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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-07-01
WHAT'S THE ROW

WHY, the HERNDONS are selling goods
w cheaper than any one else, and we don't un-
derstand it. Well give them our trade, sure.
You bet.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-07-01
G. G.. PARISH, AGENT.
OPPOSITE THE DEPOT.

TUST received another lot Of the celebrated
Oh Carolina Bell Scotch Snuff, which sell at ten
cents per bale. e. u. PARlSH.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-07-01
LEMONS.

4 MOTHER supply Of fresh Lemons, just re-
4 = -, HAPPY CAL.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24
How Beach Looks.

A correspondent of the Chicago Inter
Ocean gives the following description
of Tilton's senior counsel:--Beach is
tall, bat reund-shouldered. His nose
is hooked like bald eagles beak. His
ewes are gray, and hair white, Ills
age is about 1ffty-six. He looks like d
good old Hardshell Baptist preacher
a man who believes in Generalization,
baptismal regeneration, and all the
bard-.hell domas of the primitive hell
FIRE, circuit-riding preacher. Beach's
clothes are wonderful combination.
Take his sult altogether, and you VIII
find every fashion from the time OF
Louis XIV. down. His collar is high,
neck long, and bound up with an an
tioue black stock, which comes three
inches above his coat, like the stock OF
lawyer Meddler in London Assur'
arce." His chin is crowned with lit
tie tuft Of gray hair-a sort OF Southern
goatee. His vest commences small al
ihe top, and keeps growing larger till
il reaches the waist, but is always sc
loose that you could hide bundle o.
oats under it. Lean, lank, and ca
daverous, he stands there like a hun
sry hawk. His words are strong, ano
his sentences short and bristling with
facts. l doubt If Beach's short Saxon
words are not more potent with the
jnry than Evarts' long Latin sentences
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24
A Smuggler's Wooden Leg.

Perhaps the most ingenious method
of deceiving the Custom-House officers
that has come to light lately was the de-
vice of man with wooden leg. His
name was Ernst Bohrumann, and he
was native of SaXOny. He was usual
ly dressed very shabbily and travelled
as poor emigrant. He was a skillful
storyteller and betrayed himself by tell
ing a very humorous story a second
time within the hearing of the same de-
tective who was on board one of the
White Star steamers with him. The
climax Was brought out in such an ini-
mitable manner in broken English that
the officer Immediately recalled the
voice aud manner ofanother one-legged
emigrant who had come over in a ship
of another line with him only about
two months before. The fact OF a poor
Iy-dressed man making two journeys
to America within so short a period
excited his suspicion. He accordingly
reported the circumstance when the
vessel arrived ia port, and unusual dill
ligence was used in searching his bag
gage and person, but nothing was
found until his wooden leg was remov-
ed. 1t was an ordinary, cheap artifi-
cial leg, fastened to the natural leg at
the knee and armed with a ferrule at
bottom. When it was taken off it
seemed unusually light, and Oh careful
examination it was found to be hollow
and to contain about $1,000 worth of
laces and precious stones. He had
| been a diamondbrOker, but had be-
come p0er and subsequently, entered
the Prussian army in the French war
as a private or non-commissioned Off
Ger. He lost his leg in battle, and
when he recovered be thought of this
method OF retrieving bis fallen fortunes.
IN. Y. Graphic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24
In Nut Shell.

This is the way a Baltimore lawyer
explains the point of the Tilton-Beech-
er case:
A wife commits adultery and volun-
tarily tells it 10 her husband, without
his asking or su5pecting her.
She tells her husband that she COM
mitted adultery, and she tells him this
| in order to induce him to love her more,
and to keep him from committing adul-
| terry.
The husband forgives his wife for
committing adultery, and continues to
live with her and love her, a. though
nothing had happened.
The husband forgives the man who
committed adultery with his wife, and
lives four years on good terms with
him.
The husband, who has been injured
by his wife's adultery, fearing that
there will be a rapture between him.
slef and the adnlterer, gets third
party to act as mutual friend to keep
them on good terms.
The husband, whose wife has COM
mitted adultery, gets another man to
help them keep the secret.
He next engages for the same pur-
pose the proprietor OF newspaper.
He takes all these measures for Sc
creCy when he alone is the only-person
| to make the crime known.
The man who can forgive his wife's
adultery can not forgive her for deny
ing it.
The man who can forgive the seducer
of his wife for the seduction. can not
forgive him for the lesser offence of
putting him, the husband, in false
position by denying it.
Hence he who did nothing to avenge
the adultery institutes the greatest
lawsuit on record to ayenge the denial
| of if.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24
The Suicide Caused by Sheri
dams Marriage.

The following is from the New York
Tribune: "Deputy Coroner Lee made
a post mortem examination of the body
of Captain William II. Brown, of the
Fifth United States Cavalry, who COM
mitted suicide on Friday. At the time
Capt. Brown was dying he spoke of a
ring that he had swallowed. This ring
was found. 1t was plain gold, with
raised, chased edges. On the inside of
the ring was engraved BE satisfied
The story of the ring was not ascertain
ed, but it is believed that the ring had
been given to Captain Brown by the
daughter of an army officer. 1t is said
that he had been much attached to the
young lady, and it is believed that her
recent marriage had upset his mind,
and had been one of the predisposing
causes of his suicide. An inquest was
held on the following Wednesday, On
the same subject the New York Star
says Captain William H. Brown
committed suicide on Friday by cutting
his throat, and he did it for love. If
rumors be true, he was engaged to the
young lady in New Orleans who has
since become the wife of Phil. Sheridan.
She sent Brown a ring with BE satis-
fed upon it. Brown swallowed the
ring, but was not satisfied. He then cut
his throat. Poor fellow =
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24
President sssnns a,rd that Sew
Time

President Grant has no ear for gnusic,
it is said, Except, perhaps, "the music
of the Uuion,") and can hardly dis
tiuguish one tune from another. That
this is so, is borne out by the following
anecdOte, vouched for by one who
knows: About three years ago the
President and Cabinet were invited 10
Boston TO participate with the Masonic
fraternity IN the laying of the corner
stone of d public building in that city.
On the day of the ceremonies in i'm
mense procession was formed of Mason
! &c Communicates of Knights Templar.
Each division had band, and the pro-
cession being over. two miles in length,
there was no lack of music in the air.
When the Presidential party approach
ed, the procession opened Order and al
lowed the distinguished guests 10 pass
through. Each band had an air to play
in compliment to the President, ana
naturally enough it Was Hail to the
Chief" About ten Commanderies
mad been passed, and as many times
mad been played Hail to the Chief ~
when the President turning to ore OF
his Cabinet officers who was with him
in the carriage, said, sit strikes me
there is a great similarity IN the band
music" ''Oh, yes" responded one of
Secretaries; "they are all playing Hail
10 the Chief in compliment to you"
The exercises Of the day concluded
at about four O'Clock, when the Presi-
dental party were driven to the ST.
james Hotel. Upon the pOrticO of the
hotel stood large crowd. around a
crack band of the Hub" As the
President and party loomed in sight
the band struck up, and the tune they
played was the one which had been
played by all the other bands, Hail tC
the Chief" About two bars OF the
music had been gone through with,
when the President seemed evidently
pleased. Turning to one of his Cabi'
| net in the carriage with him, he said,
"Well, declare, it is Il relief after ali
to meet band who have a new tune
to relieve the monotony of the one We
nave heard all day. Washington
Star.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24
OLDEST METHODIST MIN
lSTEss.
Celebration of Father Roehna's
Centennial.

\ special session of the Newark
Methodist Episcopal Conference was
held in the YORK Street Methodist
Episcopal Church, in jersey City, Tues
day of last week, for the purpose of ap-
pr0priately celebrating the one hun
dredth anniversary of the birth OF
Father Boehm, the oldest Methodist
minister in the United States. The
church was crowded to its utmost ca
pacity, and long before the time ap-
pointed for the opening of the exercises
1T was almost impossible to get inside
the door. Rev. Henry Boehm, the
centenarian in whose honor the cele-
bration was gotten up, was born in
Lancaster, Pa, on June s, 1775. He
Joined the Church at BOehm's chapel in
1897, at the age of twenty-five years,
and was licensed to preach on January
I6, 1900. Four months afterRard he
was a delegate to the General Confer
ence which was held in Baltimore. In
1868 Bishop Asbury selected him fOT
his travelling companion, and in 1918
appointed him Presiding Elder OF the
SchuyIkill District. Since that time ne
has filled many and various appoint
ments in various Methodist churches
all over the country, and is well known
wherever Methodism is preached. The
above facts, together with many inter
esting "reminiscences of Father Boehm's
life, were related by DR.. Atkinson, OF
the Trinity Church, from data furnished
by the venerable clergyman himself.
Father Boehm retains all his Intellect
ual and mental faculties in a remarka-
bic degree, and his memory particular
ly is very clear. He remembers dis
tinctly the Presidency OF George
Washington. His first vote was cast
for John Adams in 1896. He says that
the changes in this country, and the
progress it has made within his recol
lection are so vast and overwhelming
that he scarcely knows how to speak o.
them. The exercises were of an ex'
ceedingly interesting character. Among
the distinguished persons present Was
Mrs. Grant, the mother Of President
Grant. A purse of $500 was presented
to the venerable minister. DR.. Porter
making the presentation speech. Prof
Henry A. Buttz responded in behalf
of the recipient, thanking the donors
and promising that if the money war
not needed for Father Boshm's person
al use, it would be given to endow 8
scholarship in the Drew Theological
Seminary. Addresses were delivered
by Rev. Jacob Todd, of Philadelphia
Rev. DR.. Bsrtine, and Bishop simpson
and Rev. Geo. Lansing Taylor read ar
original poem composed for the Occa
sion. The exercises occupied about
three hours.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24

CINCINNATI has living relic of the
infant Republic in the person of Mrs.
Catharine Apple, who was born in
Winchester, Virginia, in 1888. She
saw Washington at the end of his
first Presidential term, when he receiv-
ed grand ovation from the people OF
Winchester on the occasion of a visit.
The family emigrated to Kentucky
whea she was but nine years old, and
it took three months in crossing the
mountains. When they reached Red
Stone Fort, on the MonOngahela, they
halted and built fiat-boats, on which
they came down the river as far as
Maysville. AS they passed Pittsburgh
they stopped, and there she saw Louis
Philippe, and many French mobiles.
then eXiles in this country. The old
lady is in destitute circumstances.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24
POETRY.
The Biyouae of the Dead,

rAfnong the many beautiful poems ap-
propriate to this day, when the graves oi
those who gave their lives TO preserve ou
free institutions are to be strewn with flowers,
there is no one so replete with the soul OF po-
etrv "a .sThe Bivouac of the Dead" by the
late Colonel Theodore O'Hara. 1t was writ
ten st the tomb of the gallant hentucklan'
who fell at Buena Vista, and whose dust wai
gathered in the cemetery at Frankfort SUD
seouently. when brother was called TO meei
brother in deadly conflict, O'Hara espousec
the cause of his people, served with gallantry
in the armies of Bragg and Breckenridge, anc
soon after the unnatural and bloody orami
ended. followed his comrades to ''the blvoua'
of the dead" We reproduce it, and 1t viii b
read with trembling voice and profound emo
tion by the thousands who are to bear swee
perfume to the heroes of the blue and gray
who sleep together in the -'City OF the Silent.
-PhiLd. Itnles
1.-THE BIvoUAC OF THE DEAD.
The muffied drums sad roll has beat
The soldiers last tattoo,
Nomor on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few;
On famss eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac OF the dead.
No rurnor of :he foes advance
Now swells upon the wind,
No troubled thought at midnight haunts
OF loved ones left behind.
No vision of to-morrow's strife
The warriors dread alarms.
No braying horn or screaming fife
At dawn shall call to arms
Their shivered swords are red with rust,
Their plumed heads are bowed,
Their naughty banner trailed In dust
Is now their martial shroud;
And plenteous funeral tears have washed
The red stains from each brow,
And the proud forms by battles gashed,
Are free from anguish now.
The neighing troop, the flashing blade,
The bugle's stirring blast;
The charge, the dreadful cannonade,
The din and shout are past.
Nor wars wild note, nor glory's peal,
Shall thrill with fierce delight
Those breasts that never more may feel
The rapture of the fight.
Rest on, enbalmed and sainted dead!
Dear as the blood ye gave;
No impious footsteps here shall tread
The Eerbage of your grave;
Nor shall your glory be forgot,
While fame her record keeps,
Or honor points the hallowed spot,
Where valor proudly sleeps.
Yon marble minstrel's voiceful stone
In deathless song shall tell,
When many vanished year hath flown,
The story how he fell;
Nor wreck, nor change, nor winters blgh
Nor Times remorseless doom
Can dim one ray of holy light
That gilds your glorious tomb.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24
.gsgg GRAssaOPPER."
A Poetical View Ofan CnpOetical
Subject.

Perhaps the afflicted people of the
West may get a little consolation out
of COwley's poem. See what charm
poetic genius gives to the subject which
he treats, however charInless the sub
ject may seem to the ordinary taste! 1t
is worthy of note, however, that the
poets genius is kindled by the contem-
plation of one grasshopper. 'Grasshop-
per" in the innumerable plural is quite
another subject, and might compel the
poet to style of treatment very far
from the gay and fantastic:
''Happy insect what can be
In happiness compared to thee?
Fed with nourishment divine,
The dewy mornings gentle wine.
Nature waits upon thee still,
And thy verdant cup does fill;
'Tis filled wherever thou dost tread,
Natures self's thy Ganymede,
Thou dost drink, and dance and sing,
Happier than the happiest king.
AN the fields which thou dost see,
All the plants, belong to thee;
All that Summer hours produce,
Fertile made with early juice,
Man does for thee SOW and plough,
Farmer he, and landlord thou
" 7, Ece Post
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24
Wayerly. MorRan county, III.

Two years ago last harvest myself and broth
er bought a new Buckeye combined, and This
year, with that machine as good as new, was
necessarily compelled or considered ii econo-
my, to hire Champion 10 cut my wheat, or al
all events. a balance of thirty acres, the Buck
eye having cut or partially cut eighty acres, in
which 1 evIdentalfy lost wheat enough to hall
pay for a new Champion. The wheat was bad
ly down where the Buckeye failed and the
Champion succeeded. ii ould buy another
machine IL will certainly be Cham Pion.
THOMAS PATRICK.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24

] bought one OF your No. Reapers and Now
ers, with SeIf>rake attachment, this season,
from your agent. Can say that 1t has more
than filled the bill. l have run several ma
chimes since l began to farm, among them the
Buckeye, Woods and Mccormick, but the
Cham plon is the best Of them all. cut with
my machine where the new improved Buck
eye could not strike lick. cut twenty acres
OF outs that could not have been down more II
roller had been run over them. cut eleven
acres OF flax that the Buckeye tried TO cut, and
they had TO get me, with the Champion, 10
complete the job. q. w. CAMMACk,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24

AT one of Moody and Sankey's re-
cent meetings in London, Mr.. Moody
called upon all those who wished to go
to heaven to rise in their places. One
after another all the persons present got
up and remained standing, save one
preverse sailor, who obstinately kept
his scat. Fixing this obdurate mari.
ner with his eye, Mr.. Moody addressed
him, and asked if it could be possible
he did not wish to go to heaven also.
'Yes, your honor responded Jack; Il
wish to go to heaven Then why
don't you rise with the rest?' Because,
replied Jack, very slowly, and survey
ing the whole company with scruti-
nizing glance, because ] amt going to
ship with any such looking crew as
this!
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24
White Hall. Illinois,

Iknow have saved 500 bushels OF wheat this
year that could not have done with any other
machine hut a Cham plon. AS a seif.Iaker 1t
runs as light as Buckeye dropper. My neigh
bors say If they could have bought a Champion
they would have saved the price of it IN ad>
ditiOnal saving of grain, this year. As move
/ have tried to choke it III the heaviest blue
grass, by stopping and starting "wIthout back
Ing off," and IL is no use, "'she'' wont choke,
but will cut grass or grain in the worst condi>
tion. +. u. POTTS.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24
A Strange StOry-EnOch Arden
seuf0OUe.

A curious incident is reported in the
American papers. About ten years
ago Jew in straitened circumstances
left Transyluania for America to im-
prove his position in the New World.
He left wife and several children be-
hind. and promised that as soon as it
was within his means he would send
them some money from America.
There fortune smiled on him, and when
he had amassed fortune OF 10000
forms he resolved to return home and
surprise his family with bis wealth.
He started without having apprised
his family of his intended return, and
on his way home he arrived at Ham
burg, where he was seized with SO dan
gerOus an illness that he made a will
bequeathing all his property to his wife.
He recovered, however, only to find
that during his illness his money had
been stolen from him by msn who
had nursed him. A few benevolent
persons, sympathizing with his misfor-
tunes, collected about one hundred
fiorins, wherewith the unfortunate Jew
resolved to return to America in order
to retrieve his fortunes. In the mean
while the nurse had decamped with his
booty to America, where, shortly after
his arrival, he died suddenly. The
American authorities sent the coffin,
with the 60, 1000 fiorins, to Pennsylvania,
ana, as the will was also found in the
coffin, the authorities at the same time
acquainted the relatives with the death
of the testator. After the usual period
of mourning, the wife contracted sec
ond marriage. The first husband had
however, again saved a considerable
sum of money, and eventually return
ed to his native country to find his wife
married to another man. The event
has caused a great sensation in the
neighborhood, and it is stated that q
conference of rabbis is about to be held
to determine to which of the two hus'
bands the woman belongs.-Jewish
World.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24

Oanal u.tOni StaIh county, ".
IMessrs. Champion Machine Co., Springfield, Ohio:
Gents-This is to certify that the Champion
Self and Buckeye Self>Rake, made at
Canton. Ohio, we're tried as reaPers on Mr.. John
KurtZ's farm this harvest. The Buckeye folks
had been blowing their trumpet that tney
could beat the Champion at any time and
place. aud my neighbor, Mr. Richard Porter,
agree to give them q trial, and on the farm OF
Mr.. n urtz. The Buckeye agents went into
Canton brought out all their blowers and
strikers from their shops, and two from the
Russell shop of Canton, and after making their
appearance, they began 20 blow that it would
only take three rounds OF the field to clean the
Champion out;they got cleaned out themselves
and they were politely invited by Daniel
HartZ TO leave the field as they were constant
ly breaking their machine and OBTAINING the
hands from work. The blow was from the other
4. 4. PORTER,
BARNY GESAMAN.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24


1 bought one OF your No. five ft5ot cut mow>
ers of z. Klippel, agent. consider II the best
grass cutter Inave ever used. 1t will cut grass
of any kind, wet or dry, without choke, and
can stop or start without backing tue team.
others cut and consider the Champion far su-
perior TO all others now in use.
w. II. MASSMAN.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24
The Buckeye Table Rake Rrores Failure.

NIuuIe DI1HCII, F5ldI a VOuLIty' o.
The Champion was placed in our hands on
its merits subject to season trial with the
Buckeye Table Rake. After a thorough aud
i'm partial trial OF both machines, we have de>
cided that the Champion is our choice, IT. hav~
ing gone far hey ond our ex xpectations. In now
ing II runs much lighter Than the Buckley and
cuts q wide sWath. JOSEPH HCLBkN,
CONRAD SPEELMAN
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24

Beard & Kearns, of Gallipolis, Ohio, say in a
letter dated July I'd: The Champion self-raker
came to hand yesterday, and is to-day making
Mr.. VIM FL. Brian rejoice after his troubles and
trials with the Buckeye, which he returned.
He says he would not accept Buckeye as a
gra aciOuS gift.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24
White Hail Illinois,

firmly believe 1t runs as light, as a self
raker, as the Buckeye does as Il uropper. HI
tact, gentlemen, II is the only machine l ever
had tnaJ Just fills the bill In every particular.
have used the Buckeye, Jr., and Others, bn /
IL gets away with them all, either as a self
rsker or single mower. LOU. BALDWIN.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24
Columbus. South Carolina.

Before purchasing the Champion l tried the
Buckeye. My objection TO the Buckeye is its
utter inability 10 cut in rough ground. The
Champion IS simple in construction, and
have cut down Cotton Rows and on very TN
even ground. II. {. LEVY.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24

The Champion pitted against the Buckeye on
the Iarm OF X. T. Harris, yesterday. Mr.. Harris
bought the Champion and dumped the Buck>
eye III the fence corner. j. L. QUlGLEY.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24

Grasshoppers in immense swarms
have appeared at Platsmouth, Nebras-
ka, and are destroying everything.
They are moving northWard.
General Butler made a preliminary
Saturday in the case of Bill
King, who was admitted to bail in
s., 600.
Omaha is full of grasshoppers. They
are stragglers from the immense clouds
which passed over that city on Mon
day. Private gardens, fruit trees and
all sorts of vegetation have suffered to a
great extent. The grasshoppers are
passing northwest, doing little or no
damage as yet. The crops are the
finest ever known in Nebraska.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-06-24

On Saturday McNeely's band of Tex
ss State troops pursued and overlook
twelve cattle thieves. A fight ensned
in which the thieves were all killed
and 250 stolen cattle recaptured.