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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-03-05

eyes, me-" answered the little torn
Primer. 81 taught her her letters,
Without knowing then, what good would
any book be to herr"
"How tiresOme small books are" said
the History.
Il guess I'll take a nap" yawned the
Geography. And SO the conversation
ended.-Naryarct Eytinge, IN 81. Njch-
OlaS.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-03-05
NEUSPiPER WRITERS.

ROWCiFs RcpOytcr' says: Every city
of considerable size contains 4 large mum
Der of writer's who depend mainly upon
contributions to the daily press for sub
s~istance. The inner lives of these per
sons are, to the mass of people, mere
matters of conjecture, as opportunities
for social enjoyment with the outside
world, with many of them, are limited,
and they are rarely intimate with any
except their fellows. 1t may be sup
posed that the life they lead is one Of
severe labor, and by no means inviting.
They work persevcringly while others
siecp-thcir work being by no means
confined within the circumscribed ortho-
Iox rule of eight hours. Their minds
are busy from getting mp to lying down,
with the details Of their profession. On
the other hand, regulated by the laws of
demand and supply, their pay is far from
commensurate with the labor they per
form. As Il class, they are no better or
worse than other people. They are not
all storeotyped in the same mold, nor do
thcy I'LL run in the same groove, there
being among them those whose Jcmp"rl-
ments run from grave to gay, from lively
to severe. AS might be naturally cx-
pectcd, there being much competition,
there is also much professional piquc
and jealousy. Pulpit orators, actors,
singers. and politicians suffer more or
less from these caustic critics, whom
partisan and conflicting interests buy
over 70 raise Il "whoop" of mpopulari-
ty. This, unfortunately, is a too we'll
grounded charge against the fraternity.
It is the way OF tn" world, no doubt, but
it is a weighty matter when such loose
principles govern newspaper writer's.
The columns of the press influence. III
these days, the public mind for good or
for evil more than the pulpit OF stage;
for, be it said, everybody reads newspa-
pers, but everybody does not go to
church or attend the ~tlleater. Probably
no class of men ought to be more careful
i'll maintaining the equity Of their moral
consciousness than newspaper writer's
but, unfortunately, extraneous Influences
are often too great for them to resist the
temptation to deviate from that equity.
To sum up, the paths of journalism are
full of thorns, and success, with even
the better class, is rare few ever ac-
quire more than Il decent competency,
and many not even that. But So long as
the chances for success are i'll any way
probable, fresh recruits will be found to
occupy the place of the deserters and
Superannrated.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-03-05
TIE MINniI- EErnEr.


/ III 'i'ii INA" . '-'o ','iiii''''e''
ilabe Iic h!iI!'Ell! report. u! WHICH Ihe !"t!o"-
ing Is the synopsis. II ri signed by Ae50rs.
Itoar. Frye and Wheeler:
~Fi5>t-Ilat tn r. exists III tn Whit" Mons party
4 D,IrDo~c to take Possession, by force OF fraud, o.:
the State government, w.tAou: regard to the gJr--
ton WHO may have 4 mna real ma iority 1t any lair
election.
S'r",oi-T.la:, u sh' execution %, this purpose,
they viii not hesitate t. l>e NY in~tr'uDrntaiIti,
which tn y think designed /" accomplish Their end,
whether tn SAM d" murder, iraHd, civil war, or
cn'reion OF laf"r'ra by their employers.
I"''d-"hile th"r" ar many whit" men OF mod
efa;' lA'ans VIII" 10 n"; themselves u@" ~ approx"
o.: these HHia"iII means, such mon ie-Ir" tn" ar-
c"lnpiI>hmrnt II II" sam" enc, and ar" loWrrioss
under tn" leadership u thor NOR" Influential as-
sociates.
F""rfh-Thre" causes haT" mad" It easy for III"
white lnrn to =" unite: The fact that tn" admins
trltIon party in Louisiana Is ma ic up almost alto
grth"r Of negro Totes, with j few white votes, large
ly from other states; the fact that there has been
nlala'!lniniNtralon 10y Republican officials; the be
lief 10y a !arE" number OF tie Whit" people that they
have been twice d"frau'"i ot tn" results OF the src-
ces1tm election.
F!h-"hle THESE Things ar" hepl"rahiH, the
course OF tn" whit" I""pI" themselves has tended J."
bring them about The simple ami peaceful RENE
dies 0f nhedl"nce 10 law and decent treatment of op-
ponentS would, II they had pursued them, have
proven effective long ago.
H'@h-"hlie We believe 'T"V. heii"SS received a
majority "f votes III 49,, ana VIII" We believe there
was 'lo!ohc" ana ira'iu III many 81 tnr parishes III
l"'', the iileshi oraer 81 Judge o"r'ii' Hili the Illegal
cure one wrong "S HAo'h'r' nave IdrhI'hei S'io7'ah-
laI paSl' o ''hli'aihl.
h"re mas be"h ll"'l dishonesty an"
'''r"P''h al i-'"'9i"Hi. % 'i'7' 'ht i'puHHc@h
'il'laiS Hh"'r "dfh''th7 RUE are iNr1'IE F''I'hsi-
h''' "I'h""Sh many u th'ir opponents nave been
etu"n! S""IH'
H""'"- II INIT ~ "i 'ih> Il nv put al
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anI .rxn,nn .nIto a.t.,r -
Inv law f., ...r-. fairn... in .Iac,.,,. Thj. .,a+o ~,
| thino. oyerthroys r.nnbIirsn Government in t,uisi-
| ana, and seriously ln.naceS thu whole country.
-Ninh-A new election under national authority is
desired by neither side.
!e"t"-t"ngre7S S!I"iIi exercise It's constitutional
powers. We think William Pitt Kellogg vas the
choice Of the majority 81 the voters in 1872, ana
should be recognized
EI"re"H-These remedies ar" but superficial.
Efficient educational ad would haT" done much to
prevent the evil, and nay do Muci. 10 effect the
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-03-05
J0hHHD'S fOHIpOSitjOaS.
THE GOOSE.

What is a goose! johnny writes in
reply thus: This is 4 big fat bird which
woddles and swims. The reson it wod-
dies Is COS it haint got no nees to his legs.
Their fleets is got Il Their between the tose,
and here is a story I've herd my mother
tell till ime jest sick. When we had a
goose for Christmas it was lying on the
kitchen table, and mother she he'll the
baby up to see the goose on the table.
Wen the baby see it's feet stickin up,
with the lether between the tOse, it said,
the baby did, Dorsey dot gluvs on But
pirate stOrys is the sort for me. StOopid
folks is some times call geese, and [
spose if geese toks among their self they
calls the stoopid ones folks, wich is what
| calls fam play. Once they was an ole
man that KEEP geese for a Twin, and he
was very i'll, COS he cuddent sleep mites,
and WEI he did sleep he had such frifie
dreems. SO he sent for the docktOr, and
the dOcktOr felt the ole mans pulls, and
lOOkt at his tunG, and shook his head,
and said what was his simtems, and the
ole man he said night mares. Then the
docktor said he knew that, but wot did
the ole man dreem. The ole man told
the docktOr that rs soon rs he shet his
eyes at mite he thOt hisself surrounded
by geese, wich KEEP n snatchin out his
hair with their bills. Then the docktor
he said | cud tole yOu that wen | first
see y0ur tung, You must throw away this
piller, and make another piller of feth-
ers, wich You must jerk out of live geese.
Wy, said the man, that is jes how l made
this piller. Then the dOcktOr said o.
O. and went away, but the ole man he
see how it was, and never stript any
more geese till they was ded. But that's
the kind of pliers that some folkes die
on reel peaceful. Geese lay eggs like
hens, only bigger, and wen they are
hatch the chicks is gOslins, witch is green.
H TOAD.
Todes is like frogs, bat more dignity,
and when YOU come to think of il frogs i
wetter. The warts which tOdes is note
for can't be cured, for they is chronick,
but If [ couldn't get well Tide stay in the
house. My grandfather new a tode
which somebody had tanned till it wa
folks. Wen its master WISHED it would
come for flies. They catches EN- wit
their tUmg, which is ome like a long red
werm, but more like litenin only litenin
haint got no gum onto it. The iii will
be standin rubin his hine legs togather
and thinkin what a fine I'll it IS, and the
tode sittin some distance away like he
was a sleep. Vile you are seeing the fiji
as plane as you ever see anything Ill to
once it amt there. Then the tode he
looks as sollem, out If his EYES,, like he
said what's became of that fiji: but YOU
know he ct him.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-03-05
The Iitt{c Torn Efintcr.

Mile ran into the dining-room and
threw her books down on the dining
table.
4 knew All my lessons today" she
said, land | want my dinner: and oh
dill YOU have blackberry pie"
But what I am going to tell is not
about Millie or blackberry pie, but about
the books after Mile and hcrmamma mad
gone out of the room and left them to
themselves.
"Miliie is a very clever little girl"
said the Grammar, land talks very well.
[ take great credit to myself for teaching
her to speak 50 correctly"
Yes" said the Arithmetic, she is
bright, and cant be beat in addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division.
Really, bright children always under
stand mn rules; | make them so clear
and plain"
"She should be very much obliged to
u.s." Joined in the Geography, for with
ont us she could not be clever at all.
For instance, see how much | tell her.
I describe all countries, including her
own; all bodies of water, all mountains,
the different kinds Of people-thousands
of things. In fact, think the informa-
ton I Impart" (mOst books Use big
wOrls) "the most interesting and yalua-
BILE she obtains"
"Pshaw :" sneered the History.
"You're alone in that opinion. Where
does she learn all the particulars about
different countries, including her own,
as yon say! Christopher Columbus, q
native of Genoa, Italy, discovered
America in the year 1892. He set sil
with thre" small"
"Oh, do stop that" interrupted the
other books; "we'ye heard that until we
are sick of it,"
"Somctimcs l wish he had never set
sail" added the Geography.
Where does she learn about the great
battles, the lives of the king, queens,
and emperors!" continued the History,
waving its cover triumphantly "about
the iIIustrious Father of his Country,
George Washington, who neYer-"
"Don't believe it." interrupted the
books.
"And if he never did, History does"
said the Arithmetic-''mnnv IL one. 1t
is only ,fg'O'cs that ncrcr lie."
From what does our Mile gain
knowledge here spoke the Natural
History-"of beasts and birds and fish !
All things that walk, or fly, or creep, or
swim, or stop still and only breathe The
wonderful habits of the insects, the traits
of the massive elephant, and the capers
of the mischievous monkey"
my friends"-here joined in a tiny
voice for the first time, causing the books
to stand up on their edges and look over
at the corner of the room where lay the
little torn Primer, from which it pro-
ceeded-'my friends, I know you all
help to make Mile wise and learned:
but Of what use would be all you can tell
if she could not read it! You would
be nothing without me-"
"Iou," cried the other, in a scornful
dice.
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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-03-05
OUR ~JUTENILES.
SuII!sc Winter.

Baby in the window stood,
Leaving all her play.
And, with pointing lips and trown,
Thus, / heard her say:
Naughty, naughty Winter,
VII You never 60.
Al ti,n pr, tty walks ar. spoiled,
Covered up with SNOW.
Al the birds are scared away.
But thu chick a-dccs.
And the shivrr as they sit
In the cold. bare tree.
Not a single flower /, Let
In my garden there:
Not 4 single blade of glass.
Oh: how bad You ar :"
Then behind the curtain
Crcpt, and thus replied,
Bay listening, with blue eyes
Very round and wide:
Naughty baby to call names.
Stupid baby you;
Kind old NUrsey Winter
Is your nur-"y 90.
"Nur5" ~ well "a all III" flowers
They we're Giai To creep
Underneath my bcdclothcs white
For a good long sleep.
A the trees put of their clothes.
Brave and bright OF hue.
Standing up t. take Their maps,
AS the horses do.
All tn" biriies left their nastS
IN my watch and care,
while they dew oil to the South,
For 4 change IF air.
=" am nurse to IN and ali
Babies, too, you know:
Don't l kiss their soft. rornt ch"ei,s
Til thry brighter grow:
brighten all their sunny eyes,
Curl their pretty hair.
TUt 4 dance into their blood
With my dancing AIR?
when IL" birds and flowers come back.
Bright and strong and glad.
VIII you not h. sorry then
That You called Int Hai:"
- ended. baby tpranE.
N,tg e, ~, VIZ shout
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THE SHIFTS STRONG BOY.

The strong box of the Shah of Persia
consists of a small room 20x1i feet.
Here, spread upon carpets, lie Jewels
valued at 81, 900. Chief among them
IS the kaianian crown, shaped like a
flower pot, and topped by an uncut ruby
as large us ii hens EGG, and supposed to
have come from Siam. Near the crown
are two lambskin caps adorned with
splendid aigrettes of diamonds, and be
fore them lie trays of pearl, ruby and
emerald necklaces, and hundreds of
rings. A Mr.. Eastwick, who is reported
to have been allowed to examine the col
lection, states that conspicuous among
the gauntlets and belts covered with
pearls and diamonds is the Kaianian belt,
about a foot deep, weighing perhaps
eighteen pounds, and one complete mass
of pearls, diamonds, emeralds and rubies.
One or two scabbards of swords are said
to be worth n quarter of a million each.
There is also the finest turquoise in the
world, three or four inches long, and
without a flaw and an emerald as big as
a walnut, covered with the names of
Kings VINO have possessed it.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-03-05

WHEN the Duchese of Edinburgh
wants to talk nicey-nicey to her boy
baby, all she has to say is, "And was it
its own muzzy's blessed little Albert Al
exander Alfred Ernest William. 2" And
then the ov~erburdened infant goes, into
commissions that would twist the back,
bone right out of a plebeian baby.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-03-05

VNaNLT~ UN II,
WILIIA.i WALTER PuELrs.
CLAEE~pS :. POTTER.
SANi FL ;. MAE.IALL.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-04
Brief 0tffngs.

Forest City Temple of Honor is contemplat.
ing grand excursion through the Notch to the
Crawford House, upon completion of the Port
land & Ogdensbnrg railroad.
Tickets for the Turnverein entertainment are
selling rapidly.
The ladies of st. Paul Guild will give SPELL
ing match at Reception Hall this evening.
Prizes to all save those who have taken prizes
tn season.
The man who went down at City Hall the
other night because he left out an in ''abridge-
ment," has discovered excellent authority for
spelling it that way.
A man from out of town brought in some
green stuff yesterday morning, but he was
obliged to bring stove in his wagon to keep
them from freezing
Workmen have commenced tearing Gown
the "Oll Ladies' Home" on Oxford street.
About two years ago Mr.. Frank M. Clement,
of the firm of e. Clement & Co., lost a box
containing valuable papers. Saturday it was
fished out of the dock, all of the papers being
in good state of preservation.
Mr.. Sawyer, of the firm of Fernald & Saw
yer. and another gentleman, was thrown from
a carriage on Middle street yesterday, and the
carriage was smashed.
The Catholic Temperance Union organized
few weeks since by Father Bradley, now has a
membership of 125, including large number
of men who have hitherto been quite intern
perate. Father Bradley will undertake to form
a society known as Temperance Cadets, to be
composed of young men between IL and IS
years of age.
Saturday more passengers came over the
Portland & Rochester railroad from Worcester
than on any day since the line has been oD-
ened. Fourteen took the Maine Central at
Westbrook.
An excellent day yesterday-for winter over
coats.
Chief Engineer Merrill has received notice
that the agent of the Babcock engine will be
in town next week and will exhibit the ma
chine to the fremen.
Yesterday was cold enough for March.
The Grand Lodge of Masons meet in this
city to-day. A large number of delegates from
different parts of the state arrived last even
ing.
The brig Ysidora R;onda, with molasses to
G. S. Hunt & Co., arrived from Cardenas yes
terday morning, nine days out.
sion, and will be impressively observed at the
Catholic and Episcopal churches.
Saturday passing engine set the dry grass
on fire in Scarboro, and the barn of Mr.. Ben
jamin Sweetsir was burned, with SIX tons of
hay and all his farming tools.
The Pine street parish held meeting last
evening" and voted to adopt the envelope sys-
tenn while they worship in the State street
church.
There was report on the streets yesterday
that the Cromwell line of steamers had been
taken off.
The members of the Blues are all expected
to be present at the inspection Wednesday
evening.
Two amateur song and dance men. will ap-
pear at the Museum this evening
Our reporter could not find any Portland &
Oxford Central railroad meeting at the States,
yesterday, as advertised.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-04

The WOLFE TONE BAuL,-The ball of the
Wolfe Tone Association at City Hall last even
ing, must be classed among the best that have
come off at City Hall during the season. There
was an excellent company, which entered into
the spirit of Chandler's unexceled music.
There was the best of order, and the whole af-
fair rehectd great credit to the Association, and
particularly the committee having it in charge.
A majority of the City Government accepted
the invitation of the Association and were pres
ent quite time. We trust the Association
will realize generous sum as the result OF
their May ball.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-04

PERPETUAL MoTIoN.-Mr. Henry Hoyt, who
is employed in No. II Androscoggin mill, Lew
iston, made us a call yesterday and exhibited
drawings of machine which, when completed,
he is confident WILL afford an unlimited amount
of power to drive machinery without water
power, steam. or coloric. He calls it making
power His drawings show large wheels, with
what he calls caskets, near the rim, but ex-
tending towards the center These caskets are
to contain iron spheres weighing about 400 lbs
each. As the huge wheels turn, these spheres
pass toward or from the center as less or more
momentum is required. Indeed, the iron
spheres are intended to act upon the wheel
something like water falling into the buckets
of an over-shot wheel, with the exception that
as the side of the wheel goes up they roll to-
ward the center. Two of these large wheels
communicate with smaller one which drives
any machinery which may be attached Mr..
Hoyt says that he can build three horse pow
er for $3.50. 1t is. really perpetual motion
machine, as it requires no external power to
drive it after it is started. He has applied for
a patent. He has also been in Washington ex-
aiming all the models of perpetual motion
machines in. the patent office.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-04
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoGGIN COUNTY.


The Lewiston journal says that Mrs. Mary
Nye of Clinton died very suddenly of heart
w. j Durham of Lewiston, Friday evening,
The rooms of the Reform Club at Mechanic
Falls were dedicated FIR iday evening, by ap-
propriate exercises.
Hereafter the stage line known as the Au-
gnsta and Freeport stage line, but now the Au-
eusta and Lisbon Falls route, runs as follows:
Leave Augusta, Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day at o'clock a. m arrive at Lisbon Falls
at Il noon, same days; leave Lisbon Falls on
same days at 8 p. M, or on arrival Of the at,
ternoon train from Boston; arrive at Litchfeld
Corner at o. m. Leave Litchfeld Corner
tuesday, Thurday and Saturday at a. M, and
arrive at Augusta at IL a. m.
The summer term Of the Lewiston Business
College will open May Sd. The past Two years
over zoo persons have received instruction at
this college.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
press Correspondence
The summer term of Colby begins Wednes-
day evening.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-04

Mr.. EDITOR: l noticed in recent issue of
the PRESS a statement that two Good Tenn
plars had been induced to break their pledge
by rum seller who evidently felt to congratu
late himself on such an exploit. have no ex-
cuse to make for the men who break their
promise, but they are many degrees better
than the man who entces them to do so, par
ticularly when one considers that they were
men who were trying to reform: There are no
words in the language sufficiently strong to ex-
press the maliciousness and utter depravity of
The creature who would attempt to lead weak
men back to their old ways of degradation.
Who is the man that did this? He should
wear the brand of Cain. GOOD TEMPLAR.
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-04

Loss OF PORTLAND ScHooNER.--A Boston
dispatch yesterday says that the schooner Geo.
Brooks of this port, from Hoboken for Boston
with 16O tons of coal, struck on the Graves at
2 a. M, Sunday and knocking a hole in the
bottom, soon filled and sunk. All hands took
the boats and arrived in Boston. The schooner
was owned by David Keazer of this city. An
effort will be made to raise the vessel and it is
thought that large amount of her cargo can
The Portland daily press., 1875-05-04

CENTENNIAL OF THE CAPTURE OF TICoN-
DERoGA-The celebration of this important
event, and the assembling of the second CEN
tennial Congress, which conferred upon Cen
eral Washington his commission of Comman-
der-in- Chief takes place at City ball, May
10th. A most attractive programme is in
preparation, consisting in part of music by the
best vocalsts, dramatic readings, etc., followed
by tea party, presided over by ladies in COS
tune, with grand promenade concert Re-
freshments of a choice character will be served
at Rossini Hall. with cup of tea gratis. This
promises to be the most entertaining affair of
the season.