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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-28
From the Kansas Magazine.I
DIALECT POETRY.

The demand for dialect poetry has az
clined to q tOlerably low point, and we q
not care to aid in keeping it before the put
lie. The suhjoined specimen, however, II
PRODUCES q new character, and one Wn
seems to have been entirely neglected, viz
The Texas cattle herder. As a matter
justice to him, and also to show that sue
poetry can be written in Kansas as we'll a
elsewhere, we give his tale" as he told
to one Of our frontier correspondents:
It's lonesome, CHI, a-herdin' steers
Away out on Saline
Wall stranger. no-when weathers fair,
But rOughish when it's mean.
You can't go fo0lin round and keep
Five hundred steers all right:
Just try them broad horns once yOursel
Some ugly, stormy night.
Stampede, ell Well. s'pect they do,
YOu never seed it, Ell /!
1t amt what yOuv We been usen'd to.
Chee-hoop! they re off, with tails sot straight,
tearin' out o. sight.
I:'s bad in daylight. but it's jest
Ipfernal after night.
Ride round EN- EN- and head EN- back
Head back them Texas steers!
Stranger, when you was made was stuff
A.runnin short for ears!
But, then, you've had no show to Farm,
Jest comm out this fall;
You're like them Yankee chaps that gifts
Round here, and knows it all.
The storm, you say' Well, Friday last
We had a little muss
Jest rain, and wind. and seet and SNOW
reckon it couldn't be wuss
Come dark, them critters went. "Old hoss,
Jays l, lest let 'em rar!
Go bumpin' to the Smoky now
s'pect you'll find US thar
II wasn't morn forty miles,
guess, the way we Iun.
fOller'd, ehl went along;
You'll allus count on one.
BY daylight we was thar, you bet,
la the bottom by the bluff;
And through the hOatin' snow / seed
We had EN- sure enough.
Cold stranger Well it wasn't warm;
One O. them cOOlish days.
Five men all frOze to death was found
And brOughten into Hays
Besides GOzen more with feet,
And hands, and other parts
Used up-and only little life
AGREE pin round their hearts.
Exposure ell You mean it's rough!
can't dispute your word.
But, then, PIN not the sort of man
To funk, and lose my Ierd.
! Ii red out to tend them steers.
The pay 1t amt SO high;
But. stranger, Won may bet your life,
I'd herd EN- till I'd die.
Their families' Well, it's like enough.
reckon they had kin,
But we could only dig their graves,
And lay 'em softly in.
Us fellers-well s'pose we're rough
But still we're human men;
And we'd be cryn yet if t would
Bring back them boys again.
Their lot hard! Why. bless your soul,
There sin't no lot out thar;
Jest frozen graves in the prairie,
FOR it's prairie everywhar.
Yon mean it's bad to die that way!
Well, stranger, SO we thoughts;
Five men a dyin in their boots
Five men-and nary a shot.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-28

The steamer Fanny was coming down the
Upper Mississippi, loaded with pir lead.
AS she was going over shoal place the
pilot gave the signal to heave the lead, The
only man forward was green Irishman,
'.Why don't you heave the lead p ..Is if
the lead, your honor! Where to ~ Over.
board, you blockhead" The Irislman
snatched up one of the pigs of lead and
tilie" u overheard the mate, in endeav-
oIing TO prevent him, lost his balance and
zen INTO the river The captain running
10 tlie deeh asked. why don't you heave
the lead and sing out how much water
there Isl, The lead is heaved. yonr
honor, and the mates gone down TO see
how much water there is"
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-28

A widow in Liverpool, England, has re-
covered $500 in damages from the owner
OF mad dog, through whose bite her hus
band died.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-28

The editor of the Omaha Bee is nahts
Rosewater. There was sting enough IN CIV
of his articles recently, however, TO lnda.SS
some gamblers to give him thrashing SN'
then he went and did it again.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-03-05
Dent ADVERTISE

Don't do it. Don't advertise your
business; it's paying money out to ac-
commodate other people if they want
to buy your goods, let them hunt YOU
mp.
Don't advertise, for it gets your
name abroad, and you are apt to be
flooded with circulars from business
houses, and to be bored with "drum.
mers" from the wholesale establish
ments, all of which also results in 50.
Letting your ordc.s for new goods and
money to pay for them, which is very
annoying to one Of dyspepsia tenn
perament.
Don't advertise, for it brings people
in from the country Country folks you
know are Of ah inquir.ng ststc of
mind), and are apt 60 ask many aston
ishing questions about prices, try your
temper by Snoring them goods, and
even vex yoh with the request to tie
them up, which puts you to an addi.r
tional trouble of buying more
Don't advertise; it gives people
abroad knowledge of your town, and
they come and settle in it; it will
grow, and other business will be in.
duced to come in and thus increase
your competition.
In short, if you would have a quiet
town, not too large; if you would not
be harassed by multitudinous cares
and perplexties of business; if you
would avoid being bothered with pay
ing for and losing great cumbersome
newspaper, just remain quiet; don't
let the people know five miles away
where you are, nor what you are doing,
and you will be severely let alcre to
enjoy the bliss and undistuifbcd rcpose.'
-Ga=etie, RedrOod city, CAL
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-03-05
NO. SO.

Peggy flung her arms around th'
Spires neck, with cry of terror, anC
Jake was silent with amazement.-
Mrs. Blake was the one who possessed
her wits. She seized the corn pop.
per, and laid about her with vigor.
Her aim was not always correct
and, in consequence, she smashed the
looking-glass into thousand frag-
ments, Knocked down the clock from
the shelf, and demolished two bowls
and pitcher that were quietly repos-
ing on the mantle.
The Squire broke from Peggy's en-
brace, and flashed out of the window
viii followed him and Mrs. Blake
would have pursued him by the same
outlet, but she was a little too large to
get through with ease.
A dreaded counsel was held; Jake
stormed, Mrs. Blake threatened; and
at last both Peggy and Katie confess
ed +; and Jake and his wife were so
rejoiced at the prospect of getting rid
of Peggy, that they forgave their
daughter, and took viii yarmouth
home at the end of the year.
And in due time Peggy and the
Squire were made one flesh.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-03-05

because it was a day set apart for
one hundred and forty-four windows in
the entire block with tonka beans en-
amelled on State maps to mourn their
early departure through the valley Of
the shadow Of death. 1 don't want
you to bother me any more, Mr. Smith,
about your wives and come bub e
right down stairs with your beans TO
that spirit land where all JOY and peace
the compositors wanted a holida ssand
it's against the principles of Christian
ity To-
(lIere a boy came up with LasNet
of aplpes.)
-"Forever more can't eat rpples
owing to my teeth and Smith is made
good for any beans which any State
map connected with this Office has moth
ing but joy and peace to mark the
never-ending time I'll break your neck
if you say apples to nc again and you
see that the new block spoken of has
no bigamy to prove the moths don't
apple the tonka beans sold in Hills
dale county"
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-03-05
Courting Under Difficulties.

Katie Blake was the only daughter
of Jacob Blake, the old miser of West
Brook.
She was more than uncommonly
pretty, and her fresh, engaging man
ners enhanced the charms of golden
hair, pretty teeth, and eyes like the
blue skies of summer.
At her fathers death she would be
heiress to the nice little sum of seven.
ty thousand dallars, and though men
generally pretended not to be inhucnc-
ed by pecuniary matters in affairs OF
love, it is to be reasonably supposed
that this prospective wealth by no
means lessencd the number of her
adorers.
Among those most ardeiit, and ,pcr-
haps most sincere, was ,Will Oar
mouth, with heart larg2rs than his
purse, and very little thought or care
for the consequences.
Fortunately, old Jacob never sus-
pected the partiality of his daughter
for Will. He would have put her on
bread and water before he would have
consented to the slightest degree of in
timacy with Will yarmouth.
Jacob Blake was not in favor of
marriage. Those who knew his cir
cumstances were not surprised at this,
for to use a phrase more expressive
than elegant, Mrs. Blake was a regu-
lar Tartar, with temper enough for
two Tartars.
Old Jacob had to "talk Spanish
for the most part, or suffer the conse-
qucnces, which usually descended up
on his head in the shape of any domes-
tic utensil which happened to be lying
about handy.
A maiden sister of Mr.. Blake resid-
cd with the family, whose principal
business seemed to be to act as q sort
of echo to her brother and his wife.
Whatever they thought she thought,
too.
She regarded it as primary sin for
Katie to associate with the young
men, and this doctrine was persevcr-
ngly drilled into her niece, who, though
the never disscnted, had her own ideas
If the subject.
One day Mr.. Blake and his wife
vent to Dedham to attend a fair, and
md Miss Peggy being at friends,
Katie was left alone. Will yarmouth
n some way learned the condition of
fairs, and early in the afternoon he
anne over to keep Katie company.
As her parents werc not expected
ONE until next day, and Peggy not
i'll late in the evening, Will felt per-
,ctly secure in stopping awhile after
upper; and he and Katie were having
jolly time popping corn in the old
ashioned frying pan, over the huge
-ood fire, when there was sound of
oiccs at the door.
"Good gracious !" cried Katie, turn
u white with alarm, "that is Aunt ,
eggy. Oh, Will, what shall we do ?
he will scold me to death, and father
i'll be furious. Get under the lounge, 1
uick! Oh, Will, do for my sake" J
Will could not withstand the plead I
g in Katie's eyes, and he deposited
msclf in the designated spot. !
Katie put out the light, and darting ,
to an adjacent bedroom, in a mo- {
cnt was apparently asleep. q
Peggy's voice was heard speaking
fly in the entry: {
"Bo careful, Mr.. Pike. There's a S
ose board there. 1 don't want to 7
sturb my niece. Softly-it will )
eak." O
Peggy, dear, where are you?" re- a
'ondcd the squcaking voice Of Squire {
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-03-05
What n Miserable RcprOoate
Fisk Was.

What a miserable reprobate the
preachers all make Fisk out to be -
And they arc right. Why, the scoun-
drel actually stopped his coupe one
cold, dreary night on Seventh avenue
and got out, inquired where she lived,
and gave poor old beggar woman
dollar. He seemed to have no shame
about him, for the next day the de-
bauched wretch sent her a barrel If
-four and load of coal.
One day the black hearted scoundrel
sent SO and bag OF -four to a widow
woman with three starving children,
and, not content with this, the remorse.
less wretch told the Police Captain to
look after all the poor widows and or
phans in his ward and send them to
him when they deserved charity.
What a shameless performance il
was to give that poor negro preacher
$50 and send him on to Howard Uni.
versity! And how the black-hearted
villain practiced his ineanness on the
poor penniless old woman who wanted,
to go to Boston, by paying her passage
and actually cscorting her to free
stateroom, while the old woman's tears
of gratitude were streaming down her
checks.
Oh, insatiate monster thus to give
money to pcnniless negro preachers
and starving women and cbikifen.-
~ T. Commercial -Adrert.mr.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-03-05
TUESDAY, MARCH s, 1872
One by One.

One by one the sands are flowing,
One by one the moments fall
Some are coming, some are going,
DO not strive to grasp them all.
One by one thy duties wait thee,
Let thy whole strength go to each;
Let no future dreams elate thee,
Learn thou first what these can teach.
One by one (brigtt gifts of hoaven)
Joys are sent thee here below
Take them readily when given,
Ready, too, TO let them 60.
One by one thy griefs shall meet thee,
Do not fear an armed band;
One will fade as others greet thee.
Shadows passing through the land.
Do not look at life's long sorrow,
See how small each moments pain;
God will help thee for tomorrow;
Every day begin again.
Every hour that fleets so slowly,
Has its task to do or bear;
Luminous the crown, and holy,
If thou set each gem with care.
Do not linger with regretting,
Or for passing hours despond;
Nor, thy daily toll forgetting,
Lcok too eagerly beyond.
Hours arc golden links, Gods token,
Reaching heaven; bat one by one
Take them, lest the chain be broken
Ere the pilgrimage be done.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-03-05
Editorial Troubles,

Here is how writer in the Detroit
Free Press talks about the pleasures
peculiar to the deep grim silence Of
the sanctum:
No one ever comes into the rooms
of the top story of four story build
ing set apart for the staff of a daily
paper This is why every article reads
so evenly and smoothly. All you've
got to do if you belong to the staff is
to climb up there, sit all day long in
the deep grim silence, and when mid
night comes you can lower yourself
down stairs with consciousness that
every article will read like clock work
Yesterday morning | commenced an
article entitled "The Unseen Inhuen-
ces of the Spirit world" and had got
as far as to say that although we
hear no voices, there is some subtle in
fluence prevailing the" when man
came up with demand for correc-
ton Of on article charging him with
bigamy. You have to keep right on
with an idea when you get hold Of it
50 | Yur him in.
"Pervading the air about you all
the time Peter Smith has called at
this Office to say that the unheard
voices coming from the dead often
swerve from he isn't the man mention
ed as having two wives the path mark
ed out by the OBSTINATE
(Here another man came in and
wanted notice of his new building)
"-spirits which refuse to yield to
that new block on Michigan avenue,
although Smith is directly charged by
the police with a marble front and l20
feet deep. At night, after a days
toll, who does not love to sit down and
let his mind run to the mysterious,
basement under it, and stone caps
move the windows we take great pleas
ure in setting Smith right before his
fellow citizens, and"
(Here a man came up and wanted
to look at a State map, although he
could have found one down stairs.)
"Certainly, sir; look at all the State
maps you want to, and call back the
spirit of some dear friend gone before
rs will ascertain the name of the po-
liceman who wrongfully accused Mr. |
Smith of having frontage on Michi-
gan avenue, which helps the looks of
hat street very much, and you will
ind the county Of Hillsdale further to
he left of that land from which no
nan has ever returned to tell us wheth-
'r our friends are sad or Joyful
(Here boy came up and wanted to
ell some tonka beans to keep moths
,ff)
"Thank yc, bub, don't want any ton
"a beans if you ever want to look at
my more of our maps come right up
With Mansard roof to crown all, and
smith is now set right before the pub.
10 and his friends generally, who have
hus improved the town and commune
nth them as to whether mo-
nent of sadness does not occasionally
teal over them as they think of the
ond friends left behind come up again
nd I'll talk to you about the tonka
eans and every patriotic citizen ought
o keep State map in his new block
n Michigan avenue Smith states that
ne of his wives deserted him in ILL.,
ois and the other"
(Herc a subscriber came up and
Tantcd to know why no paper was is ,
oed the day after Thaksgiving.) "a
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-03-05
THON4.S III. HUNT.

Keeps nil kinds of Imported and Domestic Liquors
Pure Sherry, Port Claret, Catawba, Rhine wine
and Champagne, Apena, Mich.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-03-05

An old grumbler, complaining to the
king of Sparta of the degencracy of tho
times, got this left-handed sympathy
"What you say is uudoubtedlyS true, !.
for l remember that, when IwAsa bow
l heard my father say that, when he
was a. boy, he heard my grandfather
say the saun thing:
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1872-03-05

I one two thr'e four ,tJr'e liz or,
iw'k. w'k-lv 'ks w'ks mos mo's veal
Husinoss Cards. one year, ono dollar for every

Businoss Cards ore year, one dollar for every
line.
Local Notices, ten cpn's ner line each rsertio
snd AL notices continued for three month
longer. a discount Of rs per cent from these ra,es
Editorial Notices Is cents Ter lire for each nssr
iinn no notice inserted for less than one dollar
Advertisements unscrompanied by written %.
and charged accordingly.
Advertisements, under contract. ordered out be-
fore expiration OF time, will be charged full rates.
No paper dilcontinued until all arreargcs are
paid except az the option of the publisher.
Transient advertisements must be paid in sd-
yarca.
eas- Terms, CASH, pr-abla quarterly.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-09-13

9. n. PettengiIl Il Co. a.
rS Row, New York, aad Csc. P. Rowell s. Co.,
Advertising Agents. are The sole agents fer ne Pc.
uoleun Centre DAnr RECORD m that /city. Ad.
wrtsers 10 that city are requested to leave their
hvors with dther Of the above houses
EOOE, WETHERlLL 4 co. Adver-
tsng Agents, Philadelphia, are duly authorized
Agents for the REcoao In that city.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-09-13

Special notices 70 cents per iue, each insertion.
advertisements payable quarterly in advance
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-09-13

: 1ro 70. 60. Imported Wiue; and Liquors
Us FeC'iT. . end 'or Sole by GAFFNET,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-09
THE VAN SAUN FORGERY CASE.

Testimony OF the Bank Tcllcr-What
He Knows About Altered Checks-Mrs.
Posts Son the Stand.
Inc Van Saun forgery case came up at the Tombs
again yesterday morning.
The first witness examined was Alfred H. Timp-
son. formerly the paying teller of the Continental
National Bank, who said there was an account kept
In the bank In the name OF q. M. Harris e.
Co., which firm was composed of G. N. Harris
and Albert Van Saun; knew Van Saun in business
way, but not Harris; Van Saun generally drew
checks against Harris * Co. "a check exhiblted1
have seen this check with Mr.. Van Saun; he pre-
scented it to me on the 10th OF August last the
check was for $42; he said he wanted IL certified;
signed 1t after having debited Harris Co for the
amount; next saw 1t on the day OF the forgery;
the amount the check called for was $4,000.
Mr.. w. Ii. Post was called and testified that he
was a bank clerk; was acquainted with Albert Van
Sann, who is his cousin thought he had seen the
$42 check before, and shortly after the date 1t bears
his mother received it with some other papers from
J0nn Il. Parsons, her lawyer; did not know what
the other papers were; he avoided pur-
p0sely knowing what they were the check
Is not now in mymother's possession was present
At Mr.. John Parsons when he requested my mother
to return a check to him; one which he had placed
In her hands, she did not give it to him.
Owing to the absence OF Mrs. Post, who had been
6ubpGnaed to appear, Assistant District Attorney
Sullivan adjourned the case until ten O'Clock this
morning.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-09
NEW YORK HERALD THURSDAY MAY y ls72-TRIPLE SHEET
PROBABLE MURDER.
The Woman Who Married the Whole
Family Shot by the Last Husband
The yVousd-Be Murderer Arrested.


The HERALD or yesterday contained an account
OF the arrest OF young man named James
Smith, upon complaint of a woman named Eliza
Burdsell, who keeps house OF ill-fame at
the corner or Greene and Fourth streets.
The story told by the young mans father,
George p. Smith, an attorney at law, Marshal Of the
First District Civi Court, and formerly captain OF
the sixth precinct police, who became his bonds
man, IN reference to the woman marrying his
nephew, then himself ana finally running away
with and marrying his son In New Haven, il still
fresh In the minds of the readers OF the HERALD.
Yesterday afternoon young Smith, who seems to
be passionatey fond OF the woman went to her
house, NJ the above place. and after few angry
words with the woman drew n large-siZed seven
shooter and fired one shot at her. The bah entered
the groin OF the woman and she fell heavily Oh the
moor. As he was in the act OF firing the second shot
some person in the room knocked the revolver from
his hand. Being dsarmed he rushed into the street
and started on run through Washington square.
Officers Henderson and Palmer, Of the Fifteenth
precinct, who were in the vicinity, hearing the
shooting and observing young Smith running
through the street, gave chase and succeeded in
capturing him In West Washington square. A ply
stefan was summoned, who probcd for the ball,
but was unable to find IL. He pronOunces her
wounds not OF serious nature. Smith
raigned before Justice Cox, at Jefferson Market yes
terday afternoon, and remanded To the station
house until this morning.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-09
DOMESTIC MARKETS.

GALVESTON, May 8, 1872.
Cotton dull good ordinary 20,4c. Net receipts, rs
bales. Sales, i25 Stock, 9,IN.
NEw ORLEANS May g, 1872.
Cotton weak, nominal; middlings, &c Net receipts,
2S4 bales; gross y6. Exportsro Liverpool $50: TO
Havre, $685. Sales, 7so. stock, 1908
Cotton dull and nominal; middlings 24c Net receipts,
13 bales Sales, 49, Stock, lZ4s,.
SAVANNAH, May g. 1872
Cotton-Demand fair; holders lrni mddlings, 2,l4c.
Net receipts, 293 bales. Sales $50 Stock, lS,403
LOUISVILLE, May s, 1872
Tobacco firm and unchanged Sales l92 hbds
BUFFALO, N Y, May e, 1872
Lake importsCorn, 1000 bushels; oat ~ VO bushels.
Flour steady and in moderate demand. Wheat strong;
No Milwaukee club held at 81 IS; sales 1900 bushels
No Chicago spring at 81 CO. Corn easy sales II $50
bushels high mixed Toledo at Soc ec and 900 bushels
Rye quiet sales OF 400 bushels at 9 Barley du sales
OF 800 bushels Canada NJ 96c Seeds steady sales Of 400
bushels timothy at 81 30 So 10 10 bushels clover at So
70 bushels large clover at So Pork quiet $l3 3D. Lard
quiet at 9lac. Highwines nominal.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-09
SUSPECTED POISONING.

Another Brooklyn Scnsation-A Corpse
Exhumed In Westchester County and
Taken Back to the City OF Churches
for Investigation.
The City of Churches Is likely TO furnish another
sensation which, ere many days have passed, may
startlc the professedly moral inhabitants OF that
place. 1t seems that on the 9th OF April last Ed
ward o. Anderson who resided on Fulton avenue,
and who had been for some time previously con-
nectcd with the United States Internal Revenue
Department. died after q Short sharp illness
OF less than twenty-four hours. The physician
in attendance as Is understood, gave o certificate
setting forth that deceased had died OF gastritis,
ana the body was accordingly taken to his former
nome at ionkers, Westchester county, and there
inferred. From certain circumstances which have
reached the ears OF the dead mans relatives, VINO
nve In the last named place, they have
Iaii the matter, together with their sus-
pfcions, before the authorities of Kings
county, the result being that an undertaken,
armed with the order OF Brooklyn coroner, arrived
nj fonkers on Tuesday evening, and having ex
humcd the body, took It back to Brooklyn. IL Is I'M
detstood that the abdominal viscera was Yesterday
removed by Professor Doremus, who will at once
proceed to make an analytical Investigation as to
whether death was 0ccasioned by poison or other
means. Rum0rs are aioat which, il true mplicate
brooklyn doctor ana another near relative OF the
deceased as the Chief actors In what may prove
shocking tragedy.