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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-24
tions, and bid you good evening"
ssGood evening, said the young lady,
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tions, and bid you good evening"
Good evening, said the young lady,
In very sweet voice.
Somehow Blumble didn't sleep very
sound that night; he was in a very
strange place, and he kept constantly
thinking OF his strange adventure, and
of the good-looking strange young lady;
md the more he thought, the more he
last he determined to inquire about her
in the morning, he fell asleep and
dreamed of her.
Blumble was an early riser--bache-
lors generally are-and the next morn
ing, before the village were astir, he
had walked out and passed the house of
Squire Gay but he did not see Mary,
so he returned to the hotel and inquired
of the landlord concerning her. The
landlord must have praised the girl for
the bachelor decided to remain another
day and be introduced to her, then to
remain third, and finally he concluded
he might as well stop the week out, and
so he. wrote to his partners, Informing
them that he should remain there few
days to himself The professed woman
hater walked up that same lane each
evening, and walked into the house, too.
He was not disturbed again by Bill
Higdy, for the Squire had threatened
that if he came within gun-shot of the
house again to put dose of cold lead
| into him. So the wise but Jealous
Higdy kept out of the way.
There was great reform in the man
ner and habits of Thomas Blumble,
merchant. He left his bachelor clubs,
notwithstanding the jeers and taunts OF
his former companions, and he became
circumspect in his remarks on female
character. For number of months be
spent his spare hours writing to Mary
and choosing appropriate gifts for her
and for long time the Boston and P
express considered him one of theI
best customers. But ere long there wa:
brilliant wedding party at the house
of Squire Gay, and P. lost its mos
; charming belle, for Miss Gay became
| Mrs. Blumble. A few weeks ago Mr.
and Mrs Blumble went down to Rocl
5 Cove, and visited the old Blumble home
: stead. While there, Mr.. Thomas Blum
} BILE introduced his wife to Mr.. Jerr,
Smike, and Mrs. Polly Ann Smike ant
> all the little Smikes. It would be i'm
: possible to tell which are most con
: tented with their lot, Thomas or Poll
2 Ann. One thing more and l am done
D In answer to BUNDLES advertisement
for chambermaid, who would assist i
plain sewing, who do you think apple
for the situation? You'll never guess
e so I'll tell you. 1t was Hattie Elton
V Her New York beau had heard of he
q fiirtations with Blumble, and for tina
e reason broke his engagement with her
:, and she, who might have been Mr.:
Thomas Bldmble, must be content
I be Mrs. BUNDLES servant.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-24
The War Against Monopoly.

Extract from Senator Castles Fourth
of July Grafton at Princeton, H.:
In this battle against mnopoles the
people must not get too much work on
their hands at once. Take the railways
first, and when that is done take the
next evil Nor must tie farmers, if
they would succeed, claim that this IS
distinctively their work. 1t belongs to
the people, and while theirs is the indus
try which most feels the oppression, all
must join. A class increment can never
succeed in the long run, and to supplant.
a railway monopoly with a farmers
monopoly might not be a great gam.
Instead, let US build on the broad plat
form, ..Antagonism to all monopolles,
and invite to our all all who love their
country. be they iarmers, merchants,
middlemen, citize,s, or headmen and
thus. with, one banner and one battle
crv 90 forth to tie conflict, never ceas-
ing until all msnopolies are made to
acknowledge thesupremacy Of law, and,
as the citizen, bow before the law, until
the courts, as veil as the lawmakers,
accept as a principle that all such Off
cial legislation as is designed to favor
one class above another ismot in accord
ance. with tie theories of a republican
| government s.s eds
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-24
Humorous.


The most beligerent GeneraLKil-
patrick. st ts-fse4a
The billiard players favorite letter in
the alphabet-Q.
WHY would a tax on tarts be objec-
tionable at sea ? Because it would be
encouraging pie-rates.
THAT uneducated individual, the
house fly, has commenced to make his
mark CD upon the walls.-Er.
JOSH BILLINGS says, very truly:
/" You'd better not know as much, than
to know so many things that amt so. =
CABBAeE-GRowER's maxim-Wherever
you see head go for it, remembering
always that two heads are better than
one.
An impoverished fop wears ten cent
silver piece on his shirt bosom, and
calls it his dime and pin, which it GER
tainly is.
A MAN up in New Hampshire named
his two children Ebenezer and Flora
he always speaks of them as Ed and
Flo-tidy nicknames.
SAM JOHNSON was a culled man,
And lived down by the sea.
He owned rat tan terrier,
That stood bout one foot three!
And the wey that critter chawed up rats
Was gorgeous for to see.
/ SAaBo had been whipped for stealing
his masters onions. One day he
brought in a skunk in his arms. Says
he, '.Massa, here's the chap dat steal
de onions whew, smell him breff 7
The following is the Memphis Led
oer's mention of a scene that lately oc
Cured in one of the courts of that city ::
'The Judge said, Mr.. Sheriff, fill up
that panel, there is one juror required. :
The two professionals started for the
vacant chair, and one of them, a Ger
man, got ahead of his brother Ameri-
can, who fell back toward the clerk 5
desk, and said, soto Uoce, to the clerk,
c Did you see that id Dutchman beat
me out of my situation !''
An Essex-street boy exploded pack
of fre-crackers in his sisters piano,
Saturday. The intercession OF his
grandfather saved the youngster a well
merited thrashing, and, out of graft
tude to his deliverer, he sprinkled the
inside folds of the morning paper with
cayenne pepper, and the old gentleman
on opening and shaking it, as has been
his custom for years, was taken with a
| violent fit of sneezing, and threw both
of his knees and one thumb out OF
Joint, before the hired man. whose nose
| he broke, could control him. The old
gentleman has temporarily retired from
the business of intercessor. -Danbuyg
NeaUS.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-24
The Melancholy Death of Victoria
KOOdhull's Sister.

Mrs. Utica V BROKER, age 81, born
in Ohio, died at the residence of her
sisters, Woodruff and Clafin, at No. 6
East Thirty fourth street, at II 80 p.
M, Ga Wednesday. She had been sick
in bed twelve days, and several physi-
clans, by whom she had been attended,
having failed to agree as to the cause of
her death, Coroner Herman went to the
house, at p. NJ, yesterday, to hold an
inquest. At the request of the sisters,
autopsy was performed by Deputy Cor
onor Cushman, in the presence of sew
eral physicians Tennie c. Clafin ex-
pressed a strong desire to witness the
dissection of her sister, but Coroner
Herman kept her out of the room. The
autopsy clearly indicated that death had
resulted from Bright's disease of the
kidneys, superinduced by prolonged
intemperance. Several of the relatives
of the deceased testified that she had
been very Incorporate for ten or twelve
years, drinking brandy, gin, whisky,
beer, or whatever liquid she could pro-
cure, and that she had been known to
t!rink bay rum. While suffering from
excessive nervous excitement, she had
used 1000 grains of bromide of potas.
SUM in week, and had been known tc
use 300 grains in single day. While
suffering from delirium tremens, or its
incipient stages, she has often jumped
from her bed and chased her relatives
about the house. Her sisters stated
that she was married, but that her hus
band is in Chicago. The jury rendered
a formal verdict in accordance with the
statement of DR.. Cushman.
| York Trib2Lre
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-24
CALDWELL oF SPRINGFIELD.
New Jersey Q7sO).
BY BRET HAREE.


Here's the spot. Look around you. Above on the.
Lay the Hessians encamped. By that church on
a :, the right
You may dig anywhere and you'll turn up ball.
Nothing more. Grasses spring, waters run, flowers
Pretty much as they did ninety-three years ago.
Nothing more did say?F Stay one moment; you've
OF Caldwell, the parson, who once preached the
Down at Springfield What, no: Come-that's
bad; why, he had
AL the Jerseys alame /! And they gave him the
OF the q rebel high priest He stuck in their
For he loved the Lord God-and he hated King
George! - & &s
He had cause you might say When the Hessians
Marched upsaith Knyphausen they stopped on
At the Farms" where his wife, with child in her
arms, III s..4. 81 ..i-.t-
Sat alone in the house. How it happened none
knew
But God-and that one of the hireling crew IN
Who fired the shot Enough there she lay,
And Caldwell, the chaplain, her husband, away!
Did he preae--s7d he pray? Think of him, as You
stand
By the old en- to-day;-think of him and that
OF militant plowboys See the smoke and the heat
f the reckless advance-of that struggling retreat
Keep the ghost of that wife, foully slain, in your
view
And what could yor-what should you, what would
90" dog s 81 &HN&sA
Why, Just what he did, They were left in the Iurct
For the want of wadding. He ran TO ths
church,
Broke the door, stripped the pews, and dashed out
.r.f in the road
With his arms full of hymn-books, and threw dow
his load
shots,
Rang his voice-"Put Watts into enjoys, give
'em Watts :" Gfa
And they did. That is all. Grasses spring, flowers
blow
Pretty much as they did ninety-three years ago.
You may dig anywhere and you'll turn up ball
But not always hero like this-and that's all.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-24
Terrible Family Fight in Virginia.

A horrible domestic tragedy was re-
Gently enacted at the residence of Frank
lin Little, a respectable citizen of Clarke
county, Va, in which six brothers
Clinton, Columbus, Gilbert, Wallace,
Oscar and Lycurgus-were involved.
Tt seems that the brothers had been at
variance for some time, the cause being
jealousy that has existed directly be-
the oldest brothers, Clinton, Oscar and
Lycurgus. A few mornings since, as
part of the family were at breakfast,
Oscar and Lycurgus entered the dining
putting the key in his pocket. Then
one of them took a seat near the door !;
the other off from the table. Oscar,
addressing himself to Clinton, said they
had nothing against him, and did not
want him to interfere in what they were
going to do. Clinton jumped from his
seat, but before he could speak Oscar
and Lycurgus drew their revolvers and
aimed at him and the rest of the family
at the table and fired, wounding Clinton
and their mother, Mrs. Little. The
fight then became general among all the
brothers, lasting some minutes. All
were st erely wounded except Wallace.
By this time some of the belligerents
had gotten outside the house. Lycur-
gus and Oscar then started to run. Gil
bert, who was standing near, ran into
the house and brought out rifle, fired
at Oscar at long range, wounding him
in the leg. He was captured by Column
bus and Gilbert, and held until the ar
rival of neighbors.y He was taken to
Berryville and lodged in jail. Clinton
died after lingering a couple of hours
in intense agony. The mother is in a
critical condition.
Our MAIL SERVICE. -There are in the
United States 63, 514 miles oof railway
mail service, that being an increase Of
/ 5,603 miles since the same period last
year. Massachusetts is the only New
| England State in which there are ], 00(
miles of railway mail service, that State
having nearly 1,700 miles. Delaware
has 24S miles, while of the other Middle
States, New York has 4, 726, New Jerse,
LISA, and Pennsylvania 3, $40 miles. O.
the Southern States, Arkansas, Florida
I. and West Virginia have less than 5000
while in the others there are from ], 00(
! to 1900 miles. Illinois has the larges
railway mail service-6, 526 miles Ohit
next, 4877 f; New York third, Pennsyl
i wanna fourth, and Missouri fifth. d
the latter State there are $3.50 miles.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-24
BILLIARDS.
By a RERET1D AMATEUR.

In the days when spotted the ball
Wheremy meeting Miss Gu 3 none should mock at
Many runs did make at the call
vi her sire, who was great on the pocket.
Nothing less than Count of three score,
If .he'd had his own way, he'd have chosen:
And her cheek grew ehalk-like, Isyore
That the red and the white, there were frozen.
NN ea. 80 ~ VS. - II
All in vain had Banked for the lead
With parent whose draw beat me hollow;
Yet he made not point in his greed,
That didn't surpass with a follow.
Till at last, an unfortunate break,
For the fortune he'd lost made him nlourner
When a spout at three balls did l take,
To deliver him out of his corner.
Then he gratefully gave me 3Iiss-Aa -
% Never barring apush that vas tingiisn-ss
And he said: You may win by Kiss;
But, be sure, don't put on too much English"
Those were days when a shot off the spot
Was the end of all foul-playing wrangle;
And miss, made for safety or not.
Came with only good, honest angle.
They were times of more Phelan than these,
With tenor not quite 80 Ubassy -.a
And the French of stroke that could please
Wasn't what it is now" Lor' a mdsse "
Graphic.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-24
A1rroMAroN SrREEr-CLEANER.-AN

AUToMAToN STREET. LEANER. A New
Haven man has invented a street-cleaner
that will clean mile of street day,
doing the work of six men. The con-
trivance consists of ten small hoes placed
side by side and mounted on wheels,
each one rising or falling, as the nature
of the pavements may require, indie
pendently of each other, the pressure
being produced by the weight of the
machine and regulated by springs, the
whole thus easily adapting itself to the
surface of the street. The machine
weighs $50 pounds, and is worked BY
| one man.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-24

A FOND lDU Lac paper describes a
wedding which its editor attended at
Oshkosh, Wis. 1t saysis " During
the ceremony the bride aud bridegroom
took each other about the waist and
swapped gum. :" ssas1 as
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-24

Coop rule for July-Never strike a
bed when it's down.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-24
Vegetable Instinct.

If pan of water be placed within six
inches of either side of the stem of a
pumpkin or vegetable marrow, it will in
the course of the night approach it, and
will be found in the morning with one
of the leaves on the water.
This experiment may be continued
nightly until the plant begins to fruit
If prop be placed within six inches of
young covovules, or scarlet runner, it
will find it, although the prop may be
shifted daily. If, after it has twined
some distance up the prop, it be I'M
wound and twined in the opposite direc-
ton, it will return to its original posi-
ton or die in the attempt yet, notwith-
standing, if two of these plants grow
near each other, and have no stake
around which they can entwine, one OF
them will alter the direction of the
spiral, and they will Irvine around each
other. IF oN
Duhamel placed some kidney beans IL
cylinder of moist earth after short
time they commenced to terminate, Of
course sending the plume upward to the
| light and the root down into the soil
After few days the cylinder was turned
one-fourth around, and again and agar
this was repeated, until an entire revo
luton Of the cylinder was repeated. The
beans were then taken out of the earth
and it was found that both the plume
and the radical had bent to accommo
date themselves to every revolution, and
the one in its efforts to ascend perpen
dicularly, and the other to descend, the.
had formed perfect spiral But al
though the natural tendency OF tn
roots is downward, if the soil beneatl
be dry, and any damp substance b
above, the roots will ascend to reach it
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-24

BURNING THE RATCHET. lin the city
of New York, two crippled soldiers OF
the late war, representing each OF the
contending armies, have established a
union of their own for mutual aid and
support, and are making an humble
livelihood on the street-corners by means
of a hand-organ. Mutilated by shot and
saber, these poor fellows who, in vigor-
GUS manhood, would have taken each
others life ON the battle field, have
joined hands at last in good will as
though they had been messmates instead
of enemies.
The Republican journal., 1873-06-12

children. These stung her to the quick,
and il was in consequence OF these that
the son who yesterday murdered his father,
meeting him in the streets of Saratoga
forced him to promise he would never
either threaten or insult his mother again
Mansfield Tracy Walworth then made a
solemn promise not to do so again. 1t
was only lately that the son, finding that
these insults upon his mothers fair fame
and name were beginning once more,
came to New York aud enacted the terri
bic deed with which he stands charged to-
day. Mrs. Walworth on the other hand,
says that she knew nothing of any such
intention, but finding two envelopes ad-
dressed to her in her sons room, she sup
posed he intercepted some of the letters
addressed to her, and then determined on
his terrible course, He left the house
entirely unknown to her.
From another informant the reporter
learned that Walworth was charged with
having once of late years endeavoured to
break into a Young ladies' school with
devilish purposes. Whether this school
was the one kept by the wife was not
stated by the informant.
These are simply the stories Of those
who claim to be perfectly well acquainted
with the family, and who, apparently have
no interest in misstatements. Whether
they are entirely correct can only appear
on more extended and probably judicial
examination
The Republican journal., 1873-06-12
Letter from RockIand.
Correspondence of the journal.

hoChLAND, June 3tn.
The sheriff has at last made his debut.
After months and months of tedious
waiting, the "tiger'' has issued from his
lair, and assisted by the local police, Che
being the grand head centre,) armed
with the requisite authority, and his last
years hat ornamented with the ''bachelors
BUTTON" sailed forth at early dawn last
Friday, and in rapid succession descended
upon the vendors of the ardent in Main
street, including hotels. At every place
but two enough was found to satiate the
rapacious man of the ''Bengal," the two
places being cup to snuff" disposed of
their stock in a hurry and left nothing be-
hind to tell the tale. There are good
many holes in skinner, but more in a
seive. The several violators of the law
were ground through the mill of Justice.
and each mulcted to the tune of $50 and
costs. Rumor has it that this sudden
move was made on account OF the late
session Of all the principal cold water
spouters in the state, which was held here
the night before, and considerable en-
quiry was made as to what the sheriff in
this section had done. After blow
always comes calm.
The Governor and Council made their
annual visit to the State Prison the past
week. They also visited Vinalhaven, the
band of which place came off to &C
company the party back. The band wore
their new uniforms for the first time.
The old Fourth Maine" are to hold
their next reunion Aug. 18th and 10Th in
this city. The first day there will be adj
dresses at Farwell & Ames Hall The
second day a grand clam bake &c, at
Owls Head, winding up the festivities by
a grand ball in the evening.
The agent at our city liquor agency has
had his salary raised, doubtless owing to
the increase of business in his department
The annual returns show an increase OF
sickness. Rockland is getting to be a
sCiy uiiottllHJ toWii, toGoltIils5 w tHtSc
statistics.
Mr. d. N. Bird is building fine
pleasure yacht, which when completed is
intended to take the starch out of any
thing that wears a keel IN this section OF
the state.
Our Vinalhaven neighbors are to have
a new steamer very soon, the increase OF
business requiring more accommodations
for freight and travel.
The late rains came Just in the nick of
time, and vegetation has improved to a
great extent.
No especial move has been made towards
celebrating the Fourth. We have not had
a celebration for so long that It's a little
out of the general order Of events.
The members of the Universalist
Society talk strongly of building a new
church. They have a large and flourish
ing society, and their present place Of
worship is inadequate to accommodate
them all.
A large number OF dwelling houses are
being built this year, but very few of
them are for renting purposes.
Lime still continues dull and business
of all kin Dis suffers in consequence.
Nru
The Republican journal., 1873-06-12

FIRE IN BROOKS. About midnight, on
Monday, fire was discovered in the large
wooden store owned by Michael Chase
and occupied by Nesmith 4 Huxtord
50 rapidly did the fire spread that but
very little was saved. Six barrels OF
flour, Il hogshead of molasses and q safe
were all that could be got out. The books
of the town were in the store and We're all
lost. A new stock of goods had been
recently got in, and the store was very
full. Mr. Chase had 800 bushels of potatoes
in the cellar. We learn that Mr. Chase
had insurance to the amount of $500 on
the building, and the occupants $4,000 on
the stock. The whole loss above nsur-
ance, is about 5000 The type and press
of the suspended farmers Exchange,
which was in the second story, were totally
destroyed. The Brooks Band had a room
in the building, and lost portion of their
instruments. The origin of the fire is I'M
known