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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-08-21
TIei widows protest.


One OF the sadest things that ever
came npder my notice (said the
bankers clerk) was there in Corn
ing duringthe war. Dan Murphy
enlisted as q private, and fought
very brayely,s The boys all liked
him; and when wound, by and
by, weakened him down till carry
ibg a musket was too heavy work
for him, they dubbed together and
fixed him up as sutler. He made
money then, and sent It always to
his wife to bank for him. She was
a washer aid an ironer, and knew
enough by hard experience to keep
money when she gotit. Shedidn't
waste a penny. On the contrary,
she began to get miserly as her bank
account grew, She grieved to part
with a cent, poor creature, for twice
in her hard working lite she had
known what II was to be hungry,
cold, friendless, sick, and without a
dollar inthe world, and she had a
haunting dread ofsufering 50 again
Well, at last Dan died and the
boys, in testimony Of their esteem
and respect for him, telegraphed to
Mrs. Murphy to know ifshe would
like to have him ellbalmed aud sent
home; when you knew the usual \!
custom was 10 dump a. poor devil
like him into a shallow hole, and
then inform his, frieilds what had
become Of him. Mrs Murphy
jumped to the conclusion that y
would only cost two or three dol
lars to emDalm her dead husband,
and 50 she telegraphed Yes II
was at the "wake" that the bill for
embalmlng arrived, and was pre-
sented to the widow. :,
~ She uttered q wild, sad wall,
that pierced every heart, and said :
",Siyinty-foive dollars for stufin'
Dan. blister their sowls! Did thin
diyils suppose was goin' to start
4 nilsciln, that I'd be dalin'in such
expansive Curiassities?'
The bankers clerk said there was
not ! dry eye in the house.--Mar6
| Train.
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PLAYED IT BAcK,-Rather an
amusing incident occurred during
Court week in this wise: Two
Jurors were delayed by some means
beyond the allotted time, and an
attachment was issued for them.
The truants Appeared just as the
formidable document, under the
seal Of the Court, was placed in the
Sheriff's hands, and after a slight
reprimand the ood-natmed Judge
let them off upon payment Of the
costs of the attachment. The delin-
onents interviewed the Clerk and
Sheriff upon the amount necessary
to make good the fractured law.
The Sheriff said he would break
bread with the parties when he
happened near their homes, aud'calI
it square. The Clerk, recognizing
4 a@Bitter Root turn IS legal ten
der, said he would come TO about
three dozen eggs, The next morn
ing, to the great amusement Of The
Court and bystanders, and to. tht
CONSERVATION Of tho Clerk, one 0
1.-the detaulting jurors walked delib
|.erately into Court and deposiitte.tt
Ills three dozen eggs upon the desl
Of the worthy Clerk, and demanded
"a TsCeiptin full.-M Montana MI
sotslia0s Jssly 3D. toa i4ta
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~ wsnderfuI Wen.

| AcorTespondent Of the Chicago
Inter. Ocean gives an account OF 9
remarkable artesian well on, the
farm Of Mr.. T. Henryson, III Story
county. Iowa. He says:f Being
short Of water for his stock, MI. H.,
in the fall Of 1873, commenced dig.
ging a well, little dreaming Of The
ample supply Of water he wasabout
to obtain After digging in the
usual way till nearly thirty feet in
depth had been attained, he. COM
menced boring with acomm6h two.
inch carpenters auger, attaching
pds,ftill he had penetrated to the
depth, Of ninety-seyen feet, when, on
Withdrawing the anger, the water
rushed up with such fcrce and rs-.
pidity as t6iinduce The wofkmen to
seek the surface Of the earth in the
quickest possible time; indeed SO
rapid did the water rise that some
Of their implements were left in the
pit, and have never been recovered.
MIR. H. soon attempted to curb the
well, but found much difficulty; he
finally succeeded, and then at
tempted to find how high be could
raise the water above the surface Of
the ground, using Conmohe wood
pump tubing for the purpose. AT,
tanning the height Of twenty-fonr
feet the pipe burst, but before that
happened a pebble as large as q
hickory nut, from the lower re-
gions, had been hurled up through
the pipe fully fifteen feet in the air
above. Mr.. H. then conceived the
idea ofs mill, and to this end cor
responded and consulted with those
experienced in such matters, and
was advised to wait at least six
months before risking any outlay in
that direction. After the expira.
ton ofthat time finding that In
stead Of diminishing the water in.
creased in quantity, he procured
from yOnr city, four-ipch iron tub
ing, and securing the services Of 2
competent engineer, introduced the
pipe to the depth Of one hundred
feet! Upon'opehing the pipe the
water issued, and still runs at the
rate of nearly two hundred gallons
per minute. Mr.. II. informs me
that it was the oppinion Of his en-
ginecr that the water could be
raised to the height Of forty feet Or
more, and would afford ample
power for q good Touring mill, q
thing we much Iced in this county.
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err" We walkediaround town and
he gave me the honr several times,
correctly each time within two or
three minutes. Several times he
called on citizens Of the place to
attest the truth Of his statements,
wilich they did. One Of, the lead
ing citizens told me be had tired
"Reub" on the time question on
both clear and cloudy days, and
also on dark nights, and he always
gave the correct time. Reuben
asked the gentleman we were talk
ing with to write down . column
Of figures, which he did /; they were
then read to him, thirteen numbers,
two figures IN each number, and he
at bnce gave Their sum, and could
repeat the numbers in the order IN
which they were written, either
forward or backward. E
The tax collector got Reuben to
look over his work last fall, and
Reuben said that lie could remem-
ber the numbers in the column and
the sum yet County clerks have
sent from Kansas for him to help
straighten their books. A whole
sale firm III Kansas City heard of
him and semi for him TO do some
invoicing. He told them he could
do the work Of ten men in making
computations. They told him if he
could he should have the pay Of
ten men. He mounted a high stool
with the clerks around him, and
kept them giving the pumber. Of
articles, price Of each, and taking
down his answers The gave him
$45 for bis days work. A firm IN
Fayetteville selling out took an
invoice of their goods.i Reub was
sick at the time, but they
figured it out and sent il to him;
he found a mistake of $500.
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lion DAMs.--The Elmira, New
York. Gazette urges a new depart
ure in the method Of constructing
dams, saying Masonry is but .
little better than earthwork when
opposed by rushing water. What
is needed, it seems to us, is material
which will not crumble or break up
when attacked by rushing water.
"A dam might be constructed with
q frame work of iron held by sub
terranean guys anchored beyond the ttlG
reach OF the water. The foundation
could be planted in a rock bed, OF
in the absence Of rock, against q
system Of pikng, so as to be abso'
lutely immoyable. Thus strength
would be attained. By planking
the iron frame and covering tht
latter with earth or cement, tight
lnesswonh BE- secured. 'Fhissysten
would achieve one end at least
In case Of . break in the DAM nC
disaster could follow TO the regiul
below, because only small portion
would give way and the waite
would escape comparatively slowly
The anchor could be so disposed. d
to render a complete giveing way
impossible, Or at least improbable
The matter Of cost and the process
Of rendering the iron durable q
, against rust, are matter for engineer
and iron makers to consider. w,
believe that for dams as welI II
bridges, iron Is destined q come int
/ use. 'a u a5al iaslA
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Reausies 'of wasl,oe Butter.

" was our good fortune, a day
or two, since to hear the tollowibg
rather interesting dialogue IN one q
our principal 'bash-houses." The
interlocutors were d dauditied.l .lsvsS-
ing, side-wbiskered, lispiDg, middle
aged man from California, and y
burly, roupd-headed, merry eyed
Comstocker, who were seated at
opposite sides Of the same table.
The men were evidently strangers
to each other, The conversation
opened al follows: sa's f''fH
| aDniidfeafy 49, Deak me, this il
disguStingi Holding up his knife
and gazing fxedly at its point
This ia eithaw 1.-The second or the
third hair--I think it's the third
that. I've found Id Ithia bdttab! ffI Il
Comstocker-4Y You'yea not been
here loia, | judgelH 44fi. lasls.
y Dundreary--No, sir I arrived
here yesterday morning.
Comstocker I thought 60, other.
wise you would not have complained
Of hairs in the, butter, taq1 3as4aq
Dnndreary - Not complain of
hairs 10 the bnttah 4 Yon sGppwise
me, sir. How could LIDO other.
wise?
Comstocker-ThOSe hairs, sir, are
just as natural to Washoe butteras
butter is a natural prOdpGt of milk.
They are just as good and Just as
clean as the butter.
Dundreary- Impossible! -'A
Cotnstocker- Notatsll, sir. AN
our butter comes from, the great
valleys Of our State where fpurishes
that most nutritious aud truly won
derful plant the white sage. On
this our cattle feed and fattsn. This
white sage has many virtues.
Strage as it may appear to gops 1 sir,
from the white sage is manufactured
. most wonderful and very popular
hair festUrasivs. Iaist - II
( DuDdreary--Ah, yes; I've heard
ofit=-in fact / may say that onlone
occasion, when,I thought I observed
my hair growing, q little thin, ]
used some OF the preparation.
Comstocker- Well, then, sir, in
a country where oil the cows iced
onsthe white sage dolyqu. tLipkrit
likely that the butter will be bald.
headed2
! Dundreary turned red, pushed
back his chair and left without
deigning to answer the conundrum.
NsrginiG City Enterprise
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tsgssNVhat was the picture on sAe
coEer?g asked the attorney, Two
indiana" " was the reply. "What
were the Indians doing?'' al
didn't ask 'eth,' answered the boy.
The attorney bsaddenly discovered
that be had po further use Of the
youthful witness.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-08-21

~ Nothing is rarcr than q solitary
lie: for lies breed like Surinam
toads; YOU cannot tell one but out
Il comes with . hundred Young
ones on its back. ,of,e4
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Another old pioneer gone He
lived at San Jose, and be ''goned"
with $4,000 which did not belong
to him, and took along the hired
Girl to comfort his old age. '4', w.
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A singular difference-Ca!l q girl
a young witch. and she is pleased !;
call an elderly woman an old witch
and her, indignation knows, 20
bounds. ;g5...,1,t,
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Hank Monk On ''s'arategas."
Hank Monk, the stags-drivt

memorable mountain ride, lin com
mon With all his tribe, hates rtht
sight Of those ponderous specimens
ofarhitectue in the trunk line
known as the "Saratoga bandbox.'
He likes a "Saratoga'' about al
well asa cat likes hot soap. 4Hs
now drives Oh the stage line be
tween Carson City and Lake
Tahoe He was driving 'on' TIKI
same linellastsnmmer. ] A Virginit
lady who was stopping attbe Glen
brook HOUSE had I, stSaratoga1nn Al
Carson whichs he wished brought uI
to tie lake. It was about as lone
and wide as a frst-class spSliig mat
tress and seven or eight feet high
The lady had managed to get,it as
far as Carson by rail, but the troub-
le was to get it up into the noun.
tains Hank had promised two d
three times to bring it up s'next
trip" but always arrived without
it. At last Hank drove up one
evening, and, as usual, the lady
came out upon the veranda to ask
ifhe had brought her trunk. Like
that great and good gman, George,
Hank cannot tel lie, and 50 he
said. ,s.. .rsI,g.... l.i.tr.,.af...
"No, nam, | haven't brought it,
but / think some Of it will be Up
by the next stage" ''e "a '.At
"Sone of it!'' cried the lady. 4f
"Yes; maybe half OF it, or such
a matter"
a3"Half Of II !" groaned the horrii-.
fed owner Of the Saratoga Wy l7i'
eyes; half tomorrow and the
rest, liext day. or the day after" >
"Why, how in the name Of com
mon sepse can they bring half
Of it?'' sl3p '''' s''48l ~" Y"
aWell, %hep | left they were
saving it in two, and'' s4 ,e
Saving it it two,L Saving my
trunk in two P,'.5a. .,.,s., .,t.,..jt
aThat 4 Was What | said," 'c,oolly
answered Hank. "Two men with
a big cross-cut saw were working
down through eit+-about 10 1.-The
middle, | Think NJ ~ i,-s83
"Sawing my trunk in two?--T
and all my best clothes in i Saw
Ing It IN tile middle! God help
the man that saws MY trunk J"
and 10 a towering passion she rush
ed indoors, threatening the hotel,
the stage line, The railroad company,
the town Of Carson ana the State
of Nevada with suits for damages.
1t was in vain that she was assured
that there was no truth in the story
Of the sawing--thst. Monk was .
great ioker--she could not be made
to believe but that her trunk had
been sawed in two, until it arrived
intact and she had examined its
contents most thoroughly. Hanks
'Saratoga'' joke isstill remembered
and told at the Glenbrook House.
but The ladies see no fun 10 the
yarn. Vsrginia CIty Enterprise.
POISONED BY CANNED FRUIT,r
The Wheatland Free Press Of the
I1th Instant says:
Ms. o. II. Betz. OfWheatlshd
went with her husband, MIR. Isaac
Eetz. on . visit tosoms friends ppear
Vicolaus, on the, 4th, and during
The day Mrs. Betz ate some canned
apricots, which had been put. up IN
metallic cars last year. She was
Immediately afterwards takenl with
cramps and has since been very sick,
Sour fruit, after standing a long
time in metallic cane, has in some
instances proved fatal to those who
partook Of it.
Another old pioneer gone He
lived at San Jose, and be "goned'
with $4,000 which did not belong
t.H. : . d
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R. 9. McCormic, Ot Arizona
has declined . denomination as dele.
gate 70 Congress ris.l, ,Ilig ss,a
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About three miles.

The National Grange Convention has
Asft a good impression on the public
mind by the adoption of an admirable
platform of principles 1t forbids any of
the State Oranges from being used by any
political party, but advises all of its mem
bers to select pure and incorruptible men
for Office. 1t also distinctly disclaimed
any intention to make war upon any class
of citizens. The Tennessee Grange,
which recently assembled at Gallatiu,
wAs represented by five or six hundred
delegates They decided that it was law
full to establish supply stores at such
points as would be conducive to the in
tersst of the Oranges. 1t was opposed to
electing purchasing agencies, but left it
TO the choice of the subordinate Oranges
20 select their own agencies. The most
important and praiseworthy thing done
was the adoption of a resolution recon-
rnendIng the subordinate Oranges to les
sen the cotton crop One-half and increase
the corn one-half, and urging rigid econ
omy on the part of the men and women
OF the Order in the matter Of dress and
domestic affairs. IT this recommends
ton is complied with by all the members
Of all the subordinate Oranges, ii will
prove national blessing. VIII the
members Of the Maury County Oranges
adoptit?
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HENRY WARD BEECHER says that "his-
tory will not show parallel to the effort
making in the West TO suppress dram
drinking, which is the scourge of the
household" 1T is an evil that has de-
Ged legislation, but now, under the provi-
dence of God, there has arisen a Moral
Cyclone, perfect tempest of influence"
The movement is spreading allo Ohio,
and into other States. One Of the COM
pletest triumphs was at Xenia, Ohio.
At Hillsboro, Ohio, an injunction was
granted by Judge SAFFoRD to one of the
victims, the Judge declaring that the
praying in front of places where whiskey
was sold was nuisance, and should be
abafed.
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KING WILLIAM .

viii stand at my farm on Lytle'S Creek, %
miles from Columbia, at SIS by insurance
for Lennets, SO tor Mares, payable when
the fact it aScertained or property eNchang-
ed Jennets or Mares pastured at 50 per
month,
KING WILLIAM is black, mealy nose,
I515 hands high, iyeaTs old; has more phys
zeal capacity, weight and power than any
Jack in the State; has been shown in six diff
ferent rings, and received premium in
every ring with the best stock to contend
with. For proof of his stock, examine the
fair records of Maury and adjoining coun-
ties.
PEDIGREE:-Sire Beauregard, he by I'm
ported Napoleon; Dam Grey Knight; Grand
dam Old Knight, which was the dam of
King Philip, who received over 81 900 i'll pre-
niumS before the war, as the property of Z.
j, Akin, NJ. &. and J. I. Akin.
Also, at the same place, my celebrated
horse JOE BOWERS, will stand at SlJ per
season, with the privilege of returning if
not in foal. He is a SOrrel, 10 hands and 3
inches high; and all persons who have WISH
ted the fairs of Middle Tennessee and North
Alabama. cal attest that he is the fastest
Stallion in Tennessee. He paced his mile
in 2:3l last fall at Florence. l will pace him
against any Stallion in Tennessee. at the
next Maury Fair. Premium to be made up
by entries, the Society paying one-third, to
be made as large as you wish.
Feb. 13,-}m. j. L. AKIN.
Us NotIiabIe for unavoidable accidents.
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THE WGyRe County Citizen is the
name of a new paper started at Waynes-
boro, Tennessee. 1t is published by
STRIBrING & WARREN, and edited by r..
p. CYPERT. Instead of indulging in the
usual style of Salutatory, full of glittering
generalities and high-sounding platitudes,
the editor salutes his readers with prac-
teal leader, telling them wherein they
are behind the times, in the way OF. bad
roads, bad plows, no manufactures, etc.
He pays two enterprising citizens Of our
town deserved compliments:
I'VE have Il few noble pioneers in the
cause of home manufactures. men who
have devoted years of time and invested
all their available means in the work.
And among these, the names Of MUM d
TURPIN, Of Columbia, and JOSEPH MARI
on, OF Clifton, will long be remembered,
We earnestly hope that this class of meE
may live to find themselves wealthy and
their country blessed with a good system
Of internal improvements.
The Citizen is neatly printed and full
Of local news. We wish it much success
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As q general thing the cOlored people,
when asked the question, express pref
erence for white jurors in the trial of per
asus of their color, in the criminal courts,
bat there are some negroes who insist that
negroes should sit as jurors in the trial Of
cDlorei persons Although the law grants
hem the privilege TO act as jurors, yet,
because they aresnot placed on the venire
Ii the cause of their dissatisfaction, and a
right some of them purpose insisting on
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CHANCERY SALE
1 OF " A L L A RI Il /, 4 N d

OF VALUABLE LAND,
By virtue of a decree of the Chancery
Court at Columbia, Tennessee, rendered on
the 21st day OfJanuary, 1874, in the conSoil-
dated cases of W. ID. Benderman vs.. A. +.
johnson, and j. Il. Bunch VS.. A. L. John
son and John A. Miller ct al, vs.. A. +.
johnson, l will sell to the highest bidder,
at the Courthouse door in the town of CO.
inmbia, Tennessee, on Monday, the End day
wears. with interest from day of sale, notes
with good security and lien retained to Sc
cure the payment of the purchase money,
tract of land in the pleadings mentioned,
containing S219 acres, and situated
in civil district No. p, Maury county, Ten
nessee, ~ d bounded on the North by the
lands of A. P and Thomas F. Johnson; east
by James Bailey and B. +. Dowell; South by
the lands OF Harmon w. Smith, decd, and
Mary Terrell aud Mary ROuntree, COL, and
being the same land devised to said A. F.
Johnson by the will of his father VIM. j.
Johnson Said land will be sold free from
the equity of redemption. $3.50 Will be
nlsnimum bid for said land. A plat of SAID
land will be exhibited on day of sale.
Jan. 80, 1871. ID. B. COOPER, Z. Il NJ.
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WHAT lrould General KIRBY do if the
Gar of the Ohio saloonatics should break
out in Chattanooga The chronic and
nnsccustomed dessication which would
then affiict our confrere is fearful to con-
template. Likewise DoAK. And WEST
sRooK.-LebdHOn Herald
Now, we do not profess to be above
criticism, and, therefore, do not often crit
icize our neighbors; but the editor of the
Lebanon Herald, in the language OF JOHN
Z. HATCHER, always camps ION the trail
of the murderers Of the Kings English, >
aud should therefore, be above criticism
Let him try his hand again on "dessica-
ton "-WEBsTER spells it, "desiccation. !"
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POSFPONEMENT.
Fourth Gift Concert
of Public Library of Kentucky
A Gard to the Public,

The Trustees Of the Public Library of Ken
lucky and the management of the Gift Con
cert announce the postponement of the
Fourth Gift Concert until Tuesday, the 3lst
of March next.
The public will readily understand the
causes which have made this postponement
necessary.
The financial panic, which has for the
last two months paralyzed the business Of
every section of this country and of Europe,
has prevented thousands from Investing in
tickets. The epidemics pervading almost
the entire South have cut off large and
available market. And, too, the public
Judging from the efforts of these causes have
expected a postponement and have declin-
ed TO invest without more positive assur.
ance ofthe drawing taking place on fixed
day.
All interested desire q full drawing, but
for the reason Just stated this could not be
had on the Sd of December, but the short
postponement now announced will secure
it.
The management has met with unpTece-
dented success. The sales of tickets, the
proceeds of which have already been receiv-
ed, amount to over a MILLIoN DOLLARS,
with number of agencies IN this country
yet to hear from, and all others in Europe.
Thus a drawing (scaling the gifts one
halo could be had now, but the manage
ment deem 1t best to have a postponement
and full dra,ciHg.
This postponement assures tie sale Of all the
tickets aud a FULL DRAWING. That this
determination will meet with the approba-
ton of nearly every one interested is made
apparent by the very numerous letters re-
ceived from every section Of. this country
and the Canadas asking for a postpone
nent.
This action of the management VIII work
no detriment tc any but will be for the good
of ALL By it the fortunate ticket-holder
viii receive their gifts IN full while IL will
not effect those who do not draw gifts.
In making this announcement the man
aSement eaPhdticullg state hattkere shall BE- no
further postDoneascnt, and to this end all agents
VIII be imperattvely required to close VI
and transmit their accounts to this Office by
the 2Ist of March.
THOS. E. BRAMLETTE.
dc2-dtf AgentPublic Library, KY.
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TnE Nashville Bonner says: The
Hon. JORDAN +. STOKES, Of Lebanon,
Judge +. II. EAST and Judge WM. T.
CoorER,' the Chancellor of the Nashville
Chanccry Division, have been called to
hairs in the Law department Of the
Vanderbilt University. These are the
most judicious and excellent selections.
Mr. Stones is one of the best advocates
in the State, and has for years enjoyed a
fine reputation and a large practice. He
belongs to the Methodist Church Judge
EtsT also belongs to the Methodist
Clurch, aud ranks among the best law
years in the State. Judge COOPER be-
lungs to no Church, but is regarded as
one Of the best Chancery lawyers in the
South. So il will be seen that the uniyer
city is pushing forward. In a few months
all the chairs will Lc filled and we shall
have a frst-cIass university in full blast. ~