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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-12-08
LETTER FROMsPRING LICK.
SPRING LICK, KY, Nov. 20.

SPRING LICK, KY, Nov. ~.
The all-absorbing topic of converse
ton among us at this time is, tobacco.
As yet, no sales have been made of any
material Importance, but the prospects
are favorable for a brisk trade in this
article of production, in very short
time. 1t is supposed that the price
will range from five to six dollars per
100 pounds. Messrs. Chick & Co., Of
this place, received one crop last week
for which they paid six dollars for
leaf, and four dollars for lugs.
Messrs. "A. @. Rowe IL Bro. will
start for Louisville about the 10th of
next month for the purpose of pur-
chasing an entire new stock Of dry
goods, groceries, and, in fact, every
thing usually kept in first-class coun-
try store. Their new storeis now COM
pleted except some inside painting,
which they will have done this week.
Mr. Strasburger who has a saw mill
near this place, has just returned from
louisville, whittier he went few days
ago to make engagements for a lot d
lumber. He reports trade dull in the
lumber business, and prices for all
sorts of lumber except walnut, at low
ebb. The latter he says is in very
great demand, and a good article will
command highly remunerative prices
to shippers. "
It is intimated that two young
would-be horse thieves were caught on
the rail road short distance from this
place not long ago, and thirty-nine
lashes were well "laid on" their backs,
after which, they were released and
allowed to go on their way rejoicing.
We have been unable to ascertain the
names ofany of the parties.
Several car loads of lumber and
hoop>poles were shipped from this plact
last week.
1t is evident some ill-designing per
person attempted this morning to cause
a wreck ON the rail road by throwing
huge rails, and old cross ties on thu
track in several places between her
and Caneyville. 1t is to be hopes
-sl.~s every enofs WI &c Hzssre cate]
the evil one, and that justice will b
melted out to him. r.
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rather promptly filed my reports, and
| was little fearful that my hast had
"busted' the press, but have ascer-
tanned that it did not appear owing, as
printers say, to crowd of other mat
ter, and Others in the corps of CORES
pondents, whose cussmunicatieas gam
always glad to sss, may know their
reports were not published for SINH
lar reasns.
The bridges and roads about Crom
web have lately been putin passablc
condition, and Ihear the city officers
chatting among themselves that the
streets shall be improves this week,
Mr.. Tilford has been shipping hoop
poles for some time from this place,
down the river.
Mrs. Daniel, daughter and son, have
returned from Louisville.
Mr. Montague, of California, Is Wis.
iting his brother, Judge Montague, of
this place. He seems to be pleasant
gentleman, and can interest one high
ly with his descriptions of the Golden
State. n. RoBLEw.
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ADVERTISING RATES.


Judge McAlanama has a way Of dr.
ing thinS entirely bis ewre . few
days ago the trustees Of the Gincisnaff
Southern Railroad were presented be-
fore the grand jury ofGrsns county
for obstructing the turnpike road from
Wa*sS ~ WilliamstOwn,. which. they
had purchased for $50, 900, and we're
tearing up af then pleasure. The,
judge instructed the grand jury tois.-
dict. They deliberated for fivs'days5-
when they declared they could see no.
ground for mdctmeD.. s..Is ls5
.Afr. Clark -entex. no q. 6l1s 1f 80
each against these nen for cDnten9t Of
Court, shouted the Judge, andlhe dis
changed the panel fomfurther- service
adjourned the regular term OfCoatt,,
called special term for next day had
a special grand jury sworn, instructed
themseverely as to his Requirements 81
them, wrote out the indictments, tsos.
them into the grand jury ssssst md
made the foss~<& Sign tie, and re-
port them to the Court. ai alli-at
To one not versed in the Law. this
looks like very high-handed way Of
transacting business. i1lsl -
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quire a little time ID become acquaint-
ed with the distribution. One cannot
get into a mail car and perform the
duties of agent in an hour, or a day;
if he does moderately well in month
he will succeed admirably. The rail-
way mail service is getting to be one
of the biggest things in this country,
all the mails now being distributed on
the cars, each car being in fact dis
tributing P. o. A postal car or
railway post-office distributes mails for
route agents and offices, the route
agent separating for his local offices.
The Louisville and Nashville r. p. O..
is as the neck of a funnel through
which all the mail from the North and
East is poured into the South. II
pours in through Cincinnati, Indian
apolis, st. Louis, and comes to this
round in a mass where three clerks at
tack the pile, and then papers and
letters that have travelled together
from New York or Boston must part
company, and by the time the train
arrives at Bowling Green, the entire
mass is distributed, the papers put into
tie sacks and the letters into lock
pouches, and labeled 10 forty or fifty
different route agents, besides the prin-
cipal offices, such as New Orleans,
jackson, Mississippi, Shreveport, &c.
Coming North the order is reversed,
all those different agents and post-of-
fees in the South send their mail en-
masse to the r. P. O., where it is dis
tributed and forwarded to the different
lines and cities in the North and East,
Such is railway mail service, hard work
and study is required, and no drones
can succeed. CrToYEN.
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FROM BEAVER DAM.

BEAVER DAM. KY, Dec. 6.
We havebeen waiting for something
of thrilling Importance to occur, that
we might have an interesting letterfor
the HERALD; but, sad to say it cometh
not to our ears.
Rumor has given credence 10 the re-
port that numerous marriages are to be
solemnized this winter, but this is
uUuprrur, fUf the gSoat encouraging
movement through the whole country
has converted man tcSthe belief that
one can live cheaper than two.
Drummers are becoming numerous,
almost every train leaving from three
to dozen in our town; they are offer
ing goods of every character at less
than granger prices. They sell too
cheap. but then the goods are far diff
ferent from the quality they used to
sell, it takes four dresses now to wear
as long as one used to and more, but
people don't think so.
Mrs. E. NJ. Miller, consort of w. s.
Miller, and daughter of Thomas o.
Austin, deceased, departed this life on
last Thursday, after lingering many
months with consumption. Many re
latives and friends mourn her loss.
Mr.. G. F. Mitchell and w. H.
Barnes, after an illness of eight and
three weeks respectively, are GONZALES
cent.
Misses Leila Addington, Matte Der
ry and Belle Barnes were visiting ou1
town last week, and we trust enjoyed
their visit.
The long looked for lottery none!
has at last reached home, and is being
rapidly disbursed by the commissioner
The lucky ones, both male and female
shout for joy when they see the hun
dred dollar bills being counted out t
them, for money is money these times
Our friend, cali Ben Hamad" Gale,
on us the other day; he reports all wei
in Egypt, and darkness being dispelled
Rev. E. NJ. Crow delivered a fin
} sermon at Goshen to an appreciativ
audience.
Business has been active during tn
: past few weeks and still improving.
JUNO.
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THE OHIO COUNTY CONVEN-

Met with Rock of Safety Lodge No.
IA, 1. o. of G. T., at Hamilton, KY,
Nov. 9th 1875. --.
The Convention was called to order
by Bro. s. w. Roll, President. The
first business was the election of Off
cers:-Bros. Ben. Newton, President;
C. Mex. Hamilton, Vice-President;
Jno. M. Torrance, Secretary. The
President then invited Bro. G.. w.
Balm, P. G. W. G. T., to the chair, who
appointed the several committees and
started them to work. Bro. B. is a
whole souled Good Templar and a
worker.
The committee ON credentials report
ed fourteen delegates, whose reports
were favorable.
The committee on the state Of the
Order reported as follows: We find
that several Lodges have gone down,
but we believe there is enough, if they
were rallied together, to re>organize
every Lodge that has gone down in the
county, so we must take courage and
20 to work and ask God to assist us and
bless our efforts; and, if God is on eul
side, what need we care for the scof;
and sneers of the opposers of Temper
ance. We also recommend that thu
convention system be kept up, also tina
each Lodge will appoint committee t,
visit the Lodges that have gone down
and build them up; we also recommend
that the Chair appoint County Dep
uty to see to that work. Bro. s. w
Roll was appointed County Deputy
and we hope to hear of good work
Lodges that have gone down may ex
pect visit from Bro. Roll. Newtol
Lodge No. 40 was selected as tn
place of holding the next convention
and 18th and 18th of February, 1876
the time.
Our meeting was very pleasant one
Bro. Balm delivered public lecture a
l night, which resulted in twelve name
to Rock of Safety Lodge. Nine joine
that night, and seven or eight since
. So our efforts were not in vain. W
hope to see goodly number at OF
!. next convention, as a good time is eN
pected. JNo. M. Torrance, Sec.
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And he was dead.

The other day Vicksburg father,
finding it necessary to reprove his son,
gently said: "Don't stuff victuals into
your mouth that way, my son; George
Washington didn't eat after that fash
ion." The boy accepted the reprooi
without comment, and after bordering
awhile, he remarked to himself; "And
1 don't believe George Washington
licked his boy for finding a bottle Of
whisky in the shed when he was hunt
ing after a horseshoe, either"
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For the Hartford Herald.
BEAUTY AND HONOR.
By DEL Crow.

By DEL Crow.
Beauty decks the visage,
But honor crowns the soul;
Beauty hides the real faults,
And mystifes the whole.
Honor, as 9 crystal stream,
Reflects the gems that lie
Within Che soul, and softly beams
As stars within the sky.
Beauty lie a tickle thing
She leads the heart astray,
And many are in sorrow left,
Charmed by her glittering ray.
But Honor, spark OF heavenly love,
Efulgent, CLEANS alone,
And now and then q wanderer
Will claim her for his own.
Beauty. mist Of morning dews,
All pass away with youth;
But Honor grows, expands with age,
Aud blossoms into Truth.
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Prom the Pr.nkfort Ye,u.r.

Wv EfeuktOfb 1cJma8-
Parir,- Bowling Green, and Morgan-
field have ereh splendid Court House
that cost s125, 600 apiece .e1i-aoo
Married recently, Andrew johnson,
jr.- SON Of the late President, ia, Mss
Rumbasgh, II Earr Springs North
Carolina
~. ai-1 %! qosb
The Cincinnati papers declare with
the utmost confidence that the cars WY
be running through from Cincinnati to
Chattanooga over their completed
Southern Railroad within less than
fifteen month from this date-Decem-
Der 2, 1875
LcodD. Dispatch N ths New York
Herald says, that the Royal Geogrsph-
icst Society met again 10 honor Mr.
Stanley for his successful African ex>
ploratise- Speakers declared there
Was nethng m The gif Of the society
too high for his rewgrd, and hedeserv-
ed . reception On hin setnm Elke.that-
accorded to Soak and Grant, n lie
old Burlington House, when they re
turned after the discovery of the Vie
toria Nyanza Lake.
A Cuban Joan of Arc commands q
detachment Of the rebel army. She
leads the insurgents in person, dressed
IN riding habit, and mounted on .
fine horse, and Is as brave as lion
Should she fall into the hands Of the
6endish SpaDnrds Of the BuJriel Or
Santiago de Cuba stripe, a worse fate
than martyrdom at the stake awaits
her. r+-..-'t ia'-
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BY VIOLA.

ycs'o NSO, tAAt Oieb
maid, one cold winter evening, as she
sat in the chimney corner with her
knitting Icing Idly m her hp; her spec
tacles were psbetl 10 her forehead,
while she drew from the nticule 1t her
side huge red and black silk hand
kercbiefand applied it to- her eyes, and
an old gray cat, Der only companion,
lay sleeping at her Sest.
"Ah me !" she sighed "Yes, just
twenty years ago TO night-whzt chan
ges have come over my life since then.
Bright visions Of my youth have faded.
l am now what the world terms an old
maid Of forty. But can allow my
self to dwell upon the scenes of twenty
years ago. Tonight wounds that /
deemed healed have broken afresh,
and the scenes that ! hoped b,-f1ed
have come wildly to my Mid"
oh, to bury my mess0ry m the
stream of Lethe, extracting from II all
..sPssusaa-sr--Ss,vctioas Of other days.
Vain wisher i am; for the past can
never be wholly buried in oblivion.
One glance of the face that / have
striven to forget have ruined my feel
ings to night.
PUSSY" and she gently stroked the
the cats head, PUSSY, my only COM
panion, and truest friend, listen to the
sad story of my youth"
81 had, as most every girl of sixteen
has, a lover, and one on whom I be-
slowed the purest of human affection.
With him the world was an earthly
Paradise; when separated, 1 dreamed
and thought only Of him. Thus foul
years sped by ongolden wings. On
my birth day, completing my twenti
eth year, he was to lead me to the
altar"
$50 implicit was was my confidence
that nothing would have shaken my
trust. ALL" and she heaved another
deep sigh, "little did / know the ter
giversation of human mind. Neithel
had l guardian angel to whisper il
my ear that 1 was laying my heart OIL
so false an altar, had l, when the shocl
came, it would not have been so severe
/ was adorned on the evening set fol
my marriage in my wedding apparel
awaiting the coming of my then sup
, posed future lord. But he never came
Only a wee note Of his illness reaches
. me. The shock was indeed terrible
Z wounds were made in my heart tina
can never be healed. For years L dar
not look on the face ofhim, but tO>nigh
] the temptation was irresistible.
: looked, and the past came rolling bac
like some great avalanche, almost col
:, Stunning my being. Friends and reli
:. tives have departed to their faro
: home, leaving me alone to mourn owe
n my fate. The world calls me fastid
e Gus, cross and ugly. But, could the
, Lin the vail
From the hidden recesses of my soul,
. They would find anguish there untold.
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A stranger kissed La Crosse girl
by mistake, and was then licked by
her two brothers for being mistaken.
He then deliberately kissed her for be-
ing who she was, and was licked for
being impudent.
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Talked Himself TO Death.
[Danbury News.

He got off the morning train the
other day and meandered up into the
city, and stopped in front of a fine
looking residence on Munson street.
He opened the gate, walked up to the
door, and pulled the bell. In a mo.
ment it was opened and he stepped
quickly inside. You see.' he said to
the astonished girl, 4 much prefer to
do my talking upon the inside. 1t is
so unpleasant to have the door closed
in ones face when only half through
He walked into the parlor, and the
frightened girl went TO inform her mis-
tres that sewing-machine man, or
book peddler, had gained access to the
house. The lady entered the room,
and was greeted by the young man of
cheek as follows:
They call me blcssing-the ladies
do-and am, madam. am labor
saving benefactor to the whole sex.
! have little invention which am
INTRODUCING perfect little gem. Ii
is, madam a small silver plated gill
point concern, which will allow you tt
wear the new style pull-back dress a;
easily as the breeches.'
. What do you NAN sirT demanded
the lady.
No longer madam, will you have to
take your meals off from the mantel
piece. You can sit down as call.
as in the old style barrel shapes
dresses. When you travel you won
have to lean up against the water-cool
er, nor sit ON the sharp edged seat arm
The little invention which will thu
facilitate your movements retails 70
only 81, Its called the semi>cylinder
duuble-duplex, non conductor magica
pull-back dress-fastener, and h
opened his satchel and took out a hal
metal and half wood concern, and said
Only 81! You place it under you
skirts this illustrating with his Goa
taiD, and when you desire to sit dow
pull the right hand string, which 70
can have come out in your pocket, an
10! down you gently float until 20
reach the chair. Ifyou desire to g
into carriage, drop the invention b
pulling this string, put your foot o
the spring, and yu'll find yourself
the carriage in an instant
The lady called her husband to 81
the invention, and the agent explaine
its working to him. As the husband
eye fell upon the agent, a wicke
thought passed through his brain, an
he determined to be revenged.
This is a new invention began Il
agent, TO enable ladies to draw bac
their skirts much tighter than at pre-
ent, and, at the same time, allow the
to sit down. 1t is called the hig
tangled. drawback and squeezes toget
er, new modus operaadi. Ladies say
am a labor-saving benefactOr, that
am an everlasting
Wait 2 shouted the husband, piles
explain its workings again
The agent did SO.
why, that would make good h
holster
YES answered the agent, but it
more particularly designed for ladi'
The husband sent for his daugh
to examine the invention.
This is a new unparalleled, uprig
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Advertising pays. A Toledo man
advertised for servant girl, and one
of his three wives knocked ut the door
in less shan five hours after the paper
was out. r.-
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A handsome youth being questioned
by a rather stylish lady as to his occu>
patton, replied that he was can adjust
er of movable alphabets. He was
simply a printer.
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LETTER FROM CROMWELL.
CoMwELL, KY, Nc

The readers of the HERALD will
perhaps expect some apology by me(f)
for the late absence of my correspon-
dence from that paper, but | am glad
to say the fault is not mine. have
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-12-08

A young man employed on Com
merce street is six feet eight inches
high, and weighs a triae over hun
dred pounds. They judge by his ap-
petite that he is hollow clear down, and
think ofamputating one foot and using
him for a stovepipe. Norrieh Belletin.
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a Vincennes, Ind, man and his
wife after stand up fight Of an hour,
concluded to call it "a draw" She
drew about six handfuls of hair out Of
his head. ...- ..'f.l
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A young lady on answering her low
er's letter, wrote thus: 81 chewed the
stamp all to thunder, for L knew you
licked it."
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Henry, why don't you keep a sup
ply of cloves in your pocket" said an
Albany young lady to her escort at the
Opera House recently; "you wouldn't
then have to run out after every act;
and don't see why you are so awful
fond of cloves anyhow
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-12-08

When a stranger asked a Detroit
girl, whom he met at a party, if she
was married, she promptly replied;
"Not quite, but I've sued three or four
chaps for breech of promise
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-12-08

An Englshman was Boosting to =
Yankee that they had q. book m the
British Museum which was owned BY
Cicero. "Oh, that amt nuthin,' re-
torted the Yankee; SIN the museum
at BOsting they've got the led pencil
that Noah used to check of the AM,
mails that went into the ark
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Babies are not named Henay Ward
as much as they used to be. but they
are still famous for paroxysms of true
Observation-Disclosures Times.
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A Grange cotton Factory in or near
Natchez, Miss, IS proposed, with n
capital of $50, 900 in s25 90.
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The probability is that Grant will
precipitate. the country into a war Y IT'D
Spain.
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For the Hartford Herald.
JENNIE
ny WILLIAM LAMONT.

ny wILIIAH LAMONT.
Bright and beautiful as May.
Are my Jennie's cen,
Brilliant as the lingering ray
OF nights queen.
Like the flush Of morning light,
To the orient seen,
Are her cheeks, with roses bright
Ny own hearts queeni
Silken tresses fall around
Neck Of snowy white,
Music rings in every sound
or her footsteps light
And she sings with little art,
But merrilie-
It's the music of a heart
From storm clouds free. ~.
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1t took the Atlanta constitution 10 refer
to that beauteous new Jerusalem where
''the beauteous forms of Pin-bsck
angels fit among the streets" 80
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Two>thirds Of the babies born IN
1875 are boys. .-
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From the hidden recesses of my soul,
They would find anguish there untold