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I found that the basis OF the n National
Colony was not fully understood by the
people all over the country. One man
asked ME how much land the Colony
controlled. aud how much each MANY
share would be$who Joined the Colony.
! did not think at ilrst what lie was
trying to get at, but finally discovered
that he thought that we, the Colonists,
controlled so much land and held it in
common, the same As the Oneida Com
munity. Another man told me he UNI
dersto0d our Colony was formed on the
free love basis. I told him we had lots
Of love here, that is we tried to love our
neighbors as ourselves. told him the
Colony was founded on a temperance
basis. and all joining the Colony had
certain advantages in the way of rail-
road fare and freight in moving out and
a rebate on the lumber they used in
building, etc., and as to the amount of
land that each individual could control,
was all that the law would allow him to
enter as a homestead and tree claim,
and all that he had money enough to
pay for. have done all could to en-
courage immigration to this section,
and expect quite q number on in the
spring. Ny advic:. to all who are now
here is to stick and hang, and in short
time We will come ou5 top of the heap.
Fl. L. L.
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THE NATIONAL COLONY.

Lilly H8a4 AV4NkaA VVAj0N4s
townships
from two feet depth There
yn
since took the the "GARDES
great county, The pntpa one, are Lake.
Ellington there o
sTOCKGROWING.
eminent Degree and the
and making
RAILROADS.
county
keeping the people daily with both Pau" distant
d'a"ssam Ills confidently expected that within
will be extended the
posed road a Undue
be
Founding Of the Colony
The National Colony was founded it, the Spring ST.
Ohio The
1871
some vacant
Towns and Villages
WORTnINGTON
Is the and thriving
having crcumeru
ofaou six miles,
nss bons
drug Stores
stores 2meat Stores BLACKSMITH
.""'ae So'e i"l"es SHOP livery stable grocery feed store print
office and Touring
church edaces and the Meho,.s own the 1,r . - . ~
represented x..
Lodge Good Templar buildings
Block. costing
operation under tn.
Independent District
time
superior those
traffic has attracted the better
Isl thriving village
" railroad station and contains hardware
the village
HERSEY,
in
and fertile
Temperance and Education.
tered
Wothon
districts the county,
PROGRESS Ot THE COLONY.
tho
pet
,CLIM ATE.
ADVANTAGE
The
church and privileges
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map and history Of the National Colony. All
questions relating to the SOIL climate, and other
natural advantages. and to the development of
Southwestern Minnesota, will be faithfully IN.
Swered.
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Will put them In shape for the press. Particular
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paper. and tho only newspaper publishsd In No.
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Of the Colony, and will give besides great guam.
tity Of valuable information concerning the
prairies Of the West.
The Baltimore County union., 1875-02-06

THE GRAssHoPPERs AS A MEANS OF IMPOSITION -
The Chicago Tribune of the 18th instant in an
editorial, says that The reports OF suffering in
Kansas from the ravages OF grasshoppers have
been greatly exaggerated. We quote from its
article
"There have been proofs enough to satisfy the
public that there has been considerable suffering
in some of the northwestern counties OF Kansas,
but subsequent information shows that the truth
has been grossly exaggerated for the purpose OF
working upon the sympathies and pockets OF
charitable people in the Middle and Eastern as
we'll as the Western States, and getting contrbu-
tons for the relief of Suffering Kansas The
country is literally swarming with beggars from
that State, who are magnifying the account OF
suffering, and collecting iu proportion to the d.
meusion of their stories.
"When the Legislature of Kansas, on the call
Of the Governor, met in extra session short time
ago, it authorized all the county boards 10 issue
and sell bonds for the relief of the people in each
county who had suffered from the 'grasshoQper
scourge,' so as to put in their winter crops and
obtain seed for their spring sowing. Only one
county (Reno) availed itself Of this privilege, and
that county, through the operation of ring OF
spectators, had already issued bonds to an
amount exceeding the selling value Of the proper
ty in the county In addition to this it is no.
torious fact that Kansas is full of cattle, fodder,
grain and fruits of all kinds. Its farmers were
never better off financially than now. Notwith-
standing this nothing has been done in the State
towards relieving itself The begging comait-
tees in the State itself, which is overlooking with
products, and which boasts its 5000 miles Of
railroad and its 900, 900 or 100, 900 population,
have net tarried at home but have set off on
their mendicant pilgrimage through the East and
the West, and are now narrating their stories OF
destitution and obtaining provisions and money
to the value of tens Of thousands Of dollars The
point to be impressed upon the public is that
Kansas is abundantly able to take care of its
sufferers without outside aid, and this point we
feel warranted in asserting upon good authority,
as up to this time she has done little or nothing,
because people abroad have rushed en- masse to
the succor OF starving (?) Kansas.
The Baltimore County union., 1875-02-06

els that cheese rich 2" asked Bloggs of his
grocer. eyes," was the candid reply, "there's
millions in it,
-"What are you after, my dear?" said a
grandmother to little boy, who was sliding
along room and casting furtve glances at a
gentleman who was paying visit. 81 am try
ing, grandma, to steal papa's hat out OF the
room without letting the gentleman see it; he
wants him to think he's out"
Secretary Belknap asks Congress for an
appropriation of 100000 for the purpose of
publishing the official records of the war;
These records are in a promiscuous mass and
it is not proposed to publish them all. But
the publication is to apply to the leading fea-
tures in it, leaving out the useless details.
Poor people living along the lines OF the
great coal transporting roads do not suffer for
want of fuel All through tie summer men
and women of poorer classes sally out in the
morning at an early hour and gather up what
has fallen from the trains passing in the night
They easily pick up bushel per head, and
store it away for future use. The shrnkage on
cargoes of coal carried 100 miles must be very
considerable.
The following marriage certificate was te-
Gently found among some old archives of the
town of Norwich, Conn. There was no date of
the year, but the penmanship and paper both
bore testimony to the extreme age of the doc
ument: married, at Norwich, Sunday even
ing, 3lst December, Dr. Enocn omlIn, so calleu' ,
aged 66, more or less, renowned collier, to the
amiable and accomplished Miss Mary Melony,
a celebrated taioress, aged 26 next grass.
''How pleasant it is to see
Turkeys and hens agree"
The intuition of the Treasury girls serves
them we'll in the counterfeit business and
General Spinner, who has had twelve years
experience in the work, says they are worth
ten times as much as the men for such busi
ness "a man always has a reason for coun-
terfeit," says the General, "but he is wrong
half the time" ga woman ney er has rea
son. She says tits counterfeit because it is
counterfeit, and she's always right-although
she couldn't tell how she found it out if she
were to be hung for It,"
The Baltimore County union., 1875-02-06
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In STRICT CONFIDENCE,

DEAR NELLIE:
turn to you, love, in my trouble;
know ough. not, but mxst speak or diel
I've found out at last that all bliss is a bubble
Don't think, though with Jack there is aught gone
awry:
Our house is superb and dear Jack just splendid
The baby's the sweetest that ever you saw;
think that my home would be Heaven descended
To Earth, were il not fcr-my mother-in-law.
OF course, set out with view to adore her
Jacks mother, you knowl-I threw open my heart,
And daily in humblest salams bent before her,
To win her affection, tried every art.
credited her with all good in creation,
shut my eyes tight and would not see flaw;
But now, spite of all, to my own CONSERVATION,
find myself hating my mother-in-law.
If wish for thing, she'll advise the contrary,
She wayays my orders for dinner and tea,
She worries the nursemaid, and nags cook and Mary
Criticises my friends, and politely snubs me.
She tries to control all my household expenses;
She'd keep every key, if she could, in her claw;
With structures she drives me half out of my senses
| wonder if JOB had a mother in law
And Jack if he knew it, of would be worried;
But men are so stupid, and l ii never tell
He wonders, know, why often seem furred,
Yet to speak would be useless l know very we'll
In some things bat than can be binder
He'd not understand, but just answer, "Oh, pshaw
She doesn't half mean it. Go and don't mind her.;
Just fancy mot mindng'' my mother-in-lawl
If dance at party, ''Such conducts improper;''
If / smile at partner, there's sraightway scene;
II buy new dress, she counts up every copper, s
And sighs "Such extravaganza never was seen!'
She manages always with such a sly knack, too,
She makes folks believe she's saint without flaw.
half wish were dead, Nell-and baby and Jack too
In Heaven can't have mother-in-law
She ruled her household; why can't she permit
To govern in turn in my own well?
If you've any advice (there it's post timel remit
The same. Adeu, darling!
AS ever, yours
BELLE.
P. s.-of all wives, Nellie dear, my surmise is,
Mother Eve the luckiest the world ever saw:
Though they lost an estate in certain "Fall Criss,'
She and Adam had never a mother-in-law!
'Etchings;' Scri6ner for February.
The Baltimore County union., 1875-02-06
n LiUeLy Corpse.

0yerin WifsSsAgt the other day, a mar
named W. d. Shuckers died. 1t seems that there
was another man in the city bearing precisely
the same name, and when the death was an
nounced, good many of his friends thought
he was dead, and they resolved to go to the iu-
neral. On the day of the funeral the living
Shuckers also thought he would go, partly for
the purpose of ascertaining how it felt to par
ticipate in the obsequies OF a man named VIM.
d. Shuckers He took up a position in the
vestbule, and just as the mourners were about
to come out, friend of his, named Jones, saw
him. The first impulse of Jones was to rush
through the kitchen, and climb suddenly over
the back fence, but he controlled himself, and
after pokiRg Shuckers in the ribs with his UNI
brella to determine positively that he was not
a ghost, he remarked:
"Why, Shuckers, what on earth are you do
ing here? Why amt you in your coffin? ?"
"Cofin p exclaimed Shuckers; "what d. you
mean? What do want with coffin ?"
"Mr. Shuckers, you know you are dead
Why, they got up all this gorgeous funeral for
ypu, all these carriages and pall-bearers and
.nllgs, and the clergyman's just been paying
u splendid compliments that any dead man
might be proud Of"
'But tell you Pm not dead. I'm as much
alive as you are"
"There is no use in arguing the point, Shuck-
ers; the occasion is too solemn for controversy.
But if you have any consideration for the feel
ings of your bereaved family, who are weeping
IS waiting ae ane SI sns
you will 20 and get into your coffin and behave.
It's indecent to carry on so at your own funer'
al"
"Jones, my boy said shuckers, "you have
mistaken-"
"No, I'm not mistaken. You're dead-tech-
nically dead-anyhow. 1t has been announced
in all the papers, your relations have gone into
mourning, the Board of Trade has passed reso-
lutions of regret, the sepulcnre has been dug,
up there in the cemetery, and the undertaken
has gone to considerable expense to inter you
comfortably. Now, 60 and lie down, won't
your"
"Hang the undertaken" said Shuckers.-
"No, I'll not go and lie down. I'll see you in
Kansas first"
"Now, see here, Shuckers, l came here to at
tend your funeral, and Pm not going to be baf-
fed by any unseemly conduct on the part OF
the corpse Oh you needn'tlook at me. Eth
er you get back into that cofsin, sos the lid can
be screwd on, and the procession move off,
or I'll put you in there by force. Ii inanimate
remains like you can go scooting round in this
incendiary manner, we'll have the cemeteries
unloading, and the unnumbered dead crowd
ing out and wanting to vote"
Then Jones called the undertaken, who
knocked Shuckers down with a cane, and held
him until he explained, and until the scared
undertaken recovered his eauanmity, which
left him at the bare suggestion that the corpse
was loose. Then the funeral moved on to the
cemetery, and Jones went home, while Shuck
r..soodou w an d1uoi nan-o oInce W oWoaf
our a warrant against the undertaken for as
sault and battery. He intends to change hi:
name to Duykinck.
The Baltimore County union., 1875-02-06

M1~ Ninevah was fourteen miles long, eight
wall 100 feet high, and thick enough for three
chariots abreast. Babylon was fifty miles
within the walls, which were seventy five feet
thick and 100 feet high, with 100 brazan gates.
The temple of Diana, at Ephesus, was 42O feet
t, the support of the roof; it was 100 years in
building. The largest of the pyramids was 4Sl
feet in height and S53 feet on the sides. The
base covered eleven acres. The stones are
about sixty feet in length, and the layers are
2lS. 1t employed 100000 men in building
The labyrinth of Egypt contains 800 chambers
and IL halls. Thebes, 10 Egypt, presents ruins
twenty-seven miles around, and contained
900 citizens and 100000 slaves. The tenn
pie OF Delphos was so rich in donations that it
was plundered of $50, 100000 and the Emperor
Nero carried away from it 200 statues. The
walls of Rome were thirteen miles around.
The Baltimore County union., 1875-02-06

A FINE LEGAL PolNT-A CONDEMNED MURDERER
CALLED TO TESTIFY Which OF HIS VICTIMS WAS
KILLED FIRsT.-On Wednesday, John Goodman
the murderer Of an old married couple was hang
ed at Ottawa, Ohio. The murder, committed
last April, was most brutal one and before his
execution Goodman confessed TO the deed
There was one question as 10 the justice OF the
death verdict in his case but there arose another
very fine question out of the murder, one not YET
finally decided Old Mr. aud Mis-. Haywood, the
couple murdered, were a singular pair they lived
alone, and did not agree very well. They lived
on small farm, and the property was owned
separately. Mr.. Haywood owned the land and
part of the stock, the old lady the household
furniture, part of the stock, and money in bank
The manner OF the murder was as follows -
Goodman resolved to commit the deed for the
sake of pluDder. he secured gun, and visiting
the house upon trivial pretext, got the old man
to accompany him toward the woods Dropping
behind Haywood, Goodman then sho; him
through the heart seeming TO kill him instantly.
The murderer then rihed the body and proceeded
again toward the house. AS he approached he
saw the old lady, who had heard the shot and
suspected evil, running away Goodman fred,
and the old lady fell when he ran upeud finished
the deed by cutting her throat from ear to ear.
So much about the murder. Now comes in
the question as TO where the property ofthe muir
dered couple shall go Both man and woman
were illegitimste chdrt neither had children,
and in the event of the death of one of them, the
property would go to the other The one OF the
two who died last would die possessed of all the
property, and would, in turn, transmit il 10 dis
tant heirs. Two groups Of heirs de-
mandng the estate, one group claiming it from the
murdered man another demanding it as repre-
sentatives of the murdered woman. The ques-
thau tn hath tha ali
tleman was thoroughly dead before his wife was
killed. and the counsel for the heirs OF the latter
demanded and secured the ante-mortem deposit
ton of the man who was hanged on Wednesday.
He thought the old man died before the woman
was killed, and if his word is deemed good in
court, Mrs. Haywood heirs will win the case.
The case is singular one.-&. Louis Republican.
The Baltimore County union., 1875-02-06
miscellaneous.
john W. Garrett.

SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND CAREER OF THE PREsl-
DENT OF THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.