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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03

1t is law abiding community.
Plenty of lawyers abide here. A man
was tried here once for perjury in the
eighth degree (aboye zero.) He swore
he was worth 5000 1t turno..
out he wasn't. He was cleared :.
follows: 1t was proved that he had
$500; that he used glasses ai' rye.
which made him see double. which
made it 81 600. Then lie used eye
glasses, which caused him 10 see
double again, which resulted in his
thinking he really had 5000. The
jury in acqutting him Recommended
that in handling money hereafter he
leave off both kinds of glasses. rye
and eye.
was on a jury once. a fellow was
tried for robbing on the high seas. 1t
was proved he did it when the tide
was out, SO it couldn't have been on
the high seas, and I and the eleven
other fellows let him 60.
They have barrel organs mp here.
| saw one yesterday Ii was a -four
barrel with a pig in it. Its song was
rather shriller than canary birds.
A gassy fellow who .sponges his
tailor here wears a chin-chilla over
coat. JOHN
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03

Three valuable veins of galena, or
lead ore, have been discovered near
Leavenworth, Crawford county. One
vein, SO far as examined, is two feet
wide, and is increasing as it descends;
the other two veins are not so wide
and distinct, but very promising. and
any lead district.
The South Bend Tribune says: An
agreement was circulated among our
business men this week that they
would not ship any freight on the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railway until that railway company
will stop all passenger trains at this
place. Most of the freight for this
place can be shipped over the Chicago
and Lake Huron Railway just as cheap
as the other road.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03
LET ALL THE ENDS THOU A1Msr At BE THY GODS TH,
WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA, JAN.

Der had not been able, in the dark
ness, to find the knife which lay upon
the table, and was dead.
Kate had now to tell all the circum-
stances to the police.
Before noon they arrested the woun-
ded robber at an inn, where rogues
and thieves frequently found refuge.
kate's fame was spread abroad
throughout the whole country; but it
was some time before she recovered
the shock of this dreadful event.
Kate afterward married brave
forester, who became her fathers sue
cessor; and l saw her in her maturer
years, the mother of blooming fam
ily of children, still handsome
woman, in whom masculine courage
was united with female tenderness,
and who enjoyed the esteem and love
Of al who knew her.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03
THE FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY OF
AGASSIZ, MAY IS, 1857.

1t was fifty years ago
In the pleasant month of May,
In the beautiful Pays de Vaud,
A child in its cradle lay.
And Nature, the old nurse, took
The child upon her knee,
Saying: "Here is q story book
Thy Father has written for thee"
"Come, wander with me-" she said,
"Into regions yet untrod;
And read what is still unread
In the manuscript of God"
And he wandered away and away
With Nature, the dear old nurse;
Who sang to him night and day
The rhymes of the universe.
Aud whenever the way seemed long,
Or his heart began to fail,
She would sing more wonderful song,
Or tell more marvellous tale.
So she keeps him still a child,
And will not let him go,
Though at times his heart beats wild
For the beautiful Pays de Vaud;
Though at times he hears in his dreams,
The RAM des vaches of old,
And the rush of mountain streams
From glaciers clear and cold;
And the mother at home says, "Hark!
For his voice listen and yearn;..
1t is growing late and dark,
And my boy does not return!''
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03
From the Shelby Republican.
Marietta Letter.
DEcKMBBER. 17th.. Jo73.


In accordance with previous notice
a very. large and highly respectable
audience assembled in the NJ 4.
Church to hear the Hon. VIM. Baxter,
of Richmond, lecture on the subject
of Temperance and give an exposition
of the present temperance law, Of
which he is the author. Capt. Jones
was called to the chair The exercises
of the evening commenced with an
earnest and appropriate prayer by
Rev. 7. c. Crawford; after which AIr.
Baxter was introduced to the audience
and delivered such a lecture. as only
he can deliver. Tc say that it was ell
oquent, logical, and convincing, is
very poor praise Of it. 1t was sublime
in the highest degree, and was listened
to by the audience with almost breath
less silence for more than an hour
At its conclusion the following reese
lutions were submitted to the meeting,
and passed without dissenting voice
| REsoL WE'D. That we, as citizens of
Indiana, will maintainc and sustain
I the Baxter temperance law. and will
use all our infnence and exertions to
enforce its provisions and that We will
cause all offenders Of the law that
comes to our notice to be prosecuted
to the fullest extent OF the law.
! REsoL WE'D; That we will not Sup
PORT or VoTE for any candidate for
any Office in the State that is not pledg-
ed to support and MAINTAIN the Baxter
temperance law in all of it's proyis-
ions.
The meeting was adjourned by sing
ing the Doxology. Well done Mari
eta. 1t was one of the best and most
pleasant meetings of the kind ever
held in this community. God bless
this great apostle of the temperance
cause, and may he have long life to go
about doing good and get his great
reward by receiving the earnest pray
ers and heartfelt thanks of all that he
SO greatly benefits by his voluntary
mission in the great temperance
cause. OBSERVER.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03
Baxter's Temperance Lectures.

The lecture on temperance, deliver
ed in this place by the Hon. William
Baxter, were the occations of the
largest attendance of the citizens of
Rushville, that has occurred at any
public meetings held at our hall or
churches during the year. On Satur-
day night Melodeon Hall was we'll
filled, and on Sunday evening addi-
tional benches were brought into the
Christian church to furnish seats for
those present At the commencement
Of his remarks, Mr.. Baxter succeeded
in convincing his hearers that he had
engaged in the work from an earnest
desire to do good, and the evident
honesty OF his Intentions at once Sc
cured him the respectful attention of
his hearers, no matter what were their
individual opinions in regard to the
subject discussed. Though he makes
no attempt at oratorical display, he is
a fluent and ready speaker, seemingly
never at loss either for words or il
lustrations with which to enforce his
ideas. He also seemed to possess an
almost exhaustless ffnd of anecdote,
both pathetic and humorous, which
enabled him to claim the attention Of
the dullest intellect, and yet, while he
generally dresses his language in the
plainest garb, he frequently indulges
in outbursts Of real genuine eloquence,
which is the more impressive because
it appears entirely unstudied.
Saturday night Mr.. Baxter dwelt
particularly on the evils of intcmper-
ance. Sunday night he warned his
hearers against the dangers of moder-
ate drinking and the necessity of pro
hibiting the sale of liquor in order to
ensure the success of the temperance
cause; on Monday night, he explained
the features of the new law. His la
bors here will hardly fail to result in
much good, more especially because
he failed to create animosities by
senseless abuse, being more anxious
to persuade men to adopt his mode of
thinking than to denounce, with bit
ter invective, all who disagreed with
him. And best of all, he won the
confidence of his hearers because they
knew he was not hired lecturer, but
was working honestly, in the cause he
believed to be right, from a sense Of
, duty.-Rushville Republican.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03

''Soaping the tanks is an old trick
of striking railway men, and one that
it would take little stretching to bring
under the head of murder with NAL
ice aforcthought." The results which
follow are much better understood
than the cause. Everyone has
noticed that when water is dropped on
very hot stove, occasionally small
globules will form and roll rapidly
about the surface without giving off
steam. 50 when soap is put into the
sustain and absorb a very great degree
Of heat without yielding much steam;
and then when the steam does get
loose it goes with a rush, generally
taking the boiler and the engineer
with it. 1t is now believed, in places
of high authority, that many of the
hitherto mysterious boiler explosions
have been owing to soap or grease ac-
cidentally mixed with the water.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03
CHERIFF'S SALE


BY virtue of decree and execution to me
directed from the Wayne Circuit Court, l
will expose at Public Sale, at the Court
House door in the city Of Richmond, Wayne
county, Indiana, on the 10th day of Jam
uary, 1874, between the hours of 10 o'clock,
A. NJ, and O'Clock p. NJ, on said day, the
following property, to wit:
The east half of the northeast quarter Of
section number twenty-eight (2S), in town.
ship number eighteen Qs), north of range
number fourteen Q4 east, containing eighty
(60) acres, more or less. Also, seventy (70)
acres off of the west side of the northwest
quarter of section number twenty-seyen
ca, township number eighteen lS,) Of range
number fourteen Q4) east, exclusive of the
burying ground.
To be sold as the property Of Silas c.
Cooper, to satisfy said decree and execution
in my hands in favor of Harrison Sulser.
Said sale without relief from valuation or
appraisement laws.
WIN. II. STUDY,
Sheriff of Wayne County.
H. B. PAYNE, Attorney for Plaintiff.
41-3w-pr. fee 81 %
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03


"Neal & Pray was the title of a
house in New England, of which both
members were anything but religious
ly inclined. 'Robb & Steel" was an
other firm in which both members
were noted for their honorable char
acter-quite as much as Wright &
Justice who were their neighbors.
~ .Ketchum 4 1. Cheatham" is we'll
known old incongruity; but the mar
riage of Benjamin Bird, aged GO, to
Julia Chaff, aged 20, showing that IAN
old bird may be caught by chaf,' is
not SO familiar; nor is the marriage of
George Virtue to Susan Vice. These
collections of familiar names are "odd'
enough.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03
TN BANKRUPrCY.
THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE

That on the 18th day Of December, A. d.,
1873, a Warrant in Bankruptcy was issued
against the estate of William Burgess Of
Richmond, in the county of Wayne, and
State of Indiana, who has been adjudged a
Bankrupt on his own petition: That the
payment of any debts and delivery of any
property belonging to such Bankrupt, to
him for his use, and the transfer or any
property by him is forbidden by law; that q
meeting of Creditors or the said Bankrupt,
to prove their debts and choose one or more
AsSignees of his estate, will be holden at o
Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at the
office of John w. Ray, No. y North Penn
sylvania street, indianapolis, Indiana, on
the 18th day OF January. A. ID. 1874, at 10
O'Clock A. M. BEN. j. SPOONER,
U. IS. Marshal, District Of Indiana,
4l-3w-pr. fee 81 Messenger.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03

The Strike q VtOlat1nn of the Rules
of the BrOtherhoOd-A COmnauni-
cation from the Grand Chief Engi.
neer.
CLEvEL LAND, December 28.-The
following communication is furnished
the agent Of the Associated Press this
evening: The strike now in operation
on the leased lines of the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad Company is in direct vi
olation of the rules of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers. My
advice to every member Of the Broth
erhood that has quit work on account
of the strike is to 60 to work at once
and to use every influence in their
power to induce all persons engaged in
the strike to resume work and desist
from any interference with the compa-
ny's property or men. In my opinion
no dishonor will be attached to any
man who accepts situation from the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company dur
ing their present difficulties.
Signed CHAs. WILSON,
Grand Chief Engineer.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03
N Q t G E :.
City Board Of Euuallzation.

The owners and holders Of the shares of
the capital stock Of the several Banks in the
city of Richmond, are hereby notified that
the Board Of Equalization Of said city will
meet in the Council Chamber in said city,
at o'clock p. m, on Tuesday, the S0th day
Of December, 1873, to hear and decide all
complaints that may be made touching
the assessment of such shares for taxation
for the current year.
Der Is, 1873. PIP. KlRN,
H-2w City Clerk.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03

An exchange relates that gentle
man Of its town has thoughtfully put
his front gate in his parlor, so that his
daughter and her young man can
swing on it without taking cold during
the winter weather. This is humane
suggestion to all fathers. A front
gate in the parlor may save good
many dollars that would otherwise be
paid out for soothing syrups and
cough balsams.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03

The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers is an efficient organization,
capable of exercising prompt control
over its members, and will be held re-
sponsible for such an exercise of its
power that, whether the strike be a
long one or short one, the conduct
of the strikers shall not be character
lied by scenes of violence. We hope
not to be called upon to record any
disturbance threatening danger to life
or limb.-Cincinnati Times.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03

On Monday and Tuesday evenings
of last week, Hon. VIM Baxter, au-
thor of the present temperance law,
lectured in the NJ. E. Church, in this
city. On both evenings the large
room was crowded. On the first eve
ming he portrayed in his own master
ly way the evils Of intemperance, and
such an arraignment of king alcohol.
has never before been heard in this
city.
On the second evening he spoke of
the temperance law" of its designs,
and showed clearly that it accorded
with the principles of common law.
At the close of the lecture the fol-
lowing preamble and resolutions were
adopted by rising vote-none dissent
ing.
WHEREAS: The evils resulting to
society from the use and traffic in al
coholic drinks, are many and griev-
Gus therefore. belt
hESOL ' ED, Dy the cltlZcnS OF
Shelbyville, in public meeting assem-
bled, that we will do all in our power,
both by precept and example, to les
sen the use and tra6c therein.
That to further said purpose, We
will give our cordial support toward
vigorous enforcement of the law,
believing that the faithful execution
thereof will lessen very materially
the evils of intemperance.
That as the question Of Temperance
is Of the highest importance to the
commonwealth, we will henceforth
give our suffrage to those candidates
for Office who will heartily support
the present temperance law Of our
State.
That copy Of these resolutions be
furnished to the editors Of our county
papers with the request that they be
published.
Mr.. Baxter addressed large and at
teDtive audiences at Marietta, Wal
dron and Fairland, on "Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday evenings. These
meetings and these lectures have
done much toward awakening and
strengthening a healthy feeling on
this important question of Temper
ance.-Shelby Republican.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03

The strike of the railroad engine
ers promises to be short strike.
The roads affected are getting into
shape, and in day or two will be
independent of the strikers. Another
engine was soaped at Columbus yes
terday, and two or three diabolical
attempts were made to throw trains
from the track at that point. But
Chief Engineer Wilson's order is
having a good effct, and the crisis is
passed.-Cin. Times.
The Washington associated press
dispatch states that a majority of the
Senate are opposed to the total repeal
of the bankruptcy act. Itis proposed
to amend it with view of pxptecting
debtors from the exactions Of 4 small
minority Of their creditors.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03

a eN IN AGENTS PROFITS per
NO LOU week. viii prove IL or forfeit
sos. New articles just patented. Samples
sent free to all. Address,
w. H. CHIDESTER,
8o-l 26 Broadway, New York.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03


Are agents for the Richmond Palladium In
that city, and are authorized to contract for
inserting advertisements for us at lowest
cash rates. Advertisers in that city are re-
quested to leave favors with them.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-03

Any one who don't like this kind Of
doings can stay ashore, and minele
with the people, who are just about
the same as elsewhere. 1 mingled
among EN-, most of EN- are mighty
nice, but some of EN- are queer. One
of EN- saw fellow shingfing house
and he called him Rufus" and that
same man, Notwithstanding he is
tailor, takes paper whose motto is
measures not men,"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-09

stand he has taken. The national militia In
Madrid is being quietly disarmed. The force
which is besieging Cartagena accepts the new
Government. The overthrow Of the CASTELAR,
Ministry is favorably In Havana. The
Imperial Spanish coatofarms has again been
placed on the palace OF the Captain General.
....H Henry Clews & Co., of New York, have
resumed their banking business, announcing
the fact in circular, in which they warmly
thank their creditors for their forbearance,
and declare their readiness now to pay
all their obligations in full. -. Governor
Taylor and the other State offleers elect of
Wisconsin have been installed at Madison,
with the usual ceremonies. Two Legisla-
are In session In Louisiana, representing the
Kellogg and the McEnery Governments.
The latter body has no quorum, and
does not propose to do anything more
than prepare an address to Congress. Gov
Kellogg's message to his Legislature is de-
voted largely to the finances of the State,
and the statement Of plan for restoring its
credit by funding its debt at sixty cents on
the dollar The case Of ex-senator Pomeroy
came up for trial at Topeka, Kansas, on the
5th. He did not appear in person, but his at
torneys made application for a continuance
for thirty days, which was denied by the court
and his bail declared forfeited.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-09
Signs, Tokens and Warnings.

believe in signs, warnings and tokens
/ say this knowing that many will criti
else. hut | have had too many demonstra
tions to allow me to doubt that certain
coming events cast their shadows before
If you drop your dish-cloth it is a sign
that some one in the family is going tC
die have seen it tried. My mother
dropped her dish-cloth one morning, and
just seventeen years after, to an hour, my
grandmother fell dead
If you break lookinGglass it is sign
that you are going to move soon. Iknew
a family once where the woman broke a
looking-g and said she defied the sign
and that any one who believed in signs
was lacking something in the head
What followed? Why, at midnight that
very night her house took fire; the fire.
men came, and the unbelieving woman
was tioated right out into the alley.
If the tea Kettle sings it is a sign OF
some accident. There was Jones; he
didn't believe it; said he'd lick the hide
right off of any his children who enter.
tanned any such belief Now, mark the
result. Just eleven years, five months and
twenty-six days afterwards, Jones fell
down stairs, drove his thumbs up, broke
his knee, put his arm out of joint and in
jured his spine for life.
lfyou happen to set three lights in a
row its sign that present plans will turn
out as you hope for. l had an uncle who
set three lights in row, and his plans
turned out all right. He got the horse,
just as he had planned, and was well out
of the neighbOrhood, but the sign could.
not do any more, and he was overhauled
by vigilance committee and left hang
ing to a tree to mediate. He wasn't
worth much, except as q corpse, after he
got through meditating.
If you see white horse and don't spit
over your shoulder and make wish, it is
another bad sign; you are going to meet
with great disappointment. A relative
of mine used to pooh, pooh such things
said he'd be busted if he'd spit over his
shoulder if he met forty white horses.
But he caught it. He didn't get drawn
on the Circuit Court jury as he planned,
and was obliged to go to work and earn
his bread or starye. Since then he has al
ways spit over his shoulder at the sight
of white horse, and he is always on the
jury or gets big wages for being a
witness.
If load of hay tips over in front of
your house, it is good sign; it is token
that friends are coming with presents. l
didn't use to believe il, until on one oc-
casion, just as a hard winter was setting
in, and wood was $l2 per cord, load OF
hay was upset at my gate, and three days
afterward my brother-in.law and family,
uncle and family, mother.in-law, two
aunts and cousin arrived at my house
to spend a month, bringing me several
presents, among which were two pounds
of dried apples, recipe for making new
kind of soft soap, pair of stockings for
the baby, and bunch of herbs. After
these seventeen persons had been in my
house whole month, / was ready to be.
lieve in almost any sign or anything.-M.
quad, in FGreSide Friend.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-09
Air and Light.

DID you ever think of the difference
between air and light in the way they
come to us9 You cannot catch the sun
beam in your fingers; you cannot shut it
up; you cannot even feel it. 1t seems as
thin, as intangible, as the air itself. Yet
the air penetrates everything; it creeps
through; it glides under; it goes behind.
There is no escaping it; while the sun
beam is turned aside by every obstacle.
What if light moved as air does, instead
of only in straight linesY Do you see
what would happenP There sOoIild be no
shdd0lo; no escape anywhere from the
piercing brightness. The thick green
leaves would not turn it aside there
would be no GOODNESS of the woods; no
shadow of a great rock in a thirsty
land !" no use at all for hat-brims or sun
umbrellas. Some One seems to have
planned very wisely and kindly, in this
one little law of light, to keep us all COM
Portable and happy. Then the sunbeam
itself, though it looks like simple CLEAN
of brightness, is really bundle of differ
ent colors tied up together, and each
color has a different Office to perform.
The artist can separate the ray into its
original colors, and letting them fall
upon his prepared plate, will show you
that it is only one or two of the darkest
rays that have anything to do with print
ing his wonderful sun-pictures.-Ltttle
Corporal.