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The Placer herald., 1874-02-07
Probate Notice.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, In Probate Court.
County of Placer.
In the matter of the estate of Jos Walkup, de-
ceased.
nURSUANT TO AN ORDER of said Court
made on the 26th day of January, A. d.
1874, notice is hereby given that Monday the
10th day of February, A. d. 1S74,a o'clock p
NJ. of said day, at the Court room of this Court,
at the Court House, in Auburn, County OF Pa
cer State of California, have been appointed as
the time and place for hearing the report OF the
Appraisers appointed to appraise and admeasure
a homestead from said estate for the use OF the
widow and minor child of said deceased, when
and where any person interested may appear and
file their objections in writing and contest the
same. b. L. BURT, Clerk.
Dated Jan. 26, 1871. no2l-3t
The Placer herald., 1874-02-07
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ConStabie'S Sale.

DY virtue of an execution issued out of the
ID Justices court of II. c. Poland, Justice of
the Peace of township No. 3, Placer county,
State of California, and to me directed, on a
certain Judgment rendered therein on the 26th
day of January, A. D. 1874, in favor of Richard
Perry and against the Greene Mining Company,
a corporation, for the sum of one hundred and
eighty dollars and fifty cents, and interest
on said sum at the rate of z per cent. per an
nun from the 26th day of January. A. d. 1874,
together with costs of suit, taxed at $22 with
accruing costs, have levied upon and seized,
and shall expose for sale at public auction, at
the Greene Mine in township No. 3, county OF
Placer, State of California on
Monday, the 23d day ofFebruary, n. d. 1874,
at the hour of 10 o'clock A. NJ, all the right,
title, interest and claim Of the said Greene Min
ing Company, a corporation, OF, IN and to the
following described property, to-wit:
That certain quartz mine, vein or lode, known
as the Greene Mine, situated in township No. B.,
Placer county, State of California. Also the
quartz mill belonging to said mine, and all the
machinery the hosting works, engine and all
buildings and appurtenances thereto belonging,
to satisfy said execution.
The above described property will sell as
aforesaid, or so much thereof as may be suff-
cient to satisfy said Judgment, interest, cost, ac
cruing costs and expenses of sale.
b. f. GWYNN,
Constable Township No. 3.
Auburn Jan. 81 1874 n24-td
The Placer herald., 1874-02-07
EXERCISES In ARTICULATION.
TO BE REPEATED RAPIDLY.

The following examples IN articulation we
clip from an exchange. Many of them are
old, but still not worn out. Some of our
younger readers may play twist the tongue
with them for little while during leisure
moments:
Of all the saws ever saw saw, never
saw saw saw as this saw saws.
Crazy Craycroft caught crate of crickled crabs
crate Of crickled crabs Crazy Craycroft
caught;
II Crazy Craycroft caught crate of crickled
crabs,
Craycroft caught?
Thou wreath'd and muzzld'st the far
fetched OK, and imprison'd DIST him in the vol
canic Mexican mountain Of Pop-o-cat-a-pelt,
in Co-to-pax-i.
Peter Piper picked peck of picked pep
pers; peck of picked peppers Peter Piper
picked. Il Peter Piper picked a peck of
picked peppers where's the peck of picked
peppers Peter Piper picked
When twister twisting, would twist him a
twist,
For twisting twist three times he will twist;
But one of the twists untwists from the twist,
The twist untwisting, untwists the twist.
Robert Rowley rolled around roll round
a round roll Robert Rowley rolled round
Where rolled the round roll Robert Rowley
rolled round?
Theopilus Thistle, the successful thistle
sitter, in sitting seive full of thistles,
thrust three thousand thistles through the
thick of his thumb.
Amid the moist and coolest frosts,
With barest wrists and stoutest boasts,
He thrust his fists against the post,
And still insists he sees the ghost.
Peter Prangler, the prickley pear picker,
picked three pecks of prickley, prangley
pears from the prangly pear trees on the
pleasant prairies.
Willy Vite and wife vent an voyage to
Vest Vinson and Vest Vindham Won wilson
Wednesday.
saw Esau kissing Kate
The fact is we all three saw;
saw Esau, he saw me,
And she saw l saw Esau
The Placer herald., 1874-02-07
Precautions A gainst Sickness

The ability of the human body to resist the
causes of disease depends upon its vigor and
upon the regularity with which the several
organs perform their functions. In the winter
the most prolific sources of sickness are damp
and cod and it is therefore wise and prudent
to fortify the system against them by wholesome
stimulation. Hence it is that Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters prove such an admirable safeguard
against the complaints most common at this
season. The ingredients of this powerful vegc-
table invigorant comprise three essential medi-
cinal elements which act simultaneously upon
the digestion, the circulation the secretions,
and the nerves, infusing strength and regularity
into all. In this way the Bitters put the body
in the best possible condition to escape an atteck
of rheumatism, or intermittent fever, or indi-
psstion, or biliousness. or of pulmonary diseas",
Cold and damp are very depressing; almost as
much so as excessive heat, and protective med
icne is quite as needfu in winter as summer.
The commercial stimulants so unwisely taken In
the form of drains to keep out the cold, have
n precisely opposite effect 10 that produced by
Hostetter's Bitters. Their first result is sue
ceedcd by reaction which devitalizes and pros
trates the SYSTEM while, on the other hand
the tonic and vitalizing operation of the great
vegetable invigorant is not only immediate but
pei1nanent. There is no revulsion, no reverse
nervous action The physique is strengthened
the appetite increased, the bowels regulated, the
stomach reinforced and these conditions con-
tinue. If dyspepsia or rheumatism, or bilious
ness, or intermittent fever, or general debility,
or nervous weakness, is present III the system,
expel it with this pure and harmless antoote,
which is not only invaluable as a preventive OF
sickness, but also remedy for large class OF
disorders
The Placer herald., 1874-02-07
COnStabIe'S Sale.

DY virtue of an execution issued out of the
ID Justices coHt of Il. G. Poland, Justice OF
the Peace of township No. 3, Placer county
State of California, and to me directed on a GER
tain judgment rendered therein on the Goth day
of January a. ID. 1874. in favor of Thomas
Hodge and against the Greene Mining Company,
a corporation, for Tie sum of one hundred and
seventy-four dollars, and interest on said sum at
the rate of per cent. per annum from the 2Gth
day of January A. d. 1874, together with costs
of suit, taxed at 500, with accruing costs, have
levied upon and seized, and shall expose for
sale at public auction, at the Greene Mine in
township No. 3, county of Placer, State of Cali
fornia, on
Monday, the 23d day OF February, n. d. 1874,
at the hour of 10 o'cl ock A. NJ, all the right,
title, interest and claim of the said Greene Min
ing Company, corporation, in and to the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit:
That certain quartz mine, vein or lode, known
as the Greene Mine, situathed in township No.
3, Placer county, State of California. Also the
quartz mill belonging to said mine, and all the
machinery the hosting works, engine and all
buildings and appurtenances thereto belonging,
to satisfy said execution.
The above described property l will sell as
aforesaid, much thereof as may be suffi-
cient to satisfy said judgment, interest, cost ac-
cruing costs and expenses Of sale
b. +. GWYNN,
Constable Township No. g.
Auburn, Jan. 81, 1874. n24-td
The Placer herald., 1874-02-07

THE GRANGERs IN MIoHIGAN.-The Michi-
gan State Grangers, in Convention at Kala-
mazoo, have adopted resolution, declaring
that railroads are amenable to State regula-
ton as much as plank and gravel road COM
panies; that the Legislature has as much
right to regulate their charges as to fix turn
pike tolls or charges of mills fer grinding
grain. Accompanying this assertion of right
is an appeal to the railroad companies to re-
member that their interests are identical
with those of the farmers, and not to kill.
by exhorbtant prices, the agricultural goose
that lays the golden egg-Eraminer.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-07
cONSTARLE's SALE.

RY virtue of an execution issued out of the
II Justices court of r. c. Poland, Justice of
tie Peace of Township No. 3, Placer County,
State of California, and to me directed on GER
tain judgment rendered therein, on the 2Sth day
OF January, A. d. 1874, in favor of Henry Stone
and against the Greene Mining company, a cor
poraton, for the sum of forty-five dollars and
sxty-three cents and interest on said sum at
the rate OF per cent. per annum from the 28th
day of January, A. D. 1874, together with costs
OF suit taxed at % dollars with accruing costs,
have levied upon and seized, and shall expose
for sale at public auction, at the Greene Mine in
township No. g. county of Placer State OF Cali
fornia, on
Monday the 23d day OF Fa bruary, A. d. 1874.
at the hour of 10 o'clock A. NJ, all the right,
title, interest and claim of the said Greene MIN
ing company, corporation, of, in and to the
following described property, to-wit:
That certain quartz mine, vein or lode known
as the Greene Mine, situated in Township No.
3 Placer county, State of California Also the
quartz mill belonging to said mine, and all the
machinery, the hoisting works, engine and all
buildings and appurtenances thereto belonging,
to satisfy said execution.
The above described property / will sell as
aforesaid, or SO much thereof IS may be suffi-
cient to satisfy said Judgment, interest cost,
accruing costs and expenses of sale.
b. +. GWYNN,
Constable Township No g.
Auburn, Jan. 81, 1874. n24-td
The Placer herald., 1874-02-07

AN APOLOGY. The editor of western
p per once gave notice of bal, and hap
pened incidentally to mention that the dane
of Major Heeler's better half was like 'the
cavorting of hy-bitten COW in a field Of
cucumbers. The fact that the editor had
not been invited to the ball may somewhat
detract from the value of the simile, while
at the same time it accounts for his estab-
fishing the figure. The Major, accompanied
by his better half and a six shooter, called
on the editor to complain of the poetcal
nature of the image. On learning that the
lady was the one be had described, the
editor besought her to raise her veil. She
did so, adding Now, sir, expect you to
apologize Apologize! l should rather
think | would was the answer, as he seized
his hat and rapidly left the room. The
astounded Major rushed to the window.
Stop, you sir. you haven't apologized!
'All right, I'm going to do it in minute
what do you ? shouted the Major, accent-
ing the note of interrogation with pistol
bullet. The answer was waited back from
round the next comer-'Can't you see I'm
looking for that cow?
The Placer herald., 1874-02-07
A DOWN EAST JOKE.
What Political Trick cost two GOycrnO

The Chicago Tribune has the following,
under the head of GA Down East Joke"
1.-TWO years ago, General j. Il. Hawley
editor of the Hartford Courant, received
the caucus nomination of the Connecticut
Republicans for the Office of United States
Senator, in place OF Mr. Ferry. Mr. Ferry
had few friends in the Legislature who
were not averse to boiling Hawley, and
when this fact was discovered, the Demo
cratic members of the Legislature threw
their entire vote for Ferry and elected him.
The mystery OF his reelection, in spite Of
the Republican caucus, has remained un-
solved until now, when it transpires that
Governor English took this method of pun
ishing Hawley for joke perpetrated upon
himself in the preceding Gubernatorial Con.
vention. In April, 1871, English was the
Democratic, and Jewell the Republican
candidate for Governor. Richard O'Gorham
was announced to speak at the Democratic
meeting at New Haven, but, being called to
Albany, telegraphed to English that he
could not go. English at once telegraphed
to O'Gorham, at Albany, care of Tweed:
DO not disappoirt us; nothing could be
more disastrous. j. f. English Cover
ner Jewell obtained, in some way, a copy of
the dispatch, and, emitting the name Of
O'Gorham, he carried it to the Office of the
Courant, and, giving assurance Of its genu-
mess, caused it to be published as dispatch
from English to Tweed, with the intimation
that Tweed had agreed to send large body
of roughs into Connecticut to carry the cleo
ton. This was followed up by a constant
stream of dispatches on the day Of election,
ON the line of the railway, announcing that
'Reddy, the Blacksmith, and a gang of
Tammany roughs' had come to the State to
seze the polls, beat off the Republican
voters, and elect English. These dispatches
were bulletined at every voting place in the
State, and, taken in connection with the
published dispatch from English to Tweed,
proved disastrous to English, who was
beaten by Jewell. That Reddy, the Black
smith, and his companions did enter the
State on the Sunday before the election,
with gang, was fact, but It has now
turned out that Tom Murphy, of New
Y ork, had hired them to make the trip
through the State on Sunday, and that
Governor Jewell and the Republican State
Committees paid the bill. 10 this day,
that Democratic raid is remembered in
Connecticut with indignation, and now it is
as at last proved that it was an election
trick, and a sequel to the forged dispatch
from English to Tweed.
English felt outraged at what he deemed
the disreputable conduct of General Haw-
ley, and, making that the ground Of COM
plant, united the Democrats in favor of
Ferry. Jewell, who was present, and
knew that by explaining the facts he could
relieve Hawley and probably secure his
election, kept profound silence. Governor
Jewell is now Minister to Russia, but is,
nevertheless, candidate for the United
States Senate, and it is understood that this
revelation of his fraud upon upon English,
and his bad faith to Hawley, viii send the
joke back to his own doorstep" =
The Placer herald., 1874-02-07
4ACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY Z, 1874.
NUMBER 25

A Coon SAMARlrAN.-A Melbourne pa
per gives the following as the latest bush
ranging gossip.
Recently a certain person was travelling
along the road, when he heard great noise
and outcry. Thinking bushrahgers were at
work, he fred of pistol to ihtimidate
them; and presently the noise ceased and q
scampering was heard. On coming to the
opening, the traveller discovered man tied
to tree.
"Oh, sir!'' cried the victim, II am so
glad you have come. I've been attacked
BY rufians, and they were robbng me when
they heard your pistol"
"And couldn't you get loose, my friend 7
asked the traveller.
"No; they tied me go very tightly.
"And did they rob You of everything"
"No; only of my watch. They had not
time to search for my money, which placed
in my left boot.
Chow fortunate" observed the traveller.
"Was the sum considerable p
cover thousand, thank heaven!' said
the poor man.
care you sure they are gomez" asked the
other
ooh! certain.
The new conner looked round and round,
and seeing the coast clear, said coolly,
"Well, as they're gone, think III finish
the job myself" And he proceeded to rob
the unfortunate victim.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-07

Little Tim" was the name of him
OF whom have to tell,
And he abode on the western road
In the busy town of l.
AS trains went down through the little town
He peddlei through the cars
His stock in trade--iced lemonade,
Cake, peanuts and cigars.
Conductor Dunn was the only one
Who'd not his trade allow,
And so 'twixt him and Little Tim
There always was a row.
AT last one day they had a fray,
AS Timothy declared
He'd ''fx old Dunn, 'as sure's a gun,
If both their lives were spared.
So off he went, with this intent,
And sold his stock in trade;
His earning hard he spent for lard,
And started for ''the grade"
(This place, you know, Is where trains 60
Up the steep hillside,
And where-with lard-it isn't hard
To get up quite n slide).
He took stick and spread it thick,
Remarking with smile,
There II be some fun when Mr.. Dunn
Commences to strike ile!"
He lay in wait; the train was late
And came a-puffing hard,
With heavy load, right up the road
To where he'd spread the lard.
They tried in vain! that fated train
Could not ascend the grade;
The wheels would spin with horrid din,
Yet no advance was made.
Then Little Tim-'twas bold in him
Cried out in accent shrill,
Remember ME, Conductor d.,
When you get up the hill.'
MORAL.
Success in trade is up grade
That we should all ascend,
And with a will help up the hill
Our fellow-man and friend.
When con the road" don't incommoje
The seeker after pelf
Or, ten to one, like Mr.. Dunn,
You won't get up yourself.
-Boston Transcript
The Placer herald., 1874-02-07

"HEAD Us SOMEBODY. An enterprising
farmer who lives in the edge of town con-
ceived the idea of amusing himself the 9TH
er morning by breaking a pet calf to the
yoke, and to accomplish this worthy pur-
pose. in the absence of proper mate to tho
calf, he strapped the vacant end of tie
yoke over bis own neck. The man made
some demonstration his partner did not
quite understand, at which it elevated its
TAIL gave vent to loud below, and broke
up San Benito street at 40 gait; the man
went along, with his plug hat in his hand,
straining to keep up, and shouting at the
top of his voice, "IIere we come, darn our
fool souls; head us somebody. "-Hollister
Enterprise.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-07

tY- All parties needing the services of an ex
perenced surveyor are advised to employ J. A..
Benson, U. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor, Au-
burn, Cal. He has the Government Field Notes,
the possession of which enables him to restore
lost corners without delay. He charges mod
erately and works rapidly.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-07
ECONOMY In GOOD ROADS,

The Chautauq,ta Farmer hits the nail on
the bead in the following, which we COM
mend to the reader as a matter Of as much
local interest as we could write.
''There is no economy in saving at the
spigot and losing at the bung.' There is no
economy in parsimony in road making, and
paying treble or quadruple to wagonmakers,
blacksmiths and harness makers. Uneven
road-beds, gulleys and boulders tax man
more heavily i'll purse, and are more vexa-
tious in spirit, than his part Of the cost of
constructing and maintaining road as 'level
and smooth as barn floor Men don
get rich, or are a long time getting rich, Just
because they don't begin right. What is
the use in tong to save crops, if share of
the profits is lost in getting them to market !?
man starts to his nearest town with ton
Of hay, from which he expects to realize
$40 to SIS. He runs into gully, tips
over, and half day is lost 10 himself and
team in getting Strengthened up; or be loos-
es tire, breaks some part of his wagon, or
casts shoe, because of boulder or some
thing else that shouldn't be there Out
CohcS nio puIec IoI repairs, anu away goes
an hour or more of bis timel But the cost
and loss Of his time are not all-he gets
fretted, worried in spirit, and becomes ex-
ceedinglv unamiable, boorish and bearish
And this last is ro frst-rate evidence of his
civilization back to his imperfect
road-bed. A poor road in a populous com
munity costs enough incidentally land acci-
dentally), in the course Of twelve months-
shall we say it 9--to macadamize its whole
length, and to give something almost as dur
able as the everlasting hills
Our old system Of road working needs
alteration. It does not meet the wants of
the people to-day. Il is too antiquated and
too imperfect to be recognized as in harmo-
ny with the spirit Of the age. 1t needs
thorough revision. What scholar and phi
lanthrcpist can devise system that will
combine thoroughness of structure, com
pleteness of detail, and economize the peo-
pies moEey? Such man will be the ben
efactor of tho rural districts, and as justly
entitled to reverential memory, as any in
ventor Of the age"
The Placer herald., 1874-02-07

AMERICAN DREAD OF WATER.-Amerl-
cans and cats are afraid of wetting their
feet. To an observer of animals it is anus
ing to see pussy cross wet or muddy
street. Standing on the last dry spot, she
hesitatingly puts one foot forward on the
wet ground and suddenly wthdraws it, Civ
ing it quick, nervous shake, and gravely
looks at it to supplement the testimony of
her nerves by the evidence of her eyes, that
her foot is really wet. Rendered desperate,
however, by the necessity of crossing, she
advances, crouchng low and taking long
steps, as the felid0e do when stealing on
their prey. Once across, she stops and
carefully removes every particle Of dirt and
drop of water from her feet, and goes joy
fully on her way to some game preserves
which she knows of, where The game is in
season before the 18th of August. There
is ludicrous similarity between Americans
and the cat in their dread of water. Our
boots are made more for show than comfort;
rather as groundwork Cor somebody's super
natural backing than for protecting the feet.
When it rains we keep within doors, if pos
sible; if we must go out we put on water
proof wrappings and make a rush for the
horse cars, feeling ourselves specially fa-
vored by Providence if, during our transit,
the rain holds up, and we finally reach our
destination dry. No cat breads water more.
-F6rneys Sunday Chronicle.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-07
PRUNING TRlEs.-The Rural Press re.
marks on this subject as follows:

PRUNlNe TRlEs.-The Rural Press re-
marks on this subject as follows:
With orchard trees there lie, as general
thing, too much pruning done in California.
Where the nearly vertical sun pours its
heated rays upon vegetation, particular care
should be taken that those rays fall upon
the leaves, and Dot upon the trunk Oh
boughs of the tree, causing sun scald and
blight. AS rule, there should be no prun-
ing beyond the removal Of certain superAu-
GUS branches, or those which override each
other. Trimming back. or cutting in, as it
10 called, is quite another process from prun
ing, and serves always to thicken up the
top, instead Of opening it, as pruning does.
The present is the time to do either, and it
may be continued till the buds are SO far
expanded as to endanger their injury from
the act of removal, when pruning should
cease. -..
We would observe that the cutting in
process throws the fruit-buds in towards the
body of the tree, and serves the purpose of
projecting the fruit from the sun, and also
TO place it where the tree can hold it up
without bending and inuring the limb.
The Placer herald., 1874-02-07

Completely corroborave Of the above the reports
of the experiments with Eucalyptus by DR.. Lorrimer
of Berlin Prussia and Dr. Keeler, Chief Physician of
the Austrian Railway Co., published in the Am. Med
journal July, 1872.
1t will be found very fcacious in obstinate of
Dyspepsia Bronchitis, Hacking Cough, Chronic Sore
Throat Leucorrhea, ETC., and in nausea during preg
The Placer herald., 1874-02-07

What is higher when the head is off p
The pillow.
The most frequentel watering places
Hose troughs.