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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-12-18

Johnny attends school. which will
explain the following short dialogue
between him and his father: "John-
ny, L didn't know you got whipped
the other day" said be. "You didn'tS
Well, if you'd been in my breeehes
you'd have known it."
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-12-18

COUNTY PAPERS The following
is what the Cincinnati Trade List
thinks of those persons who com
plain of their county paper, and in
stead of helping to support it send
off for large city papers, and thus
help to sustain them: "a gentleman
writes to us that his county paper is
so poor that he has stopped it; there
fore sends US three dollars for the
Trade List We repeat that we dom t
want subscribers on those terms. A
mans county paper is worth more
to. him than any paper in the world,
or, if it is not, it is his own fault.
If the county paper is properly en-
conraged, it may be relied upon for
information of more value to the
people in whose interest it is issued,
than can be found in all the city pa
pers in the United States. No man
can afford to stop the paper that
publishes the official advertisements
of his county, the public sales, mar
kets, court news, and other local
intelligence. If the paper is poor,
the people are more at fault than
the publishers, for not giving it lib
eral patronage However poor the
paper may be, it is always worth
more than it costs to those interest
ed in it's locality.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-12-18
The Biggest Lie told in Month.

Two days ago two of our fishermen
were out 10 a small boat in Conception
Bay, short distance from Portugal
Cove, plying their avocations. Sud
denly they discovered dark. shapeless
mass floating on the surface of the wa
ter a short distance from them On
approaching it, the men concluded il
was a huge bale of goods-perhaps
part of the cargo of some wrecked yes
sci, and that they had found valuable
prize. One of the men struck the OBJ
ject with his boat hook, when sudden
ly the dark heap animated, opened out
like huge umbrella without handle.
and the horror-stricken fishermen be-
held face full of Intelligence, but also
of ferocitY, and a pair of ghastly
green eyes glaring at them. its huge,
parrot like beak seeming to open with
savage and malignant purpose. The
men we're petrifed with terror. and for
a moment so fascinated with the horri
BILE sight that they were powerless
The eyes of the monster were peculiar
ly large and prominent, bright, and ap
parently cleaning with rage. Before
the fishermen could make any effort to
escape, the creature, now but
few feet from the boat, appeared to
open out from around its face several
long arms of corpse-like heshiness,
graphing for the boat and seeking to
envelop it in their livid folds. Had
these 1.-THE. Shiny arms, with their
death like. adhesive powers, once fast
ened themselves on the boat of the
men, nothing could have saved them
from destruction, for when the suckers
with which they are furnished have
taken hold nothing can tear them away.
They would have been brought in a
moment within reach of the powerful
beak which was ready to dart upon
them. Only one of the longer tentacu-
lar reached the boat, and, owing to its
length, went completely over and be
yond it Quick as lightning one of the
men seized his tomahawk, and at one
blow severed the corpse-like arm which
was flung over the boat to drag it to
destruction. The green-eyed monster
uttered no cry of pain, but it disaP-
peared beneath the waters, and the
fishermen, who had thus escaped from
a horrible death, found themselves in
possession of the smputated arm-an
trophy-for ! believe no
parallel occurrence is on record.
The portion of the kraken's arm am
putated by this rude surgical operation
has been forwarded to st. Johns. I've
lust returned from a careful examina-
ton of it. 1t measured nineteen feet
in length. and is tough and fibrous. but
not thicker than a mans wrist. The
fisherman who acted as surgeon de-
clares that there must have been at
least six feet OF the arm left behind. at
tached to the monsters body. Indeed,
| am inclined to think from the descrip-
ton that the devil fish must have still
ten feet of his arm remaining. making
its entire length twenty-nine feet.
The amputated arm is livid in color.
pointed at the extremity, where it is
covered with rows of suckers, which
are cartilagious, horny, and about the
size of quarter dollar. have sug-
gested some measures for its preserva-
ton in spirits, and 1t will be placed in
our museum John Oct. 29, J
C0rrespondeaee New York World.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-12-18
NUMBER 8.
A NotahIe Norwegian COLONY.

A Notable Norwegian Colony.
BjornsDn, the Norwegian poet and
novelist, who announced some time
ago that he wcpld leave his native
country and settle in the United
States. isnow making the 1nal pre-
parauonst ter embarking with colo
ny OF. 700 Norwegisns for this coun-
try. This accession to the immigrant
population in this country. according
to~the statement published by Mr.
Rjornson in the papers of Christians
and Trondjheim. will far surpsss in
character and means previous bands
of immigrants from the Norseland.
Two hundred of Bjornsou's immi-
grants are stslwart young married
men, aud the aggregate means of the
colony will not fall short of 500. 600.
No definite point in this country has
been selected for these 700 immi,
grants. but it is more than probable
that they will SETH 10 New Jersey,
near Vinelsnd. Mr. Rjornson having
negotiated some time past for tract
OF land near that place. The colony
consists mostly of young farmers, bat
among Its members is physician,
and 3 young Christians journalist,
MIR. Steenson, who intends to pub.
lish Norwegian paper as soon as
the immigrants have made q fair be-
ginning in their new homes Bjorn-
son himself will be the clergyman Of
the colony, all the members belong
Ing to the Lutheran faith. Mr. Biorn-
son has caused all those who enrolled
themselves on his list to sign a SOL
emn temperance pledge, aud his
young companions look with great
enthusiasm for their transfer to
American shores. A peculiar fea-
tnre of the constitution of the colony,
as drawn up by Bjornson. is that
the members pledge themselves TO
abstain from Legislation. and to leave
the decision OF all causes of discus
sion to court OF arbitration that is
to be elected once a year. The i'm
migrants will leave Gothenburg about
the 18th of January. by q large
Swedish vessel specially chartered
for the purpose.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-12-18

THE MONEY IN CIRCULATIoN.-The
following synopsis from the Ohio
State Journ0L, compiled from the re
port of the Postmaster General, will
be worth consideration at this time:
That the people of the United
States hold the reins or financial as
well as political power clearly ap
pears from tables, taken from the
public debt statements, reports of
the Nationel Banks, and from Official
accounts One of these tables ex-
hibits the total amount of Treasury
Notes of all kinds, including frac
tional currency, in the Treasury, IN
the National Banks, and in the hands
of the public, on June 30, 1869, and
each year up to 1878 inclusive. An
other exhibits the total amount OF
National Bank Notes held by the
Banks and public on same days as
above. The object of this showing
is to get at the amounts of currency IN
The hands Of the public at the times
newfoundland those amounts will
appear from the following (omitting
details for which we have not room):
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-12-18

An ingenious mechanic has brought
ont combination of steam gauge,
try cocks, and water level glass, all
in one piece. so that only two holes
need be made in the boiler instead
of six.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-12-18
The Way Nick Bowers was
Caught.

OtAS
Nick Bowers was u member of the
original Christy Mlnstrels, and, in
his day, was the greatest "midds
man interrogator' known in the
profession Nick used to tell, with
great merriment. an incident of his
boyhOod To preserve the flavor of
the relation, we will record IN Nick
own language, and only regret that
we can not accompany it with his
inimItable gesticulatiOn
"My old man." SAID Nick, "as a
general thing, was pretty steady old
gent, but once and while he would
get obliviOus. and water was not the
cause of it. | recOllect a certain
holiday was approaching, and had
been sllinning around TO get little
money to have time with on that
day; but tho fates and purses were
against me. 1t was but two days
prior TO the anticipated holiday, and
| hadn't nary Il red Remember
this, boys, when | add that on the
odiiO bCIHDOH Cd1lc IIlIO lDe
house, when 10! there on the floor,
totally overcome by his lIbatiOns,
lay my respected daddy, and beside
him lay six shining half dollars
which had rolled from his pocket.
Boys, I've been an honest man all
my life. but once when q boy | COM
mitted a theft | hooked one of
those half dollars. Thinks to my
self, the old mans been on a Jam
bOree. and won't know how much
he spent, and will never miss it.
But mark you, next morning l and
my two brothers were summoned
into my fathers presence. The old
mans face lowered | thought of
the half dollar and knew that @
storm was brewing.
Boys" said he, last night when
| came homo | had six half dollars.
One of 'ems gone Your mother
didn't take it There's been no one
else in the house. Which one of
you took it?"
We all protested our innocence.
"Boys." said the old man, that
half dollar never walked off, and
I'm going to find out which one of
you took it "
Turning around, he took down
from the wall an old flint lock blum
derbuss. This he deliberately load
ed with powder and buckshot in our
presence; then fastening it upon the
table, cooked it, took seat behind
it, holding the string in his hand,
and in solemn tones addressed us
thusly:
"Boys, I'm going to discover the
thief and punish him at the same
time. You must each of you blow
into the muzzle of that gun. When
the guilty one blows, off goes his
head. Now then, you have chance;
will you own up. or blow up?''
"Ben," said the old man to my
eldest brother, shave you got that
half dollar?"
"NO, sir"
"Take blow"
Ben did so in safety.
Nick" (eh boys, 1 tell you the
hills began to crawl down my baek)
got that half dollar?"
mo, sir" said l, with a defiant
iwagger.
'Blow in that gun"
1 walked up braVely. gave blow,
lnd-dodgedl
"Nick," said the cid man in a
voice of thunder, "where is that
,alf dollar?"
He had me. The truth lodged
,ut of me. Said |, "Out in the
,arn, pap"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-12-18
For the GalIipolis-Journal.
CUR Hone.

When the last step. in Life's wea-
Try pilgrimage, has been taken; when
we have passed the margin of the
Dark River. and have heard the
Boatman's Oars parting for .ns, the
waves of the Icy streala; whsns we
have gained the farther shure, aud
have anchored IN the Harbcr 81
Eternal Life;
! Shall we wander there alone.
Shall we raiAly seek oalr o,oRsss
Amid the echoes of the many foot
steps, that tread the g@iden streets,
may we not hear tkosS i6f which we
wait. 90 vaialy, hers! Amid the Joy.
BUS band, thai shall gather on the
back of the HlSef, TO welcome ran
tefned ores to their reward, and to
JON q theh thrilling, raptnrous
s1Ia Sal MT Home at last''-will
80. suns hdad fondly clasp our own.
va Some familiar voice greet US,
saying. "Come, | have waited long
ier thee. There are hills of mystery
grandeur for us to explore;
there are fields of never fading beau
Yer which we may roam; there are
curtains pure and deep. of which
Fs may drink; yea, there are pleas
ures eternal, for US to enjoy. Come,
now, for l have waited for thee,
that thought thou mightest not be
lonely when thou CONTEST"
| cling q oAhe thought, that we
shall kno0 a123oVe each other there
| can not think that the bonds so
Holy and s0c,ed, here are confined
TO this world only. and are doomed
to pass away, as the fading flower,
Or the falling leaf Love is of God" |
is implanted in the soul by Jeho.
vah-and is an attribate so essential
to the Christian C6arotfsr. that our
Savior gaveit as lest OF disciple-
ship. "By 8his, shall all men know
that ye are my disciples, q ys looe
0ne ,aR0tAer."
| can not think that these chris
Lian attachments, so sanctioned even
BY the example, of Jesus our Elder
Brother, shall be extinguished by
Death, or crushed by the Grave
No, rather will we rejoice in the
nope that, when we shall have en-
cred the mansion prepared for us,
md with this Elder Brother are per-
nitted to sit together at our Fa-
hers table, the golden cord will be
and our love increased,
Tot erting.iShed
There is to me. a beautiful thought
in the Heathen Tradition,
hat from the Spirit Lands Mes
enger Bird" is sent back to earth,
o convey tokens of affection to the
living.
Our Friends still loveus-yes will
,nOO and l0Ue us there This belief
ives comfort to many Martha and
Nary, who mourn for brother
4azarus. This enables those who,
ike Rachel of old, are called to part
With their children, To look beyond
he grave, and exclaim, mot lost,
My gone home," and the widow,
ending DER the grave of him whom
he Lord has taken from her.
trengthened by this hope is ena
led to meel1ly drink the cup Of
orrOw, feeling that next to seeing
esus, and being like him, her great
st consolation arises from the as-
Irance that they who sleep in Jesus
hall togetAer inherit the rest pre-
ared for the faithful.
Oh! wild is the tempest, and dark is the
night,
mt soon will the daybreak be dawning; l
The friendships of yOre 5
Shall blossom once more, l.
nd we'll all meet again in the morn !
ing" ,
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-12-18
@some of the Mississiupi Oranges

re- Some OF the Mississippi Oranges,
in order to induce white men TO settle
in that State. have promised to furnish
every white family coming into their
respective counties with forty acres Of
land, rent free for FIVE years. The
Vicksburg Herald advocates selling in
stead of renting, the purchase money
to be made payable in five annual in
stallments, and is confident that the
adoption of this plan by landholders
would increase the population of Mis-
sissippi sixty thousand in six months
Others who own large tracts propose
to donate to actual white settlers every
alternate forty, which is an excellent
snd judicious plan for encouraging per-
manent eolouists.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-12-18
BRANDY-AND-soDA.
AFTER ALaKRsoS cnARIns swrNBuRxl

---F
Mine eyes to mine eyelids cling thiekly
My tongue feels mouthfnI and more
My senses are sluggish and siekly;
To live and to breathe is horei
My head weighs ton and quarter,
BY pains aud by pangs ever split,
Which manifold washines with water
RelieYe not biti
My longings of thirst are unlawful,
And vain TO console or control;
The aroma of coffee is awful
Repulsiye the sight of the roll!
take my niatutinal journal,
And strive my dull wits to engage,
But cannot endure the Internal
Sharp crack of its pagel
What bad lnck my soul had bsdevilefi.
What demon of spleen and OF, spite
That | rashly went forth-that | reReIei
In riotous living last night
Had the fumes Of the goblet no odor
That well might repalse or restraiaf 2
., insidious Brandy Soda
Our Lady of Pain.
Thou art golden of CLEAN as the summer
That smiles DER tropical sod,
o, daughter of Bacehns the Hummer
A foamer of volatile tod
Bnt thy frotll is \ serpent that Kisses,
And thy gold as a balefire doth shine,
And thy lovers that rise from thy kisses
Can't walk a straight line!
recall with flush and a fiuttsf
That orgie whose end is ilIlktiosga &
Did they bear. me to bed on situster s
Or did / reel home all alone
Was l frequent in screams ahsl In
screeciies sd
Did swear with a forced ! & lgltff :
Did | perpetrate numerous speeches?
Did | get in atight?
OF the secrets treasure and prize most
Did empty my baccIianal breast?
Did button-hOle men tlespise most,
And frown upon those | like beStg
Did play the low fawner and fiunkey
With people always ignore?
dbl earacole round like monkey?
Did sit OH the floor?
o. longing no research may satiate-
No aim to exhume what is hid -
For Falsehood were fain to expatiate
On deeds more depraved than I did
And though friendly faith would flout
not,
On this it were rash to rely,
Since the friends who beheld me, doubt
not, -
Were drunken than L!
Thou hast lurcd me to passionate pas
time,
Dread goddess, whose smile is share
Yet swear thou has tempted me the
last time
| swear it, (I mean what swear! y
And thy beaker shall always forebOle
A disgust it were wise to disdain,
D, luxurious Brandy-and-SOda-
Our Lady of Pain!
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-12-18
For the Gallipolis Journal.
MY Crows are always Swan.
BY MRS. SARA woLvERToN.

1t makes no difference what they say
About the black upon;
Its all the same, | love to think
My crows are always swan.
If you've friend you dearly love,
That you think good and true,
Don't try to find spec of fault
Because some others Go.
You know the olden story read
Within the SsHred Book,
That things are not for aye the same
As some may think they look
About the "mote" that's in the eye,
Low mighty it may seem;
So That the vision frequent takes
Its presence for "beam."
And what another calls fault,
May spring in hallOwed grould;
Where virtues bright in clusters grow
Shed goodness all around.
So sweetly smile when some shall say
Behold the black upon;
And answer back, ''its in your eye,
My crows are always swan"
DETROIT, Now, 1873.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-12-18

In Richmond, Va, firm Of color
cd people manufacture sassafras oil
on a large scale. Forty thousand
pounds of the root are used every
week, producing eight thousand
pounds of rectifying oil. 1t is used
for scenting toilet soaps, aavoring
tobacco, and the like,
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-12-18

RA remarkably dirty man stopped
in front of small boy sitting on a
fence, expecting to have some fun by
chatting him. lie said: allow much
do you weight" The answer was:
"Well about as much as you would II
you were washed"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-12-18

~A Moscow beauty shot herself
at the ball given to celebrate her
birthday, because her betrothed got
beastly drunk and cut up badly. She
requested the band to play favor
ite air, went to the balcony and com
mitted the fatal act.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-12-18

Agg'te for five years, $2,S26, 1885, ,757 76
Average, e,............. 565, ,267 ,75l 30
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1873-12-18

The Postmaster General shows
from these figures, that the stringen-
cy in the money market was not
caused by any peculiar scarcity of
currency in the hands of the public
at the time of strIngency, but by q
disturbance of public confidence,
leading men to withdraw their money
from circulation through the banks
or otherwise, and boarding it to lie
dead and asleep in their hands.
, 1873-07-20
How Princes Tell TAuIr Love.

It seems that, at one time, some STRIPPING Of q
Prince with ample moans, and who knew that tho
thing had got to be done up handsomely to pro-
duco all impression, decided to aond an Easter
ogg to the damsel Of Lis lovo, who, in this caao.
happened to be Princess Of the royal houso Of
Baxony. So he called akillful toWolor to his
aid, aud tho ordor waH given. Tho result was AL
Eaat0r egg such NJ had never beou soon before.
and has certainly never since boon equaled,
which to-day il preserved III the Green Vault.
Prince and Princess haye passed. away, but tho
ingenious trinkot remains to tell how tho sciona
OF royalty told their loyo In tho dsys Of old.
10 the ordinary observer 1t is an ogg, and noth-
ing moro. But close examination reveals Ine
Of separation Which encircoa It, and further
soaroh discloAoa spring. Touching this, the
ogg-sholl which proves to bo gold, el,aneled to
represent sholl, opens md royoala chick,
hodgod, with every part c0unterfeltoa, but nll
Of gola,- cnamoed. Turning tho litslo fellow
over, aud touching concealed spring, tho body
openg, revealing another egg of smaller dlmon-
uions. This, ,alao Of gold. aud also enamolodt
opona. like tho tirat; and now we come to tho
kernol OF tho whole affair, MI elegant Botairo
diamond ring. the stone Of wonderful beauty aud
olcarnoBB Of water, and worth small fortune In
itzolf. Tho writor'a 1no1nory OF genealogical
faots Is not strong, md Oh the earllor sitlona OF
tho AlnnnRoh DO Gotlla aro not ut lana, ho can-
not aay whether tho lady accepted her princoly
sutor, but It Ii worry coratn that she accopsod the
egg for 1t Is still lu tile strong rooms OF tho
house Of eaxouy, q curious mud coatly trlnket.
, 1873-07-20

look lolicato, air." ho will say, but aho'a not
ono Of your llystorical sort, I oIn promise you
Bio noyer tainted bu once in lor whole lifc, aud
etc., eto. n
But howovor bad Mrs. Errington might be,
poor Bill Sawyer was infinitely worse. uo had
lndoed "got flno fright"--so quo, In fnot, "a
to kocp him audor tho dootor'n hands for Tho ro-
mnindor Of tho voyage. Tho first act Of hiB oon-
valcaconoo was to thko tho pledge; and lo Is
now Ito usob his own phrasc) "drawn up high
hnd dry on Hhore," az tho land1ord Of a toinpor-
anco llotol, In tho oluE,-room Of which lo occa-
eonally 1guroB aH toototal lecturer, with brill
liant HncccBs. But Lo llaB novor forgotten hia
torrible ndvonturo and to this worry day (an YOU
can hardly talk with him for half an hour with
out dlscovcrtng) ho romnius firmly convinced
that tho Enomy Of Mankind, for aomo
inHcr,ltablo purpose Of bis own, intro
ducod himsolf into tho fatal cask with
the view Of ontrapping him, Dill Sawyer,
into drinkin' Bono o him." md thereby, Of
courac, forfoiting all hopo Of well-being both
hero and hereafter. The story OF his raal vow,
and ita supernatural defoat, entortaina VOL
:dering cirolo every night in tho pnrlor OF tho
ward the coao Of his talo, never fuils to cal nt
piece, presented to him, iu token OF forgiveness,
by Mrs. Maj Kyllor) invariably winds up lia
recital with The shmo emphatic sentence:
"9o, thon, d'yo SOC, my lads, whom cum ont
O DOCK and was In cruisln' horder agin, mado
Bolomn VOW as Id nover touch d drop o liquor
no moro, to tho very ond o my born days. for no
consideration whatBomodeyor and think 7
mny any Rs Tue kep that ere oo,o ''iIe better ncr
I did t0ulEv tn !"