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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-05
.PADDY's VERSION OF ExCELs1oR.n

Twas growing dark so terrible fasht,
Win through town up the mountain there pashed
broth of boy, to his neck IN the snow;
As he walked, his shillaleh he swung to and fro.
Saying, it's till the top am bound for to go,
Be jabers!
He looked mortal sad, and his eyes were as bright
AS fire of turf on a coNgld winter night
And divil word that he said could We tell
AS he opened his mouth and let out a YELL
It's up to the top Of the mountain III go,
Onless covered up wild this bothersorne shnow,
Be jabers
Through the windows he saw, as he travelled along,
The light of the candles and fires warm;
But big chunk of ice fell ever his head;
Wild a SWIVEL and groan, by st. Patrick, he said,
It's up till the very tip-top will rush,
And then If it fall it's not meself it'll crush,
Be jabers.
Whist bit, said old man. whose head IVES as
As the snow that fell down on the miserable night;
Shure, yen fall in the wather, me bit Of lad,
For the night is so dark and the walkin' so bad.
Bedadi he'd not lisht 10 word that was said,
But he'd go till the top if he whit on his head.
Be jabers!
bright, buxom young girl, such as like to be
kissed,
Axed him wadn't he shtop, and how could he resist
So swapping his fingers and winking his eye,
While shmiling upon her, made his reply
Faith meant to kape on till got to the top,
But as yer swate self has axed me, may as well
Be jabers!
He shtopped all night and he shtopped all day,
And ye mustn't be akin when he did go away,
For wouldn't he be bastely gossoon
To be LAWN his darlint in the shwate honeymoon
Whin the old man has praties enough and to spare,
Shure he moight as well shtay if he's comfortable
Be jabers,
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-05
A New Lincoln Anecdote.

Col. Lewis d. Campbell, under the
skillful playing of a reporters fingers,
gave forth the following anecdote. He
called upon President Lincoln during
the war, and was kindly received with
the question, "What can / do for you,
Lew?" Informing him of my wish to
go with Mclean to Fort Lafayette, 1
said / desired him to give me permit
to do so. g Is that all?-most certainly
will l." and picking up blank card, he
wrote on it In pencil
"Allow Col Lew. D. Campbell to
enter Fort Lafayette.
GA. LINCOLN"
/ read it, and thanking him said,
"An right. Mr.. President, as far as it
goes; but / would much prefer to have
you add one thing more" Taking the
card again and reading it aloud, he
inquired, "What more do you think
necessary ?" "Please add the words,
also to come outl' Catching the idea,
he stretched out his long legs, and
leaning back in his chair he again
laughed loud enough to be heard all
over the mansion. After adding the
words, which he said were very impor-
tant in those days, he inquired, Slew,
why did you not remain in the army p
you ought 20 be there" Ireplied, My
health failed, and I could not have lived
until now in theservice; but why do you
think should have remained ?" "Be-
cause" said he, "you seem to have the
natural elements for successful military
service. While you are disposed to
push forward, you have at the same
time the prudence to guard the rear
and provide for a safe retreat if neces-
sary."
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-05
Old Hickory.

A correspondent of the Jackson Miss.
NesUs tells how Gen. Jackson got his
title of Old Hickory. He says he got
the story from Capt. William Allen, a
near neighbor of the General, and who
messed with him during the Greek war.
During the campaign the soldiers were
moving rapidly to surprise the Indians,
and were without tents. A cold March
rain came on, mingled with sleet, which
lasted for several days. Gen. Jackson
got a severe cold, but did not complain
as he tried to sleep in muddy bottom
among his half-frozen soldiers. Capt.
Allen and his brother John cut down a
stout hickory tree, peeled off the bark,
and made covering for the General,
who was with difficulty persuaded to
crawl into it. The next morning a
drunken citizen entered the camp, and
seeing the tent, kicked it over. As
Jackson crawled from the ruins, the to-
per cried, "Hello, Old Hickory come
out of your bark and jine us in drink. I"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-05
Thirty Years in Bed.

A case for the curious and speculative
is to be found In this county, five or six
miles southwest of this city, at the resi-
dence of Mr.. John Collins. Miss Sallie
Collins, his sister, who is supposed to
be no less than forty years of age, has
lain in bed for period of thirty years,
and, strange to say, during that time she
has enjoyed good general health. We
conversed with physicians who attended
her fifteen years ago, one of them for
period of eight years regularly. When
about ten or twelve years of age, she
was first taken to her bed, and except
on two occasions, has never left it. The
family lived for number of years in a
log house, and after Miss Collins had
lain in bed about ten years, all of the
family were on one occasion absent
from her room, and Miss Collins OBJ
served house snake leisurely winding
his way on the joist Immediately over
her head. Terror seized her, and be-
fore she knew it she was occupying
bed in the opposite side of the room. In
1859 her brother, John Collins, built
new house on the plantation, to which,
with other members of the family, she
was removed. With these two excep-
tions she has steadfastly kept her place
of repose. 1t is certainly remarkable
case, and battles the skill of the physi-
clans who have attempted to treat it. It
is supposed to be one of the various
manifestations of hysteria. She is re-
ported to be happy and contented with
her lot, and her condition is subject
rarely mentioned in her neighborhood.
-Mo5erly (Mo.) Monitor.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-05
A LONDON LEGEND.

Some years ago, gentleman, whom
we viii call Col Somerville, was de-
sirous of buying q house In the west
end of London, and passing one day
through a wel-known square, ne OBJ
served house to be sold which seemed
to him, as far as outside appearances
and situations were concerned, to be the
very thing he wanted. The printed bill
referred him to firm of estate agents
in the city, and to them he ct once went.
though he could not help entertaining a
misgiving that the price would be ex-
brilliantly high and beyond his means.
No harm, however, could be done, by
simple inquiry. He was agreeably
astonished to find that the sum de-
manded was only four Thousand pounds.
Not being commercial man, he could
not help expressing his establishment at
the small sum demanded, and naively
inquired if the mansion was very much
out of repair. The representative of
the firm replied unhesitatingly tat the
house was in very good repair, and
would not require more than the usual
outlay upon decoration, The Colonel
pressed his inquiries, and as he seemed
to be q likely and desirable purchaser,
he was soon informed of the circum-
stances under which the house in ques-
ton was to be sold. It belonged to a
queer old gentleman, who lived in
aClerkenwell, and who had died intestate,
and the sale was ordered by his next OF
kin, who had been found with some
difficulty. The old gentleman had died,
strangely enough. In the very act OF
drawing up his will. He had Just
penned the words land desire that
my house in = square should be
-" when some kind of a fit seized
him, and he was discovered the mex
morning by his housekeeper, dead il
his chair. Now, the next OF kin wa1
found In Australia or some remote
colony, and was anxious to realize thu
property as quickly as possible. The
house In - square had been uninhab
tied for years. There was not o scral
of furniture In it but it had beer
scrupulously cared for and kept clear
by an elderly deaf woman, who did no
live in it, but used to go to it every
morning and spend almost all day there
and preserved it In such a condition
that the owner might have furnished i
at any time, and came to live Their,
without any sense of discomfort which
would ordinarily arise from residing IL
a house which had not been inhabited
for long time. It was well known,
may add, that the elderly care-takel
never slept there. The Colonel wen
to view the house. He found that hs
had not been deceived by external ap
pearances, or by the description of thu
accommodation detailed by the agent
it was. in short, inst such house as b,
and his wife wanted for town resi-
. dence, and in due course the purchas,
: was completed As he was In no par
sticular hurry to enter, and as Mrs. Som
serville happened to be unwen at thi
particular time. and unable to come Il
London to superintend the furnishing
he contented himself with preparing I
bedroom for his own use on the frs
floor, and another for his valet on tn
floor above. He retained the services
of the elderly deaf woman, who up
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-05

THE Russian nation is the one which
speaks the most languages and which
speaks them the best. One may go
through Germany and not hear word
of French spoken, but he viii be sure
to hear it when he reaches the frontier
of Russia The Russian schools and
gymnasia for girls are of the highest
excellence, and in some of the girls
schools In Moscow the dresses are all
brown, to prevent the bad feelings
which might arrive from comparison
of dresses and toilets.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-05
All Sorts.
OLD folks say this winter is like Is

OLD folks say this winter is like 1916.
PARIS ate five thousand horses last
year.
THE net State debt of New York is
S21, 1878
D1sRAEL1 will probably visit America
early next year.
RIPE strawberries at Centerville, Cal. +,
on New Years day.
The list of Jay Cooke & Co.'s credi-
tors fills more than two pages of the
New York Herald.
THE w(h)ig party is very strong in
Congress just now. There arc seventy
bald-headed men there.
THE amount of gold dug in California
since 1913 is 1880, 700, 900, of which
500, 600, 900 was mined in 1853.
Two MILLIONS and quarter of people
have emigrated from Ireland to America
during the last twenty-five years.
THE degree of risk in travelling on
English railways is evidently not very
great. Last year there were 400, 0O0,-
900 passengers, and of these only 1,500
suffere from accidents
JONI r. LYNCH, colored, is the young
est man in the United States House of
Representatives. He was slave,
without education, at Natchez until the
Union army entered that town. He is
but % years old.
ONE of the largest books In the world
is in process of manufacture in Paris.
It will contain the names of all the in
habitants of Alsace and Lorraine who
have proclaimed their wish to remain
French subjects.
OK the whole globe, at least ninety
million people speak the English Ian
guage /; about seventy-fve millions Ger
man, fifty-ive millions speak Spanish,
and only forty-fve millions speak the
French language. These matters of
fact may serve to remove erroneous
opinions.
The Cuban instruction has cost the
Spaniards 200 to 15, 900 soldiers and
$40, 600, 900 per year since the opening
of hostilities. In other words, In the
last five years Spain has wasted $780,
600, 900, and lost between $4,000 and
rs, 1000 troops by bullet and disease, in
vain effort to subdue the Cubans.
ONLY one eclipse will be visible from
this continent In 1S74-of the moon
total-midnight October 24-25. There
will be one other eclipse of the moon,
partial, and two of the sun, during the
year, but these will not be visible here.
The great astronomical event of the
year will be the transit of Venus, on
Dec. 8, across the face of the sun.
THE two negro girls whose bodies are
naturally united at the hips, and who
were, until lately, shown in this coun-
try, are now on exhibition in Paris.
They are called the Two Headed Night
ingale, and their Manager, Franconi, is
getting rich with them. He brooks no
artificial rivalry, and has sued the pro-
prietor of concert saloon who shows
two girls whose jointure is effected by
fastening them together tightly in a
single bodice. The complaint is that
the bogus curiosity Injuries the business
of the genuine.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-05

Alkan Station.
By BRET HARTE.


CiceIy says you're poetl maybe; amt much on
reckon you'd give me hundred, and beat me
Poetry that's the way some chaps put up idee,
But takes mine straight without sugar." and
that's what's the matter with me-
Poetry Just look round you-slkal, rock and
sase-brush, rock and aIkaI: Amt it pretty page
And the shadow of this yer station the on'y thing
moves in sight
Poetry, Well, no, Polly Polly, run to your mann
Run right away, riy pootyi By-bye! Amt she q
PoetryI That re minds me o. suthin' right in that
Jest shet that door, thar, viii yerl for Ccey's
Ye noted Polly. the babys Amonth afore she was
born,
cicely (my old woman, was moody-lik and forlorn
Out of her head and crazy, and talked of flowers
Family man yourself. sir Well, you know what a
woman be's.
Narvous she was and restless-said that she coudn'
stay-and the nearest woman seventeen miles
But 1 fixed it up with the doctor, and he said he
would be on hand;
And kinder stuck by the shanty, and fenced IN
that bit o. land.
One night-one tenth of OCTOBER woke with o
chill and fright,
For the door it standing open and Ciceiy warni
in sight;
But note was pinned on the blanket, which it said
that abe couldn't stay
But had gone to visit her neiehbor-seventeen miles
awbyl
When and how she stampeded, didn't wait for to
For out In the road next minit started as Wild
she.
Running first this way and that way, like hound
For there wsrnt no track in the darkness to tell me
the way she went.
I've had some mighty mean moments afore KEN
Lost on the plains in So drownded almost, and shot,
Rut out ON this slkah desert hunting crazy wife,
Was rally as Unsatisfactory as anything in my life.
~Cicely! Cicelyl Cicely ri called and held my
And " Csccly ]. came from the canyon-snd all was
still as death.
And aCicely! Cicely! cicely!" came from the rocks
below;
And jest but whisper of "Cicely.r down from
them peaks of snow.
Amt what you csH religious; but jest looked up
to the sky.
think lie.
But up away to the BASTARD, yaller and big and
IL saw OF . suuuint tue blngferSSt KIM OF
star.
Big and yaIler snd dancing it seemed to beckon to
me;
YaIier and big and dancing, such you never
see.
Big and ysller and dancing, never saw such a
star;
And thought Of them harps in the Bible, and
went for it then and thar.
Over the brush and powders stumbled and pushed
ahead;
Keeping the star afore me, went wherever 1t led.
might hev been for hour, when student and
pert and nigh,
Out of the yearth afore me thar riz up baby's cry
Listen, thsr's the same music; but they are
stronger now
Than tho day packed her and her mother-Im
burned If jest know how,
But the doctor KEN the next minnit and the Joke
% the whole thing is
That CHS never knew what happened from that very
night tc thisi
But Cicely says you're poet and maybe you
might some day,
Just sling her a rhyme bout q baby that was born
in q curious way.
And what she says, and. old fellow when you
speak of the star, don't tell
As how twas the doctors lantern-for maybe
twont sound well.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-05

GEORGE BANCROFT wants to retire
from the German mission. He is 70,
but vigorous. He has not yet completed
the tenth volume of his History of the
United States. The work was COM
menced in 1884, and the ninth volume
published In 1866.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-05
PARLOR AND KITCHEN.

PICKLE FOR HAMs.-For one hundred
pounds of ham take six gallons of water,
nine pounds of salt, one quart of mo-
lasses, three ounces of saltpeter, and
one ounce of saleratus. When ready to
smoke they can be soaked and fresh
ened to taste, if too salt.
SPONGE CAKE.-One cup of sugar, one
cup of hour, sifted, four large of five
small eggs. Beat the sugar and yolks
nicely tngether. Beat the whites to a
stiff froth, add to the sugar and yolks ;
then stir in the -four. One teaspoonful
OF essence of lemon. Bake In quick
oven.
10 MAKE SHIRT-B0SOMSG GLOSSY.
solve three ounces of clean, powdered,
white gum Arabic in one pint of water.
When thoroughly dissolved, strain it
through piece of cotton cloth, and
bottle for use. One tablespoonful of
this gum water, added to o pint of
starch, will give a beautiful smooth
gloss to cotton or linen fabrics.
WASHING PowDERs.-Dissolve two
pounds of soap in five and half gallons
of nearly boiling water, and to this add
three large tablespoonfuls of ammonia,
and one of spirits of turpentine. In
ibis the linen IS to be soaked for three
hours, when it is readily cleansed, re-
curing but little rubbing. Ammonia
does not affect linen fiber as soda does.
RICE PUDDMG.-One quart of new
milk, one cupful of seeded raisins, two
thirds of cupful of rice. Keep it hot
in saucepan on the back part of the
stove for two hours, or until the rice is
soft enough. Then add one quart of
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-05
Humorous.

Breath.
SCHooLMAsTER-" What is nothing?"
Boy" 1t is when q man asks you to
hold his horse, and just says, THANK
you"
Go FORTH in haste!
No time to waste
Proclaim to all creation
That men are wise
Who advertise
In the present generation.
THE Green Briar Miss Herald, in
suspending, says: ".Hang this town !
Hang all the men in it-throw the rest
in the river, and plant the town site in
cucumbers -
"Do TRY and talk little common
sense - exclaimed sarcastic lady to
visitor. "Ohl" was the reply, "but
wouldn't that be taking an unfair adj
vantage of your"
TPKINs aroused his wife from sound
sleep the other night, saying he had
seen a ghost In the shape of an ass.
go, let me Sleep was the reply of the
irate dame, "and don't be frightened at
your own shadow"
A NEWSPAPER paragraph says that a
Chicago girl complains to the police that
she has been robbed of 224 gold rings.
Whereupon, mean paragraphist OBJ
serves that, probably, at least 200 OF
them were engagement rings.
CT SAY, Josh, I war gwine down de
street de edder day, an L seed tree
bark" "Why, dat am nothing, Sam.
I seed one holIer once" oval, seed
de same tree leave" "YaI va yal
Did he take his trunk wild him?" "No;
he left dat for board"
A GERMAN peddler sold liquid for
the determination of bugs. Sand how
do you use it ?" inquired the man, after
he had bought it. "Ketch tie bug, un
drop Won little drop into his mout, " an
swered the peddler. 1.-THE deuce you
do p exclaimed the purchaser 4" could
kill it in half the time by stamping OF it. ;"
"Vell, ca mly exclaimed the German,
dat is good way, too"
EVERY person who has ever met o COM
mercial tourist, with his little satchel,
will appreciate the following "The
drummers came down like wolves on the
fold, their toes were all frosted, their
noes all cold. Their weather-peeled
bugles soon shone through the town,
they gobbled the money and sailed it
down, then took few orders and Lit
out of here, with their heads full of
business and skins full of beer"
A YORKSHIRE cook received her last
basting in this manner:
Underneath this crust
Lies the Wondering dust
OF Eleanor Bachelor Shoven,
Well versed in the arts
OF pies, custards and tarts,
And the lucrative trade of the oven.
When she lived long enough,
She made her last puff,
And now she doth lie,
And make her dirt pie,
In hopes that crust may be raised,
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-02-05

EVERY member of Congress from Min
nesota was raised in Maine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-08-21
Washington.

iANnlnArls are already az work for tbe
prominent offices ntho po-toncc department
under VIZ Jewell the new postmaster geuci-
al. including the positions ol selstaut po,t
master beneralslupe, ct which there are three.
The pre- ssue for these offices il not confined
to outside partice hut those already Ia thc dc.
partment arc working FOR step higher i'm
official life
Tnr Secretary OF the rrcasnt, has rrl.r,i
that all newly appointed special asr,ts -haH
be- paid s5pcr day. whether appointed m thc
place OF 20 ~ rs per day men 81 mot.
TIM attcmu made by our government IA
enlarge the system ot ntofchana If p,.t,
cards, is steadily objected to ly En.lani m,
latter government claiming that thcir nina.
ducilon in that country has ploycda failure
lr il said that the parh. Mail Stram.bp
Company viii boz un hand at ,hc neat s,--ion
Of Congress ruicayoung 10 sot = u.hou dol
lars cash A. Subsidy under thcir contract IA,
carving the mail which cousrlc, was uot ,,t.
ricd out by them, hut under the decision ,f IA,
Attorney General inst delivered declared (,
hc still In forcs and hy it The government j.
bound
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-08-21
sPIRITuALIsM AND INSANITY.

The Supreme Court of Maine, in a
will case brought before it, has decided
that belief in Spiritualism is not jpso
tactD proof of insanity, OF even of am
insane delusion. In the case in ques.
ton, the plaintiff sought to break a
will by showing that the testator was
insane because she had professed to
have communication with her deceased
husband IN drawing up the will. In
the decision the Court said:
IF the t"s:a,rix was So influenced bN
others inat tine instrument was In fact
their will and not hers, it is void foi
undue influence but mere advice, opin.
IONS, on argument, however persistent.
ly and strongly argued. will not amount
to undue influence, If tho tcstutrix re-.
tanned her own Judgment and free
agency, SO rs to he governed ultimately
10y her own will, whether She followed
the advice given or rejected it mon
does II makoany difference whether this
advice came from living persons or wa,
supposed to como from tho deceased, A
sire regarded it simply asadvico of upin
iuu. The source OF the advice can
make no difference, # it did not subiu.
gate and overcome the tcstatrix's owl
will.
The case is. nm interesting one. MS il
IS, We believe, the first time that a Su
preme Court has pronounced a decision
IN Which the sanity OF Spiriualism has
been involved.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-08-21
THE SCANDAL.

The status Of the greatscandal cnt the
18th inst gave reason for the belief that
the public is not TO be permitted, after
full and impartial investigation, to
rejoice in Mr.. Beecher's vindioation. OF
to grieve at his downfall but is to be
left in a sort of "vaporous cloud, as it
were. A New York dispatch of that
date says:
"a feeling of disappointment pre-
walls III the community, growing out of
the unsatisfactory end toward which
the BcecherTilton scandal is drifting.
The Withholding from the public OF
Moulton's statement, is the subject of
much unfavorable comment. There is
a general belief that compromise of
the whole affair is on foot. The Argus
says 1T is even stated that Mrs. Tilton
IS prepared to state that she has been
laboring under hallucination: that
Becchor is willing to resign his pastor
ate; that the society will refuse to ac-
ccpt his resignation, and Mr.. Tilton
Will, upon. these considerations, again
open the doorsof his house to his wife. .