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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-12-26
Varieties.

The height of mpertinence-Asking
Jew what his Christian name is.
A LOUISIANA man is so opposed to
capital punishment that he can't even
tolerate paper hangings.
IF small girls are waits, are large ones
waters? Certainly" said sweet six
teen, at least the boys have the habit
of applying them to their lips when
sealing their VOWS"
MAN and wife are generally called
one. Some people, though, reckon
them two. But ten is the proper cal
culation of some couples-the wife one
and the husband a cypher.
STRAIN is a ridiculous word. When
it stands for song it means sound.
When it stands Tor strain it means
unsound. 1t may have sound sense,
but it has deal of nonsense about it
too.
The Gossip man of the Detroit
Tribune finds the following smile for his
foot wrapper "Thirty thousand feet
of hose belonging to the Boston fire de-
partment were burned by the Sunday
blazes. The department will need a
new stocking of that part of its equip
ment."
A DAVENPORT man, with three mar
riageable daughters, has posted the fol-
lowing notice over his bell-pull 'sWood,
Sc a cord coal, 80 cents bushel; gas
dear and bad. Parties staying after 9
o'clock will please settle quarterly. N.
B.-A reduction made after popping,
and the full amount added to the bridal
douceur."
A STRANGER fell into the river at De-
troit the other day. AS he was being
helped out some one seized him by the
hair and drew him up. Where's the
man who pulled my hair" yelled the
victim as he reached the dock. "Jus
show me the Apache who did it, and
I'll mash him in minute"
A YOUNG officer of the British House
of Commons wore tremendous pair of
mustaches," on which one of the
members said, My dear fellow, now
the war is over, why don't you put your
mustaches on the peace establish
ment?" "Had you not better put your
tongue on the civil list ?" was the
prompt and happy retort.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-12-26
Rural Items.

The annual production of hay is not
far from 25,0C0,000 tons.
THE hog crop of Illinois will be one
fourth larger than last year.
TIE corn crop this year is the largest
ever gathered-a billion and a half of
bushels.
In Missouri the number of hogs for
1871 is given at 2,9l5, los, and for 1872,
2,5I4, 1898.
The total value of the grass crop
in the United States is not far from
S500,000,O0O.
RHODE ISLAND is the only New En-
gland State where farms are increasing
in value.
THE State of Tennessee contains about
29,OOO,O0O acres, of which only 100000
are improved.
The United States produces annually
100000 pounds of wool. The yearly
production Of the world is about l,OOO,-
900 tons.
A FOREIGN professor claims to have
proved, by series of experiments, that
when we churn whole milk we sacrifice
one-third of the butter.
P. 7. BARNUM is largely in the bust
ness of horse-raising in Colorado, and
has already 5000 head of cattle on his
stock rancho of $4,000 acres, situated
near Puebla. e.a
Mr.. J. I. HOLMAN, an old Texas cattle
raiser. says that the supply of cattle in
Texas is being. rapidly exhausted, and
that in four years steer will be worth
more there. than he is to-day in Illinois.
A FARMER of Grand Haven, Mich,
tried to pass through a narrow door side
by side with his horse. Z 1t was a. ques-
ton OF human We. equine compressibii-
ty. He hopes to become rounded out
again in time. i-s
PRESENT corn rates in Illinois range
from Is to Is cents for IS pounds in the
ear. Prices of land are. 20 to 80 ner
cent. lower than four years ago, and the
farmers are saying that three, or even
two, more such crops as were had in
1870, 1871 and 1872 would bring their
great staple to 10 cents and their farms
to $l5 to $25 per acre, or les than
enough to release the mortgages now
covering them. Freights to Boston are
80 cents per 100 pounds against 40 to 60
cents when corn was twice or three
times the price it is at present-iacts
which ought to add weight to the areu.
ment against risking the whole of one
fortune in single ship.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-12-26

wildly" where am I?-Cousin-what
where ?" Then, as she locked around.
and saw the reality of the position, she
shuddered, and sank fainting and I'M
conscious into my arms. Bearing her
as swiftly and tenderly as could along
the Oaken Gallery, laid her on sofa
that stood in the adjacent corridor and
hurrying to Lady Treherne's door,
aroused my aunt from her sleep, and
related in few words what had befallen
her daughter; and how, a second time.
she had been providentially snatched
from the jaws of death.
1t was the association of ideas that
did the mischief-not a doubt Of it,
said the old family physician, who had
known Blanche from her infancy; ''the
cure seemed complete, and in effect was
so; but no doubt the Christmas spent
for the first time at the old house and
IN the old way the similarity of the
weather and of the evenings amuse.
ments and, above all, Mr.. Carew's pres
ence, with the memory of the former
adventure, influenced our young friends
fancy in manner that might have been
But We don't talk of that now
The Trehernes left Bramshaw at
once; and at their earnest wish | accom-.
panied them, and paid the remainder
OF my visit at their house in London.
Here it was that l learned TO find
Blanche very, very dear to me and that
after some weeks ventured to ask her
to be my wife. " / thought" said l, as
l took her little hand, unresisting, in
mine, that you rather disliked me
than otherwise formerly; but perhaps
now"
E" Do you remember four years ago ?"
she asked, interrupting me, and with a
burning cheek and glance, nalf arch,
half SLY, that puzzled me greatly.
" Yes, OF course l do" answered L,
perplexed.
I" Because have loved you ever since
ever since you-first-n and she shud-
dered, and hid her beautiful blushing
face on my shoulder.
Sir Charles and Lady Treherne gave
their willing sanction to the engage
ment between Blanche and myself,
which was equally welcome to my own
parents; but on account Of the youth of
the bride-elect, it was thought better to
postpone the wedding for another year,
till Miss Treherne should have passed
her seventeenth birthday.
When l asked her, as in duty bound,
to name the day for that all-important
ceremony, the dear girl hesitated for a
moment, and then, with tears, but not
OF sorrow, spar king in her loving eyes,
she softly made answer, "Chrlstmas-
eve. "-BtLgravia AnnuaL
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-12-26
A Christmas Carol.

Midnight was Ger world that slept
Beneath the naughty gaze of Rome;
But still Imnerial Caesar kept
Carousals in his stately home.
From north to south, from east to west,
The Roman reigned as lord contest.
He little felt-the warrior gray
An infant take his sword away.
In the solemn midnight.
Centuries ago.
The felon groaned within his cell.
His chains had worn all hope away,
Ne sunlight on his dungeon fell,
He had forgot the face eff day.
Within his heart-that gloomy lair
There erouched the scowling fend, Despair I
he little knew. as there he lay,
A child had ta'en his sins away,
In the solemn midnight,
Centuries ago.
A mother wept her darling dead,
Her tears fell fast upon its bier.
All JOY had from her spirit fled
The world itself was black and drear-
She only wished to be at rest
With the lost jewel of her breast.
She felt not, as she knelt to pray,
An infant drive her grief away,
IL the solemn midnight,
Centuries ago.
An aged man was dying fast,
His life arose before his soul,
And as the guilty record passed,
The tears of bitter sorrow roll.
But as he weeps, a strange delight
Falls on his now death-shrouded sight
He saw with life's expiring ray.
little infant led the way,
In the solemn midnight,
Centuries ago.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-12-26
The FOllOW.merlad.

AS she hurried along. from square to square,
The curb smiled bright, and the bricks grew
glad;
For her step was soft, and her face was fair,
And behind her hoatsd a Follow me-lad.
know not how she was dressed, nor care:
L only know. had fairy babe
d. name one wish why. then and there
Id have wished to be changed t. her Follow
1ne-lad. o"
Only ribbon around a neck,
Only ribbon. plain or plaid;
Only look, saying: Come at my beck"
Only, only Follow me-lad!
Only life hanging round that neck,
Only life to make happy or sad
Only fate to prosper or wreck;
Only, only a Followme-ladl
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-12-26
The Rattlesnake.

The rattlesnake is, perhaps, the most
sluggish OF all the serpent tribe; for
even the putfadder of the Cape, which
has that reputation in general, is very
active when enraged; but the rattle
snake, excepting just after and just be-
fore It's winter sleep, never bites except
in seif-defense, and does not 90 out of
its way to attack any one Tn ess mo-
Tested, there is very little to fear from
this snake; but the misfortune is that
you cannot tell when you are going to
modest it, as, in coming down bluff, or
picking your way in gully, you may,
With the best intention in the world,
put your foot on a rattlesnake. And
then the terrific swittness of his dart
Not even the. cobra, which had always
considered rivaled the very lightning in
Its movements-mOvem which |
will defy any European eye to follow
is quicker than the rattlesnake in that
one deadly act. Yet, to strike it must
be in a close coil, it's head and neck be-
ing erect; it throws itself out about
three-fourths of its length, supporting
itself entirely on the tail part. / have,
however, known two persons who have
capped; a third, as will be seen, was still
more remarkably fortune. One, a gen
tleman who has killed more than fifty
of them, recognized what his foot
touched without stopping to look, and
jumped higher than he had probably
ever done before in his life; the other
was not so quick, and the reptile struck
him three times with electric quickness.
but his trowsers and long boots saved
him. This disposes OF fallacy very
generally held, that venomous serpents
will not bite twice in succession; there
were the three pair of fang-marks quite
plainly to be seen on his white trowsers.
One young man who was bathing in the
River Plattee had more extraordinary
escape still for, on emerging from the
water, he sat down, being of course
completely naked, on a rattlesnake.
which was baslzing in the grass. Wheth-
er he sat upon the reptiles head, or
whether the creature was too astonished
by his sudden descent. can never be
known, but certain it is that the alright
ed bather leaped up with shrek and
escaped unhurt.
1t is told that this particular serpent
has very offensive oe!or when irritated,
and that DR.. Hamilton Roe owed his
life to knowledge of that fact. The
physician having opened box directed
TO the Superintendent OF the biological
Gardens, London, put his hand-most
rashly, 1t seems TO me-under the dry
moss which appeared, to see what was
there. He touched something alive,
and the smell told him it was rattle.
snake. Had he withdrawn his hand
rapidly, he would have been bitten to
certainty; but he had the presence Of
mind to stroke the reptile, which al
lowed him to take his hand gently away.
This is well-known story 1 only refer
to 1t to add that this odor is so powerful
AMI permanent that when a snake is
irritated and made to bite the rake Or
hoe with which it is intended to kill
hm-and, as may be supposed, this is
very often done-the implement will
retain the same unpleasant smell for
months. Once known, it is always recog-
nizable.- Chambers Journal
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-12-26
True Freedom.

A tyrant needeth not throne
10 win the hated name;
Who Tuleth not his household well. e
Must own the tyrant's shame. =
VINO tramples down of slaves but one,
Is cen worthless thing;
No matter be his title great.
Or be he one of small estate. x
Or master. lord, or king. "a
The husband loving not his wife
Parent to child unkind-
Who shuns his homo for brutal lows.
To suit british mind;
Whoever harms living thing.
Whate'er may be its name
The ass that bears its daily toll.
Or meanest worm that crawls the soil
Must own the tyrant's shame, -
When peace prevaiIs-in every home, ~
When k indrid love is found
And each to all shall feel the tie,
Brother to brothers bound:
When none shall dare deed to do
Which others' wrong may be,
But each shall covers we'll his heart.
And shun himself the tyrant's part,
Then-then mankind is free!
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-12-26

A FEW days ago the inhabitants of a
country town in England were filed
with conjecture at the following sign
painted in large capitals on the front of
a house recently fitted up and repaired
I" Mrs. Brown, Dealer in all sorts of
Ladies" All was CONSERVATION. In
quiry was instantly set on foot as to
who this Mrs. Brown might be, but no
one could tell. She was a stranger in
the town. The second week alter the
mystery was unraVeled. The house
painter returned to finish his work, and
conclu ded by adding, ''and Gentlemen
Wearing Apparel"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-12-26

CHICAGO has $4,000 school children.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-12-26

THE annual production of hay is not
far from 25,0C00J0 tons.
THE hog crop of Illinois will be one
fourth larger than last year.
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under protest, written or oral, ana "i.u no
expeetatlon that the arrangement Will iast
long. Those who have yielded the most SUD-
mssively have frankly told their hands that
the new terms are only an experiment, anu
that It would be sure 10 fall and that next iall
or winter, or whenever slack work ana haed
times come, the concession would nave 10 10
reconsdered. The strikers themselves rea'ize
this. and know that having taken advantages
Of the busy season to enforce their demands
the pinch must come, when the EMPLOYERS
will seriously consider whether the loss oy
closing the shops will not be less than the ioss
BY keeping them open. Mr.. stelnWay toa MS
men that the twenty per cent addition TO Inc
cost of manufacturing plano-fortes by tne
eIpht-hour movement would kill his export
trade, reduce his business fifty per cent, ana
finally drive him to seek refuge from the
eipht.hour movement In Astoria. For the
operative piano-makers of New YORK aao
other mechanics the Obvious alternative is
either TO secure diffusion Of tbe movement
all over the country, and thus place all manu-
facturers on the same footing, or to make up
,he,r minds to follow the trade, which Will De
! sacrificed where the eight-hour law prevails
into quarters where no elght.hour limit has
heen fixed.
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TBz Laurens Herald says: "Wth all due
''respect to old leaders, and those who
'iormerly shaped public opinion, we think
.the time has come for them to retire, OF
'least to some degree. They may represent
s'the power behind the throne, yet we think
'.the .logic OF events would dictate to them
''that they are no longer the throne ITSELF
'They have, in political sense, become
.sssuperannuated, and must hereafter be con-
"tent to rest upon the pension OF their
'iormer laurels."
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Rnstetter's Bitters.

3B- A DEAD DEL USION.-THE THEO-
RY that human beings whose strength has been
exhausted by pain and sickness can be restored
by depicting medicines and water cruel. II moi
absolutely dead delusIon, is In the last agonies
OF dissolution. At length 1t Is understood that
strength cannot be purged Into a debilitated
Frame though life may easily be purged out OF it.
and that 1t is abodr az wise to withhold q health
ful stimulsnt from the weak, In the expectation
that they win rally without one, as it would be to
deprive lamp OF oil and expect 1t to burn the
brighter for 1t. l..-.-..ll
The immense and uniform success which has
attended the use OF that wonderful combination
OF pure stimulant with the finest medicinal
herbs, known as HosTETTER'S STOMACH BIT.
TERs, has largely assisted In dIspelling the ab'
surd chimera. Frantic attempts are made to re-
ylye It, but 10 yain When the sick feel that their
strength is departing, and that unless invigorat
ed they must utterly break down, 1t is in vain to
tender them feculent slops in the place OF genuine
restoratives. They may be imposed upon in this
way once, but the imposition cannot be repeated.
They desire to be refreshed comforted, braced up,
and decline to be grIped second time.
Under the operation OF the Bltters, on the other
hand, all the processes necessary to physical res.
toratIon 90 on simultaneously. The system is
stimulated and toned, the bowels regulated, the
appetite cultivated, the nerves composed and the
condition OF the blood improved at one and the
same time by q single medicine. Common sense
tells US that such preparation must be invslu-
able. jun3-mwf3D&C
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-03
The nom,nation of Judge willard.

II
Colonel NJ. B. Delany, as the spokesman
of several thousand colored Republicans,
formally invited Mr.. Justice Willard, OF the
State Supreme Court, to say whether be
would be willing to become candidate for
| Governor Of South Carolina on the basis OF
~ an honest, impartial and economical
administration OF the government on Repub-
lican principles; (2) rural homesteads to the
freedmen and poor whites-this to be ac-
complished without an increase Of taxation;
(3) education OF the common people on the
pubic school system; (4) half of the State
officers white and half colored, namely, the
Governor, Attorney General, Superintendent
of Education and Treasurer to be whites,
and the Lieutenant-Goyerno Secretary OF
State, Adjutant.G General and Comptroller
General to be colored competency In
each being always required, and the same
rule of division to apply, where practicable,
to county officers.
In his reply, which, together with Colonel
Delary's letter is printed in The Repubti-
can OF Saturday, Judge Willard says that
his inclinations lead him In the direction OF
judicial life, but this is not a time for per
sonal considerations to have weight. He is
satisfied that the State is able to provide for
the discharge ofall her obligations il financial
reform begins at once, and after full dis
cussion OF the political situation announces
that if he receives "the Republican nomina.
sstion as Governor" on a basis embodying
the propositions submitted to him, he will
unhesitatingly accept it. 1,
Judge Willard was born in Albany, N. T.,
in 1922, and was admitted to the bar 10 1916.
Three years later he was appointed asSis-
tant counsel OF the corporation OF New York
under Judge Davis. In 1s4s the election OF
Democrat deprived him Of his Office, and
he was associated ia the practice OF his pro-
iession, at different times, with Judge Nor
rell and Judge Howe. In November, 1864,
he entered the Union army, and received q
commission as Lieutenant-C Colonel OF the
Thirty.fifth Regiment Of colored troops
When he left tho service in: 1866 he was ap-
pointed Solicitor OF the Second Military Dis
trict, and to take charge OF the Bureau of
Civil Affairs. which position he held until
elected Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court OF this State by the General Assembly
on the 3Oth of July, 1868. Judge Willard is
man of undoubted ability, and is highly
esteemed for the dignity with whichshe has
discharged the onerous duties OF his office.
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Governor seo,t,s Little Game.

The injunctions granted by Judge willard
on Saturday, strengthen the Suspicion Ina.
covernor Scott is preparing fnaAcial
cou,.,ze-u,aiu which will astonish the public
creditors, add crowning glory to his ad-
miuistration, and-fll his yawning pockets.
Having alarmed the bondholders by the an-
nouncement that the Legislature had made
no provision for the payment OF the interest
on the State debt, an assertion which he
knows to be glaringly untrue, he now causes
the State treasurer. be enjoined from re-
ceiving the Revenue bond scrip in payment
Of taxes, and from paying any drafts which
the State treasurer has drawn upon them.
Under this injunction the delinquent tax
payers whose property, to the amount OF
hundreds OF thousands OF acres, will be sold
within the next two or three weeks, must
pay their taxes in cash, and purchasers must
pay cash, instead Of scrip, for what lands
they buy. This will glut tho treasury, and'
az the drafts drawn in exchange for al un-
conscionable amount OF legislative pay olils
connot, under the Injunction, be paid, there
would seem to be no reason why the whole
sum will not be available for the payment OF
the overdue interest on the State debt, or
for such other purpose as will cause the
bonds to advance and fill the Golfers OF the
Ring. The existence ola huge official specu-
latlop is the only Interpretation that can be
put upon the extraordinary letter OF Gov.
ernor Scotps secretary, taken In connection
with the ipjunctions which have 30 swiftly
followed 1t.
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TIE Lancaster Ledger says that no good
can come from do-nothing policy, and this
State should be represented in the Baltimore
Convention "at all hazards" Relief to the
State "must come from the National party"
In case the Democracy nominate straight
ticket the South Carolina delegates should
"withdraw from the Convention"
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-03

: THE Aiken Tribune is auth orized to say
that the State Radical Convention, for the
nomination OF State ticket and other Dusl-
ness, will not be called until tic latter part
of August or early In September.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-03

THE Georgetown Times says: "All the
s'other Southern States will be represented
Sat Baltimore, and for South Carolina to
ssrefuse joining them In counsel would be for
'sher to arrogate to herself superiority in
s.patriotism aud wisdom not possessed by her
ssSouthern SISTERS"
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-03

THE Clarendon Press advocates the send
ing OF delegates to the Baltimore Convention
who shall use their influence against Dem
ocratic nomination.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-03

A coNsIDERArE correspondent sends US
the names OF number OF candidates for
whom he and his friends propose to vote in
October. We are pleased to pu blish all such
communications fifteen cents line.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-03

TIE Walhalla Courier does not deny that
our chief interests centre In the State, but it
believes that .national success is the only
''road, In our present condition, to State sue
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