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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-08-08
sQu1Bs PROM TIE YouRrE.
Little ysck Hofnsr

Little Jsck HornR
Sat in . corner
Tho lock Of his pistol to dry;
Down the hammer did come,
And 1t blew OF his thumb;
Which accounts for his motherS " Oh, my!
Ding, dong bellI
Tie house IL blazing well,
From the crsckers Johnny throw upon the roof;
And from payments might be free
The insurance company,
Could they give Of Johnnys playfulness the proof.
DR. ggist, druggist, have you any lintf
Yee, sir, yes, sir, serve you in . mint!
Baby Jones' cannon went on before he thought,
And just shove the instep the ramrod has me
caught.
Tom, Tim and Bobby were gentlemen wee,
They laid in their beds till the clock struck Three
Then stole ont Of doors with squib, powder and
E gun,
And the sick neighbor died ct the rise Of the sun.
fanny had = Derringer,
It's barrel black o. sloe;
And when the Derringer went OF,
Did Sammys hand, also.
Little Bopeep the dasol his sheep
Since gunpowder quite undermined him;
The matches got lit, In the pocket with II,
And burned most intensely behind him.
Rocket buy Baby, for the house-top,
Point ct Q stable, and then let It drop;
When the stick breaks the rocket viii fall
Up burn the stable, rocket and all.
Say, Roman-candle-ball, where arc You going,
That the frame cottage 80 close you illumef
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-08-08

IT is customary to assert that, if
punishment for crime could only be
made certain and prompt, criminals
would be struck with terror, and crime
be greatly diminished But one thing
seems to initiate against such a conclu-
sion. Society cannot hope to infict
upon her knaves any more prompt and
certain punishment than nature does
upon her fools-and yet the latter keep
on kindling fire with kerosene oil.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-08-08

A POLICEMAN in New Orleans was
stabbed seventeen times recently and
killed once. It is thought that the as
sassin will be found guilty Of murder in
the eighteenth degree. Poor fellow.
We wonder if they will hang him
eighteen times
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-08-08
ALeaf from Democratic History.

Mention was made in the newspapers,
not long ago, that during the time
Jacob Thompson was Secretthary OF Q
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-08-08

Ir takes 16, 900 brick to lay one course
around the wall of the new United
States Hotel at Saratoga.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-08-08

THE Cleveland directory has SO, 742
names estimated population, 1885, ,5s7.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-08-08

How TO keep out of scrape-Never
go to the BARRIERS.
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Total. $3.50, 800, 900

The following statement shows the
true value of real estate in the foregoing
States, and the amount Of State, county
and local taxation in 1870:
The Placer herald., 1873-06-28
BIAS or NsaSlDUM.

A wicked man il no kompany for himself
All people luv authority, but the vulgar
luv it tire most.
1t IL eazy enuif tew get at emmy mani
wealth, for he that wants more IL poor, and
lie that would be satisfied with less IL rich.
We pity ,,hers because we are better oph
ourselves; the unfortunate don't pity the un-
fortunate.
Pride and poverty hav travelled together
now for about live thousand years, and pre-
eud to luv each other, but they can't phool
any body but themselves.
Lazy men are alwus the most positive
They are too lazy to inform themselfs, and
too lazy TO change their minds.
A man will defend his weak spnts great
deal more sharply than he will his strong
ones.
If men were stubborn just in proporshun
,s they waz right, rtubborhess would take
her seat among tie virtews, but men are
generally stubborn Just in pr porshun az they
are ignorant and wrong.
Genius after sll ain't ennything moro than
elegant kommon sense.
There IL a great deal nv dignity IN this
world that looks bad bekauz II IL alone.
We hsv professors who tesch the art ov
talking korekly; viii kant We hav sum
The Placer herald., 1873-06-28
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WEARING New Boor.--'rhe Danbury
Neacs says: 1t is "A little singular how well
II pair of boots can be made to fit at a store.
You may not be able TO get your foot only
part way down the leg at tie first trial ,
out ,ha, is because your stocking is sweaty,
or you haven't started right, and the shoe
maker suggests that you start again AMI
stand up to it, and he throws in a little
powder frotr pepper-hox to aid you.
And 70 YOU stand up. and pound down
your foot, and patMlly trip yourself up,
aud your eyes stick ont in an unpieasn.
manner, artti every vein in you, body ap
pears to he on the point Of bursting, and all
the while that dealer stands around and
eyes the op rat OH IS inteniy as if the whole
affair was perfectly new and novel to him
When your foot has struck bottom, there IL
a faint impression on your mind that you
have stepped into an Opeti sIove, but h
removes it by solemnly observing that Il"
never saw n boot fit quite as good as that.
You may suggest that your toe presses to-.
hard agains, the 'front.' or that some Of the
bones in the side of the foot are somewhat
too much smashed, but he says this is Ill
ways the way with new boot, and that
'he trouble will entirely disappear in few
days. Then you take the old pair under
your arm and start for home as animated
Is relic Of 1912, all the while feeling thai
he world i not look bright and happy
% you again until you have Drained that
shoemaker. You limp down town the nexI
day, and smile all the while with your
mouth, while your eyes look as if you wee
walking over an oyster bed barefoot
When no one il looking you kick against it
post or some other o struction, and show =
fondoess for stopping and resting agains
something that will sustain your weight.
When you ge home at night you 90 TO-
those old boots W tn an eagerness that cal
not be described, and the remarks that you
make upon learning that your wife has dis
posed Of them 10 widow woman in til,
suburbs, are calculated to Immediately de-
popul.te the earth of women and shoe
makers generally.
The Placer herald., 1873-06-28

Cross QUESTIONING. 1t is said that Tom
Corwin, AS he is f'miliary called, WAS once
trying case in which he was opposed &
the late VIM. Nirt, when the latter tried n
somewhat novel mode Of dis redi,ing tl,,
evidence of Mr. Corwins chief winners, O,
whose nccurAcy and discrimination every
thing turned, to showing that he was ,
person of astonishing credulity. Writ
Have you read Robinson Crusoe ?, Wit
ness-Yes. Wirt-Do you believe it all
Witpeas-Well, yea, squire, don't know
but do. The same answer was returned
AS to GulIver's Travels" and several Other
works Of fiction, Corwin all the time fds-
eting and getting hot. Presently. Mr.
Writ. considering the man entirely fattened
out, re-. igned him with bland smile. Mr.
Cor~ IN said he had only one qHesiion ia
,sk. and put It: rwin-Have yosr read
"Wirt's Life of Patrick HehryY Witness
Yes. Corwin-Do you beIive it all !
Wi.nsss-Wby, no. squire, can't quite
60 that.
The Placer herald., 1873-06-28
As
OBSERVATIONS BY MAX ADELER.

We boughta new dog this spring; but
the speculation was not thoroughly success:
full. The man who brought him asoHhd
turned him loose in the yard, and then left.
When we went out to get acquainted with
him he was, engaged in exploring lie slbp-
bucket with HE nose, and IA we approached
he merely glanced around and growled. W.
.tlempted to pat him on thc head, and then
he suddenly dropped moul,ful Of meat.
and took three or four very earnest snaps
At our hand and ley. We were afraid
somebody would steal him 80 we enticcd
him that evening into the kitchen with Z
bone, and locked him in. He scratched
the door aud howled all night, ard break.
last was late in The morl,ing because hs
wouldn't let the hired girl come into the
Kitchen. When we got him into the yard,
we found that he had upset the bread that
WAS rising, and had knocked eight platea ID
the dresser, during his nocturnal skir-
mi-hes. The next evening we felt as Il
somebody would steal him and, we locked
him out. He amused himself that night
crrching at The door to get in, and howl
ing. lie can howl more cffecturlly than
any other dog we ever met. You would
have thought we had menagerie In the
yard, if You could have heard him. That
he killed the pet cat, belonging to Smith
next door, and removed couple Of mouth.
fuls from the leg Of Chubb's 10y, *h9 came
over into bur, gard after his ball. He then
ore one Of lie sheets from lie clo,hes-ine,
md galnboled with it until it was reduced
TO rags. When the ash-mnn came in the
.,fternoon, he had dog, and our dog, aftst
4, few sociable shifts, organized II combat
with the ash-man's dog, and they rolled
over and over among our tulip and hya-,
cnhs for half an hour. taking nips, out ,of
each o'her and scattering hair about by the
handful. On toward evening lie had N 6t
On a piow-case which was bleaching on
the grass-pai; and just as we were si'ting
O tea policeman arrived with W; rrant.
sworn out by Chubb, for our arrest for
keeping II ferocious animal on our premises.
We went around and paid the fine; and
hat night our house was robbed, ana the
dog kept perfectly still till morning, al housh
we bought him for the very pnrp Sc OF
4caring off burglars. Anybody who wants
TO buy dog, may have ours eienp. We
will sell him at sacrifice. We yearn to
realize on that q. imal
The Placer herald., 1873-06-28

WHO will teach the art of listening pashuntly
A skeptik IL one who knows too mucl.
to be good tho6l, asid too little to he wise.
Slahdet travels Oh the wind, and where j,
comes from ard wletc it will 60 we don't
emmy Nv us seem to kno.
Look out for thoze plIolks who are famil-
lar sti short tiotiss, the are like hornets, tile,
mean stitig.
When man ov laming talks he makes
US wonder, but wise man makes w think
1t IL safe to say that ,hoze who 60 into
solitude are not fit for sosiety. and thoze who
are not fit fot sosiety are certainly unfit fol
solitude.
A sopbist IL one who puts bic light unde,
| a half bushel for The sake Of letlilg the lgh
shine thru the krscks.
Style in writing IL like style in dress
good III.
How menny auspishus people one meei'
in this world! If their nozes waz s'uffed
with koten wool they would smell sum
kind ov a rat.
Most ov the animals and insex (az well n,
men) liv or each otlier, bu, the spider iz tn,
meanest III The whole lot, for lhty set trap,
for tleit vittltiis, and don't even bait ,ln
traps.
v hat shbuld we do if it waz not for tn,
churches 'rlmre IL plenty ov people wh
kant wbtship God ehly III aclhrth. Ii the,
we're out ii, field on the Sabbath day the,
would at Hlfee bekitm hwless, and fall ,o
digging but wSbathueks Or hithtiiig for bum
blehees' iiests.
People worth noticing shonld never forge,
hat everything they say and do iz watched
by sumboddy, and it IL equally tthe that the
-ood things are generally forgot, but the bad
ones nevef.
| phhlly apprrsiate the pfoverb, "tha'
'peech iz silver, but silence IL golden" but
must say that sum 8v the most atinguished
md diskree, and dighihde phools that I'av,
ever met, hav been thozs who never ventur
ed an opnyun on emmy suhjeki.
What IL happier tew meet than a goot
temper? 1t IL like the sm bf day and til,
soft harvest moon bi hite
Civ every one yu meet. my hoy, the tim'
Nv day and half the road, ahd if that don
make linn cve don't waste emmy more fra
srance oh the kuss.
Sum pl6lks are naturally 20 kross and
krabbid that ii IL an insult 'ew them to ask
hem TO be polite. Yu mite az well ask a
dog few take the krook ont ov his tale, and
be a gentleman. Billings.
The Placer herald., 1873-06-28

BE HAPPY Now.-How old are you Z
twenty-five? Thirty? Are you happy to-
lay ? Where you happy yesterday? Arc
you GENERALLY happy? If so, you have rea-
-on to believe that you will he happy by
md-hy. Are you 70 busy tha, you have NO
time to be happy9 Are you going to be
happy when you are old. and yon have not
50 much to do? No, you will not. YS1
now have specimen OF what you VIII be-
when you are old Look in the face Of t5,
day. That is about the average. That will
tell you what you are going TO be. What
you are carrying along with you is what you
will have hy-and-by. If you are so conduct
ing yourself to have peace with God, and
with your fellow men, and with your facul-
tes; if every day you insist that duty shall
make you happy, and you take as much
lime as il needfu for the culture of your So
,i.l faculties, you will not be exhaustins Eie,
md it will be continually repenisled. But
# you are saving everything up till You get
to be an old man, h bit will stand like a ty-
rant, aud =. y, "You would not enjoy Your
self before, and you stall not now." How
many men there are who have ground aud
ground to make money, that they might 10
happy hy-and-by, but who. when they got
to lie fly or sixty years old, had used up
Ill the enjoyable nerve that was in them!
During their early lite they carried toll and
economy and frugality 10 the excess Of stin-
si,n g., aud When the time came that they
expected joy. there WAS no joy for them.
The Placer herald., 1873-06-28
A rARODf.

Hear that LOT Sf noisy swels-
Silly swelts!
What deal u trashy talk their company fore
How they chatter. chatter, chatter
In all the ballroom of night!
Making such fearful clatter,
AS if something were the matter,
And had put .heit in fright.
Killing time, time, time,
Never thinking it a crime,)
With the foolish conversation to the little lsugh
ing bells,
OF the swells swells, ssells, s~ells,
Swells, swells s<ells
While Walking and talking With .he Bellies.
See those disspated swells,
Drunken swells,
What taae Of temperance that tstss tdtibler
tells !'f-s
In the starred hour of night,
Ringing bells with great del ght,
And singing songs with all their might,
Although the words they do not quite
Distinctly utter,
Keeling. reeling, reeling,
Standing, sitting. kneel,ng,
Rolling rolling rolling,
On the homeward journey strolling,
With resoliite eirdeavor
Now, now to sit or never.
Side by side with their companions in the gutter.
See those horrid dandy swelss
Scented swells!
What world of vapid talk their company CON-
pels!
How disgusting their Irritation
And affected alteration
OF every exclamation
OF the bellies
Oh, maidens young and single,
Lest your with pain should tingle,
Never listen to the jiiigle
OF the swels--
OF the swells, swells swells swells,
Swells, sw. lis, swells, swells,
To the jnsing and the dinging of the swells.
The Placer herald., 1873-06-28

A LADY CpINloN OF pIcNIcs A young
lady having been invited TO attend pic
mic. thus declines, which will be found to be
tie experience of a great many people: II
10 brol and TO bake, and to butter; to bot
tie, to slice and to pack, to get off before
you are ready, and before you are ready
come back; it taking n seat on a pie-dish
and oosing your meat in the grass, and
have bugs drop in your pudding. and snails
take bath in your glass; if toads holding
hop on your sand ~ich, and beetles inspect
ing your bread, when brambles and thorns
catch your feet. and worms pelt down ON
your head; if scattering in every direction
10 seek for foliage and cover, and find y01
have been outsiripped by some Sarah Jane
and her lover; if, in getting up all the frag,
ments of sucl, on Arc .dian feast, you can't
re whether twas most like Entertainment
for man Or for beast; if that kind Of thing
is erjoyiheht, III Ioi,ger or shorter measure;
and you're simple enough to believe it so,
Why then help yourself to the pleasure; out
for me Il spe,k from experience. the sub
ject I've closely perused), the reply will BE-
found in the Scriptures, IL pray you to
hold me excused"
The Placer herald., 1873-06-28

The most distressing accounts have reach
I'd Paris from all The wire. growing counties.
md it is evidens that hardly any Of the vines
have Escaped the recent severe frost varied
with cold wind and ram. In The Bordeaux
district the loss is set down at 500. 900, 900
francs. and it Is p inful to think how msry
persons will have no Autumn work In the
sunny vineyards. From valence come 10
por that the mulberry trees have been
frost bitten. Opinion
The Placer herald., 1873-06-28

"For Gods sake, Naomi, what does thir
nleam?'
Guy Renwick has just entered the studio
Naomi, with hollow and horrible laugh
oints towards the vacant pedestal. lie il
-. near her that he can zee the Artificial
while.,ess with which his wife has clothed
h.nds. arms, hair, to match the stainless
lrape,ies which also citths her. Aud then
Naomi Kenwirk points to the dead body al
nr feet.
"She is dead, Guy-surely dead This is
my vengeance on you and Oh her, Is it
ut?'
And again rings in the ears of the thun-
Iersruck man that hollow---lhat horoiblc
laugh!
The Placer herald., 1873-06-28
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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-09-02

San Francisco, Sep. al z. M.-The
election excitement continues. absorb
ing everything else. The police. In
their zeal for Chief Crowley's re-elec-
ton, seem to forget everything else.
They are working for him Ike beavers,
doing little else, only two insigniti-
cant arrests having been made to-day.
The fight between him and Cockrill
will be very close. Many Germans
will vote against Crowley and for Nc
Donald for Mayor.
The Anti Monopoly ticket has gained
strength daily, particularly the legis-
lstive branch. The meeting last night
at Union Hall, showed clearly the
drift of public feeling on railroad mat
tiers.
The Republican Supervisors and
School Directors will DO strongly sup
ported from all sides, aud will proba-
bly, be elected.
All the preparations for conducting
the election are completed. The force
Of Clerks and Inspectors 10 large. and
yet the work Of counting ballots will
be very slow. In some Wards It Is
thought It will take As hours to make
up the returns. Half hour reports OF
the condition Of affairs at the polls will
be ~telegraphed to the City Hall during
the day and night. Railroad conduc-
tors will also act as messengers to the
authorities there.
The Board Of Supervisors has au-
thorized tho construction Of u fire
watch tower OH the top Of the Ma
sonic hall temple OH Post street, where
three watchmen will be employed to
look out day and night. This new ar
rangement Is said to have been Sc
cured for the benefit Of the Insurance
companies, on the ground that con-
siderable delay sometimes occurs In
t~elegraphing alarms.
Gold, ll61s; greenbacks, S6HGs7A.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-09-02

BENEFIT or MRs. l.. A. TAYLoR.-A
dramatic entertainment will be given
at Piper's Opera House OH Tuesday
evening. September 9th, on which oc-
caslon Mrs. L. A. Taylor takes a bene-
lit. 1t will b. remembered that this
lady lost all Of her property BY the
late explosion and fire In Virginia
City. The play selected for the even
Ing IL the beautiful drama entitled the
Gross Of Gold" Among tho per-
formers are Mrs. Robinson, Miss Car
rie Clark, Mrs. j. X. Ross. Judge lay
lor, Billy Robinson and Morris Greg
DRY. We have no doubt but that the
entertainment will be a very pleasing
one.
CONCLUDED Nor TO FIour.-At an
early hour this morning two inebriated
individuals entered the Fort Home
stead Tunnel for the purpose of In
dulglng In a fisticuff. Both parties
pulled of their coats and began flour
ishlng their arms about wildly, seem
ingly upon the point Of demollshing
one another. Alter a heap Of talk
they reconsidered their determination.
put OH their uoatS again, and walked
home.
PkasoNAL-Geo. NJ. Stewart, the
good looking young gentleman who
drives the fast team attached to the
wagon with the big umbrella, sailed
down Main street, scattering wet
groceries and provisions right aud left.
George Is n ~wideawake. goahead young
gentleman. and withal a great favor
lite with tho fair sex.
WATER COMPANY AFFAIRS. = The
Water Company have completed a
trestle bridge which Is Intended to
support their flulne In crossing Mt.
Davidson Ravine. The finme itself 10
nearly completed. and It Is expected
that II will be ready to be used Ia car
rying water into Virginia City In a few
days.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-09-02
DISPATCHES.
(sr.crAL TO TUE GOLD NIL DArEr srws.l
o o N Esrio iMTELLIoINoE
Erie TrSaAles.

Erie Treaties.
NEW YoRK, Sept. 2.-Bischoffsheim
& Co., Erie's bankers In London and
their agents here, E. H. Biedman &
Co., having failed by themselves or
through their friends to settle :heir
accounts, the courts have been In
voked to declare u settlement, and the
property Of Blschoffshelm has been at
tached.
Rinaneial Mixtares.
The funds Of Kendrick Il Co.. the
alleged swindlers Of Sanders & Hard
enberg. by means Of forged bonds,
have been attached. It appears that
Sanders s. Hardenberg's check to the
order Of J. 4. Franklin for s25, 900 In
payment Of forged bonds, was col
lected By the Union Trust Company
| Of the Fourth National Bank and put
to the credit Of Kcndrlck & Co., which
firm early on Saturday drew checks on
the Trust Company for $1,000 and
$4,000. but the man attempting to col
lect was informed Of the %irregularity
existing. and that the check could not
be paid, since when no one has sought
to collect.
Breach Of Premise.
While the late Mayor Kalbfleisch
was living, a suit was brought against
him hy Mary Jane Wade for $4,000
damages, for breach of promise OF
marriage, and yesterday she obtained
through her counsel, an order against
his executors to show cause why the
trial Of the case should not 60 on.
The New Ceastsrfcit Greesbaek.
A Washington special says that Treas
urer Spinner has stated that he never
saw a better executed counterfeit than
the five hundred-dollar legal tender
note made public yesterday, and that
the whole Issue Of thirty-flve millions
will have to be called In and a new
series issued.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-09-02

Foor RAcE.-wm. Gilpln and Nelson
Hough have entered into nm agreement
to run a foot race on the ninth instant
The race will take place on the Divide,
and is for . purse Of $3Ooa side. Gilpin
Ia to stand with his back to the score,
and is to give Hough 80 feet the start.
FnEIour.-The receipts Of freight at
the Railroad Depot, Gold Hill, for the
month OF August, as follows
Merchandise. 1,0l7, 073; grain, lSl.6 5S
pounds; coal, 1,458.0W pounds; bull
lion, Gao pounds; lumber, POS, loo feet.