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The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-05-08

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The Grange advance., 1874-10-14
Eenininitfes.

~-~e@s@Se~0S
"A married girl of thirteen seeking
divorce on the ground that she is too
young, is one of the latest social devel-
opments Of Indianapolis.
"A Boston court has decided that if
a woman lends money to her husband
she cannot get it back. This decision
will not be new to many wives.
-"Will you take flower from me?"
is the title of the last song. We've
known men to talk that way and then
pitch EN- down stairs after marriage.
"A Dubuque cooper, whose wife
was always scolding, barrelled her up
and rolled her around the shop until
she solemnly promised to reform.
-"Don't be angry with me, darling''
is an appropriate song for man to
sing after he has blackened both of his
wite's eyes. 1t goes to show that he is
man Of fine feeling.
"A man was boasting that he had
been married for twenty years and had
never given his wife a cross word.
Those who knew him say he didn't
dare to.
AT a meeting Of Congregational
ministers, one gentleman, who stated
that he had been eastward with his
superintendent" was interrupted by a
brother clergyman, who asked if he
meant his wife.
The Grange advance., 1874-10-14

At that tine the Lacroix city tax bills
had mounted up to $50, 1000. He tried
as usual to evade it, but Warmoth's
free lances were rough and hungry, and
they drove him hard. At last he gath.
cred together the required amount, and,
so rumor says, gave it to his son to
make the settlement with. Here comes
in the secret Of the drama. They say
the young man lost the money or was
cheated out of it in some way, and
wrecks afterward the old man
was made suddenly aware that
the $4,000 was still un-
paid and his property trembling in the
balance. Then he broke down. 1t was
hard enough for him to part with
money at the best of times, and this
disaster filled his cup. Report hath it
that he cast the prodigal forth with
curses, and from that moment fell into
a stolid, obstinate inaction which moth
ing could arouse. Numerous attempts
were made to Induce in him some meas
ures of selfprotection. Bankers,
brokers, who liked him as relic Of the
good old time, or wished, evidently, to
make reasonable profit on the lob,
offered the funds necessary to release
his property. 1t was of no avail. At
the beginning of the present year the
bills: State and city, reached over
$4,000, and at last,;, after more than
three years Of forbearance, the author
tiles moved, the hammer was uplifted.
and Francois Lacroix' 5 colossal fortune
began to crumble::
l have dropped in once or twice at
the Auctioneers' Exchange to watch
the progress of the drama. All its in
terest centers in Lacroix himself. He
sits on the steps Of the rostrum, fool.
ish and yet a touching figure. Dressed
in shabby linen, with his homemade
calico shirt open at the throat, smok.
ing-always smoking-a wretchcd, dis
solute.looking cigar, grinning vacantly
whenever the hammer falls, and never
by any chance meeting the spectators
eye, he is a picture at once forlorn and
tragic. They say he is crazy, that he
has deliberately furthered this sacrifice
in order to destroy his faithless sons
inheritance; his other son, the darling
on whom he lavished all his love and
generosity, was killed in the Mechanics
Institute riot of 1866. I do not know
how this Is. I cannot quite make him
out. Ills yellow face seems very un.
meaning. His struggling white hairs
are fraught with dignity. He watches
the dissipation Of his superb fortune
with apparent indifference. Once, when
some especially beloved property was
disposed of he gave way. He sobbed
piteously and his hand hurried unstead.
lily to his eyes for just one instant.
That was the only time. Before and
since there has been no sign of feeling
or indeed OF consciousness. He is too
narrow and suspicious to be hero, too
selfish to be martyr, too ignorant to
be strategist. I am bound to believe
as see him looking on unmoved while
his possessions go to sharpers as a gift,
that he is poor demented old man
that age and avarice have driven mad :,
He is one Of the last Of the ancient
class Of free born French colored men,
and his was one Of the last of those
superb estates which war and carpet
baggers have left in Louisiana.
The Grange advance., 1874-10-14
An Invensive Newport Relic.

Au AASeWSAV0 Newport Bell0s
A A good story is told Of a young lady
ofNewport, hose taste and invention
were much greater than her means.
Invited to one Of the villa parties.
where she knew point lace would be 1t
a discount, and diamonds 1T 4 running
scale of magnifcence, she set her Wits to
work to make herself presentable in
such gorgeous company. She had
neither point-lace nor diamonds, and
what is more to the point, she had no
money to buy much more than =
Selico gown. What was to be done {!
'She did as Cinderella did-transformed
khat to the less brilliant mind
rs untransformable, by the aid Of her
s'ry OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Wit. Hang
s up in her closet was An old white
k-yellowed, wrinkled, tattereds Its
1t allotted use was to figure in !
tch.work guilt but in her dilemma
Is ghost ofa gown, this phantom from
The Grange advance., 1874-10-14

Rev. G. w. Lacore of Tennessee
declines the call of the negroes of the
Knoxville district to run for Congress,
on the ground that his moral worth un.
,f1ta him for Congress-. Fact. G*'*
That grand juryhansat Salt Lake
whose comrades on the jury indicted
him for polygamy 9 few days ago, has
now been indicted for murder commit
ted fourteen years ago gahd has been
lodged in5prison, having refused to give
bail. The name Of the ~ 4ottpnats is
Thomas =. Ricks.
The Grange advance., 1874-10-14

= score or more Of parties, confrentcd
her, and with sudden inspiration, she
took the phantom from it's peg and
opened her paint-box-for she is An art
list Of no mean ability-and presently
over the faded surface sprang delicate
tracery Of field flowers. And the end
Of her labor was the result that not
only Solomon in all his glory was
eclipsed, but all the other women in
their diamonds and lace.
The Grange advance., 1874-10-14

SIR: lam both surprised and as.
tonished at the receipt Of a note from
you inviting me to accompany you to
the ''hop" of the Young Mems Club
on Thursday night. Your presumption
is beyond all measure. You mistake
propriety and presume upon an '*intro-
duction Of convenience" You have nv
answer in the significance Of the above,
and hope never again to receive line
from you.
The Grange advance., 1874-10-14
P0repa Rosa.

Lucy Hooper, writing to the Phila.
delphia Press. says: have recently
heard some touching details connected
with the last hours of the beloved and
lamented Parepa Rosa. She was in un.
usual health and spirits during the days
that Immediately preceded her death,
and ole day she not only rehearsed the
whole Of 'Lohengrin," but also enter
tain ed some company in the evening.
That night her child was born-dead.
On learning the fact of the death of this
ardently-expected and long.desired in
FAINT, the shock seemed to turn the
poor mothers brain; she became de-
l:rious, wildly accusing herself of hav-
ing caused the death of her child by
imprudence and over.exertion, and in
that state she continued til! her death.
Her husband is sadly broken down both
in health and spirits by his great loss,
and though he is now engaged in form
ing An English opera troupe to
travel during the coming sea-
son through the leading cities
of Great Britain, he is said to be
totally Indifferent and spiritless, posses
sing scarce shadow of his old business
energy and artistic enthusiasm. How
well remember the grand farewell per-
formance of the Parepa troupe in New
York: the crowded house, the over
whelming enthusiasm, the scarcely con-
cealed emotion of the sweet and loyable
and womanly prima donna, and the .gi-
tated farewell speech Of Carl Rosa him
self! God wiling he cried, we will
soon be with you again!' But God was
not willing, for the other half Of that
impetuous we will never return to US
any more"
The Grange advance., 1874-10-14

"A lady correspondent writes to the
Boston Advertiser have just re-
turned from q charming visit to the
chateau Of Johsnnisberg. 1 wish
could give you the slightest idea ofits
beauties, not so much Of it's exterior,
with which every one is familiar be-
cause Of the picture printed on the bot
ties, but the Princess has had the talent
and taste to make out of four square
walls a most exquisite chateau. Invent
from Sommerberg on the IL o'clock
train and found the Prince waiting for
me with landau and Positions. We
drove up the long hill into the large
court yard. where we found the prin-
cess and her guests waiting to receive
US. She kissed me and presented me to
the ladies, several of whom / knew.
Before doing anything else
the Princess showed me the
house. The large hall, supported by
pillars, is all furnished in mating, and
the wood work is painted brick red.
Trees, rugs, lantern, screens, divans,
ivy everywhere; baldaquins over the
window, a grand piano on one side, a
large table covered with books in the
center. Opening from this on both
sides were rooms, each one more beau
tiful than the other; one is embroid-
cred; other in perse given by the Shah
himself; the dining room is lined en-
tirely with old porcelains the
beautiful view Of the Rhine from
every window. never saw such taste
exhibited, such notions, such turning to
account of every nook and corner. The
gentlemen were busy making a kite
which didn't fly. We played croquet
and then had some music. The Prince
has composed so,ae very pretty songs.
At $50 we dined. We drank Johan-
nisberg, but were told that visit was
to be paid later to the cellar. EVERY
thing, even to the carrots and bread,
comes from Paris. The terrace is a per.
feet carpet Of flowers, all colors blend.
ing most artistically. We took coffee
on the terrace, and walked
about there till the time
came to 60 the cellar. The attendant,
handsome young gentleman, was pre-
sented to me. None of the persons
staying there had yet been down. Will
komm was written in transparencies.
The perfume was quite suffocating when
we went in, but we got accustomed to
it in a little while. Each cask had a
candle on 1.-THE cellar is about one
hundred feet long and there are four
rows of casks. After we had walked
through the vaults we sat at a table,
and all the different years of the best
Johannisberg were served US by
the attendant and his aid.de.camp.
Each glass seemed better than
the other, but they took care to alter
nate the sweet and the dry-only one
glass was served, and we tasted and
passed it on to each other. The table
where we sat was prett;ly arranged
with flowers and plants behind US.
There were speeches made, and, after
thanking the attendant, we went up
again to the fresh air. Then began the
fireworks on the terra :e, and the Ben
gal lights. At 10 left to come home.
h. was at the station to meet me, and
we had a pleasant drive to the house.
Johannis1erg is very near this, so near
that when we go on horseback through
the forest we see it in the opening.
The Grange advance., 1874-10-14
4 MILLIONAIRE PAuPER.

Orleans--A Quadroom millionaire
Allows 11fs Property to he Sold
Rather than Pay Hfs TaXes..The
Home 0f the MiseE..1lis Eistory.-
A Scene at the Auction Exchange.
The Grange advance., 1874-10-14
HONE, Thursday eve.

SIR: Your presumptuous note has
been received. How dare you address
me on so familiar terms? Should ever
hear from you again will hand your
lines to my father and he will give such
attention as you deserve. Yours en-
phatically. --.
The Grange advance., 1874-10-14
DUBUQUE, Oct. l, 1874.

SIR: Your esteemed favor Of this
day is received, inviting me to accom-
pany you to the club shop" Our &C.
quaintance is limited, and I was somc-
what surprised at the receipt of your
favor, but you are so we'll spoken Of by
my friends that will accept, trusting
that better acquaintance may ripen in-
to higher respect and a very pleasant
acquaintance. LITTLE KITTY.
SIR: Your presumptuous note of
Oct. 2 is received. / cannot find words
to express my surprise at receiving
such note from person to whom
have never had an introduction. Ire.
turn your note. Never send another
at your peril. My brother attends to
gentlemen who intrude upon or insults
his sister.
Besides these highly interesting
epist'es, the young man was actually
waited upon by : highly inccnsed
father, who ''talked hot English to
him. and so fast that, before the
young man could get in = word Of ex-
planation, he was in imminent danger
Of being obliterated by the *old Gov.
ernor,' whose anger grew hot with his
words.
The Grange advance., 1874-10-14
THE JOKE DIS COURTEOUS.

u The NkE DIS COURTEOUS.
Or the Fun Poked at q Dubuque,
Iowa, Nobby Yo,,ng Nan.
[From the Dubuque, Iowa, Times, Od. ~
Some jokers in the city played =
rather rough one on one of our nobby
young gcntleme n few days since, who
imagines he is general favorite in So
ciety circles, and boasts that he never
''gets the mitten" from the girls. A
short time since a "club'' ball was an
nounced and the invitations extended
to the young gentlemen, they to invite
their own "company.' These jokers
eounterfeited numerous notes of invita-
tions to young ladies, signed with this
young gentleman's name. The ''gen-
eral favorite' Immediately thereafter
commenced to his amazement, receiving
''letters of accertance'' from his young
lady friends, but more that sent their
declinations with regrets. He was
dumbfounded and aston'shed beyond
measure, as note after note came pour
ing in; and he found, when he sat
down to foot up the list,
that he had five engagements
and fifteen declinations. Sweat poured
from his broad and gentle brow as he
contemplated the pile of letters before
him. What did they mean? Had the
women by some sudden revolution
achieved their rights and turned the
tables in society matters as well as in
everything else? Had these correspon-
dents all connived together to play q
joke on him? What the deuce is up,
anyway? These and hundreds Of other
thoughts whirled through his brain,
but he didn't hit the right one. And
then among the "regrets" were some
that wounded his pride, and he didn't
know how many Of these invitations
had been received and consigned to the
contempt Of grinding under somebody's
heel. He was in an anguish
of torment from which there
was no rest. Selecting from
among the ''acceptances'' one with
whom he was on familiar terms, he
called on her and asked to see her note
Of invitation. This was produced, and
then "the cat was out Of the bag" Al
though it was good counterfeit Of his
own handwriting and the lady thus i'm
posed upon, he explained to her the
real situation Of things, and then they
had good hearty laugh. It didn't
take that young man long to get out of
the dilemma after this. He wrote notes
explaining the fraud, and replied in
quite as naughty terms as those who
had haughtily worded their notes Of de-
elinati0n.
We were put in possession Of some o f
the replies that came to the notes Of the
young man, and from among these
choicely-worded little souveniers we
have selected the following for the pub
lie eye, as showing how well some Du-
buque girls can take care Of their COR
respondence:
HOME Thursday eve
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-19
The District Meetings and County
Convention
When shall they Meet?

We respectfully suggest to the demo,
cratic and conservative voters of Harde>
man county that the meetings in the
civil districts for the purpose ofselectiRg
delegates to the county convention be
held on Saturday the 8th day of August,
two days after the August election, and
that the county conventionn be held on
Saturday the 10Th day of August 1t
will be the duty Of the county conven>
ton to nominate q candidate for the
legislature and also to appoint delegates
to the fotorial, senatorial, congressional
and State conventions.
This suggestion is in accordance with
the plan approved by the State Exec
utive Committee which cannot fail if
acted upon with any degree of interest
By the people, to give satisfaction to the
masses. TT IS hoped that the voters in
each district viii take steps to have a
full meeting and send their best men to
the convention. At these district meet
ings the merits of candidates can be
discussed, or if thought proper, arranger
ments can be made to bring forward
suitable gentlemen for position who would
not otherwise aspire to any place within
the gift Of the people. The delegates
selected VIII then be prepared to act
more in accordance with the wishes Of
those whom they represent When
they assemble in convention on the 10Th
of August, an organization being affect
ed, the work of nominating a candidate
can be entered upon without that confu-
sion which we generally see at most COM
ventions.
These suggestions are made in no
spirit of dictation but with a view to con-
serve the interests of the conservative
voters Ct the county. We have, as
journalists, no fa7orites in this contest,
and ifthe convention is conducted in
spirit Of fairness, as we verify believe 1t
will be, we shall try to sink all personal
considerations and give the nominee our
earnest support. The Importance of
having q good man to represent US in
the next legislature is patent to ell, and
the only true way to secure one is, for
the people to take an interest in this
matter and make the district meetings
as large as possible. We hope to see
every district in the county fully repre-
scented in the county convention by her
best men.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-19
Our Opportunity.

If the Democratic and Conservative
masses viii act with prudence, zeal and
energy throughout the political cam
paiga this year an overwhelming victory
will be the result. Two years ago they
were unfortunately divided, and this
division at first was brought about by q
few individuals who could not be inr
duced to sacrifice personal ambition for
the common welfare of all This year
the Republicans of Tennessee are hard
aground on the breakers, the Civil Rights
Bill setting them face to face, and the
"F war in their house" promises to be
more bitter than that experienced by
the friends Of Cheatham and johnson.
two years ago. Brownlow and his TWEEN
ty-fvo thousand followers in East Tenn
essee will never swallow the "dead
Summers legacy" to the poor white
people Of this State, and they viii not
support any man who is in favor of it.
On the other hand, the negroes while in
convention at Nashville a short time
since, resolved that they would hold
every white man as a personal enemy to
their race who voted against the bill or
was opposed to its passage To this
high'handed measure ignorant bigots
like Ed. Shaw Of Memphis will cling
with the tenacjty Of SpaIdings's glue.
Here then is the rock upon which they
split, and here is the opportunity for a
decided change in our Representation in
and out of Con gress. Let US make no
mistake, but seize upon the work before
US ike men who, understanding the stu
alton, are determined to achieve victory.
Most certainly some sacrifices of person.
al preferment and personal ambition
must be made, and the man who is not
willing to make them is Of the rule or
ruin stripe and utterly unfit to fiji an
Office himself or II Ike q selection which
is calculated to win. We do not pretend
to advance the idea that every man can
be satisfied or have his particular views
met by the convention system, but we
do say that through the bodies of duly
organized conventions must come v5cto~
~ to the opponents Of radicalism If it
ever comes at all The voters them
selves must look to this; it is for them to
put the ball in motion; it is for them to
act; it . for them to meet in convention
and define their position on leading
topics now agitating the country, make
nominations and achieve victory, or it is
for them to fritter away precious time
in aimless gable; sleep on their post
of duty and encounter defeat at every
turn. We ask the people Of this good
old county to think of the glorious oppor,
tunitY they now have, and to act as be-,
comes men Impractical sense.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-19

The Offices belong to the people and
it is unquestionabIy the right CT the peo>
pie to organize for the purpose Of mans
ing the candidates for the various posi-
tons of trust and honor. Persons
prompted By selfish motives will doubts
less strive in the coming canvass to
bring any move at organization on the
part of the conservatives into disrepute
by the same old cry in regard to the
corruption Of all conventions We warn
the solid men Of the country against the
harangUe5 Of these small fry politicians,
who know that they cannot attain their
selfish purposes except through the dis
organization of the conservatives. These
same men have so far failed to suggests
plan by which we can elect conservatives
to Office if we are to Ignore the action of
the conventions. Then, too, there are
unfortunately many good men who have
been thoroughly Disguised with the cons
ventiOn system because in this county
they have ordinarily been improperly con
stituted. To all such we can only say that
it will be impossible to elect conserva~
tivcs, unless we have some kind of organ
ization, and the way to prevent unfair
dealing is to attend the civil district
meetings and send the best men to the
conventions.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-19
& Capital idea.

Some one has suggested that a test of
the sincerity manifested by the northern
people for the passage of "poor dead
Summers civil rights bill " be made. 1t
Is q capital idea Let the people of the
Southern States make arrangement by
which party of forty-fve or fifty me-
groes, big and little, old and young, of
all ages and both sexes, be collected at
say Memphis, and start them north on
pleasure trip. Land them at Cairo,
and call for the BEST ACCOMMODATIONS
get first class tickets for Chicago; let
them demand places in the sleeping
coaches; let them stop off at Spring
field-giving them the run Of the hotels,
places Of amusement, etc, in that city :.
do the same thing in Chicago; at Sarato-
ga, in fact everywhere that they nav
wish to 90. Furnish them the means,
and let them 60 wherever they nav.
Start similar party from Atlanta, Ga,
and let them strike at Cincinnati Start
another party from Richmond, and let
them 20 north via Philadelphia and New
York. If this does not prove the puds
ding then there viii be no further use
Of " chawing the bag!" Put the ball in
motion, and hundreds Of contributors
will be found al over the land.