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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-25
DRINKS rOR IA IING AND HARVEST.

DRINKS ron HAIING AND HARVEST.
Agricultural Journals persist in rec
ommending various concoctions for
farmers todrink during the heating and
exhausting labors of the hay field and
the harvest field. We have, il our day,
tried these various mixtures, but We
have found nothing equal to pure cold
well water. Active exercise under a SIM
that would raise the mercury above 100
degrees raises the temperature of the
body to a high degree, n degree that
would prove fatal were it not for the
constant operation of natures infallible
cooler - Precipitation. Precipitation
thickens the blood and other fluids,
causing thirst, frequent and intense.
What drink is so well calculated to re-
duce the internal heat and thin the
fluids as cold water? Having decided
upon using cold water as the beverage
of the hay and harvest fields, the next
thing is to use it judiciously. 1t can be
SO used as to be injurious. When the
laborer comes around to the water jug,
or whatever the vessel may be, hot and
thirsty, and breathing rapidly, If he
seizes the vessel and drinks until he is
satisfied, he will cool off too suddenly
and take too much water into his stom-
ach /; but if he will take n mouthful into
his mouth, hold it for a moment, gargle
it in his throat, and then eject it, and
afterward drink a swallow at a time,
pausing n moment between swallows,
he will find that a much less quantity
will suffice to allay his thirst, and he
will cool off more gradually.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-25
DANIEL

"Darnel Webster" remarked Col.
Gumpey, as he trimmed n head of mig
ger-head and fastened it securely be-
tween two decayed teeth in the left
side of his mouth. "Darnel Webster
was n great man. There wasn't
nothin' mean about him. I've hearn
him talk, but it wasn't his talk Sc
much as his generosity hal tuck me.
lie had a kinder careless way like,
that kept him from getting rich. He
never seemed to think what things
cost. l was comm up the Hudson
river along with him once, and in the
mornin' Darnel Webster and me was
washin' our faces and slickin' our ha'r
III the cabin, and he took out a tooth
brush and brushed his teeth. / didn't
see no other toothbrush around, SO l
borrowed his'n; and after 1 used it l
handed it back to him, and what do you
think? Why, Darnel Webster just
siung the tooth. brush into the river +;
and 1 suppose next day he went and
bought him q new one. That's all he
cared about money! There amt 10
such men as Darnel Webster Twin
now" concluded the Colonel medita-
lively. and he squirted a stream OF to-
bacco juice into the fireplace at the
other end of the room.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-25
QUARRELS.

These are ugly things, yet they will
happen, sometimes, even in the best
regulated families. But, very often,
they arise from mere trifes, an illustra-
ton of which is given in the following
old story, which contains so good a
moral that it will bear to be republished
once more, if not several times:
A loving newly married couple sat
down to tea for the first time in their
new home. Happy as a pair of birds,
they were billing and cooling to each
other, when seeing something run out
of the chimney corner, they exclaimed,
one of them, go! see that rat" and
the other, go! see that mouse"
go! no, it Was a rat"
"No it was a mouse"
"Not at all. my dear I saw it, and I
am SURE it was a rat"
"And I saw it, too, and know it was
a mouse"
L say II was q rat.
81 say it was a mouse"
"'Twas q rat" "No, twas a mouse"
"'Twas a rat" "'Twas a mouse"
And they kept it up until both were in
a passion, and finally the bride in her
tears and her anger said she would go
home to her parents, and away she
went.
4 few days or weeks of reflection
showed them both their exceeding folly,
and they readily yielded TO the sugges-
ton of friends that they were a couple
of little fools, and had better come to-
gether again, which they did.
Once more seated at their cheerful
tea-table, in the cosiest of rooms, and
happy in the thought that they were re-
stored to their own sweet home, they
looked across the table into each others
eyes, and one of them said, laughingly,
to the other:
Was it not foolish for us to make
such a big fuss about that good-for-
nothing little mouse?'
"Why, dear, it wasn't n mouse; it
was a rat"
NO, love, it was a mouse. I saw It
myself"
"And so did I, and 1 am sure it was
q rat"
And so al it they went again, n as
positive and uny;elding as the other,
till they were as mad as before, and the
wife went off to her father, and that
ended their living together.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-25
4 NEW

A new community of socialists are
founding n Harmonial Home on Valcour
Island in Lake Champlain. According
to their creed they will indulge in com
pick marriage and no other sort. In
other words, they will be practical free
lovers, and will neither deny their creed
nor sit on the ragged edge Of remorse
to any great extent. They propose to
live ON a great deal Of love and very
little agriculture. There are two hun
bred gudgeons in the party now, and
they extend an invitation to every one
else wishing to live with them. One dis
tinctive featare of this latest lunacy is
that the inmates of the homes are to be
divided by "temperaments into groups
and families, thus avoiding the con-
bination of discordant elements" in one
family. Doubtless the red-haired men
and women will constitute n group,
and those with n fondness for "gush-
ing" another group. Those who have
charge of the organization of these
groups will, however, have a good time
in finding ont the proper place for every
wild fanatic who may join the Harmo-
NAL Brotherhood.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-25

When George was five years old, his
uncle gave him q rocking horse. II was
a very large horse, almost too large for
a small boy ; but George liked it all the
better for that.
1t pleased him greatly for n while (;
but when ne got to be eight years old,
and had been on a visit to the country,
and had had a ride on a real horse, the
rocking horse began to lose its charm
for him.
There was a way, though, to have fun
out of it still; for George had some
young friends, smaller than himself, to
whom such famous rocking horse was
a great delight.
George took much pleasure in SHOW
ing it to them. One day, be invited
Tom Wilson, Charles Brown Sam How
ard, Willie Thompson, and Fred Will
kins, to come in and play with it.
George meant to give all a ride ; but he
found he had invited too many boys for
one horse. There was a dispute at once
as to which should get on first, and, to
settle that question, George had to
mount the horse himself.
Then there was a scramble for the
best places on the rockers. Fred Will
kins secured the hind rocker Charles
Brown seated himself very comfortably
under the horses hind legs Georges
little sister Mary, not to be outdone,
left her ~picture-book on the floor, and
took her place under the horses fore
legs.
The only place left vas the front
rocker. Tom Wilson and Willie
| Thompson both made q Dash for that.
| Tom got it first and then Willie, who
was a little out OF temper, tried to push
him off.
Just then, George started his horse
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-25
How a Coat Used TO be Made.

Boys in these days who can go to a
clothing store, try on coat, and when
they find n that suits, pay for it and
take it home, mayb be interested to know
how boys came by their coats in the
old times. Hon. Amasa Walker tells
this story:
"After I had obtained the wool for
my coat, and carried it q long distance
to be carded, l found the parties over
whelmed with business. Everybody
desired their wool carded as well as ],
and 1 was obliged to wait the natural
course ofevents, whichmeant two weeks.
1 returned home, and when the two
weeks had elapsed, again presented my
self at the mill, ard inquired for the
wool. 1. would be done in less than n
other week. 1t was done when / next
visited them. and l took my possession
home. Ny mother was quite delighted
on my arrival, and at once set to work
10 spin IL Uu u great NEttI. nv lut p
pointed time l made another journey on
horseback with my bundle behind me,
to the cloth store at Knoxville. l WAS
obliged to be contented with receiving
a promise Of the cloth in three weeks.
When that time had gone by I went
again, and had to wait a long time, but
finally obtained my treasure and went
home. After three weeks delay and
disappointment, Uncle Daniel gave me
the cloth for my surtout, and then
Aunt Debby, the tailoress, had to be
engaged to make it. Aunt Debby could
not come for some days, but at last If
ter more hardships in going for her at
early sunrise on a cold, frosty day, and
waiting for her to finish a job, she was
obtained, and the hard-earned garment
was at last completed, as well rs my
brothers Clothes"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-25

PANIC STATIsTICs.-The extent of the
panic Of last September is geographic
ally portrayed in the compared exhibits
of commercial statistics for 1872 and
1873. The amount of liabilities of those
who failed in the former year is esti-
mated Mt S121, DOC, 900, and for the
latter at $3.50, 900, 900. Five thousand
one hundred and eighty-three persons,
firms and corporations contributed to
the financial distress of 1873. OF these
failures, about one-eighth of the whole
number occurred in New York city, and
involved the loss of 500, 500, 900, or
about one-third of the whole amount of
the losses. This disproportion indicates
at the same time the immense business
OF that city, and the amount Of wild and
reckless speculation.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-25

lshlng in their numbers. The time is
commonly about the first of September.
The lesson-if it is a lessons repeated
day after day, the old birds seeming to
be very earnest and anxious about it.
However this part of our friends
theory may be regarded, proofs of the
fact that migration of birds is chiefly
performed by night are sufficiently
abundant, We think, to settle that
point.
Thu wild geese maintain their long
flight alike in the darkness and the
daylight. So, possibly, may the small
birds, and these may escape obervatiop
because of their smallness. That they
do, however, fly in the night, is album
dainty proved by the revelations of the
astronomers telescopes, as well as the
slaughter occasioned by the birds dash
ing heedlessly against the lanterns OF
the lighthouses on the coast.
The astronomer Mitchell (now de-
ceased) speaks of seeing birds cross the
field of his glass, when this was directed
TO the moon in the dead hour of the
night. We have conversed with other
astronomers who affirm that in Septem-
Der and October, judging from the
number which cross the fields OF their
telescopes, the whole air seems TO be
literally filed with birds flying south
ward at night and again in april the
same phenomenon reappears, the only
difference being that the direction of
flight is reversed.-Har9ord Times.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-25

COMFORTABLE quarters Silver twenty
fve-cent pieces.
SPINsTER CITY is one of the Oldest
made towns in Missouri.
The most steadfast followers of our
fortunes-Our creditors.
A F1RsT-RATE axiom-A man should
always grind his own axes.
A BROOKLYN man has namejhis roos-
ter Robinson, because he cru-soe.
WHAT portions of the body are the
best travellers? The two wrists tour
ists).
How to tell fresh shad. First decide
what you want to tell it, then whisper
in its ear.
IL pocket-picking, as in everything
| else, q man never succeeds until he gets
his hand in.
An editor who speaks With the air of
q man who has discovered a new fact
by experience, says the new way to pre-
vent bleeding at the nose, is to keep
your nose out of other peoples bust
ness.
"DocToR," said q man to Abernethy,
my daughter had a fit, and continued
half an hour without sense or knowl-
edge" "Oh," replied the doctor,
"never mind that /; many people con-
tinue so all their lives"
A DOCTOR and a military officer be-
came enamored of the same lady. A
friend asked her which of the two suit
ors she intended to favor. She re-
piled that cit was difficult to tell, they
were both such killing creatures"
RErR1BUTrvE justice sometimes fol-
lows faster than we could expect. An
evii-minded Brooklyn boy propelled a
SNOWFALL at his aunt the other day, and
lodging into a neighboring area, sat
down on a scuttle full of hot ashes.
A COUPLE of neighbors became so in
imical that they would not speak to
each other; out n of them, having
been converted at a camp meeting, on
seeing his former enemy, held out his
hand saying: "How dye do, Kemp?
1 am humble enough to shake hands
with a dog"
In a little town in Missouri q lady
teacher was exercising a class of juven-
lies in mental arithmetic. She COM
menced the question eff you buy q
COW for ten dollars" when up came
| a little hand. "What is it, Johnny?"
Why, you can't buy no kind of a COW
for ten dollars. Father sold II for
sixty dollars the other day, and she was
a regular old scrub at that"
A METROPOLITAN housekeeper adver-
tised recently for a wet nurse. A young
Irish girl offered herself. "How old
are you, Bridget?" said the dame.
Sixteen, pleas, ma'am." "Have you
ever had baby?" "No, ma'am, but
1 am very fond of them" "Then I'm
afraid, Bridget, you will not do for me.
1t is a wet nurse / want" "Oh, phase,
ma'am, l know I'll do /; I'm very aisy to
tache."
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-25

A DEAF old lady, who had brought an
action for damages against a neighbor,
was being examined, when the Judge
suggested n compromise, and instructed
the counsel to ask what she would take
to settle the matter. ellis Honor
wants to know what You will take ?"
asked the learned counsel, bawling as
loud as ever he could in the old lady's
ear. 81 thank his Honor kindly" an
swered the ancient dame /" and if it's
no Inconvenience to him, I'll take a lit
tie warm ale !"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-25
THE LITTLE FOLKS.

The Ducks.
one little black duck,
One little gray,
SIX little white ducks
EurDing out to play;
mo white lady duck, motherly and trim,
Eight little baby ducks, bound fo- a swirl.
one little white duck
Running from the water,
One very Fat duck
Pretty little daughter;
.,,a re-v grave duck, swimming off alone,
one little white duck, standing on u stone.
One little white duck,
Holding up its wings,
One little bobbing duck,
Making water-rings;
one little black duck, turning round its head,
One big black duck-seeh he's gone to bed.
oae little white duck
Waking by its mother:
Look among the water-reeds,
Maybe there's another,
Not another anywhere ? surely you are blind;
push sway :he grass, dear, ducks are hard TO find.
But 7 think my wee duck
IS The incest duck OF all,
he han't any feathers,
And his mouth is sweet and small;
Ee runs with : Light step and jumps upon my knee
And though ne cannot SWIM, he is very dear 10 me.
One lit:ls lady duck, mo:herly and trim,
Eight little baby-ducks, bound for q swim;
one lazy black duck, taking quite a nap;
one precious Little duck, here or mothers lap.
-S,lectei.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-25

The gait OF a fast age-Inyestignte.
The Arizona sentinel., 1874-03-21
. PERSONAL.

Governor Stafford arrived in town last Wednesday afternoon, overland from Los Angeles. in his own conveyance, and left for Tue son yesterday. His many friends here were glad to see him and particularly glad to see him look so well. It is a pleasure to shake the honest hand of the best of all Territorial Governors.
 Wm. A. Werninger arrived in town from Los Yumas Ranch by horseback, Tuesday evening last and departed for home by same conveyance Thursday morning.
 Capt. Polhamus returned from the mouth of the river on the steamer Moh0Ue.
 MT. Patterson and MT. Vedar, from Salt river, have been in town several days, waiting for freight for their wagons, which freight arrived by steamer last Wednesday. On Thursday they  loaded their wagons and on Fri. day morning started for Phenix and Mcdowell. t<f faT
 We regret to have to announce that Wm. Burke of the Colorado H 'tel, was suddenly taken veryI ill, last Thursday morning.
 JIG. Dudley, an old resident off Arizona accompanied Gov. Stafford from Los Angeles. t' .Ltt
The Arizona sentinel., 1874-03-21
ARRIVAL OF ANGORA GOATS

By the arrival of the steamer r0copnh, last Tuesday morning, MT. David Neahr received two fine bucks of this valuable species of wool bearing animals. which he imported from Watsonville, Cali fOrnia, for MT. James Peck of Mo. hawk Station, who intends to cross them with his flock of con- mon goats. These bucks are l5- l6ths pure blood, and are beau tiful animals, with their long, white silky fleece. They are at the corral of Redondo & Froank, where all who desire may have an opportunity of seeing them before they leave for their destination as above. This is the first introduction of the Angora goat to Arizona, and is bound to be followed by others, as we know of several enterprising men who contemplate going into the husi- ness They are said to multiply very fast when they have the opportunity, and Arizona is the very country for them, possessing in climate and range all that coult he desired for their propa- gation. Go into this business then of Arizona who have nothing else to do; there is untold wealth in it.
The Arizona sentinel., 1874-03-21
SAILING.

The scenes witnessed on the river at the city front last Satur- day and Sunday were quite an- nimating. Capt. Mellon. of the c s. N. O., had rigged a skiff in regular nautical style, with tall mast, large sail, ,&c. From the top of the mast fipated a miniature streamer inscribed with the word CoCoPAH while from the peak waved the Stars and Stripes. Some fine sailing was done when such sailors as Capt. Mellon or Jack Wilson were at the helm, but it was very amusing to see the maneuvers of some amateur sailors who insisted on trying their hand, The way they ran on to shoals and had to lower the sail and push and pull to get the boat of, was funny. Capt. Mel
 Ion also rigged boat for the off, cers at the Depot, and Capt. Els. ridge sailed her in fine style, beating up and down the river and handling his craft like an old sailor. Ft ~~
The Arizona sentinel., 1874-03-21
Marine and Commercial
ARRIVED:

At mouth of Colorado river, at 4:3o p. m. March 12-C.S. N. Co.'S steamship Montana, Capt. Me. Donnough, from San Francisco, via Mexican ports, with passen. gers and freight for Yuma. a-.s~ AtlYuma, March IT. at g a. m c. s. N. Co.'S steamer C0copah, Capt. Poole, from mouth of river with passengers and freight per Moatm,a, having in tow Barge No. 2 heavily laden.
 March IS, at 8 p. nc. &. N Co.'S stramer Colorado, Capt. Mel lon, and Barge No. 8, with freight ---l,,' ,'N>'''N' ..t.- uff ft Pr t4.
 March IS. 5 D. mo. s. N. Co.'S steamer Mohave, Capt. Johnson from mouth ofriver towing Barge Yuma, with freight per Montana
The Arizona sentinel., 1874-03-21
How Men in Public Life are Ma .+oi2 aYy ligned. 1si

WASHINGTON, February 21.-
 President Grant was interviewed tNestertay upon Indian Affairs.
 He made great scOmplaint of the
 manner in which the Indian pol. icy of the Administration had
 heen treated by the newspapers.
 He said there was apparently a
 concerted effort to mi>repreSent
 and pervert the results of the Dol. icy. and a determination not to
 give credit for the good accom-.
 plished. and to hold the Admin
 istratiOn responsible for abuses
 and frauds which are the out
 growth of the old system. Under
 the old system. if was impossible
 for any p,rtiOn of the Indian ap.
 prOpriatiOn to reaa.h the Indians
 themselves; under the present ad-
 ministration of I.dian affairs, by
 far the largest part of the goods
 and anEuities went tO the Indians
 directly; and the talk about cor.
 ruptiDn and statement about out ,rages proceed largely from men
 whose opportunities for swindling the Indians have heen cut off
 Under the former system, the Tn, dian plnndererS were 90 power
 ful that an hnnest man could not remain in office. This has been thoroughly reformed, and a dis honest agent Is now the excep. tion, where formerly he vas the rule. With all our efforts, said the President some have surceed- ed in circumvenling and cheat ing the government; but as fast as discovered, they have been | broken up and cast out. He ex- pressed himself, positively, a. gainst any control of Indian atf,irs by the army, except in pnnishing | refractory tribes who refu, ,e to ac. 1 cept governments proff-r of kind for good behavior He cited the case of Indian-COmmis. siOner Smith, as one of peculiar and injustice, from unfairnesS. Papers had for months abused him with out measure, and when he was maint,ined perfect silence and ignored the facts, while Smiths wife had been driv an insane by tho attarks upon her husband. The President thought there should be a new statute for the punishment of ly. ng.
The Arizona sentinel., 1874-03-21
St. Patrick's Day.
GRAND BALL.

On last Wednesday night a ball was given at the Court House in commemoration of St. Patrick's Day, and was altogether a most brilliant and enjoyable affair and participated in by a large humber of our best citizens, without re- gard to nationality or creed. The ladies were, there, in all their beauty and glory, and splendidly dressed. kind, pleasant and fas' cin@ting as they always are. The hall was gaily festooned with flags. In the centre, the Ameri- can flag and the green flag of old Ireland were entwined. Many officers and ladies from Fort Yu. ma were present. Governor Saf. ford who arrived in the afternoon from California was also present. The music was good and the dancing was gay and spirited. It was most truly a cosmopolitan party. No truly liberal hearted man could look upon the scene witdout feeling that the day of national jealousy, hatred and bi- gotry has passed away for here were mingled together,in perfect social enjoyment, people from nearly every cline and of every shade of religious belief Truly the millennium is eoMing-that period foretold by the Prophet of old, when the lion shall lie down with the lamb, and the sheep with the grizzly bear, and the little child shalllead them. 'So mote it be-"
The Arizona sentinel., 1874-03-21
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON. March 17th.- In the Senate to-day, Senator Page presented a resolution from the California Legislature, asking that the lands heretofore with. drawn in California, for the ben- eft of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company, be restored to the public domain; the railroad Company having forfeited its land grants by compliance withits charter. \ SA
The Arizona sentinel., 1874-03-21

A WESTERN paper speaks of the house-cleaning season as that when divine woman has her own way tthe house, while the "old man takes his solemn repast from the top of the flour barrel. and, in sleeping, enjoys the freedom of the interval between his bedroom and the froHt.fence. Itis @ season of meditation, whitewashed and calm unimpassiODed profanity.
The Arizona sentinel., 1874-03-21
SAILED:

March 15 at IO:sO a m, from mouth of river-C. s. N. Co.'S steamship Montana, Capt. McDon. n"ugh, for San Francisco via Mexican ports. >rsy, ali~,i,.iIf
 March Tat daylight. from Yu. mac. s. N. Co.'S steamer Cobra. do, Capt. Mellon, down the river to assist steamer MohaDe in bring ing up freight per MontdnG.
The Arizona sentinel., 1874-03-21
SHIPMENTS:

!. wm. B. Hooper & Co have shipped during the week, by trains of Lord & Williams, Appel. Contreras. Powell, Veder, &c., to Tucson, Florence, Phenix. Grant, Bowie, and other towns and posts in the Territory. 97.6OO lbs. of citi- zen and lO6, 300 lbs. of Government freight. at a4ti- Hf'y"3i nr
 David Neahr has shipped 10000 lbs. citizen freight to Tucson.
The Arizona sentinel., 1874-03-21
CALCUTTA.

CALCUTTA. March 17.-In the Tierhoat District, one hundred thousand starving people applied for relief during the past few days.