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The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-01-11

n Billings says: q know Of
fsr'sers who are SO afflicted
tleoFy that they won't set a gate
N they have had the ground
10y some professor of anat-
e if the Sarth has got the
ind d iDgredanIs in it for
dies. That's that / call run
seorv into ths ground"
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man says thatpA spite
never to- feS cd
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The Nevada Fashion Reporter.
How He Lived and Died.

The fashion reporter Of an Aus
tin City, Nevada, paper described
the belle of the masquerade ball
in the following astounding Ian
guage: "The most gorgeous,
stunning, high-toned, richest,
firstest-classest, incest, or any
other adjutive for costume in the
sout. fit was that worn by Miss
frankie Clarke. She was the
highfalutinest, gayesr and gal
usest dressed gal in the room.
She appeared as =, page, and she
was page that no man would
leave any other man read. Both
in costume and action she was as
perfect as a big sunflower.n A
couple of days after the appear
ance of the notice, into the edito-
rial room of the paper stalked q
young man. His browiwas wrap
ped in thunder, his body in g suit
Of tweed, and his hands clasped, a
big lump of hickory.
EllsHe pulled a paper out Of his
pocket, anp'pointing his finger to
the paragraph said,:s ''Iwantfor
See the man as wrote that ere.'
81 am the iddiyid1al.s = replied the
person, swat did lysr ! 80 and 'll Dc
il fory that's wat ], want ~ know 2
Is,Oh sbecausas Ethought. you'd
fiikeltoises your girl made ont one
of' Tie most bewitching females
that ever was sent on earth te
keepa man from from his ll1' hash i land
driss balmy sleep from his pillow.
lIssNow look here.J lEversinGe that
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BELLEVUE, La, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER Ia, 1874 "
and Mr.. Conger promised to

and Mr.. Conger promised to
call on one condition. 'sName
it," said the lady.il,""That you
take back what yon uttered
twenty-seven years ago. res
piled he. Il take it back" ;"
she faltered, and then "skooted'
out of the gallery, as Gen.
Sherman would say, to hide
the happy tears that sprung to
her eyes as sheo.said it. And
then Mr.. Conger went back to
his seat with a wonderful flow
of spirits, and looking as if his
fifty-and-ive years We're but
five-and-twenty: The other
day there was 4 quiet, happy
wedding in Washington, and
and Mrs. Sibley and Mr.. Cons
ger played the principal char
acters. sIi ;9jc sa5oLs q 33hs4
So ends the story, and it is a
pretty good one, .notwithstand>
ing it lis trne.-l lUhicago Inter-
Ocean. ~ ~
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materialIof civilized opelence
and power, efeh in the best
| auriferous and argentifeforis
districts Of California. and Ne
vada. There is but one thing
to prevent an early and com
plete development here, and
that is the want of railway fa-
cilities, BY which alone a. mar
ket, can be furnished for the
minerals in which this region
isknown to abound. Although
the territory containing these
minerals is as yet but partially
and specifically examined, it
is known that there is capacity
there in iron, coal, and lead
mines to supply every demand
Of the American continent,
while the malachite and fitho-
graphic limestone, brownstone,
soapstone, granite and slate
are destined to occupy a posi-
tion as the best of their class
whenever such materials are
used throughout theeountry.
The quartz-gold, and the
galenaor silver lead, which is
found in a hundred localities,
and which has SO long laid
without d commercial value for
want OF energetic handling,
will soon be made available.
The late developments there
in silver and gold are too 'im>
portant and promising to be
ignored. Want Of capital to
carry on these mining enterpri.
ses on a large remunerative
scale has been the complaint,
but the investments now being
made in these parts by Eastern
capitalists will soon afford a
remedy for this.aiiWe believe
that, within two4years, the
silver and gold products. Of
Llona and San Saba counties
will will vie e' with il their yield eIa Of i cats
tie, cotton and corn,- and a new
Nevada there be opened for
the use of civilized man.
s + Fgk E4f fH If
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Subscription, SO In Advance.
A Congressional Romance.

A Congressional Romance. l'ls
There is romance .senough
about the late marriage Of the
Hon. Omar D. Oonger, of Mich
igan, and Mrs Sihleyfto fitiont
y half-dozen young I couples.
By the side of it the Grants
Satoris affair sinks into insig>
nifcaisce. There was Conger,
who twenty-sevent years ago
was : poor lad IN Milan, Ohio,
struggling with algebraic prob
lelns and cube roots in the
Huron Institute. But, not
withstandiug he grappled so
bravely with these tough and
tiresome studies, be had a slls-
ceptible heart, and so, Wheh
tiis eyes fell upon the beautiful
Miss Humphreys, then a reign
ing belle in that part of Ohio.
he hauled down his colors at
once, and surrendered uncon>
ditionally. The young lady
was interested, andlencouraged
him. in ~ short time they
wev engaged and happy. But
dark clouds will coule, and
sometimes they get between
twblieartsand so obscure. the
vision that neither can discern
the other. So it was here. In
those days young ladies We're
given to i, q,leer pastime called
flirting, happily done away
with in these better times.
Miss Humphreys was addicted
to this kind of amusement, and
she followed it faithfully not>
wiihstanding her engagement,
Nr. Gonger objected, a quarrel
lci,sued. aud the match, was
broken off. Aiterwars. it was
renewed, but the .snaag man
protested once more at the con-
duct Of his fiancee, and they
finally cried quits for good.
in the full belief, no doubt,
that his life was blasted, and
that he had nothing to hope
for except an early death. Mr..
Donger rushed out into the
wilderness with a surveying
party, and for three years carr
.ried the chain in the mineral
regions Of Lake Superior. Then
he wandered 10 Port Huron,
Mich. and, .astonishede to find
that be still lived, concluded
20 settle down to the practice
s.ot the law. He did SO, and
suceesded. Not long after. he
felt anew the touch Of Cupid,
and soon surrendered himself
4 second time to a new love,
and wasmarried, Ip the mean
time Miss Humphreys had also
found another on whom TO
bestow, her affections and had
married Maj. Sibley, of the
appitssd States army, After Ate
this the young, peoples who
had until now watched each
eofhar's movements lost sight
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l The Resources Of our Frontier.

s - - z
From the Austin Statesnah,l 80
We have been forciblyg im>
pressed, Of late, with the thriv-
ing condition,and hopeful pros
poets Of certain Of our frontier
counties, such as Llauo,. San
Saba, McCnlloch. Mason and
Brown. The corn crop this
year is good, the grass excel
lent, while the cotton, though
not Yielding largely, is of supe-
rior quality, DIR. Greenville
DoweH, who is undoubtedly
the leading surgeon of Texas,
and probably OF the whole
Southwest, has been building
up his impaired health by a
summers sojourn in the beau>
tiful mountain valleys of this
region, and he reports the farms
ers as generally thrifty and
well-to-do. Many Of them, es>
pecially in San Saba and Ma
son, use irrigation, and produce
never-failing crops. Their ta>
bles are covered with the best
of meat, fish, venison and other
game, clear mountain honey,
fresh Vegetables, and an abun-
dance of milk aud butter.
The thieving, numbering red
skins, who have, for the last
twenty years, made this part
of our State their continuous
resort, have now retreated to
their villages on the Staked
Plain, to protect their wigwams
and families from the determ>
ined attacks Of Gen. Serbian,
who has concentrated upon
these Arabs of the New World
from all points Of the compass,
an overwhelming force of in
fantry and cavalry, with intent
bring this vexed Indian ques.
ton to sudden and conclusive
settlement. If Gen. Sheridan
is not interferred with by the
Indian ring and, the pseudo
philantrOpists OF the East, he
will, we venture to predict, put
an emphatic end to these per.
petually recurring forays. OF
our suffering frontier settle.
ments. 'isssl 81
When the mineral resorces
of this region are taken into
consideration. the extent Of its
undeveloped wealth is amaz
ing. and almost Ihcalc lculable
We doubt whether there IS any
where else in the q United States
tsuch an amount of the crude
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III CdCu OlJcI dltOSCtucIs uE'
Conger rose in his practice,
was elected Judge, State Sena-
tor, and finally, in 1868, was
elected to Congress-. where he
has since remained. a few
years after his marriage his
wife died, and he did not mar>
ry again, but devoted himself
to his children. This, in brief,
lis Mr.. Conger's history.
= Mrs. Sibley had gone out
upon the ocean oflife in a diff
ferent direction and had be-
come an accomplished lady OF
society. Twelve years after
her marriage her husband died.
Childless and lonely the widow
left for Europe, and after a
lengthy stay upcn the Conti~
nent returned a short time a go,
landing at New York. She
was preparing to proceed to
her old home ia Ohin, when
she took !, strange f;uscy, to
visit Washington. She went,
and for several days amused
herself in ra,ltbles about the
capital. One day she was sits
ting ilistlessly in the House
gallery, Watching the restless
swaying Of political wisdom
OH the floor, when a member Oh
left of the Speaker arose and
addressed the House. Through
all the confusion, the clapping
of hands and murnur OF hum
dreds of voices, the words OF
the. speaker came clear and
distinct to ber. There was
something in the tones strange
~ familiar, and they came as
il reminding her Of a dream
long since, torgottop. Then
she gained ayieW ofthe speak
er, and started as she recogniz-
ed his features. After all these
long years, there she was gaz-
ing upon the face and listen
Ing to the voice of him who
stTE ~tf8 All s&e7f.
had become as one dead to
her. 1t was a strange exper~
ience, but it brought her no
comfort. She had heard that
Mr.. Conger was married years
ago, and to see him now again
conld bring little selse than
painful fulrecollections. She would
depart and make no sign. But
this was not to be. Mr.. Con
ger. had heard that Mrs. Sibley
was in Washington, and it
was not long before he recog-
nized her in the gallery. He
disappeared from the floor, and
while she was revolving the
queer circumstances that
brought them once more under
the same roof she felt a light
touch upon her arm, and, looks
ing up beheld him before her,
Their hearty greetings over,
both became embarrassed.
Each tried to appear altogeth-
er oblivious Of the past, and
each most signally tailed. To
aed a little poetry 4 Z
We cannot kill the past somehow
We cannot shut the door .a
That hangs between what we are now
And what we were before, = -
The rest shall not be known..
Except that with weary tread
s We walk our ways alone.
AT last Mrs. Sibley rose to
go. She would be glad to
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=
out Of her. She sits in front O
the looking glass and keeps gain
on herself, and maxim squint eyes
at her dress, and a puckerin' up
her mouth, and d actin as il
she were a ablasted sight bettern
anybody else. i want this ere
thing fixed, or there'.l be a editors
situation vacant" he looked sig.
nificantly at the club. For a mo-
fment the reporter stock in pro.
found thought; then his face
frightened, and he said, ssI'll fix
il in next weeks paper. After
you've seen the next issue, call
and tell me the result.3 The
young man left. In the next
weeks paper appeared the follow
ing paragraph: i1s,t III fslo
"A CoRREcTIoN.-We made a
grave mistake in our issue, of last
week. In our description Of the
masquerade balk re accidently
substituted the nalhei ii Miss
frankie Glarkei for that of Miss
Georgia Walker. Any one who
whois acquaintGd' with the first,
named ladylmast have discovered
the error. It's true that she APP.
peared for what WAS intended as
a page, but she,looked more like
a bootblack in hard luck. She is
not good looking, her actions were
absurd, and every man, in the
room kept far from her as posi-
bic. She thinks Of moving out Of
this coinmulnty, as it's unappre-
ciative. When she goes, she will
be escorted out OF town by q brass
band. Thepeople Of. Austin will
gladly miss her from among them.''
u The next day the young man
entered the Office. In his hand
he bore rifle, and his belt was
ornainented witha big six.shooter
and tremendous bowie knife.
He sailed up to the reporter. Il
look wafiike don't T? i. don't feel
Il bit like fightin', you bet. You
jecU oughter have seen her when
she read that correction. Why
sheljust danced q jig with mad
ness, and she sot down and cried,
and then she come up aud threw
her arms around my neck. and
said; Arthur, do you love me ?
You bet. your best bonnet on
that said I. well, never expect
me to speak to you again if YOU
don't go and'kill the fellow wat
writ that slander.' In course I
promised. Andhe I am to kin
your hHellaughedl0ng and heart
lily, After aItime he quieted down,
and the reporter said II sup.
pose in order, to makeiit all right
betweenIyon and your Girl, I've
go to become . corpse. TIL do it.
Sit there q minute and I'll fix the
business He sat down at a
desk, aud scribbled. away for a
few minutes, and then returned
with i sheet Of paper on which
was written: ~
s.OBiTUARY.-It grieves us to
I.be compelled to sannounce the
sudden death Of Mr.. Cbas. Keller,
the young aud talented fashion
editor. In = moment Of mental
alteration he had la sllaqldered an
estimable. accomplished and beau
tiful young lady named Miss
frankie Clarke, Yesterday LEI
betrothed called at this office iaalnd
asked for the author of The Sian
der, ana when he ldiseov overed him
shot him dead Oh the spot. Thi.
paper viii beunable togive fash
tioa gossip Aersafser We And 4
impossible TO fiji the tho place lef
vacant BY Mr. Keller, Thppgl
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Another minister has fallen
this time ID Philiadeiphis,.
He trod upon 4 peach-sRiii.
His statement was very brief.
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n Grant proposes tol1fightitit
out On the Third Term lina,if
it takes two years; x,.,.,,.,, s,
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saaVictor Hugo says that Yoks
taire was g parasite rthats If.
he was "a flea of genius, whose
bites aroused sleeping people. !"
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- Ae53t = = -AsSV - sAASS SsSetAeD
to at. Come along, Mr.. Corpse;
and hist = little lightning. The
lady was satisfied when the para
graph appeared in the next issue
Of the paper, her lover imaiu &C.
garded as . hSto, and the Austin
paper ceassd to give reports Of
fashionable balls. s..e~..------.~-..,.--.--.
"a CARPET BAGGEE IS BEEs,
vErED. Under the ,abosH.
caption the Republican 10 = its
Friday issue letst toosaJits LITTLE
shaft Of. satire, against Our
genial friend, Geu.e Ged As A:S
Sheridan. It was q vicious
little arrow. actively ifettihg
in venom, but was too thinry
f1edgetl to do more thai tickle.
Tile very utmost that can be-
urged against Gen. Sheridan
is that lie once held the Office
Of +, ,tax-cqllector ia one Of the
districts in, in, this y / city, When
that is said, all isa said, The
ostrersec,ltesl taxpayers of
his district will iconcede that
he administered the harsh
functions Of his Office with con-
sideraiion and oforLearauce,
and his worst enemy will not
deny that he lett his Office pure
of all suspicion ofcorrpption.n
When we superadd to the
above, that with his l,iY own Hand
he drafted the bill, and ~. his
own efforts he pushed the bill
into a law; which cut down bis bis
own commissions one bali. It
will be readily seen that We
are confronted byte chdrsJter
which honest mon admtfGy and
which the Republican can only
satirize. Give ds al artny Of
such carpet baggefs; and we
shall put them on our roll calls
and promise to brevet the last
one Of them. NJ @, Bulletin
Ben Cox has a big farm and
a big lot Of fine hens The
owls have been a"goidg ESors
Ben's hens. Ben got d pole,
split IT at one end, and insert
ed a sharp scyths blade for tho
owls tollight upon when they
came for hens. Ben put ,ihn5
the oth6t night toatry it.roIhe
next morning haauentI out and
gathered about 4 gallbnfof owl
toes, aid he doesn't amissaanH
more hens either. IS saiffs,Ij
False happiness loves to 2 be
in a crowd and to draw che
eyes of the world upon thgI.
She does not receive any satis-
faction from the appliances
which she gives herself. but
from the admiration which abe
raises in others Addison,u
The crow is not 50 bad a bird
after all. It never shows shB
white feather. aud never scold-
plains without caws. s.ii ,eshoi
Another minister has ''ltsilii lftalisn
this time IN Philiadeiphia.
He trod upon l 'pleach-skih.
| His statement was very brief.
asVictor Hugo says that Yoks
taire was q parasite rthat.. is,
he was "a flea Of genius, whose
bites aroused sleeping people" !"
Grant proposes toItfigbttit
| 4. . 4 4 r
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The crow is not 50 badta q bird
after all. It never, shows, shB
white feather, aud uevers scold-
plains without caws. s.ii ,eeloi
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In Paris they call gray hairs
u alittIe dust from 'tne foah of
Flifen d .s a'bEGoa aitl1
ts sI. /; sad ssiIf
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False happiness loves to be
in a crowd and to draw che
eyes of the world upon thgl.
She does not receive any satis-
faction from the spplauaes
which she gives herself hut
from the admiration which abe
raises in others,-[ Addison, nj
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NUMBER 81.

furated lover. tsThat's the thing
to q I. Come along Mr.. Corpse;
and hist q little lightning. The
lady was satisfied when the para
graph appeared in the next issue
OF the paper, her lover maiuSe-
garded as . h6to, and the Austin
paper ceased to give reports, Of
fashionabl0 balls.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-30
Ancient Civilization in Vermont

In the spring of 1927 Mr. 5. Goodell of
Irasburgh found coat of mail, rolled tc-
gether and lying at the footo a large birch
tree 1t was much cOrodcd by rust upon
the outside, and seemed 10 have lain in
that position very great length of time
1t was made of steel rings about one-fourth
of an inch in diameter, locked together in
the way still ring purses are made, but
much thicker; and instead of being brazed,
or left open. were all nicely riycted. The
wire was about the size of a coarse knitting
needle. The form of the article was like
that of shirt reaching down below the
hips, with the collar made of several thick
nesses of brass wire put together in the
same way, the ends of the sleeves and the
bottom being bordered also with the brass
rings The collar was open before sufli-
GENTLY tor passing the head through, when
it could be fastened so as TO securely pro-
tect the chest and throat 1t was evident
ly designed to protect the wearcr against
spears and arrows, and perhaps the sword
uiSOj Dul ny WHOM anu NHCH IL Was lcll ID
open to conjecture. 1t is now in the Ma
tional Museum at Washington, ID. c.
Some twenty years ago, while party
were at work repairing the Central YER
mont railroad at Swanton, one of the work
men discovered n peculiar wide-looking
stone, as he supposed, in the bank. He
struck it with his shovel and picked it up.
Its heft still further attracted his attention;
and he threw it up to the overseer for his
examination. The oyerscer found it to be
a chunk of lead, much corroded, and COW
cred with sprlcc gum, upon the ends this
he removed with his knife and found the
lead hollow, in the interior of which he
found paper, rough and old, but written
over on one side with words which he
could not fully make out, but which were
afterwards read and fac-simile made OF
the writing, a copy of which is now in the
state cabinet, where the original was placed
by DIR. Hall of Swanton, subject to his
control, and was by him taken and the fac
smile left in its place in 1873. ! under
stood from him that the owner is n lady in
| Burlington, and it is to be hoped that she
will donate the same to the state collection.
The written manuscript, being in ancieA
English, reads as follows;
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PRICE THREE CENTS.


NOVEMBER 90, 1864.
This is the solemn day / must now die.
This is the 90th day since we left the ship.
all have persisted, and on the banks of this
river die So farewell May future pos
terity know our end. JonN GRAY.
Many suppose this the trick of some in
sane person or rogue, and that IL ought not
to receive crcdencc; but the arguments in
its favor are, to many minds, conclusive
as to its antiquity. 1t is deemed certain
that ii was honestly found as above stated.
and also found several feet from the sur
face. Its exact history can probably never
be known.
In 1864, NJ. Mott of Alburgh, cut hem
lock which stood in the hemocls grove
about three-fourths of mile from the lake
The tree was about % inches in diameter.
After the tree was cut, Mr.. Mott noticed
bulge near the butt, which he thought
might injure the stick which he desired,
and so cut off about six feet of it. which
he drew to his house for wood: when he
came to split it he found axe marks in the
interior, showing that ii had, when small.
been hewed on four sides, making it square
Tor IS inches, over which marks had grown
$40 grains that could be distinctly counted.
1t was probable there were several more
but as many as above stated were distinct.
1t seems not impossible that this was mark
cd by Champlain when he discovered the
lake in 1900, or by him in some of his later
visits to the lake, as it seems he visited it
several times before his death in 1875.
Mr.. Mott preserved this specimen for
several years, but one day when from home
his hired man burnt it..
In January, 1872, Hosea Garfield cut
hemlock tree about two and half feet in
diameter, on his place a mile north of the
village in Sheffield. 1t grew on the high
land and was apparently sound, though
somewhat shaky, as is usual for hemoclSs
to be. When the tree fell, about eighteen
inches of the heart pulled out and remain
cd hanging on the stump, revealing axe
marks at the upper end This led Mr. Gar
field to investigate, and he cut out the mark.
1t seems that when the tree was about four
inches in diameter it was cut more than
half down with a sharp axe. This came
near destroying the life of the tree, and the
growth is marked by knuriy growth rath.
or than by regular grains until this mark
was nearly healed outside of this growth
| there were counted distinctly two hundred
and ffty-six grains. 1t seems probably that
| the mark was made two hundred and sew
cnty-five yours ago at least. This is car
lier than it is supposed that men with steel
axes travelled in Vermont, yet of course
some ships crew might have touched upon
the coast or been shipwrecked here, so as
to give the possession of an axe to the In
dian. BE it as it may, it is an interesting
item in the ancient history of Vermont.
This axe mark may be seen in the State
Cabinet.
Should other relics of ancient date be
found, we trust the friends of history will
place them here also that they may be pre-
served.
CURATOR STATE CABINET