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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-06-04
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-22

GERRYMANDER1Ne.- When Elbridge Ger
ry, after being twice defeated, became COVER
nor of Massachusetts, in 1910, he planned, or
at least sanctioned, a law for carving the State
into acute-angled districts, the majority of
which could be depended upon to return dem
ocratic legislators. One of the means used to
oppose the measure was the publication and
circulation of sketch Of the long-drawn, dis
torted districts of eastern Massachusetts. A
copy of it was posted on the wall ola New
buryport newspaper Office. A casual visitor
added head and claws to it, and said to the
editor: "See this salamander." The latter,
filled with sudden inspiration, replied 'Td
call it Gerrymander," and Elbridge Gerry
was damned to everlasting fame. When ne
died, two years later, as vice.president OF the
United States, he knew that gerrymandering
was already common word, and that the
practice it denoted was rapidly becoming COM
mon. The efforts of himself and his descen-
dants to shake off the odium of the invention,
though they resulted in converting the later
editors of Webster's Dictionary into the be-
lief that he was innocent (vids the Dictionary
were of no avail with the public Such safe
method of stealing the votes of a helpless MI
nority was sure to be practiced. 1t was al
ready named and the name stuck. All par
ties gerrymandered whenever they got into
power. 1t is only very recently that public
morality has reached such high pitch that
protests against the practice have had any
weight. Even now it would be hard to ind
any politician sufficiently sinless to cast the
first stone at the idea- Chicago Tribune
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-22
LECTURE ON RATTLESNAKES.

Two miles out on our road back, we found
Straddebug sitting like statue, gazing at
something in the road just ahead Of him.
"Come here, General Bradley" he called, 81
want to introduce you to one of the inhabi'
tants of this delightful country" at the same
time pointing to monstrous rattlesnake
coled in the trail. 81 have been plaguing
him." continued old Straddle, "and he is a
game fellow. See," he added, holding out his
sabre toward the reptile.
Quick as flash the snake raised his crest
and sprang his full length, falling within two
feet Of the legs of old Straddle's horse. "Look
out, or he'll bite you," cried General Bradley.
"Not bit of it," replied Straddle
"The fact is, General, have been studying
this specimen of the natural productions Of
this country for more than an hour, and l
have found out: : First, that he will not bite
unless coiled; second, that he can only jump
the length of himself when coiled. He then
made the snake coil up again and strike out
again two or three times. "He amt much Of
a traveller, either" said old Straddle, whip
ping the reptile when stretched out, and max
ing it run as fast as it could.
"His snakeship coils tail frst," continued
the experimenter, making him coil, "and,
like an honest fellow, gives warning before he
strikes, which is more than some Of our own
kind do, General besides, don't believe
he'd strike in the dark at all" "You will
readily OBSERVE" continued old Straddle,
growing facetious, "the difference between the
nature Of the snake and the dog; dog shakes
his tail to show he is pleased; the snake shakes
his tail to show he is mad. Look at that
eye, sir but I would not like to look at that
fellow steadily in the face for the space of five
seconds" The snake was coiled, his body
resting on his tail, his head raised to the
height of foot or more and his neck proudly
curved.
His eyes shown brightly like two little dia-
monds, and his yellow skin glistened in the
sun. The spots on his back seemed ever
changing from dark brown to bright red
color.
"Come," said old Straddle, "I'll bet there's
not a man in the crowd that can shoot him in
the head" ct is said to be almost impossi-
BILE to shoot the head off a rattlesnake. The
hunters declare that their sensitiveness is so
great that they can feel the wind of a coming
bullet and dodge it. Be this as it may, I
have seen men who could hit bulls eye or
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-22

GOOD ADv1cE.-I am always sorry tor
man who knows how to do but one thing. l
have seen many such men. I gave ten dol
lars to one who could speak and write five or
six languages and translate beautifully; but
in the middle of hard winter he could not
get living. I knew another man who had
preached twenty-five years, till his throat fall
ed him, and he used to 60 around looking
very blue and sad, until people pitied him
and got up donation parties for him, because
he was good for nothing except to preach. l
knew lady who had taught school for twen'
ty years, till she was a poor, nervous, broken
down woman, and didn't know how to make
dress for herself. Now, boys and girls, ev-
cry real man should know how to do one
thing right we'll. Every wise farmer has
principal crop; but he has always little
something else to live on. Don't carry all
your eggs in one basket. Don't put all your
money in one pocket. If you want to get
along right we'll, learn one sort of work to
get along by, and all sorts of work to get
living with when your one sort gives out.-T:
K. Beecher
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-22

by the smith for having made so good shoot
er; this gave him the ambition to make an
other, so went to cutting out grindstones from
the native rock, to raise the money for gun
materials; in short time there was eonsld-
cradle demand for guns of his make. During
the French war with Prussia, he was called
upon to furnish guns for the army, and in less
than eight months he made and delivered to
the government of France, rifles Of a partic'
ular pattern, costing FIVE millions of dollars
which amount was duly paid. The same man
furnishes rifles now for the United States,
South America, Rome, Spain, Egypt and
Japan. The farmers boy who wanted gun
is Eliphalet Remington, of Ilion, N. Y. His
manufactory covers four acres of ground, and
he employs twelve hundred men. Not salts
fed with this achievement, he has recently
completed sewing machine, which is report
ed to represent the latest and most perfect ad'
vance in the Improvements Of this most ilImpor!'
tant adjunct Of domestic economy. This is
the type of boy who, when there is not
way, makes way for himself.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-22
Ytlistellaneuns &eadimg*
APPEARANCES ARE DECEITFUL.

The following story was told to me by a
relative of the chief actor, and for what
know it may have been in print. If it has,
it will bear telling again:
Shortly after the close of our last war with
England, silver money was scarce A mer-
chant on Long Wharf in Boston, advertised
for Spanish milled dollars, which we're at that
time an almost universal currency, and with
out which no ship would think of putting to
sea. One day man, clad in roug n farming
garb, hauled up before the merchants door
with yoke of oxen and cart. He said he
was from Roxbury, and had come in after
load Of manure.
"Didn't you advertise for silver dollars p
he asked the merchant.
"For Spanish milled dollars"
Exactly. Do you want anyF
eyes. Have you got any?"
II haven't got any with me" replied the
farmer, "but guess I've got few OF them at
home. What do you give for 'em |"
"The regular premium is four per cent,
said the merchant "but I wouldn't mind pay.
ing you cent or two more tor what you
have"
Say, how much
"Well-say, six per cent"
The farmer scratched his head, and finally
said
81 don't know but that's fair. And now
s'pose you just put it down in writing, and
put in the number of your place, for [ might
be puzzled to find the store again, and you
might not be in when I called"
call right" responded the merchant, TAX
ing his pen. "What is your name?
"Edward Summer"
The merchant then wrote upon piece OF
paper to the effect that he would pay to Ed
ward Summer, Of Roxbury, six per cent pre-
MUM on each and every Spanish milled dol
lar he should deliver within one week from
that date. The farmer took the paper, and
having looked it over, he said, as he folded it
clumsily up
"When / get home I'll look over my silver
money, and if I find any Of them kind of dol
lars, I'll bring 'em in tomorrow forenoon"
The merchant was not at all anxious touch
ing the extra premium he had agreed to pay
as the appearance of the man did not indicate
that his dollars would be plenty.
LARRY Ou Lu0 1olloH1hS o"J3 ao"o'A5 e'A>
aspect of affairs changed. A loud-"Haw
Buck! hb Bright! Whoa-up!' announced
that the man from Roxbury had arrived with
his cart and oxen, and he brought into the
store bag after bag of fair, bright Spanish
milled dollars, until he had deposited ovel
four hundred weight Of the precious metal
amounting to just seven thousand dollars
The merchant was thunderstruck and per
picked, but he was honorably bound, ane
without objection drew his check for thu
amount with the six per cent premium added
remarking as he passed it over
II must acknowledge, sir, that l have been
slightly taken in. l did not suppose from
your appearance that you could leave nj
more than FIVE and twenty dollars at the out
side"
Mr. Sumner replied, as he placed the checl
in his pocket-book-
"My dear sir, I'll repeat to you trutl
which you must have heard before, and whicl
man in your position ought to remember
Appearances oftentimes deceive us. Don't trus
them too far"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-22

CHOLERA AND B1RDs.-German natural
lists, says the London Globe, have called at
tention to a new incident with regard to the
outbreak of epidemics. 1t is on record that
an extraordinary fight of birds has occurred
simultaneously with the appearance OF the
disease. The occasions have been so numer'
GUS and in so many different countries, that it
is impossible to regard the coincidence as
merely accidental. Thus, so far back as the
wear iS4S, birds of all kinds deserted the towns
of St. Petersburg and Riga, and it was in
that year that cholera broke out. The cpl
demic proceeded in its westward course the
following year, and the same phenomenon was
observed in western Prussia in 1S49, and IN
Hanoverin 1850. In all these cases the facts
were chroncled as having occurred at the
time, but they were not supposed to have any
relation mutually. But when these phenom..
ena were more closely observed by men OF
science, more accurate details were given.
Thus, it was found that in the little town of
Przemysl, in Galicia, all the jackdaws took
flight from the streets into the country on the
26th of September, 1872, and that cholera
broke out there two days afterward. On the
Both ofNovember these birds returned from
their spontaneous quarantine, and by that
time the last case of the disease had been re-
corded. The same results had been observed
in southern Germany last year: Both Mu'
Mich and Nuremberg were visited by this cpl
demic in the Autumn, and in these towns it
was observed not merely that the larger birds
fled from the environs into the open country,
but that sparrows and swallows deserted the
town. 1t was repetition of the article in
every sailors creed-that rats desert sinking
ship. The inhabitants of Nuremberg looked
with Joy for the return of the sparrows, who
seem to have arrived as soon as the danger
had disappeared. Foreign physicians seem
to think the state Of the atmosphere, when the
poison is in the air, has direct effect upon
the birds, who instinctively fly from it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-22

REMINGTON, THE Gun. MAKER.-Over fifty
years ago, a youth, working on farm, asked
his father to give him money enough to buy a
gun. The old man could not spare it, but the
boy, nothing daunted, found an old piece of
iron about the place, and in the course of
time contrived to make gun-barrel out oft
with the very meagre facilities afforded by a
country blacksmith's shop. He had not the
materials to make lock and stock, so he
walked to the nearest town and traded for the
necessary attachments, and was encouraged
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-22
Selettrd guetrg.
I,yE BEEN THINKING.

I've been thinking, I've been thinking,
What glorious world were this,
Did folks mind their business more,
And mind their neighbors less!
For instance you and my friend,
Are sadly prone to talk
Of matters that concern us not,
And others follies mock.
I've been thinking, if we'd begin
To mind our own affairs,
That possibly our neighbors might
Contrive to manage theirs.
We have faults enough at home to mend
Itmay be so with others;
It would seem strange if it were not,
Since all mankind are brothers.
Oh! would that we had charity
For every man aud woman;
Forgiveness is the mark of those
Who "to err is human"
Then let us Danish jealousy
Let's lift our fallen brother;
And as we journey down life's road,
Do good to one another.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-22

s6r The following epitaph appears on a
tombstone in Thompson, Connecticut: "Here
lies the body of Jonathan Richardson, x 4 =
who never sacrificed his reason at the altar Of
superstition's god, and who never believed
that Jonah swallowed whale"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-22

drive nail at one hundred yards, who could
not shoot snake in the head
Several revolvers were quickly leveled and
fred at him, but the snake remained unharm.
ed. A soldier then dismounted, and taking
carbine, at the fourth shot nearly severed the
body of the reptile. "Foul p cried old Strad-
die, "you hit him in the body; but take OF
the rattles, the game is yours" The man
then did as he was bid, and there were Just
eleven rattles and a button.-W Western Cor
Philadelphia Press.
How INDIANS CATCH WILD FowL.-A
number of persons from this city and Gold
Hill are at present in the mountains, hunting
and angling. Wild duck are found in some
localities in abundance, and the trout IN the
streams take the hook rapidly. Wild fowls
have not yet made their appearance IN the
market in any quantity, as most of those shot
are KEEP by the sportsmen for their own use.
AS the season advances the Indians will take
the field and capture them in great numbers.
They make large swinging nets out OF strong
cord, which they manufacture from the roots
of fibrous plants. The bark is stripped off
and manipulated and twisted by the squaws
into twine, which is wound into balls ready for
use. It is then woven into nets, some of which
are forty feet in length, the interstices being
about two inches square. These nets are
swung between two trees in some convenient
position on the shore of lake or pond. Early
on cold frosty morning some of the Indians
secrete themselves in neighboring thicket,
while others get into boats, and forming a
semi.circle, advance slowly toward flock OF
ducks, driving them toward the mouth OF the
bayou. They swim slowly off, hesitating to
take flight, being, perhaps, partially benumed
by cold.
The circle narrows, and when the wild fowl
are in front of the nets the Indians in the
boats raise great outcry, and throwing sticks
and stones scare the flock, which arising from
the water flies in an opposite direction, d.
rectly into the net, in the meshes Of which
they become entaugled by their heads and
feet. The Indians on shore spring from their
hiding places, tear down the net and envelop
the ducks in it. They are Joined by their
companions from the water, and the work of
slaughter commences. The necks ofthe birds
are broken as soon as seized, and they are
thrown together in piles. In this manner
several hundred ducks are sometimes taken at
single haul, and the Indians have enough
for their own use and an ample supply tor
the Market Virginia (Neu) Chronicle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-22

A DUT1FUL SoN.-There is now days a
good deal of complaint about the want of
obedience to parental authority on the part of
the rising generation, especially on the part of
the boys. We heard of case the other day
which proves that there are noble exceptions
to the average "boy Of the period" A young
son of one of the principal examiners in the
Patent office at Washington went to pass his
school vacation at an uncles in Kentucky,
near the Ohio river. There was but one re-
striction on the scope of the boys amusement
Horses, dogs, rifles, shot-guns, ETC., etc., were
freely allowed as companions Of his amuse-
ments; but as his cousins were as fond of the
water as so many ducks he was requested to
shun the boat which his cousins were wont to
use in their aquatic excursions. He promised
faithfully, like the dutiful son he is, and de-
parted rejoicing. A recent letter to his faith
er graphically describes various excursions
and the good times" he has enjoyed, among
the very last one in which the cousins had de-
sired to visit the Ohio shore.
"They went over in the boat" writes the
boy, "but I remembered your wishes in that
respect, and so syan, the river." The restric-
tion was removed
T. .. ...Gal &bok +bo -o1Jou, fouor hoe
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-22

aa- 1t is stated that the yellow fever has
never appeared in any climate at an elevation
of over twenty-five hundred feet above the sea.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-10-22

YOUR papa and mamma ; but look straight on the
stage and don with your rare
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-23
.Scntiua, NraLIirss,

Slanh Emissions. thu oUlHtqutEre e slla
iirur,. this sulltais vice, ur az raNcd buAuhi
lndui. paye IL pfaravtd by tue Auuth Of both
Sc A,s /. an almost unlimited extent, producing
elth untiltu. certainty. the fulioNln. train ot
murhIt symptoms, unlrss ,orlbaiod ~ scieniis
hc msdl-Hl mparut,H, Viz; Sallow coAntrn+
auce. dark spots under TIA. eyes, pain in the
head, rinsIn. IA the ears, Eoisc like the rustlin.
of leaves and rattliu. Of tbariutE, untasinpk,
about the luIns, sknuss OF the limbs, conius
eed vision, Eluuttd intellect, los. OF csnlidtncr.
diAdsnce III approaching strangers, n dislike 10
form new acsg.intHncgr, dtpnsisiun to rbun
society, loss OF memory, hectic hsHhes, pinplr-
sad various ,ruptiuhs about tie tacss, turrud
tongue, f,tid breath, coughs, consumption,
night sWeats muIcnsnia aud ifsqu,itt insanity.
Ii relief 10 net obtained, should apply imint.
ciatciy either IN person or by letter, Hndbsso a
cure fycted 10y his new amt scientific mode o.
treating this uis,Hsc, which nsNcr fsIls "a 81.
f.ctins u quick and radical cure,
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-23

We REGRET to learn of the bereave-
ment which has fallen upon Mr.. aud
Mrs. Benjamin F. Small. Their baby
was buried yesterday-Rev. G.. E. Allen
reciting the Episcopal service over the
remains at the residence of Mr.. B. f.
Foster. The iuterment tooh place at
Ophir.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-23

A DANGEROUS CALM succeeded yester-
DAVIS tempestuous visitation of Boreas.
1t was dangerous because of the possible
stealthy advances of Jack Frost-whose
coming now, would make sad havoc.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-23

A FREE TEMPERANCE LECTURE will be
delivered at the U. S. Circuit Court
Room, on Saturday evening next, by
Mrs. Steele, whose husband is the
editor and proprietor of the San joaquin
Valley Argus. published at MERGED City,
California.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-23

r. FRED BROOKS has removed into his
new quarters. So soon as he gets things
arranged he will make a handsome
showing. He is in fine location and
means to do business.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-23
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