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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-12
A Touch of Nature.

] did, all of a sudden n day,
what in the whole course of my life
I would have thought the last of my
actions. l advertised for a home
That is a pathetically funny thing to
do. Home-sweet home! What is
a home? A place to live in with
ease and comforts that a home?
No; there is only one thing which
makes home, and that one thing is
love. Imagine me thinking that
this great gift could be got by ad-
vertising, as you would advertise for
a steady pony, or . particular kind
of pigeon, or any other "speci1c"
article! Nevertheless, l did it.
The circumstances were these: My
fathers death had just taken plsce;
| was the last of u family in our
original home. l had stayed there,
and gone with both my father and
mother into the valley of the shadow
of death. | had two brothers in
America-they we're absent OF
course-but my two sisters and
their husbands came on the occa
sion. They we're much older than i,
and had families pretty well grown
up, and they talked over the event
in a business-like way: they did not
view it so much in the light of hav-
ing lost a father, as that an old mar
hal gone the way of all the earth IN
the natural order of things, that bis
affairs had to be wound up. and that
it was we'll that this should be done
decently and 10 order They could
not stay long; they were both NO
men, devoted body and mind to their
children. With some women, their
children is a most over-mastering
passiUD, swallowing up every other
feeling, throwing every other human
being. not ven excepting their hus
bands, into the background. l won-
der if, when their time came for
leaving their children for whom they
were so ready to do, be, and suffer
anything, they would he quite o
tented that these children should
meet that event with the tranquility
they themselves had shown in seeing
the last of their father. l believe
they would. I believe their self
abnegstion went that length: they
would rather go unmourned than
that their children should suffer grief.
if that had been possible consistently
with the good qualities they desired
to see in them. Be that as it may,
my eldest sister said to me, 'Jessie,
you'll feel this more than we do it
will he dull for you here. What do
you think of doing? / would will
ingly ask you to stay with US, but
our house is go small. we hardly have
room in 1T ourselves"
"We have plenty of room in ours"
said my other sister, 'but my advice
to you, Jessie, is TO keep a house of
your own. There is nothing like it
in this world; you can do it well
enough"
"Yes," 1 said, 81 will stay here
meantime"
eff you think you'll not be dull.
it is the best thing you can do"
they both agreed.
81 shall not be dull" 1 said.
+ i 4 4
/ now have a son and daughter of
INV oun y;n,,;ocnU for Eobro,u..
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-12

EThe Louisville Courier-Jour
nal says: sit is said that the name o
Hon. w. Pinckney WHITE, of Mary.
land, is more frequently misspellet
than that Of any other public man in
the United States. Which is true.
The right way to spell the name, as
we once before explained. is Wyll-
yam Pynckney Whyte, but a simple
W. is usually substituted for Wyll-
yam by particular request"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-12

Birch went outsailing with his dusky
dove; the wind came up suddenly from
the northeast, south and west. All
at once, the lady became alarmed and
shouted, William, take me to my pa
rents" Farther alarm brought forth
the entreaty. "Oh! William, pray, do
prayi" 4 can't my love, 1 can't
SWELL" sobbed the distressed damsel,
edo something religious" And Billy
thought be would, $50 I JUS took up
a co~llectoni''
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-12
Mild Winters.

The mildness of the present sea
son, both here and in Europe, has
induced some of the book worms tn
look up precedents. The result is
that so far, a~tleast, as Europe is con-
cerned. for we have not the same
records here to fall back upon, the
present bears no comparison to some
of the winters long gone by. In
ll12 the temperature was so high in
England that leaves came ont on the
trees in January, and birds Matched
their broods in February. In 1889
the winter was equally mild, and the
maidens of Cologne wore wreaths Of
violets aud corn flowers at Christmas
and on Twelfth Day. In 1421 the
trees Powered in the month of March,
and the vines in the month of April.
Cherries ripened in the same month,
and grapes appeared in May. In
1872 the trees we're covered with
leaves in January, and the birds
hatched their young In February, as
in llT2; in 1885 the same thing was
repeated, and it is added that the
corn was in the ear at Easter. There
was in France neither snow nor frost
throughout the winters of 1888, 1907.
l6O9, 1917. 1859; finally, in 1862.
even in the north of Germany, the
stoves we're not lighted, and trees
lowered in February. Coming to
later dates, the winter of 1861,
when it Numbered at Paris on the
18Th OF January, and that of 1866,
the year of the great inundation OF
the Seine, may be mentioned as ex.
c%eptionally mild.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-12

RIn the Convention of Female
Dress, reformers. at Vineland, N. j.
the other day, Mrs Mary Tillotson'
one of the Vice Presidents, we are
told. "was gorgeously clad in Grim.
son velvet tuuic and pantaloons, and
ornamented, as to her head, with cur
ly blonde wig and a pages cap, with
an ostrich feather and an amethyst
aigrette." 1t is interesting to specu-
late as to the size of the overdose of
strychniue an ordinary white man
would have wanted to swallow after
seeing his wife fooling around that
Convention in those clothes. g. Courier
Journal.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-12

DIR. ]. Walkers California Vim
egar BitterS are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found Oh the lower ranges of
tie Sierra Nevada mountains of CalifOr-
mia, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked. "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TERs?" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier and 4 life-giving~ principle,
a perfect Renovation and InvigoratOr
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has a medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERS in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are a gentle Purgative as well as a Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation of
the Liver and visceral Organs in Bilious
Diseases
The properties of DR.. WALKERS
VINEGAR Buffers are Aperient. DiaphOretic,
Carminative. Nutritious. Laxative, Diuretie,
SedaJive. Counter IrTitant SudOIific, Altera-
tive, and init Bilious.
II. II. MCDONALD & 20,
Druggists and Gen. Agts. San Francisco, California.
and cor of Washington and Charlton Sts.. n. Y.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
Oct. %, 1S73-eom1y
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-12

EMr. John R. Lynch, the color
ed representative from Mississippi,
is the youngest member of Congress,
being only twenty six years old. He
was 8 slave before the war.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-12

RThe greatest depth of the
Pacific Ocean between California and
Chlra is said to be about two and q
half miles.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-12
SuspishOus and Knowing Men,
THE sUsPIsHoUs MAN.


Thare are people in this worlC
whoze only wisdum INSISTS in sus
pekting everything.
Wherever they happen to be, they
always smell mice, and they never
swallo an oyster, from the half shell
without wondering it want a bad n
If they hear a person praised for
hiz virtew and morality. they hops
thare il no mistake aboutit.
These kind ov people often possess
menny of the virtews, but az a gen
eral rule, he who suspekts every bod
dy else haz but little faith in himself,
and wants the klussest kind ov watch
ing.
| think l had rather be swindled
every now and then than to !eze faith
in everything
The suspishous man liz a crate suf-
ferer, but he msnufakters most of biz
W mizery; his CRATE misfortin il.
that if thare il any disaster lying
around loose, he liz sure to git both
feet into it.
He who allwuss smells trubble IL
sure, by and by to find it.
TIE KNOWING MAN.
There are people we meet who
seem to kno every thing that ever haz
happened or liz ever going to.
Yu kant ask them a question that
they kant answer, nor tell them a biz
ov nuze that happened to-day, bui
what they heard of it a fortnight ago.
They kan tell yu WHARF to look for
the lost tribes of Israel, and have got
the exact locashun ov the North Pole
mapped out in their minds.
The knowing man liz allwuz as hap
py az tho he had just got up from s
thanksgiving dinner, he il SO phull.
They are the most cheerful PEG
pie in the world, bekause they are SO
well satisfied-wi,h themselfs.
Their kuolledge amt of mutch use
to emmy boldly. Knolledge il power,
but the knowing man haz simply a
power ov knolledge.
l often met theze kind of people
in mi travels, but never venture al
opinyun on emmy suijekt in their
presence, for | am sure not to git en-
nythipg right.
The knowing mar il seldum malish-
US; ne il ofteu a CRATE bore, but thel
he IL allwuss SO happy he don't kno
it-Josk Billings, in ". y. Heekly.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-12
&. F. GUTHRIE. ROBT. COLEMAN.
Hoosier Champion
PUMP

In Gallia County, Ohio, offer Well and
Cistern Pumps, from Maple and Poplar
Wood, the cheapest and best Force Pumr
in use, at the following rate, viz:
Pump complete, 10 feet or under $I4 OC
Each additional foot 80
Cylinder, copper lined, for very
deep wells, Extra........... 5 OO
These Pumps being constructed to
work in the bottom of Wells, can not
freeze, as water settles to Il level with
chat in the Well, or can be made TO
stand at any desired point in the tu-
bling; for the same reason they will new
er need printing.
Maple wood is free from all impurities
OF taste, and is the best known to keep
water pure and sweet.
% The above prices include the Pump
delivered, set up, and in good working
For further information, address
GUTHRIE & COLEMAN,
Cheshire, Ohio.
Nov. 81, 1S73-Gm
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-12

RThree Of the candidates for
Chief Justice, Messrs. Waite, Evarts,
and P~ierrepont, were classmates at
Yale.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-12

The Pennsylvania miners strike is
ended, the men having agreed to re-
sumo work upon last years basis.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-12

~ vi ~ a
One of the proudest titles of the
King of Ava is "Lord of the White
Elephant" though the King of
Siam, at Bangkok, is also the pos
SCISSOR of one or more of these sa-
cred beasts. The Mandalay animal
Mr. Vincent found to be a male of
medium size, with white eyes, and a
forehead and spotted white. appear
ing as if they had been rubbed with
pumice stone or sand paper. but the
remainder of the body as black as
coal. He was a vicious brute,
chained by the forelegs in the cen
ter of a large shed. and was sur
rounded with the "~adjuncts of roy
alty"-gold and white cloth UNI
b~rellas. an embroidered canopy
above, and some bundles of spears
in the of the room. The at
tendants said that a young one.
captured in the northeastern part
of British Burmah, near Tounghoo,
had recently died, after a short resi-
dence in the capital, and that the
king had been tout of sorts" ever
since. This animal was sucked by
twelve women hired for the express
purpose. These elephant wet
nurses thought it a great honor to
serve in such a capacity.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-12

DRESS IN CHURCH Nowhere, ",
are ashamed TO say. is the bad taste
of o~stentation in dress more conspic.
uous than here. 1t seems as if, viii
many, the Sabbath were the grand
occasion for display, and the church
the place for self exhibition. Ia nc
other country have we seen so much
show and tinselry in the churches as
in some of our cities. In England,
not only, but on the continent-such
display is rigidly forbidden, not by
law, but by the recognized canons of
good taste Nothing is considered
more ~vulgar-a more certain mark Of
low breeding--than this kind of os-
t%entatlon in a place of worship. II
is only the "new rich"-what we
should call the "shoddy" people
that try to exhibit themselves in the
house of God. But as that class is
in this country than anywhere
else, we have more of these wretched
exhibitions. We trust our American
aides will not be above taking a les.
from the Queen of England.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-12
~-The occupations of the men

@The occupations of the mem
bers of the present General Assem-
bly, are stated as follows:
In the Senate there are Ii LAWYERS
10 farmers, 4 merchants, l capitals
Mr. Burton1, 2 physicians, and {
Journalistic.
In the House there are 81 lawyers
81 farmers, | farmer and miller,
farmer and manufacturer, | farmer
and druggist, 2 farmers and mecban
les, l farmer and barker, l farmer
and merchant, l farmer and butcher,
D journalists, | printer and insurance
agent, surgeon, l printer, l Justice
of the Peace, 8 bankers, 2 manufae
turers, l Auditor. | real estate dealer,
machinist, ii physicians, l drug
gist, mechanic, and ! blacksmith.
The predominance of farmers is
greater than ever known before,
while there are fewer lawyers.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-12
The White Elephant OF Burn,ah

/ now have a sol and daughter OF
my own.-Lppincon for February.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-12

They were one blister. The sta
BILE keeper smiled. IF you had
listened to me, all this would have
been avoided; allow the lines tc
remain untouched until you are
seated, and she never starts till you
tell her. Drive her with a slack
rein, and she will go as slow as you
desire"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-02-12

Oct. %, 1s73-eom1y
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-06-20
DIED.

In this county on Thursday the nth
inst, Mrs. Bette WitherspOon, wife OF II.
! II. WitherspoOD; aged IS years.
At the residence or his son, J. NJ. Hous-
ton. in this city, on Sunday night the l4th,
Maj. Mathey NJ. Houston, aged Sc years.
The deceased was on visit to his son,
was taken with Cholera Morbus on Sum
day and died in few hours. His remains
were carried to Trenton for burial.
In this county. on Sunday the 9Th, Mrs.
| Cathey, wife OF Alex. Cathey.
! In this county, on the 4th OF June, at the
residence of her grandmother, Mrs. Tay-
/ Tor, Miss M0llie Price.
at his fathers in this county, on sunday
night The i4th, Mr.. Gillian Moore, after
| long and painful illness.
Lauderdalelcounty: Capt. Archibald A.
Hall, aged 70 years.
Carroll county: Mrs. Alexander, wife OF
Lawson Alexander, aged 10 years.
Mrs. Pritchard, wife Of Mr.. Benjamin S.
Pritchard.
Near Little Rock, Ark, May the ODD, q.
w. Talbot, OF Consumption, aged IS years.
The decease was younger brother OF
the late Jas. l.. Talbot Of this city, and was
well known 10 the older citizens of Jack
son. He was born in Davidson county,
Tenn, but raised and educated in this city.
In 1S47-S he edited democratic paper in
this place, conducting the same with abili-
ty and marked courtesy towards his politi-
cal opponents. He was practical printer
and 1 newspaper man OF more than aver
age capacity. The writer OF this has fought
him through many an exciting political
canvass, and bears cheerful testimony to
his uniform fairness and honesty In argu-
ment. He was a man whom to know was
to esteem, for love Of humanity was with
him both a principle and a passion. He
carried his great generous heart in his
hands, and no one could look into his kind
ly eyes without realizing that his soul was
a fountain of ineXhaustible tenderness
We sincerely mourn his loss, and extend
TO his stricken family our deepest sympa--
thy W W q
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-06-20
seeing 3 lNeIIevIng.

II in this liberal age there are persons to be
found who are so blinded by prejudice as not to
believe that indicated stim1lant is an item of
immense importance in the catalogue Of human
remedies, we should like them TO witness the
wonderful effects which Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters are now producing all over the country
in cases of intermittent fever, rheumatism
bilious disorders. dyspepsia, nervous COM
plants, constitutional debility, mental depres-
sion and premature decay. To be sure these
effects are nothing new. The great vegetable
invigorant and Its cures have been before the
people for more than twenty-five years, and in
every year of the twenty-five its popularity has
increased and its sale has become larger. Yet
there are no doubt many thousands OF intelii-
gent citizens who have never had an opportu-
nifty of observing for themselves the surprising
changes which this unequalled tonic and alter
alive produces in systems which seem 20 be
hOpelessly broken, and in cases of disease
which are not amenable to ordinary remedies.
Probably many of these regard the statements
made in relation to the sanitary properties Of
the Bitiers with some degree Of ineredulity.-
Would that all such skeptics could see with
their own eyes what the medicine is doing for
the sick and feeble everywhere, what stafr of
life il is proving to the aged and nfrm, what
help in time OF trouble to feeble women suffer-
ing from the complaints and disabilities pecu-
liar to the sex, what e protection TO health and
life in malarious districts, what panacea for
languor and depression, what a specific for all
diseases in which the system requires to be
vitalized and sustained. OF all stimulants it is
the purest and safest, Of al tonfcs the most ge-
nial, effective and agreeable, of all alternatives
the least violent and the most certain in its
beneficial results. je6-lm
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-06-20

! A SHOCKING MURDEB.-On Thursday
night, the 18th inst, one Bill Dunn, (eol. }
was most shockingly murdered on the farm
| of jas. NJ. Exum, twelve miles north of
| this city. The facts as far rs we have been
able 10 ascertain, are about rs follows:
| Five white men without any DISCUSSES,
surrounded Dunn's cabin about 10 o'clock.
! His wife, who was returning nom neigh
/ boring farm, accompanied b. enc Steve
/ Smith, (col.) was OF dered under penalty Of
death to have the cabin opened. THIS she
/ did, and the murderers rushed in. Dunn
suspicionins foul play, ran into a she'd
/ reom and hid. But be was soon discover.
ed, carried into the back yard, told to hold
up bis arms, that an oath might be admin.
istered, ana as he did SO, i've navy pistol
/ balls were shot through his head and body,
either OF which would have been fatal.
! Dunn dropped dead instantly, and without
| a groan. TIE wife Of the murdered man
seems to be the only witness to the terrible
! crime, although her young sister was in the
cabin at the time IF the murder. Steve
Smith claims TO have len in hot haste on
/ first seeing the men. Dunn'S wife swore
| before a magistrate that she recognized
| two Of the .murderers, and named one
/ Widenhouse and young,man by the name
| OF Robt Cianton as the men. CIanton was
arrested and tried before Esq. Leonard.
| but proved an ''alibi," and was discharged.
| Widenhouse it is reported has fed the
country. Another theory for the murder
is based on the existence of bad blood be-
| tween Dunn and Steve Smith, the negro
that was with Dunn's wife on the night Of
/ the murder. 1t seems that Smith had ac-
cused Dunn of .'conjuring" his wife, a
| ridiculous but almost general superstition
with the negro race Of the South. Negroes
| look upon conjur0rs with infinite terror,
and have been known to murder those sus-
/ picioncd of possessing its awful mysteries.
However that may be, it is a little strange
that Dunn's wife and Smith should be to-
gether, at an hour 80 late and at such a
time. But Dunn had been threatened sever.
al time previous to his death by unknown
/ parties Furthermore his cabin was visit
| ed BY disguised men last fall, at which time
considerable firing took place between the
disguised parties and a young white man
| living on the farm. a tuH account OF the
circumstance was published in the Whic
and Tribune at the time. Mr.. Exum, on
whose farm Dunn had lived for four years.
gives him an excellent character for indus.
try, PoIiteness and honesty. Every citizen
OF that section, with whom we have con
yersed, denounce the murdeTers in un-
measured terms. If the facts before US are
! true, the crime is one of the blacklist in the
annals Of the county, and every possible
effort should be made TO unearth the muir.
dererS. We hope the Governor will offer s
large reward for their apr ehension. In,
deed the county and especially the citizen,
of the section where the crime was com
mitted, should join in to make the reward
large enough to justify first class detec,
tive in working up the case. 1t is shame
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-06-20
Tennessee River News.

The crop prospect on the river is more
hopeful now since, the recent rains Crops
generally are very late, but with an aver
age season there viii be an abundance Of
corn grown upon the river lands this year
Mr.. John V. WOrley, Of Hardin, has ex-
tracted one hundred and twenty-five
pounds Of honey from two Buckeye
hives this season.
The school at Pebble Hill closed on the
18th inst. learn that an interesting time
was expected. ProL.LoYe has made con-
siderable character As a successful educa-
tor. He viii be eonauned another term.
A. h. AOernathy has organized an inter-
estlng Sunday school on Mud Greek.
Adam yille Is in general uproar.
The outlook is ominous Of a general stir
ia the domestic eirels.'s
passed through Purdy on the 18th inst.
and found the village Utmost entirly de-
serted. This is owi6c-to the fact that
quite all the citizens n that town are can
didates.
met Hon. John s.. Kerr at Bethel.
He vas on his way TO the river COUNTIES,
where he proposes speRding a week with
the natives" Mr.. kszris a candidate for
and he has "a. convincing way
Of informing the peopletlat,he is the man.
Bascom Riggs is a calia'Ia6e for the leg
lslature in MeNairy. Bssepm would
make a live me nber.
WILEsO'-THH WISH.
Salt River.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-06-20

THE REASON, ErC.-Last week IS the tax
list occupied large amount Of our space
aud as the farmers were thinking very lit
tie Of anything except their crops and the
weather probabilities, Messrs. Hamilton &
Sparks failed to say nything to the readers
Of the Wing and Tribune in regard to the
Weed Sewing Machine. On looking over
the list however, aud hadng that only
about $50 persons out OF L population OF
% 900 have failed to pay up their taxes
promptly, and that OF this number, at least
800 hundred failed through negligence, and
not through inability to pay, Messrs. II &
S. at once ordered another carload Of ma
chimes from the mandatory, of unusually
fine finish and excellence. These are now
arriving daily, and all persons wishing to
obtain them can do so on the best terms.
Messrs. II Il 5 are not afraid to wait on re-
sponsIble purchasers for large proportion
Of the price Of their machines, They have
faith in the eompensations Of nature, and
believe that the latter rains, viii be forth
coming in due time. In view OF the more
hopeful outlook, they are preparing 70 en-
large their business, and TO carry the Weed
into every neighborhood in Madison county,