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The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04
TIL + HER AID.
TROY, NO.. JUNE 1, 1873.
A Cha nge.

The publishers Of the Herald and tht
Dnpdtch have entered INTO o co partner
ship, TO date from this time, and the two
offices hive been consolidated. They
will publish but one ourual hereafter
which will be called TnE TRoi HERALD
As heretofore, the paper will be devoted
10 the advancement Of car town and
county, whose Interests will be para
mount to all others. The subscribers to
both papers will bs supplied With the
Herald, and all advertising contracts will
be carried out.
In consideration Of this fact, We de.
sire that those who are indebted to the
Offices Of the Linso,a County Herald or
the Troy DapaeA. will make il convent
ent to settle all old accounts st al early
day with the respective publishers Of
these psperI.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04
. u RSERY

Brother Farmers, don't forget that our Eastern
neighBOrs are feeding apples to stock with good
family use.
Also, that Eastern farmers have their barrel,
Of oider and an abundance Of the best OF appis
vinegar, and here either is rarity with the ma.
jority Of families!
And yet we most all cultivate more land than
10 profitable, and have often an abundsucs Of
waste and worn out lands that could be n. ada
profitable II set In trees, besides improving The
condition Of the land. '.e
Being overstocked with winter fruits. cana
cially Of Janneting and New York Red Pipn;n
or Ben Davis, will sell this spring by the Mon
sand at e75.00; by the 500 al s4S.00 Prioa Nv
dosen and 100 same as heretofore-by the do.en
$3.50, by The 100 $ll.5o. VIII sell Hughs,' cid sr
crab, per so $4.00; per 100 81. 90; nor 1000 aao
Pear, Cherry and Plum trees 90 Cts each !; per
Concord grape, first GLASS, ! year vihes O cant.
each each per dozen = 90, per 100 S dollars, nsr
1000 s5 dollars. Bearing vines each Is ot. sr ps
dozen ], 20 per 100, ls dollars. P''
All other stock about the same n. last .rr;n.
~ For further particulars call At tho Nus.
sery; miles southeast of Troy, on th. TeIo.
graph road or address the proprietor. " -''''
A: M. SHULrS
Troy, Mo.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04
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st. Louis, Mo.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04

The contemplated celebration At
Prairie du Chen on tho 18th inst, of the
200th anniversary Of the discovery of the
Mississippi river by the Jesuit fathers,
Johet and Marquette, is abandoned.
j. G. Shea, NJ. D who was selected %
orator on the occasion, from his large
scholarship in the early French exlpora.
tions of the Northwest, on account Of i'll
health declined coming at too late . date
to procure another proper petson.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04
Resignation Of ExecutOrShip.

" eerned that the undersisned. Executor Of
the will of John A. Si.ton, decd, will apply at
the Probate Court of Lincoln county, Mo-, at the
next regular term thereof, to wit, at the ADrif
term 1873, for permission to resign his letters.
testarhentary, granted t" him on the estate Of
said deceasd. NJ g. G. WILSON, Ex'r.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04

The Job office of Messrs Winchell,
Ebert and Marsh Of the Hannibal Courier,
With all the blanks, presses, papers &C.,
was burned to ashes on Thursday morning
last. The loss is about $26, 900. The
concern was one Of the largest in North
Missouri and furnished almost every part
Of the State with legal blanks.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04
Administrairix'S RESIGNATION.

~ Administrative of the estate Of W. S. Coch-
ran, decd, will make application at next term
Of the Probate Court Of Lincoln county, Mo-, to
be begun and held in Troy on the second Mon
day in July, 1873, for peru ission to resign her
letters Of administration granted on said estate.
apr30 MARY b. COCHRAN, Adm rx.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04

The aggegsts wealth Of Missouri, -
reported by state suditor Clark, 10
S587, 460,838, Of which St. Louis has
nosrly 5000, 100000.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04

The number Of white PERSONS killed
oy tho Modoos up to latest advices 10 one
hundred aHd thirty. And still the Peace
commissioners are not happy.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04

Terts Hsute is brought face to face
with the Fifteenth amendment BY the
application Of well.resom NEEDED colorcd
citizen for . vseascy in its police force.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04

The Ere 10 the Drummoud Colliefy has
been extinguiyhsd. Twelve hundred
dollars has been collected in st. John.
N. B., for tho sufferers. .... .
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04

The new grand opera house in St.
Louis on Market street betwean 9th and
6th-formerly the Vsrietiss--hss been
purchased by Ben De Bar for SS4 600,
who proposes to mako it arss class
theuter.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04

Mosquitoes are very':livoly in Louis.
vile, aud the people are sorry for the
harsh things they sung and sait shout
the beautiful snow.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04

Up to date, ths diam shop collector Of
81. Louis county b., paid into the State
treasury over $4,000.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04

The sherifFs jury having declared
George Francis Tram to be sane, he was
discharged from custody last week.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04

A genuine mad stone is said to bs In
the possession Of Mr.. Geo. White Of
Jefferson City.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04

The St. Louis bridge. IS We are in
fomed by Csp,sin Eal., will be con :
pleted this summer. and it IL confidently
expected ths, /, will be open to passsg &c
before the close Of navigation on the
river. The erectioe Of the arches are
being carried out simultaneously from
the sbutmeu,s and from both sides Of
the two cbaunel piers. The grandeur of
the finished structure begins to be pre-.
figured. Its massivencss, symmetry,
simplicity and beauty will constitute is,
perhaps, TIE engineering chief dGuvre OF
this country and age. Captain Eads has
ss 6xed Q faith in ire stability Do 10 that
of nature and science itself; aud Of its
practicability for oil the purposes Of .
railEsy and q highway, the capitalists
who have embarked their fortunes 10 the
enterprise are thoroughly convinced
Rapid progress 10 making On the tunnel
leading through and under St. Louis to
the site Of the proposed Union depot ;
and no doubt is entertained that II will
be completed ss soon as the bridge is
ready for traffic, and that it will be en-
sirely adequate under q proper system OF
operating to the accomnods, lion of all
the trains Of all the roads leading to and
from st. Louis, East and West. Times.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04

TOUCHING INCIDENT. "A short time
sincein Covingten, KY. brilliant and
much admired lady, Who had been suffer.
ing for some time with a trouble of the
eyes, was led to fear a speedy change for
the worse, and Immediately consulted her
physician: Ah examination discovered
q sudden and fatal failing ID the optic
nerve. and ths pformatioh was impaired
as gently as possible, that the patient
could not retain her Sigh. more than o
few days at thost, and was liable to be
totally deprived Of it any moment The
afflicted mother returned to her home,
quietly made such arrangements as would
occur to one about to commences so dark
journey of life, and then had her two
little children, attired in their brightest
and sweetest costumes, brought before
her; and so, with their little faces lifted
to hers, and tears gathering for eou Q
great misfortune that they hardly realized,
the light faded out Of the mothers eyes,
leaving an ineffaceable picture Of those
dearest to her on earth-a memory Of
bright faces that will console her id
many . dark hour.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-06-04

r. II Newell (Orpheus e. kerry write.
to the Graphic concerning the contrc-
versey - to the authorship of "Betsey
and | Are Out" lie states that on the
24'h Of March, 1871, he copied INTO his
department. of the New York Word
from the Toledo Blade, this farm ballad.
which appeared in the latter journal over
the signature Of Will NJ. Carleton, pre-
facing them with commentary words and
Il also assumed tho editorial liberty of
revising certain lines that halted metri.
es!ly in the brigiual-thaugihg here o
word, there Z, phrase, aud, in two or three
instances. adding new expressions, for the
better prosodicsl effect OF the ballad"
Further, Mr.. Newell says: "More Gu
rious to relate, however, the Betsy and
| Are Out Of the other claimant q
Thanksgiving Story whils differing
unessentially at times from the exact
wording of the Western bailadist's orig
iual, contains every one Of thy emenda :
tion., including the two italicised above.
This, Also when Mra. Emerson q Thanks
giving Story purports to have been
written in 1899, or two years before such
emondations we're made" This shows
pretty plain ly that Mr.. Carleton is
entitled to whatever credit attaches 10 tho
authorship of the poem in question.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-02-19

Smith how it was, but naturally, after all
that had happened, she was too much en-
ragged to hearken to him, and she ordered
both visitors from the house. They de-
parted, Clamm with the hook of her um-
brella- handle firmly fixed in the pocket of
James Duffy's overcoat.
But when they reached the street,
Duffy, in his agony and anger, expressed
his feelings upon the subject of Clamm in
snch a violent and unmistakable manner
that even she was convinced. And when
she asked him if he intended to marry
her and he said no, she left him and pro-
ceeded at once to a lawyer, who began
a suit for breach of promise against Duffy,
and took it into court the next week
Duffy's letter to Smith was read in evi-
dence, and Clamm made Smith testify
as to the proceedings in her paror, which
cut up the defendant horribly. C!amm
herself sat there all the time weeping iol
the purpose of narrowing up the feelings
of the jurymen, who gave verdict o.
$4,000 damages to the plaintiff. where
upon the said plaintiff instantly began tc
organize war upon fresh man.
Jim Duffy is still single. know him
we'll. He seems to hate women and
whenever he has to write note to one
he always takes it out of the envelope
fourteen or fifteen times to assure him
self that he has the right document, and
that chemical analysis could not detect
an offer of marriage in it.-Ph2adelptia
To-Day.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-02-19

WHAT WE Owe TO WINrER.-It is not
often thought that we owe all our habits
and institutions to winter We do not
bear in mind that the reason why northern
nations are more manly than southern, is
that there is winter in the north, aud no
winter in the south. Winter makes nations
manly by driving men into social unities,
and obiiging them to live with each other,
and devise ways for their instruction. La
a mild climate, where there is no necessity
for men to dwell under roof, they wander
abroad, and in a great measure dispense
with each others society, SO that although
they may have a certain amount of cursory
enjoyment, they are comparatively unin-
structed. But in a severe climate like
this, when the cold season shuts men out
from the field, and they retreat from their
ordinary avocations, and the days are short
and the evenings are long. the dwellings
become a castle and a school-house, and
there must be not only labors, but conver-
sations and readings. Under such circum-
stances the family is a center of knOwl-
edge; and, if there be any leaven in it, a
center of Christianization. The shorten
ing of days and the engthening of evenings
make great difference in the civilization
of nations; and | think it may be said that
New England and all the northern states
owe as much to the fact that they have
long winter, as to any of their laws or in
stitutions; it gives rise to such household
education, such domestic cultdre-H w.
Beecher
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-02-19

MADISON As TEMPERANCE Man
Many years ago, when tie temperance
movement began in Virginia, Ex-President
Madison lent the weight of his influence
to the cause. Case-bottles and decanters
disappeared from the sideboard at Mont
pelier; wine was no longer dispensed to
visitors at that hospitable mansion. Nor
was this all. Harvest began. but the Gus
tomary barrel of whiskey was not pur-
chased and the song of the scythemen in
the wheat6eld languished. In lieu Of
whiskey there was beverage most innoc-
uous, unstimulating and unpalatable to the
army of dusky laborers.
The following morning Mr.. Madison
called in his head man to make the usual
inquiry, Nelson, how comes on the
crop?"
Poly Mars Jeems-monsus poly"
why, what's the matter
Things is seyus."
What do you mean by serious ?"
"We gwine los dat crap"
"Lose the crop. Why should we lose
it ?"
"Cause dat ar crap ar heap too big
crap to be gethered 'thout whiskey. Las
ses and water nuver gethered no crap sence
de worr war made, ner faint gwine to.
Mr.. Madison succumbed; the whiskey
was procured, the "crap was gethered,"
case-bottles and decanters reappeared, and
the ancient order was restored at Mont
pelier, never again to be disturbed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-02-19

How They TREAT BROKEN PACKAGES
IN THE LONDON PosT OFFICE.-There is no
SAVIOR of Yankee baggage-smashing in this
account of the tender manner in which ac
cidentally broken parcels are treated in
the London Post Office, and this was at
Christmas. too when there is a great rush
of mail matter, They are borne away to
a side table, which is called &" the hospital /"
and in this Post Office infrmary two
clever surgeons dexterously stitch up their
wounds, set all their broken limbs in
splints, and in fine cure such of them as
are at all durable in marvelously short
space of time. Some of the patients seem
past cure. Alas for the pretty box of
bonbons that has burst open, and the con-
tents of which are brought piecemeal into
hospital, where the surgeons receive them
with shake of the head. In extremis
seems this doll, whose integuments have
been torn off, whose nose has been stove
in, and one of whose neither limbs arrives
some time after the frame to which it be-
longs. A bit of string tinkers up box
containing lump Of plum cake half cased
in sugar, but there is no care for this
packet of Taddy's snuff, addressed in a
woman's handwriting to woman. and the
contents pervading the atmosphere gener-
ally, set everybody a sneezing: Decidedly
l'open for inspection " is the doll in this
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-02-19

THE WEALTH OF OUR Presidents. -
Washington left an estate valued at $500,
600.
Jefferson died poor, and had not Con-
gress purchased his ibrary his estate
would have been unable to pay his debts
Madison saved his money and was com
paratively rich. The fortune of his widow
was increased by the purchase of his man.
uscript papers by Congress for s300,000
James Monroe. the sixth President,
died so poor that he was buried at the ex-
pense of mis- relatives, in a cemetery be-
tween Second and Third streets, near the
Bowery in New York city.
John Quincy Adams left about 500
600, the result of industry, prudence, and
a small inheritance. He was methodical
and economical.
Andrew jackson left valuable estate
known as The Hermitage, about twelve
miles from Nashville, Tenn.
Martin Van Buren, died rich. His es-
tate was estimated at nearly 100000.
James K Polk left about S150,000.
John Tyler was bankrupt when he be-
came President He husbanded his means
while in office, and married rich wife,
and died wealthy in worldly fortune.
Zachary Taylor left about sl50,000.
Milard Fillmore is a wealthy man.
Franklin Pierce saved $4,000 during
his term Of service as President.
James Buchanan died bachelor, and
LETT ap estate valued at 100000 at the
least.
Abraham Lincoln left about $4,000.
johnson is said to he worth about $50
600.
President Grant was poor before the
war BY careful husbandry of his sal
airy and through the generous gifts of
friends before he became President, his
fortune is handsome competence.-Amer'
ican Historical Record
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-02-19

parcel the head sticks up out of the
paper, and something or other has given
madame black eye A box of real
roses, sent from France to Scarborough,
has got broken, and some of the leaves
fall on the surgeons table as the delicious
odor scents the air. With tender fingers
he handles the beautiful bouquet, and let US
hope the fair one whose bosom it will
sdorn tomorrow night will scarcely be
cognizant of the mishap. The trussed
fowl in this package has not been seriously y
injured, nor has the snipe in this other,
but the surgeon shifts disgust at its high
condition as be makes it fit for the road
again. After all it is not so bad as the
dead puppy which passed through his
hands the other night. There is
smashed scent-bottle whose contents have
been mainly absorbed by chignon ad
dressed to a married lady. A woolly dog
that barks snappishIy when he is handled,
is half out of his paper kennel. A box OF
mistletoe has seriously suffered, but the
doctor Gehulfe is dexterously to the front.
and CHEEKY lips may yet be kissed under
it tomorrow night Why didn't the
gentleman who sent the beautiful bouquet
to the lady in Surry inclose it in better
box, and why, oh why was not the dish
Of larks forwarded in something more
substantial than fragile case of paper, 50
as to avert the ANA gamation into which
they had entered with the contents of
Master Jacks paint box
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-02-19

"The lass and the glass; and the merry good fellow,
Who's always good company when he gets mellow
and mig ght even find " May we ne YER want
a friend when we have not bottl to give
him." too suggestive to be entertained.
" Days of case and nights of pleasure"
sounds somewhat too rakish but, as set :,
off, We have, Youth without folly, age
without pain. Health of body, peace of
mind, a clean shirt, and guinea" "Love
to one, friendship to few, and goodwill
to ALL We cannot take exception to the
morality of, =" Great men honest, and honest
men great;' or q Every honest man his
right, every rogue halter" although
some folks would exclaim loudly against
the latter clause. 1t is not bad thing to
wish,
"MOney to him who has spirit to use it,
And life 70 him who has courage to lose it,
and we are sure our readers cannot offer a
falrer parting wish than " Mar freens and
less need of them, ,"-Chamber's Journal.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-02-19

ing that there were eight thousand people
at Woodwards Gardens last Sunday to
witness the circus performance and bal
loon ascension, and that fourteen hundred
carriages went over the Cliff House road
and into the Golden Gate Park the same
day. But these were all Christians. One
never sees the pagan Chinee at Wood
wards Gardens, or driving a fast team
over the Cliff House road. He always
walks, even if he has great burdens to
bear.
The truth of the matter seems to be
this: The Chinese are patient, docile,
willing and strong-able with little in
struction to turn their hands to great
variety of labor. Morally they are far
from perfection; they are so in their ma
tive land, and they have had some ques-
tionable examples set them by people
called Christian and enlightened, AS
servants they are not eye-servers they
attend strictly to their work they do not
drink, consequently do not get drunk +;
they seldom smoke; they are no broilers
If one word were asked in which to express
CuG ulH6TeuCo UeIWo6L tue UcSC CLASS OF
Chinese servants and those of other coun-
tries, [ should say it was reliable. Can
we reasonably expect all the Christian vir-
tues in pagan people?
The Chinaman is first learning many
American customs. He has already
learned how to get good price for his
labor. His terms for washing and iron
ing are equal to white folks, and as he
does it generally better, he has most of
it to do. As cook he commands S25
to $50 month. The fact that he is sober,
industrious and reliable, and that in being
so he is gradually supplanting the lazy,
drinking, unreliable stuff from other coun-
tries, accounts in a great measure for the
treatment ne gets at their hands.
The Chinese come to California Just as
New Englanders formerly came here-as
means to an end. None of them intend
to live here always. They accumulate
money and then 60 to China to spend it.
They dwell here in expectation of time
returning to the Fowery Kingdom and
many of those who die here make arr ange
ments to have their bones sent back to their
native land
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-02-19

Snow STORMS OF THE PAsr.-Among the
great snow storms of the past few were
more extended in their range, or more
disastrous to life and property, than that
of January II, 1867. 1t lasted nearly
twenty-five hours, and was accompanied by
furious gale and very cold weather. 1t
extended as far west as the plains, and was
bounded on the south by the Ohio and
Potomac, although some of its effects reach
ed to Hampton Roads Another severe
storm occurred on the Goth. Wrecks
were piled up along the coast, and scores
of lives were lost. Many persons were
bewildered in the snow, and quite a number
frozen to death, especially in New Eng and,
Among these was Commodore G. 5. Blake,
who got bewldered in going to his home
in the suburbs of Boston, and took refuge
in hut. He never recovered from the
shock Of the exposure.
From two to four feet of snow fell
throughout the Middle States. Four feet
was the reported depth in Pittsburg, and
as it was much drlfted, the consequence
was an interruption of communication be-
tween the cities and the country for several
days. Many people were barricaded in
their houses. Steamboats, were kept in
port, railroad cars were srowbouud, and
mails were delayed in remarkable man.
ner. There was no regular communication
by rail between New York and Boston for
four days.
The records o. the past contain accounts
Of many similar storms; but the most strik-
ing facts concerning them were natura ly
observed in New England
The storm of January 70, 1857, stopped
all the railroads of New England. The
Stonington road was not opened until jan
uary y. Trains did not commence running
between Hartford and Providence until the
same day. In some parts of Connecticut
the thermometer was thirty degrees below
zero.
In the storm of December %, 1858. the
snow began falling at eleven o'clock We'd
nesday morning, and continued until four
o'clock Thursday afternoon. The snow
was drifted as high as the tops Of the cars.
\ train of three locomotives started from a
neighboring town toward Boston, and was
imbedded IN a drift at the end of the sew
enth mile The next day train of three
locomotives occupied from morning till
night in accomplishing five miles.
The great snow storm of January u,
1881, was stupendous one. The snow
was drifted in some places in the cities 70
the depth Of fifteen feet. The churches
were generally closed on the following
Sunday partly because the snow was piled
so high against the doors that they could
not be opened.
La February, 1929, 50 heavy a snow fell
that many persons engaged IN festivities
commemorative Of WashingtOn's birthday
throughout the country, were showed up
in various halls and had to remain in them
for days.-N \. World.