth and Hcayen
The praise of saints and angels in thine own,
Glory to thee, the eveslastng One.
Forever be thy holy name adored,
Amen! Hosanna! blessed be the Lordi
Thomas Sturteyant
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-22
To Re or Not TO IBe.

The following conversation between a
young lady who wrote for magazines and an
old gentleman who believed he could speak
English, occurred somewhere in Massachu-
setts, and is quoted tor the benefit of gram
marians:
Old Gentlcman.--"Are there any houses
building in your village?"
Young Lady," No Sir. There is new
house being bthit for Mr.. Smith,, but it is the
carpenters who are building"
Gentleman" True: l stand corrected.
To be building is certainly different thing
from to be being built. And how long is Mr..
Smiths house been being built?"
Lady Cooks puzzled a moment, and then
answered rather abruhtly.) NEARLY year. ~
Gentleman.-" How much longer do you
think it will be being builtr"
Lady (explosively. )-"Dont Know"
Gentleman-"I should think Mr.. Smith
would be annoyed by its being so long being
built, for the house he now occupies being
old, ne must leave ii, and the new one being
only being built, instead of being built as he
expected, he cannot"
Here the gentleman perceived that the lady
had disappeared.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-22
MUhuHy IOF WeAIth,
Tuesday for health,
Wednesday the best day of all
Thursday for crosses,
Friday for losses,
SATURDAY. no lack af all.
Extensive Minlng Ditch in Oregon.

The Burnt River Ditch has recently been
completed and the water let into IT, The
main ditch Is about 90 miles long, and has a
capacity of 1850 inches of water For two
years 1t required the employment of from $50
to 400 men constantly to construct 1t. The
ditch contains two fumes, one of which Is
400 feet long and 70 feet high, and the other
is $50 feet long and 90 feet high. The cost
which the supplies amounting to $4,000
were brought from Chicago direct. The ditch
is owned by a company of Eastern capitalists,
who are impressed with the richness of the
mines of Baker county. Their enterprise
will doubtless be rewarded by large yield of
the precious metals, and will tend to q more
extensive development of the resources of
that portion of Oregon.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-22
Indignant.

Old Lady-zCan you tell me, my good man,
where can gnd Mr.. Jones?
Pat-Sure, ma'am, expect it would be at
his house you would find him.
Lady--does he live anywhere in this
street?
Pat-Sure, no indade! It's not for the like
of him to be living in the street at all.
Lady-You stupid fellow! Imean what
number does his family stop at?
Pat-Now, maam, you have me. He has
six boys and four girls; but whether he means
to stop at That number can't say.
,Lady-Oh! you blockhead! e..
Exit old lady in tremor of indignation.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-22
That's All.

There was bitter feud between the ''Da-
vises" and the "Haskinses," two families re-
siding in Round Top Hollow, Mo. One day
Tom Davis met Jimmy Haskins. ''Look
a-here!" says Tom, putting on his most ag.
gressive air, 1--WE herd tell that you said you
kin lick any of us Davis boys in half an hour.
Now want to know" said Tom, rolling up
his cuffs, ''if you said that?" Jimmy sat
down on the meal-bag he was carrying and,
looking up into Toms face, replied: "No,
l never said So" ''Then what did you say, u
ing very black. ''Weil," said Jimmy, 81
never said nothing like that, but did say,
and / say it again, that kin lick any one of
you Davis boys, or all of you together, in less
than five minutes" ''Oh!" said Tom. STEP
ping back, 81 just wanted to know what was
said, that's ali, and lamb-like he went on his
way.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-22

THE Poet of the Breakfast Table gives this
decription of the manner ill which girl of
the period makes ready to play and plays her
grand piano: ''It was a young woman with
as many white muslin fiounces round her as
the planet Saturn has rings, that did it. She
gave music stool twirl or two and fluffed
down onto it like whirl of soap-suds in hand
basin. Then she pushed up her cuffs as if
she was going to fight for the champions
belt. Then she worked her wrists and hand,
to timber 'em, suppose, and spread out her
fingers till they looked as though they would
pretty much cover the keyboard, from the
growing end to the little squeaky one.s Then
those two hands of hers made jump at the
keys as if they were a couple of tigers COM
ing down on flock of black and white sheep,
and the poor piano gave great howl as If
its tail had been trod ON. Dead stop-so
still you could hear your hair growing. Then
another jump and another howl, as if the
piano had two tails and you trod on both of
'em at once, and clatter and scramble and
string ofjumps, up and down, back and for
ward, one hand over the other, like stam-
pede of rats and mice more than like any
thing call music.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-22

A correspondent of the New York Com
necrctdt AdUertiser, writing from the Round
Lake camp meeting, tells the following good
story:
Many people sleep in the same tent here,
being separated by partitions. AS young
Methodist fellows are thrown with pretty
young ladies good deal, it is nothing against
them that they fall in love sometimes.
? Last night, they say, this happened: A
become quite interested in pretty daughter
of religious farmer. Last night,
while dozen old cold-hearted fellows were
trying to sleep, they were continually dis
turbed by the lovers spoony talk, which they
distinctly heard through the cotton cloth par
tition.
They heard him say, in low, sweet, Clar-
endon voice, Now, Caroline, dear, do let me
seal the vow-do.''
''No, James, can not. What would my
father and mother say!" replied sweet girl
ish voice.
"But, Caroline, you have promised to be
mine-now let us seal the yow-let us, do let
us-won't you? Do kiss me!''
mo, james, can not, o | can not
In moment the teSt partition parted, and
q big-whiskered brother, who wanted to sleep,
shouted: "For Gods sake, Carrie, let Jim
seal that vow: He'll keep us awake all night
if you don't"
+ The vow was sealed.
When told young lady who is here from
Congress Hall, about this sealing joke, she
said that James reminded her of some of the
Congress Hall fellows-only they always
wanted to seal things before there was any
thing to seal. She said that Browns hpys,
down in New York, got engaged to young
ladies just to seal the vow, and, after they
had sealed 1t all winter, they went off and
got up another VOW with fresh young lady.
l told her that such bad young men ought
not to be CONFERENCE.-The every young
lady should set her face against them.
''Alas!'' she replied, II have set my face
against them too much already. They will
never reform till we take our faces away
from them altogether"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-22
Webster and Branch.

While John Branch, of North Carolina,
was Gen. Jackson's Secretary of the Navy,
he, Tazewell, and Daniel Webster were walk
ing on the north bank of the Potomac, at
Washington. Tazewell, willing to amuse
himself at Branch's simplicity, said, Branch,
I'll bet you ten dollar hat that can prove
that you are on the other side of the river"
"Done, said Branch. "Well," said Taze-
well, pointing to the opposite shore, ''isn't
that one side of the riverIn "Yes." "Wen,
isn't this the other side?" EYES" "Then,
as you are here, are you not on the other
side?" "Why, Ideclare," said poor Branch,
80 1t Is. But here comes Webster. Ill
win my hat back from him." Webster now
came up, ond Branch accosted him: Web
ster, I'll bet you a ten dollar hat that can
prove that you are on the ether side OF the
river" "Done." 'tWell, Isn't this one
side?" YES "Well, isn't that the other
"Yes, but l am not on that side. Branch
hung his head, and submitted TO the loss of
the two hats as quietly as he colld.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-22

A GREAT artist once possessed a secret for
making colors. He told it to one of his men
for whom he had great friendship. That
man had friend to whom he wanted to tell
it, and he asked permission to do so. oWell
l don't know" said the artist, taking a piece
of chalk. ''Now, know it; that's one;''
andhe made one chalk, thus: ''you know
it, that's two;" down went another .'If
he knows it Quitting down another and
showing the ID how many win that
maker" why. three, of course, said the
man. "Ah, no." said the artist, lit will be
one hundred and eleven.