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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06
From the Detroit Mich Tribune.
a COyv-ardIy Sensation.

A COW was the cause of a most re
markable instance of devastation few
nights since. Breaking into the yard OF
Mr.. Lamberts dwelling, aud putting her
head into an empty barrel In an exploring
tour for any contents 1t might have, she
was unable to extricate herself, and soon
became thoroughly frightened and began
TO rush wildly round. In this condition
she forced her way into the woOdshed. and
thence into the kitchen, and thence into
the dining room Of the house, becoming /
The while more furious. From this
room she made her way into the parlor,
throwing down and tram bling under foot
everything that came in her way. Mrs
Lambert aroused her husband, who arose
and went for help. The COW next rush
ed into the bedroom where Mrs. Lam
bert. with little baby and one child,
occupied bed, and another child was in
a crib 10 front of it. The enraged anl
mai mounted the bed, but help arrived,
and not an instant too soon. The win
dow was raised from the outside, and
Mr. Mckenzie attempted to enter, when
the barrel gave him blow which knock
ed him back against the fence. The
children were at last secured and passed
through the window, and Mrs Lambert
soon followed The door of the bed
room was then closed and the COW was
left to herself A last she became quiet
aud the barrel fell from her head the
door was opened aud she walked out.
The furniture, which was very nice, Is
teartully demoralized. The piastering
was Knocked from the walls and the
panels of the door broken out.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06

AN UNFORTUNATE TowN-In the
pauper statistics of some of the New
England States, there is one especially
painful feature-the Dumber'of sea faring
persons aud of those dependent upon
them for support, who are obliged to seek
shelter aud relief in the aims house
Some of the women are the widows of
sailors, who barely got living in their
best days. Nantucket has been a most
unfortunate town. 1t is known all over
the world for its long and once lucrative
prosecution of the whale fisheries; il has
been very rich community, and it is
BOW very poor one as we'll as small one
OF course the depression bears the most
heavily upon those who are too old to
repair their fortunes or seek new fields
of industry, and in the town poorbouse
there are fourteen persons ranging from
seventy to eighty-uine years of age.
showing an aggregate of 1,139 years
What real estate they possess has sunk
10 a merely nominal value. their shares
in ships have been absorbed by the fall
ing of of the sperm whale fishery, and
they find themselves, like the town in
which they live, decayed and helpless.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06

HoRRORs or "FRENCH" BRANDY
In the case Of the State against Martin
Kellogg, of Middletown, the evidence of
the State chemist, Prof SiIiman, of
Yale College, will show what vile stuff
is sold over most of the bars of the
country. 4 bottle of liquor, purporting
to be and sold for best brandy, bought
of the defendant, was taken to Prof.
Silliman to be Analysed; he found in it
$50 grains of solid matter. ingredients
foreign to pure liquor. Pure liquor
rarely contains over fifty grains, and this
is generally burnt sugar PIT in to color
it, The foreign substances used for
adulteratiug this liquor were alum, iron.
sulphuric acid, essential oil Of some kind
(but not the same as is used in making
pure liquors. burnt sugar and other
organic matter with it, among which was
fannie acid. Guinea pepper, a eoloring
extract Of Samgua tea, lead and copper
After the Professor had Analysed it, he
pronounced aud labeled the connection
whisky. The so called brandy was
therefore nothing but whisky, fixed up
with poisonous drugs to initiate the pure
article of French brandy.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06

The PoPE 1t is said that the Pope
is at present little disposed to leave
Rome. The question, however, has
been debated, and the majority Of the
Cardinals in secret eoucave some time
back decided to ask His Holiness to
leave the city The Pope replied, ask
ing where he could 90. The Cardinals
proposed the Austrian Tyrol, but Plus
TX, refused to take refuge on the ter
ritory of a power considered to be his
greatest enemy. Malta was then sug-
gested, but also declined on account Of
England being a Protestant power, and
of the inconvenient situation of the
island. The Pope expressed preference
for Franc, if compelled TO leave Rome,
but pointed out how difficult would be
his position amid the political agitations
to which France is subject.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06

The Kentucky rule Is said to be. for
the FIRST 100 pounds. deduct p gross;
for the second 100 pounds deduct 124;
for the third 100 pounds deduct St; all
over the third hundred is net. The net
weight of hog weighing 100 pounds is
70 pounds; a hog Of $50 gross will net
11Sf; Of $50 gross 2094 net; and hog
the gross Weight of which is 300 pounds
will net 2564 pounds From the gross
weight of hos. which goes over 300.
only AZ pounds is deducted, even should
the weight be 400 The rule, if correct
ly stated, may be of use to somebody.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06

DISCLOSURE by the New York Tri
b,a'e The proprietor of a looking>
glass establishment in Broadway says
that daily observation has shown him
that on an average more men than women
look at themselves in the mirrors out
side as they pass up and down the street
He thinks the proportion of men to
women who admire their reflected ina
ges is about 10 TO s.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06

Do not talk about yourself or your
family, to the exclusion Of other topics
What if you are clever and a little more
than other people, it may not be that 9th
er folks will think so, whatever they
ought to.
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STR a NED.

TNAKEN UP AS STRAY by J. W.
! LESTER, living fifteen miles West OF
Hickman, on Island No. 9, in Fulton County,
on the 18th day of August 1871. One2Iack
mare mule, aged about six years irAviug
two white spots on her rump, and brka ded
with something like r on the right shc Xsler
freshly trimmed. no curls in the fank& and
about fifteen hands high, but hay - uo
other brands or marks and which app al sc
at the value of one hundred and fl 8 dol
lars. Witness my hand this 4th ~ OF
September. 1871. J. ". RAA
seF7e-sw J. r.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06

No desire of doing good need make
an enemy of single human being; that
philanthropy has surely a flaw in it
which cannot sympathize with the OPP
pressor equally with the poor oppressed
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06

VICTOR Emanuel is reported to have
preseniiment that he win die 10 Loaaou,
and for that reason, it is sad, he cannot
under any circumstances be persuaded
tc Welt the British capital.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06

1t is quite the fashion to drop now and
and then lump of piety into personal
conduct. but too often there is little care
to work in it. A life properly seasoned
with grace has a uniform flavor.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06

the largest salary paid to any railway
President is that of Mr. Gowan of the
Reading, Conn Railroad, who receives
t3O. 900 per annum. The stockholders
cay they thought the money was goin at
q great rate.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06

OLD Mr.. Grant, the Presidents father,
s;iil lies ia a critical condition. He has
not been able to speak word distinctly
eince his recent affection. It is thought
he can not recover.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06
Ayers Cherry Pectoral,
such as Coughs, Colds, Whoopinf
Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma,
and Consumption.

Probably never before in the whole hisory OF
medicine, has anything won 50 widely and ssdesply
upon the confidence OF mankind, As this esseiienL
remedy for pulmonary complaints. Through q IohS
series of years, and among most of tios races OF
1t has risen higher and higher IN tnelr estlna-
ton, rs it has become better known. It's UNIFORM
character and power to cure the various aheetiohs
of The lungs and throat have made known as n IT,
liable protector against them. While adapted %
uilder forms OF disease and to young chdreh, II Is
at the same time the most cfectua remedy that can
be given for incipient consumption, and me dan
gerous affections OF the throat anc lungs As pro-
vision against sudden attacks of Group, u should
be kept on hand III every family and indeed As az
are sometimes subject TO colds and coughs, al
should be provided with this anldote for them.
Although settled Consumption Is thOught IN
cur~,ie, st great numbers of eases where Inc oiS-
ease seemed settled, have been completely cured
and the patient restored to sound health Dy inc
CgherT'y PcctordI. So complete IS ITS mastery
over the disorders Of the Lungs and throat, that
the most obstinate of them yieh 90 It. Nhen moth
ing else could reach them, under the Cherry rec
tor0E they subside and disappear.
Singers aud Public Speakers IND great pro-
lection from il.
AsthDia is always relieved and often wholly
cured by il.
Bronchitis ia generally cured by taking The
Cherry IectoTGI ia small and frequent doses.
So generally are its virtues known that we need
not publish the certificates of them here, or 90 moro
than assure the public that its qualities are July
maintained.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06

The Washington correspondent of
the Commercial says the Hon. I G. Mo-
Creery was born in 1871. Quite young
ysnstor.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06
Ayers Ague Cure,

For Fever and Ague, Intermittent FeTer,
Chill Fever, Remittent Fever, Dumb
Ague, Periodical or Bilious Fever &C.
and indeed all the affections which arise
from malarious, marsh, or miasmAuo
poisons-
As its name implies il does Cure. and doesnot
fail. Containing neither Arsenic, Quinlne BlsnHith,
Zinc. any other mineral or poisonous substance
whatever, Il in nowise Injuries any patient The
number and importance Of its cures in the asTtcts-
trcts are literally beyond account, and we believe
without parallel in the history Of Ague medicine.
Our pride is gratified by the acknowledgements
receive of the radical cures effected in obstinate
cases, and where other remedies had wholly falett.
Uuacclinlted persons. either resident m or
travelling through masmatic localities, WlllDe pro-
tected by taking the -4GUE CURE daily.
For LircT O15spidiIsfS. arising from tarpidity
of the Liver IN Is an excellent remedy sun Eating
the Liver into healthy activity
For Bilious Disorders and Liver Complains -
excellent remedy, producing many n ~ re-
markablc cures, where other medicines IA piled.
Prepared by DIR. J. c. AVER CO.. ctcfI
and Analytical Chemists, Lowell, Mass, sold
al round the world.
PRICE, SI.OO PER BOTT1
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06
W. D. POWELL.
J. W. POWELL.
COUNTRY PnoDUcE AND LIVE Stock
neA- also, Stock Pens Kept for Drore'

ReA. $50, Stock FeRS hePS io' D'"'eS
A FTFR several years absence from the
n Grocery and Commission business IN
Hickman, we again offer our services to our
friends and the public in the same line OF
business and ask 4 renewal of their patron
are so literally bestowed upon Us IN years
mast. We feel ourselves fully responsible
for our transactions and hope to give salts
faction in all of our dealings. lie pur-
chased our goods in various wholesale mar
kets for cash nj their very lowest cash value,
I,oroa we aatter ourselves that we can sell
ne low as the lowest. ne especially call
attention 10 our friends who buy to sell
again to come and see MS He leet conn
Je,t that we can make it to their interest
to buv their small bills at least of us. We
will make liberable advances on Produce in
store TO be shipped to our account either IN
cash or goods. We will also barter with
our friends for all kinds of Produce or live
Stock. Ju-o'
rS,~ TERMS CASH OR ITS EQUIV
ALENT 4ass
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06
LIBERTY SEMINARY,
Fultcn County, Kentucky

fulton County, Kentucky.
TNHE PRINCIPAL, J. H. SAUNDERS
would respectfully announce to the
public that the fifth Session of this school
viii commence on MONDAY, Sept. 4th, 1871.
This school is designed to be permanent.
Having been constantly engaged in the
sehool-room for the last SIX YEARS, two
years in this place, we feel confident of
success in our profession.
TERMS PER SESSION
Common School Branches, ............S10 90
Higher Branches, .........................Sl5 90
Board be had in good families at
reasonable rates. Contingent expenses
divided pro rata. J. IL. SAUNDERS
n. B.-The next session will follow this
without any intermissiOn, making a ten
months torn. j. II. s.
Jordan Station, Prin. Teacher
auglg-lm
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3 U c KEYE

M0wer & Reaper.
NFR. n. P. HARNESS. is the only author
lNs lied agent at Hickman, Ky.
This is the most durable and lightest
draft machine made. 1t is warranted to
cut, if properly managed, ten TO twelve
acres per day, either grain or grass. The
manufacturers put them to the agent at
Hickman on such terms as win enable him
to sell as cheap can he purchased else
where. The machine win he taken back or
the money paid for it refunded, if tried ac-
cording TO the warranty in printed circular
and fails.
These machines are on exhibition at the
hardware store of n. 2. Harness.
mayl3 If
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06
Ayers Cathartic Pills,
For all the purposes of a Laxative
Medicine

Medicine.
Perhaps no one medi-
- cine Is so universally re-
~ quired by everybody as
~ a cathartic, nor was ever
E--r=-s-z<Z any before so universal
~SS@-a11zsssZszzS1 " adopted into use, IN
every country and among
Ia aXj all classes, as this mild
IEAWHT9< but efficient purgatiye
EGJ 01rsA PiH. The obvious rea-
81 son is that it IL q more re-
-. liable and far more effec-
tual remedy than any
other. Those who have
tio1 II know that il cured them; those who have
not know that it cures their nelShbors anu trends,
and all know that what it does once It does always
that it never fails through any iault or neiector
its composition. We have thousands upon tlou~
sands of certificates of their remarkable cures OF the
following complaints, but such cures are known IN
every neighboTkood, and we need not puDh5h thenl.
Adapted TO all ages and conditions IA an clllLe4
containing neither caomel or any deleterious drug,
they may be taken with safety by any DOuy; IaeH
sugar coating preserves them ever ireSh ana MAKES
no haTrn can arise from their use in any quantity.
They operate by their powerful influence on the
internal viscera to purify the blood and stimulate IL
stomach, bowels, liver, and other organs OF the
body restoring their irregular action health, and
by Correcting wherever they exist, such derange-
ments as are the first origin of disease
Minute directions are given In the wrapper on
the box, for the following complaints, which these
PITS rapidly cure:-
For Dyspepsia or indigestion, ListIcss.
mesa. LanguOr and Loss OF Appetite, they
should be taken moderately to stimulate the stoH-
For Liver ConpIsainf and its various symp-
toms, bilious Headache, Sick lac he,
JauaGtice Green Sickness, Bilious
Collie and Bilious Eevers, they should be ju-
icousy taken for each case to correct the diseased
action remove the distractions which cause it.
For Dysentery or Diarrh1e3, but one mild
dose is generally required.
For Inflammation, Cont, Gravel EsaIui.
tafion OF the Heart, Pain in TAe side,
Back and LOins, they should be Continuously
taken required to change the diseased action Of
the system. With such change those Complaints
disappear
For DrOpsy and DrOpsicaI s,yeElinrs they
should be taken IN large and frequent doses TO pro-
duce the effect of a drastic purge.
For suppression q large dose should he taken
as 1t produces the desired effect by symDatbv
As a Dinner PHI, take one or two pits 10 pro-
mote digestion and relieve the stomach
An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and
bowels into healthy action, restores the appetite,
and invlgorates the system. Hence il is often adj
Yantageous where no serious ARRANGEMENT exists.
one who feels tolerably well, often finds that dose
OF these Pills makes him feel decidedly better from
tn cleansing and renoVating effect on the diges-
hy apparatus.
D. y. G. AVER & CO., Practical Chemists,
LOWELL. MASS, q. s. 4.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06

Dav Passenger-Leaves Hickman at 7 P. II;
arrives at Hickman at z. NJ.
Night Passenger-Leaves Hickman at 4 IS
4. IT,: and arrives at Hickman 10 5 p. H.
Close connections made at Union City
with the Mobile and Ohio road-at McKen-
zie with the Memphis and GAINESVILLE road,
and at Nashville with the Louisville and the
Chattanooga roads.
For tickets apply at the Railroad Office
J. W. Thomas, Genl Sup't n. n. " 4. r.
4. D. KING4HAN, agent at Hickman.
arrso
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u Pust OARS orders. esecks. OF drasf~ ~ Ve-
York. wherever eongenient. II not fncn resfa.s-r
the letters containing money. Address
l. W. ENGLAND, Put,isess
sun cfnte Nsw Mrs CO.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-02-24
Rearing of Children.

All what would the world be to us
If the children were no more
We should dread the desert behind us
Worse than the dark before.
What the leaves are to the forest,
With light and air for food,
Ere their sweet and tender juices
Have been hardened into wood,
That to the world are children
Through them it feels the glow
OF a brighter and SUMMER climate
Than reaches the trunks below.
Come to me, o We children!
And whisper in my ear
What the birds and the winds are saying
In your sunny atmosphere.
For what are all our contrivpgs,
And the wisdom of our books,
When compared with your caresses,
And the gladness of your looks
Ye are better than all the ballads
That ever were sung or said
For We are living poems.
And all the rest are dead.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-02-24
he waited in solemn silence for long

he waited in solemn silence for a long
time.
At length the solemn moment arrived,
and so Impressive were the proceedings
that the only two white men permitted TO
be present felt themselves compelled to
uncover their heads and cease their labors.
Rising slowly and majestically, bearing a
long white wand in his right hand, Cap
tain George commenced a chant in the
Onondaga language; passing slowly
around the typical dog from his position
at the east, he proceeded to the south,
west and north, and then returned to his
former position, where he consulted with
one of the chiefs. This proceeding was
repeated three times; and then, as if he
had gathered all the sins of the people, he
approached the dog and uttered pathetic
lament. After this the body of the vic
tim, which was laid upon a rough bier,
was gently lifted up and borne to the
place of sacrifice by the hands of chiefs
of the nation. The high priest then,
standing at the east side of the altar of
sacrifice, solemnly committed the victim
to the flames The sacrifice was COM
pleted, the atonement made By some pc
culiar method that, probably, the hero
plant himself has never been able to I'M
derstand, the sins of the Onondagas, con-
centrated upon the head of victim, pure,
spotless, and without blemish, had been
expiated, and the general joy was mani
tested by the firing of guns and mutual
congratulations Weekly.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-02-24
Animals Understand Language.

THE Spirit Of the Times says: "Mules
seem to possess a superiority over horses
in learning language. Nothing is more
common on the levee in New Orleans
than to see stalwart mules harnessed in
drays that understand both French and
English. If the driver speaks Spanish,
or German, or French, and the animal has
been long enough with him, it is quite evil
dent lie understands when told to do this
that in either tongue, by instant obedi-
ence. Even donEeys manifest peculiar
aptitude for accomplishing themselves in
the same way, if reared with drivers speak
ing two or three dialects. A splendid OPP
portunity offers forinstitutingeX experiments
to determine how much a horse might be
taught of a language-nO severity would
be necessary. Their innate approbative-
ness affords an unerring keynote to their
cerebral powers. A gentleman of New
York two years ago, was in the habit of
talking with his beautiful horse as he did
with his friends, and promised lump of
sugar if he travelled well when he rode
out, which was invariably given on re-
turning to the stable. When the saga
cious quadruped had eXerted himself in a
particularly satisfactory manner, he had
way of expressing his consciousness of
II to his owner, who acknowledged the
hint by giving him two Jumps"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-02-24
Curious Suicides.

Persons have committed suicide in
positions which would have been thought
impossible to produce suffocation. There
are several cases of this kind reported in
a French medical journal.
A man was discovered hanging by his
pocket handkerchief, suspended from a
| rope stretched across granary- His
| legs were found bent at an angle back
wards, the knees hanging at distance of
a few inches only from heap of grain on
the floor. 1t would appear that the man,
whilst in the act of hanging, must have
held his legs clear of the ground in this
extraordinary manner.
Another man hung himself from a graf
| ing, which was not as high as himself;
when found, his legs were stretched out
| before him, and his hips were within a
| few inches of the ground.
| A female suspended herself SO low that
| she was obliged to stretch out her legs,
one in advance, resting on her heel, the
other behind her body, resting on the toes
! There have been cases known in which
death has been produced by the suicide
simply leaning with the neck against
frightened cord.
! of a schoolmaster in the neighborhood of
London, who hung himself in such
manner, from the banisters, by his cravat,
that his body was found resting entirely
upon the stairs. Such cases as these are
often open to medico-legal examinations,
as murders may sometimes be very con-
veniently hidden by contrivances of this
character.
Many men who can swim well have
been known to tie their hands and legs
together before throwing themselves into
the water, lest they should be tempted in
their dying agony to strike out and save
themselves
A lunatic, some years ago, in st. Luke's
Hospital, drowned herself in the bath
room of that institution in a most remark
able manner. She managed to secrete
the key of the bathroom, and to make
up dummy to represent herself in bed
in order to deceive the nurse of the ward.
In the middle of the night she stole down
stairs, and was found next morning ly
ing face downwards in the shallow water
of the bath. She must have deliberately
kept herself in horizontal position in
the most determined manner to have
effected her purpose.