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The Osceola times., 1873-08-16
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Feeling for the Strings.

The following arc few questions
which the Gazette Of August Sth.,
propounds to that venerable jurist
and model Arkansas patriot, Poker
Jack:
"Why did, you approve the lovco
bond steal ? and the ri lroad steal
bill? Why did you ap prove of tho
massacre of three dcfcncclcss citi-
zens of Chicot county by an infuri-
atcd mob of negroes? Why did you
approve the massacre Of innocent
prisoners in Pope county by officers
of the law? Why did you approve
of the manner Of issuing bonds by
Clayton ana hadlcy? Why did yon
oppose brooks so vehcmcntly last
year, and why now endorse him Z?
Why did you swear Gov. Baxter
was elected, and put him in office
when you know (as you now statc)
that he was not elected? Why do
you approve ofothers holding place
who were elected by the same sap
pliances that Baxter was, who re-
ccivcd thousands of votes fewer
than he did? Why, in fact, arc you
such a villifier, slandercr, black
mailer, common blackguard and
sooundrel generally? Etc 2"
That was well said that was laid
on with trowel. The only things
we object to in the above, are the
questions asked in the last sentence.
1t looks like taking an unfair ad,
vantage. Everybody knows that
Poker Jack Is yilliicr, siandcrcr,
black-mailer, common blaokguard
and scoundrcl generally, but how
can he help it? He was born q
scoundrcl, and all his subsequent
education, as has been plainly do.
ycloped here in Arkansas, has been
in the arts of rascality. He gravi-
tates towards raseaiity as naturally
as q brick knocked from the tile Of
ahousc gravltatcs towards the earth.
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moment 10 be convinced OF our
| error,
What do we bchoidy We behold
the sublime spectacle of q single in-
dividual invested with almost abso-
lutte power IN the hope that he
would use II in tho interest of the
few against an oppressed and i'm
poyerishcd people, using his power
to relieve them from oppression,
and To raise them from their fallen
estate. While engaged in this no.
bic work, Elisha Baxtor is being
assailcd with such persistent, we'll
directed fury, that if we did not
know the means of his support, we
might almost doubt his ability to
sustain himself. Could the people
have been deceived and misled, he
would at this moment have bcon q
ruined man. But the works he has
performed, and is performing, are
all of such character that people
must be stone blind if they could be
led astray. When we behold this
silent worker performing his mis-
sion among silent people, and con-
trast their conduct with the noise
and tumult of tho discounted little
faction who assail the one and seek
to mislead the other, we arc forcibly
reminded Of the words of the great
Edmund Burks: "Thc vanity, rest
lcssness, petulence, and spirit ofln-
trigue of several petty cabals, who
attempt to hide their total want Of
consequence in hustle, and noise,
and putting, and mutual quotation
OF each other, makes you imagine
that our contemptuous neglect Of
their abilities is general mark Of
acquicscencc in their opinions. No
such thing, assure you. Because
half q dozen grasshoppcrs under a
fern make the field ring with their
importunate chink, while thousands
of great cattle reposc beneath the
shadow Of the oak, chew the cud
and arc silent, pray do not imagine
that those who make the noise are
the only inhabitants Of the field
that Of course, they are many in
number; or that, after all, they are
other than the little, shriveled. mea-
ger, hopping, though loud and
troublesome insects of the hour"
We commend the above extract
to Poker Jack and his fellow grass
hoppers. Let them chew upon it,
and inwardly digest it. True, the
operation will interrupt their i'm
Fortunate chink, but the truth will
compensate them for the time lost.
Men are prone to self deception,
and reflection may serve to teach
them that their noise is not public
sentiment, any moro than the noise
of the grasshoppers was proof that
they were the only inhabitants of
the fields. Public sentiment is most
unalterable when it makes no noise,
especially when the struggle is over,
and the mind made up, and at the
right time the people will be heard
from. When the cattle move, the
grasshoppers will be on the wing.
The Osceola times., 1873-08-16

We kno,o that Poker Jack is consti-
tutionally scoundfel; bat don't
let us hurt his feelings by asking
him ,ely he is SO, when it is SO easy
to prove.
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YoNKrRPIN LAKE.
TO prove,
Aug. II, Is seyente3.

Aug. II, Is seventies.
Mr.. EDDYTuR.- viii yew pleaze
tell me thruc the colyums ov yore
hily interestin''noospaper what hes
bekum of Why Gaunt, the Serket
schulz rider ov this distrix! lie
amt bin in our naborhud fur more'n
yer, and no teechcr's institoots
haint bin hclt, and the cause OF
farming IS a wcekenin day by day,
and | heer that my fuss klass sur
titikit is out of date which yu know
it is my liscns tcw practiss skule
techiu fur q livin, and the Trus tea
ov Yonkcrpin scs my surtifkit hes
tcw be endorsed bi the county sn.
pcrintcndcr, which is o dcmmykrat,
and I want to kno if Why Gaunt
. don't outrank him n phcw anyhow?
Tsingsis workln when WhyGaunts
paper aint good onless endorsed by
a d-m littel kounty oflice holder
aint it? / sposc Why Gaunts got
so dam ritch out'n his otiiss he kin
afeard tew liv a: home and naglecs
his dootics also, kin you tell mo
what Backster meens and when he's
going tew quit onscttlin things, for
i hcer noomcrus demykrats is get
ting ofiiss under him which is clar-
ly and pInctcdiy agin the nue. con-
stctution, as hccr that CRATE ium-
BERN Jim Williams is prezidcnt ov
the borde ov Appliances flanked
bi two other bad karacters and witch
the dcvel hes as mutch rite tew be
prezident ov the Amariken
bibel Socyety, and him a red hot
domykrat as awl the kounty noes.
Agin i asks wat duz Backster meen?
Pm poorly in helth an sperits, suf.
ter with innamln roomatiz, colick
at mite and orsteadynes of eye, so
my site makes things look skatery,
an Betsy Jane Sarah has gone 10
her pcopul, dam her! and my sun
Jurusalem hes turned out badly,
runnin off with my mule Beast But
Ter, leeving me afut in mi ole aigc
and him hoss-rasclng fur a livin
at Jacksonport, and as fast as ide
give him morril and religious prin-
cipel, his mother would ondo it all,
'wich every body knowd his raskal-
ity cum by the mothers side. The
mite befour he left thought | smelt
ticker on his breth but he scd no
it was merlasscs and water and be-
in in Ticker miself | couldn't tell
emmy more than husband an wife
kin smell unyuns on thar breth wen
both hay bin catin 'em. Ef ide 8
idcc he was gong oph with that
mule Ide disabled him fur the trip
If q trase chainin wud q done the
work. III don't git anuther skulc
the dockters place here is vacant
and him ded, and i gucs lie take the
place ontcl see something better
in site.
| | wish Rooshan yudc kontradick
that roomcr bout my bein ded aroun
oseholy which aint an don't mean
tew optel i've killed fore or five low
dorgs as hes bin workin agin me.
I've got few Of them marked wich
harbord my wife when she run oph
from my bed and bord and if it he'd
bin slave time an she runaway
Niger they'd TUX her up and past
her back with great promtitood
but oh no, she wuz ole hootenplle's s
wife, rs eff mans wifo wasn't his
most usefullest property and lay
highest to his affections tcw say
naughtin about his bleeding hart !
and fine out if man can't marry
rite off when his wife runs away
bekos thcrs grass widdcr lady
wants to kno what she's tew doc,
and not that ime KERN myself.
Adoo Deer sur,
an trooiy yourn
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has had it in his power 10 CRAFTY
his hatred of the people Of Arkan-
sas, by insulting them with impuni-
ty, and by plundering them without
resistance. These advantages he
has used to the fullest extent. And
yethe is not happy.
Why is it that now, when tho
people rejoice, Poker Jack is
grieved, detected and out ofspirits
Why even the old fossils Of democ-
racy look pleased, and have some
thing to commend in the present
state ofatlairs ) and yet Poker Jack
is not happy. Well, perhaps it is
but natural that he who has always
been their deadliest enomy, should
feel gloomy and depressed in pro-
portion as he sees the people JOY
ful and elatcd, and that he should
look with grief upon those events
which fill the hearts Of bis fellow
citizens with gladncss. Marvellous
indeed, has been the change in Ar
kansas, when even the "old set.
tiers" are on rising ground, and
can look down with plying con-
tempt upon q chief justice who has
so long been in the habit of dis
gorging all the foulncss Of his own
iniquity upon them, through the
columns of tho Republican. Yet
Poker Jack is not altogether
friendless. Every villain in the
state is lis sworn adherant, but as
they happen to be in distress them
selves, and are utterly powcrlcss,
they afford him but little comfort.
They are fragments Of tho old
state house league, which llko the
sections of Joint snake, when the
head has run of into the grass, arc
powcrlcss for motion or mischief.
1t is said that when you hit @ joint
snake and knock it to pieces, the
the head takes care Of itself, and af-
ter the danger is passed, will reap
pear, and attach itself 70 the pieces.
This may be true of the snake, but
we think it is useless for the state
house league to hope to be reform
cd in any such manner. They no
longer possess tho cohesive power
Of public plundcr and the head
knows it. Clayton has left and
Mcclure is disconsolate. In his
grief he seeks the arms of Brother
Brooks for consolation. 1t will be
that these two wor-
thips lately hated each other as
men do who differ about predesti.
nation. 1t is touching to 500 how
heartily they have forgiven each
other. Unfortunately, Brother
Brooks needs comforting himself,
and cannot impart it to others. In
the meantime, the people rejoice
and pity Brooks and Poker jack.
1t is good to have such feelings,
and to pity the sorrows of even q
disappointed knavc. We pity Po'
kcr Jack too, not because he is now
experiencing sensations only to be
cnvicd by man who is just going
to bo hanged, but because it makes
us feel good to think we're hGppi.
er than chief justice.
The Osceola times., 1873-08-16
Grasshoppers.


thing more uncertain than the opin
IONS fthc people and this may bt
true where the people arc excessive
ly free, or extremely oppressed
The highest state of freedom rem.
ders people capricious and changea-
bic. The popular idol Of 10 day, is
kicked out tomorrow; and no and
his pct measures damned with the
utmost impartiality. On the other
hand, when tho people cover under
tho appliances of tyranny; whcr
they are taught to trcmblc at every
manifestation Of arbitrary powe,
from dread Of its cruel and oppres.
sivc infections, We know from expc.
rience that there is no such thing
Us public opinion. We know, not
alone from history, but from our
own observation, that when our
own people, relying upon the stead
iastness of law to protect them in
their most sacred rights, found in
stead the wayward and contradicto-
~ wills of a multitude Of petty ty-
rants lording it over them without
the least semblanoe Of justice, and
with no hope Of escaping their in
formal rule except by exile, that
public opinion, lift had an existence,
did not dare show itself in the light
Of day. in those unhappy times
from which We are emerging, when
n deadly blow was aimed at the
sfghts of the people, the power
which inflicted it frowned into 81
lence tho voices which dared to
murmnr against it. Fear of arrest,
Of Imprisonment, dread of spies and
detectives whose OminOus shadows
were felt even at the firesidcs ofthc
poorest citizens, reprcssed into 81
lsnce the genuine tones Of public
opinion.
Men found their only security
against tho cruel penalties Of un-
known and mysterious laws in 81
lence and submission; and though
tho great majority of the people re.
maincd true to their manhood, and
to the teachings of their fathers,
many, too many, alas, took service
under the black flag of tyranny.
With freedom cxtinguishcd, i,
was too dark for the patriot states
man to see his way, and so he kept
quiet, undistjnguishcd from tho
mass of his fellow citizens, and bided
his time.
Bnt when the pressure Is with
drawn. and the people feel that they
can speak without fearj when they
behold their deliverer armed with
the appliances oftyranny,and exert
ing that power in their behalf, the
%oics sfthe people sends forth no un
certain sound. Public opinion can a,
such time be as clearly ascertain.
cd with regard to men and measures
as fact can be proved by eye-wit.
nesses in open court. The people
are at no loss to distinguish then
friends from their foes, and by @
kind Of instructive sagac:ty, they
comprehend the merits of each
measure iatended for their relief
All attempts to divert them by hol
low professions OF friendship and
by tho display Of false lights, arc
equally unsuccessful. Abuse o1
their friends, however skilfully ap-
piled; falsehood, however ingeni-
ously doye.tailed with truth, and
artfal appoais to the passions and
prejudlccs, are found by experience
to be altogether Intellectual. These
srts will enslave people, but they
cannot keep thea in that condition
when tho d,ao has rome for their
redemption. If wo could doubt
this assertion, we have but to look
npon the people of Arkansas at this
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-08-27

The STITCH IN TIME.-Mr. Coon saw a
board off from the fence as he came home
from town, but he was tired and thought he
would wait till morning. Morning came
and he found twenty head of cattle in his
corn, and as many bushels of corn eaten or
destroyed, all for the lack of acting on the
principle that g stitch in time saves nine. ,
VIM. Culver knew when he went to bed that
board was off the garden fence; in the
morning he was setting the dog on the old
sow and nine pigs. They had picked the
white grubs out OF more than thirty hills OF
potatoes as well. Culver ssormed and anath-
ematized the old cow and all her imps. A
moments calm reflection would have shown
hun that he alone was to blame. The neg
lect to exercise the small economy of mailing
up board ended IN leaving him minus thirty
hills of potatoes and other garden sauce, and
plus big passion for nothing but his own
negligence, and sour thoughts marring his
happiness for whole week. 1t not untre-
quently happens that trlaing neglect OF
Cnls kind makes sad havoc in field OF rlpen-
ing wheat, with great loss and hard feelings
between neighbors. A thousand and one
little things on farm, it neglected twenty
TOUR hours, frequently result IN loss, bad
blood, and besides IN setting miseraoly bad
,xample for our children. Like father,
ike son. is an old saying, and Its truth
his father, will act like him.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-08-27
Decayed Turntps as Manure.

A valued respondent furnishes US with
some interesting facts relative to growing
turnips as manure for grain. 1t 80 happen
ed that the owner of the piece of turnips in
question was from home at the time the 1rsi
snow fell, and for some time afterwards, con-
sequently there was no opportunity OF har-
vesting the crop, and it was left in the ground,
and as a matter of course all rOtted on the
land The following spring oats were sown
on the same piece, which contained exactly
three quarters Of an acre. At harvest the
straw was so heavy the crop could not be
Graded, and bad to De reaped. Alter thresh-
ing the quantity was carefully measured. and
the weld of good. clean oats, was found to be
exactly seventy-slx bushels, or at the rate OF
a tr fle over one hundred bushels an acre. This
remarkable crop was again tested by remeas-
uriDg the oats and as further proof, also re-
measu ny the land. The next year the same
piece of land was sown with spring wheat,
and again the value of the decayed turnips
was verified by large crop of wheat being
obtained, there being nearly twenty-seven
bushels from three quarters of an acre. For
three following years the continued benefit
OF the decayed turnips was very apparent.
The sort sown was the ordinary white variety,
and the land was not MANFRED, nor was the
crop remarkably heavy; as the turnlps were
not sown until July, and never hoed or thin
ned out, the seed was sown broadcast, and
very thin, to avoid expense in subsequent
CIVILIZATIONS As we have many times before
recommended, the land was narrowed at in
tervals of about three weeks, commencing
the middle of April. This mode of cultiva-
tion attacks the weeds when quite young
and unable to withstand the constant stirring
of the soil. Consequently, at the time the
seed was sown, all weed seeds had vegetated
and were destroyed, and hoeing was unneces-
sary except TO thin the plants. which, in this
instance, was not done.-Canada Farmer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-08-27

WATERING HOUSE PLANTs.-The English
Garden is inclined to dispute the rule that
water - should be given in moderately small
quantities, and supplied frequently If the
causes of failure where plants are cultivated
in windows were minutely investigated, the
dribbllng system Of watering would be found
to he the principal cause. A plant ought
not to be waterei until 1t is in tit condition
to receive a liberal supply of that element,
having previously secured good drainage,
in order that all superintendent water may
be quickly carried off. Those who are con-
stantly drlbbling moderately small quantity
of water upon their plants will not have
them in furnishing condition for any length
of time. This must be obvious to all, for 1t
is quite evident that the moderately small
quantity of water frequently given would
keep the surface of the soil moist. while at
the same time, from the effects of good drain-
age, which is essential to the well-being Of
all plants in an artificial state, all the lower
roots would perish for the want of water,
and the plant would become sickly, and
eventually die.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-08-27

DRYING SWEET CvRN.-There are various
ways of doing this, and, of course, woman
like, We think our way is the best. We have
tried both ways-of cutting it from the cob
and drying it in the sun without scalding.
and of FIRST scalding it few minutes and
then cutting it as closely as is possible with
out shaving the cob-and can safely assert
that the latter method is far superior. So
this season we shall put on the biggest kettle
that will fit the stove, and fill it up with ears
of sweet corn in the height of their sweetness
and juice, and letting them scald for five min
utes, shall then skim them out into pan,
and with corn-cutter scrape off each ear.
Than spread the corn upon large plates and
set them in the tin oven, back of a Stewart
stove, or not having that, they could be placed
in the stove oven when it is partly cooled
down. When the corn has shrunk up 80
that the plates can be emptied into one, it
can be placed in the sun, and covered with
piece of mosquito netting, which will keep
off the flies, &C., and when thoroughly dried
it can be kept in paper bag and hung up
in the store-room. Then next winter we
shall have succotash frequently, as we shall
have plenty of dry Lima and butter beans.
10 use the corn, first wash it in cold water,
letting all the hulls rise to the top, and be
poured on. linen turn on Ydrm ~aseE enouSu
to cover it, and let it soak all light in a warm
place. Next day half an hours boiling will
make it soft and tender. Soak the beans in
the 6ame manner, and turn them together
when they are ready to be boiled, straining
out all the water from the beans, but leaving
it in the corn, as it will be sweet and milky.
Add enough water to boil birth corn and
beans. Then turn in large cup of rich milk
or cream, and boil fifteen minutes. Season
with salt, pepper and butter. 1t stands to
reason if the corn is first scaided, it retains
the sugar of milk which produces its sweet
ness, but if it is cut off in the green state,
this dries away upon the plates. And again,
it is needful to dry it rapidly at first to pre-
serve this flavor in the corn, which would be
more apt to evaporate if dried slowly in the
sun. But we must take care not to dry it so
quickly as to scorch the kernels, for then
they would be ruined Sweet corn is some
times put down in salt. Cut off the corn
after first scalding it few minutes; then
place layer of it In stone jar. and scatter
a thin layer of fine salt over it, and fill up
the jar in this manner. Keep it in cool
place tightly covered, and when desired for
use soak it over night. first washing it in
several waters to take out the salt. Then
boil it in milk and water, with or without
adding the beans. A tablespoonful of sugar
will improve its flavor" Daisy Eyebright,"
in Country Gentleman.