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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-04-30
BAKER.
DARTITIoN NOTICE.

John Snider of Vinton county, Ohio, William
Snider, Jacob Snider, Calvin Snider, George
Snider, Abraham Snider, Rachel Snider, and
Mary Cooley and John Cooley her husband, of
Jackson county, Ohio, will take notice that
petition was filed against them on the 18th day
of April, A. d. 1874, in the Court of Common
Pleas of Jackson county, Ohio, by Lizzie Hughes
James A. Hughes, her husband, and is now
pending, wherein the said Lizzie Hughes and
and James A. Hughes in the right of the said
Lizzie Hughes, demand partition of the follow
ing real estate, to-wit 'The east-haH of the
southeast quarter of section u, township s, of
range II, situate in Jackson county, Ohio. Also
the northwest quarter of the southwest quar-
ter of section 7, township T. of range l6 and the
southwest quarter of the southeast Quarter Of
GaIIia county Ohio !" and that, at the next term
of said Court, the said petitioners win apply for
an order that partition may be made of said
premises.
Dated this 14th day of April, A. D. 1874.
LIZZIE HUGHES and
JAMES A. HUG HES, her husband.
By ]. W. LAIRD, their Atty.
ap16-6w
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-04-30
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.

Stations marked thus ~ are flag stations, and
trains will stop when SignaIed to do so.
w. w. PEABODY. Master Transp.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-23
A Trying Affair.

A correspondent of the Sussex, N. J.
Register sends an account of an amusing
event which occurred in Walpack town
ship, near Flatbrook, not long since. The
facts are said to be as follows A young
lady of that vicinity had become enamored
with young man of Pennsylvania birth,
but who has been living in Saltwater twp,
for some time. Desiring to get "spliced,"
they offered certain local preacher, living
near by, So to do the job He informed
them, with many regrets, that he was un-
authorized to perform the CEREMONY
They then dispatched messenger to a
corpulent Squire, residing in the Flat
brook valley, who agreed to come and
marry them. Shortly after he arrived, the
mother of the would-be bride, who had
been absent from home, returned and dis
covered the situation. Selling piece Of
board three OF four feet long and six inches
wide, she proceeded to beabor all parties
concerned. She drove her daughter to the
garret, and the would -be-son-in-law out of
doors. The Squire began to expostulate
with the excited woman, when she sprang
toward him, and told him to "git." He
obeyed the command but when he reach
ed the middle of the road, he told the sor-
rowing parties to come to him and he
would make them one. This still further
enraged the mother, and she charged on
the Squire and forced him to flee home
ward. Later in the day the disappointed
bride and groom were seen weeping and
bewailing the state of affairs The result
of this conference was that early the next
morning they presented themselves before
the Squire in his barnyard. He asked
them to go to tie house, but having learn
ed wisdom from experience, they declined,
stating that they desired to be marred on
the spot, before the BRIDES mother should
be on the war-path. Without further de-
lay the twain were made one the only
living witnesses being the cattle which
surrounded them, who stood by chewing
their cuds in mute astonishment at the
novel proceeding.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-23
An Unpleasant fix.

Quite an amusing incident happened to
the wife of prominent manufacturer of
our city. While walking up Pearl street,
near Hudson avenue, her shoe caught in
crack between the flags and she suddenly
found herself unable to "move OIL" She
was arrested, in her movements. She pull
ed and wriggled her foot in vain, but she
was tight" or at least her shoe was.-
Finally, Rev. Mr.. d. happened along, and
noticing that one of his parishioners had
an inclination to stay in one spot, he said,
" WhereforeP" She replied, "There, that
four" pointing to her right shoe. He i'm
mediately descended to his-knees and at
tempted to extricate it, but his efforts
were also in vain. OF course the unusual
spectacle of gentleman kneeling to lady
in the public streets soon drew together a
crowd, all offering suggestions. One ill
hammered boy was heard to sing "Shoe
fly" but it didn't help matters much ex-
cept to inspire the reverend to fresh ex-
ertion to hide his audible smile. AS it
was getting to be rather embarrassing to
the lady, she good-naturedly requested to
be excused, and unbuttoning her shoe step
ped out of it and into an adjoining store
BY the united efforts Of four Of the strong
est men in the crowd the shoe was finally
extricated and returned to the owner
rather the wOrse for the wrenching it had.
The minister, his massive form reeking
with perspiration, took his way home
ward to change his collar and brush his
unmentionables, while tho victim of the
unfortunate episode continued her course
toward State street, not forgetting, how
ever, to thank the gentlemen for their
kindness. -" Albany journal"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-23
A Biblical Reputation.

Mr.. Lord, who is now residing in Illinois,
was short time since, riding from Jack
sonville to Peoria, in that State, and as he
was passing hut by the roadside, he
noticed shaggy headed boy of about eight
years of age, with large eyes and no hat,
dressed in worn out pair of his fathers
trousers, trying to balance himself on the
splintered top of a hickory stump.
More for the purpose of breaking the
monotony of riding all day without speak
ing, than to gain information, Mr.. Lord
reined his horse up to the fence and ex-
claimed
"My little boy, can you tell me how far
it is to Sangamon Bottom ?"
The boy poised himself on one leg,
opened his large eyes to their largest ex-
tent, and replied
"'Bout six miles reckon.'
"Do you live in that house," inquired
Mr.. Lord.
81 reckon" was the reply.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-23
"Do you enjoy yourself out here in the

"Do you enjoy yourself out here in the
woods2"
ga heap"
"What ails your pants ?"
"Tore 'em, was the laconic answer.
Finding that he had hold of genius
that could not be pumped, Mr.. Lord turn
ed his head to depart, but in return was
now hailed by the boy, who, in comical,
half-reluctant tone, exclaimed
"What mout your name be?"
"Lord, +" was the reply.
The boy here grinned all over, even to
the wrinkles in his fathers trousers, and
seemed hardly able to suppress broad
smoker
you seemed pleased" said Lord
"perhaps you never heard the name be-
fore?'
Yes, have" replied the youngster,
Give heard pap read about you?"
Lord put spurs to his horse, and says
that even the thoughts to which the Incl
dent gave rise, were not sufficient to keep
him from snickering throughout the rest of
the journey.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-23

so long as he did nothing out of malice or
personal spite. Thereafter the laws were
better respected, and there was marked
improvement in the tone of Society at
Nugget City.
Charley White pursued the even tenor
of his way, gaining friends on all sides
until, one unlucky day when he was taking
notes of street fight, he was hit and
mortally wounded by bullet intended for
another man, and the position of local ed
itor was again vacant
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-23

We receive money on deposit and pay back on
demand. We discount notes for period of not
over 60 days, and sell Drafts on Philadelphia and
New York.
On time Deposits, i've per cent. fOrany time over
four months; and for four months four per cent.
We are well provided with all and every facility
for doing Banking Business and knowing, and
for years, feeling the great Inconvenience un-
der which the people Of this County labored forthe
want of a Bank of Discount and Deposit, we have
have determined to supplythe want andthis being
the first Bank ever established in Perry county, we
hope we will be sustained in our efforts, by all the
business men, farmers and mechanics.
This Banking Association is composed of thefO
lowing named partners:
va, sPoSsLER' Bloomfield Perryccounty' Pa.
VIM. II. MILLER, Carlisle,
OFFICERS:
w. A. SPONSLER, President.
WILLIAM WILLIS Cashier
New Bloomfield, 8 5 ly
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-23
BALL SCALES +!

Y b. MARYAHERTH ID. w. DERR and
LIZ JAMES II. GRIER known as
1.-The Ball Scale Company"
have now on hand large supply OF Buoys Patent
COUNTER SCALE, the Simplest, Cheap
est and best Connter Scaiein the market
A1- For Scales, or Agencies In Pennsylvania,
Ohio, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, ad-
dress "The Ball Scale Company" Pottsyile,
Schuylkill county, Pa.
BA- For Scales or Agencies in this County, ap-
ply to the undersigned where they can be seen
and examined any time,
j LEIBY 4 BRO,
Newport, Perry CO., Pa
FRANK MORTIMER,
29tf New Bloomfield, PerrycO., Pa.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-23

Nsg- A German Jew was eating pork
chop in thunderstorm. On heari1g an
unusually loud clap, he laid down his knife
and fork and observed "Vell, did any
poty efer hear such a fuss apout little
biece Of borlx 9''
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-23
New York PaWnbrOkers.

nNE of our New York letter-writers is
~ responsible for the following in regard
to the pawnbrokers
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-06-23
NEW BLOOMFIELD. PA.

opposite THE COURT HO USE,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-04

LONGEVITY. IL IRELAND.-The
Scottish and Irish returns for the
first quarter of the year 1874 show
rate of mortality below the ave-
rage, as it was also in England.
The registers show a death rate in
the quarter at the annual rate of
23:4 per 1000 population in En-
gland; 81 per 1000 in Scotland,
and only 1875 per 1000 in Irland,
but the registration is very incom-
plete in Ireland. The Irish returns
continue to show much longevity.
In the local registers notes appen-
ded to the returns there is men
ton of one death in Scotland at
the age of 100 years, but the Irish
registers show sixteen eenten-
arians, one dying at log, one at
LOT, one at 108, and one at III
years old. In most instances the
local register mentions no proof
of the representation as to age,
but sometimes a special note is ad-
ded. The register of Dungiven
and Extraordinarily registers the
death of awoman described as be.
ing 101 years old, and adds, "Oi
the accurancy of this 1 have nc
donbt." The register of limo
league, Clonakitly, registers a death
at IO4, and says. This man was s
life in lease for three lives signed
in 1771." The register of Abbey
shrule, Bally1nahon, records the
death OF woman aged 10S, anC
adds, Having frequently had con-
versation with her, she told mt
that she was upward of thirty year.
old and married in 1885," The
register of Kilshanning, Mallow
registered the death ofa woman ag
ed1O7, and says, up to three day
before her death she was able t.
walk about and attend to the bust
ness Of q farm house"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-04
REPUBIICAN PLATFORM.
Adopted Hs Topeka, Aug ~
l97A.

The delegates of the Republican
party of Kansas in convention as
sembled, confidently appealing to
the people OF the state for Q contin-
ued support, point with pride to the
record of the Republican achieye :
ments in the past as the best pledge
that the party they represent will
be true to every present or future
obligation. and equal to every pres
ent or future emergency.
The courage. patriotism and wis.
bon of the Republican party has
deem tested and proven; 1t came in
TO beng as the expression of the
people against the iniquity of sIav-
cry; Il continued in power during
the war as the embodiment of theiI
devotion 10 the integrity of the un'
ion IL abolished slavery, suppress
ed armed rebellion and conquered
permanent peace; IL enfranchised
the slaves and secured for them equa
political and civil rights; IL made
Just provision for the nations de-
tenders; it enacted q benellcent
homestead law il organized . finan.
eiai system whereby the nation wal
enabled 10 meet the emergencies 0
- great civil war, TO furnish SOUND
aud uniform currency, and to pre-
vent the commercial depression aHI
disasters usually attendant upon o
succeeding civil strife. By success
ful diplomacy Ii has established
principle of peaceful arbitration be
tween nations. Il has paid 1886,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-04
Curranr aRosh.,,

The New York Tribune quotes
the following as specimen of
much of the insufferable "bosh''
current at the present time. 1t
was clipped from so-called "Re-
form" paper that is insulting the
farmers by talking of and to them
as if they were shallow fools, who
could not appreciate the absurdity
of such talk:
"Let the farmers OF the coun
try suspend operations for one
year only and the whole machin-
cry of trade, from the princely
merchant and banker to the ven
der of gingerbread in the streets
would be more or less out of joint
while absolute failures would bC
the general rule. Railroads would
cease to bear their pouderous trains
of produce, and manHfaetorieI
would be compelled to turn OF
their laboring millions for lack o
raw material. The farmers ar,
the great sabstratum upon which
all other industries arc based, AIT
they are soon to become the grea
| power in the land"
/ The Tribune, commenting Oh
this, says; ST = farmer can al
ford to suspend operations, Gel
tainly other producers can, an
the farmer viii be as badly O
without shoes, clothes, plows, lum
Der, houses, and implements as th
other without potatoes or bread
It is a gigantic fact that q fsrme
i. in America has just as much init
encein the State as any other mai
and no more, and he can no NOR
afford to strike work and refuse t
, cultivate the soil, which is the pr
! session of mankind, than an
! other laborer can afford to liy
I idly"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-04
'z'ae .sGiartien OF Roses -

1t will be remembered that not
long since the managers of the
Northern Pacific road referred in
very glowing terms to the garden of
roses beyond the one hundredth
meridian west, as one of the in
ducements for bond-holders, al
though the German experts had
reported unfavorabiy. Then came
Gen. Hazen, who was living in
that quarter, and stated that he
had meyer found any of the roses,
and that the land wasn't worth q
penny an acre. To Offset this,
Gen. Custer was employed to in
sist upen the garden of roses and
the land flowing with milk and
honey. Now comes correspond
ent who has been through that re-
gion recently, and reports to the
Cincinnati Commercial that he
can't find the roses, but the coun-
try is ''as barren as goose-pasture
in winter, and as gray as a Nor
way rat" The grass hasn't grown
two inches this year. The trees
which have been set out are dying,
There are no gardens, no living
water, no anything. This hardly
compares with the existence OF
many rose gardens. The Chieaso
Tribune fears that the rosy com
p!extion which has been attribu.
ted to this territory is thin, and
that, as in the Beecher case, there
has been some tall lying done by
somebody. In view of the con
fiicting testimony in the case, the
only safety for those who want to
invest money is to go and examine
| fO1. themselves
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-04
TIE STAY LAW.

Mr.. Alfred Taylor, of Gardner
Kansas, in a letter to the Law
renee Journal, raises the question
of a stay law for the relief OF
those who have lost their crops
Tbs difficulty in such a law is
that while needed by many, and q
measure of just relief, yet it must
be general, and thus apply to
many who do not need it and
have not suffered. But as he
says, we believe it is the falling
due of debts incurred that is the
cause of most of the depression
among the farmers. We expect
much from the grange organiza-
ton as the channel of affording
relief, and it seems to be peeu-
Iiarly fortunate that these asso-
Citations are in existence, scat
tered as they are in every neigh
borhood, for by their system of
reports from neighborhood to
county, district and state societies,
the condition and wants of the
people can be aseertained, and re-
lief come down through the same
channels to the needy individuals.
Let the oranges then at once take
hold of the matter-none can do
it half so well.-Kansas City
Journal of Commerce.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-04

SAwDUsr BRANDY.-We are sor-
ny to learn that . German chemist
has succeeded in making q first-rste
brandy ont of sawdust. We are q
friend Of the temperance movement,
and we want il TO succeed, but what
chance win it hsve when man can
take rip-esw and go out and gel
drunk with fenee-raii? What IL
the use of prohibi.ory liquor law
|if a man lie able to make brandy
smashes out of the shingles on his
roof: or If he can get delirium ire
mems by drinking the legs of hil
kitchen chairs? You may shut an
inebriate out Of q gin shop, and keer
him away from taverus, but IL he
can become uproarious on boiled
saWdust and dessicated windos.
stills, any effort ct reform must nee.
essarily be q failure. It will bc
wise, therefore, If temperance so.
cieties viii butcher the German
chemist before he goes any further
Dunn County (Tenn.l News.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-04

BED THEY'VE should never &C
to bed with a hope for rest, sleep
and perfect repose, until call
ready" The preliminaries for re-
tirement are all just as important
as are those for the days duties.
We must not go to bed with an
overloaded stomach, in an anxious
or troubled state of Imind, or with
cold extremities. Standing over a
register, before fire, or in a stove
heated room, is not the best way
to get warm for nights sleep.
We should take such vigorous ex-
ercise as will give quick circula-
ton to the blood, and not depend
on artificial but On natural heat.
Attention to all these things, fol-
lowed by such devotional exercises
as will bring all the feelings, emo
tions, and sentiments into accord
with the Divine will, subduring
passions, removing satred NAL
ice, jealousy, revenge-open-
ing the portals of heaven
to all who seek rest, peace,
and sweet repose. 1t is q happy
custom with many to conclude the
evenings proceedings by singing a
sweet, quiet hymn, "The day is
past and gone etc, which brings
all present in delightful union with
each other and with "Our Father
which art in Heaven"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-04

Throughout New England, and to a
considerable extent in the other states
the practice of cutting the stalks before
the corn is harvested, and before there
ls danger from frosts, is general. This
is done by cutting the stalks very near
| the bottom of the ears of corn. 1t is
best done by sharp shee-kniie or by a
razor blade fitted in q handle. Enough
stalks for bundle are thrown togeth-
or, and when they are wilted or partly
cured, they are tied up and stacked or
stored under cover. This practice is said
20 have been borrowed by the Pilgrim
Fathers from the Indians. When cur
ed in this way the leaves make excel
lent food, and large proportion of the
stalks are eaten. Some hold that the
car loses something by ''tapping" the
corn In this manner, but others affirm
that it is beneficial as far as fastening
ripening is concerned.
Throughout the great corn-growing
region OF the West most farmers snake
q point" to cut up their corn very near
the ground and to preserve 1t in shocks
in the Held. The number who fail to
do this is after all very large, as is ey-
ident to any one who travels about the
country. Other evidences of neglect
may be seen in the number of shocks
so badly made that they blow over,
and in the quantity of stalks that are
wasted on the ground after the opera
ion of husking has commeneed.-
Prairie Farmer.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-04
Honor roKansas.

The manly declaration of Gov.
Osborn, that Kansas would take
care of her own poor, receives the
hearty endorsement of the press
all over the state. The Kansas
Farmer, says that kansas has
enough raised upon her own soil
to prevent her citizens from suf-
fering, and with q half q million
dollars in our state treasury, there
must be no begging expeditions
sent back East" This spirit is
worthy the young empire state of
the New West, and will do more
for her future than she has lost in
the present. Misfortune best
proves the character of a people,
and if improved as Kansas pro
poses in this case, it will in the end
be benefit. Something should
be done Immediately to supply
seed wheat to those in need, as it
should be in the ground by the
middle of September in most parts
of the state. The Atchison To-
peka and Santa Fe road has made
timely move in this direction,
and we expect TO see the other
roads follow. AS we look upon it
this thing of seed for the next crop
as the first thing to be attended to
and then Others in their turn.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-04
SHERIFF,S SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue Of
IN an order of sale issued out OF the Dis
trict Court of Lyon county, Kansas, in 9
cause wherein Henry Breiner was plaintiff
and T. H. Walker and wife were defendants
L will on Monday the 18th day Of Septem Der,
1874, at II O'Clock, a. M, at tho front door OF
public auction to the highest bidder for cash
the following described real eAtate to-wit
The northwest Y OF section 1S, township 20.
ship g. range l2; the north west y of section
II, township 81, range IL, the south = of sec
tiOn !, township 81, range IL, all situated in
sand defendants 4. II Walker and wife to sat
isfy said order of sale. JOHN BAY,
Sheriff of Lyon county.
Sherifas oh1ce, Lyon county, August l4th,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-09-04
IFor TIE NEws.l
THE .HzOPPEEs CRUSADE.
BY JoR. JALFoRD.

BY JoR. JALFORD.
Not s. nnbbin is LEFT, not shuek, not hlad
ofan the corn that we planted;
The grassheppers came on their horrible raid
And corn was the stun that they wanted.
We planted onr scrap in the spring of the
year
ON the sod we'd so lately been turning,
BY the sweat OF our Draw. by the dirt IN our
ear,
And waited fsr roastin' with yearuing.
We thought as we chopped the hole in the
ground,
And dropped in our three grains OF corn, -
That roasting ear time would soon come
around.
And orr stomaehs not feel so forlorn
Nothing remains but the stalks and the roots,
And little remains to be said;
Of our long summers labor these are the
fruits
Alter the 8 Hopper Crusade
'Tis said they will rise on the wings of the
wind,
And gently be waited away;
No objection to which we've been able TO find.
And, d-n 'enl, VIC hope they viii stay.
Newton Kans Au1 "a