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The Arizona sentinel., 1875-09-18
MISCELLANY.

The Sultan of Turkey has 800 wives.
 Iris sweet to wait, but oh how bitter.
 To wait for 4 girl and then not git 'er.
 It is enough for one thing at a time to happen, especially twins.
 In Barbour county they have to send horsethieves to the peni- tentlary because it so far to tree.
 A short Georgian has six daugh- ters who are each more than six feet in height. They are eVi- dently above ''par."
 When Joaquin Miller goes in bathing at Long Branch; the ladies flock along the bluff by the hundred, and marvel nightly at the extreme thinness of his legs.
 That phantom ship which used to be seen on the desert beyond San Bernardino by Frink, when he was "full" of enthusiasm, is now located near PiOche. The editor of the Record sees it, through a glass.
 It is a singular phase of journa- Iistic fact, that all papers with the word Chronicle" for a caption, seem to have an irresistible ten dency to poke their noses into Oth- CT peoples business.-POche Re- cord.
 A Traveller on a miserable lean steed was hailed by a Yankee, who was hoeing his pumkins by the roadside-"HallO! friend" said the farmer, "Where are you bound?" "Pm going out to set tie in the Western country" re- piled the other. Well. get off and straddle this here pumkin. vine. It will grow and cary you faster than that ere beast"
 "Dear Carrie," she wrote, "TO- morrow lam going to the Branch; and l do so want to revel in the bi.lowy embraces of the ocean," The young bride does not leave the altar with more delicious eX- pectatiOn than that with which a young enthusiast for the first time enters the surf Within four minutes, however, after making the fatal plunge she had turned fourteen involuntary SOmerSaultS, got piece of clam-shell in her eye, got the skin rubbed off both her shoulder blades, been stood on her head seventeen times, was finally rescued and hauled up the bluff in cOmatOSe state, and has been splitting sand, at intervals, ever since.
 A curious story is told of the Rev. MT. Williams, an old time at Dudley, Mass. It is related that when midway in his sermon on a sultry Sunday he heard the sound of distant thun- der; he glanced out of the win dow once or twice, stopped preach ing, and remarked: Brethren, l observe that our Brother Crosby is not prepared for the rain. Il think it our duty to help our Bro- ther Crosby get in his hay before the shower" Stepping down from the pulpit, he went with several of the breth ren to the hay field, and worked there for half an hour, when the hay was housed. Then, returning to the he took up. the thread of his sermon where he had left it, and preached straight through to | his ''fifteenthly" and finally" without an omission.
The Arizona sentinel., 1875-09-18

A neighbor of the editor of the Courier Journal, has invented an alarm clothes line. It is of wire and is connected with a strong electric battery. An attempt to remove garment from the line sounds an alarm in the mans bed room, turns loose four dogs and places a shotgun in position to rake the yard. .-NiL,cdokee Sen- tf4eL.
The Arizona sentinel., 1875-09-18

The Sultan of Turkey has 800 wives.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-30

raised on farm Gust where l now
live) and had spent my vacations
and the summers Of my sixteenth
and nineteenth years at home and
had formed some idea of farming
as practiced in those days. l had
held a pillow some, and assisted in
haying and harvesting, but of the
practical management Of q large
farm, certainly knew but little.
The home farm being let on
shares to a very good man for the
place, put myself under his in
structions, and of him learned the
use of such tools as the scythe and
the grain cradle, and the next
spring assumed the management.
/ knew enough Of the business be-
fore me not to attempt to conduct
in connection with anything else,
and had some notion of my great
ignorance of the business that cir
cumstances had made it impera-
lively necessary for me to follow
for life.
There were three farmers living
some miles apart, but neither OF
them very far from me, who had
each for himself made q handsome
fortune in farming, and each was a
marked man among his neighbors,
and to some extent led them by
example. Though very success
full, they were quite unlike each
other, and neither would have been
likely to ask advice of the other.
But they agreed in one thing
they were each ready to give me
advice, and I thought, were pleased
when / asked them, one at a time,
to talk over my doings. Many a
time, when at loss as to what /
had better do, / have ridden to one
of these men expressly to tell him
my troubles and get his advice as
to the best thing far me to do,
and I think ! always had my way
made clear by their counsels.
Another source of information
was found in my hired men, and l
have never had a good man work
for me q year that l have not re-
ceived some good hints from, in
regard to the best time or way OF
doing work on the farm.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-30

Well, If ever marry" said a
naughty girl to an acquaintance
who had recently been joined for
life to a greasy mechanic with moth
ing but o house and lot and three
hundred dollars In the bank. am
have sufficient respect for myself
and family to marry only Q gentle-
man. No man who works for q
living can ever win me from my
home" Years passed on. A French
count won her young and guileless
heart. Sequel-he worked In q
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-30
A Chat About Hay.

A contributor to the Hartford,
Conn.,, Courant says;
In expanding our little bay OF
hay-a twelve-foot cube, or there
abouts-I find each horse-load re-
minds me by its peculiar heritage
of the part of the meadow it came
from, and the circumstances OF its
gathering in the regular inverted
sequence of the hay harvest. The
loads that were perfectly cured
give an account of themselves in a
more aromatic sweetness. Those
that were stored with q risky ex-
cess of moisture tell the tale in
volumns of fine musty dust, es-
pecialIy in the middle of the NOV.
The heat there was undoubtedly
near the scalding point, the hay
shows o dull, brownish green tint,
and has become very dry and brit
tie. The sugary gums and dried
juices belonging to hay in its best
condition, and tending to preserve
the weight and strength Of its fibre,
seem to have been quite consumed
in the interior parts of some Of the
loads. So that the young ones in
one stormy day, with jumping
frolic, may reduce a whole fodder
ing to the lightest chaff. The out
side is in better condition, show
ing that, if 1 had taken the pre-
caution to provide one of several
small air-holes from the bottom up
ward, as by pulling up short pieces
of joist while the hay was being
filled in, this waste of the richer
and more appetizing portions of
the fodder might have been pre-
vented.
A partial remedy in the use of
such hay is to sprinkle each fod-
dering with water several hours
before it is wanted. A pail of
water for ten or twelve animals.
If the hay is fine, whatever pro-
vender is fed may be mingled with
the hay, layer by layer, adding
more water from the nose of the
water pot. This without slop
upon a clean barn floor, or making
the mixture heavier than wilted
grass. The water alone will settle
the dust, and develop anew what
ever Of fragrance the hay may be
capable Of yielding. The improv-
ment is obvious as that produced
in stale bread by steaming, or heat
ing in the oven with a moist cloth.
II is similar dampening by the
weather that makes rough and
musty fodder, thrown from the
stack, more acceptable to cattle,
sometimes than the best dry hay
would be.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-30
How Geo. Geddes Learned 10
Farm.

That well-known New York
farmer, Geo. Geddes, gives the New
York Tribune some facts relative
to how he learned to farm. 1t will
be noticed that he had the advan-
tage Of large wealth:
This letter, and the helplessness
OF Its owner, brings to my mind
the memory Of days forty-flve
years ago, when / left q law Office,
having spent nearly all my days In
schools, to manage nearly 1000
acres Of land, that then came into
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-30
MANHOOD: HOW LOST. HOW RESTORED |

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30 Price, in sealed envelope, only six cents.
The celebrated author, in this admirable Essay,
clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years sue
cessful practice, that the alarming consequences
of self-abuse may be radically cured without the
dangerous use Of internal medicine OF the knife;
pointing out mode of cure mt once simple, GER
tain, and effectual, by means of which every sur
ferer no matter what his condition may be, may
cure himself cheaply, privately, and radically.
BIZ This Lecture should be in the hands OF
every youth and every man In the land
Sent under seal, in plain envelope, TO any
address, postpaid, on receipt Of six cents or two
post stamps.
Address the Publishers,
CHAS. j. G. KLINE eco,
l27 Bowery, New York Post Office box, 1856.
1893.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-30

land receiving per every ne MIS-
Cloths Cassimes and Vesng FOR custom WORK. W
the Furnishings al
CLOTH everything
upa Gents Wardrobe
Call and see for yourself
Packs RloekSe Seconds Street. r ;. u . .
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-06-30

that he had an honest. straightfor-
ward man to deal with, and he
stated his case plainly and frankly.
He not only told how the company
would develop the water power and
erect their mills, but he went on
to point out the advantages which
would result to the adjoining land,
both in enhancing the value of the
land in itself, and also Of the mag
nificent pine and spruce timber
with which IL was covered. Mr..
Somerby listened attentively, and
at length told them to call upon
him the following morning. He
wanted to sleep upon it. That
evening Josper Gripper called down
to see his friend Somerby. He
wanted to purchase Eve hundred
acres more or less Of the pine inter-
vale and spruce upland adjoining
his land. Gripper fought shy, and
hung on, spd somerby only got
rid Of him by assuring him that he
was at present mot st liberty to
sell.
HAhai" chuckled Gripper.-
'"Them min folks have been here.
They want ne land. Wen, well,
let 'em buy II. J shall own AL the
land between II and their mills, and
they'll and Il hard work TO get
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-05

Beccher to pay Bessie Turners school bills thatn oil
Q, How early did you know thatt A. WHAT
Q. How early did you know that when did you mrs.
learn that A. Well, should think Mouiton-i think IL
WAS along at the time he was receiving it-doingI
O. When WAS that what yeart A don't know; 1872
or 1878, guess OF 1871 1872, perhaps.
@ Was not in the year 1871 A. IL might have been
1 don't rccoect the year.
G. When did you first learn about Bessie Turner oeng
sent awayf A. don't knew whom hrst learned IT,
O. Did YOU learn 1t tho time tho first payments
worn made A. don't know whether they were tho
first or where they only know from Moulton-
what Moulton told about Bessie Turner II you want
10 know IL will tell you.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-05
TESTIMONY INTRODUCED BY PROXY.


The Court met at 2 p. m, pursuant to adj
journment-
Judge Neilson-Call your next witness.
Mr.. Morris-If your Honor please, Dr. Skies has been
subpenaed Witness and Mr. Evarts and myself have
heard his statement and have agreed upon tho single
point which desired to call him. and that U.s. that he
made his professional visit upon Mrs. Tilton the
30th of December, 1870
Judge Nellson-That will be taken down.
Mr.. Evarts-That will DO put in the record with the
same effect II DR.. Skiles had sworn to it.
Mr.. Beach-And that he left her convaescenti
Mr.. Evarts-That he made q professional visit Fri
day. tho 3Oth, and that that was his last visit.
Mr.. Beach-We don't accept that.
Mr. Morrs-we want ~ provo that fact by him, that
she cOnvalescent
Mr.. Evarts-That she did get well.
Mr.. Beach-rhat she then convalescent, and that
she needed no medical treatment
Mr. Evars-I agree to that that 10 implied by the fact
that he made no other visit
Judge Neilson-That is II they called other physi-
clan.
Mr.. Fuerton-The gentleman don't mean to say that
sho got we'll because tho doctor did not call her any
more. daughter.
Mr. Evarts-The fact is doubt a. my friend states,
that competent ply stefan attending patient made
professional call that day. and that was his last
Mr. Beach-Dr. skilos WAS her attendant physician.
and that day tho last call he made no then consd
erod hor c0nyalesoent. and not needing medical atteu
''on. That u what NO want.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-05
WHAT THE $500 WAS FOR.

o. Have you stated oil that you told Gen.
Tracy about money, at the time OF the interview LII o
Fall OF 1927 A. Stated WHAT
O. Have you stated all that you told Cen Tracy about
money In the Fall Of 1925 A. No, Sir. l have not
O. At that Interview. mean that particular interview
A. AZ that first interview think hsvo-a that reooi-
lect
q yos st the first interview now, when were you In
formed that this $500 was paid A. Well think u was
few days before engaged Cen Tracy
@ ktvhat time were you thon Informed that 1t had
beon paid A. Twas not informed as to the time
o. No time specified A. No time speci1ed
q Well. you informed that it WAS for MI Tlltons
fsmiiyf A. understood from Mr.. Mouton that IL was
for Mr. Tilton's family.
Did he say anything about its being for the benefit
also OF Bessie Turner'S A. No.
O. Not in whole nor in part A. No. not that
O. He had previously mentioned to you about the pay
,nents Tor Bessie Turnerf A. don't know whether IL
WAS prcv;ors or after: c IN tell you all l know.
O. What IS your best recollection that pontf A.
have got recollection of dates in regard TO Bessie
Turner. have in my mind very clearly what has been
said TO Bessie Turner, and can tell 1t TO you
In very few words.
O. No: | want to know what information you had
you informed that money was paid for Bessie
TurneFi A. cannot tell you.
O. You cannot tell whether 1t before or after this
interviews A. No.
O. Nor whether it was before after November or De-
Cember 1927 A. am under the impression tnat ~ was
bsfore under the impression that Mouton told me
NJ two three different times and tho times may have
been year apart it may have been over year. or
longer.
@ Then didn't you know that more money had been
paid than G5O0l A. No, l did not Mouon may have
said before that he had money for Bessie Turner's
schooling, or something like that.
@ Did you understand that this $500 was for Bessie
Turner's schoolingi A. No for the benefit of Tlons
family
@. Then you did understand that more money had
been paid than this $500i A. Certainly; during these
three years. understood. in addition that money
was paid for Bessie Turner's schooling
@. And at the time Of the interview you understood
that A. would not whether 1t was before or
after.
q. VIII you say whether you understood or not that
more money had been paid than $50Oi A. No. wont.
will tell you just what know what was told me;
have told il to you and will tell again you want It,
O. Did you know not at that time that is the
pointf A. say cannot fix the date Of Bessie Turner's
schooling.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-05

O. Didn't you toll him anything Of that kind In sub
stancei A. No, Sir; don't think he had ever known
about this case from me.
O. Did you not tell him in substance that you had told
him all you knew about the case A. No, Sir did not
O. Did you not tell him that you had told him all that
Won knew about the In conHdencef No; did not
tell him any such thing.
O. And didn't you tell him that II he told what you had
told him you would have any moro confidence in
human naturei A. don't think did
O. Nothing Of that sort A. don't think did
O. And didn't you assign a Cor it that You had
told him all that you knew about it, and expected MN 10
keep IL I'm confdcncef A. Mo- told him that he ought
not to tell OF IT, matters CONFIDENTIAL think he threat
encd to tell things that told him In confidence and
said that would BIO
O. That Is all.
Mr. Beach-No, finish It.
Mr.. Shearnan-NO.
Mr. Beaoh-Certainly You will finish IT,
Mr. shearmsn-well. Sir. you may finish It,
Tho Witness-i think met Southwick or be was down
at our Office, and he got talking about this thing, ana
merely cautioned him about matters that had talked
with him in confidence, and he spoke about telling some
of them told him those had given him in confidence
and should not DO repeated under any circumstance
something Of that con1orsation.
Judge Neison-w5h Is that all with this witnesst
Mr.. Bhearman-Tbat Is all.
Judge Nelson ITO Mr.. Bcach-DO you wish to AJAX him
The Witness-About these books that they wanted
they out Of my possession.
Mr. Evarts-Don't talk any more, Mr.. Witness
Judge NeilsonHe Is speaking to mo about the books
Mr. Evarts-Oh beg pardon. apologize to Mr.. Wood
ruff thought he was proceeding
Mr. Shearman-Are they herei
Mr.. Beaoh-N0
Judge Nellson-Now, ask you mi, Bvsrt.. why do We
want the boOksi We have the accounts hero.
Mr.. Beach-They not in his possession or under his
control
Judge Neilson-Every check has been read.
Mr. Evarts-we have used tho account in tho book taat
answers our purpose, am told
Tho Witness-YOu don't want the books, then
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-05
REDIRECT EXAMINATION OF MR. WOOD
RUFF


Mr. Beach, don't know whether that check,
Sir for $1,000, Of BOwen's has ever been shown you
Handing witness check Do you recOllect OF that being
deposited with your rmf A. Well, have recollection
that IL was; 1t must have been deposited there.
O. Well there Is tho Endorsement Of your firm upon it.
that shows it. A That is George c. Robinsons hand
writing.
@. Did you see that yellow paperf A. have no
recollection Of ever seeing until 1t here the other
day.
Mr.. Evarts-We don't hear, Mr.. Beach.
Mr. Beach-He has recollection Of ever having seen
IL until he saw 1t here tho other day.
Mr.. Evarts-The yellow paperf
Tho Wtness-The yellow paper
Mr. Blackwell. this yellow paper-it Is marked a.
Exhibit ID, 1874"
Mr.. shearman-what said about the check, Mr.
Beachi We could not hear.
Mr. BeachHe says simply that he recolects the check
and the Endorsement of his firm upon it, and passed
through his firm.
@. Mr.. Evarts-It is not his own Endorsement.
Mr.. Beach-Made by George G. Robinson. ITO tho wit
ness Have you any recollection Of passing that check
to Mr. Partridge the cashier at that time Of your firm
A. think did / won't swear positively, but think
gave the check to Mr.. Partridge.
O. Do you recolect from whom you received the chec
A. Well think received it from Mr.. Tton.
G. that yellow paper in connection with the check
handed yOut A. have recollection OF ever seeing
that paper until to-day.
Mr. Beach-Tbatis all
Mr. Evarts ITO Mr. Beachl-will you allow the to exam
inc him about thisf
Mr.. Beach-Ccrtsnly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-05
RE-CROss EXAMINATION OF Mr.. WOODRUFF

BY Mr.. Evarts-NOw, Mr.. Woodruff, what
you in regard to this check having
through your hands Handing check to witnessli A.
Well say think it to me. and that handed 1t in
to the cashier. think Mr. TltOn gave it to me; don't
swear positively think that was 80 that Is all know
about 1t.
O. Well can you say anything moro than that you i'm.
agine that 1t must have been SOL A. say think it must
have been 80; don't imagine it say think 1t is so
whether it was or was not, don't know; think 1t
was so.
O. Now do you remember whether these two papers
came inside of envelope tOseheri A No; don't re-
member that at all; no, Sir.
c. Do you remember whether these two papers were
pinned together mott A. don't recoect anything Of
the kind have recollection Of seeing that paper
until l 1t here the other day.
O. That understand you to say Have you any recol-
lection whether this paper camethese two papers
came in envelope, or mott A. No, have not.
@. Not the slightest A. No, Sir.
@ Have you any recollection Of reading the check at
the time that it camel A. think saw the check.
O. And that is all you say about iti A Yes 1t was
placed to Mr.. TltOn's credit.
O. Now you say that Mr. Tlton handed you the checki
A. have that impression; could not to it posi-
lively, but ON under that impression.
O. Well, do you know where you were when he handed
you the check If he did hand 1t to youi A. Well don't
know whether no handed it to at Mouton's house
at the office
O. 1t was either one or the other A. 1t must have
been-I think 80.
O. Then you Idon't recollect probably what day he
handed it to youi A. No, do not.
O. And the amount Of 1t is, that you don't recollect
any thing the yellow paper, and you don't recoect
anything about the check except that you think you saw
as passed through your firm for depOsti A. Yes, Sir
Mr. Beach-You stated, Mr.. Woodruff, that you have
recollection Of having this yellow paper. 1 ask
your attention to the terms Of the writing upon 1T
Mr.. Evarts-The WHAT
Mr.. Beach-The writing upon IT, and ask you whether
you any recollection Of reading any such sentiment
or writing connection with any check: "Spois from
new friends for tho enrichment Of oldf" A. haven't
any recollection OF ever seeing 1t.
Mr. Davis "a juror here spoke to Mr.. Beach in regard
to the handwriting on the yellow paper.
Mr. Beach-This is Mr.. Tt0n's handwriting
Mr. Evarts-It is Mr. Tilton's handwriting that is
coded
Mr.. Beach-That is all
The witness-Now, you don't want me to bring the
books Z
Mr.. Evarts-N0.
Judge Nelson Gentlemen, get readytto retire.
The Court then took a recess until O'Clock,