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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-10

"Well, Mr.. Frank, it's after mid
night p he exclaimed, "an' your friend
hasn't come back yet. But, it ar all
right. promised him to wait until mid
night, an then if he didn't come back 1
war toput you all nicely to bed, and send
you over to the depot at five o'clock in
the morning. So I'll call Jimmy and
tuck you away"
But-but I'll go to the depot, I re-
piled. eff the boy will go with me, I'll
give him dollar. 1t frightened me to
think of staying there all night in such
evil company.
"That's it, you see," he continued.
"The piece regulations don't permit
any one to be out arter midnight. If any
OF the peelers caught you out arter this
time, they'd lock We up for burglars, an
it would be ten years in State Prison at
| the least. You can have nice bed to
sleep like bug, an afore daylight We Il
be over to the depot safe and sound. =
There was no other way than to sub
NIT, but something told me that the man
meant me evil, and had there been any
way of escaping from the room should
have made an attempt. The man gave
a sharp whistle, and the next moment
Jimmy came in with lighted candle In
| his hand.
"Light the young man up to bed, jim
my, and be sure to give him No. IT,, re-
marked the man, and 1 caught look
passing between them which made me
tremble. ya
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-10
Playing Cards.

Playing cards are supposed to be Of
Asiatic origin; but when the Asiatics
first played cards cannot even be coniec-
tured. In all probability cards were in
troduced into Europe by the Arabs,
Jews and other Oriental races, before the
thirteenth century, the Saracens especi-
ally having made the game popular in
Spain and Italy; thence the taste for it
spread rapidly into France, Germany and
England. The first historical evidence
of the existence of cards in Germany pre-
sents itself before 1875, when a record in
the town hall of Augsburg mentions tie
fact that Rudolph I. amused himself
with playing cards and other games y
The use of cards in Italy is mentioned as
early as 1899. The first authentic record
of their existence in France occurs in
1393
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-10
A Funny Scene.

San Francisco has witnessed scene
which has created much fun, but more
profanity, in every postoffice in the
United States. "A female argonaut of
fearful vitality we read in the San
Francisco Bulletin, "a tall and extreme
ly ugly female, called at the postofice,
rendered ninety-nine coppers to the
urbane clerk, and asked in lieu thereof
three cent stamps. The official remarked
that he could only receive four coppers
as legal tender, and at the expense of
deal Of precious time endeavored to
convince the female that he was guided
by certain rules and had no latitude in
the matter She waxed wroth, and re-
marked that when, in the course of hui
man events, it became apparent that
United States coin was to be refused by
a United States official, she thought her
forefathers had died in vain, and consid-
cred it her duty to bring the Government
to account. Then she paced the corridor
of the postoffice until she had made
thirty-three separate tenders of the cop
pers and obtained thirty-three three-cent
stamps. During her transactions with
the clerk she gave him much unsolicited
advice, and otherwise contributed to the
enjoyment of little knot of spectators.
The clerk acted the gentleman through
ont -
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-10
An Arkansas Man in a Crowd of Pick.
pockets.

Two pickpockets yesterday morning
attempted to work a portly old party
from Arkansas. They began their eff
forts ON the Louisville sleeper, as it was
coming through the yards, and COM
menced crowding around the denizen of
Arkansas wilds in a way which he de-
spised. The more so as he was on his
way home from the Inauguration at
Washington, where he had been relieved
of fine gold watch by the same
crowding process. He allowed the fell
lows to work their game until he found
out their intentions had reference to
what valuables he escaped with from
Washington. When he thought the
thing had gone far enough, he drew an
Arkansas toothpick from somewhere
about his clothes, and evinced strong
desire to eviscerate the thieves and 9th
erwise explore the interior of their cor
poral systems in a way highly prejudi-
cial to their welfare. The toothpick was
a cross between a regulation bowie and
cavalry saber, and it is needless to say
that the chevaliers d'industrie complied
with the old gentleman's invitation for
them to git and " clar, to vamoose''
and mizzle in short order, thereby show
ing they could understand the Arkansas
dialect without the slightest difficulty,
and the way they did "clar'' or "vam-
Dose" did credit to their locomotive
powers. The citizen from where they
raise catamounts and free fights kept
his bowie at parade rest while in the
depot, and seemed rather disappointed
that he had not investigated some one
between the small ribs while he had the
opportunity. He suspected the parties
of being part of the same gang that had
been working at Washington, which sus-
picion was corroborated by the sleeping
car conductor, who remembered that
their tickets were from that place. They
walked up the wrong customer, however,
when they attempted the second raid or
the man from the Toothpick State. In
dianopolis Sentinel.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-10
Shakespearian Commentaries.

mime host of the garter" The land
lady, of course
'sAnd thereby hangs tale" Oar
winian theory.
1.-THE lunatic, the lover, and the
poet. Properly classified.
Stealing and giving odor." Negro
in watermelon patch.
"Thou has damnable itineration. :"
The fellow that tells old Jokes.
$50 sweet and valuable in his dis
course" The prize candy peddler.
81 know a bank wherein the wild
thyme blows" A faro bank.
"Take, o take those lips away"
Some very pretty women tUiU eat onions.
cit hath an ancient and fsh-hke
smell" Goldfish aristocracy and Credit
Mobilier.
SIS she not passing fair? ' Doubtless
the lady engaged in passing the hat
around at the church socials.
If ladies be but young and fair, they
have the gift to know it." They are,
indeed, remarkably conscious.
He draweth out the thread of his
verbosity finer than the staple of his ar
gument." The "heavy" editor.
"How use doth breed habit in a
man." Good thought here Use man
meanly and he'll soon get the habit of
kicking you.
GA needy, hollow-eyed, sharp-look-
ing wretch" The very picture OF a
modern interviewing reporter. Truly
we can never do justice to the foresight
of the immortal bard.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-10
MY CHOICHi.
BY JENNIE HARRISON.

Yes, l know there are stains on my carpet
The traces of small, muddy boots;
Ana see your fair tapestry, glowing
All spotless, with blossoms and fruits
And know that my walls are disfeured
with prints Of small fingers and hands:
and See that your 0acn household Wilderness
All fresh in its purity stands!
Yes, l know my black walnut is battered,
And dented by many small heels:
While your polished stair way. all perfect
Its smooth, shining surface reveals
And know that my parlor is Uttered
With many odd treasures and toys:
While your otrn is in daintiest order
Unframed by the presence of boysi
And know that my room is invaded
Quite boldly, all hours of the day:
While you sit in your own unmolested,
And dream the soft quiet away!
Yes, know have jackets that wear out.
And buttons that never will stay;
While you can embroider, at leisure,
And learn pretty arts of "crochet."
And know there are lessons of spelling,
Which must be patient to hear;
While you may sit down to your novel,
Or turn the last magazine near!
Lrc1 hIOn tucfc AHc 1OuE Attic Dctslucs
Where must stand watchful, each night
While you may go out in your carriage,
And flash i'll your dresses SO bright!
Now, 1 think I'm neat little woman =
like my house orderly, too;
And I'm fond of all dainty belongings
Yet ieOuld not change places nth yon
No!-keep your fair home, with its order,
Its freedom from trouble and noise;
AM f-aar fop fnll on
But give me my four splendid boys!
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-10
Pith and Point.

THE nick of time-Wrinkles
DoAT-AGE-The age of infancy.
A MOVING scene-A game of chess.
WHAT comes after cheese Mouse.
THE best color for faces-Water color.
A "YoUNG SHAVED" "A BARRIERS baby.
MUSICAL Cutting man till his
ears ring.
A VOLUME that will bring tears to your
eyes-A volume of smoke.
WHEN is the weather artful when
it's knowing OTIS snowing).
"YoU can't do that again, said the
pig to the boy who cut his tail off
A TRUE American is too proud to beg
and too honest to steal. He gets
trusted.
"I CAN'T find bread for my family"
said lazy fellow. "Nor l" replied an
industrious miller 1T am obliged to
work for it.
An applicant for a pair of boots was
asked what number he wore, and replied,
GS SOOu dS lie ItcONoISu 1I0Iu lllo SUI E4loC,
"Why two, of courser'
''SR, I intend to raise your rent, J"
said landholder to one of his tenants,
to which he replied, 6 am very muck
obliged to you, for 1 cannot raise it my
self
AN Indianapolis woman recently gave
birth to a child during her husbands alb
sence, and just before his return the
neighbors borrowed two other babies
and placed them in bed with the little
stranger When the father asked to see
his child, the coverlid was turned down,
and although he must have been i'm
mensely surprised, he coolly turned to
his wife and asked, "Did any get
away?"
GEORGE W. MALEY, famous Metho-
dist preacher, once ia addressing him
self especially to the colored people OF
his congregation, cried out You, my
dear, black brethren, God bless your
black, greasy hides when you get to
heaven you will be iappanned all over
! with glory"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-10

z coLoRED citizen placed some eggs
in some wool, among which was also
some sawdust, and was very much
startled the other day by hearing the
chirping of young chickens in his cup
board. Upon examining his egg-box he
found in it eight or ten chickens which
had been Matched without the assistance
of hen. It is well-known fact that
creased wooden rags heaped in piles
have tendency to produce spontaneous
combustion, and we suppose the same
cause produced the artificial heat which
Matched the chickens. Ky. }
YeODa0n.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-10
Yankee Smiles.

Some of the SMILES which Americans
derive from their professions, and apply
to persons, have all the character of wit.
A farmer says of meager and unequal
speech that it was "pretty scattering"
alluding to ground crops that grow I'M
evenly An iron-founder will say of a
speech that was all passion, that, not
withstanding, it "didn't make weld. "
Miners in the West use the word "color"
for the purest gold in the ground. One
of them remarked of man who had
been tried and found worthless, 81 have
found him out, clear down to the bed
rock, but can't even raise the color. "
Frequenters of the race-course mentlen
a beaten politician as the longest-eared
horse they ever saw" as the ears hang
to iaded horse; and a Nantucket cap
tain, when asked his opinion of a very
rhetorical preacher, said, "He's good
sailor, but bad carver. John Weiss.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-10

A teacup is one gill.
Two gills are half pint.
Two pints are one quart.
Four quarts are one gallon.
A large wine glass is two ounces.
A tablespoonful is half an ounce.
Forty drops equal one teaspoonful.
Eight large tablespoonful are one
gill.
Four large tablespoonful are half a
gill.
A common-sized wine glass is half a
gill.
Four teaspoonsful equal enc table
spoonful.
A common-sized tumbler holds half a
pint.
Sixteen large tablespoonfuls are half a
pint.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-10

The one hundredth couple who have
blown out gas stopped at hotel at Glen
Falls, N. Y, recently. They were from
the rural districts. The late retiring
guests smelling it notified the porter,
who woke up the couple, telling them
that the gas was leaking. els it?"
asked the swain; 81 thought 1 blew it
all out p
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-04-10
HYPATIA.
By EDMUND c. srEDMAs.

Ills fifteen hundred years, you say,
Since that fair teacher died
In learned Alexandria
BY the stone affairs side:
The wild monks slew her, as she lay
At the feet of the Crucified.
Yet in prairie-town, one night,
found her lecture-hall,
Where bench and dais stood Alright,
And statues graced the wall,
And pendent brazen lamps the light
OF classic days let fall.
A throng that watched the speakers face,
And on her accents hung,
Was gathered there: the strength, the grac
OF lands where life is young,
Ceased not, saw, with that blithe race
From old Pelasgis sprung.
No civic crown the sibyl wore,
Nor academic tire,
But shining skirts, that trailed the floor
And made her staturn higher;
A written scroll the lecture bore,
And flowers doomed anigh her.
The wealth her honeyed speech had won
Adorned her in our sight;
The sIlkworm for her sake had spun
His cincture, day and night;
With broider-work and Honiton
Her open sleeves we're bright.
But still Hypatia's self / knew,
And saw, with dreamy wonder,
The form of her whom Cyril slew
(See Kingsley's novel, yonder),
Some fifteen centuries since, it's trse,
And half world asunder.
Her hair was coifed Athenian-wise,
With one loose tress down-howing
Apollo's rapture lit her eyes,
His utterancs bestowing-
o silver flutes clear harmonies
On which a god was blowing.
Yet not of Plato's sounding spheres,
And universal Pan,
She spoke I; but searched historic years,
The sisterhood to scan
OF women.-girt with ills and fears,-
Slaves to the tyrsnt, Man.
Their crosiered banner she unfurled.
And onward pushed her quest
Through golden ages of u world
By their deliverance blest:-
At all who stay their hands she hurled
Defiance from her breast.
saw her burning words infuse
warmth through many a heart,
As still, in bright successive views,
She drew her sex's part;
Discoursing, like thu Lesbian Muse,
OF work, and song, and art.
Why vaunt, thought, the past, or say
The later is the less?
Our Sappho sang but yesterday,
OF whom two chimes confess
Heavens flame within her wore away
Her earthly loneliness.
So let thy wild heart ripple ON,
Brave girl, through vale and city!
Spare, OF its listless moments, one
To this, thy poets ditty;
Nor long forbear, when al is done,
Thine own sweet self to pity.
The priestess of the Sestian tower,
Whose knight the sea swan over,
Among her votaries' gifts no flower
OF heart's-ease could discover:
She died, but in no evil hour,
Who, dying, clasped her lover.
The rose-tree has its perfect life
When the full rose is blown;
Some height of womanhood the wife
Beyond thy dream has known;
Set not thy head and heart at strife
To keep thee fl ON thine own.
Hypatia thine essence rare
The rarer joy should merit !:
Possess thee of that common share
Which lesser souls inherit:
All gods to thee their garlands BEAR
Take one from Love, and wear it
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-04-17

the building, though 1t was through the
greatest efforts the flames were subdued.
The other evening Messrs. Lenehan &
Hollands house came very near burning,
caused from a gasoline lamp. The gas
escaping from thr socket caught, and Geo.
Bass. clerk. took 1t down and laid it on
the floor when the heat from the flames
broke the lamp-bowl, the oil running out
on tile floor. Dr.. Sloan. who was passing,
ran In and threw y bucket Of water on 1t,
and put It out. The damage was slight.
The Hotel csugllt atire this morning
from a spark from an engine, but was dis
covered In time to save the building.
David Tucker, u very respectable young
man, well known here, was attacked last
night with strong symptoms ofmininsitis.
Yours truly, y.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-04-17

We have not room in this issue for a
communication from y. r. B., upon the
subject of parks in general, and urging
that some action be taken by the citizens
OF Winchester for the establishment of
one. He mentions the large square,
known as the Hutchins lot, as a suitable
spot, and VI agree with him that it could
be converted into a nice park and would
be of great good in the way Of atfOrding a
pleasant retreat during summer and
causing q cultivation of social feelings.
which. DR.. Paley says, Is the first step to-
ward happiness. But we believe our
friend is premature in his advocacy Of a
park in Winchester. 1t may he VIC are
not so fond an admirer OF the beautiful in
nature AMI art As he. but really we must
say that we should hasten slowly " In re-
gard to a park until we get better streets .
We want fewer "slippery paths" to walk
in. and better roads to travel on In at
tending to the demands of business. We
want about $4,000 expended on our
streets. and then We will urge the estab-
lishment Of Il park.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-04-17

The various towns in Tennessee have
ceased to make bids for the Methodist
University, for the establishment of which
Commodore Vanderbilt gave half n mil
lion. 1t is generally conceded that it must
be near Nashville. but really we can never
cease to believe that there arc& hundred
better sites in our State, and il those who
hold authority in the matter would only
visit the Winchester Springs in this coun-
ty they would certainly he convinced that
no place of superior merit coulL be found.
At these Springs could be found pure
free-stone, chalybeate. snlphu" and other
kinds OF water; picturesque scenery. and
freedom from malarial diseases. They are
only a few miles from the Nashville q
Chattanooga Railroad, and certainly there
could be no objection rs to accessibility
A city is the last place for such an insti-
tuition in these days of rail roads, disease,
evil association and proximity.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-04-17

RECIPE FOR MAKING WIEE.-ln any of
our readers wish to make wine this year.
we would advise them to save his recipe.
furnished by n Of f~ellow-county-
men. We do earnestly believe that the
wine he sent US was superior to any we
ever tasted:
w. j. SLATER -
Dear Sir: Having sem you u sample of
my wines, Concord and C%atawba,) | here
with, by request. furnish you my recipe
for making, the result of many years cx-
perience, in Il small way, and much read
ing OH the subject. The process will APP
ply to mlscudInes, b%larkberries, &c. and
one blshe will make about three gallons
OF wine.
First get the grapes, and thereby hangs a
tale. Tom Gregory'S plan Is an easy way
to get the blacknrrries. Mash or crush
them in Il clean tub, and cover tight. Let
them stand till they ferment, then press
them with 4 cider press. Line the press
with thin shirting or coarse can vass. Add
two pounds of good sugar to the gallon
O fjuire, and let it stand a few days in an
open vessel. Then skim off the top. strain
through coarse flannel. and put In a clean
cask or key. Into the burg.iohich must be
sealed hermeticaity insert a piece OF lead
tube, which can be bent over into the form
OF a syplion. and Vie lower end inserted
into Il crock or vessel of water. which " III
allow the escape of the carbvnic acid gem
Grated by fermentation, and prevent the
Introduction Ofoxygen, which would sour
the wine. or cause it to pass from the vi
nous to the ac tous fermentation. As
sooE as the bubbles of gas cease through
the water, which will generally be iiom
twenty to thirty days. the syphon may he
removed and another bung driven in
tight. In the ensuing February the wine
should be racked OIL into clean casks. and
about the time of blooming Of the vines
will take on u second fermentation. After
this, say in April or May. the wine may be
bottlc,i, A o ,k-cruslier should be used,
and the corks driven In tight the necks of
the bottles tipped in sealing-wax. and the
bottles laid away upon thn ir sides in u cool
cellar.
The cider | sent you was made by the
same process. using only twenty pounds
OF sugar to Il barrel Of cider.
JOHN j. w. PAYNE.
Riverside, April 9TH, 1873.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-04-17
Ohancery Sales
For May 9th, 1878.

BY virtue Of a decree o; the Chancery
Court ut Winchester, pronounced at its
March Especially Term. 1873, in the cause
of JAS. II. Davis, administrator OF DR.. W.
Estill. decd, VS. Mag. Estill ct ais. I will
sell, to the highest bidder, on a credit Of
six months, at the Courthouse door in
Winchester, Tenn, on
Monday, May 5th, 1873,
the mountain tract OF land described In
the pleadings in above cause. containing
about 100 acres, adjoining Josiah VIII
liams' wild Cat Farm" and others, in
civil district No. 10, Franklin county.
Notes. with good and sufficient security,
required OF the purchaser. ant q lien re-
tanned until all the purchase money is
paid, This April 4tli, 1873.
Il. II. FINCH, {. &M.
ids az
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-04-17

ERRONEOUS ANNOUNCEMENT.-As a gen.
eral rule it will do to believe all the news
papers tell you. If there Is any one thing
the Home Journal prides itself upon it Is
that what it utters is unstalned by the
least coloring Of falsehood. In "fact. so
long and so earnestly have VIC labored in
behalf of the truth under all circumstan.
ces that it is really much easier to state
facts than to state falsehoods, even in mat
tiers OF lore. where a fellow and his sweet
heart are both entitled by custom to tell y
few white stories. by way Of adding ro-
nance and delight to their courtship. 1t
is u sort OF poetical license, and every one
who has been In love three or four times
fully understands it.
But, ad rem In the Home Journal of a
few weeks back. under the head of "Per-
sonal.' we mentioned that a certain citi-
lien o fFranklin county had returned from
Arkansas, and was attended by a fair
bride, whom he had wooed and won on
the other side of the Great River. Our in
lOTultnI was y kCiticHhah VI ssSii'iS
tcgrity. but 1t does appear that he made a
mistake this once. or it may be he only
wanted to April-fool us before April
came, and knowing the avidity with
which newspaper men seize upon matri-
monial items of a local nature to crafty
an interest which the mighty public have
felt therein ever since Adam and Eve
whispered love-vows in the Garden
knowing this, told us, and we did believe.
The subjoined communication will cor
rect the impression made by the Home
journal. and our informant shall have due
notification to keep himself very scarce
until the wrath of our friend Woods shall
subside forever: a.
EDITOR HOME JOURNAL
Very Dear Sir: You will please do me
The kindness to correct q falsehood In re-
gard to nv being married IN your issue Of
March 9th. 1879. / AM very ~anxionstbat
IL be at once corrected. rs there are sew
eral of the Jewels. I understand. going to
set their zap, for me In case the state
ment above alluded to should prove to I've
false: and your author. whoever lie may
be. had better get farther when come
abouc. Ia the language OF the poet,
would say.
.Oh. wouldn't I like to catch him,
Whoever lie may be-
Oh wouldn't I give him particular MS
That fellow that's slanderinG me-
AxpRxw WooDs.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-04-17

At the next quarterly meeting of ont
County Court we intend to make a mo-
tion to have the Court House insured, and
We hope our magistrates will consider the
matter between this time and then. There
are many reasons why we should have a
policy upon our Court House, and let that
policy be from a good company. We know
not when a fire may break out, and to lose
our Court House would entail a heavy tax
upon the people to build another. We
wonder why every church and public
building in town is not insured.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-04-17
Estill's majority,

Our County Court has voted to release
from taxation, for ten years from date Of
commencement, all manufacturing cstab-
lishments. We are glad Of it, and hope
this action will tend to encourage as well
rs invite the investment ofcapital In man
ufactures. We want to see the establish
ment at once, in Cowan, Of the great iron
furnace we have heretofore alluded TO-,
and where it is proposed to invest $780,
600.