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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-09

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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29
The Cat.

The cat is an animal that varies
much in size, and some in disposi.
tion. They have two legs behind
and two before, with feet as soft as
a Morocco carpet, in which are con.
cealed pair of treacherous claws
that can be darted out at will. Old
maids love cats because they are
warm and soft-like, and because
they have little else TO love. We
never heard of an author having any
particulor desire to make the ac-
quaintance of a cat, other than with
brick, boot-jack or shovel and
tongs. Cats are musical in their ma
ture, and fond Of a serenade, which
they frequently give their neighbors
gratis. The tunes are always pitch
ed on the key E sharp. have seen
in the yard, under the window of q
bachelor, in the morning after one
of these concerts, everything on
earth except something that belongs
to woman's apparel-wine bottles,
combs, hair brushes. boots, night
caps. sardine boxes, cork screws, oil
cans, razor straps, undarned socks,
jack knives. hair dye, false teeth,
ink stands. mucilage, Jumps of coal,
billets of wood, dirty shirts, and in
fact everything that could be thought
Of in a week, all thrown at them
cats. They catch some mice, but
live principally on young chickens.
ducks, fresh eggs, and what they can
steal from the table. Tie two cats
by the tail. and if they are old stout
Thomas cats, throw them over a
pole, they will make the fur fly fas-
ter than cotton from an uucapped
cotton gin run by an eighty horse
power engine. While the perform
ance is going on, yells, screams and
scratches may be heard for miles
around. They generally fight until
nothing is left but a pair OF hind
legs hanging over the pole, and they
continue to dart at each other about
all hour after all the rest is gone.
The old story Of the Kilkenny cats
is true.-DEXTER.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29
Purity of Character.

Over the outer coat of the plum
and apricot grows bloom more
beautiful than the fruit itself-a soft,
delicate powder that overspreads its
rich cofors. Now if you strike your
hand over that, and it is once gone,
it is gone forever-it only appears
once. The flower that hangs in the
morning impearled with dew-array-
ed with jewels-once shake it, so
that the beads roll off, and yoW may
sprinkle water over it as long as you
please. yet it can never be made
again what it was when the dew fell
gently on it from heaven.
On frosty morning you may see
the panes of glass covered with land
scapes, mountains. lakes and trees,
blended into a beautiful fantastic
picture. Now lay your hand upon
i the glass. and by the least scratch
of your finger, or by the warmth of
the palm, all the delicate tracery
will be obliterated.
SO there is in youth a beauty and
purity of character, which when once
touched and defiled, can never be
restored-a fringe more delicate
than frost-worll, which when torn and
broken, will never be repaired.
When young lad or gill leaves the
parents house, with The blessings
of mothers tears still wet upon
her cheek, if early purity of charac-
ter be once lost, it is loss that can
never be made up again. Such is
the consequences of crime.-Home
Journal.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29
The "JunneIists' JueI. /"
Indianapolis Journal.

"Maiah' Edwards and "Maiah''
Foster are distinguished "iunnelists'
Of St. Louis. Majah Edwards sheds
his phosphorus in the columns of the
Times. while Majah Foster eats cat.
fish and exudes intellect in behalf OF
the EUeniRg JouHaL. These two
estimable gentlemen are gifted in
the matter of onah" They locked
horns in the discussion of the pro.
priety of Jeff Davis invitation to
address the Winnebago Agricultural
Association. and their respective
''onahs" were 50 abraded in the dis
cussion of the matter that nothing
but blood, and bloody blood at that,
could repair the damage. So they
went out and &" fit door' with :. pis-
tuals'' loaded with actual powder
and real lead. 1t was a "game" af-
fair. Both men were game-that is.
if you call q hare or a mountain
sheep game. When the fatal word
was given Majah Foster closed his
eyes, commended his soul to God
and pulled the trigger The bullet
killed a COW in a neighboring corn
field. Majah Edwards shut his eyes,
mentally calculated Goodbye,
MOTHER" and pulled the trigger. His
bullet grazed the ear of one OF the
seconds, who was standing thirty
PAGES to the right. Maiah Edwards
demanded a second shot, but the
second, whose ear was bleeding. pc
remptorily refused to accede to the
request, unless he would agree to
shoot at him instead of Majah Fos-
ter. The affair was then amicably
adjusted, and the two game "jun-
nelists'' fell upon each other's necks,
wept, rolled up their sleeves to hunt
for strawberry marks. Majah Fos-
ter then said he would 60 to the ho-
tel and change his trousers. The
trousers white duck) looked as if
they needed changing. After bath
ing their respective 'onahs' in cham
payne, and taking up a collection to
pay the Illinois farmer for the COW
killed by Majah Foster. the party re-
turned to st. Louis. and have spent
the time since the meeting in deliv-
ering lectures on the Code to the
strawberry-nosed habitues of their
favorite bar.rooms.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29
Sayings by Josh Billings.

Pills will sumtimes act on the liv-
er, but saving wood will alwuss do
it.
I think the best way to 90 thru
this world il to 60 backward, you
kant see ahead il yu try ever so
hard.
He who leads a life ov plezzure.
sowes wheat and reaps tares.
About one haT the folks go thru
life az drift wood floats on the sur.
face ov the stream, without knowing
or caring much where they are go
ing to land.
Po1iteness, even when it iz not
the result ov emmy real goodness ov
heart. iz an agreeable fraud.
Thare seems TO be this difference
between the foolish aud the wise !;
the phools kan deceive themselves,
but they kant deceive others; the
wise kan deceive others, but kant
deceive themselves.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29
A Sensible Girl.

Some months ago | met n young
English woman who came TO the city
to marry young man to whom she
was affianced In England, and who
had come to this country two years
previous to engage in business. She
was to marry him at the home of a
friend of her mothers with whom
she was stopping. During the time
she was making up her wedding out
fit, he came to see her one evening
when he was just drunk enough TO
be foolish. She was shocked and
panied beyond measure. She then
learned for the first time that lie was
in the habit Of drinking to excess.
She stopped her preparations
and told him she could not marry
him. He protested that she would
drive him to destruction promised
never to drink another drop, etc.
No" she said, Il dare not trust
my future happiness to man who
has formed such a habit. / came
three thousand miles to marry the
man | loved, and now, rather than
marry drunkard. | will 20 three
thousand miles back again" And
back she went.-Selected.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29
Snap Cure for Balky Horses.

The following cure for balky horses
may do in some cases. Mr.. j. S.
Bardwell. NJ. D.. Pennsylvania, says
My former treatment. when horse
baked, was to take a piece of board
or barrel stave and so at him as if
intended to kill, yet would not mar
or iniure, but would scare him so
that he would 90. But this treat
ment would fail sometimes, and it
was always very unpleasant. Three
years ago l bought three-year-oid
mare of a neighbor. with recon-
mend that she was sound and true.
One Sunday morning | hitched her
up to q buggy to visit patient, but
was surprised to find her halky. i
whipped her and forced her to go,
but the defect grew upon her until
she would stand a severe fleecing.-
Last summer l made up my mind
that | never would beat her again !;
that she was too nice a beast to be
whipped, and that there must be
some other plan. / was on my way
to blacksmith shop to have some
kind of snap made to snap in the
nose to lead her with, but in stop
ping in a hardware store | saw
snap that suited me, and upon inqui-
ry found it to be a cattle snap to
lead vicious cattle. l tied it to
few feet of cord and threw it in my
buggy, and the first time she stopped
/ got out and snapped it in her nose,
and pulled on the cord in front Of
her. OF course she settled back, but
finding she could not pull much that
way, began to walk up. l led her
around little and tied one end of
the cord to the harness and got in,
and finding her disposed to go all
right. removed the snap. and never
had to apply it but once thereafter.
and now she has no disposition to
want nose piece. I think the most
vicious horse can be handled with
the snap, and il does no injury but
the snap should, l believe, be made
about one third larger than the COM
mon snap.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29
Dreaming.

What wondrous consolation comes
to us in those blessed hours when
the body lies resting. The spirit
roams at will, nor distance, space, OF
time can separate us from our love.
The treasures snatched away by
death are ours again. Forms only
dust to-day, are with us in by-gone
years. The same tint of hair, the
same shade of eyes, the same rich
coioring Of lip. and expanse of brow,
the same expression. The little Pc
culiarities which endeared them to
our hearts, make dreaming q blessed
reality.
How apt we are to exclairn, when
waking. ''Oh, could dream the same
again p Bereayed mother, you are
comforted when your baby nestles
in your arms again the little fingers
thrill you when wandering as of old.
The wee face breaks into smiles at
your caress! You would hold baby
thus for ever. Alas you must awake
awake to find an empty cradle, emp
ty arms, and longing heart.
There is more pleasure in dreams
than in realities. The awakening
embitters both. My sister, my
brother. have you awakened from the
sunny dreams of youth? Are the
hopes you cherished dead? Have
friends forsaken you? Has disease
claimed you for his prey? Because
that was so bright, and this so dark,
will you allow your life to be a fail
ure? If you cannot he what you
would, will you not be what you can?
Can you kindle ashes? Will you
live Alright.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29

A wise father had refused to lot
his daughter visit a young lady who
was neither amiable or good. dear
father" said the gentle girl, You
must think me weak and very child
ish if you imagine I should be ex-
posed to danger = The father took
in dead silence a coal from the
hearth and reached it to his daugh-
ter. 1T will not burn you, my
child, take It. She did so. and be-
hold her delicate white hand WAS
soiled, and, as it chanced. her dress
also. I'VE cannot be too careful in
handling Goals, she said in yexa-
ton. Yes truly answered the
father; 'sand you see, my child, that
Goals. even IL they do not burn,
blacken. So 1t is with vicious COM
pany."
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29
Nevada.s Poler-Playing Deacon

]
Saratoga Correspondence of the N. Y. World.
One of the most curious speci-
mems 7 have met so far is Deacon
Parker, of Nevada, who is travelling
for health and pleasure, and seems
quite likely to get his fair share of
both those desirable commodities,
as well as a goodly portion of all
creature comforts which may be
floating around. The Deacon is an
admirable type of certain class of
Western men, abounding in quaint
speeches and picturesque language.
He piques himself on being a self
made man. though why he left the
top of his head in almost unfinished
state, and rooted it over with a few
struggling hairs. have as yet been
unable to discover. / made the
Deacon's acquaintance at party
at the lake given by his friend and
travelling companion, Colonel,
editor of leading Neveda paper.
After dinner we whiled away the
time in game of cards, commonly
known as draw poker. The Deacon
watched our game with apparent in
terest Finally we asked him if he
understood the game. Yes. he had
played it in his younger days
Wouldn't he take a hand? We'll,
yes; he didn't want to seem onso-
cial like He took a seat at the
table and handled the pasteboards
in a masterly manner. to say moth
ing of wonderful run of luck which
soon declared itself in his favor.
Victory perched itself on the Dea-
cons bald head, or rather on the
gray felt hat which surmounted and
embellished his person; our dollars
all found their way to the Deacon's
side. Finally, when it became time
to break up, the Deacon counted his
gains, and modestly announced that
he had won six hundred and seven.
teen dollars. Deacon Parker is
what the Germans call many sided
man. He makes stiff speech, takes
his whisky clear. is powerful at pray
er, and plays stiff game of draw
poker, as we found to our grief.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29

Time to Look Out.

"Here, friend, can you lend me
one of your loose sticks? Ny nest
wants repairing. and Eve no time
this morning." said magpje to her
neighbor.
by all Means said the ueighbor;
and the magpie, promising TO return
it the next day, flew off with the
stick.
Gould you lend me another
stick p SHE said the next morning
''the wind has damaged me in the
night. l am not safe. and have-so
much work to do in repairing that /
have no time to look for timber"
The neighbor looked dubious, but
after little besitation lent her an
other stick, which the magpie We
hemently protested she would bring
back with the other the next morn
ing
Il am really ashamed to come -
she said the third morning.; "but
could you lend me another stick?
Some how have got out of order
at home, and what with one thing
and another, l haven't time TO look
for timber"
Take it" said the neighbor, in
no satisfied tone, and directly after
the magpic had flown off, declaring
louder than ever that she would re-
pay all she owed with interest the
next day, the neighbor began to
prepare for moving TO far distant
tree. Its all very fne," she said,
"a stick is but a stick, but, if | don't
cut this connection, shall soon have
to go about begging for sticks my
self.''
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29

This simple little word of four let
ters contains a world of wisdom.
Push means business and energy and
goaheadativeness. 1t means strict
attention to business, let that bust
ness be whate'er it may. 1t does
not mean crowding and jostling, and
unfair advantage taken of your fell
low beings, but it means wide-awake
looking after every opportunity to
better yourself in an honorable way.
The boy or girl who has push"
in them, is bound to succeed. For
tune smiles on such, for they do not
loiter on the way, but keeping their
eyes steadily on the goal, push on.
The scholar who resolves to push
his studies, wins his way TO the
front rank. The girl who pushes on,
is never left behind.
Push is valuable watchword-a
stirring incentive TO enterprise.
Then do not let this word be merely
an empty sound but push onward
and upward the steep. hard hill Of
life. And do not forget TO push on
in the better way, SO that when life
is almost over, you will be found
still in the upward way-pushing on
to the better land.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29

Tie process of civilization among
the Indians Of the Indian Territory
was exemplified in gratifying man
ner at the International Indian
Fair, held at Muskogee. I. T., Sept
10th. Among other features there
appeared the representatives, Of
several tribes hearing banners with
notices and devices as follows:
The Cherokeea--A banner with
red, white and blue bars on white
ground, with the motto, "Agricul.
ture, the source Of wealth.
The Greeks With charity to all.
malice towards none" "k'irmness
in the right
The Osages-"Come and see the
figure of the plough. and follow
me-"
The Coddo Apaches-"The result
Of Peace
The Commanches-'We wish to-
learn. IA second band or Comman-
ches had the motto, ..Prcserve our
liberties
The Kiowas-"we need schools.
cows and ploughs."
The Aropahoes-ss The farm is
better than the chase"
The Chcyennes--"Peacc with All
people
III tic Indians really feel the
truth of these mottocs, much las
been accomplished.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29
Golden Words.

The habit of looking on the bright
side is Invaluable. Men and women
who are evermore reckoning up what
they want rather than what they
have-counting the difficulties in the
way, instead of contriying means to
overcome them are almost certain
to live on corn bread, fat pork. and
salt fish, and sink to unmarked
graves. The world is sure to smile
upon a man who seems to be sue
cessrul, but let him 90 about with a
crestfallen air, and the very dogs in
the street will set upon him. We
must all have losses. Late frost
will nip the fruit in the bud, banks
will break, investments viii prove
worthless, valuable horses will die,
and china vases will break, but all
these calamities do not come to-
gether. The wise course to pursue.
when one plan fails, is to form an
other; when one prop is knocked
from under us, to fill its place with
a substitute. and eyermore count
what is left rather than what is
taken. When the final reckoning is
made, if 1t appears that we have not
lost the consciousness of our inter
nal rectitude; if we have kept chari-
ty toward all men if by the various
discipline of life, we have been freel
from lollies and confirmed in virtues.
whatever we have lost, the great
balance sheet will be in your favor.
Neao Yorker.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29
The New York Democratic
Platform.
Nashville American.


After due deliberation. the New
York Democratic Convention adopt
ed a platform, in which they utter
no word of disapprovaI of the sys-
tenn of national banks, and have no
reproof for the forced resumption
act passed by the last Radical Con-
gress. That system OF banking aud
that act Of Congress have been in
cessant and prominent topics of dis
cussion before the American people
for more than six months The ac-
ton OF the New York Convention
cannot be construed otherwise than
into an emphatic approval of both.
New York has given to the Dem
ocracy Of the Union, their last two
candidates for the Presidency, both
of whom were defeated, although
they received the hearty support of
the Democracy of the South. She
proposes to give us another Presi-
Dental candidate. He too would
meet with q defeat more inglorious
than either Of his predecessors, if he
should stand upon the platform which
the Democracy of his State has
adopted. The South can suffer no
longer, in order that Wall street may
be strong.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29
Free Schools.

Education, to accomplish the ends
of good government. should be uni
versalIy different. Open the doors
of the school house to all the chill
dren in the land. Let no man have
the excuse of poverty for not edu-
eating his own offspring. Place the
means of education within his reach,
and if they remain in ignorance, be
it his own reproach. If one object
of the expenditure of your revenue
be protection against crime, you
could not devise a better or cheaper
means of retaining it. Other ma
tions spend their money in provid-
ing means for its detection and pun
ishment, but it is the principle Of our
government to provide for it's never
occurring. The one acts by coercion.
the other by preUention. On the
difference of education among the
people, rest the preservation and.
perpetuation of our free institutions
| apprehend no danger to our coun-
try from a foreign foe. There is no
nation on earth powerful enough to
accomplish our overthrow. Our de-
struction. If it come at all. will be
from the inattention of the people
to The concerns of government;
from their carelessness, negligence
or ignorance they may be made the
dupes of designing men and become
the instruments OF their own undo
ing. Make them intelligent and
they viii be vigilant; give them the
means Of detecting the wrong, and
they will apply the remedy.-DdnieI
Webster.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29
A Chilian NIethuselah.
From the Tulca lChiIi) Opinion


Many persons have doubted the
existence in this province of man
who is 135 years of age, but there is
nothing more certain, as is proved
by the particulars obtained by the
census collectors. His name is Fe-
lix Rojas, and be was horn in 174O.
and under the Spaniards held the
position OF sergeant-major in a line
regiment. When Carlos the Third
issuev the celebrated order 10 expel
the Jesuits, Rojas took i 4 charge two
members of the order snd carried
them from Linares to Santiago
This venerable man remembers with
great tclearness all the events of those
timess and to converse with him about
Chill is to listen to the minute his.
tory Of nearly century and half.
He passes our printing office every
day in a portable chair which is car
ried by two servants, and our read
ers can see him whenever they please
in his place at the church hearing
mass.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29
Plain Diet.

A plain diet develops the muscu.
lar power to a remarkable degree.
The strongest man we have encoun-
tered for long time was an Irish
gentleman. who. entering a fremont
street car last Wednesday. after a
light breakfast on corned beef. cab.
bage, onions and a pint Of whisky.
emptied the car of ten passengers in
thirty seconds.-BoStoR ComHlercidl
Bulletin.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29

None but a lazy teamster will al
low the harness or yoke to remain on
teams while they eat their midday
meal. Teams viii perform more la
bor on the same feed in a given time
by giving them water every two or
three hours. The water should stand
in the sun if practicable. 1t should
not be cold on any account.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-09-29
Farmers, Do Not Go to Law.

The Pacific Rardl says: Farmers
have long been aware of the folly
and worse than folly of going to law I;
but the lack of business and social
intercourse with their neighbors Of
ten prevents q proper understanding
of right and mutual interest, encour-
ages suspicion and jealousy. and too
often leads them to rush into the
courts. and sometimes drives the
whole neighborhood into active par
tisans. But thanks to the influence
of the Order of Patrons of Husband
-ry, this disturbing element in farm
life throughout the country generally
is rapidly disappearing. The Order
of Patrons has brought farmers into
close communication with each other,
has developed mutual confidence and
respect; and without the assistance
of any secret charm, has produced q
change which is now substituting ar.
bitration for law. Arbitration is one
of the grand principles of the Order,
and is already producing important
material results, as we'll as promot-
ing peace and harmony in many
neighborhoods.