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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-12-06
Trustees Sale!

10y VIRTUE OF the PROVISIONS
Dof "a certain Deed of Trust
made 10y the " Canton Cotton Com
pany,- OH the first day of April,
1872. to secure The payment "f II
series of first mo, tgage bonds issued
by said company. as set forth i"
said deed, he same being duly re
corded in record book ct deeds, X,
pages 40. All, and 4l2 for the
County OF Madison, State ot MisSis
sip,'i, the undersigned will proceed
to sell to the h'ghest bidder tor
cash, at public: cutlery, lat the fac
tory buildings, on the grounds OF
the Company" in said county OF
Madison.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-12-06
On M"m day, the Goth day
Of Jan uary, =. -. 1874,

Tue following described property
Of said company, real. personal and
mixed to-wit: 2S4 acres off 'hr f.!
of w J of $ w of sec L ., X 3 +,
lying east of the Miss. Central Rail
Road; the mill, engine and all the
machinery ut every kind and de
sciipiion and owned ami belonging
To the said Canton Co.tuu Ccmra
ny"
The title to said properly is be-
iieved to lie good, but 1 shall con
vry only such ~ IL vested Iii me- az
Trustee.
GEO. K. FEARN,
Trustee.
Canton. Miss, Nov. IL 1873 22t
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-12-06

@Mr. X. II. Gould is the author
lied agent to receive subscriptions
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-12-06

The large. brick dwell ~ hius'- II
Judge &C. 81 ck'etOr'l. For "TmS.
-.ppi, to \. &, . rick. or 4. Z.
S,.:k.riur.i. Jr. IL
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-12-06

WATCHES Of the celebrated Ma
tile ami T:sS.t Manufacture can the
purchased III Reasonable rates by ap
plying TO
CLARK s BALDWIN,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-12-06

od..ca'ico Dress Pattrn (leya skf
! AID rs IL C,e.ss
| yards Bleached Shifting
Bay SscQue-aii wool, knit
Baby circular-a!l WOO knit
! Pings Perfect Tobaceo J.
y zen Toilet Soap /
| l Rosewood Frame Mir!or-larRG 1
Gents Rolled Cold vest>chain l
Pair Lisie Thread Gloves l
Ladirs' Opera Flannel Sacqne l
Fair Mems Drawers /
i GentiemAn's Hat 1
2-4-6-12 pair Ladies' Hose /
Ladies' Rufaed Aprons l
l::Faucy Inkstsnd l
Pair Chill dPen's Shoes--any' sise /
! Silver>plated breakfast csstor-5 bottle5 7
See Ladies' cuffs and colihf-aii linen l
Set Gold-plated earrings and breastpin l
tents Pearl Set--studs and buttons l
Set Gents Gold-plated sleeve buttons !
L Pair GoId-plated Sleeve Buttons /
2. 4, 5. 6, 3, 10 Towels
| Dozen Lamp chimueys 1
l Gold-band China spittoon
Pair Ladies' Slippers-any size l
| Pair Gents carpet Slippers-any size
! Mans Overshirt-wooI
! Child's Toy Tea Set. /
Card Baskets,
Large Wax Doll, L
2. 4, s,ls, Blade Pocket Knives /
] Ladies' Companion /
l Ladies' Hat l
| Pair Ladies' Button Caters
l Pair Cents Buckskin Gauntlets
l Walking can6 I
Fine ps and saucers !
Fiue ckgamm IN Board, complete,
lie OBJ aii-eloth itable.cloth 4
P airs Ladies' Fine silk Carriers
~ ipkin Rings
. Indies Zine Hhsleboue correct
Fine China Flower Vases,
Mems Underehirta
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-12-06
FO2 SALE Or RENT,

Canton, Miss. Nov. IL 1873 %
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21

Signor Negri, a sergeant in the Italian
army, has been notified by the Minister of
Foreign Affairs that he has been bequeathed
$4,000, 900 by an uncle lately deceased in
Lima, Peru. The" better be born lucky than
rich proverb is again in use IN his military
district, and the sergeant's cool reception of
the tidings is - the theme of universal com
ment.'
\ miserly millionaire of New Orleans
having yielded to the oyerpowering tempta-
tion of a five cent glass of beer, lately gave
himself severe cOwhiding and shut him
self up in solitary confinement for day
They seem to have very mean set of de-
tectives in Boston. According to the testi-
mony of forger on tri there few weeks
ago, they will not trad with thieves with
out receiving about two-thirds of the
" swag." New York detectives only asl
for half
An Albany .jeweler has a very costly and
unique tobacco box, imported from Switzer-
land 1t is the handiwork of an old man
now seventy years of age, who has spent
his whole life in the manufacture and per
feetion of mechanical novelties. On the
cover of the box in question IS bas-relief
about the size of a silver dollar, represent
ing in enamel the beauties of Lake Geneva.
You touch a spring just below it, when 10,
the lake flies back and beautiful tiny bird
appears and fills the air with sweet music.
The movements of this songster are marvel
lousy true to life his little bill opens and
shuts as he sings. his head is tossed on one
side and his wings gently futter with ex-
citement When the song ends the bird
bows and disappears and Lake Geneva re
turns to its place The name Of the bird is
not given, but he unites with the voice of
the nightingale the personal appearance Of
the most gorgeous humming bird. The resi-
dence in which the vocalist nestles when not
before the public is a palace of gold, eyquis-
itely wrought
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21

lOl Alabama, Louisiana, Ohio, Indiana
Illinois and Missouri, l02 North Carolina,
l03 Wisconsin and Iowa, l05: Arkansas.
Minnesota and Oregon, l07 Maine, los /;
Nebraska, ll2 ; Kansas, rs.
In the following states a decrease in the
numbers of sheep appears Louisiana, Ten
nessee, Kentucky. 9j; Mississippi, 96 !;
Iowa, 81 Georgia, Indiana, % North
Carolina, Alabama, Missouri, 90. No
change is reported in Rhode Island, Virginia
or Texas. Increase is apparent in Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts.
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylyania, Delaware, Maryland, South Caro-
lima, Florida, Arkansas, West Virginia Ohio,
Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Kansas, Nebraska, California and Oregon.
The comparative number of hogs is as fol-
lows Vermont, 95 New Jersey, 90 New
Hampshire, North Carolina, Mississippi.
Texas, California, 81 Rhode Island, Con
necticut, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama.
9S /; New York, Pennsylvania, 80 ; Maine.
Massachusetts, Kentucky, 100; Virginia.
Louisiana, Tennessee, Wisconsin. lOl /;
Georgia, Ohio, Michigan, lO2 ; Delaware,
Maryland, Arkansas, Illinois, Minnesota,
Oregon, l03 Missouri, los West Vir-
ginia, log Indiana. l09 ; Nebraska, lis /:
Kansas. 100.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21

CURINC CoLD.-One Of our citizens who
has been troubled with 4 severe cold on the
lungs effected his recovery in the following
simple manner lie boiled a little honeset
and hoarhound together, drank freely Of the
tea before going to bed. The next day he
took five pills. put one kind of plaster ON
his breast, another under his arms, and still
another on his back Under advice from an
xperienced old lady he took all these off
with an oyster knife in the afternoon, and
slapped on a mustard plaster instead His
mother put some onion drafts on his feet and
gave him lump Of tar to swallow. Then he
put some bricks to his feet, and went to bed
Next morning, another old lady came in with
a bottle Of goose oil, and gave him a dose of
il on a quill, and an aunt arrived about the
same time from Bethel, with a bundle of
sweet fern which she made into a tea, and
gave him every half hour until noon, when
be took big dose Of salts After dinner his
wife who had seen fine old lady of great
experience in doctoring, ON Franklin street,
gave him two pills Of her make. about the
size ofan English walnut and of a similar
shape, and two tablespoonfuls Of home made
balsam to keep them down. Then he took a
hall pint Of hot rum at the suggestion of an
Old sea captain in the next house. and
steamed his legs with an alcohol bath At
tins crisis two of the neighbors arrived who
saw at once that his blood was out of order,
aud gave hun half gallon of spearmint tea
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21

WHAT CONGRESS WILL Do.-Manv people
here think that Congress, in the light of
transactions which have been disclosed in
investigation here, will revoke the charter
ofthe Union Pacific company, but to do this
will be to infliet punishment on many in
noeent persons. while some of the ringIead-
ers in the Credit Mobilier operations will
escape without any punishment. Alley told
the committee that he doesn't now own
dollar in the Union Pacific, and it is true Of
Others who have made large sums out of the
road. Besides, when one comes to look at
it, what is the difference between the Union
and the Central roads? The frst-named
divided up its profits at the start, and the
last has kept its profits for a big capital to
use in other enterprises. Both companies
have treated the government in the same
way. If the Northern Pacific succeeds, it
will pocket more than either. All that
Congress can honestly claim is that both
these roads (Union and CENTRALLY shall at
once go TO work paying the interest on the
bonds guaranteed by the government. and
making provision for the principal when it
becomes due, and this probably will be done
The Senate has done wise and just thing
in voting to withhold all payments to the
Pacific railroad for freights or transporta-
ton until the railroad shall pay its interest
on the bonds guaranteed By the govern
ment, together with per cent. on its net
earnings, and then allowing the road to
make contest against this in the courts
The House will agree to this, without a
doubt, and it will possibly 90 great deal
farther, but the Senate may be expected to
adhere to this position for the present
Washington Cor. Springfield Republican.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21

The RIcH MES OF New YoRk-There are
some very wealthy individuals in New York
city. William B. Astor and ~ f. Stewart
and Cornelius Vanderbilt are supposed 10
be worth over fifty millions of dollars each.
Daniel Drew Is yariously estimated, and Is
generally believed to be the possessor OF at
least forty millions. lie is a very liberal
giver towards tse interests Of the Methodist
denomination. of which church he Is an
earnest, if not consistent, memter. He
i. much dreaded on Wall street, where he
operates occasionally to the great destruc-
tiOnOf small capitalists. Jay Gould ishgured
mp to fifteen millions by the knowing ones,
and ii. \. Smith, too, is reported at about
ten millions still, these figures might be
difficult to authenticate The two brothers
Stuart, who commenced life in New York
as candy peddlers, are presumed to be worth
from four to five millions each. 80 We see
that sugar refining Is n profitable business.
George Law IS believed to be the pOsseSs0r
of over six millions of dollars. The hank
ers, Brown Brothers, are set down at fully
twelve millions each, and Peter Cooper at
nearly FIVE millions Horace b. Claflin, Of
the firm Of II. B. Clafiin K Co, the second
largest dry goods establishment in town,
has an individual property valued at from
Sis ,OOO, 900 to 500, 900 900. lie is a native
of New England, and has the appearance Of
being a genuine Yankee" lie is much
more popular than his rival. \. I. Stewart,
and seems to be a man Of much broader
SympathieS and more generous instincts.
Abiel A. Low, long the president of the
Chamber of Commerce, and the great tea
importer, has very long purse very full OF
sequins. lie may be set down in figures at
Sc 900, 900 or s. 600 ,O09, and this is rather
an under than an over estimate. h. ,.
Jaffray, the Broadway importer, is OF
Scotch extraction, and rich as jew. No
one knows the exact extent of his worldly
goods, though it is presumed they would
represent in cash 81, ,0OO. 900 or $1,000, 900
to 1000 900 1t is estimated that there
are some two hundred citizens Of the me-
tropolis worth oyer one million ofdollars.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21
\ eomicalmule story is told by the Memphis
lppeai as follows

\ comiealmule story is told by the Memphis
appeal as follows
Last Saturday gentleman living near
Madison station. on the Memphis and Little
Rock road, left hi, house to % to the vii
age He had not proceeded more than two
hundred yards mounted on a lineal de-
>cendant Of Balaam'> ass. when he encOun-
tereda great greasy, black bear. The bear
wa, astoniShed, and without taking time to
think, hurried upa scaly bark hickory and
seated himself very comfortably on a limb
thirty or forty feet from the ground The
farmer was completely puzzled II he rode
hack To hi- house 10 get his gun the bear
would surely escape He therefore tied the
mule, long cared, melancholy mule, forty
OF fifty years Of age, TO the body of the tree.
The mule was bridal wise. but no bride
would hold him and a strong leather cable
was kept coiled about his neck With this
he was fastened 10 the tree. The farmer
started TO the house. and Bruin. diyining his
plans, deemed it proper To get away. lie
doubtless suspected that a gun was coming
lie came slowly down. tearing the bark
from the body ol the tree 1t ratified about
the sleepy mules head, who had not Vet
seen the bear, and dreamed not of the
proximity of the ggly beast. The bear de-
>cended slowly till he was within five feet
of the mnle'S great ugly head. Then it was
that the stupid, innocent. unSuspecting mule
looked up He had never seen bear be-
fore. His knees smote one another lie
grew pale in the face. Ills ewes were pro
jected from his head-the farmer sail-half
foot. His tail was slowly lifted, the hairs
all turned awry, till it stood at an angle Of
lorty-iiye degrees above his spinal column,
and then it was that the mule 'hoyed sigh
and smoled a smile 1t was an unearthlv
sound the farmer, fifty yard, away, says it
shook the ground where he stood. watching
the progress of events. The bear suddenly
twisted itself about and re-ascendei to its
perch. The mule swo0ningly fell at the
base Of the tree. lie Law -till and apparent
ly liieleSs for a time, when Bruin attempted
the descent; but the terrified mule howled
and roared even more terribly and pite0usly
when the bark began to fall. and he dashed
and danced about the tree 50 irantically that
Bruin hestated, and finally, in Stupefed
amazement, sat upon the limb upon which
he first rested The farmer came with his
rife, and II bullet soon stopped the pulse
beats of the bear 1t fell heavily beside the
mule, and strange to tell, as told 10 us, the
mule and bear died side by side-tha one of
a mortal wound, the other Of mortal terror
The bear was still black as Erebus the
mules face was already white with indie
>cribably agony Of mortal fear. -
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21
Alcohol.

Down In the realms Of endless woe
They held a council, long ago.
And round their chief the dark hends came.
Crown'd with a diadem OF flame.
Peers - said Satan. Powers OF hell,
Gather ye near, that We nay toll
In what the subtlest curses dwell;
Where shall we search, where shall We Ind
A thing with all the Ills combined,
To crush and wither humankind
4 drug, an essence that unites
All crimes and curses, pains and hl shis,
ON which NAV turn the human iate,-
Tell me, Internal Powers OF Hate q"
Then went a hOrrid murmur round,
As when An earthquake shakes the ground,
Or gaunt and famished beasts, when they
Leap headlong on their helpless prey,
said one Here's Famine's essence sore,
'Twll gnlw mans yitals to the core
Another hssed. This phial contains
An oil to burn up human brains,
And makes men lower than the least
And vilest Of earth's vilest beast
And u 50 another hOWled with giles,
Contains the juice Of Misery,
Twill wiring the tears from orphan eyes
Like rain from out the summer skies.
Twill rend the widow heart and freeze
The human blood Ike polar seas.
"Fends " said demon with yen.
That sent sent a trem0r throughout he'll,
Away with all your aches and pains
See what the grinning skull contains
We hreWed il in the lowest hell,
And know twill work the mischief well
The essence this Of every woe,
OF every crime that demons know,
Compounded ia this skull you II lind,
To be the curse Of humankind
It's favored with the hottest flame,
And ALCOHOL shall he its name
g. Henry 81. -oAH, 90 LtoH' IL all
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

81. Louis is Just now happy over &c sur
prise to Rubinstein." The kuukle broth
ers, two music teachers of that city, invited
the great pianist to one of their entertain
ments, and, without telling him Of their IN
tention, they played his lantase, opus -. Il
piece composed for two pianos, which Herr
Rubinstein had never heard performed other
than by himself and his brother in concerts
and himself and List in SOire-. of course
Rubinstein. was delighted, and declared
that there were no two pianists in Europe
who could approach the performance.
Lucca has petitioned the Emperor of Ger
many to remit the fine imposed upon her
for breaking the contract She had made with
the authorities of the Berlin opera. The
fine amounts to about twelve hundred
pounds. 1t is reported that the petition has
been rejected.
That magnificent '' folly the spectacle
of - The Cataract of the Gange~' is draw
ing immense houses at the Grand Opera
House, New York. John Brougham and
Mrs. John Wood play the leading charac-
terS
An amusing experiment ha, been made by
Signor De Michelis Of Civita Necchia, whose
new opera. rather anonymously called
l. I ONO, contains only female parts and
female choruse>.
Strauss has written some "reminiscences
of America, which are published at
Prague.
Caroline RichingS Bernard j. drilling q
class of amateurs in Reading, Pa. in the
cantata Of " Daniel" which She proposes
TO produce there in short time.
The corpse of Aubcr. the composer, was
accidentally thrown into the fo~>e Com
munc at the Pere Ia Chase, and his relatives
had considerable difficulty in recovering it.
The announcement that Mr.. Stuart Rob
son would take a benefit al the Boston Thea
tire, playing in the late Mr. Craig's '' Bur
lesque Of Hamlet was accompanied by the
following letter
To the Right and Wor-hipill Master. Ben
JOns1n
Burbagc was scene by NEE last night to
play ye Hamlet. whyche was writ by me
he played note welle. but. as if TO cOmpen-
safe for my disappointment. whyche was
sore, | dreemed that in centuric lyth. there
would be borne youthe VI rare conceet, ;.
Robson by name. who woulde know more
about We Dane thane ! doe move.
WILL SHAKESPEARE
\ new orchestra with a thousand per
formers is To be started in London
Lucca and Kellogg sang in Italian Opera
at Chicago last week
Nilsson popularity B. on the wane IN
Europe
Billy Florence and wife are playing she
" Ticket of Leave Man at Booth S Theatre.
According to Leipsic paper. the hus-
band Of Lucca, the Count Won Rhade, has
sued for divorce on the plea of deserti0n. If
he has squandered her money in gambling
and dehauchery, a. common report SAYS he
has. She should apply for a divorce her
-a1F
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-21

TIM pRIMINECAIfuRNA MINER" They
were rough in those times They fairly re-
yeled in gold. whisky. fights. and iandangoes,
and were un~peakably happy. The honest
miner rikel from hundred 10 thousand
dollars out of his claim a day. and what with
the gambling den- and the other entertain
ment-. he hadu'ta cent the next morning. if
he had any sort of luck They cooked their
own bacon and beans. ~cwed ON their own
buttons. washed their own Shirt>-bue
wooden ones and if a man wanted a fight
on his hands without any annoying delay,
all he had 10 do was 10 appear in public in a
white shirt or stoye-pipe hat, and he would
be accommodated For these people hated
aristocntS. They had particular and ma
lignant luminosity toward what they called 4
billed shirt one peculiar feature Of that
grotesque society was the absence of woman
and children In those davS miners would
flock in crowds to catch a glimpse of that
rare and blessed spectacle, a woman Old
inhabitants tell how, in a certain camp, the
news went abroad early in the morning that
q woman had come They had seen calico
dress hanging ont of wagon down at the
camping-grou sign Of emignntS from
over the great plains. Everybody went
down there. and a shout went up when an
actual. bona iide dress was discovered Hut-
tericg in the wind The male emigrant was
visible. The miners said Fetch her out q
He said 1T is my wife. gentlemen-She Is
sick-we have been robbed of money, provi-
sion~. everything, by the lndian--we want
20 rest Fetch her out We've got to see
her But, gentlemen, the poor thing,
She 'FEu HER OFT lie fetched her
out. and they swung their hats and sent up
three rou>ins cheers and q tiger and they
crowded around and gazed at her, and
touched her dress and listened to her voice
with the look of men who listened 20 a
memory rather than present reality-and
then they collected twenty-five hundred dol
lars in gold and gave il to the man. and
swung their hatSagain and gave three more
cheers, and went home satisfied. Once
dinei in san Francisco with the family of
apioneer, and talked with his daughter,
Young lady whose first experience in San
Francisco was an adventure though she her
self did not remember it, as She was only two
OF three wears old at the time. Her father
said that after landing from the ship, they
were walking up the street, servant leading
the party with the little girl in her arms.
And presently huge miner, bearded, belted
spurred, and bristling with deadly weapons
Just down from a long campaign in the
mountains, evidently - barred the way,
stopped the servant. and stood gazing. with
a face all alive with qualification and aston
iShment. Then he said. reyerently Well,
if it amt child And then he snatched
a little leather sack ont of his pocket and
l.
fifty dollars in dust, there and I'll give it to
YOU to let me kiss the child " That anec-
dote IS true But see how things change
Sitting at that dinner-uble. listening to
that anecdote if ! had offered double the
money for the privilege Of kissing the same
child, would have been refused Seven
teen added years have far more than doubled
the price '-n9ri Tram