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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-21
THE WIND AND THE MOON.
BY GEORGE MACDorALD,

said the Wind to the Moon II will blow you out,
You stare
In the air
Like ghost IN chair
Always looking what am about;
hate to be watched; will blow you out"
The Wind blew hard, and out went the Moon.
So, deep
Tn Il heap
OF clouds, to sleep
Down lay the Wind and Slumbered soon
Mutering low, i've done for that Moon"
lie turned on his bed she was there again!
On high
In the sky,
With her one ghost eye,
The Moon shone white and alive and plain.
SAID the Wind, 81 will blow you out again.
The Wind blew hard and the Moon grew dim.
"With my Slcdge
And my wedge
| have knocked Off her edge!
II only blow right fierce and grim
The creature will soon be DINNER than dim"
lie blew, and he blew, and she thlnned to thread
lone pun
MOrc'S enough
To blow her 10 snuff!
One good puff more where the last was breu, a.,
And glimmer, glimmer, glum VIII 20 the lhreau'
He blew IL great blast, and the thread was gone;
In the air
Nowhere
Was Il mOOnbeam bare;
Far of and harmless the sky stars shOnc;
Sure and certain the Moon was gone!
The Wind he took to his revels once more;
one down
In town,
Like II merry mad Clown,
He leaped and followed, with whistle and roar
" What's that?" The glimnering thread once
more?
He flew In a rage-he danced and blew
But in vain
Was the pain
OF his bursting brain.
For still the broader the mOOn-Scrap grew,
The broader he swelled his big cheeks ana blew.
Slowly she grew-till she filed the height,
And shOnc
On her throne
In the sky alone,
A matchlesS, wonderful, silver light
Radiant and lUvely-the queen of the night.
Said the Wind, What a marvel OF power am IL
With my BREATH
Good faith!
| blew her to death
First blew her away right out of the sky
Then blew her in: what a strength am l!'
But the Moon she knew nothing about the affair
For, high
In the sky,
With her one White eye,
miles above the air,
She had never heard of the Great Wind blare.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-21

Coop PERFORMANCE English
road steamer recently made the run
from Ipswich to Edinburgh by road,
a distance of $50 miles, in seventy
seven hours travelling time. The
engine is one of four now being bullt
for the Indian Government, under
Thomsons's patent, with lndia-rubber
tires, and is of II nominal horse
pO ver, but which has been worked up
to so indicated horsepower. Her
weight is about 13l tons; length, 10
feet; breadth, 8 feet s inches; height
to top ofchimney, 10 feet. The omni-
bus weighs about 81 tons, and seats
q passengers inside and Al outside;
and the chief difficulties encountered
by the engine on her journey appear
to have arisen from foraging for wafer
and coal. Since this trip she has maze
several of an experimental nature, III
one of which she took 40 tons of gross
load up hill one mile in length; with
an iucline of one in seventeen.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-21
Queer Mistakes Through Close Re.
semblance.

A brief letter from Dorchester,
Mass, to the Boston Advertiser, tells
the following:
There are in this town two twin
brothers, whose resemblance to each
other is so strong that strangers can
hardy tell them apart. They keep q
grocery and provision store, and
were one day bringing In bags OF meal
from wagon, which was out of sight
from inside the store. Nathan had
his coat OH, but Ell was in his shirt
sleeves. A stranger In the shop
watched them coming In and going
out one after the other, but only one
was visible at time, and at last ne
exclaimed to Eli: Well, you're
the smartest man I ever saw; but
why do you keep putting on anu
taking off your coat" These olo'ners .
and several other men were In tne
habit of getting up very early auu
going to swim in the Reservoir
Pond.u and once Ell going, as was
hi. wont, to Na,han's house, to call
him. hin saw bis own face reflected from
the glass, and taking 1t for his brother,
called out. "Come on they're all
waiting for you"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-21
Preparing n CrOquet Ground.

A subscriber to a foreign exchange
asked answers to the following: "Wha
is the best plan of lifting the sods of {
croouet ground and replacing them
after having leveled the ground. Fol
what length of time can the sods
without injury to themselves, be kept
lifted (rolled up)? Give suggestions
as to the form and best way of making
acroquet ground.
To these queries the editor replies
In the first place we would advise now
ing the ground closely, and then, when
clear Of the grass, and soft after rain,
rolling it well with Il heavy roller; then
stretch line, and nick along it reg,l-
larly with a sharp spade or edging iron;
lift and strain it at about q or three
feet, and repeat the cutting; then with
rod of whateve. length you propose
each roll of sod to be, and with a
sloping cut, nick across at right angles
to the previous cuts, insert the spade
and lift the sod rs evenly as possible
of about two inches in thickness, in
rolls, and leave one side out of the
way of the proposed croquet ground.
Then let the SURFACE now barred be
pointed lightly as possible, and made
level as a billiard table. Have mix
turc of very nice, light rich mould and
sand, and, spreading light coat of it
under each course of sods, as the work
proceeds, lay the latter closely and
evenly as possible, taking care they
fit tightly and evenly an the crosslaps.
Proceed thus till the whole is com
pleted, and then, having seen there are
no inequalities or gaping points, roll
well and often. The form of a croquet
ground should be parallelogram,
the length and breadth. of course,
being in accordance with the space of
ground at your disposal. We cannot
fix any length Of time for sods keeping
without injury; it will depend great
deal as to their being where cattle or
any intruders likely to injure them
have no access. Otherwise, except as
regards loss of their ver,llre, they may
remain long enough without injury.
Why not, however, finish the work Off
hand at once? A top dressing of any
light, fine stuff by-and-bye will do no
harm. 1t will improve the verdure,
and fill up any little chinks or Unequal
tiles that may exist.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-21

1t is to wine drinking, says an ex-
aminer of musty records, that we owe
the origin of the kiss. After Micen-
Mus caught his wife sucking his mn
est wines through the bung hole OF
barrel with straw, the custom, be-
came general i'm Rome for the nus
bands to kiss the lips of their wives
that they might discover the quality
of their good ladies' stolen libations
and Cato the elder recommends this
plan to the serious attention OF al
careful heads of families.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-21

A farmer near Nashua, n. H., re-
Gently bargained his farm to another
farmer for $1,000, but wheI the day
and the purchaser arrived, informed
him that his wife was in Mysteries
about the trade, and he guessed he
would back out. "But," said the
purchaser, 81 have come a long as
fance want the farm, and must have
II. How much more would induce
YOU to SELF" "Well," replied the
3rriculturist, "give me $3.50 more ana
let hec ,ry."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-21

An Omaha schOolmistress, who was
afraid of getting her beauty spoiled
by smallpox, sent home a little girl
because she said her mother was sick
and had marks on her face. The
next day the girl appeared and to the
trembling teacher said: "Miss-,
we've got a little baby at our house,
but mamma told me to tell you it
isn't catching"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-21

personal and bloody campaign against
society longer than the whole rev0,
lutionary war. Osceola, or PoWeii
(wh0 was an immnediate mixture OF
indian and negro blood and who
fought over large region gave out In
a much shorter space Of resistance.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-21

God writes for the few, lessons OF
beauty in the clouds; but they are
translated for the masses by the rain
drops into bettor understood lessons
OF utility.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-21

A Kentucky couple were married
on the platform of railway depot
The bride wore no train.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-11-01
Eh"mkssiving Proclamation.

WASHINGTON, Oct. II.
By the President of the United States 6,
America, Proclamation,
! Whereas, The revolution of another ven,
mas agaia brought the time when /, is usual
10 look back upon the past, ana pub,;clv
'hank the Almighty for his mercies and Lis
| blessings, and NJ
Whereas, If any one people has IN ore &C.
cas'on than another for Just thankiulness. i,
IS the citizens of the United States. whose
Government is their creature, pubi ct to
their behests; who have reserved Ia them-
es.Ves amples civil and religious freedom
ana equality before the law; who, during
the last Twelve months have enjoyed exemp.
liens from any grievances or general calsm.
ny; and to whom prosperity in Agriculture.
manufactures and commerce has been vopch
safed.
Therefore, by these considerations. "a
commend that on Thursday, the 2stb dav
OF November next, the people meet in tbei,
respective places of worship and there make
'heir Acknowledgements to God for bin kind
ness and bounty.
In witness whereof here unto set mo
hand and caused the seal of the Irni,ed
States to be affixed,
zone at the city of Washington, this 1ltb
oay OF October, in the year of our Lord
1917, and Of tho Independence of the
United States the ninetyIseveuth.
[Signed1 l.s cp.,
BY President.
HAMILTON FIsH,
Secretary of State.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-11-01

=. M. PettengiIl e. Co. ~
ARK nov, Now York, and Geo. P. Rcwe,l g. Co.,
Advertising Agents, are the sole agents for ne Pc.
} sroleum Centre DAILY RsooRD in that city, Ad.
sertisers In that city are requested to leave their
Avors with either of the above houses
tY-.COE, WETHERILL & co. Adyer-
Using Agents, rhiladephia, are duly authorized
The Placer herald., 1872-06-08
COnStaDIe'S Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED
ID by II. c. Poland, Justice Of the Peace OF
Township No, 3, Placer County, State of Cali
fornia, on the 9th dag OF June, A. d. 1872, and
to me directed n favor Of the People of the State
Of California, and against c. W. Thomas and Ger
tain real estate, judgment eighty-eight dollars
and eighty cents (S8S S0-l00ths), costs, twelve
dollars (sl2 COY, for taxes and percentage for
the year a. D. 1871. l have levied, seized and
Will expose to public sale, at the Courthouse
door, in the town OF Aubnrn, township No. >,
Placer county on
SATURDAY, The 29TH DAY or JUSE, A. D. 1872,
at the hour of II o'clock, a. NJ, all the right,
title, interest and claim of the said c. " Thomas
and certain real estate in and to the following
described real property lying and being in Placer
County, to-wit: The Green EmigrGnt Mine and
VI Hing ccmpany's mine and mill, and all ma
ch merry connected with said mine and mill, sit
uated on Bald il in that mining district OF
Placer County, and near the Nevada road, about
four miles northorly from Auburn, in township
No. 3, Placer county, Cal. or 50 much thereof ae
viii satisfy the above judgment with costs and
aceruing costs, together with all and singular the
appurtouances thereunto belonging.
JOHN LINEGAR,
Constable, Township No. 3, Placer county.
Auburn, June 9th, 1872. ieS-3w
The Placer herald., 1872-06-08
Con5tabie'S Sale.

DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED
ID 10y Il. c. Poland, Justice of the Peace OF
Township No 3, Placer County, State of Cali
forna on the 22d day of May, A. D. 1872, and
to me delivered, in favor of the People of the
State of California and against A. G.. Read and
certain real estate, for taxes for the year A. d
1871, judgment three dollars and fifty-one cents
($3.5I), costs twenty-five dollars and ten cents
(25l0), have levied upon, seized and will ex-
pose to public sale at the Courthouse door in
the town of Auburn,
OK SATURDAY, THE 15TH DAY OF JUNE,
A. D. 1872 at the hour of 10 o clock A. NJ all the
right, title, interest and claim of the said A.
G.. Read in and to the following described
real property lying and being in Placer county,
N so much thereof as will satisfy said Judgment
costs and accruing costs, to-wit lot of land
with building thereon, situated about one halt
mile east from the town of Damascus, in Town
ship No. 7, Placer county, California, and known
as the Forks House, together With all and sin
gular the appurtenances thereunto belonging
JOHN LINEGAR
Constable Township No. 8, Placer County
Auburn, May %, 1872. my25-3w
The Placer herald., 1872-06-08
CoHGtablo'S Sale.

pY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED
ID by r. c. Poland, Justice of the Peace OF
Township No. 3, Placer County, State of Cali
fornia on the lst day of June, A. ID. 1872, and
to me directed in favor OF the People Of the
State Of California and against j. w. Dickerson
and certain real estate, far taxes and percentage
for The year 4. d. 1871; Judgment, twenty
dollars and sixty cents (27 60-l00ths), costs six
teen dollars and ten cents DC l0-l00ths), | have
have levied upon, sez d and will expose to pub
lie sale, at Auburn, in front of the Courthouse
door, on
SATURDAY, The 29TH DAY or JUNE, A. d. 1872,
at the hour Of ii clock A. NJ, all the right, title
interest and claim of the said J. W. Dickerson
and certain real estate in and to the following
described real property, lying and being in Pa-
Ger county to-wjt; Ranch containing about nine
hundred acres Of land, situate near the road
leading from Auburn to Forest Hill near tn
town OF Todd's Valley, and known as the North
Star ranch, in township No. 5. Placer County.
Cal, bounded on the southwest by land of Bryan
on the south by land by Humphrey, on the eas,
by land Of Wk,tc and on the north by land OF
Lowell & Smith or 90 much thereof as will sat
isfy the above judgment with costs and accruine
costs, together with all and singular the appur.
tenauces thereunto belonging
JOHN LTNEGAR,
Constable, Township No. 8, Placer county.
Auburn, June 9th, 1872. ieS-3w
The Placer herald., 1872-06-08
STKUCn IT AT LAST.

The Sacramento Uiiion is cooing for COM
pany. We hope that it will pardon lis if we
mistake its position. Referring TO an article
headed possibilities Of the Election" in
Wednesdays issue, we find programme for
the election of Gratz Brown President though
he is only candidate for Vice President.
The thing is possible, though not without
Gods assistance. If God would strike a
majority OF Grants Congressmen blind, as he
did Saul Of Tarses while on his road to hang
Christians, with his pockets full Of ropes,
ana then convert them into good men like
he did Saul, then the Unions plan might
work. AS it is, the devil Grant has a
majority Of the Congressman from two-thirds
of tie States, and nnless God interposes the
devil will carry his point when the election
goes to Congress. The Union wants several
candidates for President, and Gratz Brown
on all these tickets for Vice President. This
would elect Brown Vice President IT,
that terrible If, the house fails to elect, then
Brown will be President. We like this pro-
gramme, but it is as deceptive as spooks,
hobgoblins and Jacko'-Lanterns, and is be-
yond the range of human probabilities, and
won't work But if the Adams, Hancock
and Greeley parties can elect Brown in this
devil around the bush way, why not put
Greeley on all the tickets as well as Brown,
and make a sure thing of electing both -? If
we can draw any inference from the Oa1on S
speculatons, it is that they are opposed to
all the Presidential candidates named or to
be named, but strong for B. Gratz Brown
for President, if be can enter after going
"around Robin Hoods barn." We are des
pcrately in favor Of beating Grant and his
thieves, but will postpone this possibility oI
the Unions until all human means are ex
hausted, and then We may call on God and
the Sacramento Union.
The Placer herald., 1872-06-08
CCnStablO'S Sale.

DY WRITE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED
ID by II. T. Kelly Justice of the Peace o.
Township No s. Placer county State of Cali
fornia, on the 4th day of May, A. D. 1872, and
to me directed, upon judgment rendered il
said Court on the 4,h day Of May A. D. 1872, in
favor Of X. a. Mcdonald and against Frederick
Holman judgment, three hundred and ten dol
lars and thrty-seven cents (33l037), costs,
terest from date on judgment at the rate of ten
per cent per annum, have levied upon, seized
and will expose to public sale to the highest bid
front of L. T. helly's Office in Forest Hill town
ship No s. Placer county, on
SATURDAY. TIE 18TH DAY or JU.iE, 1872
at the hour of o'clock, PM all the right. title,
interest and claim Of the sa d Frederick Hoffman
in and tc the following property living and being
in Placer county, to-wt: A certain mining claim
known as the Western claim and formerly com
prising what was known as the Iowa claim: the
Know Nothing claim; said promises lying be-
tween the Boston claim and those Of the Balti-
more, 2-l2ths interests, together with ali of de
fendant's rights and privileges to sad premises
belonging together with costs and accruinc
costs.
Also one and three-fourth 40 interests in
the Pioneer Tunnel and mining claim. situatec
in township No. 5, Placer county California
bounded on the west by the Marso claim. to-
gether with all defendants rights and privileges
to said claim belonging. The same to be sold at
the time and place above named.
WM. KRYSHER,
Constable Township No. 5, Placer County.
Forest Hill, May 2lst. 1872. mv25-3v
The Placer herald., 1872-06-08

HE (Greeley) is too amiabe. Had he been
invested with Major Generals commission,
like Gen. Carl Schurz we fear that he would
have tainted at the first sight o. blood.
We clip the above from the Spirit Of the
Times, paper that is body aud boots for
Grant. The insinuation that General Schurz
proved coward on the field will not aid
Grant and his thieves to German votes. 1t
is not only a falsehood, but very indiscreet
one. Certainly Greeleys heart is too tender
to yearn for blood and tyranny and his i'm
pulses are too honest to allow the country 10
be robbed as Grant and his thieves are now
doing. Keep on abusing Schurz and Greeley
that helps the Liberal Republican cause.
The Placer herald., 1872-06-08
CENTRAL COHMti1EE MEETING.

In pursuance to call the members of the Dem
ocratic County Central Committee of Placer
county met this day at the PLACER HERALD Office,
in Auburn, with W. NJ. Crutcher IN the chair,
and Robert Kennedy secretary
The members of tho committee reported that
they had used due diligence to ascertain the
sentiments of tho party in their several sections
as TO whether a County Convention should be
called to elect delegates to the State Convention,
or whether the committee should appoint them,
and that the sentiment was largely in favor Of
the committee appointing. The following gen
tlemen were then duly and unanimously elected
delegates to represent the Democracy Of Placer
county III the State Convention, to be held in
San Francisco on the 10Th OF june, 1872, to send
delegates to tho National Democratic, Convention
TO be held ut Baltimore on July 9th 1872. A.
Breeze Gen, Jo Hamilton, Judge b. +. MyIcs,
w D. Perkins, Wm. H. Hunt, James II. Nick
erson, S. A. Boutwell, and T. B. Harper The
following resolutions were then unanimously
adopted.
Resoiued-That our delegates are instructed to
oppose the nomination of Presidential Electors
at the Forthcoming State Convention as prema-
turc and impoltic until the action of the Balti-
more Convention Is fully known.
Resoluad That our delegates are hereby in
structed to oppose the organization Of conven-
tion to nominate Congressional candidate foi
tho Second Congressional District, and to take
no part in such Il convention should one be or
ganized.
RcSolrcd-That a majority of the delegates
present are hereby authorized to cast the vote
Of ell absentees
Resolred--That the Secretary furnish copy oi
these resolutions with the credentials to oui
delegates.
On motion tho Committee adjourned.
w. NJ. CRUTcuER,
Chairman.
The Placer herald., 1872-06-08

How is That ?--Wi i'll some Democratic
paper that is fighting for straight Demo-
crac nominee at Baltimore, and casting in
situations at what they are pleased to term
their gushing cotemporaries, answer this
question Is not Grant and all his organs
and thieves fighting for straight Demo
cratic nomination al Baltimore, and are you
not aiding the thieves more eilectually than
if you would go over to them at once? Speak
up, gentlemen; the public and your gushing
cotcmporaries want the answer speedily, and
in plain words. Get ont of your shells and
learn wisdom from your enemies. lfGrant's S
managers are smart then you are working
for him, but if you are smart Grant is in
the hands of fools. But answer the ques-
tion: why are you working to accomplish all
that Grant and his thieves ask?
The Placer herald., 1872-06-08
NOTICE TO LEGAL ADVERTISERS.

Every notice required by law to be pub
lished Except those to be paid for by the
County, must, 10 be legal or Of any binding
force, be published in the PLACER HERALD.
Our contract with the State binds us, under
penal bonds. to do all this work until Jan
uary 1st 1876, and the State bound its
Courts to recognize no such notice as legal
until it is first published in the PLACER HER.
AID. Advertisers can sec the contract at this
office.
The Placer herald., 1872-06-08

GREElEY RATIFICATION MEETIsa.-NEw loRB,
June 3.-The meet ng at the Cooper Institute
tonight, to ratify the nomination OF Greeley ana
Brown, was an immense affair. The building
was packed aud the enthusiasm great. General
John Coehrane presided. Speeches were MADE
by him, Senator Upton and others. Resolutions
we're adopted ratifying the nominations maze at
Cincinnati, and calling on AL to cooperate IN the
work to which the ticket is dedicated. Senator
Doolttle then made the speech Of the evening
about the Philadelphia and Baltimore Conyeh-
tons He believes the latter will accept Greeley
70 this we may add that not a 1.-THE of the
vast throng could enter the building and
stands were erected outside on the square,
and speeches made from them. The New
York Herald Grant paper) says this was
the largest, most enthusiastic and imposing
demonstration ever witnessed in New York,
except one.
The Placer herald., 1872-06-08
$50 REWARD,

STRAlED OR STOLEN FROM THE
- range between Newcastle and Stewards Flat
+ miles south of Auburn, in April, 1871, PALE
RED COW, with little white ON one hind foot
anu anu one norm shorter than the other-looking as
broken or Injured when young. This Cow is
medium SIZE, about eight years old, and branded
wv both on the right side and right hip, and
ear marked with right ear cropped and slit in
lett ear When the Cow was missed she had
young calf.
Ihe above reward VII be paid for the Cow
and Calf, or Sl5 for the Cow when delivered at
.ne unders'Sned's Ranch, near Bald hill, two
miles from Auburn, or a reasonable reward for
information left at the PLACER HERALD officer ns
to where she cap be found
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