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The Lincoln County herald., 1873-04-23

aud ba'my, Waiter and hi. wife, with
Hattie to complete tie ir,o, we're si,tin,
under huge maple tree, enjoying ua.
lures glorious inspiration.
a gentle gale iusIled through the
green grass and leaves. Hattie, Over
whose he ID three bright summers had
PASSED, was play fully watching a por,i' n
OF torn and ciuinp'ed paper that went
sailing along the tail grass Now and
then pause, again in motion by ageu:e
gale Of wind. She carej from her
iathers knee, aud started a chase for the
truant paper. Short of breath, size
erasped her prize aud returned to her
father, who received her in o,cn arms.
Taking tie soiled paper from the child,
Walter began to read it.
lie grew pale 10 agitation for 10
fortune was his by his request, The ad.
vertlsemeut created surprise iha, eau
better be imagined than described II,
called for the "Iieirs of Walter Lee,
deceased" he being Waller Lees grand
taiher. a large estate was waiting in
England to be claimed
A few weeks later Walter babe fsre
well to his wife and little IIa,'ie, and
embarked upon a vessel for England, Li.
place Of desiipation, where he intended
TO assert his legal claims TO the estate.
= X x
Two years fed swiftly by, and no
,idines from Walter Lee. Mother and |
child occupied an old room 10 tene-
meut house. Tie child was left in the
care of an Irish washer woman, while
the mother went OUT to sew. i, being her
ouIy support for herself and child.
80 hungry, so hungry! Oh wish
mamma would come" said little Hattie
raising her lapsuid blue eyes to the open
door she had YEARLY laid her play,hines
aside, which Gid no, consist Of wax doIls,
sugar plum:, etc, bat lroken dishes with
blue anu PINK edges, rag doll, &c.
With q ha.f smothtred sigh the child
.epeated,
II am SO hungry! l wish mamma
would come"
Stop your bawlinr, ye brat, and ca,
'our crust In Iace Dyil bit will ,
,ave this whiulering" said the washer.
woman.
Il cant, sobbcd Hattie.
Then go to slure, aud let ye tongue be
isy bit"
he yellow gold curls rested upon
,roken stool, and Ii'tc Hattie Lee slep,
he sleep Of hunger and exhaustion.
Soon tie door opened, and the mother
ntercd, but not alone She chung to the
trong arm Of a man, for the hu. band
nd father had returned. Walter flew
0 his golden haired child and exclaimed
n joyful words.
Ny darling ~
a curging sound in the throat was
be on ) response. The mother shriekod
nd the father wildly exclaimed
My God, Annie, she is dying -
Walter had been held a captive during
most Of the time by a tribe Of Indians.
'inally his escape was made, his journey
ompIeted, his fortune secured and he
eturned to find bis wife aud child in
tject poverty.
lie pressed Hattie to his bosom, and
many tears were shed. At last
athers voice was heard, the large, blue
yes flew open, and the ian, words Me,e,
Papa, stay with Hattie r.
The fathers tears had brought the
'arm breath back to the pale lips of little
LATHE Lee.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-04-23
NU RSERY Y

Brother Farmers, don't forget that our Eastern
neighbors are feeding apples to stock with good
results, while We have only a scanty supply for
family use.
Also, that Eastern farmers have their barrels
OF cider and an abundance OF the best of annie
vinegar, and here either is a rarity with the ma.
Jorty of families.
And yet we most all cultivate more land than
Is profitable, and have often an abundance of
waste and worn out lands tha, could be l.. ade
profitable If set in trees, besides improving the
condition Of the land.
Being overstocke1 with winter fruits. espe-
any OF JanHeting and New York Red Pippin,
or Ben Davis will .ell this spring by the Tb,u
sand at 1900; by the 500 at s45 90. Price by
dozen and 100 same as heretofore-by the dozen
si5o, by the 100 slI.5O. viii sell Hughes cider
crab, per so si.OO; per 100 81. 90; per 1000 $40.
Pear. Cherry and Plum trees 60 cts each 4; per
DOZEN 5000 ~
Concord grape, first class, I year vines 10 cent,
each per dozen ~ 90; per 100 5 dollars per
iooo 80 dollars. Bearing vines each IS cts, per
dolen 2.3O; per 100, Is dollars.
All other stock about the sawe a last spring.
G"- For further particulars call at the Nur-
sery' miles southeast Of Troy, on the Tele-
graph road, or address the proprietor.
a. MI. SHUTS.
Troy, Mo
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-04-23
Little llallia Lee.

Walter Lee was poor man, who pos
sessed romantic notions; he was always
building castles in the air, whose frail
structures were correlvative 10 tiny air
bubbles, and as soon blown to atoms,
Que Sabbath e,e, when the air was still
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-04-23
Dissolution OF CO.Psrinership,

UISSOiuI1Ou OI CO.PSrtnerS11pF
NHE co-partncrship heretofore existing be-
u tween the undersigned under the name and
style of Thos. II. Harris K Co., Is this day dis
solved by mutual consent, c. W. Parker having
purchased the entire interest Of Thos. II. Harris
in the business. THOS. II. HARRIS.
c. W. PARKER.
Flint Hill, No., March 9Th, 1873.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-04-23

Is SHOP Ar THE TAN YARD IN TROY
AND EXAMINE
OUR LARGE STOCK or
Wagon Harness,
Carriage Harness,
Buggy Harness,
Riding Brides,
Blind Brides,
Open-f face work do,
Halter Brides,
Halters,
Check Lines,
Back Bands,
Belly Bands,
Bride Reins,
Wagon Martingalcs.
Riding do
Breast Strops,
Belly Strops.
Hame Strops,
Halter Strops,
Hame Strings,
Wagon Breeching,
Saddle Cruppcrs,
Horse Hamcs,
Curry Combs,
Horse Brushes,
Horse Blankets,
Hair Saddle Girths,
Leather Saddle Girths,
Web Saddle Girths,
Trace Chains,
Mule Hames,
Wagon Whips,
Ok Whips,
Drovers Whips,
Horse Collars,
Mule Collars.
Side Saddles,
Mons Saddles,
Boys Saddles,
Saddlcry Hardware,
Carriage Trimmings,
Riding Whips,
Plow Gear, &c.
Ladies',
Gentemen's.
Boys and Girls
Boots and Shoes
of Every Style,
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ed pay, and were reported) When did
Mr.. Yarnell become such an admirable
educator2 Since the Institute we sup
pose. People do not like to spend time
and money unless they receive some
thing in return; something practical.
We will suppose our lecturers to be aver
age instructors, and see how well they
were paid. In the State Commissioner s
report, we notice that the total expenses
were $70.25 in 1868. At our late Institute
the total expenses were over 5000. Prof.
w. II. Young was the lecturer in 1865
and being alone no doubt put in more
than 163 hours the time reported by you.
We will give the time of each lecturer, as
reported: Mr.. Aleshire Il hours, Mr.
Brown % hours, Mr.. Fry D hours, Judge
Longbon hours, and Mr. Yarnell 5
hours, Prof. Young received a trifle over
50 per hour, allowing him only l69 hours;
you received SO per hour. Mr. Yarnell
states. I'm the report for 1872, l see that
your committee tor the previous year
paid one Instructor 500" All, truly :;
because they agreed to pay him that
before he did the work. Did you not see
in that same report, the number of hours
spent by the Instructor, Prof Kickoff of
Cleveland? He labored l6 hours, making
him $63 per hour In speaking of the
committee, you made this statement,
''In proof of their candor they published
all their disbursements in the county
papers; which perhaps had not been so
reported belore;" &c. Did the committee
have the disbursements published? Be
sure. You would have the public believe
that you are very honest and open, be-
cause you published them. Did not the
Secretary, G. A. Atkinson, publish them
without your knowledge or cons ent
Can you not give facts2
Mr.. Yarnell tries to make it appear
that he could not get teachers to work
gratis He gives Mr. Harbargar as an ex-
ample Perhaps he was remiss in reply
ing to the letter. We heard him tell
Mr.. Yarnell, shortly after he issued the
topics, that he did not like the one as
signed him, but did not say that he
would not accept some other. The teach
ers at the State Institute give their la
bors gratuitous; besides, the most able
and edifying lectures at our late Institute
were given gratis, by Messrs. Sewers
Mackley, Crumit, and others. Mr.. Mack
| ley, one of the members of the Execu-
tive Committee, made no charges. Roy
alet is not without the sympathy of poor
Ebenezer. IAN open rebuke Is better
| than secret love-" Ebenezer admits that
he is young and inexperienced, and does
not understand all of Royalet's renown
! ed schemes, but contents himself with
| hoping that his ignorance may cease
while novice, and that he may not be
| ignorant despite age and experience
| We will not sit unconcerned when ouI
rights are attacked nor look in silence
on public wrong.
| WINFIELD SCOTT
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1 am determined to double the circu-
lntion of the STANDARD within the ensuing
six months, and to do this must rely
mostly upon the friends of the paper. 1
am willing to pay literally. those who
work for my interest The city papers
keep up their circulation by offering pre-
miums to agents. The country press has
the same right.
Amy person who will procure 200 new
subscribers for the STANDARD, and pay me
the money, $500, will be furnished with
new Singer Sewing Machine, costing $S5
in New York City.
For 100 new subscribers, the cash, $3.50,
to be paid IN advance, will give set of
Chambers Encyclopedia, consisting of
ten volumes, we'll bound, and profusely
illustrated, and costing $50 in Philadel-
phia,
For fifty new subscribers, and $75 cash,
! will furnish Zelrs Encyclopedia, two
very large volumes, costing $50 in Phila-
delphia.
For 20 new subscribers, and $50 cash, 1
will furnish Greeley's American Conflict.
two large volumes, and copy of The
Great Industries of the United States.
For 10 new subscribers l will furnish a
copy of the Great Industries. This book
is very valuable. 1t is now advertised in
the STANDARD, under the heading "Want-
ed Read the advertisement.
For new subscribers, and $3.50 cash,
will pay one dollar cash.
Now any active, industrious woman,
can earn one Of the best sewing machines
in two months, OF over $40 per month
Let all strike for the highest premiums,
and if you fail in that, you will be sure
of some of the lower ones. Any person
can get FIVE subscribers in half day
Take one of the papers with you, and it
will speak for itself
l will make this further proposition.
The STANDARD IS now a most valuable
paper in which to advertise, and its value
will increase with its increased circula-
ton. Every dollar and a half collected
by agents for advertisements or job work
shall be credited as for one subscriber, in
the above offer. For instance you get
100 subscribers, and $50 in addition fol
advertisements, and you get the sewing
machine. The money is what want.
Credit at any of the furnaces in this OIL
the adjoining counties, taken as cash
Also, furnace scrip.
Call at my Office and see the books
propose to give as premiums, and also 6
number of fine chromos, framed, which
will give as premiums, under special
agreement. D. MACKLEY,
Editor and Proprietor
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drawn for Miss H E. Walterhouse,
while no mention of it is made
in the report. Your report has SO paid
to Mr.. Aleshire and he tells me he never
received it. In your report to the Com
missioner you omit the names of our best
lecturers, viz: Crumit, Stephenson, Kin
Nilsson and Sewers. 1t is a pity they
could not have had little glory. as it was
all the committee had to give.
Prof Kickoff, to whom you refer
to prove every thing, lectured l6
hours for 800, while you want $50 for 5
hours. Prof E. T. Tappan was paid $50
for Is hours, 81 an hour, while you think
your services worth so an hour. So,
when compared with any bill heretofore
allowed yours is, by far, the highest.
Like fancy horse you bring more than
you are worth" You ought to be in the
army; you are so good ION charge.
Y ou claim to be master" and | will
not dispute your claim. In certain
sense you are rery "skillful. In proof
of your ability l submit the following
shavings from your public. trunk zen,
rolement," "trenchent, "chatechetical,
''reccollection," yankee" 'disssemina-
tion, "chore of 80, "Hiberian, noun
tainer," "Galliles, "acquisician, 'perse-
caters" eve know that they are to be led
up that empyrean realm" Until it has
forced an advance in teachers wages com
mensurate with has toll There is a
diaden, dropped from that fatal bead-rOA "
&c. Beautiful figure! diadens dropping
from 6ead-roHs. But enough of this.
In conclusion, let me say that if stand
ing up for my rights, and for the rights
of my fellow teachers, be "sheer folly"
and ign orance," then will live and die
foolish ignoramus.
G.. w. HARBARGER.
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Reading, Speaking and Conversing

To the Editor Of the Standard:
The best readers are not those who
possess the strongest voices, but those
who know how to use the tongue, lips and
teeth, and know how to manage the voice.
/ once referred to reading as fine art at
a Teachers Institute. Some teachers,
doubling the propriety of calling reading
a fine art, wrote the following question
on slip of paper and handed 1T to the
President Of the Institute: as reading
fine art? If so, when invented, and by
whom Y The author of that question
and teachers of that kind, might get his
class into corner and have them num-
BILE in an inaudible voice." but no true
teacher would ever do so. If the right
spirit prevails in the school, reading ex
ercise will never disturb those who wish
to study. l have been engaged in teach
ing ten or twelve years, in country
schools and during that time ] have had
pupils of almost every grade of intelli-
gence. / once had pupil, little girl of
seven years of age, who could read intel
ligently, give proper infections and artic-
ulate distinctly; and this she had been
taught at home.
In another district young man at
tended my school, who was trying to read
in McGuffey's Filth Reader. He seemed
to have no other idea of reading than
that it consists in mumbling over page
in book If went to the other side of
the room and requested him to read loud
enough to be heard, three-fourths of his
words were uttered so indistinctly that it
was impossible to tell what he was read
| ing about. The lamentable fact was evil
dent; he could not read. Now whose
fault was it? Evidently not his teach
er's No intelligent teacher would have
told him that he must procure reader
containing selections from Shakespear,
| Byron, Milton, and lessons in prose con-
tanning words of which he knew nothing
| at all. The facts in those cases, are these
| The young man or young woman wants
a reader, he or she thinks it degrading to
read in book used by children, so the
| fifth or sixth reader is procured.
| Parents are as much to blame for their
neglect Of teaching their children to ar
ticulate distinctly as for neglect of any
other duty. Some families there are
whose custom it is to speak low and yet
the habit of attention to those who are
speaking is cultivated and word has sell
dom to be repeated that it may be heard
What a contrast between such family
and one which has the habit of speaking
in loud and boisterous manner. Every
simple request, every admonition to chill
dren, every assertion is spoken as if those
to whom it is addressed were deaf Such
a custom as the last one above spoken Of
does not contribute to refinement; on the
contrary it is carried, by members of the
family, every where, causing disturbance
in school and other public places. Some
writer has said imam is bundle of hab
its" The habits are partly formed a
school, but mostly at home.
ST. DELAY.
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POSTAGE.

Congress has abolished the Franking
Privilege. As we understand it, this
does not touch the question of newspa-
per postage. There is bill before Con-
gress to reduce letter postage to two cents.
Now that Congress is at work upon the
question, let there be general over
hauling The mails are crowded with
newspaper exchanges, sent free. Every
day we get a basket full of papers and
magazines, very few of which we care to
receive. And then patent medicine
swindler advertises, and he wants to re-
ceive the papers in which he adVertises,
in ordor to see if the publishers are car
rying out their contracts He has all
these papers sent in exchange to Figaro" p"
or some other paper, which if published
at all, is only published once in while.
Postmasters and mail agents think that
exchanges are of no consequence, and
they throw them around any way. Near
ly half of our daily exchanges are now
taken past jackson, and brought up from
Portsmouth in day or two, and some OF
them are altogether lost. This is often a
serious matter to publishers. Often ad-
vertisements are to be copied, and when
exchanges are lost through carelessness,
serious loss occurs.
Our plan is this: let every publisher,
at the commencement of each quarter
go to his Postmaster and make oath to
the number of papers issued bona tide
during the preceding quarter, and pay
the Postmaster the postage upon them
say one-sixth of one cent on each paper
issued, and take his receipt, and publish
said receipt in the next issue of his pa
per. Let every Postmaster or mail agent
who loses a paper through carelessnes'
be sent to the Penitentiary. If the pub
fishers of daily papers want to send theil
papers by express as now, let them do so
having paid the postage, no loss to th'
Government results. Publishers can nov
send papers safely and expeditiously b.
express. They cannot do so by mail
When all the incompetents, fools and ras
calls who now handle the mails are sen
to the Penitentiary, men as honest anC
capable as those employed by the expires
companies will have control of the mails
and all papers will be sent in the mails
The publication of the Postmaster's re
ceipt will protect advertisers, who ar
now swindled by those who blow so LOUD
ly about large circulation. If fello'
brags that he eirculates a thousand col
les of little county paper, let him swea
to a thousand, and pay postage on
thousand.
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Ebenezer VS.. Royalet.

We think ourself happy. friend Var
nell, because We are permitted to answer
your very verbose and egotized article OF
last week, which was accompanied with
insolence and superciliousness. We are
glad that we have liberty, and live in an
age in which wiclxedness and corruption
are predominant; that this generation is
growing in wisdom and godliness; that
the people discountenance evil of every
character, in whatever or whomever
found 1t was very different in the days
of John, the Baptist He said to Herod,
"Lt is not lawful for thee to have thy
brothers wife" and was beheaded. We
thank God that now when a man does
wrong, we can tell him SO without losing
our head And furthermore; both the
editors have our hearty thanks; for,
though we are novitiate, ignorant, med
dlesome and all that, yet our production,
in its weakness, found space in both our
most excellent county papers We hope
our famous "Mastership," (who has no
mercy or compassion on poor uniniormed
| Ebenezer,) will learn in time to reason,
and prefer business of argument, and
give an accurate statement of the facts,
| rather than throw himself away in the
use of formidable words, sonorous epi-
thets, majestic periods, and confident
assertions. 1t will be difficult to examine
Mr.. Yarnelrs evasive and ambiguous ar
! ticle, and give it due credit, because in
! his mighty effort, he acted very much
like a mule in a bark-mill. He did a
great deal of going round and round,
without making definite statements, and
giving true argument. In the onset, Mr,
Yarnell, in speaking of the Doctors arti-
Gle said "Who has any care for it, any
occasion to notice it, or any concern
about it whateverY The gentleman had
concern enough to read it. But it seems
that he had not occasion to ask any adj
vice whatever of the teachers during the
Institute; that he had not sufficient care
to have the meeting Of the executive
committee, on an evening in which Mr.
Mackley could attend. Mr. Yarnell' S
actions said, 81 am running the Institute
myself; | want no counsel. l am the
master Professor, the committeeman the
paymaster; and moreover, it is proper
and right for me to engineer things to
my notion Shoo-fy' teachers, don't you
busy sybodysomeness.' In the first de
fensive allegation, he says, Let any
simpleton start out with project to Sc
cure skilled labor or professional services
Tor nothing" &c. Then, in the second
he asks, "Can anybody require masters
in any profession to continue on the
tread-mill at half-payP. In the two sen
} tences just quoted, there is a point; and
: it is the only one in Mr.. Yarnelrs elab
crate response. We will state it more
explicitly and grant it. He means t.
say, that professional service merits re
ward; or in other words, all masters il
2 any profession should receive full, anC
not halfpay. So we admit; so all admit
Certainly masters of profession shoult
= be paid and well paid. But we did no
| know that our lecturers were so masterly
9 'By their fruits ye shall know them
e (When we use the word lecturer in th
+ plural we refer only to those who receiy
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member And when the subject is le-
gally investigated, as it will be, if the
money is not paid back into the Treas
ury. Mr. YarnelI will learn with all his
boasted knowledge of the law, that to
appropriate money belonging to any pub
lie institution without authority is vio-
lation of law, that will not be set aside
bv diarrhea of abusive epithets.
Mr. Yarnell may rant about scandalous
articles, animus, envy, ignorance and
agrarian preiudices, but he will find that
this avaricious Boss Tweed's transaction
of which he has been guilty, will not be
tolerated by an honest and honorable
community.
Yes, Mr.. Yarnell, you may think that
you can sneer, ridicule and divert the at
tention of the public by calling attention
to hotel bills, and what the Institute has
done before. and cover up your avari-
cious transaction, but you will find that
the teachers Of this county, although
novices, mean business and | as their
friend will give them aid and assistance
in securing these rights in preventing
the Treasury of the Institute from being
plundered and robbed. Your coat may
fl well, purchased with the filthy lucre
obtained from the Treasury. Your pray
ers may be well said. But until you clear
up this transaction, by refunding the
money, or by showing proper authority
for keeping the same, this community
will not have much faith in your hon
esty, or believe that your intentions in
this transaction were any better or holier
than the swindling transactions of the
notorious rings of New York and
Washington cities. l now place
you in the hands of those you are
pleased to style ignorant dupes, and nov
| ices. The teachers of the Institute, feel
/ wall caf:SfieaH that tbny will IN
wax in your ears, until your egotistical
brain will be troubled with a definite idea
of what is right and what is wrong.
]. T. MoNAHAN.