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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-10
NO. 10.

movement of his hand as well as of his
| foot and in unmistafable tones made Will
| at last understand that he nIttst stand on
that spot, and hold the pail till the fait;ity
came.
Here was fix Mary was waiting at
| home for the milk to put in her custards,
| Ned Willis waiting in the back yard for
| him to go IN swimming, and both of them
| knowing that he had only run up for the
| milk
| How Ned would tease him! How
Mary --ouId laugh at him.
Involuntary III made movement to
GO Max was ready for iirij and this time
seized his foot.
Will tried to coax him, and he let go;
but stood ready for another move.
| "Where under the sun are all the fami-
| lys'' was his next thought. Then he re-
menibercd THAT his brother was at the
| ,ffice, and would not come home till six
O'Clock, his brothers wife had gone to
| girl had gone home for a week He looked
p. the clock. 1t was four o'clock-two
hours before he could hope for release
He heard Ned call him. The calls came
nearer He was coming after him! He
! would catch him in this plight! How
| Willis face flushed as he thought of that
If he could only lock the door and put
\ Ii.
! dared not move. The calls came nearer,
and at last NedFs hooking face looked In
at the open window.
"Why don't you came alopgg" was his
question.
Il cart. I don't want to- he stan'
! mered Max gro#led, and Ned saw how
it was.
"Oh, hol the dog won't let you. He
remembers old scores, eh? Say, Will, why
don't you sit down, if you will stay? Amt
you tired holding that pails"
teasing and provoking, till Will fairly
ragged.
don't shut up, I'll pitch this pail of milk
at you, if Max eats me up!'
Ned saw it was time to stop, SO he turn
ed away, calling; as he went:
81 heard Mary anxiotsly inquiring for
you. I'll stop and let her know you've
got a pressing engagement"
Well, he did, of course, and as he went
through the village he told every boy he
met; and one by one they cfept mp and
peeped through the window at the unfof-
tunate prisoner, each one saying his witty
or smart thing at Willis expense.
Poor Will! 1t was rather hard. He had
threatened to fight every boy in town, and
every muscle ached like the tooshache
before his brothers wife came in and
found him.
With difficulty she got the dog off, and
Will had to confess to the beating.
He dragged his weary bones home,
found Mary in a towering passion, no Gus
tards for tea, and lecture from his father
on cruelty to animals.
The boys didn't forget it either. and
made life burden to him for weeks. AS
to Max, he did not offer to touch him
again; but he never forgave him and met
all his advances with a growl.
And this is true story.-N. Y. Inde-
DeHdcNt
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-10
The Emperor William on a Broken
Engagement.

A CURIOUS story has just cropped up in
Cassel, Germany, touching bet made be-
tween two officers there. One of the gen.
tlemen, who was a Count and Adjutant,
laid down the proposition that man of
marry rich heiress. He proposed a bet,
indeed, that within eight days he could
get himself engaged to certain young
lady who possessed the highly desirable
qualifications described. The bet was ac
cepted. This young lady was the dauSh
ter of the widow of a man who had been
the proprietor of a gambling house, and
she was said to have half Il million as her
dowry The Count set to work to win the
girls affections and succeeded. An en-
cagement in Germany is a solemn affair,
and is always published in the newspa-
pcrs. However, as soon as the engage
ment was arrived at the Count claimed his
bet and then wrote TO the girl to say that,
on account of her father having been n
gambler, it was impossible for him to
marry her. The engagement was an
nulled, and the final results, it was thought,
of this humorous affair were a large guam
tity of champagne and broken heart
But the Emperor William heard of the lit
tie romance and did not like the looks of
it at all. Probably before the large guam
tity of champagne had been drank both
the officers in question found themselves
under arrest AT present, according 10 the
commands of the Emperor, they await
their trial by court martial and il is high
" probable that they may find serious
cause to repent of having engaged in that
merry jest--Boston Post.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-10
THE Dogs REVENGE.
BY OLIVE THORNE-


Will had been Dragging. That's the
| good deal of trouble begins, among big
people, as well as among little ones.
Ned Willis had a dog, a little fellow,
named Spot; and he had been displaying
| his tricks to Will that day. In an unlucky
moment Will began to brag about his
brothers dog Max.
Ned didn't believe that big dog could
be so funny as Il little one. Then Will
waxed warm, and told stories bigger than
| ever. But Ned laughed at his pretensions,
and tainted viii to such pitch that he
told him he would go over to his brothers
and get Max, if he would wait, and they
would see what he would do. Ned said
| he would wait; so he threw himself on the
grass and played with Spot, while Will
went after Max. In a few minutes he re
turned, followed by large black New
foundland dog.
Now what allied Max that day l can't
imagine Whether it was too warm, or
he thought it undignified before small
dog though he often went through all his
tricks for Will-played dead dog, shook
hands, held piece of meat on his nose,
etc.-not n thing would he do that day.
He lust stood there and wagged his tail
and looked at Will. All the commands,
shouts and coaxings had no more effect
Ned began to laugh derisively, and say,
-" I told YOU So" and otherwise eXaSperatc
Will, till his angry passions rose to fear
full height He seized a stick which he
had tried to make Max jump over, and,
holding the dogs collar in one hand, he
gave him several hard blows. Max finally
jerked away and ran yelping home, and
Will sat down on the grass to cool, feeling
very hot and angry.
Will thought that was the end of it; but
not so Max. In his doggish soul his
wrongs ranked, and an opportunity soon
came for him to punish his enemy.
Later in the day VIII went up to his
brothers. house for milk. The family
happened to be all away, but that made no
standing on the kitchen table, all ready,
and Max was too good a watch dog to al
low any stranger to come in.
As usual, Will walked into the house,
took up the pail, and turned to go. But
grOwl arrested him. He looked around
There stood Max, his white teeth uncov-
cred, his tail hanging down, his whole at
titude meaning serious business
Poor dog" said Will. and stopped to
pat him, though rather nervously; for he
well knew Max could be very fierce.
At this movement the dog gave tiercer
growl, and Will hastily drew back.
" Poor doggy. poor Max. good fellowr
said Will in his most seductive tone. But
Max growled, his eyes looked red and
wicked, and Will knew that if he moved
he would fly at him.
them come in said Will to himself, and
turned to sit down Max flew at his foot,
and held his head there with an ominous
growl. VIII dared not move.
IN put this pail down, any way" was
his next thought. But Max resented the
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-10

work and play. If so, don't be ashamed
| of it. If you have a taste for the arrange
ment of ribbons and flowers and such
| things, God gave it to you just as he gave
| to your sister or to some other boys sister
a preference for saving wood and shovel
ing in the snow. | have known girls who
enjoyed doing such things very much, ana
good womanly girls they were too, handy
in the house as well as out OF doors.
Years ago, little girl used to coast liz
her fathers yard-a famous coast that
was. You might have laughed to see her
lying at full length on her sled, with her
uplifted feet all warm and tight in par
of her brothers boots, But how she
laughed, and how rosy her cheeks were,
she was having such good time! L don't
believe she is ashamed of it now that she
has grown to be IA woman.
At the same time that the little girl
dressed for play out of doors, her older
brother WAC most happy to play with her
dolls or do some pretty sewing He could
make his own neckties and trim his sisters
hats, ara did So His taste in all matters
of dress, Arrangement of furniture, and the
like, is excellent Now he is business
man, and ii is all the better that he knows
how to make his home bright and beauti-
full with flowers and pictures.
I know another boy, young man ne
has grown to be, who sees beauty in ma
W
he Is contrivng something, considering
himself happy if he can succeed in max
ing it go" One summer he had a sew
ing machine in his workshop out in the
woodshed, bit he couldn't make it sew.
His grandfather wanted him to stay on
the farm and help him, but Charlie
couldn't be happy there; so he has gone
into a great mandatory among hundreds
of men and boys, to learn to be machinlst-
There is one thing that needs great
| deal of care, and that is to be patient and
thoughtful while obliged to do work for
which you have no taste, and which you
| dislike to do. If God has given you
| taste to do certain things, He will open the
way if you wait for him patiently.
Or. Dio Lewis says to the boys. "Of all
the men with whom we DEAL none are SO
strong, self-contafped, and independent as
skilled laborers" A boys teacher says of
such men: "They are our truly indepen-
dent citizens. They stand on their own
two feet, and with their own arms COM
mand the respect and support which must
from this time on, in America, be conced-
ed to all useful industries"
There are two wealthy young men in
Boston, who are learning to be machinists.
Thet want some regular occupation, and
this is good one. If you have gift in
your hands. boys, make the most of it, but
learn ali YOU can from books that you
may be intelligent men In business Set
your mark high and strive TO reach IL
Congregationalist.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-10
Some Words with You, Boys.

What kind of work do you like best?
Every one has some choice of work, some
thing that he likes to do, and that he
generally does well because he knows he
can do it. Perhaps you like to study
best; perhaps you are best pleased when
you have your pen or your pencil or your
paint brush in your hand, because you
like best to write or draw or paint; per
haps you are delighted to be whiting
some model of ship, or putting together
a steam engine or sewing machine, or
something else; perhaps you are one of
the boys, there are some, who like such
work and play as is usually called girls
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-10
Poetry.
THE LOST ON THE ATLANTIC"

FoE months and years, with penury and want,
And hcart--ore envy. did they dare TO cope;
And mite by mite saved from earnings scant,
To buy some future day, the God-sent hope.
They trod the crowded streets of hoary towns,
or titled from year 10 year the wearied fields,
And in the shadow Of the golden crowns
They grasped for sunshine and the health il
They turned from homes all cheerless. child and
man,
With kindly feelings only for the soil
And for the Kindred faces, pinched and wan,
That prayed and stayed, unwilling. at their toll
They lifted up their faces to the Lord.
And read His answer in the westerng sun
That called them ever shining word,
And beckoned seward A. the rivers run
They looked their last, wet-eycd Swedish
hills,
On German villages and English dales;
Like brooks that grew from many mountain rills
The peasantstream flowed out from Irish
Their grief at parting was not all a grief
But blended -weetly with the joy 20 come.
When from full store they spared the rich relief
To gladden. all the dear ones left at home.
We thank thee God:' they cried, "the cruel
That barred our lives has swung beneath Thy
hand:
Behind ship frowns the cruel fate
Before her smiles the teeming Promised Land!''
Alas! when shown in mercy in wrath.
How weak We are to read Gods awful lore!
His breath protected on the stormy path.
And dashed them hfeless the promised
shore,
His hand sustained them in the parting woe
And gave bright vision TO the heart of each:
HIS waters bore them where they wished o 40.
Then swept them seaward from the very beach!
Their home is reached their letters are now
riven.
Their humble toll is DER their has come;
a IL
But oh! God help the waiting ones at home!
Boston Pilot.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-10

- Hal you will fight? A quarrelsome chap,
knew you were! You'll get rapl
I'll crack your skull!'' A headlong jump;
Another and louder bump!
The swing. as il with kindling wrath,
Came rushing back along the path.
The goat astOnished, shook his head.
Winked hard. turned round, grew mad and said
"Villain! I'll teach you who / ami
(Or seemed to say: You rascal ram,
To pick a fight with me. when L
So quietly am passing by!
Your head or mine," A laundering stroke
The cracking horns met crashing oak!
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-10

MILLERITEs IN 1S43.-SOme of the soci-
cites were so sure that the end was at hand
that they put their individual possessions,
which were usually very slender, into joint
stock, in imitation of the early Christians,
who had s. all things common" In Onei-
da County, n. Y, well-to-do farmer
being converted to their doctrine, came to
join their church, and, on being told of
this rule, said he would think of it a while,
and pray over it. He went away sorrow
fully, for he was very rich. At the next
meeting he appeared, and, upon being
called upon for his answer, he said he had
received message from heaven, and was
prepared to obey. while engaged in
prayer for divine direction" said he, a
have had one passage of the Bible so pow
erfully impressed upon my mind that |
know it is from God and / shall do as |
am commanded" The brethren and sis
tiers were in breathless expectation of the
tremendous sacrifice he was about to
make. The Elder babe him be of good
courage, and declare the message And
the rich man said: "That passage came to
my mind and which | am resolved to
obey, was in these words, Occupy till l
come ~
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-10
Youths Department.
THE COAT AND THE SWING.

~ J. T TROwBRIDGE.
A little story, with a moral .
For young folks who are prone To quarrel
Old folks are wise and do not need il.
Of course! they therefore will not read it,
A vicious goat. one dag, had found
His way into forbidden ground.
When. coming to the garden-swing,
He spied 4 most prodigious thing
A ram, a monster. to his mind.
With head before and head behind!
Its shape was odd-no hoofs were seen,
But without legs 1t stood between
Two upright, lofty posts Of oak,
With forehead ready for stroke:
Though but harmless ornament
Carved on the seat, it seemed intent
On barring the inrruder's way;
While he. advancing. seemed to say:
who il this surly fellow here?
Two heads. no tail-it's mighty queer!
A most insulting couutenance!'
With stamp of foot and angry glance
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-10

A school. committee in a certain New
England town said encouragingly in their
report As this place offers neither honor
nor profit we do not see why it should not
he filled by womann'
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-10

THE Natchez Democrat says: THE local
editor of the Vidalia Herald took passage
on the ferry-boat one day last week for
Natchez. He wandered back into the
aftercabin and lay down on bench and
fell asleep. He owed the ferry company
just thirteen dollars and seventy cents
when he awoke, computed at the rate of
ten cents "A trip. Dickens fat boy has
lost the charm of precedence. Shades of
the seven sleepers! what nap"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-11-06

LIQt or LAW DECISION A decision was
rendered bya Boston Judge Friday, which
has created CONSERVATION in the ranks OF
the prohibitiOnistS. One day last week the
State constables seized 4 quantity OF
liquor, wines, etc, Of Christopher Miller,
a quiet German keeping 4 house in the
Dorchester district. The ease was tried
Saturday when the counsel for defendant
proved that Miller acted ~ ianitor and
treasurer of the Mount Bowdoin Club ::
that the liquor seized belonged to the club
and was bought by Miller at their order
and with their money; that Miller had q
salary for his trouble, and for the use of
his house and billiard table, and that he
distributed the club liquor to the individual
members as they required ii, according to
their share, but never took pay from Them
ana never gave any or sold any to nom
members. Mr.. Sennot also exhibited the
club records and the agreements entered
into by Miller and the club He proved
their exact conformity to his club scheme
adopted in 1867 by Major Barton, which
was lately endorsed by the Supreme Court
in the case of the Commonwealth vs..
Smith he showed that case to the court
lie claimed that under the decision bona
Tide club was not amenablc to the liquor
law, and that the complaint should be dis
missed and the liquor returned The
Judge, after carefully reviewing the case,
decided it was no crime to buy liquors. 1t
was no crime to distribute it to the buyers.
The judge was not satisfied that defendant
was guilty Of the charge brought against
him, and ordered his discharge and the re-
turn of the liquors. If this decision is up
held by the Supreme Court it will be like
" to lead to much litigation, for under
that ruling all the liquor which has been
captured in transitu will have to be re-
turned. Even more. 1t it is no crime to
buy liquors, and no crime to distribute
them to buyers, how is the law to hold
good in any case Surely, here is
dilemma.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-11-06
A Sharp Thrust.

We find the following in the New York
World of Thursday
"a leading manufacturing company in
Augusta, Me, has been forced to discharge
most of its worAnen on account of inabil-
lty to pay their wages. The affairs of the
company. we are told, are in prosper
ous condition, and it has plenty of funds
IN the bank, but cannot draw them In
Old times this would have looked very
much as if the bank in question were
broken, but since it has been settled that
the cashing of depositors check is a
matter OF favor, not of right, and that all
private contracts as to the disposition OF
ones own money depends on whether the
directors wish to make other use of it.
the fact is that scores Of families are
thrown out Of employment and left to
misery for the hard winter, is to be re-
garded as an incidental requisite for main
tanning the stability of onr admirable
banking system to which all other human
interests are subordinate
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-11-06

Gov. Scott, Senator Patterson and other
plunderers have reduced South Carolina
to the last stage of bankruptcy and ruin.
The treasury of the State is short by 4
half million dollars of the funds required
to meet the appropriations for the support
of the government and of the common
schools and other public institutions. While
the entire tax levy has been exhausted,
the interest on the public debt remains I'M
paid. The new bonds are worth about ten
cents on q dollar. In the midst of this
financial misery Gov. Moses proposes a
forced loan by issuing shin plasters good
Tor the payment of taxes and nothing
else. The best step that South Carolina
could take financially and morally would
be to shake off Scott, Patterson, Moses
and the whole thieving gang
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-11-06
Barring Burglary.

BETHEL. Oct, 81.
Bethel is excited We have had burglars
oar midst, and a. for that matter have
tAem now. Fortunately. however. they
ne under lock and key, IS securely as is
We money which they attempted to get
way with. All day long the people Of the
avn have been discussing the affair, and
l9ny are the wise suggestions made in re-
zard 10 the matter But we will give the
f.ct5
About two o'clock this morning Mr.
LnocA Foster, the treasurer Of the Bethel
savings Bank, in whose Office the Bank is
l-uated, was awakened from a sound sleep
Dv 4 sound like that of an explosion Of gun
powder He instantly bethought him Of
burglars, and hastily sprang from his bed g,
procured light and repaired to the bank.
II the meantime he had raised an alarm
AID several persons fastened to the scene,
Glt the burglars had fed An examination
showed that the outside door of the vault
aad been blown open, and it was this noise
which had aroused Mr. Foster, and at the
anne time frightened away the thieves
tctora they had accomplished their object
Qalte large number of people had no
Gathered and further examination revealed
le fact that the store of o. II. Mason, ESQ.
near by had also been entered, his safe
opened and its contents scattered about.
Fortunately Mr.. Mason had removed his
money and valuables the night before, and
the robbers got nothing for their trouble
Several things also were taken from the
store In the cellar the tracks of appar-
emily three men were found in the damp
ground. Tie excitement was now running
high, and people began to look around for
the burglars, but nothing of them could be
seen.
About niue o'clock, however, three sus-
picious looking strangers passed through
the village towards the depot, and they
were accordingly arrested by officer Worm
Ell and searched by him and Deputy Sheriff
Grover. Several articles were found upon
their person which were identified by Mr..
Jason and the officers of the Bank.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-11-06
IlETOOk That CHANCE. a correspon


HETook THArCHANCE A correspond
ent who has always sharp eyes and ears
for the funny side Of life, sends us the fol
lowing
Not many Years since Mr.. b. Il wealthy
and eccentric old gentleman living in S. was
taken very sick, and a celebrated physician W no
had been summoned from n distance was in at
tendance during what was supposed to be his
last moments. The members OF the family re-
questcd the doctor TO remind the old man of his
close proximity to death, that he might be III
duced to fix up his worldly affairs, which We're
ed the bedside, when the old man asked in
tones blandly audible: ''Well. doctor, what
kind of q show is there for me!' {. MY dear
B. replied the doctor, "your chances for
life are about one out of a hundred" "All
right" said the old man with all the strength
he could raise, :" III take that chance" That
man still lives.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-11-06

The New York Evening Post offers rs
this much Of consultations Still it is true,
beyond question, that the President has
not kept his promises. The record as to
"assessments' has been by no means clear
tie has made appointments which, if they
do not contravene the letter, certainly
violate the spirit of the regulations by
which he proposed to be guided. He has,
in general, gone about the reform in an
indolent and not altogether earnest way.
But we would not say that the reform has
not made progress. Times have changed
for the better since Mr. Murphy left the
custom house. The President has not
done what he promised and what we had
right to expect; but we are free to adj
NIT that things might be and have been
worse than they are.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-11-06

The administration organs says that
"l'resident Grant, in a recent converse
ton, indicated that he should recommend.
among other things TO Congress, that the
United States provide residences, either
by purchase or construction, for the cabinet
ministers, upon the ground that there are
expenses of hospitality, receptions, etc,
forced upon such officials which the salaries
allowed render them unable to meet with
out pecuniary loss. He will also urge up
on the attention OF the States the provid-
ing OF official residences for their senator's
at the capital.n