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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-08
The Mills Have Closed To-Day.

Annie, is the babie better?
Worse? The Lord befriend us ALL
Cannot live? Oh, God in Heaven,
Hear thy suffering servants call.
Nearer, dearest, let the children
Hear the words have to say;
Put your loving arms about me
For the mills have closed to-day.
And our little child is dying!
No! no. no! Not dying yeti
Have you prayed with long beseeching,
For the helpless little pet?
Heaven must have mercy sometimes;
Others thrive who do not pray;
Oh, that troubles might come singly;
But the mills have closed to-day!
Other hands have saved up money;
And can give their children bread;
Must our darlings cry for hunger,
When our little one is deadg
Dead! 1t cannot be she's dying.
Has the doctor gone away?
And cannot pay him, either,
For the mills have closed to-day.
Why was laid up last winter?
Reasons why are hard to learn;
1t was only this last Sunday
That the head of our concern
Gave away some trifiing thousands
To the chureh-a debt to pay;
He could spare it from his millions
But the mills have closed to-day.
Laughing. Yes, because Pm jolly?
It's joke-we dreamed it ALL
What's the need to look so CHASTITY?
Nightmare dreams are troubles small
All! the moaning in the cradle!
Mercy! mercy! Pray, love, pray!
Death is clutching at our darling,
And the mills have closed to-day.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-08

H Mississippi Oranges offer free
leaseholds of forty acres of land for
five years to every white family that
will come and live there.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-08
Ripening for Death.

No one (says Won Humboldt) can
fear death less than do, neither am 1
much attached to life; but have never
known the feeling of an anxious longing
for death; and although it be a nobler
one than that of an absolute weariness
of existence it is nevertheless blama-
BILE. Life must first, for as long
period as Providence wills It, be en-
joyed or sutfered-in one word. gone
through. and that with a full submis-
sion, without murmuring, lamenting
or ripening. There is one impor-
tant law of nature which we should
never Use sight of mean that of
ripening for death Death is not
break in existence. it is but an inter
mediate circumstance. transition
from one form Of our final existence TO
another. The moment Of maturity for
death can not be decided by any hu-
man wisdom or inward feeling; and to
attempt to do so would be nothing bet
ter than the vain rashness of human
pride. That decision can only be
made BY Him who can at once look
back through our whole course; and
both reason and duty require that we
should leave the hour to Him, and
never rebel against His DEGREES by a
single important wish the first and
most important thing is, to learn to
master ourselves with peaceful conf
dence on Him who never changes,
looking on every situation, whether
pleasant or otherwise, as source from
which our interior existence and indi-
yidual character may draw increasing
strength; and hence springs that entire
which few attain 10 although
all fancy they feelit.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-08

The consumption of horses and dom
keys as food is steadily increasing in
France.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-08
History of a Maidstone is it
Quackery?

From the Fredericksburg (Va.) Star
Miss Mary J. Graves. daughter Of
Henry Graves. from Layton, Essex
County, Va passed through our town
yesterday, accompanied by ber broth
er, to take the boat for home. in Essex
having Just returned from Richmond,
Va, where she sought relief from pain,
having been bitten by mad dog on
the 9th inst. She found a maidstone in
the possession of a Mrs Hix. in Rich
mond, and had the stone applied to her
thumb five times at a cost of Sl5 for
each application The stone has to re-
main twelve hours each time, and on
the first application afforded her great
relief, and she is now 10 good spirits
and feeling no pain or Inconvenience
whatever from the bite The stone is
about the size of hickory nut. and
was formerly owned by Mr.. Humphrey
Sale, of Caroline County; after his
death at a sale, it was bought by
Mrs Harrison, of Richmond City. who
still owns it. she having paid $1,000
for it. Miss Graves was informed thai
this stone had been applied 10 over 800
persons. proving entirely successful in
every case. no person ever experiencing
any trouble afterward from the bite.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-08

WHAT BREAKs DOWN lOUNG MEN.
1t is a commonly received notion
that hard study is the unhealthy ele-
ment of college life But from ta-
bles OF the morality of Harvard
University, collected by Professor
Pierce from the last triennial cata
logue, it is clearly demonstrated that
the excess of deaths for the first ten
years after graduation is found in that
portion of the inferior scholarship.
Every one who has seen curriculum
knows that where Eschylus and po-
litical economy injure one, late hours
and rum punches use up doz en-, md
the two little fingers are heavier than
loins of Euclid. Dissipation is
sure destroyer, and every young
man who follows it is, as the early
flower, exposed to an untimely frost.
Those who have been inveigled into
the path of vice are named legion.
A few hours sleep each night, high
living, and plenty of "smashes" make
war upon every function of the body.
The brains, the heart, the nerves, the
lungs, the liver, the spine, the limbs,
the bones, the flesh, and every part
and faculty are overtasked and
weakened by the terrific energy OF
passion loosened from restraint, till,
like dilapidated mansion, the
"earthly house of this tabernacle"
falls into ruinous decay. Fast young
men, right about.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-08
GALLIPOLIs, OHIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8. 1874.
For the Gallipolis Journal.
Straighten and SniOOtlie.
BY MRS. SARA woLvERToN.

There are some in life who ever seen
TO scatter along its flowers,
To gid the cloudlet's gathering gloom
And lesson the lonely hours.
To straighten and smoothe,
Winding to soothe-
Plueking the piercing thorn,
And lending hand to help along,
Wherever cross is borne,
They straighten the threads
In the tangled webs.
Each knotted one will unite,
With pleasant words and cheerful
smiles,
Pass the troubles lightly by.
They smoOthe the ruts
Without "ifs' and ''buts,"
And soften each rising ill,
Steadily working hither and yon,
With aid of kindly will.
Fer the lips can quaf'
The bitterest draught
They change to the purest bliss,
By pressing soft at loves command
The sweets of soothing kiss.
And not in vain
Where wearing pain
Prints deep on the upturned brow,
They paint to be in colOrs bright,
To Danish the gloOms of now.
Or are they found
Where the silent sound
Calls "come," from the unseen shore;
But wait beside till the soul goes
forth,
Then softly shut the door.
Oh the price is great
At Heavens gate
That is paid for such jewels rare,
For loving hearts, and helpful hands,
Are reckoned choicest there.
DETGOTT, Nov, 1873.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-08

A STRANGE CASE OF DUMBNEss.-Dr.
F. May of Glastonbury, England
youches in the Lancet for the following
facts: A man in his neighborhood had
three daughters. Wishing for son,
he made a solemn vow that if his next
should be a girl he would never speak
to her. The next child proved to be a
son, as he wished, but, curiously
enough, he never would speak to bis
father. although he lived thirty-five
years with him. He always talked
freely with his mother and sisters, but
with no one else till after the death of
his father, when he talked readily with
every one. He was called dumb Eli" :"
The occurrence is considered by some
as a judgment. and certainly is Gu
rious instance of mysterious influence.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-08

FROZEN KINDEEss.-The world is
full of kindness that never was
spoken, and that is not much better
than no kindness at all. The fuel in
the stove makes the room warm, but
there are great piles OF fallen trees
living among the rocks and on the
tops Of the hills where nobody can
get them; these do not make any
body warm. You might freeze to
death for want of wood in plain sight
of all these fallen trees if you had
no means of getting the wood home
and making fire with it. just so in a
family; love Is what makes the pa
rents and children, brothers and
sisters happy; but il they take care
never to say word about tiff they
keep it q profound secret, as If it were
crime, they will not be much hap
pier than if there was not any love
among them; the house will seem
cold even in summer, and if you live
There you envy the dog when any
one calls him "poor fellow.-Dr.
/ Holland.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-08

ETha Empress of Germany IS
one of the most simply dressed OF
women, except on occasions OF cere-
mony. Her dry goods bills are sad
to be less than the wives OF many OF
the merchants. She drives out in a
calico dress. And the Princess Bis
marck, fresh and comely though past
so. superintends her farm work, goes
about the house with a great bunch
of keys at her girdle, and her house
is filed with knitted quilts and such,
the evidence of her skill aud indus
try.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-01-08

gIt is estimated that Texas cat
tie dealers have taken 5000, 600 into
their State from cattle transactions
in Kansas this year.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16

THE New York Times comment
ing on the passage Of the Hurlbut
Salary bill by the House, allowing
$4,000 and travelling expenses as the
pay Of Congressman, offers the fol-
lowing consideration to the mem
bers who voted for it:
The difference to each member
betw cen the pay allowed in the bill
of yesterday and that allowed in the
bill of the day before, is about
500 for money drawn since March
and 1925 for the remainder of their
term-in all s2,l25. Perhaps this
is enough the members who fought
so obstinatcly for it for the judg-
ment their unfeeling constituents
will surely pass on them: We hope
it is enough to support them in pri-
vate life, where most of them, We
are confident, will be asked to spend
the remainder of their days, after
their present term is out"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16

A correspondent of the St. Louis
Despatch, says:
The following document was Civ
en- to me by man now living in
Missouri, who is native Of Maine,
who was perfectly familiar with the
circumstances of the murder there
in detailed who was a gallant FEEDER
al officer in Maine regiment dur
ing the war, and who, since the war,
removed to Western Missouri and
engaged in q profitable and extern
sive business:
More than twenty years ago V.P.
Coolidge, a young physician of ex-
cellent standing in the city of Au-
gusta, Maine, murdered Edward
Mathews, 4 rich cattle drover, by
enticing him alone into his Office to
take a drink Of brandy, which he
had mixed with prussic acid, and
then, to make sure work Of the man
who had befriended him on many
occasions, he beat him on the head
with hatchet until life was extinct.
The body was discovered, and Cool
idge was arrested on suspicion, and,
after long and exciting trial and
upon the direct evidence Of young
student of his by the name of Flint
he was convicted and sentenced to
years solitary confinement, and
then to be hung. During his con-
finement, his sister, young and
| beautiful girl, was permitted to Wis
it him, but his health gradually gave
way and before the year expired his
death was announced; he was bur-
led and for the time forgotten. The
Tile warden of the prison resigned
his position, married the young la
dy above referred to, and moved to
parts unknown. Not long after the
gold excitement opened in Califor-
MIA, a gentleman who was convers-
ant with the case, and who had fol.
lowed others to the gold regions,
sent back his deposition that he had
seen aud conversed with V.P. Cool
idge. This caused considerable ex-
citement, and the body supposed to
be his was exhumed, and his own
father testified that it was not his
son. Officers were at once put up
on his track by Mathews friends,
but were unsuccessful, and until q
few days since nothing was heard of
the murderer. Recently . party
/ travelling through this State met .
gentleman who knew the early his
tory Of the matter, and was at the
trial, and he stated that he had met
Coolidge frequently within the last
two years, travelling under an as.
| sumed name; that he recognised
him at sight, and charged him with
being the man; that he At first de.
| MED it, hut finally acknowledged
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16

A COUNTRY editor in Alabama
evolves this from his inner solemni.
ty: "With the utmost reluctance
and regret we have been forced to
tho serious and painful conclusion
that the physical suffering to which
Alexander Stephens has for . puu-
Der Of years been subjected, has also
injured his mental frame, and SO i'm.
paired his intellectual xcumen that
4 moral obliquity has supervened. "
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16

A New York merchant, writing
from Honolulu, says: "Two weeks
ago we had ball at the palace OF
our king, Lunalilo |. He is our
friend. When he was still merely
Crown Prince l loaned him $2.
only for a day. he said. When I
met him a year after, reminded
him OF the loan, but he told me to
wait till he should have become
king, Of which prospects werc then
very slight. But now he is . king,
and l have silently made him a
present Of the 81.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16

snatched it from his hand, and drew
out the cork. A slip Of paper was
inside, and on it were written the
following words:
'Zachariah Johnston, April l.,
1884 Just week before the day
l read it.
Well, sir, | need hardly finish my
story; | think l have gone far
enough to show that have good
reason to dislike betting"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16

BY well-set trap, consisting OF
an immense straw stack built upon
shed, Mr.. John Eram, farmer
living about two miles from Wins.
mac, Pulaski county, Ind, lost, q
few weeks ago, fifteen head of fine
cattle. The shed was built upon
logs driven into the ground, and
the straw from eighty acres of
wheat was thrown upon it. The
late rains added greatly to the
weight already pressing upon the
timbers, and the ground being soft,
caused the shed to settle to one side,
when the whole came to the ground,
crushing the cattle.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16

The New York Tribune, the east
ern organ of the "reformers" who
propose to inaugurate a political
millennium, don't like the action Of
our State Grange. 1t says:
"The Iowa Grangers adopted an
address 70 the State Legislature set
ting forth their wants and their
ideas Of public policy. It embod.
les pretty large scheme ofinternal
improvements which will hardly
commend itself to the judgment Of
the thoughtful. 1t seems to be the
bane of the movement that its lead.
ers are full Of all manner ofwild and
impractlcable notions. Their de-
mani for unlimited government will
be cold comfort tor those who have
imagined they saw in the movement
the speedy triumph of Free Trade
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16
THE CHALLENGE.
BY II. W. LONGFELLo


There IL 3 greater army,
That bCsets us round with strife,
A starving, numlcrless army,
At all the gates of life:s
The poverty stricken millions
Who challenge our wiLe and bread,
And impeach us all as traitors,
Both the living and the dead.
And whenever sit at the banquet,
Where the feast and song are high,
Amid the mirth and the music
can hear that fearful cry.
And hollow and haggard faces
Look into the lighted hall,
And wasted hands are extended
To catch the crumbs thai fall.
For within there is life and plenty,
And odors fill the air;
But without there Is cold and darkness, .
And hunger and despair.
And there in the camp of famine,
In wind, and cold, and rain,
Christ, the great Lold of the army.
Lies dead upon the plain.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16

The ENGLISH OF 1T.-The Web.
ster City Freeman says some Of the
merchants in that city are discuss
ing the propriety of adopting the
English plan of doing business
That is to sell goods only for ready
pay, or upon the thirty, sixty and
ninety day principle. When man
goes into store and wants to buy
goods on credit, the merchant asks
him if he wants thirty, sixty or nine
ty days-no credit being given over
three months in any case.-1f he
wants to buy on sixty days, for in
stance, the merchant takes his mote
for the amount, bearing interest a
a low rate from date. If not pai(
when due, the interest is increased
and the time extended, two exten
tions are made if requested; but
failure to pay at the expiration o
of the last extension, is followed b.
legal proceedings tc collect the deb
and the credit of the purchaser is a
heavy discount in the community
The plan may be made to worl
in this community after it was onc'
fully inaugurated.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16
w. H. BARTON,

VUSrICE OF TIE PEACE, Attorney at Law
u Collecting Agent and Conveyancer Viii
perform Marriage Ceremonies anywhere within
ten miles of town. Office over Edwards store
corner Main and Walnut Streets. independence
Iowa 30-y1.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16
Omciai Report OF tho state Grange
Committee.

The Committee appointed by the
State Grange at it's last session, con-
| sisting Of j. u. Whitman, Il. r.
Harbour and D. w. Prindle, to in
vestigatc the matter Of the reported
destitution in the Northwestern
counties of this State, have, by two
of their number visited the counties
of OsceoIa, Lyon, O'Brien and
Sioux, and have made their report
TO the central office at Des Moines.
They find the destitution in the dis
trict above nanfed to be Of gener.
al and serious nature, and notwith-
standing all that has been done
through the praiseworthy efforts of
Gen. N. b. Baker and others, they
estimate that at least five hundred
families in that portion of the State
arc totally distitutc of the means OF
obtaining food and clothing, while
many more will need some assist
ancc before they can sustain them
selves. The committee will, in a
circular to the Oranges throughout
the State, call for contributions of
food, clothing, fuel and seed, and
for appropriations Of money from
Oranges and others for the relief of
this people.
The committee, for want of time,
have not yet visited the counties
east Of those above named; but from
representations made to them, be-
lieve that the same is true Of at
least a portion of them.
This condition of things is not
attributable to any lack of industry
on the part of the settlers, but is the
result of causes entirely beyond
their control, and which no human
foresight could have averted.-
grasshoppers, unfavorable weather,
&c.
The soil is no, excel:ed by any in
the State, and the committee was
impressed with the unusual degree
of intelligence and morality of the
people. Coming here with limited
means to obtain lands under the
homestead act, they had most OF
them invested their last dollar in
improvements aud the planting OF
the crop Of last season, and had no
misfortune overtaken them, they
would have been in the enjoyment
of plenty.
The committees are fully satisfied
Of the necessity of assistance being
extended to this people. and that as
speedily as possible, and they have
endeavored to SO systemixe the
work as to protect both the gcner
Gus public and the needy homestead
ers from imposition. md to that END
request all contributors to report te
J. D. Whitman, Des Moines, wha
they may desire to send forward
that an account of it may be KEEP
in his office, and he will direc
where to send it, and in turn require
vouchers from those distributing
the same, showing to whom it wal
given.
We could state many more fact.
in relation to the wants of the home
steaders, but we prefer at this time
to issue this short statement for th'
information of those who have beer
| in doubt. J. ID. WHITMAN,
| r. II. HARBOUR,
D. w. PRINDLE.
have read the above renort anf
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16
r. II. HARBOUR,
D. w. PRINDLE.

have read the above report and
had consultation with the committee
and shall cooperate with them in
their efforts. We shall have no di-
vided committees in distributions.
N. B. BAKER.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16
d. D. HOLDRIDGE,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Notary Public and Lane
il Agent. Office in c. W. TaylOr's new build
ing, opposite the Post Office. Independence
Iowa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16
I. g. wOODWAHD.

4 TTORNEY AT LAW and General Land Agent'
n Independence, Iowa. Office in Wilcox Bin.
Particular attention paid to Collections, and Re-
mittances promptly made,
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16

AT the Congressional conference,
on the transportation question, the
remarks of two Iowa members are
thus recorded:
Mr.. Loughridge, Of Iowa, was
glad TO see so many members here
from the Mississippi Valley. Nc
one question interested their constit
uen,s SO much as cheap transpor
tation. They were too apt to for.
get that there was any other section
than their own. The South at one
time forgot that there was North
and the North that there was q
South. The East was beginning to
find out that there was West
West which has power in Congress,
and now comes with renewed pow.
er. The West had the power to OBJ
tain redress if they would only unite,
He wished to take in the whole coun'
try and obtain such improvements
as would be of national benefit
The cost WIS nothing in this matter
His constituents were farmers and
therefore must have an outlet tol
their surplus produce.
Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, said the
East was as much interested as the
West in such improvements, and he
was satisfied that the Western mem
bers were a unit, and must support
those measures which would bene
fit agricultural interests. The ques
ton was not how much money
should be spent, bat how far Con
gress should go.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16
LANES M. WEART

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Notary Public antt
N Claim Agent. Office In WilcOx's New Bloci
up stairs, Independence, Iowa. 7-1yl
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16
E. E. HASNER,
n w RRuCKAR1

Z. Z. f1ASNG1S,
A TrORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW 1nde
n ptndence, Iowa. Office in Wilcox New
Block over Tabor's Drug Store.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16
W. &J. b. DONNAN,

TTORNEY AT LAW, Independence, Iowa
II Office with w. II. Joslin, in Wilcox Block
Consultations in Euglish and German. 19-y1
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16
LAKE & HARMON

1 TTORNEY AT LAW and Real Estate Agent
n once over King and KenyOn's Hardware
Store, Main ST., Independence. Iowa. 33-tf]
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16
Business Cards
Attprueys.
d. s. LEE,
n IT. p ROSZEI.I.

TTORNEY AT LAW AND COLLECTING
n AGENT, will practice in the several Courts
of the County and District SPECIAL ATTENTION
GIVEN TO CoLLEcTI0Ns. Office over King Il Ken
Yon's Hardware Store.
Independence, wa, Jan. 1, 1873, 26-tf.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-01-16
L. w. HART,

w. q. q j q. UONNAN.
r AW CONVEYANCING, WAR CLAIM, AMI
Ii Land Agency Office. Office in First Nation
al Bank building, Independence, Iowa.