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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-06-12
DOWN IN THE MEADOW.

BY EBEN E. RExroRD.
We strollcd down the meadow one morning in
And gathered some blossoms that grew by the
And heard in the lowlands the brown partridge
Beat up his brown soldiers to drill for the day,
The robins were gay. and the blackbirds were
And bluebirds were caroling softly yet clear;
And far away up in the limbs Of a cherry,
The sound Of mothcr-bird's talk we could
hear
The air wa. as,ir with jubilant chorus.
For all things seemed glad in that midsummer
morn:
There wa. sunshine behind us, and sunshine
before us.
And sunshine on wheat fields and rank rows Of
com.
We stopped by the stilc where the fragrant sweet
Held up to the morning it's clusters Of red
For ,he kiss Of the sun, as girl to her lover
Lifts up her pink cheek with her wishes unsaid.
We stood hand in hand and looKed out on the
meadows
That gl;s,ened afar in the glow Of the morn.
And noticed the shifting and tremulous shadow
The blithe breezes made in the rows Of the
did yon hear what the wind said!" asked Of the
maiden
=" Ho stoOu by my size. Win ner manu- IN own.
She answered. "Ah. no! for the breezes are laden
With too many whispers to hear one alone'
II heard love-" answered: "they said See those
lovers.
They walk through the meadow with hearts full
of bliss:
Their secret the wind-nymph most quickly dis
covers:
It's told in a look in a word, In kiss"
She hlushcd. and I saw all the roses grow paler
With envy and longing. She lifted her eyes
With shy. feigned expression that could not avail
her:
knew that she felt neither fear nor surprise.
Then kissed her and 10! all the winds fell to
singing
Some merry. glad song that was almost psalm.
And down deep in my heart was q melody
ringing
That chimed with all nature in infinite calm.
June Gdl0ry.
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Each Department of the Government
formerly entitled to the advantages Of
franking postal matter will be provided
with special series of postage stamps
when the law aso!ishing the ranking
privilege goes into effect, on the 1st of
next July. A different color and distin'
guished feature mark the stamps designed
for each Department. The color for the
War Department is carmine; the Navy,
blue; the Interior, vermilion; State, green !;
Treasury, velvet brown Post office, black /;
Agricultural, straw color; Department Of
Justice, royal purple; Executive, ehoeo'
late. The general design of the stamps is
similar, the name of the Department be-
ing printed ON them. The Postoffice
stamp, tor distinctive convenience, is diff.
ferert from the others in having the de-
nomination III large figures and full relief
in white on black ground, The border
of this stamp is of exquisite workman
ship, and is composed Of a delicate wreath
of leaves entwined around the medallion
the letters ~. s." are in the lower corners,
and two balls in the upper corners.
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and the same promises are reiterated an.
nually, but never fulfilled. Rocks, trees,
shells, fish, birds, insects, and thousands
of interesting objects surround the farmers
sons, but they remain in ignorance of them,
simply because there is no one TO encour.
age closer acquaintance with these won.
ders of nature.
The farm, no matter where situated, is
one vast museum, and it is only those who
either have no capacity or taste for enjoy.
ing the beauties If nature, that complain
OF the lonesomeness of country life or the
unattractiveness of farming. It is the man,
not his occupation or position in this
world, that makes life success.-Neso
York Sun.
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Professor Wyman has concluded, as
the result of explorations among the shell
mounds Of Florida during the past win.
ter, that the aborigines by whom they
were constructed must have been decided
cannibals, as in eight different instances
he found considerable quantities Ct human
bones in the shell heaps, the bones them
selves being broken up and split, just as
in the case of the bones of other animals
This, he is satisfied, was not the result of
burial, but was done for the purpose of
obtaining the marrow, probably after the
flesh had been devoured.
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The Danbury Nesos tells this beautiful
little story: Twenty years ago the son of
q widowed mother was an uneducated and
halfcared- for youth. He went into store
as an GRAND boy, saved up his money,
worked hard every day, limited himself 70
but few amusements, principally fishing
and seven-up, which he INDUCED In on Sun
day, so as not to injure his employer, and
is now worth 100000. His mother en-.
joys q luxurious home, with every want
attended to, and the young man is now in
Europe waiting for the affair to blow
over"
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without reserve that know nothing which
should prevent me from extending to him m?
most cordial friendship and Christian fellow
ship, and expressly withdraw all the charges,
imputations and innuendoes imputed as having
been uttered by me, and set forth in letter
day of January, 1871, a copy of which letter is
hereunto annexed, and sincerely regret hav-
ing made any imputations, charges, or innuen-
does unfavorable to the Christian character of
Mr.. Beecher, and covenant and promise that,
for all future time, I will never, by word or
deed, recur to- repeat, or allude to any or either
Of said charges, fmputations, or inn1endoes.
will and friendly spirit toward Henry c. Bowen
and Henry Ward Beecher, herewith covenant
and agree that will never again repeat, by
word of mouth or otherwise, any of the allega-
tions or imputations or innuendoes contained in
my letter hereunto annexed, or any other inju-
rious imputations or allegations suggested by
or growing out of them, and that will never
cnce or ground of complaint heretofore exist
ing between the said Henry c. Bowen and my
self, or the said Henry Ward Beeclier.
3. I, Henry Ward Beecher, put the past for
ever out Of sight and out of memory: deep
ly regret the causes of suspicion, jealousy and
is q joy to me to have my old regard for Henry
G. Bowen and Theodore Tilton restored, and a
happiness to me to resume the old relation of
love, respect and reliance to each and both Of
them. # have said anything injurious to
the reputation of either, or have detracted
from their standing and fame as Christian gen.
tlemen and members Of the church, I revoke it
all, and heartily covenant to repair and REIN
state them to the extent of my power.
(signed H. G. BOWEN,
THEODORE TMToN,
H. w. BEECHER.
BROOKLYN, April 2, 1873.
The custodian of covenant says the pub
lie can understand the brave silence which
the great preacher has kept under the pro-
tracted storm of Islander. He had Gov
enanted to bury the past and to maintain
peace and brotherhood. The document is
given to the world now to stop any further
scandal,
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"A Frenchman has discovered meth.
cd of tanning and removing bees, and Sc
curing honey by tapping on the sides and
top of the hives. We remember trying
that method in youthful years before we
had heard of the Frenchman. We tapped
on hive belonging to an old farmer one
night, and the bees came out first-rate, but
we did not care to stay to remove the
honey somehow. It seemed to us as
though almost any place in the world
would be desirable when compared to the
vicinity of that hive. In this experiment,
as in the one conducted by the French
man, the bees possessed all their usual &C.
tivity and vigor. So did we.-6tica
HerGZd. -
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press, and it occurred to me that I ought

press, and 1t occurred to me that ought
to have seat"
In an instant every chair was vacated
and the men, somewhat abashed, attempt
ed to laugh the matter off by saying "Ah!
in the jofer s eye that quickly S told theta
he was in no joking frame Of mind at that
shy of Mark Twain.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-06-12

The wife Of Louisville lawyer made
hustle of some important legal documents,
and court had to adjourn until she could
90 home and return them In proper shape.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-06-12

Very singular are some of the "causes
Of death" mentioned in the last publica,
ton of the British death-rate. Swallow.
ing bones, coins, pins, shells, nails and
fruitrstones killed about a dozen per-
sons One man died from the bite of
another man, and two more from bites OF
other animals. A man, a boy, and an old
lady were killed by injuries inflicted by
that agreeable machine, the velocipede
One woman died from scratch from a
thorn; and no less than IA young chill.
dren are represented as having been
smothered by bedclothes.
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Interesting Nebraska Statistics.

From a little pamphlet entitled me.
braska: Its Characteristics and Pros.
pects," by James d. Butler, LII. D., we ex-
tract the following interesting statements.
Between 1860 and 1870 the number of
farms in the United States increased more
than half million; in exact figures
615,90e, namely, from 2O44077 to 1885,
9S5. During the same decade the number
of farms in Nebraska grew from 2,7SO to
12,3O1, and has more than doubled within
the last two years.
The progress of homesteading in Ne
braska, where more homesteads have been
taken than in any other State, with per-
haps one exception, will be plain from
the records Of any Of its Land Offices. The
following figures compiled at the Office
now in Lincoln, but originally opened in
Nebraska City, afford a representative
specimen. The first homestead claim filed
was by William Young, to lot described
with the wonderful precision and concise
ness of the United Statoo surveyors, rs ON
section "a, township 8, range east. This
record was made in 1868, on New Years
day:
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TWILL HELP ANY MAN

1"iI. nEE INV "'"'s
70 secure, in either IOWA or NEBRASKA, the
terms and with better Inducements and eccommoas-
tioDs for getting there and making good start than
Information sent BY mail, free OF charge.
t. H. LEAVTTT.
Burlin0ton. Iowa.
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See, in another column, the advertisement
headed "I ,piN help asay man."
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Perfect PrrgadVe and Regulating Pills,

Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with sweet gum
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eBObserve the following symptoms resulting from
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and Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency Of Precipitation,
Ie!lowness OF the Skin and Eyes, Pain in the Side,
the Flesh. A few doses Of RAILWAYS PILLS will
free the system from all the abovenamed disorders.
Price Is Cents per Box. sold BIZ Druaaists.
READ FALSE AND TRUE" Send one lette.
stamp to RADWAY Il CO., No. 81 Warren St., NJ
Information worth thousands will be sent Won
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WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS
w please say you saw the advs rttsenaent
In this plper.
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KIDNEY AND BLADDER COMPLAINTS,

KIDNEY AND BLADDER COMPLAINTS,
Urinary and Womb diseases, Gravel Diabetes, Dropsy,
Stoppage Of Water, lncontinence of Urine. Brfghts
Disease Abuminuria and in all where there
deposits, the water thick, cloudy mixed
with substances like the white Of egg, or threads
like white silk, there Is morbid, dark, bilious an.
pearance and white bonedust deposits, and when there
Is pricking. burning sensation when passing water,
and pain in the small Of the back and along the loins.
1umor Of ~ Years Growth Cured
by Railways 9esolvent.
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Grabbed age and youth
Cannot live together.
The antagonism he describes
Youth like summer morn
Ace Ike winter weather

is too often real, but It ought not SO to be,
and if one knows how to grow old, it will
not be. Rather like the golden radiance
of the long, still, rustling, quivering Octo-
Der days, when out of the brown husk
bursts the yellow corn, should be the ripe
experience of our life's harvest. Let us
bring in our sheaves rejoicing, and let us
die before the winter of our discomfort
sets in.-SprtnUaeld (Mass) Republican.
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EUN E<ERLASTIl.G.-A mammoth co,lec-
ton # :,e best comic st ories Jokes, witticsms.
pictures. Only Is cts II booksellers or By mall
j. HANEY s. CO.. l19 Nassau ST., n. T.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-18

AN ANEcDorE OF THE ANIC.-"How do
you get along ?'' said wife to her husband, in
the midst OF the panic, 20, | shall weather
the storm, but | wish | had only few hun,
dred dollars more" Don't you wish you had
married RICH wife p said she, 10 teasing
way; then, going to her room, she returned
with rather more than the amount required IN
United States bonds. why, where 10 the
world did you get this p said the husband.
swell, my dear, you went to champagne sup
per seven years ago, and on your return, hnd-
ing navigation around the room rather difficult
deposited hat, shoes, and a large roll of bank.
bills on the carpet put the money away and
waited three weeks for you to inquire it L had
seen it. when finding you were ashamed to do
SO, invested it, and here you have 1t.
If he was poor navigator, he chose good
mate" and purser
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THE GAZETTE.
TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMB. Is.
ADVERTISING IN DULL TlMEs.-The Mil

ADVERTISING IN DULL TINES. The Mil
Yankee Wisconsin relates the following:
After the crash Of 81, when everybody was
almost scared to death and the croakers pre-
dicted that the country had gone to smash, a
dry goods house was opeoed IN this city, when
proceeded on the priucple that IN order TO
reach the boarded money 10 the pockets OF the
Deople the propretors IL ust sell at very reason
able prices and advertise very largely. They
worked vigorously upon this principle. Their
brnther merchants who did not advertise pre-
dicted that the new Corners would be ruined,
as they paid too much for advertising. Never
theless, they persisted In a single year they
paid FIVE hundred dollars in GOLD to the DAILY
Wisconsin Tor advertising, and at the end OF
seven wears they retired trom business with a
fortune Of one hundred thousand dollars, while
other merchants GU the same street, some OF
them opposite their store, had failed.
We remember similar instance among our
own advertisers iu the panic of 1857. A ner
chant continued his advertisement IN our Col
umns through the whole period Of stagnatlon,
aud Notwithstanding many predictions that 1T
wouldn't pay" His testimony afterward was
that his sales were steady and his profits salts
factory, while many merchant around HIM,
who couldn't afford to advertise, saw his
clerks stand idle behind the counters.
4 financial panic does not mean that no one
has any money. There is plenty OF money in
the country, aud those who hoard 1t are just
the ones to be eager for the bargains which
fall in prices holds out. But to buy they
must know where to buy, and the merchant
who tells them will receive their cash. ~ I.
Erening Post
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NOAL!

COAL COAL
We have now on hand and are constantly re-
ceiving at our wharf and storage yards, foot of
Queen streets, all the best GOALS known to
this market We name in part:
LYkEN'S VALLEY.
SHAMOkIN and EAST FRANKLIN LOR-
BERRY RED ASH.
JOHNS, from EAGLE VEIN COLL1ERY.
The celebrated CONTINENTAL and HA-
EEL DELL from the Goodrich Colliery, es-
teemed the best in the market.
And LEE and STANTON WHITE ASH
ANTHRACITE COAL, Of Steamer, Broken,
Egg Stone and Nut sizes.
Also, GEORGES CREEK CUMBERLAND
COAL.
Having ample space, each variety of Coal is
kept distinct from that of others, and is es-
pecally prepared for family use: Yards floor
ed and Coal sent out well screened and free from
slate, 224O lbs to the ton. Orders left with
Messrs. Clarrdge & Grigg,, corner King and
Royal sts., or at the yards will be promptly TILED.
T. j. MEHAFFEY i CO.,
jy17 Wharf and Yards foot Of Queen ST.
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Ef,R S7LE or RENT.

MORN AND PLASTER MILL FOR SALE
" IN ALEXANDRIA VA.
That very desirable TIL REE.SIOR1 BklCh
STEAM CORN and PLASTER MILL and
LOT OF GROUND attached, situated at No ~
south Union street. Alexandria, Va. at present
occupied by Messrs. Suite & Stuart is hereby
offered for sale. The present occupants have
had the Mill in successful operation Tor some
time past the Engine, Machinery, Burrs, &c
all of he best orkmnsh'p and are IN n nd
profitable custom for its corn meal in Washing
ton city and the adjacent counties Of ni Mary yaa1
market in the counties of Diary land and Virginia
trading with Alexsndria The lot of ground at
,.ched to the above Mill affords storage room Tor
the season supply of plaster IN the LUMP: me
location of this property is we'll adapted Tor the
prosecution of a milling business, being situated
Immediately upon the city track q q the Orange,
Alexandria and Manassas K. r. The property
is too well known to need more minute d de-
scription. Possession given February 9Th, 1874.
For further informston and price apply to
GEORGE McCLEISE, Alexandria Va, or to
GEO w. McCLElSH, No. 149 west Pratt ST.
Rul,;n,nrn Md oct 20-eolm
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MORTON MARYE, Clerk. loot 30w4w

VIRGINIA: at Rules held in the Jerks
Y office Of the Circuit Court ofthe city of A lex
andria, on the 9TH day of October, 1873 The
Washington and Ohio Railroad Company, plain
tiff, against The Alexandria and Washington
Railroad Company and Samuel NJ. Shoemaker
defendants. In chancery.
The object of this suit is to recover from the
defendants debt Of $6304 "a, with interest from
the 18th day of May, 1866 also debt of S5l2
with interest from the 18Th day of May, 1866;
and to attach and subject the interest Of the de-
PENDANT, Samuel NJ. Shoemaker, who is a nom
resident of the State of Virginia, in the capital
stock, road and equipments Of the said railroad
company, and all other estate belonging to and
debts due to said Shoemaker, to the pay ment OF
the debts due to the complainant as aforesaid.
The defendant Sarn'l. NJ. Shoemaker, not hav-
ing entered disappearance and given security, ac-
cording to the act of Assembly and the rules OF
this Court, and it appearing by affidavit that ne
is not resident Of this State it is ordered that
the said defendant appear here within nemonth
after due publication Of this ORDER and do what
is necessary to protect his interest in this suits
and that copy Of this order be forthwith insert
ed in the Alexandria Gazette, newspaper pub
lished in the city of Alexandria, once a week
for four successive weeks and posted at the front
door of the Court House of this city. A copy,
test: MOR1ON MAN d, Clerk. .
Orr & TAYLOR, .. q. oct 30-w4w
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gL:.I.N-IED.

w (Christiap Association Building) an
AGENT FOR A LEADING SEWING MA
CHINE in Alexandria and the surrounding
country. Special inducements offered to Il suit
able person-active, energetic, perseverlng and
acquainted with the field. nov l2-lw
VAANTED-A quantity of WHITE OAK
w and HICKORY POLES IA feet long.
iy15 F. A. REED, Agent.
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W'ODU AND EOHL.
NEW WOOD YARD.

NEW WOOD YARD.
The subscriber has opened
WOOD YARD
On Fairfax ST., between Duke and Wolfe,
OPPOSITE THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH,
Where orders. for any amount can BIO filed upon
reasonable terms of the best quality Of either
OAK OR PINE WOOD.
ANY person in want will please give me CALL
sep 29-tf JOHN 4. YOUNG.
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FOR SALE OR RENT.Suttle Stuart
H# having removed from No. IL King, street
to No. II south wharves, the undersigned offers
for sale the warehouse recently occupied oy said
firm. His terms are Onc-Gfth Of the purchase
money in cash; the remainder in four yearly
payments bearing interest. II not sold by the
first Of December, it viii be rented to good
tenant. &. F. SUBTLE,
nm, II II South wharves.
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GReturn Of Sergeant.

Return Of Sergeant
Not finding the President, Treasurer or any
Director of the Alexandria and Washington
Railroad Company, executed the within sum
mons by delivering copy of the same at the
said railroad co1npanys office in the city of n
exundria Va, on the 9Th day of October 1873,
to L. b. Boone, agent of Alexandria and WASH
ington Railroad Company.
W. D. STEWART, D. S. for
JAS NJ. STEUAKT, Sergeant.
A copy-test:
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STEHMROA rs.
OFFICE POTOMAC FERRY CO.,
U notolap 81

OFFICE PoT WlatS,1 TER as,oS co. 4, 1874
From November LIST until further notice the
Ferry Boats between WASHING TON ei1ssS..la
and ALEXANDRIA, will run as fol- rs $3.50
lows: LEAVE ALEXANDRIA 81 6:45 8,
D. m. LEAVE WASHINGTON at 7, 8, g. 10
and il g. M, II M, and l. 2, s. 4, and g. 80 p. IN.
S. s. HOWIsON, President.
S. GEDNaY, Gen. Supt. oct 31-2w
NOTICE TO TRAVELLERS AND SHIP
POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS
STEAMER PALISADE.
CHANGE OF DAYS-FOR CURRIOMAN
TWICE A WEEK.
Steamer Palisade, Jos White master, sff:f.. p
will, on and after Monday, Oct 10th, -. sa:sssEa
leave Washington from Twelfth st. wharf, Ev-
cry MONDAY and TIL Z RSDAY MORN
Returning, leave Currioman EVERY TUES
DAY and FRIDAY MORNINGS.
For information, through tickets, &c. apply to
j. BRODERS 81 CO., Agents,
Or on the Boat. loot l7-tf] II King st.
C WASHINGTON ma ALEXANDRIA
POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.
The fast and commodious steamer PILOT
BOY, Captain Fields, will make regular SEMI
WEEKLY TRIPS from Washington and AL
exandria to Gone river and the River Landings
Leave Washington EVERY TU ESDAY and
FRIDAY at o'clock a. m, and Alexandria at
7:3O o. clock q. N.
Returning, reaches Alexandria EVERY
WEDNESDAY and SUNDAY at = p. m.
Superior accommodations for freight and pas
sengers. For information apply to
+ A. REED, Agent,
sep q No. South whurves.