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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-12-16
Money Musk.

In shirt of check and tallowed hair
The fiddler sits in the bullrush chair
Like Moses' basket standing there
On the brink of the Father Nile,
He feels his iiddles slender neck,
Picks out the notes with thumb and check,
And times the tune with nod and beck,
And thinks it u weary while,
All ready Now he gives the call.
Cries, "IIonor TO the ladies I" All
The jolly tides Of laughter fall
And ebb in happy smile.
"Begin." Down goes the bow on every string
"First couple join right hands and swingi"
As light as any blue-brd's wing,
"Swing one and half times around"
Whirls Mary Martin all in blue
Calico gown and stockings new,
And tinted eyes that tell you true,
Dance all TO the dancing sound.
She fits about hike Moses Brown,
Who holds her hand to keep her down,
Ana thinks her hair golden crown,
And his heart turns over once
His check with Marys breath is wet,
II gives II second somerset,
He means TO win the maiden yet,
Alias for the awkward Ounce.
"Your stoga boots has crushed my toe !"
ard rather dance with one-lcgged joel"
"You clumsy fellow ~ "Pass below
And the first pair dance apart.
Then Forward six I" advance, retreat,
Like midges gay in sunbeam street
'Tis Money Musk by merry feet
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So one day party got together
and with the aid of the captain
commanding they constructed two
lay figtres which were clothed in
uniform coats and foraging caps
and so stuffed and arranged as tc
exactly represent a couple of pri-
vate soldiers in a sitting position
These dummies were so artistically
manufactured as to pass for the
real thing at q few rods distance,
and would have deceived any one
who was not particularly on his
guard. After these decoys were
finished, party of six men, with
picks and shovels, went out of the
fort after dark and dug a large
hole, just at the foot of low bluff
some four or five hundred yards
from the fort, star shaped. and ra-
dating some ten feet, the dirt thus
thrown up being carefully carried
back to the fort in wheelbarrows.
In this star-shaped excavation
were placed over fifty pounds of
gunpowder, covered with old scrap
iron and rusty nails, and packed
over all prarie grass, so as to give
it what engineers call a good head,
or in other words combining the
powder so as to give it the necess-
ary explosive power. All was
then covered with boards and
sodded, 80 that casual observer
would not have noticed that the
ground had been at all disturbed.
An electric wire was then arrang-
ed so as to reach the six divisions
of the star-shaped excavation, and
run to the fort, being sufficiently
covered for purposes of protection
and secretion. There the end was
made ready for attachment to an
electric battery.
The Indians never give the from
tier troops or settlers any trouble
during the night, especially avord-
ing any exposure to moonlight,
however lively they may be after
daybrcak.
So all these arrangements were
very handily performed by star
light while the Sioux were peace
fully sleeping in their camps some
six or eight miles distant. The
two dummy figures were placed in
the middle Of the star-shaped space
which had been mined, with their
backs toward the bluff and so sit
uated as to appear to be engaged
at game of cards, the
universal resort of the rank and
file for killing time.
All being thus ready the wire end
was so arranged with the electrical
that the operator could see
the lay figures from little embras-
ure i'm the wall or the stockade,
and the officer who superintended
the affair was already watching his
novel and dangerous trap for bag
ging a few Sioux. There was little
sleep among the command that
night, every one entering into the
spirit Of the trick, and determined
to bc awake to witness the opera
tion. At the last moment ven
turesome corporal went out to.
make sure everything was oil right
and sure TO operate when required,
coming back to the fort through
the darkness oil safe.
Many wakeful eyes watched the
day breaking in the east that
morning through the opening in
Al. .t<.l.1e IA xroa not lono ha-
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When look upon the tombs Of
the great, every emotion Of envy
dies; when see the epitaphs Of
the beautiful, every inordinate de-
sire forsakes me when l meet with
grief of parents upon tombstone,
my heart melts with compassion;
when l see the tombs of the par
ents themselves, l reflect how vain
it is to grieve for those whom We
must quickly follow; when SEQ
kings lying beside those who de-
posed them, when / behold rival
wits placed side by side, or the
holy men who divided the world
with their contests and disputes, I
reflect with sorrow and astonish-
ment on the frivolous competitions,
factions and debates Of mankind.
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Edgings.

Albany girls kiss by note.
Boneless corsets are a new idea.
A castle in the air-"Castle
Thunder"
Hush money-The price OF O
cradle.
Words that burn-Rejected COM
munications.
Really beautiful ladies seldom
wear thick wells.
A pair of drawers-A brace Of
mosquitoes.
Birch bark-The cry of a whip
ped boy.
Market-men always weigh fish
with their scales.
The cause of woman suffrage
Scarcity of husbands.
Silver sardine boxes are now
given to bridal couples.
When is love deformed d2-When
it is all on one side.
Daughters are often son struck,
but they never die Of it.
Wanted for chemical purposes
A "lady dissolved in tears"
Who is the largest mani The
lover he is a man Of tremendous
signs.
Corns always travel on foot.
That's why they're SO healthy pro-
badly.
A baby was born last week with
one leg in Chicago. Where was
the other leg?
am about to confer the degree
OF A b., A Bore upon one Of my
numerous acquaintances.
A long Branch lady with ten
small children attracted consider
able 'tention there.
A veil is the lady's protection
from the too earnest gaze Of tho
sun Of heaven and the sons OF man.
An establishment for mending
socks has been opened in New
York. This is comfort for bachel-
ors.
Why is beautiful lady's foot
like a romantic tale of olden timesi
Because it is an interesting legend.
The fashion notes say "mourning
wells are worn very long now,"
Perhaps about six months for Q
husband.
A correspondent, "Squibb," is
informed that the novel "Stand and
Watt" was not written by hotel
servitor.
It makes big difference when Q
lady faints away whether you bathe
her temples with camphor or mo-
lasses.
A wealthy English woman, whose
passion is small feet, offers to mar
ry the man who is over FIVE feet tall
and can wear her shoes, number
three's.
To write good love letter, you
ought to begin without knowing
what you mean to say, and to fin-
ish without knowing what you have
written.
A Burr Oak young lady entered
a drug store lately, and wanted to
see the papers for week back, and
the intelligent clerk showed her
roll Of sticking plaster.
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A man courting a young woman
was interrogated as to his occupa-
tion. "I'm a paper-hanger on a
large scale," he replied. He mar
ried the girl, and turned out to bo
a bill-sticker.
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always their morning custom, pu
their heads over the brow Of the
bluff to look about the fort and SCI
If there were any stragglers out
side the walls on whom they nigh
pounce and secure a scalp. The,
did not for some minutes detect tn,
two men who seemed to be playing
cards at the foot Of the bluff, with
their backs toward them, but i
was soon apparent that they had
made them out and were preparing
to rush down and secure them.
Not soul was visible to the In
dians upon the walls of the fort o,
through its embrasures. They ev
identity thought that these were
stragglers and that they were sure
Of them /!
"They are coming this way, -four
of them, to cut off connection with
the FORT" said the officer.
"And four off to the other side,
said another voice.
"The remaining four are creep
ing down to the decoys," said the
officer in a gleeful spirit.
"They will all manage to concen-
trate at the right spot at the same
moment" said another.
"The Indians seeing the backs
of the figures turned toward them,
believed that they were them
selves unobserved, yet they crept
on hands and knees as stealthily as
foxes lest their game should be ar
oused and by some chance escape
them.
care you all ready then 2" asked
the captain, who spoke to the ell
ectrician.
"Yes sir"
"The moment l raise my hand
firel"
"Yes sir"
"And corporal, have dozen men
ready to rush out at once to mako
sure Of any chance fugitive"
"They are all mustered at the
gate," was the reply.
Indians fearing nothing from the
fort as they were out of range,
now suddenly rose at preconcert-
ed signal and the whole group rush
cd in upon the dummies at once in
tending to slaughter and scalp
them. Their promptness would
have done them credit under the
circumstances, but now, no sooner
had the twelve redskins reached
the spot than the captain raised his
hand.
"Fire !" said he.
And the next instant An explos-
ion took place that shook the walls
Of the stockade in a most lively
manner, and amid a cloud of smoke
and iron missiles the mangled bod
les of the Indians ascendcd into
the air.
The corporal and his men has
tened to the spot, where only one
Sioux showed the least sign of life
upon the ground, and one who had
almost miraculously escaped was
seen flying over the bluff whence
he had so lately come.
A hole was at once dug on the
spot and the mangled bodies were
buried, the Indian in whom life
was not yet extinct when first dis
covered, lived but few minutes
thereafter. The flying redskin
must have told some frightful story
to his tribe for the Sioux broke
camp that day and did not visit the
North Platte again during the sea-
son.
The Indian trap had proved On
extraordinary success.
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The Grange advance., 1874-04-08

feelings = hiS heart, aud made him n in.
wardly Is cunning and cruel as : fo,,x..
And this same thing is happening now,
every day. I have seen ! great m.nv
people-children even-who appeared
to me more like foxes than lambs more
like hawks than doves, they were so full
Of anger and cruelty toward each other.
0, my child, take care of the fox! Don't
let him get in among the gentle and
loving things of your soul, or he will
hurt, and, it may be, destroy them"
The Grange advance., 1874-04-08
OUR YOUNG PATRQES.
= VERMILL1oN, March 3Oth, 1874.

VERMILL1oN, March 3Oth, 1874.
DEAh S1R:-1 thought I would write
a few lines. I live seven miles south
west from Hastings, in the town Of Yer
million. My father and one of my Sis
ters belong to the Grange at Hastings.
My father takes your paper and likes it
very much. We have lived here seven
years this spring. This was then great
place for prairie fires in the fall and
spring. 1t is all settled up now, except
a few pieces of rough land. The nearest
wood land is four miles from here. The
Vermillion creek is mile from here,
where we 60 to swim and have so much
fun. My brothers and I have just fin
ished cutting wood, and now I wish
spring would come. I am fourteen years
old. Yours respectfully,
r T r
The Grange advance., 1874-04-08
TRENTON, WIS.,, March 18th, 1874.

TRENTON, WIS.,, March 18th, 1874.
To the Editor Of The Grange. Advance :
DEAR EDITOR II have noticed sew
eral letters in the paper from my friends
and l thought would write one also; I
never wrote letter before, but want
to say something for your paper. Ny
father takes The GRANGE ADVANCE.
What I have to say, is, l think it is a
very good paper. read the stories in
the evenings, and I have very much
pleasure in reading them. I am only
twelve years old. I never went to
school much, for we live two miles and
half from the school. Father and
mother belong to the Grange. I have
one brother and he is in the Grange. I
have no sisters living, but two that were
older than myself are dead. Mr.. Coyer
has an exhibition tomorrow evening
and think I shall CO. Goodbye for
this time.
LILLE BOUSTEAD.
(Thank you for your good opinion Lii
lie; hope that all our young readers can
say the same-ED.)
The Grange advance., 1874-04-08

lin consequence Of the high price
OF coal in England, many substitutes are
proposed 70: that fuel. Great heating
power has BEEN obtained from mixtures
OF chalk and coal in various proportions,
the quantity ofschalk in one series Of
experiments amounting to seventy per
cent. The difficulty With these com
pounds y that they caanot be burned
in ordinary stoves and CRATES.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-08
Take Care OF the Fox.

Il am glad of one thing" She
spoke out suddenly, sigh of relief fol.
lowing the sentence. It was little
Helen. She had been sitting very still
for good while, holding picture-book
in her hand.
"Glad of what ?"
"Ttat I am not hen," she answered
lifting her serious eyes to mine.
Not hen ! why, darling, what dc
you mean? ~
She brought me the book, and saw
at glance what had disturbed the qui.
ct of her mind. The picture Of moth.
er hen frightened at the appearance of
a fox, was on the open page.
"Poor thing, how scared she is v'
said the child tenderly. "Will the foz
eat her up?"
"Unless she can escape him." I an.
swered.
20, I'm glad I'm not hen, to be
frightened or killed by fox! It is 81
dreadful v'
And I saw little shiver run over
her. May be you are in as much dan.
ger as the hen," said
{" Me? There are no foxes about here
Why do you say that, mamma? And
anyhow, a fox wouldn't hurt little
girl"
" l heard Mrs. Claire say something
about foxes when she was here yester,
day."
"What did she say, mamma ?'
"She said take care of the little
foxes"
90, yes :! I remember now and
couldn't help wondering what she
meant"
"She didn't, of course, mean live
foxes that run about in the woods"
81 knew that she didn't mean them,
Are there any other kinds of foxes ?''
Yes"
"What kind? Where are they ?"
Inside of you.''
30, mother" !" Helen exclaimed, a
tremor Of surprise in her voice.
Foxes inside of me ?"
Yes, my darling; and you are in as
much danger as the bird you so pitied
just now.''
There was a half scared, half wonder.
ing expression in my little girls face.
20, I understand p she said, faint
smile playing about her lips. "By
foxes you mean naughty feelings"
"Yes, foxes are cruel and cunning,
They hurt and destroy. You know how
cruel Herod was how he sent forth and
slew all the children that were in Beth.
lehem from two years and under; and
how our Lord called his namesake and
imitator D" that fox"
20, yes! I remember. And was it
because he was cruel that he was called
= foxw -. Il
Yes. The evil and cruel feelings,
represented .by foxes in nature, had de-
stroyed oil the kind and compassionate
The Grange advance., 1874-04-08
Ny Sch0olmarm.

Ihere were schoolmarms in those
days-and l had one. There were
schoolhouses too-one of them was
mine. 1t had a desk, whose face
looked as if it had perpetual measles,
and legs that were afflicted with the
rickets. My schoolmarm sat behind
that desk. She had corkscrew curls
and a corkscrew twist, and slight de-
feet in her eyes, that troubled the
scholars because they never could tell
which one she meant. When she
beckoned to John, Joseph always went,
and v'ce uersa. Her fore6nger was a
terror to the whole of US. We sat on
the seats and cultivated round shoul.
ders. l remember one of the commit
tee once said the boys seemed to be all
sitting on their stomachs, for, oh, there
were no backs to those seats. But to
return to our teacher-Her name was
Pickle-Miss Primitive Pickle. It
used to be our standing joke that there
was always rod in pickle for US. Her
theories of punishment must have been
the eminations of vicious mind. She
was fond Of making her helpless victims
sit on nothing, and hold their hands up.
Did you ever sit on nothing? If you
haven't try it, and you will know what
was the sorest anguish of my youthful
days.
l have heard people sing:
'Oh would were boy again."
and it has always brought tears to my
eyes, and marshalled forth long row
of unfortunates sitting on nothing, try
ing in vain to steady themselves, imbe-
cile in face, idiotic in motion, HELPLESS
and half paralysed.
Schoolmarms are said to be different
in these days. I knew of one anyhow.
l wish she were mine. should never
weary Of looking at her blue eyes and
golden curls. But she doesn't take
scholars over twenty five in that way.
Miss Pickle has long been an angel
at least so her tombstone says-and
tombstones are like newspapers-they
never tell lie. I devoutly hope it is
an improvement upon the original
Imagine an angel that squints l
should want to change my name too,
If it couldn't be done before the wings
grew: Pickle is not bit angelic. I
am like the man who ate crow on a
wager and didn't banker after any
more; don't banker after Miss Prim-
tive Pickle-l shouldn't after got to
Heaven-but I do want to see her
once that I may pour out all the bottled
up indignation Of my blighted youth,
and remind her of her thumbscrews.
her torture by clothes-pins on my suf:
fering nose, her birch rods, her sour
tongue, and most horrible punishment
Of all, that verdict Of dyspeptic days, or
of conscience burdened with unutter-
able sin.
';Jimmy Jones, you are to sit upon
nothing, and hold your right hand up
twenty minutes by the clock"
If she don't feel peculiarly picklish
just then I'm sure I shall.
MARSH MALLow.
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