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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-10-20

A hack horse fell down on Gratiot
avenue yesterday, aud among the
crowd which gathered were several
negroes, one of whom sought to boss
the job of getting the equine up again.
He was doing a good deal of talking
when friend and brother walked up
and demanded:
See heah, who is your"
Il is Stephen Baker, sab" was the
dignifed reply:
And was you in de WARP
War? war;"
Yes. sab, was you in de WARP"
mo. sah.''
well, den. what business you got
bossing around here? You jess stan
back and let somebody who was in de
war do de talkingl Now, den, folks,
lift up on dat boss an keep clar OBJ
his hind heelsl"
The one who was not in the war
meekly sat down on the curbstone.-
Detroit Free Press
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The telegraph has done consid-
cradle to dignity the circumstances
of the taking off of O'Baldwin, the
ssIrish Giant" and in the account Of
his funeral grew quite pathetic, and
told us in touching way that Joe
Coburn, another bruiser, contrib
uted q cross of camelias and japon-
icas to deck the remains of the de
parted shoulder hitter. Il is not,
as rule, courteous to say unpleas
ant things about dead men, but in
this case the attempt to elevate the
O'Baldwin into a region of respec~
liability should be deprecated. It
is not just, either, to respectable
living or to respectable dead PEG
pie. The O'Baldwin was q great
overgrown hulk of pugilist, who
inundated ordinary men by his
superior size and strength, and bull
lied them at his pleasure. In add
ton to being a pugilist, he had
been a felon. He had gone the
whole length of the catalogue of
iniquity. Although his death was
occasioned by murder, he provoked
his fate, for the end of such men is
to be killed. He was murdered by
his partner in q drunken brawl;
but, if his partner had not murder
ed him he would have murdered
his partner, as according to the
latter's testimony he had commenc
ed to pound him with with his
siedge hammer of fsts-an operas
ton which the drunken brute would
have kept up until it ended in
murder. Although he was giant
in build; q little pistol ball finished
him, and it does not appear that
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-10-20

The husband and wife had ar
ranged that when one was drunk
the other should work, thus keep
ing on every other day. But once
John kept drunk for three days and
came home in distress. 'sAnd what
are you crying about?" asked his
helpmate. ''Oh. I feel SO unhappy"
cried John. Unhappy! and you We
been drunk while I've been work
ing ever since day before yesterday
Do You expect to be an agel?"
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How the ..Raven,. Wa. written.

In discussion of the mental
condition of Edgar A. Poe, in
Scribner for October, under the
title of "A Mad man of Letters"
Mr.. F. G. Fairfield gives the fol-
lowing conflicting accounts of the
{ composition of 1.-The Raven
another fact that seems to wit
ness to his epileptic condition is
constituted by the habitual lying
that marked the later and best
known part of his career. One in
stance must illustrate the many. I
shall take it for granted that the
general reader is familiar with the
; remarkable analytic paper in which
he describes the composition of
The Raven, and the plan upon
which it was constructed. Ameri-
can literature contains nothing
cleverer in its way, and its clever
ness is manifold enhanced when it
is understood that it is simply and
unequivocally fiction, as the actual
poem was written cor clusively
show.
Poe then occupied cottage at
Fordham-a kind of poets nook
just out of hearing of the busy hum
of the city. He had walked all the
way from New York that afternoon,
and, having taken a cup. of tea,
went out in the evening and wan
dered about for an hour or more.
His beloved Virginia was sick al
most unto death; he was without
money to procure the necessary
medicines. He was out until
about ten o o'clock When he went
in he sat down at his writing table
and dashed off The Raven He
submitted it to Mrs. Clenm for
her consideration on the same
night, and it was printed substan-
TALLY as it was written.
'srhis account of the origin of
the poem was communicated to me
in the fall of 1865 by a gentleman
who protested to be indebted to
Mrs. GLENN for the facts as he
stated them; and in the course of
n saunter in the South in the sum-
mer of 1867, I took occasion to
verify his story by an interview
with that aged lady. Let me now
drop Mrs. Clemm's version for a
paragraph to consider another,
resting upon the testimony of Col.
Du Sole, who was intimate with
Poe at this period, and concurred
in by other literary contempora
lies who used to meet him of
midday for budget of gossip and
a glass of ale at Sandy Welsh's Gel
lar in Ana street.
..Du Sole says that the poem
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society has suffered any such griev-
GUS loss that il should be called
upon 70 mourn. His death was the
logical and appropriate issue of his
manner of life, and the fellow bruis-
ers, Coburn and all, who covered
hum with flowers, which must have
blushed to find themselves in conn
pany with such purity and inno-
cence as O'Baldwin possessed, will
eventually come to the same end
They, like O'Baldwin, are the curse
of society. While the crime of
Finnell is none the less q murder,
deserving Of punishment, the dark
record of O'Baldwin should not be
held up for admiration, nor should
we be called upon to show any sym.
patty on his taking off. He was q
scoundrel. killed by a ecoundrel,
and buried by scoundrels, and the
beautiful fower-cross which MIR.
10. Coburn, pugilist, placed upon
him; did not impart one particle of
its grace or its beauty to his mem
DRY.
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A man whose morning dram had
been too much for him, in saddling
his horse got the saddle on wrong
end foremost. just as he was about
to mount, a neighbor came up and
called his attention 10 the mistake
The horseman gazed for n moment
at the intruder. as if he was in deep
thought, and then said: s'You let
that saddle alone. How do you
know which way am going?" And
he looked daggers at the officious
neighbor.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-10-20

There is man in one of the sub
urbs who supports his family in
handsome style by simply tying an
able bodied cat by the tail 70 a
clothes line every night, and then
going out in the morning to collect
the soap, shaving cups, brushes,
ETC.. thrown into the yard by angry
dwellers in adjoining houses.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-10-20

Exposition of Scripture was for
merly much more in vogue than al
present, especially in Scotland, and
gave frequent occasions for the dis
play of wit. One divine, comment
ing on Peters boast to our Lord,
''Lo we have left all and followed
thee, said, "a puir all. Peter to
make boast fla bit of a boat
and q few auld netsr'
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-10-20

A badly bothered Irish Democrat
in Ohio appeals to Governor Hen
bricks for information. It is safe
to intimate that he won't get it:
"An' now, Misthur Hendricks darIint,
Ov yer honners silf I'll be bould
To ak the thrue Dimmykrat doctrine,
That is safe for poor bye to hould.
Sure it isn't meself that is wantin'
With Redikle lies to be fooled
Is Dimmykrat money but paypur,
Or ould-fashioned silver an gould?'
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The Freedman's Savings bank
at Washington. will not begin to
pay the promised 20 per cent divi-
dend before November 1. Among
the claims on the bank are about
5000 accounts under one dollar,
and at least $4,000 under five dol
lars.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-10-20

The mammoth grape vine of the
world, which lately grew near Santa
Barbara. Cal, and which died of old
age, is now in transit to Philadelphia
to be exhibited at the Centennial.
Before it died, its foliage covered an
area of 10000 square feet. and it pro-
duced annually six tons OF grapes,
worth 1920. The trunk of the vine
measures 81 feet in circumference.
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-01-08
IiEEtt AND gUNHE

Y,c returned husband" season is a par
,icular lovely one this winter in the Elst,
owing &, the recent rise in stocks. The re-
turned husband j. always 4 scapesrace, hui
then he Is generally rich, and he has always
been 10 California. two recommendations
which balance long account of absence and
evil doing. 81! this Is urcommorly " Jolly
for the eastern wife after vigor,ns career
of twenty years of taking in washing, but
the prospect To the wife he leaves in Cili-
f,rnia j. not very brilliant. We therefore
ber oar local journals to forhear publishing
these items. Ii has developed in ourselves
and in wives morbid habit Of looking at
every man on the upwar1 round as posi-
be bisamiSt and the probable coming sensa-
tiun OF some eastern village Is returned
husband 1t j. unfortunate that all these
gentlemen who are absent-minded enough to
marry before they started out to make their
fortunes. and the accumulation of wives Is
no doubt on awkward circumstance, yet il
the absent husband should spend his twenty
wears upon a desert island, like Enoch Ar
dcn. he would I've considered 4 muff when he
lid sc' back. The best plan l. to keep in
safe wa-er and not return.--SaG Fraacisc0
Ncrs Lf,r.
\ man from the states opened drinking
saloon ia Victoria, Eancluyer's Island, and
and hi' very first expression was li7ely.
Six Indians filed in with great gravity. One
of them took a position at the right of the
proprietor behind the bar with an uplifted
soalping knife, and another stood at the left
with 4 Inusket. A third poured six tum-
blers full Of whiskey. and the fluid was
silently run down six threats. Then the
solemn patrons fled out without word,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-01-08

IHE DE-TEvCTi3S or AMssIcaN / ulrALo.
The arrivals of buffalo hams nj one ,oint-
Ieayenwosth, k1nslS-are said to hay. been
very large 80 far this scason. and thew a re in
general use on tie plains. The magnitu, lie OF
thi- traffic IL is impossible to comprehend un-
JOSS one has been through the country wb, re
obey abound. At certain station on q re
kau~a Pacific railroad, notably Buffalo Su,-
zion, there has been employed during the !. Is
year or two IN amount Of labor and capil al
chat would seem inc,el5le To- a person III. =
acquainted with the facts The n eat mark c
opcnS fully in NoTemher. when the weather
becomes cool enough for it, transportation.
and continues until the Isl of April During
these five months as much as 50 900 900
pounds a-e shipped from the stations on the
Kansas Pacific 10 all parts OF the country.
In the winter months buffalo steak can be OBJ
taincl aboat as easily and almost as chcaply
in tae butchers stalls of the leading northern
cities as q beel-teak or a mutton-cbop, and in
Colorado ana Kansas il is as common as ante
l1pe. When buffalo arekiled for their meat
only the hams and shoulders are brought in.
and shipments are usually made in that shape.
the hide nearly always being left ON the end
Of the journey. The leading markets for
buffalo meat - in the rough are ST. Louis.
Chicago and indianapolis. whence il is
Teshippcd, Ia cleaner and more artistic con-
dition, 70 cities of the seaboard. Successful
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BURLINGTON. VT. FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY

variety are to be counted on the other -iie
of the question Some of Mr.. B,owning' S
minor lyrics can hardly be exceeded in
beauty and tenderness. The verse from enc.
entitled =" Sleeping and Watching" which
begins.
And God knows, who secs Us twain
has a pathos which will speak to every one
who has had experience in the darAeued
chambers Of life.-H T. Chorie
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the centre it viii be found to be but p solid
mountain mass Of pure silver.
rnz vAIUT or TIE LFAD-AN INTERVIEW
WIN Wn sH,RAN, ONE or THE rRorRIE-
TORS.
From the San Francisco Chronicle, Dee. .
\ C4roaiic reporter called upon Mr.
Sharon last evening The reporters mis-
sion was to obtain from the king of the Com
stock such ideas Mt that well-informed gen
t!aman might see fit to,communicate relative
TO the yalGe Of the great Bonanza. In
reply to Il leading question upon this point
Mr.. Sharon said - OF course it is not posi-
bic for any one to look into the bowels Of the
earth, and, consequently. | can't pretend to
eXac.ne>s; the best Judges. however, say
tnat its yalue is fabulous. Superintendent
fcqna Of the Chollar, and Superintendent
smith of the Eclchcr set down the bonan-
"a at double the size Of that found in the
trown Point at Belcher, and three times As
rich"
feportes-liaye you any notion what the
lead Pill pan out2
Mr.. sharon-Judse. place tie gross at
5000 ,Uoo, GOO and the profits at from $50,
on300o to $500, 600.
Reporter-is there any doubt about the
rrc body extending to the California?
'!r. Sharon-liere is dispatch from the
ground which received an hour ago. IL is
from W Il. smith of the Belchcr, and lny
expert. +. I. Oshiston
NIGHNn, De-. S-5 =. N-lIayc Just
come out Of the Consolidated Virginia
eros cut on California line Is in thirty
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-01-08

ting way. From Fifteen years and upward
he felt good deal of anxiety to learn hut
could only read & study A little; both for
want of time 4 on account Of Inflammation
of the eyes. lie however MANAGED bv tbe
help Of books to make himself tolerablv well
acquainted with common arithmetic i sur
yeying which he practieed more.or lessIafter
he was Twenty wears old.
Az litrle nist TWENTY years led bv his
own inclination d prompted also by his
Father. he married a rcmGrka5lg plain: but
uclt industrious ~ economical girl of ex-
cellcnt character earnest rietv: a GOOD
practical common sense about one year
younger than himself This woman hv her
mild, frank. a more iiaa ali else by her very
CONSTANT conduct: acquired and ever while
she lived maintained most powerful; a
good influence over him. Her nlain but
, kind admonitions generally had the right
effect without ar5asinr his naughty ob.,i-
nate temper. John brEan carly in life to
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WAS uG rOiIsugD CENrLrgi>2 rrl
ANECDOTE>.


WAS uE \ POLISHED CESrLrri>2 rr
ANECDoTE>.
From the Louisville Courier Iou,ail
The Cincinnatti Enquirer L.- bcea r..
I gagged in controversy with some Of tH
administration journals in regard o. tie ac
complishments of Andrew jackson. and +
vehemently rcsonts the accusatiou tia. tH,
| old hero was man OF either ia.rcIiDl. ol
boori>h manners, " declIriu. tina. o. W. 1.ls-
er had president who was more elegant ID
temeanor or impressive in his external APP
I pcarauce. That he was often '-iiapses~i,e-
must be admitted, but We differ wish the ..a
qairer in the former par, OF tie assertion.
Nor was he very well informed ou many -rr.
ectS on which Grant has also c,iuccl af
abundant hack of iaioru.a;iaa ile knew e.
he about intcrnati0na. ur even constitutions
law but lie had one oi those happ-ea-,.
tutcd minds which - atsos- .,hyrn- oi
sophiStry and through u.a-~e- %. .mma,,r.a.
facts straight to tie true r..at.
y story is told OF him Ly G.N. W i-c. wlll
admired him greatly, that is Illustrative ol
his character. DGru- the administrations
OF MIR. Monroe. Jackson. i0 cluingul ot .,uc
troops, invaded Florida. aui crur-i IN
huthnot and Amhri~'er. two En.i.-hm5n
who. 1t was charged, incitel tie ,ad.au- %
deprc!at.oi-, JUST a- tac ,.grc-- .1.er- now
iuci,e negroe, 90 riot. llca atone. or.er,l q
eourt-martia, and BAL thom luu-. with hIc
Little time to prepare for th,.r iutUTc ainle.
lie Was arriicuei iar tie aluI~l before tYe
cabinet of Nr. Monroe, and Mr.. .lau-. tac
secretary Of state, defended him ou Geo li-.
urlurll Df in ferf..f % ....iI f,. a- ...r l.-
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experiments have been made in shippin, il
rect to New York and Philadelphia in relris-
orator ears. The price in the towns along
the middle and eastern division ci the Kan
sas and Pacific ranges from $50 To- $50 Ter
ton in bulk. But in all this there Is an en-
ormous waste of both food and skins. for in
the summer and early fall the traveller may
see the platform Of stations on the kau-a,
Pacific piled with the hind quarters only Of
the buffalo, both the skin and carcass forward
ol the IONS being left on the plains, and /. is
time some law was passed by congress To
prevent the defamation, il not destruction ol
the American buffalo. Flrit is only qncs-
tion OF time, ana not a long on either. when
these formerl Y immense and almost iungmcs-
able herds Will disappear before the march of
civilization. which, at the present rapid rate
OF olsettlement Of onr frontier, VII hc nothing
short of extinction