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Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01
Prompt Changes of Mind of n
Ticket. a gent.

a few days ago a tall, rough
looking mountaineer entered the
Union Pacific railroad ticket office
at Denver, and, through mistake,
purchased a ticket for New York
via the Kansas Pacific line, when he
wanted to go over the Union Pacific.
He did not discover this fact until
after the ticket had been paid for,
and on asking the agent to change it
he refused to do so.
"You won't change this ticket,
then, won't you 2"
mo, sir" replied the agent, ''you
have your ticket, and l have the
money for it, and if you want a
ticket over the other route you will
have to buy it."
Very quietly the stranger twisted
his ticket into a small roll; very Sc
renely he drew from under his right
coat-tail a siX-shOOter about the di-
mensions of q mountain hoWitzer /;
cOOlly and deliberately he stuck the
twisted ticket into the muzzle of
that siX-shooter, and sticking the
ugly looking thing through the little
square window of the ticket Office,
and almost in the agents face, and
speaking in the tone that left no
doubt OF his determination, said:
stranger, thar's that ticket; take
it yourself and change it, or by -
Pll blow it clean through YOU"
The ticket was changed immedi-
ately, and without any more words
from the agent; and the noun
taineer walked away, saying: '1
jest th0lght | could induce. him to
change his mind leetle."
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SHREWS.

S1rews, or disappointed women
call them what you ike-generally,
sooner or later, 1nd themselves
alone in the world. Their children
have gone from them because they
found it impossible to remain and
live in peace. y week is quite long
enough to remain with disappoint-
ed woman-toO long, in fact, if you
do not wish to hear terribly long
catalogue of trials and troubles
But she will be amiable, so far as
yoa are concerned, for that time,
because You possess the charm of
novelty. After a week, take care.
Their true friends and relatives
have become alienated, through the
hard and bitter things which have
bean said of them, and the angry
alterations which have taken place.
All. in fact, who properly knew
is dangerous. Thus, they have to
rely on chance acquaintances for
cOmpaniOnship. From morning un-
til night they morbidly brood over
their unhappy lot, and yet in moth
ing can they see that they have done
wrong. They have ignored the
principle of "give and take" in
family disputes, and have upon all
occasions asserted their indepen-
dence and mastery. But they recog-
nize no fault in that. Yet they
mourn the loss of kindred and
friends, and long for genial cOmpan-
ionship. 1t cuts them to the quick
to see themselves Stunned by those
who, down in the bottom Of their
hearts, they really love. Yet so
completely has n long continued
sense of disappointment and wrong
operated upon their natures, that
they are utterly unable TO regulate
their conduct so as TO secure a re-
turn of this love. They must be
cynical, critical, quarrelsOme, spite
full and moody, when they would
rather be otherwise They are often
well meaning at heart. They can
be truly generous, and If you hap
pen to get them in the right mood,
will do anything to Oblige you. But
the difficulty is to get them in the
right mood, for at different times
they will be so different. They are
their own worst enemies. 1t is
pitiful to see them standing thus
alone, and to think that they will
never be thoroughly happy on this
side of the grave. 1t is more pitia-
BILE when IL is remembered what
they might have become had their
lot been differently cast. Instead of
thorns, they might have strewn
roses in our path; and instead of
embittering their own lives and
others, might have cast the hallow-
ing influences of love and content
ment around them.
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manded her husband, staring At her
in open-mOuthed astonishment."
She wrung her hands hysterically
together as she related the sad
story.
III could lear my hair out by the
roots, when l think of my pad,
foolish fOllyi" she cried.
Moses jefferson looked graveiy at
his daughter, who had STOOD listen
ing i'm perfect silence.
Take your mother iniO the
house, my dear" he said. 'f'll go
over and see IIngh Darwin asout
this business"
Half an hour later, as Mrs. Jefiei-
sou sat by the kitchen fire still
Wringing her hands aud bemoanlng
herself, Moses walked in, escOrtins
q figure in a lOng-skirted coat with
a NANCY fur cap tilted over its eyes,
aud its mouth tied up in q red cot
ton pocket handkerchief.
"Nhy, it's the rag-man! she ejac-
ulated springing TO her feet with a
little cry.
All of sudden the disguise
dropped of, and Hugh Darwin stood
laughing before her.
''NO 1t amt the rag man, Mrs.
Jefferson, it's mew he cried jOvially.
agatha and l, we thought II was
boarded papers, and he diving by in
ches, so / turned rag-man,' with
Squire Jones' hand-barrow and the
sleigh bells, and bought them my
self: and they are all safe in the
great chamber over home"
"And the money!" gaspcd Mrs.
! Jefferson.
'sThe moneys all there-seven
hundred dollars" chimcd in honest
Moses, who stood by, beaming with
! satisfaction. "And our little Aggie
can get married now as soon as she
likes. Hey, Mother! we outwitted
| you arter all, didn't we!p
81 never was so thankful for any
thing in nay born days?" calculated
Mrs. Jefferson, clasping her hands,
and sinking back into the cushioned
rocker.
Uncle Philemon died very peace
fully that same night. In fact, he
never entirely awoke from the sieeI
| into which he bad fallen when Mrs
Jenersou SAT by his side, and conSe.
quently never knew that his beloved
newspapers and their precious in
closure OF bank bills had been
bought and sold.
A plain white maidstone CLEANS
above his last resting-place now
Hugh and Agatha Darwin are keep
ing house, as happy as any crowned
king and queen, albeit their palace
IL nofhiu0 hut A little brown cot
tage under the hill, and their roya
robes are bat OF calico and hoddeT
gray. And Mrs. Jefferson, the do
mestic autocrat, is forced to admi
that once in her lite she was wrong
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a DINNER AND KISS.
By AIRS. n. L. RAYNE

BY MRS. NJ. L. RAYNE
i have brought your dinner. faihcr.
The biacksmith's daughter said.
A. she took from her arm The krtil
And lined iSs shining iid.
There Is not any pie or pudding
SO l will give you this
And upon his toil-worn forehead
she len the childish Hiss.
The blacksmith took OF his apron
And dined IA happy mood. =.
Wondering much at the SAVIOR
Hid in his humble food:
While all about him we're vision.
Full Of prophetic bliss.
But he never thought Of magic
In his little daughters Kiss
While -he with her kettle sWinSn-,
MerTlly trudsed away.
stopping NJ sight OF a squirrel.
Cstehiag some wild BIRDS lay;
And I thought how many shallow
OF life and fate We would mi~-.
n always our frugal dinners.
Were seasoned with kiss
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4
EpY e,tue Of an intcrlocutory decree Tor
hB sai" entered in the above cause, on
:Oth ~ Iircembrr. 1872. will ssll It pub
Isc auction. 10 the highest bidder. in front
or the Court hoH>r oour in Jackson. Trn-
ncssee, on
SATURDAY, MARCH 22'I, 1873.
within legal hours, the following described
prOprEty. to-wit:
Situatrd In Madison County. Tennessee,
and bounded - follows: Beginning NJ q
stake. the East boundary line Of u 1000
acre tract of land, in the name Of James
ByeTs. (of which this part, and designat-
ell in the division Of said 20OO acre tract.
as lot No Z, allotted to Amelia Whiie) and
the North. east corner OF lot No. 6; runs
West with Thomas Bonds line 200 poles to
n stake; thence North with the lines of Wm.
Walker and Hugh Clark's estate, 3l6 poles
to a stake; thence East with w. \. New
bern's line, 3eO poles to a stake; thence
South with the lines Of Lewis Bond and
John Bond. 3l6 poles 10 the beginning
containing sos acres.
The above tract will be sold for Partition a.
mong the petitioners IN the thOve cause. VIZ;
George ~. Sykes and wife. Martha, (fprn,-
erly Martha Bond John J. Hawkins and
vile. Eliza r.. formerly Eliza *. Bond.)
Leila Bond, Edward c. Morris and wife,
Sallie, (formerly Salle BOnd.)
TERMS or SALE.--One third cash. bal
ance in two equal instalmentS, due al one
and two wears fFom day Of sale. Good Sc
curiiy required and a lein retained.
ID. NJ. WISDOM, c. & NJ. .
Tomlin e TOmlin, Sols.
fcbI5-4t.
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Hen. Herace Maynard.

The following paragraph is attri-
buted to the Washington Republi-
can:
The friends of Hon. Horace May
nard have formally announced him
as a candidate for Speaker in the
next House They claim that he is
suppoated by the entire Southern
Republican vote, and also has many
adherents among the Northwestern
members. They are in favor of en-
acting law assembling the Forty
third Congress on the fifth of March,
following the adjournment of the
FOrty-secOnd Congress.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01

OUR Honse of Representatives at
Nashville recently called upon col
ored preacher to pray at the OPEN
,ing of the session. He very readily
complied, and during the progress
of his prayer told the Almighty that
if the Honorable members had JUS
tice done them they would have
been in h-l long ago, but hoped
they had been spared for some wise
purpose, but hoped they had been
spared for some wise purpose, but
human wisdom was unable to find
out what it was IFeHtoR Gazette.
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STANZAS.
BY QUIZ. JR.

An arIzy oclouds has darkened the ssy,
And The ain is falling like tears-
Soiily-h hktears from a serroWful eye
From sui that Is c10uded with cares;
Aud the ~ like my heart, is chilled and
cold;
Upon az tsre seems TO rest the mould
The loathsom mould OF weary years.
But behind thse clouds the sun still shines
And The heaens are clear aud blue;
And may il no be with the soul that pines
II Tat soul i;but steadfast and true
That all these svrows win but cleanse and
reEne,
Lighter our harts- tesch " something
divine,
Oh, Godi II but fithful to You.
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Nhnm NC Kno.E Eaeh olher.

Beyond the boundry that lies be-
tween the visible and the invisible
world, hope promises ms a joyful
reunion with those who we have
dearly loved here and who have
preceded ms in undergoing that
strange and mysterious transforms
tion that ushers the human soul from
earth to immortality. This hope
banishes half of the terrors of death,
and IT tighten the gloom and dark
ness of the grave. The eyes lose
their Iustre, the lips cease to speak,
and the heart forever grows still;
while the soul is just beginning TO
understand the long hidden mystery
of the intangible world. Who can
say that these things are net so:
The most abandoned soul instinct
ively feels in its existence, a sense
of Immortality, that in its sober
moments is ever striving TO grasp
at the unrevealed glories of eterni-
". Let US hope on, that there shall
vet be a pleasant recognition OF
friends in the hereafter. II is at
least beautiful thought, if it may
not be an indisputible reality.-EU-
GEMS.
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"Now."-If 1 were to give ysu a
metto 20 60 through life with, one
that would stand you for warning
and counsel in any strait in which
you might find yourselves, would
give it in this one word, f'Now."
Don't waste your time and Your
strength, and your opportunities, by
always meaning to do something
do il! Only weakness comes of in
decision. Why, some people have
so accustomed themselves to this
way of dawdling along from one
thing to another that it really seems
impossible for them TO squarely
make up their minds to anything
They never quite know what they
mean to de next, and their only
pleasure seems to consist in putting
things Off as long as possible, and
then dragging slowly through them,
Yather than begin anything else.
Don't live a single hour of your
life without doing exactly what is
to be done in it, and going strait
through it from beginninging to end.
Work, play, study, whatever it is,
take hold at once and finish il up
squarely and cleanly; then to the
next thing without letting any mo-
ments drop out between. IL is won
derful to see how many hours these
prompt people contrive to make of
a day; it's as if they picked up the
moments that tie daWdlers lost
And If you ever find yourself where
you have so many things pressing
you that you hardly know how to
begin, let ME tell you a secret: take
hold of the very first one that comes
to hand, and you will find the rest
all fall into file and follow after like
company of well-drilled soldiers;
and though work may be hard to
meet when it charges in a squad, it
is easily vanquised when brought
into line. You may have often seen
the aneedote of the man who was
asked how he accomplished so much
in his life. "My father taught me, -
was the reply, "when / had anything
to do, to go and do. it.' There is
the secret--the magic word, Now"
-ErchdHge.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01

C. Tennessee, with $500 square
miles, has 1,25S,520 population
Ohio, with 1864 square miles, has
a population of 1865, ,260-one and a
half millions more than Tennessee.
Our soil is more generous, and our
climate milder than in Ohio; Vet
the latter's population is more than
double that of Tennessee. We have
clung to old ideas; Ohio has court
ed progress. We have opposed
popular education; every township
in Ohio has q public schOol.-AuG:
!anche.
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Gratitude.

Few persons know what a power
ful agent of happiness a lively sense
of gratitude is. II is one of the
most profitable OF all investments.
for il Yields dividends of peace aud
contentment not only annually and
semi-annually, but daily and hourly.
We are so constituted that we must
judge Of things by comparison We
call one object large because il Is
larger than another; we call one man
rich, because he has larger posses
sions than another. II we have an
active gratitude in our bOsOms, or,
if we viii cultivate it, we may find
constant cause for rejoicing in con-
trasting our own fortunes with the
unfortunate. We encounter, almost
every day, 3 misery that we are
strangers to. We meet the halt, the
lame, the blind, the sick and the be-
reaVed, at every turn Of life's de-
vioDs pathway. 1t is impossible 10
envy the lot Of these; we ought TO
pity them, and be ready 10 relieve
their destitution or solace their sOr-
row. In doing this we shall discov-
er how much unsuspected wrtched-
ness there is in the world, and ex-
perience q feeling of gratitude at
the privileges of our better lot
There are others who are better OF
than we are, who have more wealth,
more friends, and more faEOrs.-
These arc above US. But il is not
their lot we should contemplate
Let us look down on the lowly be-
meath us, and not up, on the lofty
above Us, and give our souls 20 graf
itude instead Of envy. Ambition is
a noble and proper passion, when
legitimately directed, but that am
bition that seeks to scale one hight
after another, that is ever looking
upward TO new realms of eminence
and power, and that goes on adding
conquest to conquest, without stop
ping to be grateful for its successes,
is an insatiate coVetousuess which
usually in the end, encouters a crush
ing disappointment sent as a punish
ment for its thankless selfishness.-
To ascend safely and securely, one
must accustom himself to look back,
not with naughty, but with grateful
feelings upon the conquered stages
beneath him, and remember that
every less successful toiler on the
rugged path of life is a proof of
heavens peculiar favor. No one
who is stranger to gratitude can
be really happy. but the humblest
person who viii, as he can discover
some cause for thankfulness in his
condition, will find contentment at
the same time. In one word, graft
tuds is itself serene and tranquil
happiness.
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Southern Hotel,
Fronting on 4th, 9TH and walut sts..
SAINT LOUIS, mo.

TTNHE Southern Hotel " firSt-class in all
Il its appointments. Its tables are at all
times supplied in the greateEt abundance, q,
with all the delicacies the market affords.
Its clerks aud employees are all polite
aud attentive TO the wants Of the guests OF
the Hotel,
There l. an improved elevator leading
from the first floor to the upper one.
Railroad aud Steamboat Ticket Offices,
News Stand, and West IN Union Telegraph
office in Rotunda Of the Hotel.
fob ST
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~ one inch space constitutes square.
Where advertisements are ordered 70 be
dnusuaIlv displayed they will be charged
for according to the space they occupy one
inch % constitute square.
Sherifs, Clerks and Rangers VINO send
Us their patronage will receive the wing
without charge.
rT-CANDIDATEs-FoT announcing can
didatcs for County offices and the logisia-
ture. $40; for Congress $50; for Municipal
and civil district Offices, S5-all in advance.
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Julian Marrow, and forbid him TO
help her carry it out.
But he did not. All day Friday
they sat together planning, and run
ming after things in the way of ex-
ira edibles, and Chrissie pulled the
very sweetest flowers as a little Of
fering, a chaplet at the feast.
Late in the day, Mr.. Marrow got
on his palfry and rode toward the
city, kissing his hand back to the
fair little woman in the doorway,
She WINGED a little, thinking Of
John, and a great big lump got up
in her throat, and refused to be sWal-
lowed. 1t grew so it nearly choked
her, as the thought would come of
all his devotion and many kind
nesses, and his constant watch over
her welfare. She had somehow be-
gun TO look for him home earlier
than usual, and looked and looked
until the sun went down, quite down.
The insects were beginning again
their busy, droWsy hum in the
leaves, and even a stray visitor, a
katy-did, commenced to chirp up in
the branches of the oak, that made
Chrissie so lonesome that she walk
ed away toward the gate little dis
tancs, and stood almost where John
had stood the night before with an
aching, swelling heart
The hours wore on until she was
tortured beyond endurance. She
smelled something dreadful in the
air; she almost knew he had been
waylaid and murdered.
A thousand times she remember
ed the keen, bitter words, the last
she had spoken to him. They were
like sharp, two-edged knives to her
heart then, cutting deep and causing
the blood to flow.
She did not sleep that night-the
long dark hours wore away as tedi-
ously as so many years. She arose
with black circles under her eyes
and traces OF tears on her cheeks.
She could eat nothing, only rOamed
up and down, touching fOndly every
thing of his, and putting the trinkets
back sacredly in their places.
She had thrown herself down on
the sofa, and given away to a show
er of tears, un-mindful of the step
on the walk. She hated the very
thoughts of the picnic in the woods.
oh, if she could get over that horri-
BILE fear and anxiety for John.
Some one entered and RcaYed
deep sigh, and sank down wearily
in a chair-the room was darkened
almost like night. Still her tears
and sobs continued. All at once two
strong loving arms were holding her
in a tight embarce, and her head
was laid on somebody's capacious
shoulder.
"Oh, John, John, how could you
treat me so, and frighten mel have
been so ill?"
"Why, my darling loves me, l be-
lieve," John replied, pressing her
closer to his breast. f'DOyou know,
dearest, determined to see Wheth-
er you loved me better than-than-
any other man, and so l staid away,
and thought you were gone long
ago to your picnic"
"Oh, John, you knew better. /
love nothing in the world but you
better than all the world together.
As for that hateful picnic, of course
not after you said not"
John peered down into the tear
stained face, and was satisfied of her
repentance. He held her close to
his heart, and she felt that every
throb was for her alone, and vowed
never to give her good loving hus-
band cause for a moments unhappi-
ness. She knew their first quarrel
had been all ChrtSSfe'S fault.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01

H The Fremont Journal has the fol
lowing:
The dearest spot beneath the skie-,
Is that which does not advertise.
This rule observe, when tor supplies
You go in search, and youIl be Wise:
Buy only Of those who advertise"
To which we take the liberty Of adding:
Before you buy 'twould be wise in You
To read the WING AND TRIBUNE;
Its columns tell Of those who keep
The best goods, and who sell them cheGD
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All HANDS BeIovv.

A good story is told of parrot
who had always lived on board Of a
ship, but who escaped at one of the
Southern ports and took refuge in
a church. Soon afterWard the con-
gregation assembled, and the minis
ter began preaching 20 them in his
earnest fashion, saying there was no
virtue I'm them. that every one of
them would 60 to hell unless they
speedily repented. just as be spoke
the sentence, up spoke tho parrot
from his hiding place;
"All hands below~
To say that .fall hands" we're star
tied would bea mid way of putting
Il. The peculiar voice and unknown
source had more effect on them than
the persons voice ever had. lie
waited a moment and then, shade
or two paler, he repeated the warn
ing.
"All hands belowv again rang
out from somewhere.
The preacher started from his pull
pit, and looked anxiously around.
iuquiring IL anybody had spoken.
"Ail hands belOwm was the only
reply, al which the entire panic
stricken congregation got up, and
moment after they all bOlted for the
doors, the preacher trying his best
to be the first, and during the time
the misehievous bird kept up his
yelling:
"All hands beloww
There was one old woman there
who was lame, and could not get out
so fast as the rest, and in a short
time she was left entirely alone.-
just as she was about 10 hobble out,
the parrot flew down, and, alight-
ing on her shoulder, again yelled in
her ear:
"All hands below"
TNo, no, Mister Devils" shrieked
the old woman. "you can't mean
me. | don't belong here. ] 90 to
the other church across the way"
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Trustees Sale.

On Saturday, March 80, 1878,
4 will sell at the Courthouse door. in
a Jackson. 20 the highest bidder, the fol-
lowing described town lot, with all the
tenemcnt> and improvements thereon:
situated in the city OF jackson. Madison
County. Tennessee, and bounded as fol-
lows. Ia vii: Beginning on the East side
of shannon street, At the Norih-wcst cor
nrr ut the let belonging TO w. :. Czllawly,
NOW orcupicd 10y II. J.. Binidrd as a private
residence: runs thence East with the North
line OF said lot 10 its Northeast corner:
thcuce North TO North alley; thence West
with the south side OF said alley To its out
cr section with shannon Street; thence
south to the beginning
SAID house and lot will be sold as the
property OF II. o. March aud Emoliue
March. 10 satisfy deed Of trust executed
to me bv said ID. .. March and Emeline
N,rrh on the 2Ist day of December, 1871.
Title To laid property considered unques-
tiona Bile. but l will convey only as Trustee,
~ TERMS CASH.
J.C.M. GARLAND,
febl5-4w. Trustee.
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There are two things which grow
stronger in the heart of man as he
advances in years-the love of his
country and of religion. Let them
be ever so much forgotten in youth,
they sooner or later present them
selves to US arrayed in all their
charms, and excite in the recesses
of our hearts an attachment justly
due to their beauty.