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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-28

say what you please, and l will bear it,
l repeat my heart gushed forth food
of love.
Here was fix /, married man,
going to see his Geographic bride, and
rs Geographically in love with another
woman. l began to repent my haste,
and when, too late, saw the marrying
one had never set my eyes upon.
What could l do What could I do
The lady was also married, for l heard
the driver call her madam.
How sheeyed me ! l spoke about
the coach windows being raised to suit
her.
She thanked me in tones that
acted like nm arterial stimulant. l was
gone. Much conversation followed, and
l was goner. I saw she was giving me
sweet, yet pleading looks. Heavens,
thought I, she is unhappily mated.
Suppose gave her my sympathy. Yet
should I jeopardize myself before such
transcendent charms? Suppose I be-
tray my love, how would 1 feel in the
presence of my wife, and what power
could ! confer upon total stranger? I
had it. 1 would betray nothing, but
offer consolation to flower most surely
neglected. We are the only passengers,
and what good chance.
Madame said /, "please pardon
me, but you seem to exist under a
cloud.
She sighed deeply.
well, sir, not widow, though 1
don't live with my husband.\
Poor soul, continued I.
She put her handkerchief to her
I thought about half Of j went in,
but IF course it was to stop her emo
ton. II
lou are not HAPPY, madam
"vry far frop>h, sir; am miser-
able w\
So was miserable to put my arms
around her neck.
"Where do You reside, madam ?"
" In indianapolis"
Have you friends there ?"
"Many, sir"
mo doubt of it, Allow me to ask,
do You love your husband?"
Devotedly, sir"
"Then you will live with him."
Would be glad of the chance, sir"
When did yon see him last ?"
II have never seen him, SIR"
Here she again half swallowed her
"Never seen him? Why, what do
you mean ?"
"Sir, have You not read of tele-
graphic wedding?"
Julius Caesar !" cried I. "Tell me,
ire you Mrs. Kate Leary?'
IT am"
As relaxed, she said /: eco on, Lati-
ner; knew you from your daguerro-
ype."
/ will not prolong this, but merely
'emark that Kate is my next to the
Great One above. / have never felt
ashamed Of my inconsistency, and would
lot lose her for the wealth of the Orient.
eve4 consider us as bound together by
wire; and when asked if am married
nan, I always feel like saying-very.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-28
TO WHOM 1T NAY CONCERN.
Are You insured? DO you pay the

are you nnSufeu 10 you pay nv
grocer?
Do You feed the sparrows
Do you kiss your wife before you leave
in the morning and when you return
home at night?
DO not sleep in garment at night
that you wear in the day time.
DO you fail to keep good the promises
you make to the children?
DO you speak Of your father as "the
old man." or of your mother or wife as
"the old woman ?" BE ashamed OF 1t II
you do, and quit it.
DO you talk about your neighbors'
and thus teach your children to do like
wise? It is sure sign of low breeding
if you do, and very dirty habit to fall
into?
DO you scold? If you do, and are o
man, go hide yourself you disgrace the
household of which you are supposed 70
be the head. If you are q wife ana
mother, quit the country and go to oai'
Lake. You are past saving here
drowniny in salt may do it.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-28
VARIETIES.

| dhxE lies.
LATEST markets -Cod-liver oil is in
good consumptive demand.
A CONTEMPORARY speaks of fashion.
able tailor as being "oEe Of the old war
horses of the trade" A heavy charger,
We suppose.
DUBUQuE beggars wear placards on
their breasts, inscribed: " Large bills
cheerfully changed for all donations
over ten cents"
UPON the marriage of Miss Wheat of
Virginia, an editor hopes that her path
may be Aowery, and that she may never
be thrashed by her husband.
HUSBAND, I don't know where that
boy got his bad temper. 1 am sure, not
from me-" "No, my dear, for don't
find that you have lost any,"
AN old sailor, who had great aversion
to life on land, said he was like lob
ster, as he never came ashore without
the risk of getting in hot water.
The "heart" is the best card in the
chance game of neutrality-suspicious.
overcome by diamonds and knaves,
often won by tricks, and occasionally
treated in a shutting manner, and then
cut altogether.
A FRIEND Of Ours in very moderate
circumstances got rich in less than five
minutes, judging from his expression,
for he put some spirits Of hartsnorn on
his handkerchief in an apothecary's
store, thinking it cologne, then dancing
round the room with tears in his eyes,
swore he didn't want another (s)cent.
In Washington, the other day, fe-
male member of colOred theatrical
troupe went into dry goods store and
called for some fiesh-colored hose. The
clerk placed before her box of black
stockings, and that impertinent young
man has never been able to tell whether
he was blown up by nitro-glycerine or
was struck by shot from n seventy-two
FOUNDER.
A MAN whom DIR. Chalmers engaged to
manage disorderly Sunday-school kept
his eyes wide open during praying, and,
when one boy thrust a pin into an.
other, he marched up the aisle, still
praying, and cuffed that boys ears, and
went back again, praying all the way.
After that he was master of the situa-
ton, for the boys thought that man
who could watch and pray like that could
not be put down.
A WORKMAN, while repairing one OF
the outer venetian blinds of an aristo-
cratic establishment, missed his footing
and fell into the street. A crowd gath
cred round him and raised him up,
when it was found that he had received
only few slight Commissions. Mean
while one of the servants brought him
glass of water. Making wry face, the
man said, "Only water! From what
height should / have to fall to get
glass of beer?"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-28
DEAR BROTHER. COME HOME TO THE
FARM.

FARM.
Your letter reached me, dear Herbert,
And have read II all through,
SO now l am going 20 answer,
And talk quite plainly TO you.
lis time that you learned, my dear brother,
A little for others to care;
Letting reason guide You little.
And stop living in castles of air.
don't want to be hard, my dear brother,
But the truth must be verify told;
Since the death Of our dear, darling mother
Our father has grown wonderfully old.
i think he longs for you often,
And wishes Dert's strong, sturdy arm
Would willingly, cheerfully help him
Find wealth from the soil of the farm.
There's no Disgusting 1t, Herbert,
Think you sadly mistake
When you say " the life Of n farmer
Is Of such contemplate make"
I'm sure no life suits you better,
And you know this to be grim fact,
The professions Of doctor and lawyer
Fill the country until it is packed.
BE sensible now, darling Herbert,
Remember our family cares;
Remember your promise to mother,
Remember how poor father fares
All alone with no one to help him;
DON'T longer let idleness charm,
Look away from yourself for one moment,
Dear brother. come home to the farm.
What good did the few months at college
Do you, 1 would like to find out;
1t only unsettled your prospects,
And ended in running about.
AS for being gentleman, Herbert,
That end can ~ well be attained
At work ON the farm for your father
As in the city you named.
Don't spend any more idle moments,
Nor live for yourself all alone;
But come back to the CHEEKY old Preside,
And enliven our dear fathers tone.
Mother Earth will welcome you gladly,
Her soul will ne'r do you harm;
You will find your rich vocation
At home and at work on the farm.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-28

A STATE fair is queen; an agricul-
tural fair is farmers daughter; a
church fair is parsons wife; a SOL
dier's fair is the best-looking girl he
can get hold Of; a charity fair is n
female pauper, and the most unpop-
ular fair in the universe, clearinghouse
fare.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-28

A LITTLE child hearing sermon and
observing the minister very vehement in
his words and gestures, cried out,
Mother, why don't the people let the
man out of the box"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-28

THE mortality of Dublin during the
year 1872 was excessive, risingto ~ per
1000, which is higher than any city III
the United Kingdom except Cork.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-28
MARRIED BY TELEGRAPH.

Mr.. Leary, you are a married man.
sir % n
every, SIR"
every why do you say very?"
because my dear little wife and
are bound together by wires"
"Latimer Leary, you talk enigmas. y
"Then, sir, to be plain as primer,
will inform you that I was married by
telegraph"
You don't say sol"
Yes, I do"
"Then tell the company all about the
affair"
81 will with pleasure. Ladies and
gentlemen, my wife is second cousin,
and was Leary. She once resided in
the city Of indianapolis, while I was q
resident of Centerville, in the same
State.
was bachelor of thirty, but full Of
romance and general love. I say OF gen.
eral love, because I had not made con-
centration.
"Why don't you take a wife ?" was
eternally buzzed in my ears.
"Whom will take?'
To this query a score of friends would
say:
"Your relative, Kate Leary."
Kate Leary, why, she is my own
cousin y
Only second cousin" they would
retort ; land your opposite, Latimer.
Kate is a blonde, and You are dark as
Erebus, or the ace of clubs.
never had seen Miss Leary, but
this continual association of the young
lady with my welded life had an infu-
ence.
One day member of Congress ex-
claimed, Mr.. Leary, we're single,
would assuredly pay court to your
cousin. As am married, and you are
my best friend, can earnestly hope
you will possess the luxury"
At this period 1 was a merchant.
Having discharged thieving clerk, I
was 80 confined to my store that Jour-
ney to Indianapolis was out Of the ques-
ton. was growing almost wild to see
one of whom all praised-so many
wished me to we'd.
In few days from the call of my leg
islative friend, his brother, noted Judge,
appeared at my store.
The Judge was also my devoted ally
position intensified by his recollec-
ton of being educated by my deceased
father.
Drawing a daguerrotype from his
coat, said he, 81 wish to show you some
thing NICE There, what do you say to
that p
"Who is it ?" 1 cried, with enthusi-
asm.
"This, my dear friend, is Miss Kate
Leary, the young lady I wish you to
marry"
Tell me-" exclaimed I, sis she all |
they claim for her p
My dear friend, honestly, as 1 value |
truth, ! have not heard her sufficiently |
praised"
"Why don't some man try his luck ?"
"I'm glad you ask. Simply because
she is overcourted, and consequently
hard to please. She is romantic, and I |
clearly see not winnable by ordinary
methods"
You say she is very particular ?"
"She is, SIR"
"Then goodbye for me-"
"Not at NIL she is rapturous over
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-28

AN Ohio man has invented new kind
Of buggy-wheel without any hub or
felloes.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-01-03

sD@The american Farmer for January
begins a new year with number of even
more than usual merit. Its contents are
varied and attractive, every branch of ru-
raj life receiving full attention. This ven
cradle journal well sustains its high char
acter, and is devoted entirely to subjects
Impractical bearing, no sensational features
being introduced. The work on the farm,
manures, the staple crops, live stock, the
garden, fruit-groWing, fioriculturure, &C.,
are under constant notice, and there is also
a department for the household. We COM
mend the "Farmer" to our readers. Pub
lished by Saml. Sands & Son, Baltimore,
Md, at $3.50 year, or at 81 to clubs of
five or more, with valuable premiums to
clubs. Specimen numbers sent free
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-01-03
Bankrupt Governments.

The New York Bulletin is showing that
all ornearly all of the leading governments
of the world at this moment are in state
of bankruptcy. A hopeful view, however
is taken of the conditions Of the govern
ments of the United States, England and
Holland. France and Italy are in bad
way. So are Austria, Turkey, Mexico and
all the South and Central American States
Modern government, the editor concludes
is getting to be very costly machine; but
one of these days must come grand col
lapse of fictitious credit and paper money
and with the substitution of real values in
their place better state of things will
succeed,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-01-03
THE TIMES.
TOBACCO, MD,
Friday, Jan. B, 1873.
Our Railroad.

We are truly glad to announce to the
public that regular daily train of cars
for passengers commenced running, on
Wednesday morning last, from Cox's Sta
ton to Bowie. According to the time
schedule, the train leaves daily Except
Sundays), going Northward, as follows -
Cox's, 5.55; La Plata, GIT; Beantown, 6.55;
Brandywine, 7.s2; Linden, 7.45; Marlboro,
$50; Bowie, $50, A. M. Returning, leaves
Bowie, $40; Marlboro, 6.1O; Linden, 6.55;
Brandywine, 7.20; Beantown, 7.45; La Pla-
ia, s.22; Cox's, S.45, and arrives at Pope's
Creek, 80, P. M, and leaves for Cox's at
$50 P. M, from which Station the cars
leave at 5.55, A. M, as above stated.
Passengers by this train will arrive in
Baltimore at 1890 A. NJ, and in Washing
ton at Ills A. M. Returning, will leave
Washington at 5.5S, and Baltimore at 400
P. M.
We indulge the hope that, as the road
is still in a somewhat unfinished condi-
ton, the present arrangement is only tenn
porary. 1t is certainly very announcement
and unpleasant to persons travelling to BIZ
compelled to meet the train going at SC
early an hour, at this inclement season
and on returning to reach the stations af
ter dark. But even this is an accommo
dation when one has no other mode o
travel
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-01-03
Goo3 Resolutions,

There are some sensible girls down in
Maine, and, We were young and unmar-
ried, we think weishould go in that direc-
ton for wife. In the first class of the
high school in Portland, all the young la
dies, with only twd Exceptions, have agreed
to adopt for a school dress plain, sub
stantial, and not expensive material Over
skirts, laces and velvets are to be wholly
discarded, and ribbons used only to linn
tied extent. No jewelry except plain
pin and one PLAIN ring is to be worn. The
girls agree to wear no other costume to
school between this time and their grad
uation next June. Among other things,
they agree to dicard all slang talk, and to
make their English as chaste and pure as
their dress. Those young ladies deserve
to have their names lettered in gold, and
if the teacher of that school will send them
to US we will have it done.-Va. State Jour.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-01-03
Run.ored Cabinet Changes.

1t is stated by the Washington CORES
pondent of the New York Times that thus
far it is known that three members of the
Cabinet will positively retire, of their own
volition, on the 4th of March next, viz =
Messrs. Fish, Boutwell, and Williams. All
of them will then tender their designations;
but only these three, so far as is now known,
will decline further service. Secretary
Fish will retire, in accordance with de-
termination long since expressed, although
the President has recently expressed his
very strong desire to have him remain in
the Cabinet as long as he remained in the
Presidency. Secretary Boutwell, will retire
positively, whether called to service in the
Senate or not. It is reported that his re-
signation is written, and will take effect
on the 18th of February, but this is denied
at the Treasury Department. Attorney
General Williams will likewise voluntari-
ly decline further official service, in defer
ence to future business plans. Of course
nothing has been developed with reference
to the future successors of these gentlemen
and the mention of any names is, therefore
simply the reiteration of current gossip
and current gossip mentions the name Of
Hon. E. lockwood Hoar, of Massachusetts
for the State Department, and Hon. E. D
Morgan, of New York, for the Treasury
The transfer of Secretary Delano to the
same Department is also suggested.
| Bait. american.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-01-03
Injunction Dissolved.

We learn from the Beacon that the in
junction in the matter of the Washington
City and Point Lookout r. r. Co. VS.. the
County Commissioners of st. Mary's coun.
ty has been dissolved. This decision
leaves the Commissioners free to dispose
of State stock, pledged to works of inter
nal improvements in our county, as they
may think best, unless they shall be re-
strained by an appeal to higher tribu-
nal, which action, we learn, is contempla-
ted by the counsel for the road.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-01-03
Eclectic Magazine.

The January number of the Eclectic COM
mences new volume, and commences it
in such way as to challenge the attention
of every Intelligent reader to the claims OF
this sterling periodical. 1t is embellished
with two steel engravings, one of them be-
ing reproduction of Guido's beautiful
and pathetic portrait Of Beatrice di Cen
CT" This is one Of the finest pictures that
ever appeared in an American magazine,
and is only an exceptionally striking ex-
ample Of the excellent steel engravings
with which the Eclectic is illustrated every
month, and which add greatly to the val
ue of its volumes. A fine portrait of Dr.
Livingstone also accompanies this number
In literature the Eclectic is always excep-
tionally strong. Cleaning from the entire
field of English and continental current
literature, it presents, from month to month,
such an array of Scientific Papers, Essays,
Biographical Sketches, Reviews, Poems,
and Serial and Short Stories, as no single
magazine could hope to rival; and it was
never so comprehensive and various as it
promises to be in the new year. In the
February number, a new story, entitled
''Too Soon," by the author of 'Patty," will
be commenced, printed from the authors
advance sheets; and in addition to the u
sual English sources, a series of translations
| is promised from the Per7Le dec De,,r Nm
DIES, and leading German periodicals.
AS the prospectus states, "the aim of the
Eclectic is to be instructive without being
dull, and entertaining without being tri-
vial" 1t appeals to all cultivated readers,
and now is the time for subscription.
Published by E. R. Pelton, 1O8 Fulton
Street, New-York. Terms, SIS year; two
copies, 80. Single number, As cents.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-01-03

1t is stated, says the Beacon, that the
whole survey of the Southern Maryland
Railroad, from Brandywine to st. Mary's
River, is completed or within few days
of completion, and that active operations
will now be commenced to finish the grad
ing and other work that yet remains to be
done. The friends of this road express
the fullest confidence that large portion
of it will be in running order and run
ming" before the coming Summer months
and that all of it will be graded, if not
finished, at an early day thereafter.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-01-03

WThe New York Herald declares that
''such corruption and anarchy as exists now
in the South are not only injurious to that
section, not only check its progress and
material interests, and therefore, prove
damaging to the business interests of the
North, but they are infectious, and must in
the end demoralize the whole Republic.
1t is, in fact, long step towards centraliz-
alton, despotism and military rule. It is
the way in which all nations have march
ed, the liberties and institutions of which
have been subverted or overturned.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-01-03
I'm the following an Annapolis cor,

I'm the following an Annapolis cor
respondent announces the death of one of
our fellow-apprentices under the late Jere-
miah Hughes, and one who was an esteem
ed companion of our youthful days:
samuel Davis, ESQ.,, died in this city
on Thursday last, (the 26th ult.) of pneu-
monia, in the fftyfourth year of his age.
He was formerly a partner in the Mary
land Republican Office, in this city, under
the name of Riley & Davis. They both
were also State printers one or more times.
Mr.. D. was a practical printer"
Mr.. Davis was a useful citizen-moral
and upright in character. He leaves a
an afectionate wife and children and nu-
merous friends to mourn his death. One
by one our early friends are dropping off.
Of eight boys who were in the old Repu6li-
can Office at the same time we believe but
three are now living.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-01-03
ewThere is an amonnt of nlnck in FL

There is an amount of pluck in the
heart of the old Snowman, Barnum, that is
worthy of the highest praise. No disas-
ter appals him, and the fre-fend itself
seems powerless to crush him. He has
been burned out four times, but always
rises from the ashes with renewed vigor
He has already begun the reorganization
of his mammothsexhibition which recent
ly met with destruction in New York, and
as soon as human energy can accomplish
the work he will have his great show again
in successful operation
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-01-03
H The President has signed the bill

The President has signed the bill to
reduce the expenses and offices of the In.
ternal Revenue Bureau, which passed Con.
gress few days ago, and the work of put.
ting the new law into practical operation
will be commenced Immediately. This
bill, it will be remembered, legislates all
of the Assessors out of Office by the 1st OF
July next. There are about seventeen diff
ferent kinds of stamps to be prepared be.
fore the new law goes into effect, but work
upon them will be commenced without de-
Low
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-01-03
~The H,tntinQtoaiGa saws:

"Hon. Oden Bowie, ex-Gov. of this State
is talked of by some of the Democrats as
their candidate for the State Senate. We
hope they do not nominate him, for il
would be a pity to have SO popular and
fine gentleman beaten"
Whether it be ex-Gov. Bowie, or the
present faithful Senator, or some othel
good Democrat, who receives the nonina.
ton, if the party in Prince Georges will
be united there is no danger of his being
beaten.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-01-03

During some anniversary services
at Baptist Church in the seventh ward
of the city of Williamsport, Pa, on Christ
mas day, both the floor and ceiling gave
way, and more than five hundred persons,
men, women and many children, were pre-
cipitated into the cellar. A number were
instantly killed, and about forty injured,
some seriously. The disaster was caused,
it is stated, "by the floor being too weak
for the crowd assembled"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-01-03
Austrian, French and German news

Austrian, French and German news
papers are engaged in lively controversy
over disclosures made by the Duke d.
Grammont in regard to the origin of the
late war. His Grace brings documentary
evidence to support the truth of his asser
ton that Austria promised to assist France
in the event of war with Prussia. He
publishes an Austrian despatch to the
French Government, in which the pledge
is given in these words: ''Your cause is
ours. We will contribute to the success
of the French arms"