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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-08-07
SUMMED UP.

If Beecher is guilty, ..;, ~.5a
Then Theodore's a saint;
If Henry is faultless,
Then Theodore amt.
IfTilton is periured,
Then Beecher is pure;
II Henry's a villain,
Then Theodore amt sure.
If all that is said
OF Beecher is true,
Then Moulton and others
Told Just what they knew;
If Henry and Isihbie M &,
Have truth on their side,
Then Moulton and others
Have certainly lied.
Ifthe scandal is tangled
And dreadfully mixed;
Ifin your own mind,
1t cannot be fixed;
If you cannot decide
Who's perjured the most,
Then give up the Job,
Or give up the ghost,
And go with the jury
Who conld not agree, '.e.
And call the thing settled
AS nine is to three.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-08-07

v There is an enthusiastic temper
ance orator in Indiana, named Mahin,
who makes square issue with the Mes
siah about the turning of water into
wine at the wedding in Cana. He says
that the Messiah was " guilty of trans
cending the bounds marked cut for Him
by the Deity" How wise and bold
these temperance champions are!
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-08-07
NEWS AND NOTES FOR THE PATRONS

NEWS AND NOTES FOR THE PATRONS,
A Grange Bank is to be organized in
Nebraska.
German Oranges are being organized
in Wisconsin.
There are over forty Oranges in Wash
ington Territory.
A Grange Packet is soon to be placed
on the Ohio River. f e
Erie, Pennsylvania, has Pomona
Grange, and so has Susquehanna Co..
Pa. ~
The Farmers Friend says that the
Salisbury (Pa. Grange has $50, 600 in
its treasury.
At the recent meeting of the National
Grange $500 was voted to distressed
brethren in Colorado. ua 9a
During the month of April the pur-
chases by the Ohio Grange State Agent
amounted to 81 $3.50 81.
The Indiana Grange Business Agent
reports sales for the week ending June
21st, amounting to 81 ,243 II.
The Arkansas Weekly Grange pro-
poses that the Patrons of that State get
up State Fair under their own control.
The Patrons of Rutherford Co., N.
c., have organized stock company for
the purpose of manufacturing leather.
PowERs AND DUTIES OF GRANGE.-
We select from the Patrons Parlia-
mentary Guide" (oficial), the following
decisions, and we publish them as re-
vised and adopted at the Sth annual
session, Feb, 1875.
A grange cannot change its name or
number after its charter has been is
sued.
Degrees may be conferred at either
regular or special meetings. At special
meetings, called for the purpose of con-
ferring the LIST, I'd or Sd degrees, it is
not necessary to open in the 4th degree.
A grange may close from any degree in
which it has been sitting.
It is not allowable for grange to dis
cuss the merits or dement's of a can
didate. No vote can be taken on any
question except in the 4th degree.
In balloting for candidates the ballot
is secret, and no member can be re-
quired to tell how he voted.
No person can be admitted to mem
bership free.
The entire membership fee must ac-
company the petition, and cannot be
divided among the several degrees.
Agrange cannot vote back to a mem
Der any portion of the membership fee.
A grange can provide by bylaw for
more than one regular meeting a month,
but must have at least one.
A subordinate grange cannot move
its place of meeting within the jurisdic-
ton of another grange, without the
consent of the grange whose jurisdic-
ton is thus infringed upon. ;.
A grange cannot have two places OF
meeting and claim jurisdiction from
both as centers.
A person who is elected to member
ship or Office in any manner other than
by ballot is not legally elected.
No person is eligible to office In any
grange, either National, state, or sub
ordinate, who is not a member thereof.
A grange cannot ballot upon an ap-
plication for membership at the same
meeting upon which it is received.
A grange may ballot for candidate
and confer the 1st degree upon him at
the same meeting. 35
A grange cannot ballot foT more than
one candidate at the same time; each
must be balloted for separately.
A grange can sit in different degrees
during the same meeting.
A grange cannot divide into two
oranges and divide the property.
> A new grange cannot be formed in
the jurisdiction of a suspended grange,
during the time Of its suspension.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-08-07

~ Ths Woman's Journal learns
= from a reliable source that Mrs.
Eiizabeth r. Tilton has taken steps 10
obtain divorce from Theodore Tilton. !"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-08-07

HRARsAY EVIDENCE. --"I say, Mr..
Smishers," said Mrs SEithers 10 her
husband; +" didn't hear you down in
the kitchen kissing the cook 2"
".My dear. replied Smithers, bland
ly, "permit me to insist upon MY.
right to be reasonably ignorant I
really cannot say what you may have
heard" s6g s. isi f @9afzfi
g But want you down there kissing
the cook ?" .,.tl8 :
"My dear, really cannot recollect.
/ only remember going into the kitchen
and coming out again. ] may have
been there, and from what you say / in
fer was. But ] cannot ,recollect just
what occurred" -.
But" persisted the ruthless cross
examiner, 80 what did jane mean when
she said: +" Oil ISmithers, don't kiss
so loud, or that old she-dragon up stairs
will hear usr' - e -
"Well," said Smithers, in his bland
est tones, / cannot remember the in
terpretation / did put on, the words at
the time. They are not my words, you
must remember. " go. ,.t .s. ~
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-21
Live Stock and Population.

Prof. Thorold Rogers. OF Oxford Uni.
vcrsity. England. has made up curiou.
return Of the proportion OF domesticated
live stock to population in the most
prominent countries in the world. II
shows the following results:
Great Britain has one COW to every
twelve persons. sheep for every body,
and one pig for every six.
France has like proportion of sheep,
double share, comparatively. of cows,
but only one pig to every six persons.
The Swedes have COW between three
two and three-quarters, and a pig to a
bakers dozen.
There are as many sheep as there are
Norwegians in Norway, when they are
all ut home. and two and one-haif OF
them-the Norwegians--are entitled to
cow. They have only one-eighteenth
of pig each.
Denmark has cow for three persons,
as many sheep as persons. and pig for
four and three-quarters persons.
Prussia. with her usual uniformity,
has an equal number of cows and pigs.
one to every FIVE inhabitants, besides n
sheep apiece all around.
Wurtemburg has quarter as many
cows rs people, a sheep to one and three
quarters. and a pig to every seven.
Bavaria rates the same rs Wurtem-
burg rs to cows and sheep, and is as
much better Off for pigs than one-fifth is
better than one-seventh.
Saxony has u sheep and pig for ev-
cry eight persons, and COW for every
six.
Holland has n cow to every four, n
sheep to every four. and pig to twelve
persons.
Belgium COW to six, sheep to nine,
and pig to eight (Which is IIiberni.
cism.)
Austria has COW for every six per-
sons. and sheep and a pig for every
FIVE person..
Switzerland runs up TO the Swedish
standard on cows. one TO three and one
half persons. and has sheep for five,
and pig for every seven and one-half
persons.
We Americans close the list with n
COW for every four ofus, sheep apiece,
one pig 10 every one and one-half.-Ru:
rul Neu Yorker.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-21

Fashion NOTES.-The latest fashion
notes, and most correct, doubtless, are
given by New York correspondent Of
one OF our exchanges. He says:
I'VE have all got neuralgia in our
shoulders from wearing spring clothes,
and many new dresses are supplemented
across the backs by porous plasters, and
next TO vest front mustard police is
generally most worn. Young ladies al
ternate between n necklace for street
wear and flannel RAG for the house.
Diamonds are worn III the ears with
much effect abroad, hut lock of cotton
and little roasted onion is the usual
adornmemt ut home. Pearl powder is
applied to the shoulders for full dress,
but csmphorated oil and hartshorn lini-
ment are considered very pretty also by
the sufferers. | notice silk stockings,
with colored cloakings, are the things
for low slashel shoes, but pals of hot
mustard water and warm bricks are also
much worn on the feet. Thus FAR the
fashion news."
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-21


The Importance Of applying some Ger.
tain test TO the body OF every person be
fore intermeuf. 50 As 70 decide beyond
the csvil OF doubt that death has real.
ly taken place. should be impressed up
on every one. The late historian. Pres
colt. LEFT directions 10 have the main ar.
terry OF his arm severed before he was bu-
riei. solely from dread or possible re-
vival in his tomb. We are reminded OF
this subject by the case which has just
occurred in Paris. where a young and
very lovely girl was supposed to have
died of fever. and, after the customary
delay and ceremonies. was buried ut Pc
n In Chaise, in tomb owned in com.
mon with another family. A second
| death soon after cau,ei the tomb to be
opened, when il was discovered that the
| girl must have revived and come TO life,
! as she had turned over in her coffin. and
gave other evidence Of n struggle to free
herself from her Imprisonment.
The feelings OF surviving friends can
better be imagined than described under
such circumstances. while the general
public receive q warning which should
not go UNDECIDED. 1t is less than year
since very similar case occurred in the
city of New Orleans, where chance dis.
covered that beautiful child OF twelve
years, a girl Of remarkable loneliness
and promise, the idol Of her parents, was
undoubtedly buried before the vital spark
had fed. Indeed the recurrence of these
cases are far more frequent than is gen
orally known, besides which the very
nature of the case is such that it can on.
ly be brought to light by chance discov-
cry. We therefore impress the necessi-
ty of such precautions against premature
burial rs shall render it positively i'm
possible to occur.
Such events are no new experience.
Piiny mentions the case of young man
of high rank, who. having been dead
some time. rs il was thought, was placed
upon the funeral pile in order to reduce
| the body to ashes. The heat of the flames
revived him, but it was too late. he per.
ished before his friends could rescue him
from his awful situstion. This time he
was indeed dead. We are also inform
ed by history that the great anatomist,
Vesalius, once had the unspeakable mis-
fortune to commence the dissection of n
living body, apparently dead, which re-
vivei under the stroke of the knifc.-
Fatal situation Here again it was too
late to save life. 1t is said that Vesalins
was 50 affected by this experience that
he was untitled for professional duty FOX
long period following.
Equally unhappy was the fate OF. Able
Provost, who fell in an spoplectic fit but
he also recovered his consciousness too
late) under the process Of anatomical
dissection. 50, also, in the case Of Car
dinal Somaglia, to cmbalm whose body
preparation had been made. ~ last the
surgeons, friends aad operator gathered
about the body, but the knife hal hardly
penetrated into the chest when the hear.
was perceived 10 beat It was a scene
never to be forgotten by those present
whose faces blanchcl with excitement
The Cardinal returned partially to his
senses, and hal sufficient strength to
pat away tie fatal knife, but the lung
vas morta!ly wounded.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-21

I-TC. +. Rouss. somewhat noted
iobbcr Of dry goods. in New Yorl, CITY.
has made an assignment pendinp inye,.
tiga.on into the charge ofcollusion With
party who obtained large amount Of
goods ON Rouss's recommendation and
afterwards failed. This party says
Rouss shared tho plumber with him.
Baltimore Sun Iay Il.
Iv'Artlur r. Gault. nineteen years
Of agc, n clerk in the Lynchburg VA
National Bank has abscondei with
ten thousand dollars belonging - the
brink. It IL thought that he ia travel.
ing un Ter tho assumed name Of IT, T..
Mcdonald Crrt hal been sent To- the
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-21
PU BLIC SALE OK
REAL ESTATE.

VIII Pel ~ Pufhc Auction. o. toe high
l egt bidder on tho zob NAY. 1873. At The
residence ~ Nsrun Ws.foid. decd one m,',
West ~ Pleasant Dale on tbe 81 W Road he
following property 20 wit.
eco ACRES or LAND
more 90 les'. Ttco ere TWO DWELLING
HOUSES md a SAW MILL CO. tte saiI sand -
some 40 Acres cleared ihr remainder in good
Timber. Terms made korvn on 5ty 1ffaIs
HARVEY DAUGHERTY.
lamp. CO, Nay 81, 1875 Administrator.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-21

A RAT UPA MANS BACK.-A Potts
town correspondent says: James Man
gan is an employee of the railroad com
pany. lie has spent the best years OF
his life in their service, and has always
guarded their interests with n jealous
eye. Yesterday morning James was
made the innocent victim of cruel joke.
While standing at the corner Of llano.
yer and Queen streets, 4 huge rat emery.
Ell from beneath the plank crossing OF
the railroad track, and making directly
for Jimmy, lively battle between the
two very soon sprung up.
a crowd gathered around the cOmba-
tants, and the fight waxei warm. Fin
ally the pesky yarment, by a strategic
movement. managed % escape the kicks
and kuirs Of Jimmy by springng up his
back, beneath his outer garment. a
bout this time the scene became extreme
ly exciting, and n graphic description Of
it fails us.
After buttoning up his coat 70 prevent
the rat from ascending higher. during
the operation Of which he squirlned a
round like top. at his suggestion one
Of the bystanders endeavorei 20 kill il
by clubbing it to death where il had Ia
ken up its quarters. The man brought
down the shillaly over the back Of jim.
my until he cried aloud with pain
Surprising the noxious animal had been
murdered, the railroader uubuttonel bis
coat and away ran the rat.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-21

VIOLENCE OF NATURE ~ THE SOUTH.
The unfortunate Southern States seem
TO have suffered much of la.c from de-
structive energies in nature as we'll as
from the vindic:iyeness of man Last
summer and fall floods in the valley Of
the Mississippi ruined great amount Of
property. The new year has been remar-
kable for the number and havoc Of tor
nadoc5. In February the town CT IIous-
tonia, No, was visited by tornado
which destroyed The buildings, killed
people and woUnled seventeen Others
In March, Rienza, Miss, was nearly de-
stroyed; six persons were killed and
many injured, and q water-spout burst
at Fayetteville, Tenn, causing great de-
struction of property. a second lorna
do at Richland, 5. c., killed two persons
and injured many others. The third
swept over Georgia with unparalleled
fury, involving loss of hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars. killing q large
number of people and manning many
more. The fourth struck in Louisiana
killing several negroes. The fifth kill
cd five persons in Mississippi and iniur.
ell twenty-five others. In April lorna
60 killed five persons at Little Rock.
Ark. May opened with a tornado at
Columbia, s. c.. which wrecked many
houses, killed one person, and injured
many. a cyclone swept over portion
Of Georgia on Saturday week, in which
many lives were lost and property de
stroycd to the amount Of several mil
lions OF dollayc.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-21

BEWARE OF RATs-Mrs. Henry Gibbs,
Of A@awam, Mass. having occasion 90
visit ono of her neghbors on Wednes.
day left her Youngest child, an infant
offiye months, asleep i'm cradle in the
kitchen. When returning she faucied
she heard her child crying. and hasten
iug into the house. was Mortified at be-
holding two enormous rats spring from
the era lie. Upon examination. its left
shoulder and arm had been badly LAGER
a'ei. 10 i3 probable that hal the mo-
Their remained away haitian hour longer
the infant would have been killed.
~ 4 boy iu William stown, Mass.
became man iu this way While hoe
ing corn one afternoon he turned 20 his
.ltJor. who was working with him, and
said 'Nhat time is 20 fa+hor2' Half
pas. p" replici the senior farmer. --
Throwing down bis hoe. the son gradua-
tel from his farmer life with this
remark wcnty-one years ago. father.
at half past iu tho afternoon ! was
born YOU can do your own hoeing af.
ter this "
go On The night Of the eth inst, the
kitchen G meat.house Of Mr.. T.. VI. Lake.
near Frankfort. Mineral county. we're dc.
stroycl by fire, believed % have been
started by an iucendiary. The loss is
estimated at $500 Ci1oIglud News
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-21

RATE OF INTEREST ~ VIRGISGA.-A
curious feature of Virginia law has been
brought 10 notice in decision Of the
United States District Court, Judge
Hughes, in the case Of l.. IIarmansou,
assignee, as. S. u. Wilson ct al. allow
ing n deduction Of interest on certain
promissory notes running during the
war The court sail that the contract
% pay interest in Virginia was one sub
ject TO the legislative will. and not pro-
tccted by the constitutional provision
prohibiting the impairment Of contracts.
1t was also laid that the Legislature has
constantly subjected the allowance Of
interest 10 the discretion OF juries The
inference is that no matter what rate OF
interest mag be agreed upon in a Vir-
ginia contract, either n court Of chance
~ or n jury has the power % allow any
other rate or none at all
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-21

Students cave time aud money by attending
The Iron City COLLEGE daring tle SIMMER sea-
500. No Vscan0ns School always in session.
students received atsny tire
For circulars address the Pfottpsf J.
sNiTH, A. PitBDafsb, pa
Nay a. 1878.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-21

a Novel IArCH.-A match Of n no
vel character came or ut Wolverhsmp-
ton, Elglan I, the other day. Two s!augh.
ter.mea. named Gill and Martin, were
matched 10 Kill and dress number o.
sheep-namely, Martin ten sheep while
Gill only killed and dressed nine, the
stake being for f3 side The two men
were shut up in slaughter house with
the requisite number of sheep AMI Gin.
il is stated, was most fancied," the bet.
ting being three - one on him. The
confidence of his admirers was not mis-
placed, for Gill managed 10 perform HE
task in l hour ! minutes, while Martin
did not finish for g. minutes latct.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-21

A Sort Thing ron CONFEDERATE
GENERALs.-General Cols,on and Gen.
Loring, ex-Conrederate soldiers. both
high up in the service of Ills Majesty
of Egypt, are making character as sol
diers and great credit as explorers in
Africa. The former is now in Upper
Nubia, and the latter in Central Africa.
and both marching along" And that
reminds us of what the Bulgarian priest
Of The Greek Church, who was here the
other day, said about our Confederate
generals whom lie met when travelling
in Europe. lie spoke particularly Of
Loring. who seems to have impressed
him most favoraAly. But he spoke in
terms of condemnation OF his apostacy
TO his religion, and toh US what we
didn't know before, that in accepting Of
ice from the Khol live they had to give
in their adhesion to the religion of Ma
homet. Loring gets $500 month, and
lives like an Egyptian magnate--his es-
tablishmen. inclu!ing avery respectable
Larem, without which lie would be u
nobody with no pretensions in respec-
table society Jiertiiun .Niss) Mercury.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-21

V-Therc can be no rational motive
for it, no considerations Of justice, expe-
diency or profit 20 warrant il. IL is sim
ply the folly Of old party hacks in the
Republican party, who think that the
war will never end--just as Democratic
Bourbons think it never began-and if
they won't learn that there has been a
war, and that il is over. and that il is
intellectually interviewer with our nation
al organic law. the sooner they die and
pass into charitable forgetfulness. the
better it will be Tor themselves and for
the country. We want peace. commerce
and the Centennial. and we have only
to talk and act like people of sense 20
secure all Of them, with their priceless
Observation-Disclosures Times.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-21

The 81. Louis Republican Of Tuesday of
las; week las dispatch from st. Joseph.
which says; Tine grasshoppcrs have
multiplied and grown like magic in the
past few days. causing widespread APP
prehension. The gasdens OF some por-
tions OF this city are literally black with
them. and some meadows in the neigh
borhOod have already been greatly dam
aged. Reports from the Southwest re-
veal The fact that from hero 10 the Rocky
Mountains they exist in unparalleled
numbers. Their sire is from that OF a
flea 10 horse-hy. In some counties of
Kansas they have already doue vast
harm. A gentleman in this city yester-
day from Neosho. Kansas, said he had
seen fields utterly destroyed in that To-
cality already. Their course appears
TO be southeastsrly. and taeir progress
not TO extend beyond the prairie re-
gions. Wet weather Is desired in the
hope that il may check their career.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-21

HEAVY SUIT roR SMCGGLING.-Ih be
rate Of duty to which hosiery and other
cotton goods are subject was paid by
Chas. l.. Lawrence, at New York, upon
silks alleged 10 have been smuggled
through the appraisers Office at an I'M
LIBERALIZATION. The difference between
the duty which should have been paid
on these silks and that which was paid
il, it is claimed, $1.33G.4OO, and suit
has been begun in the United States
District Court - recover that amount
from Lawrence.
Moral EFrECIs OF REy1vAI.-In
noticing the fact that 500 persons had
protested conversion under Rev. Dr.
Rosser's preaching up % Tuesday night
last, the Lynchburg NCrS says that "a
policeman remarked, last evening tha.
the revival was doing more for tie or.
der Of the town than forty policeman
could do that the young men now qui-
city retired 70 their homes, and all was
order over the town"
izVA small boy in New Haven made
sensation a short time ago by quietly
transferring n card bearing the words
Take One" from a lot OF hand bills in
front Of a store % a basket OF oranges.
TIE DIFFERENCR.-To spin and
weave. 20 knit and sew, Was once q girls
employment but now - dress and
catch beau, is all she calls enjoyment.
-MTinSb,Ug independent
~ The IRON CVy Commercial CoHege
IS the only institution Of the kind in this
city--PWsjtr gh-that we recommend 60
the publicpatronage e. Pres'y teriaa Bu.-
uer
iP'Low as the grave Is. only Faith
can climb high enough % see beyond il.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-21
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