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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-21
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Incidents and Accidents.

"A fish-hawk has cost Marlboro,
Conn, 1915, that being the amount q
match-peddler has received for damages
to his team, which leaped off bridge
without ratings in that town, when
frightened by the birds plunging into
the stream below.
Mrs. John Sullivan, of South Adams.
Mass, died very suddenly last Christmas
Day. Her husband was waiting for her
at the door in sleigh, and she came to
tell him that she did not feel we'll and
would wait awhile. Returning to the
house she died almost instantly.
F. V. Decker has sued the Stonington
Railroad for $4,000 because, being
asleep in palace car one night in 1879,
he was carried beyond the station where
he wanted to stop, through the neglect
of the roads employees to wake him, and,
being obliged to walk back, froze his
feet
In Alton, N. H., nearly two years
ago man undertook to make legal
tender Of ten dollars to John w. Currier,
IN his Office in that town. Currier re-
fused to take the money or have any
thing to do with it, and the person max
ing the tender laid it on table and re-
fused to take it away, and SO there it
yet !ies-in plain sight and within reach
of all who 60 in.
by the burning of postal car on the
Baltimore y Potomac Railway, the other
night, the entire Northern mail from
Washington, except one pouch and can
vas bag for Baltimore, was destroyed by
fire. The postal clerk, Thomas Fayman,
was burned to a crisp. The only thing
saved from the Car was the express safe,
but the money it contained was DESTROYED.
This amounted to 100000
-Danforth j. Skies, of Ludlow, Mass.
has turkey that justly claims notoriety.
Noticing that the bird seemed to carry
an unwonted burden, Mr. Skies cut open
its crop and liberated a mass of chest.
nuts and other fowl luxuries, weighing
about ten pounds. The crop was then
treated to a liberal dose of sweet oil,
sewed up and replaced. In few min.
utes the bird was lively and eating, and
since then has done we'll.
While the Prosecuting Attorney of
Lewis County, Mo-, F. L. Schofield, was
coming up to Canton in a buggy the
other day, accompanied by his wife and
child, his wife complained of severe
heat on her limbs, and said she thought
it was an attack of erysipelas; but Mr..
5. assured her that it was caused by her
cramped condition while holding the
child. Soon after this the pain was so
great that it caused her to scream out
right, and upon investigation it was
found that her clothes were on fire and
that the flames had burnt through three
thlcknesses Of cloth, and raised q blister
six inches long Had not the fire been
discovered at that moment it would have
resulted in serious if not fatal injury to
the lady. But just how the dress took
fire is the mysterious part of the affair.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-21

There is a woman, sixty years old,
or more, sick at Hartford, who, having
worked all her life for one dollar q week
and her board, has saved between Sc 600
and 1900. She cannot be induced to
make her will, as she fears that she would
be sure to die if she made such prepare
tions for death; and, as she has no rela-
tives, it is q question what will become
of her property.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-21

-Froude has started on a two years
trip around the world. He had better
accomplish the inevitable book while
doing the journey, however; because he
is getting somewhat venerable and we
can't have him with us always.
Mr.. Fennell, who died recently at
San francisco, once made an effort to
blow up the Canadian Houses of Parlia-
ment and murder hundreds in cold
blood. On the Pacific coast he was
universally known and respected
The Norwich (Conn) Bulletin men,
tons as remarkable fact in regard to
the late Admiral Lanman that, during ali
his long and active service, he nevsr
smoked cigar or made use of tobacco
in any form. 1t is said, also, that he
never voted in his life. nor attended a
political meeting of any sort.
"A mans ideas are apt to be spoiled
when dressed in another persons Ian
guage, especially when the other persons
language is another tongue. AS an in
stance beginner in German, reading
one of Schillcr's poems, came to the
word Wasse,tfnu (water-nymph), which
he rendered "washerwoman," that being
the nearest equivalent he could find.
The Indianapolis Sentinel is quite
right in declining to contribute ANYTHING
10 the proposed monument to William
rem. We wouldn't mind giving him a
good editorial notice and sending him a
marked copy of the paper, but when it
comes to building monuments for him
we want him to labor under the impres.
sion that we have gone with load of
lightning rods to the Fiji Islands. and
won't be back until the structure is com
pleted and paid for.-LouisviVe Courier
Journal.
Among the many stories told of the
late Arthur Macarthur, of Liming:en,
Me-, Is the following: A few days after
his graduation he received communica-
ton, in the usual form, from the Prcsi-
dent of Bowdoin College, informing him
that the faculty had conferred upon him
the degree of A. N. and that the parch
ment evidence thereof would be for
warded to him upon the payment of the
customary fee of ten dollars. Mr., Nc.
Arthur made no response to the letter at
the time, but nearly, if not quite. half a
century afterward took it down from the
pigeon-hOle where he had carefully de.
posted it, and addressed a polite note to
the President of the college in his official
capacity, acknowledging the receipt of
MS letter OF fifty years before in the same
terms he would have done had it been a
matter OF the week previous, thanking
the faculty for their honorable remem.
brance OF him, and inclosing the ten
dollars, with request that his own
example of promptness in attending to
ms correspondence might be copied, and
the parchment forwarded to his address
without delay.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-21

Its truly astonishing how the papers,
while they persist in charging a man
dollar an inch for advertising when liv-
ing, cheerfully give up whole column Of
space for nothing when his obituary
comes ong-Sunday T3mes.
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Personal and Literary.

"A Pacific male-King Kalakaua.-
Arcadian.
Mrs. Motley, wife of the historian,
whose death has been announced by
cable, was sister of the late Park Ben
jamin and a lady of fine culture.
Brigham Young is about to die and
the result will be the most remarkable
funeral and more of unfortunate widow
than the world has heard Of recently.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-21

the Princess Beatrice is described As
very sharp-witted, rather shrewish in
disposition and an inveterate stickler for
all the privileges of her rank. She in
sists upon taking precedence of the
Duchess OF Edinburgh, and she does it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-21

IT is claimed for the Gaelic language
that it 10 more ancient than the Provincial.
the Latin, the Hebrew or the Sanscrit.
The Chinese is probably the oldest spoken
tongue.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-21

A resident of Bridgeport, Conn, il
the owner of six-year.old cheese. He
says; "There's millions IN IT,"
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The East.

The New Hampshire Democratic State
Convention met at Concord on the 5th, and
nominated Hiram K. Roberts, of Rollinsford
for Governor
The New York Assembly organized on the
9Th by the selection of jeremiah Mcclure for
Speaker and Hiram Calkins for Clerk-both
Tammany Hall nominees. Gov. Tildens
message was read Balance in the State
Treasury, nearly s7,OoO,OOO; funded State
debt. S30,OOO,OOO; reduction of debt last year,
$6OOo,OOO.
Gov. Castor, Of Massachusetts,, was inau-
rurated on the 9TH.
largely attended indignation meeting
was held in Cooper Institute, New York city.
on the evening of the 18th, to protest against
the recent action of the Federal authorities
and military at New Orleans in connection
with the State Legislature. Mayor Wickham
presided. A long series Of resolutions was
adopted, denouncing military interference in
State affairs and condemning the DISPATCHES
OF Gen. Sheridan.
The suit Of Theodore TiltOn against Henry
Ward Beecher was fairly begun on the 18th,
Mr.. Morris, counsel for the prosecution, de.
livering the opening speech.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-01-21

The Wisconsin State Grange met at Mad.
ison on the 5th, John Cochrane, Master, pre-.
siding. There were about $50 delegates
present The Masters address was well re-
ceived. He commended, in warm terms, the
efforts making to improve the navigation Of
the Mississippi, Fox and Wisconsin
Rivers, as tending toward cheaper
transportation. The position taken by the
Order in regard to railroad transportation
he thought should be maintained. He urged
the sending Of help to the brethren in Kan
sas and Nebraska, and the formation of a
permanent fund for the purpose of engaging
in the manufacture of agricultural nipple.
ments. -,s.
Much excitement was manifested in New
Orleans on the 5th over the dispatch Of Gen.
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bat the teaching of her boys and girls,
for whom she employed tutors and
governesses- Modern instruction, she
complained, was too wide and shallow;
there was no thorough knowledge
given of history, and accurate English
was seldom heard. Nothing could be
simpler or purer than her own use of
language, in her letters or conversation.
1t strengthened the effect which her
delicate face and always, rich, dainty
d.ess had even upon strangers who did
not know her. A curious part of that
effect was that this woman did not be-
long to society nor to the world, but
to her husband and friends and chill
dren. Her life was so filed with them,
her great household controlled with
such wisdom and order, her influence
of strength and sweet humanity diff
fused subtly through 50 many hearts
and lives that we did not complain that
there was no chance for her te become
public character Her sons have
grown up honorable men, her daugh-
tiers are faithful, happy wives. Her
husband died 2 few weeks ago, Just as
their children were ready TO celebrate
their golden wedding, which would
have been on Easter day. After his
death she made no loud outcry; the
love of husband and wife had been sa-
cred aud worthless always But the
pink blush left the aged cheek, and
she sat quiet and silent. We knew
that she felt her work was altogether
done, When her sons, who loved her
very dearly, found that the end was
near, they hurried to the old home
stead from the furthest end of the
country, and like children, with their
heads upon her nees, cried out that she
must not leave them. 'YOur father /
wants me, boys" she said gently. /
Nobody can take my place to him"
And 80 1t was that on Easter day she /
left US and went back to the husband Of
her youth, and their golden wedding
was held in another land than ours.
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MY BARBER
BY - BEETHOVEN.

'In stockings stand six feet high:
I'm broad across She chest;
In character reverse OF shy;
With def'rence I'm addrest,
But once 4 month, dread the day,
And shiyer IN the chair,
To feel the slave Of him l pay
Tbs man who cuts my hair.
With naughty, deferential seorn,
He seats me in my place;
I'm thirty, but 1 feel newborn,
While be, with lofty grace,
Upon my shoulders, round my neck,
Does tuck a toga fair
OF calico the pattern check
The man who cuts my hair.
lie has me nowhere il no hope;
lie sn Ups and shears away,
And talks OF Gladstone and the Pope,
Price current and the Ilay;
The weather and the party in,
The races, railway share
Your hair, sIr's, getting rather thin5'
Says be who cuts my hair.
"Not too much etf sir, did you say!
You part it on the erOwnl
We have dye for hair that's grey,
To turn it lovely brown
rec my Yisage all awry-
Gods, what 4 change is therel
"Your hair, sir's, getting very dry"
Says be who cuts my hair.
You'll be shampoO'J. ,hl Thanks
.'Mindi'
Pm bru-h,d, Pm .e4rifird;
I'm dr.wn'I ia sul.; I'm - .krd; T.
blind;
Would that my scalp w'rs dri~sl
Fizz, spu'trr, -quirt, the rHgiu~, LAY
Ilet vs'rr, cold. Take osry.''
Wrh j'rA ing sob, Try 10 '-y
To hiin who cuts my hair.
Then towels warm, revolving brush.
Lime juice, ihe combs sharp rake;
The currents tbrop my temples rash
An alive-awakcf
Good heaven! what prison crop!
l. there a lock left ihersf
"some little thing, sur, from the 'hoFl"
Says he who cuts my hair.
! reach the street; I'm free once more
Confound it, how hate
That bsi Der broOdsa pest, bore
IuhletiOn sore Of faIsl
a month-how weak man at the beat!
How full this life o carel
| so'k once more, With fallen eresi,
RE man who cut my hair.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-08

Next in order, In onr series Of picto-
rial sketches Of the representative men
of West Tsraessee, whose lives Illus
tratR our 4 histsry. as well as that
Cf - po 10f we State, we give
that Of IN NestOr of the Tennessee
press, WILLIAM WARD GATES, who Is
now the Oldest editor in the State.
He osborn in Chesterfield County,
Virginia on the 23d day of May, 1912.
His gra Gather and six brothers came
from E Ind in 1855, and settled near
Petersburg, Virginia All of them en-
listed and three were killed in the Rev
dictionary War. His father participa-
ted in the War of 1912, and was present
at the memorable burning Of the Rich
mond Theatre. The subject Of our
sketch removed with his parents, at an
early day to West Tennessee, and a.
the age of II, entered printing Office
as pprentice at Paris, Henry county,
7" flee being conducted by Felix X.
Golfer and Amos R johnson, the
1ofmer of whom was killed at the bat
tie Fishing Greek, during the late Re
bellion. The latter now lives at Jack |
son, Mississippi, deservedly honored, |
loved and respected for his many vir-
tues.
At the age Of 10, Mr.. Gates com
menced the publication of the "West
in Paris, and displayed /
at its masthead the name of Henry l
Clay for President. He was present at
the inception of the Wing Party in
Tennessee, in 1886, and was an active
partisan in all the political battles OF.
that grand party organization, from the
to the end of it existence
battles fought under the leadership of
two of the most remarkable men of the
age in which they lived-Clay and
Jackson. From Paris he removed his
paper to Huntingdon, and from thence
10 Jackson in 1S43. At the latter
place, in connection with 7. c. Nc
Cowat, he started a new Paper-The
Vest Tennessee Wing. Mr.. McCowat
late John NJ. Parker
bought a interest in the Office, and for
many yea, under the control Of Gates
md Parker, the ''Old Ship of Zion,"
Is it was familiarity called by those on
BOARD, sailed through smooth and
tormy waters, leaving its cargo OF
news at the homes of its readers. Du-
ing his connection with the neWspa-
Der business in this city Col. Gates
made two or more visits every year TO
he leading cities on the Ohio and Mis-
issippi Rivers. On these occasions, in
and hotels-Wherever he
vas brought in contact with strangers, I
lie sought every suitable opportunity
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NUMBER 26
on TIE IURY.


From the Bsston Daily Advertiser.
I've suffered with hesIzci,e and 'oothzchs
and co.ns,
I've sworn with pain and fury,
But never knew what trouble va,
Till was GA Ihe jary.
And had 20 Listen 10 Bridget SeCres.
And -etile FOR Psisey O'C MINOR.
While l al Ike literal 'J,ek-ia-the-bcx, -
And paid my respects 10 his Honor.
felt Ike the peas in Hans Andersen's tale,
Who cared tssy'd get hard from much sit
ding.
And l wished [ were some cd granny, for
then
could rest my eye on my knitting,
Instead Of the witness with rubicund nose,
Andthe lawyers with questioninss cross
For my mind was away 10 the Office and
clerks.
A-studyiHg profit aud loss.
If'twere only the IA .hion for Jurors Il
smoke,
III have at with my feet on . bar.
Wstching all the proceedings a. snug %
you please,
Sid he blaze OF a soothing cigar;
But custom commands u. We listened and
stared,
With nothing ourselves 10 refresh,
just as II We were PupFets srrauzed for a
show,
lnsifad OFFS jury % desb.
Blessings brighten, they tell u. when TAX
ing their flight
At last were delivered the pleas,
And W. were 'hutup IN 4 gloomy Old room
And dined Upon crackers and cheese
Until we'd agreed that we cculdn'i agree,
When sc marched in an Indian ale
b OK into he court for instruction or notes.
Which easel our condition awhile.
The moon It had fulleu-tbe moon Il had
wzncd
Before We were cut u our prison;
Next morning twas pleasant, although
twas a storm
rwslTe radiant sons had Ju.t ris"n.
FRAN
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( 70 bring his town and people prOmi-
/ nently before his hearers, and in this
and other ways, endeavOred to advances
she prosperity Of the community in
which he lived No OtiEr person has
done more to build up jackson than
Colonel G.. His industry is indefati-
gable, and his temperament Is such
that work is a necessity, even after the
heat and burden of life's day have been
endured long and we'll. Colonel Gates
has retired from the field Of political
journalism, and is now publishing the
AdrOcGte, at Henderson, in this coun'
ty, paper, independent Of the present
party organizations.
Colonel Gates has raised and educa-
ted a large family, and his sons are ac-
lively identified with the business of
jackson, and other cities, and well
known for their urbanity and prompt
ness in their dealings with the commu-
nifty and in the discharge of their du-
ties. The life Of Journalist is one Of /
intense work, but it is the wsrk Of the |
student, to a great extent, and hence /
such biographies are seldom eVentful. |
They are hidden toilers in the great 4
hive of civilization, and preserve in /
the amber of letters, much ola peoples /
history that would otherwise be lost 1
In writing a sketch of Colonel Gates /
we labor under the disadvantage of not
having had a lifelong or intimate &C
quaintance with him, and many Of the /
salient points OF his life and character
must necessarily escape US. The notes
by himself and members of
his family are meagre and modest, and
We cannot well 60 beyond their scope.
We trust that the work of the artist
will be satisfactory, succeeding, as We
think he has done in giving US and our
readers picture in which tho essen
tial features are presented with justice
and life-like precision. Col. G.. is still
one of the active, useful citizens of
Madison County, retaining his elastic
ty of movement, - well as great men
-al energy, and still glowing with a
purpose and a will 10 work as long as
lis lease of life shall last. lie is re-
neat IN his person, aud with
he exception Of a partial deafness,
hat slightly embarrasses his collOquial
enjoyment, his social relations and in
.ercOurse are of the most pleas 4 char
letter, conversing as he does, with flu
'ncy, and imparting in terse, pointed
lyle, the various exper' ences OF q man
shO has looked at the world through !
he lens of journalist for over forty ,
Tears. and been engaged actively in
he business, the politics, and the social
ife of West Tennessee.
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WAVES OF SUPERSTITION fool
ish performances of the Second Adven-
fists, or whatever they call themselve-,
on Monday night, in this city, Chica-
go and elsewhere, is the first symptom
We have had for long time that the
insanity which originated with Miller
is still in existence. Originally it had
thousands of victims, and was so wide
spread in the days of our fathers as to
cause genuine alarm. But the predic-
ton of the modern prophet came TO
naught; the great globe and all which
it inherits did not dissolve, and the alb
surdity of the thing soon dawned up
on the minds of the deluded followers.
1t Is remarkable how these waves of
schism, superstition and fauatism sweep
over the world every now and then,
carrying everything before them for a
time, and then retire-their force
spent The law which governs them
has never been determined, to our
knowledge, and its study would be an
interesting and curious one. They are
older than Christianity itself Israel,
we know, was prone u run after false
gods, and nearly every ancient religion
was more or less divided into schisms.
The early history of the Church is full of
struggles between sects and heretics
within its bosom, and during the mid
die ages and the times of the Crusades,
the multiplication of the orders and
the invasion of Palestine gave rise to
numerous dissensions. There were
protests, too, before Luther-the Abb
genses and Waldenses ants-date Pro-
testantism. Aud since the Relorma-
ton, how many religious wars, perse-
cutiOns of sects and wild outbursts of
fanaticism the world has Witnessed
In our own country we have seen the
fiery zeal of the Puritans banishing the
Quakers from Colonial Massachusetts,,
pilloring the Catholics, and branding
the Baptists with molten pincers.-
Then there was the Salem witchcraft
madness, which conquered the best in
tellects of the colony. In our own CEN
fury we have witnessed the march of
Brigham Young, like another Yelled
Prophet of khOTasan, with thousands
of followers into a valley of the far
West, where he has established a king
dom which Is constantly growing
Millerism we have mentioned. Last of
all came Spiritualism, with its high
priestesses-the Fox girls-which has
made much progress, and whose be-
levers assert that they number mil
lions. All these manifestations, it
must be remembered, are purely reli-
gious. The domain Of philosophy, al
though fertile, has not been halt so
prolific. Their number and the zeal
of their followers, which has some
times made them invoke the sword to
break the darkling prison they believ-
ed was mankind's mind, is confirma-
ton, if any were needed, that Profess
sor Tyndall was only admitting what
he could not deny, when he said. in his
Belfast address, that there tras a reli-
gious instinct in the human bosom
Philadelphia Times.
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daughter Il married. Capt. 81. hin
was 70 yeaEs ofaget
DICKENS ExPEBIExCE-A writer in
Old and New says: Have you read
carefully this melancholy life of Dick
ems, by which his, friend, Mr.. Forster
has unconsciously so nearly destroyed
his fame? Sad as the book is, in all its
sadness it teaches essential Lessons
The first of those lessons is that, young
as Dickens was when he began to write,
he had begun TO learn much younger,
and that what he wrote, he had learn
ed not in the school of books, but in
the school Of men. 1t was in the hab-
it of perfect work, and the absolute
keenDess and quiekness Of observation,
and the pitiless memory of every de-
tail, that he was becoming the artist of
pencil so true and of precision so per-
feet that we take each character whom
we really cared for into our own homes
and among the people we have most
nearly known. 1t is the Micawber,
the Nicholas Nickleby, or MrA Nick
elby, the Sam Weller, the Mr.. Tur-
veydrOp, the brother Cherryble, whom
with his own eyes he had seen, whom
he had heard with his own ears-it is
these who come into the life of this
generation as living beings. As his
own life goes on, often he searches in
vain among his memories for any one
who has not been pushed forward up
on his stage, as boy pushes his ?. per
puppets forward with a wire; you see
him painfully hunting to-day for that
which he shall describe Tomorrow
He goes down 70 see poor wretches
smoking opium, that he might write
out the mysteries of Edwin Brood"
He is but few weeks or months be-
hind the printer, and the contrast be-
tween this goaded work of man in ar
rears with fortune and that fresh out
pouring of spontaneous necklessness
tells the whole story. But even at
the worst, Dickens is so true that lie
will not tell any thing but the things
that he has seen and heard"