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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-23
New Mexico's Cattle King.

A letter from Santa Fe tells US about
q "cattle king" of New Mexico: TO
the southeast of Santa Fe, near Fort
7 Stanton, is the famous Chisum cattle
rancho, containing about 800 sections
OF land, on which Mr.. Chisum has at
this time $4,000 head of cattle. IIe
claims that he can fill an order tor 40,
OOC beeves, sent him by telegraph from
New York, on ten days notice. Be
this as il may, he is the ''cow king" OF
Mexico, to use n provincial phrase. He
employs in all about 100 "cow boys"
and "cow puhchers"-and in other
words he employs mounted men to
picket the rancho day and night, win
ter and summer, 10 see that the cattle
do not stray off the pastor selected by
hirn for his own use.
And ike a sentinel walking his beat,
the cattle guards ride up and down the
lines and are relieved with due regular
ity. Inthe fall about this time, they
have the ..cattle drives" which means
taking these vast herds from the dis
tant ranches To market They find a
shipping point now at Whichita, or
Great Bend, in Kansas, or at Granada
or Las Animas, in Colorado. And
whenever II. is known at which point
the important drives" will strike
there il where the vultures are found.
The cattle men are rough, generous,
and often incorporate, and the gamb.
lers and prostitutes of the entire land
look forward to fall trade with great
santicipations. Very often the officers
of the law are set at defiance, the cattle
men and licentious women run the
Town, and the entire proceeds of ten
thousand beeves squardered in a single
night Denver News.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-23
The Puritan.

"What are you doing, idling here?
That heather weed is not for We;
Young Christian hands should never touch
Symbols of popery.
Go, help your mother card and spin;
Study your duty to God and man"
So spake the old man, tall and grim,
The stern old Puritan.
The startled maiden softly said
Gods fairest blessing rest on her. =
"Our Saviour, Christ the Lord, was born
On Christmas morning, Sir;
And so my brothers here and
Will gather holly and berries gay,
As we did in Merrie England
Only last Christmas-day-"
Beneath the sparkling Christmas sun
They stood in glaring contrast there
The stern old man of rules and laws,
And little children fair.
The children, Gods own little ones,
Gathered the green with merry play;
The old man clutched his heavy staff,
And grimly went his way.
Years, years, have rolled around since then,
And every dawning Christmas-day
We crown the children's memory
With holly and with bay;
And we bless the brave old Puritan
For his glorious legacy
The homes we twine with Christmas green
In peace and liberty.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-23
Home for che Holidays.


Now Time has turned, with restless hand.
His hour glass DER and DER,
And the news goes forth on ses and land,
Old Christmas comes once more
There never was cheer like the Christmas cheer,
The last, best gift Of the dying year
To the weary sons of men.
The bells are ringing the story old
From out their brazen throats,
And millions listen to hear it told
As over the world il floats
The wanderer hears the joyous sound:
.'God bless the bells. / am homeward bound,
For Christmas comes again"
In the city's glare he has dwelt alone,
Alone in the 'madding crowd"
And ceaseless labor no rest has known
Till the bells ring out so loud.
Then over the snow his footsteps glide,
For joy comes back with the Christmas tide,
And peace to the souls Of men.
The Joyous call that the bells have rung
Is summons to love and home
The same old songs that the angels sung
Who veutured on earth to roam
Goodwill and peace where the loved ones wait
An eager hand on the cottage gate
Old Christmas comes agoin
-Hdrpers Weekly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-23

Half the children in the Boston pub
lie schools are of Catholic parentage.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-23
C0fsWOld Sheep.

With increasing interest in fine stock
and sheep-raising we are often asked
what breed is best adapted to Western
farmers. .Tdat depends upon circum-
stances; whether in large or small fincks
and whether for mutton or %OOi as
specialties; but for the general farmer,
in small fiocks less than one hundred,
wnere mutton and wool are desirable,
the Cotswold is the most desirable
breed. The fine, long combing wool is
obtained in good, heavy fleece, and
they are of good size for mutton, and
mature quite early.
For wool alone, in large iocks the
Merinos are better, and for mutton
alone the Southdowns will be more
profitable.
Cotswoid, to be profitable, must have
good care and shelter, as they are not
50 hardy as the fine woods. But little
corn should be fed, with plenty of hay
and turnips, or roots of any kind tt
keep them healthy and thriving in
winter, while in summer they are al
ways in good order On. grass. The
COtswolds make good cross with tht
Meriro, or even with common sheep
+ IPestern AQricuituriSt.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-23
M,Iline.ry and " oman,s Rights

Some OF Mr.. Howells's imaginary
characters thus treat the subject, in the
January Atlantic: = 81
'sOh yes, / know. Cheap ideas Of
equality. But you wouldn't marry "a
niIliuer, il she was ever such genius
in her art
"If were in love with her and she
were in love with me and would have
me, would marry her. But why do
yop make marrying the test of a mans
respect for woman ?'
"Isn't it?''
Easton pondered while. "Weli,
YES, it does seem to be-" he said, a slit-
tie sadly. "But il narrows the destiny
of half the world"
Are you W0man's rights?" asked
Mrs. Farrell, trailing plume of fern
Through the air.
"Oh, Pm woman's anything" said
Eiston; "a1ything that woman really
want; but rights are a subject that they
don't seem very certain OF, them
lselves."
YES" sighed Mrs. Farrell; that:
the trouble with women from day to
lday, and from dress to dress, they dom
really know what they want. There:
Rachael Woodward she has this de
Icided talent, but she don't seem t.
want decidedly to use it, rs a maj
would. I'm not even sure that if al
the world Were propitiOus l shoult
iopen a miIliner shop. But | think
should. III ever do, Mr.. Easton, AM
you marry one Of my 'prenices, 1 wan
you to promise that yorI'll let her bu.
her bonnets of me. That isn't askin
great deal, is it?"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-23

According to the Army Register for
1875 it appears that during the present
year there were eighteen resiguati"ns- =
namely, one payinaster, four captains,
seven frs; lieutenants. five second lieu.
tenants and one chaplain; and thirty.
eight deaths, including two brigadier
generals-LoreDzoT Thomas and Alex
ander Shiras-two colonies, two lieu.
tenant colonies, six majors, six cap
tains, twelve first lieutenants, six sec
ond liestenants and two chaplains
| Nine officers were dismissed, thre'
cashiered and one honorably discharg
| Cd.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-23

COrn-fed hens do not lay In winter,
for the simple reason there isn't any
albumen material'in the corn. When
wheat is fed, there is fat enough in IL
to supply all that is needed fer the
yolk, and gluten enough to make the
white, and lime enough to furnish the
sheu; it does not thus seem difficult to
understand why corn-fed hens should
not lay, as they do not, and why wheat.
fed hens should lay, rs they do.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-23
P0ETRY.
. o,aker.s Christmas Eve

~ IN.
How slow and soft the snowsareSs iAn
Tnou The vine deserted walls
AZ If some gracious SOUL, me-"
ITro,, ltAeA one sweet deed IL iheSus'
Since in its grace such bounty IA3,
Should wrap each bare thing On wy
nil all things white ana %hrei S,h-o,r
Except the shadows Earth mus M s,i,e sn.o
The tender gray, the peaccius ~A
A Quaker setting make to,H OLE = shade
And 90 thismoceshlne, "iii0n -
ONLY a little lighter laid,
Into INV heart stin mood has crep''
W;th such q glow as sunrise kept
Uhen vouth and Benjamin were MINE.
~ swift the siowest years incline,
And sunrise has no story now
10 move me ike the night a1d SNOW
II those unouiet bells would cease
Clsshing their peals across TINS peace'
II seems the hour rare slentness 49,
Fen worldly hearts might chloe anu piess'
And life the lowest heayenward
To greet the birthday of the Lord
I can not think the loudest bells
Can utter what pure voice tells;
The Spirit needs no brazen tone
To whisper triumph to his own;
The blessed healing falls to them
Who touch unseen the garments nem'
And hidden deeds are waited higher
Than chantings of an angel choir. -
Hosanna still the mad lips cry,
While still the mad hands cruelty;
Rnt angels watch and women weep,
And theirs the Rising after sleep
How careth He for Christmas song
To whom all days and song belong.
Only an ebbing love has need
It's hieiEtide reachings thus to heed
Alsays the willing angels sing
To worn-out workers listening;
Always our Christ is in the earth,
AIyays his love has human birth
In ;oy that crowns our later morn
Asin Judean Christmas born.
And vet mind how every year,
When nv ripe birthdays draw anear,
Dear Ruth, from out her gayer HE,
With worldly hope and wisdom rite,
Comes to the quiet nest once more,
bringing, the smile her father wore,
And little gracious gifts, to tell
She keeps by some high miracle
The simple heart meath costly lace,
That needs double grant of grace.
Though all the year Ruth's tender eyes
To mine are openings of the skies,
Though love unsaid be love complete,
l find the special service sweet.
And so, perhaps, these louder chimes,
Smoothing the prose-told hours to rhym
Like some rare voice God sets to round
The jarring ones of shriller sound;
These spires with grand and silly art,
Climbing to reach the Central Heart;
These broken lilies, and the rush
OF feet where leaning angels hush
MAY be to clearer eyes than mine
Fresh spellings of tale divine
And He whose birthday knew no bliss
Except woman's troubled kiss,
May still forgive the foolish art,
And hide the meaning in his heart.
FRANCIS, R. ROBINSON, in Harper's Ma
zine for January.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-23

Small boy-''Ssy, pa, will you buy
me a new sled for Christmas" Close
listed psrent-''Johnny, l don't think
theirs going to be much snow this win
ter, and you wouldn, t have chance 20
enjoy a new sled; but I'll tell you what
l will do. You just be n good boy and
I'll get your saw filed so that it will cut
through a stick o: wood just like
lcheese%
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-23

During the recon noissance recently
effected in the Steppes by the Russian
troops they discovered the ruins of an
ancient city, the existence OF which
was hitherto unknown. The site bears
the traces Of a vast System of irrigation,
and plentiful supply Of drinkabIe VIZ.
ter is still found there.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-23

Ex-policeman Thomas Martin com
nitted suicide at the Continental Hotel
in Steubenville, Ohio, on Tuesday
night, by shooting himself through the
head with a revolver. Cause, intemp-
erancs and want.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-23

The body of a woman fearfuIly cut
and stabbed was found in a field, on
Tuesday, on the outskirts of Brooklyn.
A cigar makers knife WAS picked up
near the body. There is no clue to the
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-03
GENERAL NEWS.

4 wire, c; css5pnects fourtceii Houses in
Waterloo, Iowa, and the young wo-
men telegraph the freshest gossip to
'"f f only only takes enc kdHndr5d and forty
pages Of the Chicago er-Ocean 10
publish the names of the delinquent
taxpayers in that city.
Among the roll of delinquent tax.
payers in the Long Branch News fig
ures the name Of Ulysses S. Grant,
opposite the sum ofs85.
Complaint. have been made to the
Post Office Department that a great
many boxes of gras.hUppers are being
sent through the mails from the Yves
tern cities.
As soon as Congress convenes next
December the Postmaster, General in
tends to use his efforts =. have the
present lazy governing, BostaGc. OF
| third.c,ass natter, OF traas:ent news
pape.s, SO modified Ga to be more JUS
] ana C1ullaple. I,~r-tAs.r /,
The Brennan texas Sentinel says
DR.. Galloway, Oh Walnut creek il
that county, is certainly lucky f thcr;
is any luck in odd numbers. lie hai
his 5eYehth wife and iorty-ninth child
he had twenty-one sons in one compa
nv in the Confederate army.
The new twenty-cent coin is out
fresh from the mint. On one side arr
a spread eagle and the words "unite(
States Of America-Twenty cents.
On the other side the stars, the God
dess and 1875. 1t is larger, by it
rim, than the fye7cent nickel, an'
about the sane thickness. 1T :,
The Leyant Herald says thai sc
ries of terrible earthquake shocks &C
CURED at the beginning of May in til
province of Boronssa, Asia Minor
! Six hundred houses were destroyed
The accounts already received shoy
that one hundred and sixty. lives wer
lost, and ope hundred and. eighty-sev
en- persons Injured. The total nunbe
of filled is still unknown.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-03
THE CROrs IN TENNESSEE ASr
EEsEwHERE-

A careful comparison &c the crop
notes in our State exchanges, for the
past ten days, shows considerable di-
Pversity of epim;pn IL to the extent Of
damage deae. to wheat by the cold
weather Of April. Some localities suf:.
fered severely; but the generalimpres-
SION seems TO be that at least an aver
age Grub viii be harvested in the State,
Corn came up badly on account Of
the last season, and good deal Of re-
planting had to be done. Tic Hlost
recent accounts are, howeycr, of an
encouraging character. Glass crops
never Jared better than at present.
Though tobacco is backward the pl9nts
are reported as having dene, wei of
late. With regard to fruit, the gloo-
my anticipations of a month ago are
not likely to be realized. Peaches
promise a fair YIELD. and apples are
likely to rake even a better showing.
The Chicago. Times publishes one
hundred, any twenty-five special dis
patches from all sections OF the West
and Northwest, from which it appears
that Nebraska is especially hopeful of
escaping a renewal Of. tie erasshopper
visitation; IN Missouri, betweeh pray
err ard Paris green there Is feeling
of encouragement in Kansas the
farmers have reecyeied from tier
alarm and feel reassured;;. ,andin Min
nesota and towa the PROSPECTS are not
considered as gloomy as heretofore.
Cur California exchanges concur in
the opinion that the wheat crop this
year viii fall below the very large av-
erage of the last few years. ,Tliis arises
from tie dcfciency;of the rainfall, on
which California agriculture is so de-
pendent. Everything depends en- the
fall. and spring ralps-7fi6r il only rains
twice a year in that State, but the
showers last several weeks. Cnfor-
tuuately,, the spring rains were def
Gent, resulting in q serious loss TO the
agricultural interests. Bit it Is esti-
| mated that the wheat surplus, after
deducting the requirements for home
CONSUMPTION, will be, $4,000 tons,
with about half as rsueh niore FROM
Oregon. The two States viii have
about s25,OO0,0o0 worth of wheat to
sell to a hungry world, which is not
very had for States Of only yesterday
and the day before. !,
.Advlpes,ifo5Gh tie s65iith qFlte to the
effect that the crops are, almost with
out exception. doing fnelyi and that
ally tine since the %ar.-Union and
Americdn.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-03
rur RsIIcrors wcetp.

The next sesdoh Of tie Cumberlafif
Preshyterias General Assembly VII
be held at Bowling Green, kentucky,
The papM ENJOYS, who came to this
coJafry with the beretta for Cardinal
McCloskey called On the President and
Various members Of the Cabinet, by all
Of whom they were. c1rd'ally received,
and with wheti they had long, inter
esting social interview.
A curious question. inv5lving the
right of Roman Catholic priest to
accuse a PERSON married outside of the
Church WITH living: n moral sin,
wheu-fbe accusation 10 without malice
and only with, the intenlign Of dis.
charging his dut = as pries, nd pastor,
is to be tried in he Boston courts.
In New York, the Temple Emanu-
el has 336 pewholders and l233 seat
holders The congregation numbers
900 persons. In the religious school
connected with it there are 1914 pu-
pills, 1S1 Of whom are in the Hebrew
department. The Rabbi. Rev. Dr G.
Gotthel, receives a salary Of $4,000,
and the appraised value of the pews
is s492. S65. The expenses, the past
year, amounted to s37 ,76o; which in.
ciude salaries, choir and organ. and
outlay for school.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-03
.TEvs rSsEE NEWS.

1he Clinton Tribune learns, fro7a a
gentleman from Wartburg tha4all, the
prisonef+s-six in number-broke Jail
one day, last. week, and all save one
made good, their ,escape.;,,.,. t. s,.,, p.
Tennessee horses, Carnage and Ar.
iona, carried off the honors at Louis
ollie, the former making the, fastest
mile heat race on reegrd, and the lat
ter the fastest two nile heat race.
The,height Of a legal fence is .defn-
ed as fellows: GerlmQn worm fence,
four. feet = straight fence, posts and
plank, or RESTS aud rails, three ant a
half feet; rQck Renee, three feet-hog
tight, Of cpul9e- Ia.
Columbia Herald Somebody went
for hunting last Friday on +. NJ.
Vaughn'S Place, and tie dogs, billed
three of his sheep and mprtallywound-
ed another. Mr. Vaughn tells Us he
has, lost two hundred sheep in the
same way, .,..-,qA.r, -.
Fayetteville Observer: Mrs Della
A. Pigg, an estilnable widow lady re-
siding On tributary of Cane Creek,
this county, is 10 years of age, in
good health, with, a fan. prospect OF
living soine ti.neyct, She IS cheerful,
sprightly and able TO participate in
household. WORK, and visits in the
neighborhoed-
Fayetteville Express It is, easier
for hippcpotahlus TO dance a jig on
a spiders web than for our confrere,
Gel. Martin Luther McCord, of the
Pulaski Citizen, to go, through barn
door. o.. lie weighs go pounds-ail
pure grease-and his sitting capacity
/ is estimated at three square miles.
We met him in Nashville recently,
wearing a new suit of clothes three
| feet in diameter, and looking as robust
as q balloon,
We learn from. the Press and Her
aid that; Major Tom O'Conner declines
| to take the Knoxville and Charleston
Railroad. HIS bid was sT5, 900, but
! when the papers of sale were made
out by the Railroad Company, a
clause was inserted requiring the pur.
chasers ,te replace, the destroyed
bridges within sixty days. Major
OConner proposed paying s75, ooo
for the road as it stood, and declined
to take the property ap the terms Is
drawn Up by the Commissioners.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-03

.
The MILAN ExcHANGE. boosted last
week of their rye six feet in height.
We 20 them one and a third more on
that. Mr. c. w. Albright, Of this
place has patch of four acres, from
which he showed US this week a stalk
in the blooms measuring Z feet 4 inch
es, sna two feet from joint to joint.
Ii the EXCHANGE wishes 10 come it
over us, they must get up something
better than that, Humboldt Journal.
Well, we can do it. Mr. /. NJ.
Gunter, living four miles southwest
of here, has field OF rye which will
average over seyenFeet. He brought
us some specimens Saturday which we
at first took to. be fishing, poles: They
we're seven and ohc-half feet long.
This field has been under cultivation
over forty years, too. Come again
Rivers. 49,: -.
Z. S.-Slncc writing the nboye
Mr. L. a. Collins, of this place
brought in a bunch measuring aerel
feet and nine inches, and he has NOR,
of the same sort. Won't that do vcr,
well for altitude?
p. Z. S.-Mr G. s. Cunningham
due &c cur beet farmers, has sent in
bunch of rye measuring seven feet an,
ten inches high. His field will ave.
age about y feet high and is still
Growing. -,~- 80
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-03
THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1875.


Next week we viii issue en- extra
edition of a large number of copie:
of the EXCUSES, for distribution III
the NortEefn States and elsewhere,
with the view of showing to immi'
grants the advantages of Milan and
surrounding country. Persons having
farms and town lots for sale viii find
this fine opportunity to advertise
them. We will charge only ten cents
a line, or twelve lines for one dollar.
All our business men should at least
have 4 short card in this issue. twill
advertise the town better than anything
else. A town is judged by the. ap-
pearance and advertising patronage Of
its papers.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-03


Col. L. ii. Baker is ahead Of For
ney now-hc runs three papers, hav.
ing recently started 4 new oae at
Camden. BY the way, we are inform
Cd that the Colonel has discovered a
Relationship to Mrs Gaines, the owner
of about ono-half cf New Orleans,
and that she will soon furnish the
capital for a paper in Washington,
with the Colonelas editor. We con-
gratulate him. She is also related to
the Roulstones, of this State, one of
whom is the genial Aleck.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-03
ADVERTISING RArEs.

Double-column advertisements ~ per cent al
vance on the above rates. "A
Triple-c0lumn advertisements, ~ Per eenl. su-
vance On the above rates. ;,,.., N
per cent. advance on the above rates.
of orsI Notices." in the same tyne as local
reading matter.) % per cent. ADVANCE On lhe
ObitVsries, Tributcsof Respect (except snch as
como onicially from charitable societies., ana
remarks on marriages, one-laif Of regular
" Local Notice rates; cinqie shiouL.:e
vnentS Of marriages and deaths Inserted gratis
Aiitransient advertisements must be PAID for IA
advance. Yearly Advertisements, Quarterly
in advance.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-03

+: The National Grange, at its, meet
lag in last February, !. at Charleston,
South Carolina appointed a commit
tee to select, within six moptbs, a
permanent location fer the headquar-
tiers Of the organization. :. The selec-
ton Is restricted to the SIX States Of
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Ken:
lucky and Tennessee, and the commit
tee is now engaged undermining the
most eligible point, within the pre-
scribed territorial limits, at which to
FIX their headquarters.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-03

The Supreme Court, at its recent
session in Nashville, disposed of one
thousand cases. The Judges, are GER
tainly hard workers and deserve the
thanks of the people
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-03

The French Catholic Church in
South Holyoke, Mass, was burned
last Thursday, seventy-one persons
losing their lives. 1t was all done in
about twenty minutes.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-03

Tbs, s S. c;irt ! las decided the
jury iqN Ira@ed by the last Legisla
ture, unconstitutional. The losing
party wiil not, therefore, necessarily
have to pay the Jurors.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-03

Last Saturday was decoration day
in Nashville. Large crowds turned
out. Rev. DR. Kelly delivered an Ell
oqueat Grafton.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-03

Thodecoratiaq,n Of .he Federal graves
took place q Memphis Monday, ard
was participated IL H. Bs the ,C5 e
ates, promineF. uTcaS, ,r-ho.n were
Generals Forrest AID PillQw.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-03

The Huntingdon Times of last
week i. principally filled with news
from-the Times. Nearly every ar
ticle is call on the people to subscribe
for it. Give EN- more news and they
Mill
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-06-03

Don't kill the birds. They vii
kill more grassh0ppers. aud worms
than anything else, thus saving your
crops. Besides, it is against the law