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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29
A Moral Tale
in New Orleans Times.

The following little story was related
to Roundabout last night by a gentle
man who seemed to think it bore some
special significance: ...s-. .rg
A green countryman came to town last
winter for the purpose. of haying a little
While he was really as Verdant
and unsophisticated chap as could well
be found, he labOred under the common
delusion OF thinking just the contrary,
and imagining he was. a remarkably
smart fellow, with a neatand artful way
of doing things that very few could get
over. He had heard a great deal about
the gamblers and r0pers, and fancied he
would like to tackle some of them. He
had always said he knew a thing or two,
and now was the time to make it pay.
Of course,.4a gentleman of. this kind
didn'trun very long without meeting the
happened that he was the very man they
wanted, which madeityery cheerful and
satisfactory. on all sides, and enabled
them to glide pleasantly into a little
game OF tWenty-One, neutrality-suspicious.
formalities. Our country boy was ac-
companied by q couple of friends, who
possessed more modesty and a good deal
more experience than he, and who tried
to convince him he was running q great
risk. But no; ~twenty-0ne was his par
ticulap game. HekneW all about it, and
besides, there was some wrinkles in that
thing--andhereh he winkedinsuch a mean
ing Way that his friends were instantly
restored to eheerfulness.
The gane progressed, and atslast0 IlG
cunning gentleman thought he saw
| where his HWTinkl6s would come IN. The
| dealer beinga a. weI-mannered man turn
ed his head an instant to e~xpectorate.
Quick as lightning our rural friend tip
ped up the top card on the deck-itaBas
| q fire. ; q
When the dealer resumed his position.
the other was innocently contemplating
his hand. He had a ten and six; that
was sixteen; and the five would make
tWenty-one. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of
rage, and affecting to be overcome witt
savage disappointment he remarked:
five been losing some, andsd--d 1T ]
don't wish I'd bet $780,"
Perhaps yon,ye gota n~atural9o sail
the dealer, inquiringly. !
s"No;i | want to draw, But / wish
had bet $500, all the same"
"NeI, if yoa mean to draw, | don
mind letting you change yeur bet. Any
amount You please, SIR ..s8n
to keep dnwlnthe grin of hendish gie'
which struggled to show itself, but h
Succeeded. He turned to his coTlpan
ions with ameaninglo0ky and then tool
out his $500 and called. fora card.
ANY one watching the dealers face a
lie dealt that card, would have beef
startled but the same person, n0uclnl
the others expression as he picked 1T uI
would have been much more startled
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29

NJ NEK MADERAPTDLYWTTH sTFNCTI
4EA & KEY Check Outfits. Catalogue and full
particulars free. S. NJ. Spence, lit Hanover ST.,
Boston.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-29

A GENTS ! A RARE CHANCE!! WE
N will pay all Agents $40 per week IN CASH
furnished and expenses paid. Address
A. COULTER & CO., Charlotte, Mich.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03
Estray Laws.

We have frequently been asked what
the law was in reference to strays. For
the benefit of all whom it may concern we
publish the following which is the law OF
Wisconsin.
l f the owner be known, to the find
err, personal notice is sufficient
2. If not known, notice shall be filed
with the tewas clerk, and, if the value is
So or less, the finder shall post notices in
two or more public places in the town.
8. If more than IS value, the notice
shall be published four weeks in some
newspaper in the county, but if a rews-
paper be published in an adjoining county
nearer the residence of the finder than any
county paper, he may publish notice in
that.
4. If no paper is published within
twenty miles, he shall post notices in three
# the most public places in the county.
A neglect of such Publication forfeits the
right of his pay for his services and ex-
pendtures, besides making him liable to
owner for double the damage he may sus-
stain by reason Of such neglect.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03
REnEH Hon David A twood nf

B@F Hon. David Atwood, of the
State Journal, writes letter from
Washington, in which is this liberal
paragraph "The Liberal Republicans
are, perhaps, the most subdued portion
Of the members of congress. They
are hanging around loose. The Re-
publicans dom claim them /; the Demo
Gratis don't banker after them and
they hardly know where they do be =
long. In the Senate. the majority
treated them as outside the Republican
organization in making up committees,
and left them to the tender mcrcies of
the opposition. In the late campaign
they united their efforts with the Dem
ocracy, and did their best to defeat
their old party; the party they had
done so much for the country and for
them tn, party that had protested to
love. In these efforts they were not
successful but the Republicans are
certainly under no obligation to the
Liberals for their triumph
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03
Laws of Newspapers.

The following General Law for the pre-
lection of newspaper publishers, has been
ruled upon and acknowledged by all
Courts in the United Stat s:
l. Subscribers who do not give express
notice to the contrary, are considered as
wishing TO continue their subscription.
2. If subscribers order the discontinue
ance of their periodicals, the publishers
may continue to send them until all ar
rearages are paid,
3, If Subscribers neglect or refuse to
take their periodicals from the office to
which they are directed, they are held
responsible, till they have settled the bill
and ordered them discontinued.
4. If subscribers move to other places
without informing the publishers, and the
papers are sent to their former direction,
they are held responsible.
5. The Courts have decided that refus-
ing to take periodicals from the office, or
removing and leaving them uncalled for,
is primafacie evidence of intentional fraud.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03
Happy New Year.

Dear readers Of the CHRONICLE, to each
and every one of you, young or old, we
wish you Happy New Year. We would
take you all by the right hand of fellow
ship if it were possible, but we hope you
will take the will for the deed.
The Old Year, with all its burdens, re-
sponsibilities, pleasures and troubles, is
now numbered with the past; gone, never
more TO return. We watched the depar-
ture of the old year Wi tn pleasure, and
when at last it expired, we laughed, ard
said, "Thank God for the death of 1872"
The Old Year has been a dark one to us.
We have seen more trouble than in our
whole life put together. Our hopes have
been destroyed, and we have been brought
as it were TO the dust. But We are not
alone. Many have had like experience
with ourselves, and to these the departure
of the Old Year is season of rejoicing.
With hopeful expectancy we watched
for the birth of the New Year; and
with it came grasp Of the hand and Il
wish you Happy New Year," and for a
moment we were hopeful that 1918 would
deal more gently with US than had 1872.
Many have reason to be satisfied with
the old year. Its pleasures have been
more than it's pains. 1t has been year
of marked good to them. The Old Year
has dealt gently with them, throwing into
their lap everything that goes to make up
a happy life; TO those the parting of their
friend is with sorrow and regret.
What will the New Year do for us is
a question often asked. 1t will be, in a
great measure, what we make it ourselves.
If we sit with our hands folded, passive
and inactive, we shall reap nothing, and
the year will do nothing for US; but, on
the other hand, if we are active, and do
what we can to benefit mankind, it is alto
gether likely that we shall reap rich
harvest in 1873.
Let US go to work then with might and
main for the right, both as business men
and social beings, loosing sight Of the
short comings Of others, and taking care
that each possess a conscience " void of
offence Again, we wish you Happy
New Year.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03
The Editor.

Recited by Johney Roberts at the
Dime entertainment, given on Christ
mas Eve.
Oh dear, what's the use of wishing ?
But do think an editor--a real editor,
none of your locals, or reporters, nor
writer's for the poets corner-an editor
is one of the happiest animals in the
known world. He can go to the circus,
afternoon an evening, without pay
ing a cent also to inquests and
hangings. lie has free tickets to pic
MICS and strawberry festivals, gets we'd
ding-eesalL. lie sent him, and sometimes
gets licking, but not often, for he
can take things back in the next issue,
which he generally does | never knew
only one editor TO get licked. His
paper busted that day, and he couldn't
take nothing back.
While other folks have to go to bed
early, the editor can set up late
every night, and see all that's going on,
The boys think it's big think to hang
out till ten o'clock. When l am a man [
mean to be an editor, SO that | can
stay out nights, That aoi1t be big
thing The editor don't have to saw
wood or do any choping, except with
his scissors. Railroads get up excur-
sions for him knowing if they didn't
he'd make 'em get up and get. In
politics he don't care much who he
goes for, if they are on his side, If
they amt, he goes for 'em anyway, SO it
amounts to nearly the same thing.
There is great many people trying to
be editors who can't, and some of them
have been in the profession for years.
They can't see it, though. If | was
asked if [ had rather have an education
or be cus-rider | would say let me
90 and be a editor.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03

TRAVEL IN ANCIENT IIMES-UW-
ing to the absence Of roads, as we'll as
convenient means of carriage, there
was no general spirit of travel in an
cient times. Now and then some
adventurer, athirst for knowledge,
made his way into far countries, jour
neying on foot, or horseback or by sea,
and taking years for expedition which
can now be made with comfort and
safety ina few weeks. There was less
travel in Europe than the East, where
the camel furnished a convenient means
of transportation, and where the great
trceless waste of country offered fewer
obstacles than the forest-grown regions
of the West But all over the earth
soldiers and merchants were the only
classes Of men who saw much of the
world beyond their native villages and
cities. The great mass of people lived
and died in the place where they were
born. Beyond their native precincts
the world was an unknown region,
whence now and then an adventurous
man returned with marvellous stories
of the wonders he had seen and heard.
People stayed at home because the
means of travel were confined to the
very wealthy, outside of the two class
es just mentioned. For many centu-
RIGS there was very little improvement
in modes of conveyance. Even the
luxurious and self-indulgent ''Rois
Faineants,' or Lazy Kings, of France,
who fourished in the seventh century
of onr era-those mere phantoms Of
royalty, who passed their lives in SEN
sual pleasure while the affairs of state
were administered by ethers-were
accustomed to MAKE their journeys
from place to place in ox-carts of the
rudest description, resembling a COM
mon country hay wagon of our time.
The place of springs were supplied
by liberal provision CT cushions,
which saved the royal goodfor-nothing
sides from bumps and bruises as the
huge wagon thumped and jolted over
stones, stumps, and mud holes. Under
any ci rcumst.nces t must have be n
very uncomfortable mode of travel
ing.
Up to the middle of the sixteenth
century the most common mode of
travelling was on horseback, with car
riers, and heavy goods We're conveyed
by means of pack-horses. In Shake
spears Henry w., Act H., Scene, I
two carries appear in the inn yard at
Rochester. One has a CANNON of ba-
con and two RACES Of ginger, to be de-
livered as far as Charing Cross the
turkeys in the pannier of the other are
quite starved. We see that people
travelled in companies from one of the
carriers saying :"Come neighbor Mugs
we'll call up the gentlemen, they will
along with company, for they have
great charge" and that they were on
horseback is shown by Gadshill, bid
ding the hostler bring in his gelding
out Of the stable, and one of the travl-
ers saying, The boy shall lead the
horses we'll walk foot while, and
ease our legs" Journeyson foot .were
rare, even at that time, owing to the
insecurity of the roads, although in
the Middle Ages pedestrians ON reli-
gious pilgrimagcs were protected by
the sacredness Of their purpose.-From
Harpcr' S for January.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03
a Good Word for Local Papers.

The New York Times says you light
nearly as wei! forget churches, academies
and school houses as to forget your local
paper. 1t speaks to ten times the au Ii
enco that your local minister does. 1t is
sead eagerly each week from beginning to
end. 1t reaches you all, and if it has a
lower spirit and less wisdom than ser
anon, it has thousand times better
,thanec at you. L"y ing, as it does, on
every table, in almost every house, you
owe it to yourselves to really literally to
its support, and exact from it as able,
high-toned a character as you do from
any educator in your midst. 1t is in no
sence beneath notice and care-urless you
yourself are beneath notice and care-f1r
it is representative. Indeed, in its char
actcr, it is the summation Of the impor-
lance, interest an welfare Of you all. 1t
Is the aggregate of your own consequence,
and you cannot ignore it without mscrably
'depiec ating yourselves.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03
DODGEVILLE HOTEL.

MAIN STREET, D0DGEvTLLE, WISCONSIN,
w This is large. new and c1mmodious house.
opened on the 4th of July, 1858. 1t is fitted up in
good style and supplied with every modern convent
ence. Good stabling and lookup carriage houses
and every accommodation for rave ers and boa ders
Having lately purchased a good hack. and is pre-
pared to carry persons TO any part of the county.
He has always in stock pure Wines and LIQUORS OF
the lest quality. Terms reasonable.
RICHARD ROGERS, Prop ietor.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03

GaOR SALE.-Ths undersigned offers
~ for sale his entire farm, situated in the town
- of Highland, section IS, town.. range ]. The
farm contains 40 acres 81 good plowable land, 30
balance is good timber land. also o Young growing
orchard. There 10 frame house with Al noosrA
improvements, such as milk house, wood mouse, sc.
The place is well watered with q never IanIhS
spring. The property be bought Tor Tess es
81 900 ca.h. For further particulars sn9uvN Tu A~
place of [7msl JOHN
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03

PROTECTING WINE GROWERS. The
Internal Revenue Bureau is preparing
a bill for the better protection Of wine
growers in the United States, and to
prevent Il manufacturer of imitation
wines. 1t will be ready for presen-
tation to Congress by the middle Of
January. Several extensive wine
growers in the West have been request
ed to give the Bureau the necessary
information in relation to the matter.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03

BA1LED.-Susan B. Anthony and
fourteen other women have been held
to bail in Rochester, N, Y for illegal
voting. The election inspectors, who
received the women's vote, were also
held. The whole party are to appear
before the United States Court, at AL
bany, OH the third Tuesday in January
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03

HF Disasters ~ the lakes and the
St. Lawrence have caused loss this
year Of nearly $3.50, 900, one third
Of which occurred in the month of
November. The number Of vessels
destroyed is 100.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03

mAkEN UP-COLT-Found and taken
up by me, the undersigned on land ov mad bv
d. me- and on which live, in section %, town
shp6 range 4. in the town of Ridgeway on or ABOUT
white on left hind foot, white strpin forehead rath
er small FORTS age The is requested to CALL
prove property, pay charges and take it away
Dec II, s72.-l4w4 VIM. z. LEWIS.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03

ia Heavy storms are reported in
the Rocky Mountains A snow slice
in Alta, Utah the goth carried away the
buildings of the Emma mine and severe
ly injured two Of the company's en-.
ployces.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03

nea- A man recently broke off mar
riage because the lady did not possess
good conversational powers. ~ friend
told him he should have married her.
and then refused her a new bonnet to
have developed her power Of talk.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03
School Boy Grammer.

Flog is verb,
And so is whack
Cane is a noune,
And so is back
And lazy boys 60 TO sleep,
And through their lessons crawl
land Creep
And stutter and stammer,
Must see the noun and feel the verb
To help them in their grammer.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03
The Slangy Set

The Slangy set amuse me. To be
sure week in a lighthouse with one
of them would be q direful doom
take dozen words and phrases from
their vocabulary, and they would be
as mute as fish but they arr divert
ing for the nonce.
At the seaside this summer [ met
four pretty girls, who had every prob
ability in their favor for long life
and merry one, but still a mortuary
uncertainty seemed to be hanging over
them all. Every other minute came
this phrase from their rosy lips, 81
shall die p with a wondrous variety
of elocutionary effect 81 shall die p
accent on last word and rising in
Fiction II shall die p'-prolonged
circumfex; II shall! die !'-expiosive
orotund II shall die decided fall
ing infection. One of them occasion
ally tried the interrogative form, "won't
you die 2" with an understandable air of
gush and incipient idiocy. The limits
for this set are from the schooluoy,
who tells you if you were to hear the
fellers talk you could't understand
half they said, to the young married
lady whole stock of ideas is limited
But slang is to some extent universal,
and in a proper degree rather useful
Schele de We're says that we speak
English but talk American, and | con
TESS to a liking for some of the crab.
BILE charming words which carry SO
muoh wildfre wrapt up in them. -
GALAXY CluL-room for January.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03

sI~ \ Western paper bags an item
briefly thus; Mrs. John Basg, of
Omaha, has left Mr. Baggs, taking the
money Baggs, and leaving John Bages
TO hold the little empty Baggs."
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03

aa- A new "papa" in Ishpeming
objects to his wife calling the young
America precious little lamb, !"
because-what kind of a light does
shat place him before the world !?
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03
The Literary Department.

Will continue under the caro- of DIR. Richard Henry
Stoddard, assisted by the best writer's and poets Of
the day.
TERMS s. per annum in advance, with chromos
free.
The ALDINE will hereafter be obtainable only by
subscription. There will be reduced or club
rates; cash for subscriptions must be sent to the
publishers direct, handed to the local agent with.
responsibility to the publishers except in
where the cerii ate is given, bearing the fac-simile
signature of James Sutton d Co.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03
AGENTS WANTED.

Any person wishing to act permanently ma a local
agent, will receive full and prompt information nv
applying to JAMES SUTTON Co, Pnblissers. So
Maiden Lane, Nov York. II
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03

A PASTORS REwAnD.-That good
faithful pastoral work is appreciated in
the State Of Ohio is illustrated by the
following incident that occurred in
Ironton. A revival preacher, who had
won fame by his power in the pulpit,
came to Ironton for a weeks work.
He was very Jealous, preached every
night, excited considerable interest,
and was vehement in his exhortations
to the unrenewed portion of the con-
gregation to come forward. On the
last evening of his labors he outdid
himself, bat not person rose to come
forward. Discouraged, he sat down;
whereupon grave-faced, anxious look
ing man got up, and said that the elder
had been working hard and laboring
faithfully among them, and, as token
Of their appreciation, she moved that
the congregation give him three
cheers! 1t was done right heartily,
and that contrite congregation went
quietly out aid silently home, satisfied
that they had fully aud faithfully rcr-
formed their duty-Harpsr's Mag
aaine for Januay.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03
Premium Chromos for 1878.

Every subscriber to the ALDrSE, who pays IN as
vance for the year 1873, will receive without addition
al charge pair of oil chrOmos after j. j. Ill., the
eminent English artist. The pictures entitled The
Village Belle and - Crossing the Moor, Ii x20
inches-are printed from Is different plates, requir
ing Is impressions aud ;nts to perfect each picture
The same ciromos sold for $50 per pair in
stores. Every subscriber will receive a certificate
over the signatures of tic publishers guaranteeing
that the chromns delivered shall be equal to the
pies furnished the agent, the money will be re-
funded.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03
Subscriptions --l872.
TERMS.

Udrpcr'S Bdfar, year, .,.....S4 90
An extra copy of eh9r the Bagr=ihe, Weekly or
u t<cr will b." supplies" gratis for ,ery club of
subscribers at 81 go EACH ia ono r.. nittaucr or six
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Subscriptions to Harpev's &dyaxine. WsekIy aud
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500.
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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03
Mineral Point
MUSIC STORE.
Sunday School Tune Books.

Orders for Sheet Music and
Music Books. promptly attended
to at the Postoffice Book Store,
Mineral Point, Wis.
40tf P. Lawrence.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03

ElAKEN UP-MARE COLT,--Came to
my premises and taken up by me the under
- signed, on land owned by me and on which
live. in sections town. range 4, town OF Ridge
way, near Ridgeway old mill. ose iron gray nearly
black marc colt coming two years old, right hind
foot white The owner is requested to call, prove
properly, pay charges and take ihe same away;
December ., ls72.-13w4
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-01-03
Harper's Bazaar.
Notices Of tie Press j.:

The Bn yGr is edited with a cortrihuti u Of tact
and talent hat seldom find In amy Journal: aud
tn Journal itsrlt is The gan VI tie great world OF
fa ,hion -BrSfon Trdrcitr.
The BHSnr L, mmends .t<cIf TO every n,enlher OF
til" lo:sehul.I-t" the children 10y the drolI and
city pictures, to be young ladies' hy It's IA shio
pnrs in endless variety, to tn" pr"vilrnt mai rn, hy
it, patterns for tho .dren c1hthes to pnerEn
bv ts tasteful designs f"r embroidered slippers aud
luxurious dressing gowns. But tito re n ma ter
OF tho Bdsw IS nniI"rmly If great excellence The
prprr has acquired wide nnlarity for the hrcsido
enjoyment it afuI ds.-N J.. Post