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The Placer herald., 1873-07-26
The independent Convention.

The convention of Independents will be
composed of al! parties who are the friends
Of the people against the exactions OF r'"gs'
nonopolists and ihefts from and expressions
Of the people. We have confidence 'ha'
the delegates who come TO this convent on
will come with clean hands and pure hearts;
come aJsolved from all partyism; free from
all prejudice, and with an. unalterable deter
mination TO know no man, party Or ism IN
their action, but to choose the very best
men as candidates for every office to be
filed. The convention, TO do its work
well. without which the movement will fail,
must take time and careful deliberation, as
haste will surely leave something improper
ly DONE This organization is intended to,
and will, bring lack 10th our State and
county governments, TO pure governments
of the people, for the people and by the peo-
pie, and on its action depends the veal or
woe of the people. On its defeat rests the
nope of the ring and railroad for lease Of
power to rob and insult you longer. 1t Is
not who wants an Office that the convention
must look for, but who is the best qualified, 1,
the most popular and the soundest on the IL
sues, and the most determined TO carry
them out. These latter are the Zen from
whom the convention must choose lis cand:-
dates, and if this rule is followed and tie
convention takes time 10 carry it ou. fully,
the labors of flie convention will meet Tie
demands of the people, and the Whole iick-
ct will he trumlhanlly elected The reso-
litons or platform must clearly and brief,
declare what the people want in the State
and county, and the candidates be pledged
to carry them out, and their past life mus
lie guarantee That til acW do it. Tie
ring convention needed but !i,tc time, be-
cause its work was all do.~ hy the Auburn
ring before it met. You are TO DO your
work after you assemble, and will therefore
take more time Bear these things in mind :,
Independent delegates, and all will he we'll
The Placer herald., 1873-07-26
THE SCAVENGER WOKE.

The poor depraved creature of the Argus
next door, is hard pushed, and under the
caption, els it perjury Or simply lie, >
Yandrre ihroneh "uor n mar column 10
cndeavor to show tLat there is disagree
ment in an article in the HERALD and om
testimony The truth is, the article in the
HERALD, and our quoted testimony, proves
the same Identical fact, and that is, that We
had Teen talking toparlies about the rail
road assessment; that we met Mr.. Camp
bell few minutes after and told him it was
very desirable that some one should make
the complaint, and lie expressed a Willingness
TO do so. This answered Judge Hale's
question. Had he asked, he could have
got this on top of that answer. Mr.. Camp
bell went to the District Attorney and pro-
posed to make the complaint and the 'atsor-
ney 'hesitated so draw it up, at least Mr.
Campbell came back and told us so, and
then we wen: with him to the District At
tomey and told him, in substance, that Mr..
Campbell was taxpayer and filled she law
fully, and that be was bound to enter the
complaint in Campbell's name. This is the
ltes.imony that Judge .Male failed to ask for,
feeling ,perhaps, that the first question was
mot authorized by law, 'ifnot an impertinen'
one to outside lawyers. Now, we submit,
that all this proves that we swore the truth
OH the stand, and told the truthin the lIEn-
AID, and that the miserable plotter for the
monopoly is endeavoring to iniure our pr-
vate character solely because we are op-
posed TO his master, Stanford and the ring
further robbipg the people of this county
aud that too, when we are nothing but a
private citizen, aspiring TO nothing, and
seeking only the good of the whole people
Of the county. The Argus article is II
keeping with the ring; it comes from the
low whining, sneaking, minions of the ring
and monopoly, because we are the out
spoken enemy of the robberies of both the
ring and monopoly. We defy them all, We
fear none of them, we stand proudly by our
record, both public and private, and if i,
becomes necessary we will take the stump,
that we may be more fully able to meet and
tell the people of the county, face to
face, the rascalties and robberies of the Joint
combination, the Auburn ring and the rail-
road monopoly. We spit on your purile
attempts to injure us before the people Of
this county.
The Placer herald., 1873-07-26

A SAMPLE. so-called Republican
gent, who lives not more than ffiv miles
from here; noted member of the famous
Anti monopoly (D Republican party, who Of
late curse the railroad company for forcing
men 70 vote for them because they have
the power to do it, said, the other day, in
our hearing, TO an employc of his, "If you
don't vote the way want you to | can
kick You out can't p "Yes," was the re-
ply, "Ihen tell you to vote for,
do You hear?' This is fair sample Ct
present s.rasht-out Republicans in ih s
county.
The Placer herald., 1873-07-26

THAT'S lr.-The Sacramento JI,;o,,
seems to fully understand the trick of the
old Page mems sudden converlion 10 anti
monopoly and Booth. In speaking of sucl
farceS, as played here last Monday by the
Auburn railroad ring, it says:
~ they adopt good resolutions they will
render them OF no use by dominating treach-
erous candidates, and this we believe to be their
same now The snrest way to defeat it is to
1ol,inate lnde pendent candidates in every such
doubtful county and elect them"
And this is just what the railroaI lied ring
did here, last Monday. except that the reso-
'a'lons show fraud on their face, and are
10 De construed to mean nothing damaging
% the monopoly. or of bepe6ting to Booth.
The Placer herald., 1873-07-26
The OVERLAND MONTHLY for August

The OVERLAND MONTHLY for August is
before US. The best monthly magazine pub
lshed this aide of the Rocky mountains. and
one that is hard to find superior to any
where for literary talent and useful infor,na-
,ion. The titles Of its spicy contents are az
follows: The California Indians, No. TX
The Yocu's; Number 119; White as Wool
Harvest; Sons of Fortune; Explanations il
the Great Tuolumne Canyon; Upon the Par.
apet; Gentleman Hanse, in Two Parts
Part First; South of the Boundary line; Lon
don Art Exhibitions of 1878; Procliv,y
l4ove-life in Kanai; Leaf and Blade; Cur
rent Literature, Etc" Published BY John
II. Carmany & Co., 400 Washington street,
San Francisco. Subscription price 81 per.
year '"-
The Placer herald., 1873-07-26

The CHALLENGE. The ring and railroad
forces in this county submitted defiant
challenge TO the people 10y their acton il
convention last Monday. They said as
plainly as it was possible to say by acts,
"You have talked Of the Auburn ring and
the railroad IA long time; we will now defy
you by endorsing in the nomination of the
old ring, entire, all our past actions, and our
power and that of the monopoly can elect
the ticket in spite of you; our resolutions
pretending TO be for Booth and against the
railroad, will fool good many anti-monopo-
ly Republicans, while every man the rail
road can control shall be instructed privatel,
that the resolutions are sham, and thai
, they must vote for US People of Placer,
do you accept the challenge? will you quiet
ly submit to the banter, or will you rise like
freemen and hurl the whole ring and monop.
oily from place and power to continue youl
robbery?
The Placer herald., 1873-07-26

STULrIFIcAT1oN The regular railroad
lied ring convention passed resolution con
d.mnng the Back Salary Steal Bill, and all
who have taken money under it. Presi
dent Grant was thc only one man in Amer
lea that could have killed it, and he is non
drawing his extra one hundred thousand
dollars under it. ""How is that for high?'
The Placer herald., 1873-07-26

RAIN.-It r.ined quite IA shower here on
Tuesday night, and much heavier at Alta
and other points in the mountailH. Ratl er
unusual for this section, at this season OF
the year, and again it is quite warm, II e
mercury standing, in this Office, AT 81 degrees
1T two p. NJ. yesterday.
The Placer herald., 1873-07-26

CHApARRAL Party We learn from a
gentleman, who was present, that great
many Republicans, at Newcastle, posilivel,
refused to vote nt the primaries held there
last Saturday. They said for the present
they wished to he left out in the woods
and from this saying they at once re-
ceived the name of Chaparral Party.
They claim to be independent, and Oh
election day will vote for whom they please
and say, if the Independents put up good
ticket they are wiling to discard the name
Chaparral, and 60 in with them. From
reports that come to us from different parts
CT the county there are a great many Chap
ARA from what has in days past and gone,
been known as the Republican party.
And Independents should see to it that
they find solace in the nominees of their con
ventiun, for these are the very men for al
independent party, as shown from then
decidedly independent actions.
The Placer herald., 1873-07-26
Dissolution Of copartnershin
SUM NJ ONS,

W. B. Hayford, w. A.
Hines, W. H. Wallace
q J. Dods, parties do
ing business under the
firm name and style of In the Justice,s 49,.
Hayford, Hines 4 Co. O. G. w N;nLau NJ" ~
ran'in No 4, County Of
vs.. Placer. Cal
E. ]. Patterson & b. A.
Rider parties doing
business under the firm
name and style of Pat
terson q Rider, DIT.
The people Of the State of California send o,..s..
10 f. j. Patterson & D. A. Rider, parties donS ds
business under the firm, name and style of pa'
terson d Rider, Defendants:
NOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED 70 ~
l. pear before me, at my Office IN Colfsr
Township 4, in the County of Placer, STATE .,
California, in an action brought against YOU by
the above named plaintiffs, and answer the com,
plant in said action, ON file in my office. ON bs
9th day of september, A. D. 1873, at 10 o clock
4 NJ.
The said action is brought to recover the sum
OF one hundred and thirteen dollars and TWEEN.
ty-three cents balance due on an account for
goods, wares, and merchandise sold and deiv
cred by plaintiffs to defendants. The said sum
of one hundred and thirteen dollars and twenty
three cents oeing now due and payable in cold
and silver coin of the United States And you
are hereby notified that if you fail to so appear
and answer said complaint, as above required
said plaintiffs will take judamentagainst you in
default in the sum of one hundred and thirteen
dollars and twenty three cents, together with
costs of suit
Given under my hand this 21st day OF July,
A. ID. 1873
w NICKEL,
Justice of the Peace of said TIP.
iyl6-2m
The Placer herald., 1873-07-26

For LlFE.-SoIne member Of the Ring
Convention seemed to think they had better
nominate the members of the ring for lie.
They evidently began TO realize from the
way things were going that the power o
the ring TO retain the Offices as long as they
wanted them could not be broken, and they
were in favor of making short work Of it.
Nothing was said of good behavior. That
would shut them ont Mt once.
The Placer herald., 1873-07-26

THANKs.-We have received from U. S.
Senator Hon. Eugene Casserly. the Con-
gressional Globes and appendices, twenty
three bound volumes, containing the COM
pltte proceedings of the 10th, 41st and 42d
sessions of Congress. They are a hand.
some present Of solid worth, and we return
the honorable donor our most sincere thanks.
The Placer herald., 1873-07-26

BUTCHERED HIM.-A gentleman who attend
ed the Ring Convention last Monday aaid, in
his opinion, Mr.. Bancroft was the only honest
man brought forward, and believed lie war
only coaxed there to he bu,chered. Homes,
men must keep out of such company.
What is incorrupsable must be slaughtered,
is their motto.
The Placer herald., 1873-07-26

THE CAMPAIGN IS NOW OPEN. The fight
is between the people and monopoly. Ihe
HERALD is for the people. All should read
it. ONE COPY sent to any address until
after election for FIFTY CENTS; ELEVEN
copies 10 one address for the same time for
FIVE DOLLARS. Those interested
should make up clubs and send the names
The Placer herald., 1873-07-26
ArlE,lD 10 iHlS.

Will some friend at each precinct send us
"a list of the delegates elected at the lnde-
pendent primaries to-day by Sunday m"n-
ing's mail We wish to print the names OF
delegates on slips Of paper before the con-
veation meets. 1t saves 10th labor and
time TO the convention if we can have these
elips printed in advance. Let some one mar
at each primary Le appointed to do this and
then it will surely lie done, and we will
have all the names of delegates by Sunday
night, and then printed ly Monday noon.
The Placer herald., 1873-07-26

A locker on told US Ls stajd at the Ring
Convention until they nominated Lyon.
That was ali be could stand.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-11-15
Disease and Diet.

There can be no doubt, says Dio
Lewis, that, within certain climatic
conditions, a virgin soil, when first
turned up to the sun, emiis an invisible,
subtle poison, known as malaria. This
poison produces in man various forms
of painful and dangerous diseases.
These maladies are very difficult to
manage, often undermining the consti-
tuition, and leaving behind effects which
remain through life. The malarial
poison is, on the whole, with perhaps a
single exception, the most insinuating,
obstinate and destructive of all the
poisons known to man.
While it is probably impossible to
escape malarial diseases in certain To-
calities, there can be no doubt that a
considerable part of what is supposed
to be the result of malaria is due to
"hog and hominy." In my visits to
the West have been astonished at the
quantities of pork and corn consumed
by the people. An Illinois farmer eats
5WlCc db uuCll 10 NOW I1h5lduNl ldhIl-
er, and his food is twice as rich, while
he performs less than half the labor.
The influence upon his digestive ap-
paratus may be easily imagined. 1t re.
qulres but little malaria to fire such 9
train.
I have known more than one family
to remove from New England to ma.
Iarioua diqtriota in the West and break
up new farm, without suffering from
malarious diseases. They carefully
observed the laws of health, used bee
instead of pork, wheat instead of corn
and stayed indoors from shutdown til
an hour or so after sunrise. So
Many of the diseases of the farmers
and much of the yellow skin, may bC
traced to the same causes as produces
the diseased and discolored complexion
of the South-a bad diet, bad drinks
neglect of bathing and other kindred
violations of the laws of health. t.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-11-15
The YaIne Of Gold and Silver.

Many people have desire to know
the value of gold and silver in bulk, and
TO this end we have secured the follow.
ing from Professor J. T. L. Schirmer,
superintendent of the branch mint in
this city, and it may be relied upon as
correct. The fineness of Colorado gold
and the calculation of values on gold
and silver are also given. 1t is a matter
of considerable value, and should be
cut out and preserved.
One ton 1900 pounds avoirdupois)
Of gold or silver contains 20, 1853 troy
ounces, and, therefore the value of a
ton of pure gold is 5000, 1921, and of a
ton of silver is S37, 704.S4.
A cubic foot of pure gold weighs ],
21S.75 pounds avoirdupois; cubic foot
of pure silver weighs 656.25 pounds
avoirdupois.
One million dollars gold coin weighs
3,6S5.8 pounds avoirdupois one mil.
lion dollars silver coin weighs So, 929. 8
pounds avoirdupois.
If there is one per cent. of gold OIL
silver in one ton of ore, it contains
291, SO ounces. troy, of either of these
metals.
The average fneness of the Colorado
gold is 7S1 in 1000 and the natura
alloy gold, 7S1 silver, 200; copper
10; total 1000.
The calculations at the mint are made
on the basis that 43 ounces of standard
gold or 900 fine (coin), is worth $1,000
and II ounces of silver, 900 fine (coin)
is worth $12.S0.-DenVer Neo6S.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-11-15
A Chinese Burial.

A China woman died at Sacramento,
CAL, and her husband being well pro-
vided with money, gave her what he
considered first-class funeral. The
Sacramento Union describes the cere-
monies "About o'clock in the after
noon the body, inclosed in coffin, was
placed on hesidewalk in front of her late
residence, and by it's side were ranged
tables loaded with roast chicken, roast
pig, boiled rice, candy, nuts, brandy,
whisky, &C., sufficient in quantity to
keep the spirit of the deceased from
being hungry for month. These az
ticles remained on the sidewalk until
late the next forenoon, surrounded by
paid mourners, who seemed to be car
rying on a lively competition in the
matter of giving full value for the
money received. AT the cemetery, after
the coffin had been lowered, hired
mourners and the two children of the
deceased walked round the grave once,
while the husband remained standing
silently by. Then vessels containing
food were put in the grave at the head
and foot of the coffin, followed by a
small quantity of earth. Next to be
put in were live chickens and ducks,
and these were promptly covered with
earth. The grave having been filled up,
brandy and whisky were sprinkled
upon it in liberal manner, while a
pigs head, roast chicken, boiled rice,
oranges, apples, nuts, candy, &C., were
laid upon the mound. The ceremony
being concluded, the Chinese returned
home in their carriages, while some
Christian boys, who had been closely
watching the proceedings, gathered ur
the fruit, candy, &C., and likewise left
| fa1. honoa
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-11-15
Sepulchral Sympathy.

A Canadian paper notes that curious
circumstance is related of the lad Kings
ton, who lost an arm recently by a
thrashing machine in Adelaide. 1t APP
pears that subsequently to the amputa-
tion, and the limb having been buried,
he complained that his hand was cramp-
ed, causing him extreme pain, and de-
sired the arm to be disinterred. No at
tention, however, was paid to the re-
quest for some time, but the boy still
persisted, asserting that if the arm was
not raised he would not recover. The
limb was accordingly disinterred, and
the hand found to be firmly shut to-
gether. During the operation of open
ing the hand the patient evinced great
agony, and afterwards declared that he
felt relieved of the sensation of cramp
from which he appeared to suffer SO
acutely. The circumstance if true, says
the Strathroy Dispatch, is certainly a
curious one not more so, however, than
many others in the records Of medical
experience.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-11-15
Squire Richards.

A man seventy-six years old, familiar
ly known in Memphis as esquire
Richards" one of the most efficient OF
the workers who waited upon the vic
Tins Of yellow fever, has fallen victim
to it himself. The Memphis appeal
says: From the first of the fever he
went about doing good, and till the
past fewdays might have been metwith
moving through the infected district
Us vigorously as his condition
would admit, visiting first one
and then another of his friends,
and carrying consolation to their fam
lilies and comforts to their sick. His
was a noble, pure, good example.
Old, and so crippled as to be compelled
to use crutches, he yet managed to &C
about among those stricken with the
fever, and nurse and console them.
Always an example as a good, faithful
neighbor and citizen, he would not
though he might have found good ex-
cuse in his extreme old age and gather
ing infrmities, leave the people he had
served SO well in the dire extremity of 6
terrible epidemic.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-11-15

DIR. j. Walkers California Vim
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs fonnG ON the lower ranges of
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked, "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TERs7n Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and a life giving principle,
a perfect Renovator and Invigorator
of the system. Never before IL 49, -"
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are q gentle Pmgative as well as a Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases. t. ,..Htt ..fb
The properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR Buffers are Aperient, Diaphoretic,
Car1ninative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic,
Sedative, Counter Irritant. Sudoritic, Alterar
tive. and Anti Bilious
II. II. MCDONALD d CO., s."
Druggists and Gen. Agtss San Francisco, California
and cor. of Washington aud Charlton SITS, N. Y.
| Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-11-15
The Advantages of Advertising-An
Example to the Point.

After the crash of 81, says Milwau-
kee paper, when everybody was almost
scared to death, and the croakers pre-
dicted that the country had gone to
smash, dry goods house was opened
in that city, which proceeded on the
principle that in order TO reach the
boarded money in tho pockets of the
people the proprietors must sell at very
reasonable prices, and advertise very
largely. They worked vigorously on
this principle. Their brother merch-
ants who did not advertise predicted
that the newcomers would be ruined,
as they paid too much for advertising.
Nevertheless they persisted. In q sim
gle year they paid five hundred dollars
in gold to the Daily Wisconsin for adj
vertising, and at the end of seven years
they retired from business with a for
tune of one hundred Thousand dollars,
while the merchants on the same street,
some of them opposite their store, had
failed.
The lesson of '57 should not be for
gotten in '73. There is money in the
pockets of the people. 1t is being
boarded. The merchants must draw it
out. That can be done only by low
prices and extended advertising in es-
tablished journals. Commercial travel
ers bring plenty of credit business to
the merchants, but comparatively little
cash. 1t is clear as the MONDAY sun
that the more credits the merchant has
on his books the worse he will be Off
He wants the solid cash, and that Car
best be obtained by JUDIoIoUs ADvER
TIsING.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-11-15
Fretful Babies.

Babies often cry, says an exchange,
without any apparent reason; but a
mother can usually discover reason
if she stops to think about it (;
and it is worth while stopping
to think about, no matter if
the Homework OF sewing be delayed
in consequence. Perhaps she has
eaten something which disagrees with
it's stomach perhaps it is thirsty, for
little babies are often thirsty, and will
drink teaspoonful of cold water with
the greatest eagerness, and be quiet
and satisfied after it. Perhaps it's lit.
tie sock is tied up too tightly, as my
bahy's was the other day. I found Q
deep red mark around her little ankle
which at once explained her fretfulness.
More likely than anything else, the
flannel band around its bowels if hap
PLY one is Thereon its skirt band
is pinned too tightly. I know baby
who has cried a great deal since
its birth. I think the chief cause
of it is because he has always
been dressed too tightly. The
mother said to me one afternoon, wher
the child was so cross she hardly knew
what to do, GIVE great mind to un
dress him and put on his night-gown
he is always real good then" SO sh,
did, and he commenced to be good a
once. Mothers should search for al
possible causes when their babies ge
fretful. They should not be too read,
to attribute their crying to nervou
temperament or to hunger, for it il
more likely to be caused by the pricl
of pin or an over-fed stomach thai
either.