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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20
The Col0nel's Letter

THE mail-routes west of Omaha were but
poorly looked after before the days of the
Pacific Railroad, but the few postoffices
were highly priced by miners and traders,
enabling them to hear from civilization at
least once ortwice per year.
We had built up quite little town
about twenty miles from Denver, and il
was decided to establish a pOstOffice in a
saloon and hire some one to bring and
carry a semi-weekly mail. We made no
application to the Government for post
Office, but were going into this arrange
ment merely for our own accommodation.
Our letters coming from the States were
addressed to Denver, and those we sent
from Paradise bore the Denver post
mark.
We made up list of those who would
pay fifty cents weekly, collected the first
installment and hired half-breed to act as
mail-carrier. Everything worked all
right, and Paradise" would have been
happy but for giant miner called "Col.
Pick" He was down for fifty cents per
week with the rest of us, and when the
first mail came in he called and demanded
a letter.
"None here for you, Colonel - answered
the man who had assumed the duties OF
Postmaster.
The Colonel went away growing and
was on hand next halliday. Several let
tiers were received and distributed, and
when informed that there was no letter for
him he exclaimed: ...s...
"Didn't pay my fifty cents with the
rests Haven't / as much right to git a
letter as any of 'emY'
The Postmaster endeavored to explain
to him, but the Colonel kicked an empty
whisky barrel across the room and went
back to his log shanty on the hillside
The third mail came In and he was on
hand, two revolvers in his belt and q
coat collar.
AIRY letter for Col Pick ~ he inquired
of the Postmaster.
mo, Colonel-nothing for you," an
swered the man.
You are a wolf and liarr' shouted
the Colonel. GIVE paid my money and
l want a letterr'
"But there's none for you," replied the
man. I'D be glad if"
Don't talk to mer' roared the Colonel
" Isn't this apostoffice?'
Yes"
"Well, what's postoffice fur?''
ITO receive and distribute mail"
eyes, and where's my mail! What'd
pay fur if hain't goin' to git any let
tiers 81
The Postmaster was trying to explain,
when the Colonel took the whole mail IN
his paw and walked of, saying that no
crowd of men could humbug him. lie
wouldn't give the letters up, but ne hao
some good traits about him, and L was
sorry when Paradise turned out and
hung him to limb to maintain the sane
titv of the United States postal rules. We
might have shot him through the leg and
then argued with and enlightened him.
IT. Quads NeU Book,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20

spouse, three blushing youths walked
remblingly up and with seeming embar-
rassment took their places in a row on the
platform.
After some contention as to who should
grin first, it was settled, and one of the
party made CHASTITY attempt, which was
initiated very well by the second grinner.
The third grinner struck out ON new
path, and gave the audience brand-new
grin, which none of them had seen before,
and was greeted with stamping and clap
ping.
Four rounds were had, at the end of
which the two gentlemen yielded, think
ing they couldn't "smile ugly' after all,
and the judges awarded the prize, silver
cup, to Mr.. Louis Tallicht, who had made
some very crooked faces indeed. Mr.
Tallicht smiled once again at its receipt
and took his seat amid the audible grins
of the audience.
After more general conversation, prone
nading and singing the society adjourned.
-Nashut;e american.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20
$s1t4tkd @isesHa'sn
IN THE GARRET.

WHINE the.slender wasps On the window
crawl,
And the spiders creep on the time-worn wall
In The dusty attic sit snd gaze
At the Eusty relics ofother days;
Brohea ard worn, they. ere slowed away
Under the raftcrs rough and gray.
AlIshings here have a faded hue;
An sesm oldcn, and mono are new.
Clothes that Cur ancestors used to wear
Silently hang in the sitting air.
Bags Of feathers, and herbs long dry;
Files of Devspapers long laid by,
Tellinx the nevs q by-gone age
On asch NASTY and yellow page;
Thickly aEc s1rswn on the dusty floor.
A cap, with taznished plume and chain,
That Erandfather wore when he went to
trsiss
Hh rusty muskst, that giittered bright
In many gjprious old sham fight,
Out q fssAIon, beyond repair
Rest In m Oh spiInt-bottomed chair.
A qasiat ~ bssnst SIN betrsys
Thepride Of grandmother's girihood-days.
Her vAFmiag-pa and her broken reel,
Her Ancient loon and her spinning wheel,
Her old red chest, with lite curious till,
Stand In corner mute and stu.
OF ali the relics that here / see
The tEundls-bed b the most to me.
RudeIy fashioned by fathers hands,
There, BY The chimney, still 1t stands.
Many . night by my mothers chair,
Ikneit to utter my infant prayer.
Loving and kind were the words she said
when she Laid nesto Resin that homely bed.
InxsrinR thouehts OF her lander care
Live in my me1ofy fresh and fair
1Ae drospang eans and ne willows wave
n thevillage church yard DER her grave.
- = IN heaven, ed I am hsne,
SIN N Ne morning OF my career,
vhsre ths dast Of days that win come no
LIZ thicaiy over he ersakins aoor;
where tns slender wasps on the windows
-An1sks spaas creep % the tine-worn wan.
-ZsspeJ. Hal, n Chicago zrtosne.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20
INDUSTRIAL.

SORGHUM mills and evaporators are il
| full blast all over the West, turning GU
hundreds and thousands of gallons of mo
lasses. The crop of cane grown this yea
is larger than any crop ever grown be
fore.
THE manufacture of plate glass in Mis-
souri, has been attended with such success
since its commencement that that indus
| try, though only some three years old, il
now one of the most important of tn,
State.
SOME planters in the San Joaquin Val
| ley, CAL, have been experimenting il
cotton culture, and have raised from one
quarter of bale to four bales per acre
500 pounds to the bale, on land that wa.
| not irrigated.
As FAR as we can learn from our ex
changes, the manufacturers west of the
Alleghenies are experiencing more of 8
revival of business than those further
east. There are, however, many signs Of
a general mOvement.-PhilGdelp Trad
Journal.
From a single tree, planted in a tub and
kept in his dollhouse, c. s. Holbrook, Of
no less than o., 800 worth of peaches
some of them at $50 per dozen, many al
from $24 to $28 per dozen, and all at an
average of $1S per dozen. They were sold
mostly in the months of February and
March.
A NEW white pigment is demanded by
the exigencies Of modern industry. The
paint should be as good coverer as white
lead, not easily discolored by the chemical
action of gases and, when mixed with oil
should work easily under the brush. The
white paints in general use are white lead
sulphate of baryta, Spanish white and
zinc white. The latter does not become
disco1ored under the action Of sulphurated
gases and sulphur vapors, not because
sulphur gases and vapors do not form sui
phides of zinc, but because the sulphide
of zinc which is formed is, unlike other
sulphides. destitute of color. OF course,
in addition to its desired advantages in the
points above named, an essential quality
Of such pigment must be cheapness.-
English Aechanse.
An important French industry is the
manufacture of human hair into various
q market in almost all parts of the world.
In England young women WHO have
choice and abundant tresses ere often
compelled by poverty to part with them,
for the sake of the money, 10 the hair
workers, but in France it is q regular sys-
tenn. The hair merchants in Paris send
agents in the spring to the country dis
tricts to purchase all such hair; these
agents frequent the fairs and markets,
having with them a plentiful stock Of
handkerchief, muslins, ribbons, etc.,
which they give in exchange for the hair.
So sensitive barometer is commerce of
slight changes in the value of exchange
able goods that the agents know the hair
of particular district to be worth few
sous more per pound than that of dis
trict thirty or forty miles AWAY fact
which naturalists would he long in find
ing out 1t is estimated that some hun
dreds of thousands of pounds of hair are
annually obtained in this way. The agents
send the hair to their employers, by whom
it is dressed and sorted and sold to the
hair-workers in the chief towns.-N. Y.
IC7su
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20

| to sell hlm?' Yes, sab, want to sci
my sheer oh him." "Your share? How's
that?" why, dis dog am divided into
eighteen sheers. De sheer-holders am 9
little down in the mouf on count OBJ dc
hard times, an lie depumtized to sell the
kaynine for the sum OBJ two dollars. -
Vicksbury Herald.
DIR. WINTER states, in his essay on
Brain Enigmas," that a little girl Of
six years fell and received severe con.
cussion of the brain, while engaged in a
game of toss-and-catch with young com
panion. For ten hours she remained in
sensible. At the end of that period she
opened her eyes, and, instantly springing
to the head of the bed, began throwing about
the small articles at hand, exclaiming
Catch theser' From that moment she
was perfectly sane.
A FAMILY living on Cass avenue found a
good thickness Of cream on some milk
that had been standing over night, and
when the milkman made his usual call
the pleased housewife exhibited the cream
and said: II never expected to see this. T"
The man looked at the cream, winked
wisely and sOlemnly, scratched his head
and replied: Well, don't know what
ais it, but you can throw it out and I'll
give you fresh pint in its place"-De-
troa Free Press.
New England in colonial days has left a
Der of the jury in the Langmaid murder
case, at Pembroke, N. H., received the
following letter of advice: TAKE up the
Corps and make the man in charge tuch
her if she Bledes that is the man had the
same Evidence with one some fifteen years
ago this will show you the correck way
of holdin coroners jury this as true as
god is in heaven try this and you will sat
isfy the whole of the New England stats
just as tell is SO so help mi god"
SAYs the Gold Hill Ne,os: Three we'll
belonging to Gold Hill and the third to
Silver City, were, in the absence of any
thing better, having little poker game at
Dodge & Shane's saloon yesterday morn
ing. A Chinaman who happened to be
passing by heard the cheerful cllnk of coin,
and, looking in, discovered that game
was in progress. John stepped IN, and
after looking on awhile remarked: Me
heap sabe play all same Mclean man."
at the same time exhibiting large sack
of coin. The eyes of the sports glistened
and their fingers itched to handle the coin
of the heather. John was invited to take
q hand, and in less than an hour afterward
was seen leaving the saloon with all the
spare coin the others had in their posses
sion. The question that puzzled them no
less than the numerous circle of friends
who gathered around to condole their loss
was how such an Internal, stupid looking,
pig eyed heather got away with the game.
The question is no nearer solution now
than when it was first put, and those
sports go around looking detected and
feeling exceedingly cheap. They have
the sympathy Of their large circle Of
friends, who are constant in their efforts to
cheer them up.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20
Grinning for q Wager.

The first meeting of the Mite Society OF
the Second Presbyterian Church was held
in the basement Of the church last night.
AS it had been previously rumored that
a premium was To be given to the greatest
adept in the art of ugly grinning quite a
large and curious crowd awaited the dis
play of worries. After some fine singing
and a few minutes general conversation
the class IL grinning was called, In re-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20
His Own Doctor.

A MAN of high intelligence, well edu-
Gated, and of vigorous understanding in
most things was nevertheless given to the
practice of self-tormenting in regard to
the state of his health. He was fairly TO-
bust, ate and drank well, slept easily,
walked with remarkable energy, was capa'
BILE of severe and long-sustained mental
labor and of much physical exertion.
Unluckily for himself he began TO study
domestic medicine, and straightway a too
active Imagination led him to simulate in
his own case the symptoms of almost
every disease he happened to read of.
He was apoplectic, paralytic, rheumatic
he had heart disease, his lungs were af-
fected, the liver was congested; govt
threatened him; his vision became en-
feebled; obscure sensations alarmed him
as to the state of his brain; fevers of one
kind or another were perpetually hatch
ing in his system. The mans life be-
came burden and a misery to him; he
halfkilled himself with terror and nearly
succeeded in getting poisoned by a sue
cession of varied and opposing remedies.
At last he was cured. Reading the symp-
toms of condition from which it is ply
siologically impossible that men should
suffer, he found to his horror that eac h
particular symptom was distinctly marked
in his own case. He went over the ground
again and again; each renewed examina-
ton only served to bring out the symp
toms with more alarming distinctness
Then the affair became too ludicrous: a
hearty fit of laughter dissipated not only
that particular ailment, but all the rest,
and the sufferer was cured .-EnalSsh Con
gregationdtist.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20

IT was diplomatic husband who pro-
tested to his wife: d" My dear, if it doesn' I
make any difference TO you, don't say
'Brutev and bolt" Useterms milder, il
not less incisive. If must have curtain
lectures let them at least he damask cur
tain ones"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-11-20

The Warren Avenue Baptist Church,
of Boston, has stricken DIT from its dec
laration of faith the clause which makes
immersion prerequisite to communion.
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Wateri,.a Young Trees.

In addition to the following excel
lent paragraph from the Country Ge,s-
Aeaaan, we may add that very often O
simple beating down OF the earth with
rammer around q newly set tree is
better than any watering. There are
holes and spaces about q newly set
tree mo matter how well planted, which
the young roots cannot touch. Even IN
comparatively dry soil root can, ex,
tract some moisture IL the rootlet car
touch it and this is what a good ponnd-
ing enables 1t to do. As Q general rule,
watering young trees in summer does
more harm than good, by crpsting the
surface, without reaching the. roctsj
and even if the roots ARE reached the
relief is only temporary, ualesa the
watering 10 regularly repeated. Thers
10 great want Of appreciation of the
amount of water required for trees by
those " ho apply this remedy. A young
tree four or i've feet high, IL growing
we'll, soon throws out roots several feet
on each side. II these roots.are only
three feet long, the circle Of the roots
will oe six feet in diameter, snd, at ,
depth of only one foot there would be
no less than twenty-seve1 cubic feet cf
earth to saturate with water, requiring &
tor one-fourth the bulk nearly ons
hogshead for single watering. It II
true that young tree just set out may
have had its roots cut much shorter,
but as new ones are to be quickly
thrown out into the soil - 1t comrnsp-
ces growth, ansrroW watering WIN do
hut little good. Clean, mellow ealnltS
Is better than all the Watering than can
be given, or wide and heavy mulching
if cultivation Ii lmpracticable. 80. -
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Old Pear Trees.

Around Philadelphia are numerous
large pear trees, many perhaps consid-
erably over hundred years old. They
are so numerous that they are no novel.
ties to US. In the West these are. OF
course, very exceptional, and excite COR
responding interest. When ct Monroe,
in Michigan, few years ago, the writer
was taken to some old pear trees a.
among the great curiosities Of the State.
These trees have been made the subject
Of special paper before . Western sci.
entiic society, by the Hon. Ed. Willetts,
from which we make the following ex-
tract
Francis Navarro, q soldier in the
French army, an educated man, came to
Detroit when it was q. Preach military
post and q missionary. csntras where he
found single pear tree which. IN 1705.
was said to be one hundred years old. He
took the sprouts from it and traneplanted
them in his yard, and when his grand-
son, Francis, was born, sthe trees were Q
the beautiful Monroe region, and carried
seven slips from these trees to his new
home. From these seven alps have ari.
sen nearly all the French pear trees Of
the country. Of the original seven three
are now alive. Within nineteen years
two have died, and one. the year before
its death, had borne forty bushels of
pears. The tallest now standing 10 90
feet 10 inches high. The largest ia IL
feet inches in circumference, 9 inches
from the ground, and its smallest girth
is 10 feet. An old French. doctor. who
lived hereabout. astonished everybody
by his successful method Of setting out
young trees, which was by cutting of
twigs, punching holes in the ground. and
Ws fhe twss ssssorSed IN fSe nSes s sn0h tho
geological oharsc ter of the Michigan coun-
try, and the richness Of the soil about
Monroe, to which latter fact he Ia incl.
ned to attribute the wonderful produc,
tiveness of the orchards. rather than to
any special pains in cultivation.
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A bsshful and not overly.educated
fellow went to see his girl, the other
night, and as he started away he put
his arms around her waist and whis-
pered in her ear, dearest, I love-"
and she responded sweetly, "Ditto,"
meaning, of course, a reciprocation Of
his tender passion. The young man
could not find "Ditto" In his vocabu.
larry, and asked his father the next day
as they aVere hoeipg cabbage, what It
meant. The old gent rested a moment
on his hoe and pointed to cabbage In
front Of him with the remark: You
see that cabbagef" "Yes," responded
the youth. "And you see the next
one theref' "Yes," said the boy.
"Well, that is called 'ditto-''' damn
her!" exclaimed the inpetuops youth,
"she called me cabbage head"
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Registers Order.
Rro1s%rH,s orr,rS

NEw CAarIs lorsTY, yu,S Mth. Isis.
Upon the apDllcsrlon ol Vio.er Dutent.
Executor Of William Thatcher. lare o,
Wilmington v hundred. in said county. dcceas-
cd i: it.r ordered and directed By the Regis
ter that the 'xesutor Aforesaid rive
notice Of the granting Of Letters Of IA
ministration upon the Estate Of the d deceasei
with the date Of granting thereof, by ospsine
advertlsementsto bs posted within forty aays
from the date of such Letters. in six Of ths
nost public places of tho county Of n sv Ca
tle. recurring all persons having demands
az inst the Es'.te to present tie same on
abide BY an Act Of Assembly In such ,cass
made and provided. And also cause the sssn :
70 Be inserted within the same period IN the
Dailx Gazette, q neTspapes pnblishsd IN
xsuvzk three weeks. T. o. d.
tE.S Given under the hand and seal al
ofice Of the ksFistsf aforesaid. nj
yew. Castle, New Castle county sforssaid.
.hedAy and year above written. =
ayomrCu - -
All persons na qipS claims asainsr the n.
tate Of the deceassd mnsf present the aa1s
doly attested to sae Executor, on or be.
fore yuy 14th, 1879. or abide ths act =,
Assembly In such case made and providsd.. +
Address-WilminstOn, Dol. ..i5iSsodS1
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Nc Fersois tau take ,hcs, H,,..
Ing 10 directions, and remain l6ns ;ll ail
ylded theiI homes are not destroysstl tlEs-
?cison OF other means. and vital o,,,rj
eeyond the point OF repair. ''ssa' u
GysPeHsia or Enhtyesticn. p.,.,
Ia shs Shoulders, Coughs. Tightp.s,I"sgl Isl.:. !;
Dizziness. sour Eructations Of the s,o-a,:. y:
Taste 10 tee idouth, Bilious Attacl, ipsy.g ps,.ig
tls hesit, innaInmation Of the Lunr, H.. ~
region OF tue KIDNEYS, and q hundred os..1
symptoms. are the c1springs Of Dysn..,I
bottle will prove better gusrautssrs9g KIM
than a lengthy advertisement. ~
Eor Fozs ale Complaints, IN vo-..
married or single, at the dawn al 5as,,s 5ts.,s
the turn Of life, these Tonic Eittsrs s,,s-...1
cided an influence that improvems,:issl
csptible.
For amma atory and cb.,.,.
rnatisin and Gout, Bilious, Rer1,ttss..H.ia y
mittent Fevers, Diseases Of the Bloci I,-., 4
neys and Bladder, these Bitters t,n ~ ~ \
such Diseases are caused By vltla.jE,..;; ~ Y
They nre a gentle Purgesiv,r ,- \, ,.,u
Tonic, possessing the neri. Il III, !,
powerful agent in relieving ConGes;,, ~ y. T..
nation Of the Liver and Yisceral o;;,., ~ =,
Bilious Diseases. ''-' y
For Skin Disenscs, Erupt,cns T,-r 1.
Rheum, Blotches,I Spots, Pimples, Pr5."' !.
Carbuncles, Rtng.Norns, Scald.fieaj, s5r I,
Eryslpelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discoloratior, siS.y If;
Hnmors and Diseases Of the Skin Of aha:s;,..s,
or nature, are literally dug up and carreic-s;
system In q short time BY the use ci thea
Grateful Thousands proclaim yrEa,,
fERs the most wonderful InTigorant tia, r.,
ratned the sinking system.
n. II. MCDONALD g. ca.
Druggists and Cen ASts., San FranciSs /,
sor. OF washington and Charlton Sta. mi
SOLD By ALL DRUGGISTS 1 DEILl
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RegfSter's Order&
Rwutxaxa n orffdNA


New Castle County, March 1BtH, 1s53.
,lHP9n the application Of SARAH JAM
SHARPE. late of Wilmington Hundred. In
said county, deceased: 1t IL ordered and
directed BY the Register that the. Executrix
afpfeeaid give netice ofthe granting of Let
tefs Isstsmentary upon the Estate Of the de-
qeAse6y with the date Of granting thereof
yithin forty days from the date Of such
Letters. In six Of the most public places
OF the County Of New Castle, requiring all
Persens having demands against the rs.
tate to. present the same, or abide By an
ACT Of Assembly inaueh case made and pro-
Sided. AND Also cause the same to be insert-
% within tha same peried In the VIII
MlnEton Gazette, Q Newspaper published In
Wilnington. and to be continued therein
three weeks. (E. o. D.l
f~@, Given under the hand and Seal Of
lis. Qaice Of the Register. aforesaid, at
New Castle, In New Castle County
toreaid. the day and year above written.
3, G. RIGGS. Register.
NoTICE. 4-.-
Ali person havin clain&s against the Es.
cate fthe deceased nuaf present the same
duly attested to the lSxScutrix ON or before
March 26th. 1876, or ahaae the Act Of Asssm-
~ - '''- IS szRz 1szl fs7 JANE sfssfiS ssfF1SsPE,
Adarsss-wilmiasipp. Del. nSN-swsod
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NE SAA All IlATATTRACTION
..~..s-;isst; s'.... n. - & >
IsADwiSk.s'D DEI.AwARE MusEUMi /.
1ci spdfes WEST FoUKTn STREET,
tths City spring. wflmlnston, Dsl.
fzasi e.opsnsd - ths public with p irrs
collsStaon Of new cur tustt ties,
and wondarfRl fxeakS OF nature, AlAo, AlnrSs
addition OF noted lie-size Figures. Ceffse,
ukenesses, the hest svst seen, on exhibition
has bssh aadsd BY Er6L Espett, smont which
are Apt0tAs Rrehsts tie Gglel murdsrSt Of the
EnGlis6 Niser: Tim Robin, the noted Ian.
casber poet Negro Benhy, tile runaway slave;
VIM 1urks, ths mprdefSr0t 40 persons; MA
thtas ShupiAehf, murderR Of the pcddler boy
ArthnS Spring, the murderef Of two asters
also; no son Of Arthur Spring; Jacob Lab.
nAns the Mlndered !pead boyi Gibbs, the
notorious pirAte; Lieut., Men<r0yille, the be.
trayg, by bis sidasfands poor Charlotte Tenn.
PIE; Crazy Nora, of Phifadelp lphis; Witch ei
Gnder In the fofest Also, 36s000 iBifds, Ami
mAls, Repdlesr &c.,, nom ell paris Of tbs
Known world, can be seen At Che Museum.
Other wonders arriving dany.1 There is more
TO be seen for the pics Of admission than ut
any other exhibition In. the country. Open
dAy and evening from6 O'Clock, A. n. until
lGso r. n. Adlnission only l5 t.; Children
10 cents, 20 see the whole collection.
W. HCHADWICks Proprietor.
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Constantly on hand and for sale at the lowest
market rates- Particular and personai atten-
gen giyen to Repairing any article In the
A fine assortment Of spectacles constantlv
On hand, and sole agent for me Celebrstsd
Diamond Spectacles -' marIs
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