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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-07-23
At the Old Gate.

And so. we have met here again, love;
And here is my hand, once more:
And with 1t the heart, now stricken
SO proud in the days Of yore.
knew not how much loved you,
when that word was spoken by me
49,
Here have sat all alone, love,
In the FIRST fresh hours Of spring,
when the bAckbird filled the twilight
With the songs that It used to sing
In the golden fall Of that autumn
That buried my hearts delight;
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-07-23
Literary Department.
AubnaisstOn.

submIssiOn.
BY CELIA THAxTER.
The sparrow sits and sings, and sings;
Softly the sunsets lingering light
Lies rosy over rock and turf,
And reddens where the restless surf
Tosses on high its plumes Of white.
Gently and clear the sparrow sings,
While twilight steals across the sea,
And still and bright the evening star
Twinkes above the golden bar
That in the west lies quietly.
oh, .teadfastly the sparrow sings,
And sweet the sound; and sweet the touch
OF wooing winds; and sweet the sight
OF happy Natures deep delight
In her fair spring, desired so much.
But while 70 clear the sparrow sings
cry Of death is in my ear;
The crashing Of the riven wreck,
Breakers that sweep the shuddering deck,
And sounds Of agony and fear.
How is 1t that the birds can sing7
Life is so full Of bitter pain;
Hearts are so wrung with hopeless grief;
Woe is so long and JOY so brief;
Nor shall the lost return again.
Though rapturously the sparrow sings,
No bliss OF Nature can restore
The friends whose hands clasped so warm,
Sweet souls that through the night and storm
Fled from the Oarth for evermore.
Yet still the sparrow sits and sings,
Till longing, mourning, sorrowing love,
Cropping to find what hope may be
within deaths awful mystery,
Reaches its empty arms above;
And. listening, while the sparrow sings.
And soft the evening shadows fall,
Sees, through the crowding tears that blind,
A little light, and seems to hnd
And clasp @ God's hand, who wrought 1t all.
tHArper's Magazine for August.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-07-23
Good Might.

&OOo NAgnts
Apple blossoms, fair and lovely
opened with the dawning day,
Shook their fairy heads and nodded
To the blossoms DER the way,
Caught the sunshine In the frolic,
Held it In their petals bright,
Scattered perfume on the breeEes,
Laughing, dancing, said Good Night.
Fading blossoms, pure and stainless,
Slowly futter from the trees;
Snowy petals sadly linger
Playing with the evening breeze.
Drifting, floating, falling ever,
Fairy angels robed In white,
Hid among the dewy grasses,
Softly, sadly, sighed Good Night.
BY and by, alone and lonely,
Leaves and blossoms withered-dead,
VIII the trees seem robed in sorrow,
Mourning for their beauty fed.
But from out the barren brAnehes,1
Kindly veiled in Winters white,
Hopeful Of the coming Spring time,
Sweet tuned voices breathe 3ood Night.
We are waiting for the Spring time
Dark and drear may be the day
Still our wistful eyes are turning
To the "sometime"- far away.
So we sink TO rest, still trusting,
Sleep to dream Of morning light,
Whore the flowers shall bloom forever,
Where we meier shall say Good Night.
philadelphia Times.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-07-23

"Symmes's hole" has enjoyed celebrl-
ty equal TO that obtained by impeacher
Boutwelps "hole in the sky" but OF mod
ern readers perhaps not one in hundred
thousand ever saw copy of the original
advertisement whereby the adventurous
ex-captain of infantry promulgated the
theory of hollow globe. The following
has been recovered from the newspaper
files of the dead past. 1t created great
amusement at the time, and was copied,
but II does not appear that the advertiser
obtained recruits aud funds enough TO JUS
tify the search for the hole leading to the
centre of the earth. II was reserved for
one of Jules Verne's heroes to find 1t.
Light develops light-Gd i'Vinitum.
ST. Louis missouri Territory North
America, April 10, A. ID. 1918.
To ALL THE WORLD. l declare the
earth TO be hollow aud habltable within
containing a number OF concentric spheres,
one within the other, and that their polls
are open twelves or sixteen degrees. 1
pledge my life in support OF this trUth, aud
am ready to explore the conclave, II the
world will support me and aid me In the
undertaking.
of Ohio, late Cdptdin Of I'!JdRtry.
l ask one hundred brave companions,
well equipped TO start for Siberia Ia au-
tumn, with reindeer and sledges, on the Ice
of the frozen sea. i engage we lind warm
country and rich land stocked with thrifty
vegetables and animals, II not men, on
reaching about six-nine miles n0rthward
of latitude 81 degs. We will return In the
succeeding spring. $. Q.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-07-23

A fussy and over particular young la
dy was having her photograph iAken, and
Just as the operator had got her down 10 the
"perfectly still" business, she suddenly
threw up her arms and exclaimed, ''Tbere,
1 forgot 10 put my hustle on r.
There is no need for the Almighty to
bare his arm and hurl us into the lake of
fire. He has only 10 leave us alone with
our sins, TO draw the curtain between us
and the world, and our punishment must
come with unerring certainty.-Frdnees
ROsSer OO66e.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-07-23

Luxury and Incidence are the we'll
known concomilants of torrid atmos-
phere and an exuberant soil. II, in our
northern and wintry climate, we are stran-
gers to the rich profuslon of a southern soil,
we have the consolation that this climate,
while it yields but a scanty harvest for a
laborious cultivation, yields us at the samo
time blessing for which there can be no
equivalent-the capacity fer enjoyment that
results from vigor of body and activity OF
mind. jacob DfgetOW.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-07-23

TrRMs.-To single subscribers, by mail, s2.2 per
annum in advance in clubs, S20O When not paid
in advance, 5Oc additional per year, will be charged
RATES or ADVERTISING made known on application
Births Deaths and Marriages inserted gratis Obitu-
airy Notices Resolutions, and Cards OF Thanks lOc
per line Of ten words.
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-07-23

IUDWORTH 4 DAVENPORT, General Insurance
OAgents, cents for the FARMERS MUTUAL Fire
Insurance Co. foi wiudham County, and for Chester
Springfield. Ludlow, Audover and Weston in Windsor
CO. Once in Union d. Il. Brattleboro, VT. IA
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

Nothing is more the duty Of
independent men-Democrats
and Experimentation to deal
with this war spirit that comes
muttering to us from Wash
ington as they would deal with
crime against the integrity of
the Republic. Grant should be
forced to resign, aud the Pres
idency should be transferred to
Mr.. Wilson. Sharp, perempto
~, decisive expressions OF
opinion by Congress in the
beginning may save disasters
in the end. Such action even
now may compel Grant to
surrender the Office he uses to
the injury Of the country. But
the war purpose exists, and the
President should be taught
that he cannot thus trifle with
the interests Of the country fol
his own personal ambition
The resignation of Grant means
peace, aud SO long as he hest
tates we are threatened with
war.-[N. Y. Herald.
The utterances of the Herald
are most valuable as the reflex
OF the public opinion of the
country. 1t is q careful watcher
and is sure to be with it when
it speaks.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

II Grant would drive all the
white men Of Louisiana into
Mexico. and then let Sheridan
wait till he caught all the wo-
men and children in a small
pox hospital, hanged If he
didn't clean ont things down
there so quick it would make
your head swim.-[Ft. Valley
(Ga.) Mirror.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

III = - !.
Ger. Hazen, in an article II
the North American ReyisN
asserts that the whole amount
Of available land for agricnls
tural purposes in the middk
States Of the great West is =
small and the average rain y
insufficient, that the new States
must decline, and the oN
States prepare for q consider1s
bic increase Of population.
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06


January l, 1875, there we1>
l25 papers in Texas: Four
ligious papers, five independ
ent, eight Republican and 1oe
Democratic. OF the reAdid
population Of the State ovl
seven-eighfhs Of them IRE Den
ocrats. The few Repablican
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

The Lincoln Spy, a journal
published at the Capital of Ne
braska, claims the election Of
Governor Paddock to the e.
S. Senate as a Democratic vic
tory. The only time he ever
ran for Congress was on the
Democratic ticket. 1t adds:
Victory has perched upon
the Democratic banner in Ne
braska in the selection of Gov.
ernor A. S. Paddock as Senator,
The backbone of the Republic
can party has been broken, the
rotten rings OF corruption have
received their death blow, old
bands have been cast overheard
and Nebraska will soon be
numbered among the Demos
cratic States of the Union. Let
the people rise up and rejoice
The fight was q hard one, but
right has triumphetl."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

If you want to exterminate
a family don't get up q vendet>
IA to do it. A recipe for max
ing lnince pies will do the busi>
ness for you.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

A California man pounded
his wife, was fined $40, and
she sold her silk dress to pay
the fine.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

Here is what Andrew John>
son said in his late Nashville
speech abont the Louisiana
tyranny:
IA voice-'How about
Louisianai'] Mr.. Johnson COM
tinqed: I'll had been Presi-
dent at the time Of the late
military interference In New
Orleans, / would hare sent that
little man Sheridan to the De-
partment Of the Missouri, as /
did, under similar circum-
stances, in 1856. Tremendous
applause.] In 1866 General
Thomas telegraphed General
Grant that he had been applied
10 for assistance to aid in Sc
curing the attendance Of a
quorum in the Tennessee Leg
islature. / was in Washington
then, and when the dispatca
came to me / ordered Grant tt
answer Thomas that the mill,
tary had no right to interiors
with the State Legislature, and
that he should refrain from
interference at this time.'"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

With . little energy aud q
few patent Office reports every
town could have a public
library.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06
Subscription, IS Per Annum,
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BELLEVUE, LOUISIANA:
Saturday ,::: :::::::::February 6, 1875

We have been honored with
an invitation to His Majesty's
grand masque hall, to he given
in Shreveport, on Mardi Gras
night. Nothing but the mani>
fold duties of a country editor,
alone in bis typographical miss
cry, and doubly perplexed by
sickness IN the Banner family,
prevents the editor from puts
ting in his appearance to do
homage to our Gracious King,
Rex.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

Beyond the introduced B
many bills, the present ca
gress has accomplished lItile
OF these, over 600 have H.
presented. Unless real wolk
soon commences, not o.
twentieth Of them will come Is
a vote, and perhaps IL lie btlf
that they should not.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06
The HIDE BUSINESS

THE HIDE BUsINEss.-Mess.
Koran 4 Looney, from Janua-
~ 10th to Jan. 10th, bought
II, 776 pounds Of hides, ss,O54
pounds Of which have been
shipped, leaving s,722 pounds
on hand. {Shreveport Times
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

New York Sun shares, price
el2O, are said to held at 5000.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

VI tlIuc--tuO ldUl~Ou WOuu8y-I
has the Navy Department at
Washington been in flames and
very nearly destroyed. On
both occasions valuable papers |
are known to have been COM |
sumed. but the extent aud de>
tails Of these losses have never
been published, or allowed to
be known outside the close
mouthed officials, upon whose
lips paddock has been placed
by order Of the Secretary.
This building is solidly con-
structed Of brick, and has never
before in many years of occu-
pancy been liable to this de-
scription Of accident, as it is
conveniently called. The re-
ports from Washington state
that the injury to the papers
aud files by water is as great as
that caused by the fire, and
perhaps even more considera-
BILE.
Without casting suspicion
upon anybody, these repeated
and unexplained fires are we'll
calculated to provoke comment
when taken in connection with
the recent management ofthat
department. The corrupt con>
tracts, collisions, awards, and
jobs have made it notorious
over the country, and brought
upon Secor Robson a degree
of distrust such as never dis
credited any of his predeces-
sors.
There were papers filed away
doubtless which some day
might turn mp as inconvenient
witnesses and help to trace the
millions that have been misap-
propriated under various fraud
ulent pretexts. Ifthey cannot
be found hereafter, nothing will
be easier than to charge them
to the account Of the fires, and
in the absence of these proofs
the guilty may escape the pen-
allies which they deserve.
Important records have mys-
teriously disappeared from the
files of the War Department.
and only a few weeks ago all
the papers in a venal contract,
including a letter. from the
President in its favor, were re-
moved from the files Of several
offices in the Treasury at the
same time. thus proving q COM
mon motive aud concert Of ac>
ton in this abstraction.
Numerous examples showing
a prepared plan to make away
with damaging evidence are
familiar to the public. These
are limo sense accidents, but
the results of y wicked design
to hide corruption and to pro-
tect those engaged in it from
prosecution when the Admins
istration shall change hands.
More fires may be expected
in Washington, and before the
4th Of March, 1877, when Grant
will be driven out Of the place
which he has dishonored, the
country will be apt to hear that
public records are SO mntilated,
disfgured, burnt, or carried of,
that they cannot be used 70
convict the plunderers who
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

Even the poet Whittier re>
CARDS !" Government intcrfer-
once with the Legislature Of q
State as ill-advised and very
dangerous"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06
Railroad Lands Rsvsrting 70 Ns'
Public Domaiu.

The Attorney General, in an
opinion recently rendered, de-
cided that the General Land
Office must construe the law
relating to the forfeiture Of
land grants to railroads by the
plain intent Of Congress, and
not by the common law, as
heretofore has been the ruling.
Under the terms Of the several
grants ten years is given in
which to construct the roads.
# this requirement is not met
the land reverts to the public
DOMAIN. In most cases the
words Of the grant are not man
datory as to the land officers.
The ruling Of the several COM
missioners has been uniformly
to the effect that Congress must
legislate in each case, and by
distinct enactment return the
land to the people. Under the
most recent ruling the law will
be fulfilled without remanding
the matter back to the legisla-
| tive arena, there to be the sub.
Iject Of discussion and bargain,
The following railroa is and
Igrants are affected by this
opinion: Jacksonville, Pensa
cola and Mobile, 160miles, I'm.
completed; 100000 acres re.
verted. Pensacola and Louis
vile, 43 miles; 165, 900 acres
Alabama and Florida, 15l
miles; 394, 900 acres. Goose
and Tennessee, IS miles; e.,
1874 acres. Mobile and Girard
40 miles; 300, 900 acres. NORTH
Louisiana and Texas, 80 miles
$50, 900 acres. st. Croix and
Lake Superior, 22o miles; /,
18O, 900 acres. jackson, Ian
sing and Saginaw, 50 miles
$50, 900 acres. Total, 1888 miles
3,106, 784 acres. Republic.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

Now stop putting a 4 in af-
ter the 1877 at the top of your
letters.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06
ITO say that lawlessness,

ITO say that lawlessness,
turbulence and bloodshed have !
characterized the political af- |
fairs Of that State since its or
ganizatioL under the Recon-
struction acts, is only to repeat
what has become we'll known
as q part Of its unhappy histo-
ry."-[Grant's Message on La.
True as gospel every word of
it! The confession is q whole
some one for q Republican
President to make after the
Republican policy Of recon>
struction has had an eight
years trial. The garbled state
msnts by which Grant endeav>
ors to fasten the responsibility
for this ''lawlessness, tl,rbu>
lence and bloodshed" upon the
Louisiana Conservatives will
deceive nobody, but they do
forcibly remind the country
that the task of restoring the
South, which the Republican
party has hitherto been kept in
power to perform, remains un>
performed. The country knows
painfully we'll that there has
been a lamentable reign CT law
Ilessness in Louisiana, and is
every day learning more accu-
rately who are the lawless per>
sons who create it. The crime
of Louisiana's woes is every
Gay brought ciOSeritO Kellogg
and his lotteries of knaves, and
to Grant, whose nepotism main
tains them. 1t is they who ex>
hibit s'lawlessness." Southern
States not cursed with carpet
bag rule and, above all, with
presidential brothersinlaw am-
bilious for a seat in the Senate,
have attained orderly and sta
ble government, and are OH the
advance to prosperity. Louis
lana will take her place among
such States SO soon asa Demo.
cratic Government at Wash
ington gives her even>handed
justice.-[N. Y. World.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

Thirty Confederate soldiers
in the Tennessee Legislature
voted fer Andrew johnson for
Senator against two or three
distinguished Confederate offs
GERS who were opposing candi>
dates. As johnson was Mill
tary Governor of the State
during the war and a vehement
Union man, does not that look
as if the South had refused to
make the war any test for
offce.--[Cin. Enquirer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

India has now 5. 200, 900 acres
Of land devoted to cotton cult
walton.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

They call A. Fl. Stephens
!" Ninety pounds Of dried Con
federacy."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

The Louisville Courier Jour
nal thinks that Gen. Sheridat
is just about as fit to nlanals
affairs At New Orleans as i
bob-tailed bull with the deliI-
ium tremens in fly time Is b
take an invoice Of stock 10 !
wholesale crockery-store
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

Luckily the propositio1
extend certain Of the Whe11
& Wilson sewing machine
patents, is meeting with ~
favor at Washington. nv
house camnittee on patent i
q meeting last week, decids u
report adversely upon II b
they adhere to this decisiol
the sewing machine raid x
prove q failure, and the ~
may be- the breaking up os 4 Y
Infamous monopoly that I'M
fixes the prices Of these hon
hold indispensable at -
than four times their cost.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

WED as soon see the devh
here Is Andy johnson, 2 wrote
Roderic Random Butler non
Washington.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

When Andy johnson sticks
that long nose Of his into ~
United States Senate the troubs
le will begin.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

Mr.. Spencer, Of Moodus,
Conn, cast . despairing look
upon his twenty first child ~
other day.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

The people Of New Orleans
won't even shoot now at the
robbers Of their hen-roosts, for
fear Of making q mistake i'm
furious to the whole State.
This thing Of shooting q Louis
lana official in the dark has
got to be a mighty serious bu-
siness.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

SHERIDAN's BoDY Guam
We learn. through q source ~
do not feel privileged to.
yulge. that one Of the featuuS
Of the day procession on MAJ
Gras day. the 9th instant, Nh
be Sheridan's body guasd. g. I
sisting Of bold troopers |
horseback, not one Of W
will be afraid. It is dafkty +
|timated that Dog merrill, y
dog mask will be in comms
|of this fearless body Of men
shreveport Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

4
Don Piatt is disguised be-
cause Forney got $3.50 aud
he oney got $4,000, of Pacific
mail slush. But be says. if they
will only bust up the present
co6mittee, and turn the inves-
tigation over to the correspon>
dents and newspaper men in
Washington. thejail will have
to be enlarged to admit the
Congress of the United States.
This is very ulkind, but Don
was only . %, 900 man.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

Speaking Of Grants military
'ssarpation in the peril Of free
institutions, Governor Tilden
says: "They must be met and
overcome, or they will subju-
gate US forever. For similar
acts" says be. "onr English
ancestors sent the first Charles
to the scaffold, and expelled
the second james from tue
throne" None but military
persons can be lawfully sub
jected to military tribunals.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-02-06

One OF the saddest phases Of
Washington life. says the
brightly printed Star, is daily
presented at the free lunch
tables of our large hotels. Here
one sees daily gathered, with u
greed begotten of want, aud
which debars all the politeness
SO becoming to any one at an
eating table, men whose miss
sion in life has been defeated in
the uncertainties of war and
politics, and whose names,
though once great, haze sunk
into Obscurity III the rapid
changes Of our system, OF gov>
ernment. The general and the
statesman of yesterday comes
to-day to the bar room and
surreptitiously seeks that food
which is intended for regular
customers, and they who once
looked upon the barkeeper as q
low>lived individual now ap>
proach him obsequiously, and
leave BIN sneakingly when he
detects them in the act OF
pocketing the crackers and
cheese.