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, 1875-09-25
LAKE FEWAUKEC.


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49,, n,,.... ... w.',,, "s ''..'2o ~, ,''o"ne
~ 4'"an ,n, iL"AeH.f7 "auheena CO.. "i''' sent.
a1l improvements of character designed to iu-
terest thu put,|ic, and csporjnlly tbu Ihorar.u
shawn l., tliu n.,x t,,,,,,nor.ra.o,, t w. ~.
'.,.'t .,,.,.1 .t'n,'.,ns' ~. .s,s ~ Wv Nv
flueAt o"eci@ a''eot'o1l' W telee1aph and othaf-
VICE. drawn sd lt1 sucsess az a fishing aud pleas
Urn ont. Induce me IL give YOU tho earlicst in-
fvr,na,Iou from, l,enuuu,rtsr. M tn nro;ar,o,,
,.,.,..,,.,.,.,,,a -, H. ...'.,,,a...,
'n'so's'''e'S " 10 eu."ae'sea q. once and IN
tendon 10 ho III readiness tho ensuing spring
and SUMMER.
Ttls Dakton Gnriucs tomunuv ch.,+.ro. t,,
th., s,ato az W,s,o,sin w:t,, ~, .n,ni, o>,,;t,i
49,, ,,It,, n,trnr;.,a,, ~ 49,. p'o .''.a''
ana 1"'ls aA'uott~ea 10 taFu. Gf"EFS b1'l'd lt''
tes. trot.1ng-pnrks, and STEAMBOATS,, and to pros
tcute almost any current busi,,ess n,ruuit ia the
ownat Of tue celebrated watos. nt t,t. ,.,;,t ;,
,,,.,,a 1u;,uo,.,, ,,,,, ,n,.ar...I, ,U,.t
- " " - "''!'' ' "A't"o' 81 - e''st to'o ~ tAa
ahu Haets OF 'ano' among WHICH 10 beautiful
tract OF over leu acres, aniost aitotnng tho
lrunises Ut tho Oukton Springs HutcL.-sbc
sa1n. co,nprisiuu A honnrifnl ,,roye now b.io,,
lifted nm M nar,. saio,,,i,n, m,,,. T.. ,'s.Ss
W.. at 40 ta'A a"lo'us''H "u'eu Is 'ocA'ea
oakEoh spfais aro'lna Which, Hps'ns aud park
tn1f.mle trnst!ng4ourse iiaa brBn surveyed;
auA with twu fint beds ar gravel adtacent,
It 1s proposed 1urhE ihe fall auA Wutnr, tu cuul-
I'lcte tbs grading aud uranluE 01 aid FaFk in u
proper hnu duraulo lllanleE, with tic Intention
u oEsniuS 1t IN tho spring. unlar the uImu OF
tho uaAtun Sprlp(;s birmingham.
Within 4 few tl,ln1s4d ss'!. Of lhe ap1ing
and proynrs4l lask Ii tho rr!yata suuhlor-febI-
deuce OF COL N. +. 1grhars. wsI!-aErsngel
uctagon house. with cigtl:ceu 1oosna. And barn
Anl rlai,ls adjoining, capable at holding txeuty-
tive lltr sna. ansl tho grain. llay. aud hoesler-
Recommendations for tho raue. Thoae promises
it IL proposed 10 attach ~. mud lusko d part af,
tho uuttft u tts park. IL bo kuoWn aa tht club
, 1875-09-25
Interiribat .tcaIOusirs Delay fslC Sc
lection OF 4 Silc for TIT
Council,
Pcricc! Arrangements Made for The
Pro,.ctian OF th3 Commission.
Relics nt' Regent A1atsHrrcs ir
Possession Df the Indians.
Personnel of tho Commission. ..Scnator
Allison, Mr. toinlisn, Zen.
Terry, tcn. Lawrence, Capt.
AsbS, slr. Human. ani
Chl. J,cnurals.


rn.cia' c4r7,ronee,e~r Of IT, clir7n 7ri2trp
E.n C,,rn tGrrcy se.t II 1Y7,,-Tbn
,,o,1 ,ait,. - ,o,,o',;,, ia,
"o''' 1'' ''''.''" - pr '''
P'sAulhht5 arrangements for the "fani Cp''ti-
ell. and but for the tt'dlttl d. laT Of Spntted
Tail it, fainng tn ugrco to pnca fur holding t..e
Council, uncl, ct the n,,e 1tptnrtant work NJ
~, f,,,,n1..i,,, ,v,r,a nr., IT,, .ou ~, ,,r,.d
'.:n, ~. I,.. u. WEI Va ''"A'o
con'5H'"ou' All ln'ah II
TIE hidoiss FOOL ALIVE,
measured by tLc s:antlarl Of wlito civilization,
and tin a,rnr,ontH TINT w,uJ1 1,nvo .vot. ths
no.t .,r1ao1n J,,;to, t,i, ,ttar,r ,x,,, s,,c,'
A'oo' "'u.1o." 1TNvA NV, '"'' ts''i'} WIN satn
men az eFots"a lef--e'fce'h'ls RI wien they
are al amart and hiircw'l ~ the yarie';atcd cau-
dal junt mentioned. Tho trouble With tho IT.
diana has bcou TIM ,,ttor fea1,upv thu. c.is,.
ha.,raa.,t,,a 49,, ,,r,,au ,,ot 1,,
.ei' ''': a''i ~ 1'i m ''''t!sp-
ftscn3ils sEe one a:!a S'ttel lai! tho othef.
No two po!i,s.l factInns nj ono PARTY could bh
more 70. Whist TIC one agrees to the other is
certain n Fl, ;ec. to- antl ,l,ousapds of Iu]la,,.
te,s s,,,,. ;n". .,'.' ..a, ,<,;s,.' ~,
e.n' =, "r .'o '"a Jt'S ~ w. '''' .o''ms ~, ''
The Osceola times., 1875-05-22
Better Than aSnake Story.

The Searcy Record is authority
,or the following freaks OF nature:
"This 10 certainly the year Vi
revolution, or at lcas, things gs IA
little different from what they used
u did. Several weeks ago COW
near Prospect b utf had rive Ii, le
caives-I,ved tor y day. Now We
lave equally AS great curiosity
righ, ~ town. v OF Mr.. /. NJ.
. Moors's spws has litter OF i've
pigs aud two kittens. AT trs,
thought ono might suppose that
0ms cat had dropped them with
trs SOW, bui the brotherly or SIS
'cr y look or resemblance in color,
etc., precluJes this idea; besides lhs
mother takes ust rs much care Of
The kittens IA she does y. tue pigs.
We looked vt tue cong iomcraled
inter, and when not sceing The
heads oj the kiitens,nor their claws,
nor tearing their 'tneo~, ~ could
not havc told .,ny diiier. nee. Trey
are all black, aiG from tii~ enould.
.rs uacn you Vanno. tell Tie dii-
| be We u t..r Ni.tens and -. ",gt-
lbuy a.u iorI.cu alike. on,y ,ue KIT
| ,ets ..re sh;.iier ,hda zoe pigs.
: ine nra'so lir kiltens nfe ner.
icrt, ~ 80, aist sac clsNt. AID th.y
Hew as 40 kittens. ,on tht
""o.o, They afe k'ttc'.s, aud ws
na,v 40 ioi.; bni that The SOW
bore ,hcm. How ihis happened
We ARE ~ much al loss as the read
err. l, may te lhs, this il tho AZ
Of reveIutien."
The Osceola times., 1875-05-22
Andv ] Johnson's Model Daughter,

How Andy Johnson's daughter
used to run the White House was
thus pie sanity told by ex Senator
Dooilitle in Il recent address:
Whatever may be SAID N crit.
cism oi Mr.. Johnson's public coulse
all parties agree that the White
House was never more gracefully
kept and presided over than by
his daughter, Mrs. Pat,-lson--4
perfect lady and modo' oi re.
publican mistress o. ID. Whl,e
House. Let me tell n ra,t that ,.as
never been published, hut which /
had from t e lady = ownlips. Jus
as size WAS about TO leave, nj "a,
enu OF Mr. Jobnson's adninis,ra
ton, the s,ewar, took an Invehto
ry and found that not an article %
furniture was missing or brokon
not a sheet, towel, or napkin "H'
lost and the house was in pcrtec'
order from TOP TO bottom. SI,
told me another tact. which | know
the wives AID daughters Of " is
cpnsin will be glad to hear:-Whe,
they went into the White House
she purchased two excellent cows
From the milk Of these cows she
made all the butter, used all the
cream and made all the ice-crealn
u.cd in the Presidents family du-
rim. his term. When she went
home che shipped these cows To
Tennessee. ls it any wonder, la
divs, that Mrs Patterson received
the first premium on butter AT their
fair last ,all?
The Osceola times., 1875-05-22
Washinp N IT Taken In.

A 70 d o d mil or one Of our
New England BaplIst churches was
agreeably surprised by the lntelli
genoe IRON one oi his flock that
five individuals had expressed n
desire on the next Sabbath to have
The baptisn,al rites performed upon
themselves. After It's performance
however, he was somewhat cha
grIned that only one of the Eve
joined the society si whicA he was
pastor.
A Jew Sundays after the same
worthy elder waited on him with
the intelligence that ten moro de
sireI immersIon.
',nd how many Of them will
JOIN the society ? queried the min.
irtrr.
tive, | regret to say, are all We
can depend on, was the elders re.
ply.
VERY well, said tho good ole
man, 'yOu may AS we'll Inform tn,
other eight that this church doesn
take IN washing, Boston Cor,
mercial Bulletin.
The Osceola times., 1875-05-22
Phv Shiminyl Ish Dat So 2

There 10 doubtless such q thing
as excessive promp,hess in cmerg-
ehcies, Presence OF mind and de.
termination are admirable quail.
ties in the nselyes, but it sometimes
happens that n cscisiun made upon
the spur OF the moment Is regret
ted upon n more deliberate survey
oi the field. This remorse seems
to have ovsrtaken lately worthy
Dutchman of Anaka county, Mn
nesuta. The Dutchman vas seek
ing to reach n town at some dis.
,ance from Sauck Center, and 10
accomplish this must drive over
the prairie from the latter town.
lie WAS unaccust0med 20 the road
and night overt )ok him with his
vehicle last in slough and no
town in sight. He sought the soli-
lary farm house visible, and asked
permission to stay Till morning, the
lnrmer telling the traveller, howev-
er, that it would be necessary for
him to sleep with the children or
with the farmer himself. 40 their
accommodations were limited.
Quick as lightning the Dutchml ~
expressed his resolution not %
sleep with the "boddsratisn shil.
trcn, SO he slept with the farmer.
ine rest OF the story may be given
in als own language: "Vell, in
this mori,ln ven We comes nit der
STAIRS down, ! see two girls spout
seventeen und nineteen years, u,ld
| s-k der old man: "Pees dem
girls die shiltren you told ne
about und he say 'ysw, dem ish
mino only sh,idrsn t upd I Ays to
nysslf, 'Py shi@ioyl lsh dea
90 ="
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give II a turn this way. Serious
consequences might have resulted
il IL had not been discovered. 1t
might have suffocated US all. Now
be careful next time
much obliged. But how the
devil did know the burned stuff
was 'scaping 2 responded Jesms.
'Didn'tyo smell ity' asked the
clerk.
Pears to me did smell aome.
thing, SAID JrtaA But Lise, III
be burned # r6dI |hlnk it WAS
you. ka.e J never stPt with n wo-
man u ORE
We'll, Jecms, I thought il was
you that smelt that way, oil the
time. | vas jest n wondering if
all men smslt that way. 1t pcared
srrange, because | never slept with
a man atore, in my lilo, and didn't
know nothing about it, was the
oI L'ze, rs she layed over
for another nap.
The red in the clerks face grew
alarmingly redder, AS it reflected
the light ~ the burning jet, and n
rnguish twinkle nrked in the cor.
ner OF his eye, ss be- tarncd of the
CASA and all was dark, and our
friends were lett in their glory. A
sound VI suppressed m,rth was
heard in the reading room for y
few minutes, and then all WAS still.
The Osceola times., 1875-05-22

,.i.s idia Ia6l;s. Is.
The Osceola times., 1875-05-22
A Country Editors WAY.

The saying and doings ola coun.
try editor are not 40 notable now
q days Ms in the old times when ru.
raj newspapers were rarely
conducted upon y cash basis, and
tho plants of tho worried fellow
.n tho tripod, who took cord wood
or dried pumpkins. or coon skins,
or almost anything eatable or sala.
BILE tor subscriptions, were frequent
and painful and tree. Men in Jes-
perate straits are afflicted with
strange whlmSies and tho express
Ions of those dIsgusted literary
lights were often strIklngly origi.
nal and exceedingly grotesque.
Now. however, things are different,
and rarely does the country editor
excel in his old speciality. A re
cent case over in Kentucky, where
an editor "spoke right out" Is,
therefore exceptions ly notable.
He was walking one day recently
upon the street, enjoying the balmy
spring atmosphere, aud wondering
whether in the year to come his
paper would be upon a paying ba-
sis, when he became aware of a sud
den g,gxiing and ti,iering behind
him. He turned and saw the
source OF all merriment. Two well
dressed ladies. prominent in the
town, were IN his rear, and were
laughing heartily. Much 10 the
poor editors surprise, thrir atl.n-
iion seemed especially directed to
some peculiarly about his own sx-
terror Then he OWNED, with
thrill of modification, The .ansc o.
their amusement. Much twisting
and wri,hiuk wnie grinding 90,
mental productions seated IN hard.
Gsttomed chai,, mad told .pon the
fraii texture ct HI, pHut.oon. AID
,,s cloth .ad nna'iy yi..-ed Tue
"dltor's w''t, aoot, thrifty woman,
aad rapai,ed tho IAmngcs as best
.he could, b.,, perhaps because
row cloth matches but poorly with
The Old llio evidences oi her handl-
work we're all too plain!y visible J
Hence the crual laughter OF the Ia.
dies walking behind the country
editor. Tue poor man 1ed 10 his
affice in shame. Then hrs man
hood asserted itself, und he sat
down npon the patch and wrote
something for the paper. His next
issue contained this paragraph:
"As we walked past u couple OF
young ladies on the streets the other
day, one OF them, 81 We are inform
ed, observed arg, .-ized patch Oh
our pants, and made merry over
tho discovery. Well, We do wear
lid clothes, it is trIe, but we mig t
afford TO treat ourselves to better
ones, If the husba, OF the woman
e refer to would come to the OF
flee aud pay us SIS, winch he has
been owing tor u long time for
subscription and job work p
Doubtless" said logical old
English clergyman, God might
have made better berry than the
strawberry, but. doubtless. God new
or did" Doubtloss soma country
editor might makex point more
nee,ly, bat, doubtless, none ever
did! II that little bill OF S.S WAS
no, settled up within week after
the appearance OF his paper, then
is there no virtue il. pungency.
Aud the occurrence WAS . literal
aud recent ons.-[St Louis Re.
publican.
The Osceola times., 1875-05-22
Laws Governing Subscribers.

Ii subseribsrs order the di,cou;inuance Of then
nsw,pap.r, the publisher may continue 10 send
them unlil ali srresrsses are paid.
II subscribers neglect ~ refuse u take tneii
ss~spap-rs from tIeif office to which the! Arc
Airect-d, they are held responsible unth tne!
have settled tuelr bills and ordered the paper di--
soa lHus
subscribers move TO other places without in.
forming the publisher, ana new 4 apels urc s,"'
10 Inv .riuer direction they are hclu responsible
The Osceola times., 1875-05-22
OFFICIAL DIRECTOkl.
STAT. ,rFCE -.


0ovsrnor-A. II. Garland
s-sy of state-D. b. Beavers.
Asdtor--W ~ K. Miller.
u, ssursr-T j Churcil.
ANY Gsn'i.-r 4. Hu.hes.
Con STATE Lsnds--J. y >mithes
chaacslor-J Ii. Eskin.
chaneery Clerk-A Il. Witt.
ehi.f Jastics--E II. Englieh
Associate Justices Wa. NJ. Harrison and
David Walker
S~sxss.Iaan, let Disi,ict-L, =. Cause.
JUDIL.AHf.
fe.esa Cii suit-C Copniies oi NJ is-issppi, Cros
crttsndsn. rsiatselt, ra.heAd, Greene, Clay.
ton aud Randolph
Lircuit j t,lye l. L. ia'k.
Pros A,t'y u. n. .i@cA.
LEpIoLa II
Seta Di.triot-C1Intiss IS oi Nj ,-issil, '-s1".
Past.stt .ad Crsishead.
State ssnstur-J. 7 iirnderroA
Espr-,sstatiys-J. nuddl..
COUNTY OFF CER
esSnty Jadsc-L 81 Lsriis.z.
SaslF-J. U DTi'er.
Csapty n rk-J. L. iis'e.
STzasgrsr--J. l. Driver.
saTyeyor--John III. RAINY.
Assessor--L. Nap
ceroner-A W Lucas.
The Osceola times., 1875-05-22
Everybodies Troubles.

The earth is often spoken aud
written Of ~ . plsr~ OF trouble,
and human exls encs il proverbial.
v one OF sorrow? An instant's
reflection will teach ne that they
cannot MS . rule result from the
tremendous Affections, the vast
misiortunss, the agonixIng bsreavs.
ments that sometimes visits us.
These are in fact rare events in
any ones life; some lives, indeed,
may BE- said to be entirely free
from them. Wherefore, then, all
our pain, our care aud hravinesss I!
II isa strange reflection, but no
more strange than true, that the
great sum oi human misery Is made
up Of petty miserles, which, conSid.
cred singly, seem contemplate,
but which present a fearful aggre-
gate OF suffering,
A tight boot seems rather small
atiair OF itself, yet |, Is that alone
which fills you with unuttcrabls
anguish at Mrs. Tomnoddy's party,
spols the whole evening Q enjoy-
ment. and prevents your making
yourself agreeable 10 Miss Aurifer,
the beautiful heirsss But for that
tight boot you might now be her
husband, ins;ead OF young Cos
ling. who attended d the same party
who knows?
4 tpnch Of the toothacho is neith-
er Il great nor dangerous malady;
but it will cause you to suffer all
the ,or'u,es of the lnQuisition, and
almost drive you crazy with pnin
oeiere you can summon the cour-
age 10 have it extracted.
Your beet friend borrows ten
dollars OF you and never repays IL.
The amount 10 not large, and you
con afford 20 lose ten times that
amount; hut the ncanness and in
gratitude of the thing worry you
mere than would the sinking Of
thousands in any of the ordinary
ventures OF trade.
Tour toes are heavily trodden
on in crowd. Your ribs are
sharply eIbowed in the same.
you cant make The coal burn of .
cold winters morning, with the
murcury ten below zero. Some
scoundrel steals the daily paper
from your front steps when the ex-
pecteI news is Of great moment.
You 90 to see Angellns Of an even
ing aud find that prep0strrOus
Wigging there briore you. Ysur
wife hasn't sewed that missing but
ton on your shirt, and you don't
discover it till the garment 10 on.
The steak 10 tough. You get soak
ed by u sudden shower. Your fa.
vorile volume is borrowed. and re-
turned soiled and dog eYred. These
are but lew examples of the min.
or ills of lite, which, oitrecurring
aud unavoidable, conspire against
our ply and mental peace.
The moral is obvious. Be not
unduly chaled and tretted by tri-
Hes, since
They come not single spies,
tut In Bsttaliuns."
Treat them philosophically, and
resolve to ENJOY lie despite them,
for they are indeed the littlo foxes
that spoil the vines.
The Osceola times., 1875-05-22
-Thst cooper wae most mt

That cooper wae most nnfor
tu"ate. although in"efa'i. NY II
iu-triurs Ike Iaborrd en- 20, n
whul. summer ~ I..S -Cyalr'ny II
mpossib,' casks and barrels Wltr u
comparatively c.ear c"nscierc" ;
but when Oid DobbS ietied along
q hung bole and requcs,ed him TO
put y pu"Sheen " il, that cooper
stepped down ard ost.
The Osceola times., 1875-05-22
. The Arkadelphia
ta,ldartl

The Arkad-lph'a tsndard
makes this note: "A Pecu'arit,
about the young peaches this year,
il, that large proportion Of them
are twins, united at the stem. We
saw IT small twig the other day with
ii c"zcn ,r more twins upon 1t.
VIII -oI"- Irsrned pomologist tel!
why ,hc-r things ARE thus!
W canhoi tell why but the sn,Le
thine ,s true III tbs par, ct the
country. Des Are Cit,zsn.
The Osceola times., 1875-05-22
tVr Term Of one year -, 80. ......,s ~ u
.. =. sIA Months. .... ....., | "
.. Three Months. ....... x
RATES OF ADVERTISING:

~. dollar per square oI one inca running
measure, vr space Oi ten llucs oi ihis I, pc, loi
srst iu- xrt,pn, and sryenty-h:e cents Tor each
subsequent Insertion,
sfkCIALNU IN Local column Ceat.d)
altS per eent ON above rates.
OBiTCAkl SOrjL kS-Inscr,ed at sdyertis-
AZ rats.
A liberal deduction made Uu above IA - iVI
stsuuIng advertisements.
kDiIOtl Al NOTICES Referring To advertise
meuIs, OF advancing private Intcrests, rate rs
Asnsleut tAAliSr.
Wneu NO contracts are made, cash must nc
company AL aIy -rti-emeuts No devialluns
Hv.u the above ruies.
The Osceola times., 1875-05-22
"--They come not single spies,
ut IN Bsttaliuns."

Treat them philosophically, and
resolve to ENJOY lie despite them,
for they ure indeed the littlo foxes
that spoil the vines.
The Osceola times., 1875-05-22

according as the feeling predisposss 70
hai;ef in apy shane or favors come par
The Osceola times., 1875-05-22

;ss.. .s.s,:,:;f :. revived s. 81. Esuoil sl ~H oi
= g. - afleg thar almost
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-10-28
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

IMPROVING ones time-Mending the
clock
a. NEVER sot my hand to writin'
poetry till two years ago." said young
ruralist, fitting back in grocery chair;
. but the minute | took to goin' with
that johnson girl, by gosh! | couldn't
help it."
a YANKEE has invented n milking
machine that can be carried in pocket
book. Now if he were to invent milch
COW that could be carried in the coat
tail pocket, his machinewould sell more
rapidly.
The latest discovery at Pompeii is
that of figure of woman lighting q
fire in the cook-stove, while her husband
is asleep in bed. And yet we talk about
the advanced civilization of the Nine
teenth Century!
SAM say, Jim, how does you like
nv new sweet ob clothes?" Jim
.'Sweet OBJ clothes, Go long. You
mean suit of clothes" Sam-''Go long
wild yer ownself, you black ignoramuS! !
Don't folks as knows French say sweet
of rooms? Well, de same am appli-
cable to clothes. Go whitewash yer
self?'
STUMBLING into his room he sat down
on the edge of the bed and soliloquized
thus: ''Feet wet, tight boots, sore on
one hand an felon on t'Other, and no
boot-iack in z house. Sings got to be
dif'rent. Ether | mus get married,
else get boot-jack. Whishall l do?"
WHEN a boy has been off all day, con-
trary to the expressed wish of his moth
er, and on approaching the homestead
at night, with an anxious and cautious
tread, finds company at tea, the express
sion of confidence and rectitude which
lights up his face cannot be reproduced
on canvas.
A WOMAN with her first baby banged
on her female neighbours door the other
morning, about the time old toperS
crawl out to hunt their mornings cheer,
and shrieked out eXcitedly, 'COme over
as soon as you get your breakfast; If
the baby hasn't got tooth I'm liar. ~
AN Englishman was bOasting to q
Yankee that they had book in the
British Museum which was once owned
bv Cicero. s'Oh, that amt nothin'," ," re-
t0rted the Yankee; ''in the museum in
Boston they've got the lead-pencil that
Noah used to check off the animals that
went into the ark"
A YOUNG lady in Washington County,
New York, beautiful and well-edueated,
and the owner of an $4,000 farm in her
own right, says that when she is mar
ried the entire wedding expenses, in
cluding her dresses, shall not cost over
sos, and that she will make her hus-
band happier than any city belle can
who takes off four chairs full of padding
at night, and cannot go to a party
wearing a dress that cost under $40.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-10-28
Fifty.eight Boys Poisoned.

On the morning of the Sd of August,
before breakfast, fifty-eight boys in the
Forest-gale Industrial School in Eng
land chewed varying quantities of the
roots of an oldlaburnum tree which had
been cut across the preceding after
noon, they thinking it very much like
stick liquorice, which it certainly re-
sembles in smell. In a very short time
these boys were affected with symptoms
of narcotic poisoning, varying in sever
ity from simple sleepiness to complete
Stupor; none of them complained of
any pain, or burning of mouth, or stom
ach, nor was there any sickness until
emetics were given. They were taken
into the infirmary, looking pale and
cold, and staggering about. Their pu-
pills were somewhat dilated. Dr. VAL
lance, the medical officer of the school,
states that the boys were treated imme-
diateiy by emetic doses OF mustard and
water, and in the worst cases by sui
phate of zinc and ipecacuanha. Two
boys were much worse than the rest; :;
they, after freely vomiting, were insen-
sible, and showed very strange waving
motions of the arms to and fro, while
now and then their legs, first one and
then the other, were convulsively drawn
up; there was also in one of the two
slight frothing at the mouth, and the
pupils were unequally- dlated. This
latter symptom was noticed several
times. These two boys were strong and
robust, and thirteen years old. Ten
hours after taking the poison they went
to sleep while being walked about the
yard, after having had cold douches,
strong coffee, etc. Upon careful inqui-
~ it was found that these boys could
not have chewed more than half an
ounce of the laburnum root. All the
cases speedily recovered.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-10-28
An Unfortunate Comment.

Last night Mr.. Joblink had just hung
up. his hat on the rack, and dressed up
his countenance in the amiable and
somewhat conciliatory smile with which
he is wont to greet the partner of his
bosom, when that lady appeared and
pointed sternly to the door. She said:
Leave this house,"
" Matilda!"
"Don't Matilda me. Co."
"Dear me-" whimpered JOblink,
rubbing his bald head with violence,
"what, in Gods name, have L done
nOwPr
"Done now, you brute? Look there F"
Joblink took the newspaper held out
and read:
1.-The English languageis is more spok-
en- than any other of the civilized
tongues"
And the margin opposite this inno-
cent statement of fact appeared in job
links handwriting the sentiment, loo
true"
With a groan, the husband and IA
ther departed. 1t was after midnight
when Joblink sneaked back and made
up bed for himself on the lounge in
the dining-room.-Eir Virginia (NeU.)
Chronicle