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The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-08-15

- A young compile were out on
a door step one night lately, look
ing at the comet then visible i'm the
in the Northern heavens. At least
it was evident the young lady want
ell to see, because she was over
heard to tell the young gent to
''keep his face out Of the way so she
could see the comet y Then there
was noise like the sudden draw.
ing of a horse's lloOf out of the stiff
mud, and then-and then-well.
the old man thrust his head out of
the front door of that house, and
the young astronomers turned their
backs to each other, and began
counting the stars aloud with great
vehemence. The old man told them
that the spberodial mass which they
had been so diligently contemplat-
ing on the ethereal dome scarcely
demanded any more of their united
attention that evening, and the
young man would very much Oh
Iige him by peregrinating in the
direction of his own local habita-
ton at that immediate period of
time, or he would enable him to see
stars with more multitudinosity.
The young man "got" at once
Exchange
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-08-15
Southern Politics.
From tho Chicago Times


The newspapers which are still
busy in suppressing the rebellion
and abolishing slavery are in costa
cies over the White Leagues of the
South. They use it as the old gen
tleman with a story about q gun
used his foot. He wonld stamp on
the floor, start up, and say: "Eh.
eh, what's that "a gun i! Well,
speaking OF guns reminds me-" etc.
So the truly loyal editor writes
''White League looks at it, and
slrieks in print: ''White League
All, traitors. Here, help! Save
the Republic I! Stuff the ballot
boxes again, back up the carpet.
baggers, help the rogucs, help them
or that dreadful, disloyal League
will destroy the Union, the blood
sealed greenback, and the ransom
ed colored brother, by actually es-
tablishing honest governments in
the South " It is frightful pros
pect. The shrieking journalists
sketch it again and again. The
Observation-Disclosures story
has fearful fascination to them
They are balfpersuatled that they
believe what they write.
We have already condemned the
idea Of the White League. Race
should be the last consideration in
politics. Moreover, the whites are
not strong enough in the worst gov
erned States to right their wrongs
alone. But we protest against the
doctrine so industriously taught
that these Leagues have been form
ed with malice prepense, without
provocation, for the sake of NAL
treating the negroes, and of doing
by bullets what ballots cannot ac-
complish. The fact is, that the
white Southcrners have borne in.
suit and outrage long and patient
ly. Mutatis mutandis, Chicago,
would have long since been in re-
volt had she had New Orleans fate. !
The whites have seen unutterabIe
among their rulers, and
have been howled down when they
feebly protested. They have seen
sworn election returns changed from
hour to hour, to meet the news of
gains in outlying parts
If the State. They have seen a
drunken Judge, backed by bayo-
nets, put irto power a Governor
hom all America knows was new
r elected. Negro insolence has
crown with white subjection. The
lefeat OF the civil rights bill, at
Washington, was followed by a
torn of vitnperation by Southern
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Unexpected Wisdom.

/
How shall woman fasten he
stockings so as not to interfere wifi
the blood, or spoil the shape Of th'
le-let US see-ot The honi qui mall!
pense. After the most careful re
search as far as our limited fac;li
ties would allow, we arise from ou
humble explorations, and tender
the following suggestions:
Wear them short, and let tn.
tops bubble out of the shoe in til,
form Of lace, a la beer mug. G
1fyou have 'em long, put nucil
age inside and stick 'em to you.
Have them long enough to til
about the waist aud use the to-,
panier.
Edge the top with steel and tas
ten a loadstone to your corset.
Fasten a strap to each stocking,
extend them gracefully mp eacl,
side OF the body and attach with
blue ribbons to the ear rings.
Fasten them to a nail and 90
baref0oted. ..
Attach q small balloon to each
stocking.
Make them out of material that
will draw up.
1t you are thirty five and unmar-
rled, make hole near the top of
each stocking and button it to your
knee cap.
These are all the methods that
suggest themselves to US at present,
and of the number some one or
more may be deemed worthy of
adoption. We have taken a sud-
den and lively interest in this mat
ter, and shall not rest until the
needed reform is brought about
Woman's limbs shall no5 be hanp.
cred and knOtted aud reformed if
we have enough inventive faculty
to bring about new and healthfnl
ways of wearing the stockings, and
we think we have. We shall con
|inue our Investigations into the
subject. What the women Of this
country most need is not women
suffrage, but sympathy /; not rights
but nationality; not a place in leg.
s'ative halls. but a place to fasten
,heir-stockings.
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Tompkins' Boy.
A LITTLE ARGUMENT HE HAD WITH
BROWN.

Tompkins' boy raised his hands
to Heaven and swore revenge, none
OF your common revenge; but the
regular, dime novel sort. This is
how it all happened: V
Tompkins' boy had scalped
Browns cat, and wore the feline
trophy in triumph in his belt. lie
had been reading fractional curren-
cy literature, and this was the re-
suit. Last week he was a pirate
and hung thirteen cats to the yard
arm. This week he began his ca
reer as an Indian scout by cutting
up his fathers perforated buck skin
underclotlles for an Indian suit
trimming it with beads from his
mothers velvet cloak, while her
new bonnet was demolished to Sc.
cure the ostrich feathers for his
leauureSS.
This was pcrilous week for the
children Of the neighborhood, if a
boy, unguarded by his father, ven
tnred out, Tompkins' boy. skaIking
behind some tree, whizzed an ar
row at his head 3; while dogs were
mercilessly treated as wolves, and
cats were pantbers. 1t is astonish-
ing how lively boy OF an aspiring
mind can make a neighborhood.-|
But all these noble aspirations were
lost upon Brown he was a man
who read the Bible and taught a
class in the Sunday school; and
how could he be expected to appre-
ciate the romantic sentiments Of a
dime novel.
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A FARMER'S SONG.
-"DEAREsT May"

rTrom the Live Stock journal.
We envy not the princely man,
II, city or in town,
Who wonders whether pumpkin vines
Run mp the hill Or down;
We care not for his marble halls.
Nor yet his heaps of gold,
We would not own his sOrdlid heart
For all his wealth thrice told.
We are the favored one Of earth,
We breathe pure air each morn,
We sow-we reap the golden grain
We gather in the corn;
We toil-we live on what we earn,
And more than this we do
We hear Of starving millions round.
Aud gladly feed them too.
The lawyer lives on princely fees,
Yet drags II weary life.
He never knows q peaceful hour
His atmosphere is stife.
The merchant thumbs his yardstick DER,
Grows ragged ut his foil
He's not the man God meant him for
Why don't you till the soil
The doctor plods through storm a'd cold,
Pl",ls at his patients will,
When dead and gone he plods again
To get bis lie, stl,y bill.
The printer bless his noble soul y
lie grasps the mighty earth.
And stamps it on our daily sheet,
To cheer the farmers hearth.
We sing the honor of the plow.
And honor to the press,
Two noble Instruments Of toll,
With eaci, q power to bless.
The bone-the nerve Of this fast age
True wealth of human kind
One tills the ever generous earth,
The other tiIls he m.n,l
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Behavior is a mirror in which ev-
cry one shows his own image.
There is a politeless of the heart
akin to love, from which springs
the easiest politeness of outward
behavior.
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An Apt Sunday School Scholar.

The following story, though no
new, has sufficient points and hu
NOR to merit it's publication ut leas
once year: ..s.
Some roguish bbys in Il town
pear the capital Of New Hamp
shire, persuaded JOS. Jasper, or
as he was generally called Joe, tt
attend Sabbath school.
Joe was an overgrown, halfwit
ted. profane lad, and the boys an
tici2ateA fun; but the various
questions propounded to him were
so readily and correctly answered
that no one could for a moment
suppose that he was not yersed in
theological lore.
Joe was duly ushered in and
placed upon q settee in front OF
one on which his friends were seat
ed and the examination commenced.
The teachers first questioned the
class on their regular lessons and
then turned toward Joe.
My friends, who made the
world we inbabit :"
just as he was probably about
to answer the question, one of the
boys seated behind him inserted a
pin into his Joe's] pants, about
nine inches below the ornamental
buttons on his coat.
"God Almighty y answered Joe
at the same time rising to his feet.
THAT is correct answered the
teacher, "But it is not necessary
that you should rise in answering;
a sitting posture will do just as
WELL"
Joe was seated, and the cate
cllISH1 pFOceeOeO.
'Who died to save the world ?
The pin was again inserted.
Jesus Christv in louder tone
than before, again rising to his feet.
That is correct, but do not mani.
fest so much feeling; do he a little
more reserved in your manners,'
said the teacher, in an expostulat
ing .one OF voice,
After Joe had calmed down ex.
animation went on.
'What will be the final doom of
all wicked men7' was the subject
now up for consideration, aud as
the pin was again stuck in, Joe
out with a still higher
Elevation Of body:
'Hell and damnation
My friend, you give the answers
% all the questions correctly, but |
While you are here We wish you to
c Il little more mild in your words.
DO if you can, refrain your enthu.
'iasm, aud give a less extended
cope to your feelings"
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Five OF the sweetest words in the
English language begin with FL,
which is only a breath Heart,
Hope, Home, Happiness, and
Heaven.
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There are no bouquets about 4
newspaper Office, but sometimes the
contents Of the paste-cup acquire a
maturity which by any other name
r'ould smell as sweet,
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Brown was standing at his wood

I Brown was standing at his wood
pile the other evening at sundown,
when he was startled BY a war
hoop on the other side, and there
was Tompkins' boy in Indian suit
and red paint, drawing a bead with
how and arrow on bis fine Brahma
rooster; and just an the chicken
topped over Brown got around on
the other side and got Tompkins'
boy by tue ear. Now, Brown was
not a man to pull boys hair all
out and jawhawk him around : he
possessed great patience, and bo
Just quietly lifted Tompkins' boy by
that ear and sto'M him on the end
OF his toes, while that ear stretched
out like piece Of India rubber
that had been warmed in the fire
and Re talked with him auietlv
aooat his depravity, pleaded with
him to abandon his bloodthirsty
lite and let his ambition in future
years lead him to the honest walks
OF politics. Brown then changed
OF and took a fresh lift on the ear
with bis left hand, while he drew
out a Bible from his pocket and
read the Sermon on the Mount to
Tompkins' boy. This reading did
not interest Tompkins' boy, his at.
tentlon was more particularly
drawn to the nicely with which he
was balanced on the toes by the aid
OF his ear; but the most pleasant
things grow tiresome at least. and
the novelty Of his position wearing
off, he said he had to go home, his
supper was ready, and his mother
wanted him to pick up some chips
for her; so Brown gave him u cate.
chis'n and some tracts, and let him
down slowly, SO the effect would
not be too sudden on him, and. IN
Tompkins' boy went home that car
stood up in the moonlight like a
finger board at the cross road. and
old TOmpkins had to hang a two
pound weight on it to draw it down
to it's place.
That night Tompkins' boys walk,
Ell the floor aud swore REVENGE
Dad blast the Browns, he'd murder
them all, and hang their scaIps on
the garden fence to dry! Yes, he'd
kill his baby, too, it had no busi.
ness being a Brown.
The next evening, as Brown came
home in the moonlight, he felt a
dull thud and sharp pain in the
calf of his leg, and stopping down,
ne pulled out sharpspike nail tied
to the end Of a stick, aud when he
Strengthened up he was under the
necessity of pulling another out Of
back and arms. while two of them
went through his new silk hat. He
lid not know what it meant until
ne saw that they were arrows, and
hen the way he went for that Tom
,l"s boy was ] vely. After a long
search he found him in the fence
corner, and fun began. Fortunate
y, Brown had a little rattan cane
With him. He took Tompki,.s' boy
~ the nap Of his neck an,! the seat
# his pants and laid him across the
op rail OF that fence, and as every
vl'ack came down Tompkins' boy
nmped sixteen inches high
Browns da"der was up, and it was
lie hottest engagement Tompkins'
10Y was ever in, and made him so
ore he'll have to go down some
ther way for the next week. Brown
ook all those noble aspirations out
t him. But now he will never be
t for anything but Street Com.
Missioner, and Brown had to tie on
inc pounds Of tat bacon to save
lmself from the lock jaw.
"A wag, one evening, pulled down
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blacks and their allies against
Southern whites. Davenport, tht
colored Chancery Clerk of Vicks
burg county, made q speech to g
negro audience which loudly cheer
ed his passionate declaration that
the white race must yield to the
coming man, the negro. He named
the daughters of the first white fam
lilies OF the city, and coarsely pre-.
dicted their future marriage with
men of his race. Similar speeches
have been made in the Mississippi
Legislature. I. w. Cardozo, Miss.
ississippi State Superintendent OF
Education. a colored carpet-bagger
from South Carolina, publishes in
Fred Douglass Era the statement
that it is ''better that the whole
State of Tennessee should be re-.
duced to ashes" than that the civil
rights bill should fail. Such vio-
lent language has been the rule
1t is but natural that the whites
thus attacked by the blacks, should
accept the issue forced upon them.
The whole trouble in Vicksburg, on
account of which Gov. Davis has
asked for garrison Of United
States troops, was the work of the
colored population. At least it
seems SO. After due allowance has
been made for the exaggeration Of
both sides, the true story is appar-
emily about as follows The city
with a valuation OF Sc, ,OOO,O 900, owes
81 900, 600, Taxation is enormous,
and business is crushed under it,
Last month, the negroes nominated
a city ticket. Ten Of the thirteen
nominees arc black. The white man
proposed for mayor is under indlct-
ment for perjury and 5lackmailing.
A ticket Of white men was at once
Then Davenport made
the speech already referred to. The
G ty was in commotion over it, but
there was no rioting. The negro
militia palrolled the streets and ar.
rested all the whites they could
catch. Then, and not ill then, did |
the whites organize. Their patrols
are acting with the police. 1t is
predicted that the election of Aug.
ath will be quiet, and that not
twenty white men will vote the ne.
gro ticket. When such conditions
Exists, a "Whjte League" or some
hing like it, is the almost inevita.
Die result. Yet it would have been
wiser for the whites to have nomi-
'ated a ticket composed of men Of
10Th races. They cannot crush dis.
alone. They have not
enough votes. Let them make
common cause with the coloreI
nen who have wit enough to see
he abyss into which the ncgro-rid-
len States are plunging. But if
uch men are not to he found, if the
onest negroes prefer to cling to
heir race rather than to their
haracters, then the whole South
lay be forced into the attitude of
he Mobile Register, when it says: ,
The people of Alabama have !
cen resisting this issue for years,
nd now they have to decide be- {
ween thrashing the negro party at ,
le polls and seizing the reins of i
overnment, or sinking into the do I
lestic hell Of South Carolina and t
ouisilna. Mutatis mutandis, we t
pprehenl that New York and t
Massachusetts, would not stop
part of a minute to de {
ate the question. Iv
-HA~t- I
Behavior is mirror in which ev- b
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"A wag, one evening, pulled down
a turner's sign, and put it up over
a lawyers door; in the morning il
read: "All sorts Of turning and
twisting done here.o
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"Nes, sir" said a Michigan
Fourth Of July orator, :'Putnam
Went right into the VOLTS den, drag
ged her out. and the independence
OF America was secured"
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Butter not your bread on both
sides, lest in your old age you be
LETT without bread to butter,
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ALEXANDRIA, La:
Saturday,. Aug. ID, 1874.
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Marriages

In Trinity Chapel, New York, City, Thursday October 22, by the Rev. John Williams, D. D. assisted by the Rev. Elisha WhittleseY, the Rev. sEmerson Iessqp of Kent, to Miss Mira A. Blair. E
 At New Hartford, at the residence of H. H. Stone, Esq. Oct. 24th, by the Rev. J. Burnett, John w. Case of North Can ton and Alice J. Barbour of New Hart ford,
 At Winsted, Oct. 2sth, by Harvey ". Pinney, Esq, Lucien V. Pinney and Au- gusta 0. Burbank, daughter of Aaron g, Burbank, Esq. both of Wirsted.
 At Salisbury, Got. 21st, by Rev. E. O. Johnson, Henry Ayres and Nellie Martin.
 At WatertOwn, Oct. 2Sth, by Rev. H T. Laine, Frank O. Peck and Celia A Jud- son, all of Watertown.
 At Watertown, Oct. 2Sth, by Rev. H. T. Laine, w. Pierre Judson and Mary o., youngest daughter of l.. o. Peck, Esq. all of Watertown. eA. = :
 At East Canaan, at the residence of c. s. Adams, Esq, Oct. 2lst, by the Rev. Lewis Reed, Nelson A. McNeil of Iron- dale, N. Y, and Abbis 5. Gillette of East AtWest Cornwall, Oct. e2a, by Rev C.. N. Fitch, at the residence of Nr. Samuel Wilson, Mr. Horace N. Wilson and Miss Sarah D. Gardiner of New York City.
 In Roxbury, Oct. 2lsl. by Rev. s. Da- wis, Noble B. Davenport and Catharine A Barnes, both of Roxbury.
 In Winchester, Oct. 21st, by the Rev. B. T. Abbott, Edmund Munson of Win sted and Sarah A. Fyler of Winchester.
 In Beacon Falls, Get. 18th, William G. Stewart of Woodbury and Laura A. War: ner of Beacon Falls.
 At Kent, Oct. 2Oth, Burritt Eaton, Esq and Miss Sophia Judd. - = :
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-11-05
Deaths.

At New Brighton, Penn., Oct. 6, Mary D. Dashill, wife of the Rev. J. P. Taylor. Rector of St. James Church, Winsted.
 In Harwintbn,,r Oct. 25thi. David F, Beach, aged 66' years. N ..a'
 In Bridgeport, Oct. 22l. Mrs George L. Durfee. aged 19 years, formerly of Kent.
 At Lakeyille, Oct. a3d, William J Pet tee, aged 55 years. =.
 At Canaan, Oct. 10th; Leonard Coons, aged 30 years, ... /. .s-- u;!.s,. A, osskville. Oct. aoth, Miss Sarah ---, -.~>. .1 years. ag In Terryville, Oct. 22d, Emma, widow oi the late David Minor, aged 70 years, At Burrville. Oct. 2ad,, Wells B Hart aged 69 years and 6 months. F' '' In Northyille1 New Milford, } Oct. 18th of congestion, Orlo H. Buckingham, for merly of Go. H, 0. V. A. Ga At Falls Village, Get. 22d, George F Cady, aged 33. : At West Winsted, Oct. 2sth, Albro Fy Ter, aged -. sa ataaa At Barkhamsted, Oct. 25th, Herber Moses, aged 25 years.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-11-05
X T Court of Probate holden at Sharon with

X T Court of Probate holden at Sharon with A ill and for the District of Sharon, ,on the 10th day of October A. D. 1874.
 Present, Charles l.. Prindle, Esq. Judge.
 This Court doth find that Ezra II. Bartram, Esq Trustee of certain estate of Jonathan Thorn of said Sharon, assigned tor the benefit of his cred itors, has given notice, as ordered by this Court to all persons interested m said estate to appear before this Court the present day, at o'clock in the forenoon, to be heard relative to the ap- pOintment of commissioners to receive and de- eide upon the claims of the creditors of the said Thorn, and now, on due hearing this Court doth appoint Titus l.. Hart and George D. Goodwin Commissioners for the purposes expressed. And this Court doth order that two months from this date be allowed and limited to said creditors to exhibit their claims against said estate to said Commissioners, who, having been dnly sworn will meet for the purpose of receiving and de- ciding upon said claims, at tho house of Ezra II. Bartram in said Sharon on the 30th day of No. vember and on the 14th day of December. 1874, at one o'clock in the afternoon on each of said days. And this Court doth order that notice of such limitation and of the name9of the Com missioners and of the times and place of their meetings be given to all persons interested there in by the publication of this order for one month in two weekly newspapers published nearest the place where said estate is ill settlement, and bV posting a copy of the same on the nearest sign post, and that copy of this order be sent by mail or otherwise to every known creditor out of the district within one week from this date. Certified rom Record,
 28 CHAS. F. SEDGWICK, Clerk.