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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-24
BISHOP POTTS, OF UTAH

Bishop Potts, of Salt Lake City, was
the husband of three wives and the hap
py father of fifteen interesting children.
Early in the winter the Bishop deter
mined that his little ones should have a
good time on Christmas, so he concluded
to take trip down to San Francisco to
see what he could find in the shape of
toys with which to crafty and amuse
them. The good Bishop packed his
carpet-bag, embraced Mrs. Potts one by
one kissed each of her affectionately,
and started upon his journey.
He was gone little more than week,
when he came back with fifteen beautiful
mouth-organs in his valise for his dar-
lings. He got out of the train at Salt
Lake, thinking how joyous and exhilerat-
ing it would be at home on Christmas
morning when the whole fifteen of those
mouth-organs should be in operation
upon different tunes at the same moment.
But just as he entered the depot he saw
a group ofwom en- standing in the ladies'
room apparently waiting for him. As
soon as he approached the whole twenty
of them rushed up, threw their arms
about his neck and kissed him, exclaim-
ing
"Oh, Theodore, we are 500 glad
you have come back Welcome home !!
Welcome, dear, dear Theodore We'll
come once more to the bosom of your
family !" and then the entire score of
them fell upon his neck and cried over
his shirt front and mussed him.
The Bishop seemed surprised and en-
barrassed. Struggling to disengage him
self, he blushed and said
Really ladies, this kind of thing is
well enough-it is interesting and all
that but there must be some kind Of a
that is, an awkward sort Of Accuse
me, ladies, but there seems to be, as it
we're, slight misunderstanding about
the-I am Bishop Potts"
1--WE know it, we know it, dearest, Z"
they exclaimed in chorus, "and we are
40 glad to see you safe, safe at home.
We have all been right well while you
were away, love-"
cit gratifes me-" remarked the Bish-
OPP, "to learn that none Of you have
been prey to disease. am filed with
blissful serenity when I contemplate the
fact; but, really, I do not understand
why You should rush into this railway
station and hug me because your lives
are active and your digestion good. The
precedent is bad; it is dangerous
ooh, but we didn't I" they exclaimed
in chorus. We came here to welcome
sou because you are our husband"
Pardon me, but there must be some
little that is to say, as il were, should
think not. Women, you have mistaken
your man y
"Oh, no, dearest" they shouted "we
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-24
CURRENT ITEMS.

| S0hAbNA EMS.
A FRENcHMAN can't talk with his hands
tied.
The Mobile Tribune brought, at forced
sale, SO, 800.
THERE were 13l days of last year ON
which it rained.
MAssAcHusErrsd drank $4S, 4O7. 90 worth
of liquors last year.
PHILADELPHIA consumes 1900, 600 gal
Ions of milk year.
THE surviving soldiers of the Mexican
war are to be pensioned.
The patients in the Alabama Insane
Asylum issue weekly paper.
ELEVEN hundred and ten accidental
deaths in New York during 1872.
ONE hundred and forty New Workers.
committed self-murder last year.
A COLD BATH Immediately after turn
ing out in the morning is injurious.
The largest library in the West is ut
Ann Arbor. 1t contains q, 900 volumes.
EIGHT hundred and eighty-seven Bal
timoreans died from consumption in
1872.
The city of Louisville will distribute
10000 tons of coal among its poor this
winter.
ISLANDERS are like flies, they leap over
all mans good parts to light only upon
his sores.
THE course of study in the Naval
Academy is to be heightened from four
to six hours.
THE castor oil plant is now cultivated
in California, and an average crop of 400
pounds of oil to the acre is obtained
THE value of the manufactured pro-
ducts of New Hampshire ten years ago
was S37, 100000. Now it is s7l 200, 900.
IT has been observed at Charlestown,
this year, that all the convicts pardoned
from the Massachusetts State Prison for
sickness, have died within ten days after
leaving.
NEARLY all the submarine cables hith-
erto laid having been made in England,
it is gratifying to learn that one, for the
first time, has been manufactured in San
Francisco.
NIAGARA FALLS was nearly dry for
single day in the winter of 1848 on ac-
count of an easterly wind, which drove
large portion of the water from the river
nto Lake Erie.
In compliance with the new Internal
Revenue law 800 Assistant Assessors
were dismissed last month. Eleven hun
dred remain, but all will be out of the
service by July l.
The success hitherto achieved in al
most circling the world with telegraph
wires, has resulted in establishing tele-
graphic communication from Australia
to California, length of wire no less
than 20, 900 miles, enabling messages to
be sent between those places in four
hours and Il half.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-24
JUST ONE DEFECT-A FABLE
ny JOHN q. SAKE.


Who buys house, however fine
In architectural design,
And howsoever vast and grand
The prospect which II may command.
May very prudently explore
Concern one condition more;
10 Sadi sings and tells OF one,
Somewhere beneath the Persian sun.
Who thought to buy mansion where
A foul-mouthed broker praised the air
And oil things else, with eager voice:
"You could not make better choices
The fellow bawled. "Now, look ye here,
I've lived next door this twenty year,
And know the house is fairly worth
Ten times the price! There's not ON earth
A finer building! just inspect
The place, and mention one defect !"
"why, truly" said the man, al see
But oas." "Indecd! what may It be ?"
The house should not reckon dear,
think-ir yours rere not 30 near 7"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-24

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE Pore A
large deputation of Roman Catholics
from Ireland, waited on the Pope re-
Gently, and presented an address re,
citing the benefits conferred on Ireland
by the Holy See, and rendering MS
Holiness contribution Of Peters pence
The Pope, responding, deplored the ii,
gratitude of the people, who permitIeo
the spoliation Of the Church. ne
made an exception in favor Of the IRISH
people, whom he praised for their en-,
during attachment to the Church, anu
congratulated them on the preservatio''
Of their faith. He concluded by giving
the apostolic blessing to Ireland.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-24
SERPENTS CHANGED INTO RODS.
Arfd.rerres,

The Egyptian cobra is unlike the
Asiatic species, wanting the curious
spectacle-like mark that distinguishes
the latter. It is of a somewhat dark
and greenish hue, marked with brown
ish spots and attaining the length OF
from three to five feet. The Egyptian
conjurors know how to render this ser
pent stiff and unmovable by pressing the
nape of the neck with the finger, and
thus throwing it into sort Of catalepsy.
The serpent is thus apparently converted
into rod or stick. Traces Of this trick
occur in Scripture, and it affords strlk'
ing illustration Of the passage where
Pharaoh's wise men cast down their rods,
which were turned into serpents, bn'
we're devoured by the serpent OF Aaron
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-24
THE VERDICT.


When the winter nights are growing long,
And roushs aud rakes the bar-rooms throng,
And drink their teddy hot ana strong,
Look out for wrath and riot.
Ned Parker kept . whisky stall,
Meath yonder elm so straight and tall,
Near which Missouri's waters brawl,
In mouthy. mad disquiet.
The winter night was drear and wild,
Ned's fire with hick'ry wood WAS piled,
Aud men came in, and warmed and 81 smiled"
And warmed and smiled" again.
And city councilmen were there,
Aud pious, godly men Of prayer;
The ruined nabob's centess heir,
And men Of wealth and brain.
All mingled in one social crowd,
Aud all grew mellow rich and proud,
Aud noisy discord grew more loud
As drinkers drunken grew.
With toasts and tale, and mirthful lay,
Az eagles hy upon their prey,
Or comets on their fiery way,
The joyous moments flew.
AT length in came young Charley Cline.
Stage driver on the Fulton line,
And several others Of that kind,
All on n jolly spree.
They called for drinks, and all, save Cline,
Tipped of their goblets full Of wine,
Then turned the prattling crowd to join,
But ne'er taste took he.
He feigned look Of deep amaze,
And on the goblet ixed his gaze,
"-Tis blood" he cried, and threw the glass,
Full into Parker's face.
"You lie :" yelled Parker, drawing steel,
Cline for his pistol then did feel,
And Bowie's clash and navy's peal
Disturbed that peaceful place.
From three round holes in Parkers side
Gushed forth the warm and crimson tide,
Cline's vital current flowed.
And still they slashed and banged away
Till all took sides and joined the fray,
Then wreck and ruin held the sway
And fiery passions glowed.
In that hot fight 80 fierce and dread
Some stood by Charley, some by Ned,
And with them fought, and with them bled,
And babe the world "Good Night"
DEFENDERS sun rose cold and clear,
And, shining in that bar-room dresr,
Disclosed a stack Of corpses there
At least four feet in height.
And long ere noon it came to pass
That twelve grave men sat on that mass
Which once was gesh, but now was grass,
And this their verdict was:
"Naught can the naked truth conceal,
For all the symptoms here reveal
That blood and wine, and lead and steel,
Caused this to happen thus"
ST. Louis Republican,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-24

MISS CAMPBELL, who powders the
prettiest face in Washington, is soon to
wed William Oswald Charlton, Of the
British Legation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-24

perceive that they were neither his nor
the late Browns. He said, You
youngsters have made mistake am
not your father" and the Bishop smiled
good-naturedly.
"Oh, yes, you are though !" screamed
the little ones in chorus.
But say am not, said the Bishop
severely, and frowning; "you ought to
be ashamed of yourselves. Don't you
know where story-tellers go? It is scan
dalous for you to violate the truth in
this manner. My name is Potts"
Eyes, we know it is" exclaimed the
children; 1--WE know it is, and SO is ours,
that is our name now, too, since the we'd
ding"
"Since what wedding ?" demanded
the Bishop, turning pale.
Why, mas wedding, of course. She
was married yesterday to you by Mr..
Young, and we are all living at your house
now with our little brothers and Sis
ters."
The Bishop sat down on the pavement
and wiped away tear Then he asked
"Who was your father ?"
Mr.. Simpson, said the crowd, "and
he died Tuesday"
"And how many Of his Internal old
widows mean how many of your moth
ers are there ?"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-09-17
Improved Poultry.

The Western 4gricultul'iSt says
that the rapidly increasing interest in
improved poultry throughout the
W est is significant of great fnan-
cial benefit to those who have had the
enterprise to give the matter proper
attention.
The popular breeds are the Bran
abs and Cochins, for both laying and
sitting, and they are best adapted to
the farm, as they are hardy and pro-
itable, and with a little care in pro-
viding comfortable quarters, a good
supply ofcracked corn, wheat screen
ings, and plenty of fresh water, these
fowls will be a source of profit to
every farm. There are other breeds.
such as the Houdons and LeghoIns,
that are superior layers.
We advise our farmers to secure a
trio of some improved breed this fall,
the first cost of securing them is q
trifing expense compared to the pro-
fits Of improved poultry over the COM
mon breeds, and by saving the best
fowls for breeding the farm will soon
be we'll stocked with fine fowls that
will be a source of profit and pleas
ure.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-09-17
The Health of Farmers.

The following true words from the
Science Of Health. should be inscrib-
ed in letters Of gold over every farIn-
er's freside Farmers have une-
qualed natural advantages for health,
strength and longevity. The stats
tics of disease and tables of mortali-
ty, however, are against them
This is due not to their vocation,
but to their misuses of it. No class
as a whole, is probably so utterly
reckless of health conditions. So far
as our acquaintance with the habits
of farmers is concerned-and it has
been extensiye-it compels the con-
clusiOn, as a rule. that the dietic
habits of farmers are worse than
any other class who have the means
of choosing for themselves. Fried
dishes several times a day. with
several fried articles at each of the
three meals, is one of their common
denominations dried beef, old cheese
and pickles are among the common
relishes, while lard and salaratus
make their richer dainties indigesti-
BILE and 0pustic. We have seen on
a farmers table, fried pork, fried
eggs, fried potatoes and fried griddle
cakes for breakfast; fried ham. fried
hominy and fried parsnips for din
ner, and fried sausages and fried
doughnuts for supper-all the fry
ing done in lard No class is so
troubled with cankeT, erysipelas, tu-
mors, cancers and humors as farmers
and the excessive use of pork. lard.
fine -four, rich cakes and greasy pas
try, are enough to account for it.
In dietic habits our farmers are
sadly misIed by the agricultural
journals, nearly all of which pander
to there preiudices, and 1atter their
morbid appetites by recommending
and commencing swine-breeders and
pork eating, while they fill their
kitchen column with recipes for ma
king rich and palatable' pndings,
pies, cakes and other complicated
dishes. which no stomach ever car
ried inside q human body could long
tolerate without death or dyspepsia.
The essential need of our farmers is
plain, wholesome food, properly
cooked. This would give them much
more available strength for work,
relieve them of many Of the distress
ses and expenses Of sickness, add
many years to their lives, and render
old age green and normal, instead
of dry and deer, pit, as it is in most
cases under existing habits
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-09-17
MAx1,rs IN CATTLE BREEDING

MAXINS IN CATTLE BREEDING
James n. Brown, of Illinois. was a
noted breeder of Shorthorn cattle,
and these are some Of his ideas:
Use -blooded males. Keep
no more stock than you can keep
well-and the young should always
be improved. Never sen to the
butcher or anybody else your best
and thriftiest young females. Calves
should be dropped from the 1st of
March to the 1st of May.
"Never allow calves to run with
their dams and suck at will it in
lures both.
"Milk the young cows as long as
possible.
All cattle-breederS should have
two pastures for summer grazing.
and change the stock from one to the
other frequently.
Land intended for winter grazing
should not be grazed in midsummer.
The summer growth is needed for
winter protection.
To render stock-growing as pro-
fitable as it should be, good grass for
winter and summer is Indispensable >
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-09-17

Mrs. MINNIE MYRLE MILLER dis
coursed in Percerville. California,
last week on Silent women which
leads the Cincinnati Commercial to
remark that it can't immagine where
she gathered material for the lecture
unless it was in q cemtery.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-09-17

THE only Unitarian church that is
or has been in Connecticut has had
for two years past female pastor,
and she has been so over-taXed with
work that she is compelled to seek
recreation from labor
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-09-17

KATE FIELD the critic. and AIDE
laide Phillips. the vocalist, are an
nounced as intending to ''scale the
Pyrenees.'' 1t is to be hoped the
fair damsels won't scale their own
knees in the arduous task.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-09-17

A CERTAIN QUEEN of France.
when told that the people were clam
oring in the streets for bread, ex-
claimed in surprise why don't
the poor things eat cakes p
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-09-17

10 Mississippi Radicals charge
that Ames would never have been
Governor of or Senator from Missis-
sippi, were it not for the advocacy
of his claims by Mr.. Alcorn. but now
Betsy and l are out" you know.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-09-17

A FOND lover who serenaded his
lady the other night in a Southern
city was very wet when he got
through-and it didn't rain much
either.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-09-17

So. all told. This is the practical
working Of our present tobacco law.
--RurdL San.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-09-17

Mrs. GRUNDY having read a para
graph for the past SIX months about
''Mr. Jennings. the author of 'Ginx's
baby" says Ginxs owes a moral
public to explain things.
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RoMn Win The Rings.

The internal revenue laws prohibit
the selling of Tobacco at wholesale to
everybody except dealers, manufac-
turers, and exporters. Farmers,
therefore, cannot buy this article for
the purpose of washing their sheep.
1t is decided, however, that they may
buy the stems of tobacco--N, Y.
TTtbane,
What a gracious condescension to
allO1o the farmers-''the hewers of
wood and drawers of water to buy
and sell each other The Tobacco stand?
that they may thereby wash their
sheep! TO what base uses have
we come at last when the corrupt
an infamous rings which so far
control the legislation of our country
as to prohibit a farmer to purchase
of his neighbor the product of his
soil for even domestic use Here
we see the tobacco ring asserting
its power in forbidding the farmer
from selling his tobacco to his neigh
Dor. and requiring it all to 60
through the hands of the lordiy man-
ufacturer. How long will the great
farming interests of the nation sub
nit to such infamous, tyrannical and
unjust indignities. Let the farmers
in every Congressional district in the
country unite in demand to have
all such iniqnitons class legislation
blotted forever from our statute
books. 1t is disgrace to the nation
and an insult to the farmers and Ia
boring men. EQUAL RIGHTS.
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.Doffrgg,
Baby Faith.
Rr stAneAnrr ]. PRESTON.


oh = beautiful faith Of childhood How
1t beGmed tonight on the uptuzned brow
0fmy thTee-year Love, as she kneIt to say
Her prayers IN her guileiess, dreamy way,
q And wouldn't my darling Ike I said, ,...
As softly stroked the bowling head #|
=" Like to be good, and by and by
Go TO home in the happy sky,
Away and away above you star,
Where God and His holy angels are ?"
shelfted. her droTsy and dewy eyes,
And shy, scared look OF half-surprise
Rippled and filmed their depth of blue,
Ana Kept the giadness from breaking through.
= think would like to 60" she said,
Yet doubtingly shook her golden head,
And elasped my hands in her fingers small
But, then, I'm AFRAID THAT MIGHT FALL
oUE'AT TIE MOON -
Her baby eye
Saw only an opening in the sky
A marvellous orleI, whence the light
OF heaven streanned out across the night
Where the angels lean, as they come and go,
A-gaze st our world so far below
she unused moment ia tender thought,
Then suddenly every feature caught
A new, rare sparkle, and I could trace
The dawn of trust that flashed her face.
- But God is good. He will understand
That baby's afraid and will take my hand
And lead me in at the shining door,
And then shall be AFRAID no nore.D Fs.
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