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Middletown transcript., 1874-07-11
Selett Storp.
BRINGING ROUND A JUROR.

In the late GOODNESS between sections, it
will be remembered that John Morgan,
Brig. Gen. G. s. A, took notion, with
a select party of friends, to make horse
back excursion through the Hoosier and
Buckeye States.
We didn't feel particularly hospitabe
Just then to such visitors-we on the north
side of the Ohio and quickly as the tele-
graph spread the news, every man and
boy, able to carry fowling- piece or a
squirrel-ri1e, hurried to the nearest point
at which his services might be needed to
repel the intruders.
Fast as recruits poured in they were
formed into companies and battalions un-
der officers improvised for the occasion
the writer having the honor to be an Or
derly sergeant, in which capacity he serv-
ed for several days and nights. 1t wasn't
his fault, and should, he thinks, detract
nothing from his modicum of merit, that
it was the finest of July weather the
while, pleasanter out of doors than in, or
that the enemy had the discretion not to
come in his way. At any rate, he has
never demanded back-pay or bounty for
us StTNlCeS.
But it wasn't military autobiography
we sat down to write, but Joe Duskin's
story, which he told us as we lay in camp
one night.
Boys. did I ever tell you bout the
time I sot onto jury with Bile Bope ,"
said Joe. taking a swig out Of the COM
pany demijohn.
M - we answered
Would you like to hear it }" said he
We may be in our CORY beds tomorrow
night, an never hev another opportuni-
ty."
He was invited to proceed
Bic, you see," continued Joe, " was
jest a lestle the contrariest, overbearinest
crank -headedest cuss that ever ruffled a
commoonity's temper. He he'd Blue
bearded three wives to death, an he'd lest
tackled fourth. In fact, the hone eymo DON
was har'ly over-though l guess there
was more vinegar n honey into it-when
Bic an passel more on us was yauked
up afore Jedge Grimm to serve onto
jury.
" In ev'ry case we tried we stoed 'leven
to one, an Bile was the one. The jedge
got mad at last, and threatened, in the
next case that come up, he'd keep US at
it till we did agree.
It was one of them pesky boss swap
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OLD MAIDS. The New York Ledge,
comes to the rescue of old maids as fol-
lows:
"Shriveled and withered you say they
are! Men and women grow old and gray
whether married or single; but many an
old maid fingers to-day on this mundane
sphere who would have died long ago, an
unhappy, but popular, admired wife, had
she consented to marry some man whom
she did not love, but did despise. and said
Yes, where conscience and God COM
mauded her to say No. Long live old
maids, and let no woman, for the fear o.
becoming one, wilfully and deliberately
sacrifice herself. 1t is the next crime tl
suicide"
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A NUMIsTMATIsT NoNpLUssED. ga
numismatst," says the Gaulois 4" had ta-
ken a cab few days back, and after pay
ing the fare discovered that he had inadver-
tently given the driver coin of the great
est antiquity. Please to return me that
piece he said to the man, for it is
1000 years DID, Nonsense said the
other; you must be jesting, since we
are only in 1874"
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NATURALLY Mssrs. EM-
tors: Allow me to express my disgust at
the new issues of the ten-cent and twenty
five-cent scrip, and the errors into which
an honest man may be inveigled by their
close resemblance in size and appearance
to the new fiftycent scrip. A case in
point: On Saturday l bought twenty
cents worth of something somewhere, and
rendered dollar bill in payment. The
storekeeper gave me in change one ten
cent and one twenty -fve-cent scrip and
one fve-ccnt nickel, and thinking | had
got two tirty-cent scrips and nickel.
thereby being twenty-five cents in
hastily stuffed the money into my vest
pocket lest the trader should discover his
mistake before got clear of his store.
An hour later, when | found l had only
received forty cents in change instead Of
the eighty was entitled to, went back
and the storekeeper would not make up
the difference, saying should have look
ed at my change before | left the store.
Some people will never learn that honesty
is the best policy and that storekeeper
is one of EN-.
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A gentleman having deaf servant was
advised by a friend to discharge her
+" No." replied that gentleman, with much
good feeling, /" that poor creature would
never hear of another situation"
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A Duluth paper says one of the streams
running into Lake Superior, from the
North, is called Temperance River" be-
cause it is the only one of all the tribu-
taries of the lake that has no bar at its
mouth.
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Selett poetrp.
AT ARLINGTON.
by JAMES n. RANDALL.

The broken column, reared in air
To him who made our country great,
Can almost cast its shadows where
The victims of grand despair,
In long, long ranks of death, await
The last loud trump the Judgment-Sun,
Which comes for all, and, soon or late,
Will come for those at Arlington.
In that vast sepulchre repose
The thousands reaped from every fray;
The Men in Blue who once uprose
In battlefront to smite their foes
The Spartan Bands who wore the Grey
The combat DER, the death-hug done,
In summer blaze or winter SHOWS,
They keep the truce at Arlington.
And, almost lost in myriad graves,
Of those who gained the unequal fight,
Are mounds that hide Confederate braves,
Who reck not how the North wind raves,
In dazzling day or dimmest night
O'er those who lost and those who won,
Death holds no parley which was right
JEHOVAH judges Arlington.
The Dead had rest the Dove of Peace
Brooded o'er both with equal wings:
To both had come that great surcease,
The last omnipotent release
From all the worlds delirous stings.-
To bugle deaf and signal-gun,
They slept like heroes Of old Greece,
Beneath the glebe at Arlington.
And in Springs benighted reign,
The sweet May woke her harp of pines;
Teaching her choir a thrilling strain
Ufjubilee to land and main,
She danced in emerald down the lines
Denying largesse bright to none,
She saw no difference in the signs
That told who slept at Abingdon.
She gave her grasses and her flowers
To all alike who dreamed in dust;
Her song birds wove their dainty bowers
Amid the jasmine buds and flowers,
And piped with an impartial trust =
Waits of the air and liberal sun,
Their guileess glees were kind and just
To friend and foe at Arlington.
And mid the generous spring there came
Some women of the land, who strove
To make this funera-fed of fame
Glad as the May-gods altar-ilame,
With rosy wreaths of mutual love =
Unmindful who had lost or won
They s:orned the jargon of name -
No NORTH, no SOUTH, at Arlington.
Between their pious thoughts and God
Stood files OF men with brutal steel;
The garlands placed on g Rebel sod
Were tramped in the common clod,
To die beneath the hirelng heel.
Facing this triumph of the Hun,
Our Smoky Caesar gave no nod,
To keep the peace at Arlington.
Jehovah Judged, ,-abashing man,
For, in the vigils Of the night,
His mighty storm-avengers ran
Together in one choral clan,
Rebuking wrong, rewarding right:
Plucking the wreathes from those who VIC
The tempest heaped them dewy bright
On REBEL graves at Arlington.
And when the Morn came young and fair,
Brimful of bushes ripe and red,
Knee-deep in sky-sent roses there,
Nature began her earliest prayer
Above triumphant Southern dead,
So in the dark and in the sum-
The cause survives the tyrant's tread,
And sleeps to wake at Arlington.
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A well-dressed Danburian, while at a
recent fair quizzingly observed to strap
ping girl =" from the country: /" This is
very fine fair we are havirg," and was
courteously met with the following re-
buke: "Wen, it is none of your damned
business if VIC are."
Middletown transcript., 1874-07-11

g" He handled his gun carelessly and
put on his angel plumage,1is the latest
Western obituary notice.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-10-08
EAST.

The grand jury OF Brooklyn has found
A criminal Indictment against Moulton in the
case of Miss. Z. d. Proctor.
tt is reported the New York agency OF
tbe bank of Montreal loses $25 900 by the
failure of James Bishop u Co.
Tho cotton and woolen manufacfur-
ors' committee, of Providence, II. l., recon-
mend that the mills be run from the first Mon
day in October to the first Monday III January
next. on the basis of forty-four hours a week.
Lake Weewanafree, New Jersey, has
been bought by the Prussian government FOR
three hundred thousand dollars. The lake
will be divided into compartments, some TO
the raising of leeches the remainder for trout
and salmon.
The banking firm Of Townsend 4
Co., of New Haven, has failed, with liabilities
Of near three million dollars, and its affairs arc
in the hands of receiver. The cause OF the
falure is the depreciation Of southern, state
and railroad bonds in which tho bank has IN
vested heavily. The greatest sufferers arc
tho laboring classes. Rumor says dopositor'
will realize about forty per cent.
Booths theatre at New York will bt
sold under foreclosure Nov. s. The friend
of Booth are making efforts to have the thea
trs renain in his ha,,ds. They state that tn
unsecured creditors will extend all tho lenienc
no may require, and if enough money can b
raised to satisfv the mortgage, amounting t
three hundred thousand dollars, the secrIlt
for which is good, the affairs of Edwin Boot
NAV be arranged.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-10-08

Louisville last week and overhauled at the
Adams express Office box belonging to coun-
telfeiters, and containing a large amount OF
money and implements, all made by the IA
nous and extensive organization OF counter
feiters who have been operating in North Car
Dina, East Tennessee, West Virginia and Ken
tucky. Six men, including the one who ship
ped the box, have been captured, he being
captured first. Last month the box was ship
ped first to two places in North Carolina to the
address of Thomas Goeforth, and afterwards
traced to two places in Virginia with the same
address. A few days ago it was sent to Gin
cinnati to the address Of Silas b. Goeforth,
and arrived in Louisville on the same address.
The box was opened at the express Office and
found to contain 50, 100 in 80 cent pieces un-
finished 1904 in so cent pieces finished
$3.50 in 800 treasury notes so pieces OF conn'
terlet silver so cent pieces; 81 silver 20 cent
pieces; 90 half dollar gold coins; one diverse
so cent steel plato with the Stanton head
| one 50 cent reverse plate; ono steel treasul!
seal plate; four plates unfinished anti L.
pieces Of engraving tools.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-10-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
WEST.

The grand jury at Beaver, Utah, have
,odcted Wm. Fotheringham for polygamy,
A fire at Chico, CAL, destroyed COIL
.,,orable part of the town. Tho loss ID over
,Oo 400. Insurance light. Forty-hve valua-
uo horses were burned in Shearer Evans
staMo The fire was the work of an incen-
diary.
There was terrible cloud-burst on
,ho Humboldt division of the Central Pacific
roroad last week. The track was washed
ont and an emigrant train, drawn by two ell
rincs, went into the chasm. Both engineers
we're instantly killed. No others injured.
The superintendent OF the Central
pacific railroad publishes card in which he
,ocitIv admits the truth Of the frequent
storjes OF robbery and outrages by gamblers on
ther road in Nevada, but rays travellers must
rro,ect themselves by refusing to play at any
asme with the sharps. He does not allude tc
ststomepts that entire passenger trains haC
hoen captured by robbers near Reno, the pas
oorrers ipsulted, threatened and despoiod Of
their property without an effort of the officers
or the road to prevent them.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-10-08
Spiritualism and Science.

Sneaking of the opinions on Spiritn-
olsm recently advanced by Mr.. a; W.
Wallace, the Churchman says hltner-
~ Christian men have not been N
cIiped to say much on the subject, hare.
Iv believing that any large number OF
;;vnteIligent IN persons could be deluded by
Il BHt it is becoming apparent that
scientific infidelity has no defense
agaiust it. Men eminent as studen
of physical phenomena, but disbelieyers
in God and immortality, are very l'keiy
TO be taken in the snare. Beginning
with the denial of the supernatural,
thew are confronted with phenomena
they cannot explain, and readily pass
from an extreme of unbelief to an e1
treme of credulity. The instincts O.
men are stronger than their philosophy
and they who find no God in nature
and trace their origin to the beasts, ca,
not auench their longings for immof.s1 ~ :
ity. They must have some s0r 0.rr,irits,
heaven. and the revelations OF on,sart to
poor as they are, give 'S%e %s look, there
! their desolate souls. We we az ipfidelity
tnre tne 70 see spiritism thrive yeas ~ eminent
iore, )" ss and now that some ,e;.h wa
incs:uss increa eS' have avowed their iai'n' We
, scientis,s ,sct that there will be ere long
may may eap eaaepcessious to their ranks.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-10-08
LISTE MING.

Her white hand flashes on the s,rinST'
sweeping swift and silver chord
And wild and strong the great harp rings
Its throng Of thrObbing tones aproau
Music and moonlight make Dloolh
Throughout the rich and sompre roon'
Oh, sweet and long and shiverihe swe''S'
And sweeter still the lingering now
Delicious as remembered bells.
,-. DYING in distance long ago, "F~A ,,..,.,
.When evening winds from heaven were ,,, u,U%"
~ Aud the heart yearned for things unhno"n'
Across the leafy window-place ,.,.
Peace seals the stainless sapphiro "ceP'
One sentry star on outer space
His uuenchless lamp lifts, ha'l nv, -
paoce broods where falling waters HOW,
peace where the heavy roses blow.
And on the windless atmosphere
Wait all the fragrances OF june
Tho summer night ia hushed to near
The passion of the ancient tune
Thon why taeSe sudden tears that htaFti
And why this pierced and aching heartT
An. listen. We and all our pam
Are mortal, and divine the song!
TdIy our topmost height we gam
II snurns that height, and far along
Seeks in the heavens its spiehalu n'"ih'
Aud we fall backward on the oarh
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-10-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

o,,.. ermner's estate has beenavp'
prsised at al3i,75i,
Elmer G. Washburne' Oh Cnloaso,
hoo, formally commissioned by secretary
Eristow , as chief of the secret service purea"' %
The great scull race at 81. .onns, ,5
y p between George Brown, of HALIFAX anu
~ ;, Norris Of Pittsburgh for 72,OOo s'ae'
m n,.s won by Brown. Time, $500
"a@ Col, Wingate, captain OF the Ameri'
,n.rv has sent letter to the commah'
"a" - ,ha Irish team, formally accepting 'he
oer ,,inna u ' for match at Dublin next year =.
The secretary of the treasury mas III,
.o.Iod the assistant treasurer at Now iofA ~ "
III s5oO 900 gold on each THURSDAY oui.os
sei. o,'n I,. The total amount to be sold is -
''Gl rho famous Stevens yacht, Mara
ohort four years ago, has been selNe'
s'O,I,, .Ia rroncb authorities at MSers sho lao ao
Dy NV ,,onn,od to smugsle cargo Oh ~
coses of American rifles Oh silo'0 'O' '
lists. information
3 ~ rd,lsv secretary of the national grahs'
a. .,vn the granger mortgage bank Lately tel ,na ha'p
: ,;.ed in New York, is not endorseu :. ~ A.. a,
:, tjonal grange, nor is it recosnlzsu .,:vsr ~
d ''ona. i'',.o COMMITTEE in any shape whatever.
e Reports received at the asp,'uir" 4sau will
st aspa,' aa that Of last year. Mono Of the lar M
is corn producing states ieaoa ,. no,,toe, a
~ There will be fair crop Of oats, po,aus, ,".so
nAyI The locomotive engineers OF the he,
{. .. ,runk lines and leading roads, P10'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-10-08
Ireland as She Is.

Tbc population of Ireland decreased
by |, $50, ,3l9 persons between tho years
1S4l, 81, by IT'S, ,Sl4 in the next oecSne' o1oe,'
and by 396, 20S between the years IoEi, Ui,
n There is reason to believe that tlls
5ecrease by the end of tho present ae-
csde will have wholly ceased, tha' IL,
thnt the emigration will not exceed INT rne
natnral increase of population. me
condition OF the country ls now reaiiy
nrosperous. Wages have greatly a',
ronced in consequence OF the limited
supply of labor rs. The reform o. 'ne
land law has had most excehehu et-
feet, and not untrcquently lrishnseu io
tnrp from America with fortunes Gnlhe,u
there to take up their abode IN their
native land. The aggregate Invest
ments in government stocks, lolnt stoch
hnnka onl savings banks in lS6l Were
f5l SsS 900; but on the 3Oth OF June,
1854 they were G67, 1862, 900, an increase
Of % per cent. in ten years. me 'a,no atn
of live stock in 1864 was ESQ, I2o,9 ,9lo
in 1874 it was G37, 225, SS7. lt IS 10 pe s
remarked that although IN thir,y ty yI"an %an
Ireland has lost about 3,OOO,O ,Ooo oi nei M
nonnle. the relative proportion OF oa.h
pIics and Professionals remain almost uh-
changed, In Munster, in 1861, 93o ou'
If every |. 900 we're Catholics the pre-
} nort;on now is 936 to each 1,OVO. LII
Kerry the Catholics in 1861 were 9o' IN
each / 600 they now are 9tS IN saci ,h
/ 900. In protestant" Ulstermwnlc,, nn,a
ia Protestant only in name--there were
Isl Catholics in each 1000 in lool' Tha %ht'
} now there are 755 to each LOCO. Inc
. old faith does not die out, despite tht
$ fact that the emigrants are for the most
3 nart Catholics, Dublin Letter.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-10-08
An Old Record.

A conv Of the record kept by an or
,o,lT Sergeant in Gen. Jackson's COM
mand during the Seminole war, mas
beon presented to the Tenne3see 'otate
Historical society recently. 1t contains,
omong other interesting Items, copies
"f orders issued by Old Hickory TO ms
oar,mnnd The following is literal
conv of one of said orders:
VII lillian ,Soldiers In Arms-We nave
70 Pass threw n Savage Country thare
RIGHTS must be Respected and notwith,
standing Your Humanity is Shocked d, as
the uuheard of Brutality and MURDER y, y,
onr Brethrens Still it Becomes us uhtil
n' wa are Ordered by Government to
m;thbold our Hand from Vengeance
Isaat We might Strike tho lnnocint as
we'll As the Guilty and thare by DrihB
DISGRACE and Gilt on our own heaus'
r. ID tbearforc ordered and Commandea
tbot M Neathrr the Persons Or Property
"f W. tho Tndeans be Disturbed by any
of,;cer or Soldier under my command
while passing threw thare country
l
rho Order of March will be Dayl,
rnnn,mnnicated n by the Inspector o.
Rreoade. All Officers are ioroadeh ~ u
cave any Furloughs or Permits 70 ~ tn' !,
soldiers to Leave the Camp more NOR Ma;n Inal
(G General m having pledged himself Il,
never will abandon one OF HISS Men o. .
one nuc Of the Detachment, and that h
Will vii Act the Parte of father as u
Repeet that he will not Leave one S .
tba sick nor one of the Detachment De
hind He has Led you Hear, Me VIII
Lead You back to your own country ah
to your freands. p.u
The sick as far rs he has the Pow'
and the Means shall be made Comeiort
able Ii one of Yon Die, He Will n
10 them the Last Tribute OF Kespet
They shall be Buryed with all the do
or, of War. Should your Genei
Dye He knows 1t is Respect y
a should Pay to Him. y,
9 The Officers of the Day will , Ley e,, .
Guards Sleep at those Posts "ni'0
!. Gard in the Day time. .ox
" lSigneaI Major General.
At headquarterss;; AZ
IN March 18th, 1910
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-10-08
Steamboat Convention in st. LOUIS

The convention of steamboatmen me'
Of 81 Louis last week, with full delega-
tions from Cincinnati, Louisville PitIs-
bnrp. New Orleans, Vicksbnrg' Oalr0' I1,
Evonsyille and St. Louis. Capt. II. W.
Gonld of st. Louis, was elected tempo
rorv chairman. He said the general op-
iecis Of the convention are to devise means
10 remedy existing evils in steamt oa'-
ing and remove the embarrassmen's 4I, II
,ler which the interest is suffering; "a. u.
nrped that the local associations sho.li''
becoms auxiliary members OF the na'
t;onal hoard OF steam navigation, IN or
der TO band the entire steamboat inter
@ ests of the country together for their
,,rotect;on. We have failed on the
Mississippi to give river matters the az
tent;on which their Importance demands,
and we are in consequence resting i, uH
der cloud. The prime object Oh UNI In
convention, in my idea, is the harmon
;z;np of conflicting interests; also, tn'
question of railroad competition. "A
the start. the railroads desired no co
oneration with river transportation
Reino unsuccessful, their managers ar
now in a condition to trent. :: a.,
Another matter OF Importance Is .n M
imnroyement OF our rivers, ana eve,
affart should be put forward in tins a.
rect;on. We are also interested III ~
Involvement of the mouth OF the Nlit
sissippi, and this convention should ,a,, aar se'
tle mon some plan to urge upon cor
oress whatever may be done at the cal
liest possible moment, ,.;,os
After some other preliminary bushes e.
tho committee on permanent organiz'
tion reported r. 81. Voolfolk, OF a hou'
Vile, for permanent president ana :, ,
shields, secretary. The conVen'io
! then adjourned.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-10-08

TIE New York clergymen preacn
,,a;ust fall fashions, and then go aud
order stylish suits Of their tailorf'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-10-08

THE Bethlehem pa Progress says :;
uMrs Carol and Mrs. Ford, twin SIS
tors rs living in South Bethlehem, each
.o,o, Nnn, h;rth TO twins on Saturday night.
Tho nav attending physician says these
cousins are almost OF an age-~n.a.da gr.;nd on on
Lour These sisters were marrieu 'ro on
% tbe same day, their first children ,va weio 70
hNyn ,mv in the same month, their secona Q: In IN
Hoan t%o same Ar week, and their third In 'ne
| samn hour.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-10-08

ppor. TrspAnh is very much DIS,
tod Lhol hv a remark of the Othk0sh
1nrnsn TraN;na Il Dumb Bell, to the effect tina tina,
asnqerous tnS psu type. He says he . had ,.eI en
Pso PeotLf Litter intelleots Of America.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-22
Fire in Richmond.

ALBANY, April 2l.-Mayor Judson was
inaugurated today. His first act was to
call upon the citizens to respond. to the ap.
Louisiana, and recommended that the un.
expended balance raised for the Chicago
sufferers be handed over for this purpose.