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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-13

Administrator are liable to account
for interest on funds in their haads,
although no profit should have been
| made upon them, unless the exigencies
of the estate rendered it prudent that
! they should hold the funds uninvested.
When a house is rendered untenant-
able in consequence of improvements
made on the adjoining lot, the owner
OF such cannot recover damages, be-
cause he had knowledge of the ap-
| preaching damage in time to protect
himself from it.
A person who has been led to sell
goods by means of false pretense can
not recover them from one who has
purchased them in good faith from the
| fraudulent vendor.
Permanent crectioDs and fixtures,
made by mortgage after the execu-
ton OF the mortgage upon land con-
| veyed by it, becomes a part OF the
mortgaged premisis.
A seller Of goods, chattels or other
property, commits no fraud in law,
when he neglects to tell the purchaser
of any flaws, defects or unsoundpess
in the same.
An arrangement by the holder of a
note to give the principle debtor time
for payments. without depriving him
of the right to serve, does not dis
charge the surety.
The opion of witness as to the value
of a dog that has been killed, is not
| admissible in evidence. The value of
the dog is to be decided by jury
Money paid for the purpose of set
thing or compoundiDg a prosecution
for supposed felony, cannot be re-
covered back by the party paying it.
A day book copied from a "blotter''
in which original charges are first
made. will not be received in evidence
as book of original entries.
A stamp impressed upon an instru-
ment by way Of seal, is as good as a
seal if it creates a durable Impression
in the texture of the paper.
Ii any person put a fence on or plow
the land of another, he is liable for
trespass whether the owner has sus-
tanned injury or not.
A private person may obtain an in
junction to prevent a public mischief
by which he is affected, in common
with others.
If a person who is unable from ILL.,
ness to sign his will, has his hand
guided in making his mark, the sig
nature is valid.
Ministers OF the Gospel, residing in
any corporated town, are not exempt
from jury, military or fire services.
A wife cannot be convicted for re-
ceiving stolen goods when she re-
ceived them from her husband
An agent is liable to his principals
for loss caused by his misstatements,
though unintentional.
No man is under obligation to make
known his circumstances when he is
buying goods.
The fruits and grass on the farm or
garden of an intestate decend to the
heir
Money paid 80 Sunday contracts
may be recovered.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-13
RArEs OF ADVERTISING.


Smith, the auctieBeer, is q popular
man, q wit and gentleman No per.
son is offended at what he says. and
many a hearty laugh has been pro
voked by bis sayings. He was recent
" engaged in the sale OF venerable
household furniture and fixtures. He
had just got to going, goingsand
half, going, when he saw smiling
countenance. on agricultural should
ers, wink at him.
A wink is good nod to a blind
horse or sharp sighted auctioneer.
SO Smith winked and the man winked;
and Smith kept ''going. going" with
lot Sf glassware. stove-pipes, carpets,
pots, and perfumery. and finally the
lot was knocked down.
ITO whom?" said Smith, gazing at
the smiling stranger.
Who? Gollyr' said the stranger,
II don't know who.
"Why. you, sir!' said Smith.
Who, me?'
Yes, you bid on the lot," said
Smith.
''Me? Hang me if I did," insisted
the stranger.
why did yos mot wink and keep
winking?" asked Smith.
"WiDking! Well, l dill, and so did
you at me. l thought you was wink
ing as much as to say keep dark, I'll
stick somebody on this lot of stuff
and 1 winked AZ much as to say, II
be hanged if you don't, mister.
No more goods were sold on that
iay.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-13
RICHMOND,

and battered walls, the bare floors,
the wretchedness and poverty. His
wife crept away, fearing his drunken
wrath. He knew what moved her,
and it cut him like knife.
Mary, come here!' he said, as he
closed the door and held out his hand;
II am not drunk tonight"
She slowly approached him, won
dering if drink had not crazed him,
Mary" he said as he clasped her
hand, Il haven't drank drop to-
night
"Oh, james, she sobbed, breaking
right down in an instant.
They call me old Jim Drayton; say
I'm sot; wonder why don't die; say
can't REFORM he went on, but IN
going to stop drinking-I have stop
ped!"
She put her arms around his neck.
but could not speak.
From to night, as long as l live,
Ill be James Drayton again-sober--
steady-a kind husband and good
fatherl Go and wake up the children,
Mary, and let US all pray together.
rs father going to kill us?' they
whispered as they we're aroused from
their wretched beds.
'No-no-be's sober-he's going to
he good again. she sobbed.
At midnight the voice ofprayer,
broken by sobs. was heard in the old
hovei, and old Jim Drayton, kneeling
at his chair, said:
"Mary-children-m heaven help
me to be better man."
So may ii.
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Mail rime Table.

Mail Time Table.
GOING NORTH-Including all places sup
piled from the Chicago X. r., and the Fl.
Wayne R. R.,scloses at 1000 "a. m.
GOING SOUFH-l. Including Cincinnati
and all points beyond, closes at 7:30 a. m.
2. Including all places supplied from the
Cincinnati Railroad. eco p. m.
GOING EAsT-Including all places sup.
piled from the Columbus X r., amt
all Eastern and Central States, closes at
1000 a. m Via Dayton and Xenia Rail-
road, closes 800 a. M
GOING VEST. Including Indianapolis
and all points beyond, closes I0:GO a. M. :;
2. same above, closes 730 p. m; g. in
cluding all points supplied by the Indi-
points west and northwest, closes 800
p. m.
To Webster, Williamsburg and B1oomiEgs-
port, on Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day, at 200 p. M
To Cox's Mills, White Water, Bethel and AR
ba, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
at l2:00 m.
To Abingdon, Clifton and Liberty, on Mon
day and Friday. at 700 a. m.
To Boston, Beechy mire, Good wins Corner.
and College Corner, on Tuesday and
Friday, at 1890 m.
MAILS ARE OPEN
At 500 n m. from Indianapolis and Cincin-
natl and beyond.
At II:OO a. IN. from Cincinnati. way and
through mails
at 400 D. IN. from East via Columbus Rail-
road, and Dayton and Xenia Railroad.
At 700 n m. from North, via Chicago Rail-
road and Fort Wayne Railroad.
At 500 p. m from indianapolis and beyond
office open from 700 a. m. to 7:30 p: m.--
On sunday, from 500 to 1000 a. m.
Dec l IsT4 B W. DAVIS. p. NJ.
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From The Woman s Journal
Another Elizabeth Black well.

EDITORS WoMAN's JOURNAL: =
Looking over the library of the Rev.
VIM Ellery Charming, ID. D., lately,
came upon beautiful folio volume
of cOlored engravings OF plants. The
work testified to tt skill and energy
displayed by woman, a century and
a quarter ago. 1t also showed that
DIR. Elizabeth Blackwell of New York
was not the first to honor the name.
For these two reasons copied what
[ thought might interest you, if you
have not seen the work Yours truly,
MARY F. EASTMAN.
Tewksbury, Mass.
ACURIOUS HEREAL.
Containing 800 cuts of the most useful plants
which are now used in the Practice
of Physick.
Engraved on folio Copper Plates, after
Drawings taken from the Life,
Elizabeth blackwell.
, London. .,o ~, oa
l75l.
alexander Blackwell. son of
Thomas Blackwell. first Minister of
Paisley, removed in 100 to Aberdeen,
where, in 1717, he was made Principal
of Mareschal College He married
Elizabeth, daughter of wealthy mer-
chant. He wasted his wife's
fol tune by reckless absence Of three
years on the continent -. Ills
wife understood the publication OF a
medical botany. She not only drew
the illustrations, but engraved them
on copper and colored the proofs with
her own hands.
THE most eminent persons visited
her at Chelsea, and after she had sat
isfed her husbands creditors, he was
treated with consideration for her
sake The College of Physicians gave
her handsome present and testi-
monial. He, (Mr. b. was ap-
pointed Kings Physician, and his
vile was just on the point of going to
him with her child, when she received
the dreadful news of his execution on
the charge of high treason. :.
"Commersen, the botanist, dedicat-
ed to her the genus of plants, Black
wellia. in the Isle of France.
Her work was reproduced in Ger
many, publishedat at Nuremberg 6vols.,
folio, 600 plates. AtLeipsic, in 1894,
it was published in Svo.
The descriptions of plants and of
their medical qualities are sometimes
very quaint.
1T is said of Sweet Cicily,' this
plant is often eaten as a salad, being
much of the same nature az chevril,
consisting of hot and thin parts, being
good for cold, windy stomachs.
"Aloes-very beneficial to cold.
moist constitutions
"Apples-among those counted best
for medicinal use are the Pcarmain
and Pippin. Apples are counted cor
dial and clearing to the spirits and
driving away melancholy"
The above sketch was compiled
from Encyclopedias.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-13

Illustrating Owens Footsteps on
the Boundaries of Another World,
came to the knowledge of our reporter
last night, and I'VE tell it as 1T was
told to u.s." Some of the readers of
the Journal, and many railroad men
who may not be. will remember that
John KirkwOod I'm engineer on the
Indianapolis & Cincinnati road was
killed by collision on that road in
1861, resoluteiy holding his place to
the last. The fireman with him jump
ed off and was saved, as were the en-
gineer and fireman of the opposing
train. Some two or three years after,
that fireman--who has been long con-
nected with the road and is yet-had
taken the same engine out for its trip
and while oiling it-intent on his
work-saw Kirkwood standing beside
it, watching the process. With no
thought, for the moment, of the mans
tragical death, he said, Good morn
ing, Mr.. Kirkwood," and the man re-
piled good morning" using the fire
mans name; the fireman went on un-
thinkingly with his work, while the
man walked off the other way and dis
appeared. 1t was not until some mo-
ments after that the fireman recalled
the dreadful occurrencein In which Kirk
wood was killed, and felt the singular
ity of the illusion or the far more
singular temperance he had seen.
We have the story from the fireman
directly, and give it for the benefit Of
spiritualists.-lnd. Journal
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-13

A st. Louis clergyman who,
while preaching . sermon on Sun
day evening last, perceived man
and woman under the gallery in
the act of kissing each other be
hind . hymn book, did not lose his
temper. No, he remained calm.
He beamed mildly at the offenders
over his spectacles, and when the
young man kissed her the fifteenth
time, he merely broke his sermon
sLort off in the middle of s.thirdly, :"
and offered a fervent prayer in
behalf of the young man in the
pink necktie and the mai.len in the
blue bonnet and gray shawl who
were profaning the sanctuary by
kissing one another in pew IS, and
the congregation said amen Then
the woman pulled her veil down
and the young man sat there and
swore softly to. himself. He does
not go to church as much now as
he did
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-13

Toledo papers announce that
there is plenty of work in that city,
but carefully conceal the fact that
said work is sitting on a bench in
front of coal stove and wishing it
were spring.
Mr.. B. Young, of Salt Lake City,
is sick nigh unto death. MIR. Young
is-a married man, and we have a
great deal of sympathy for his wife,
but not enough to go around
Newtown Herald.
We modestly inquire whether those
who are so anxious to vote GOD in the
Constitution have Him in their
hearts?
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-13
Report of the Superinsendent Of Pub
lie Instruction.

From an interesting outline of this
report, in the State Sentinel of the
4th, we clip the following:
The report is the most voluminous
one ever issued occupying 34 pages,
besides an appendix OF statistical ta-
bles ami index OF 76 pages, making a
book of42O pages, The frontispiece
Is an excellent likeness and autograph
of Milton b Hopkins, deceased. The
first page alter the title contains ex-
pllcit Instructions for the distribution
OF the work which should be carefully
carried out. The increase of the
school fund in 1874 is S73,792 IL, ex-
ceeding the increase of 1873 by the
sum of Sc, ,S51 IL. Another point is
that the fines and forfeitures collected
in 1874, amount to S64,O9l II, against
S43,17 81 in the previous year, and
about double what they were seven
years ago, fact which is due not SO
much to the increase of that source of
revenue as to industry in collecting
exercised by tine attorney general and
the county superintendents. The in
crease in the number of enrolled pu-
pills during 1874 is reported to be A.
4O7. The language of the report
pointedly and emphatically urges the
doctrine Of compulsory education in
these words: If moral and religious
influences fail, if persistent efforts of
county superintendents accomplish
this desirable object only in part, it
then becomes the duty of the state to
adopt cOercive measures" The
strong doctrine of the report indors-
ing county surperintendency has been
presented in part by the Sentinel,
which published an extended extract
from this chapter. Yet the full argu-
ment, as we'll as the remarks upon
county boards and township institutes
are worthy of attention, especially by
all members of the legislature. The
important subject of drawing in
schools is we'll presented and sustained
by high quoted authorities
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-13
SHARP SCHOLARS.
IiiOsyncratfc Shooting ON the Part
Of Young Sam Francisco Ideas.


OF Young San Francisco Ideas.
The San Francisco Post says: We
gave the other day the examination
paper OF a fourth grade pupil, which
was a curiosity in its way. There are
few schools which could not exhibit
some quite as funny, and, if not too
tired, the teachers now poring over
examination papers must have many a
hearty laugh For instance, some
fourth grade papers we have locked
over furnish such information as this
in answer to the questions given the
other day:
Man is the largest being on land "
1.-The difference between a dog and
a COW is, dog has FIVE toes in its front
feet and four toes on its hind feet"
"DeciduOus means to dry up
The lawyer constructs people"
Lawyers are peace makers"
Lawyers govern the country"
Lawyers plead cases and use com
mon sense"
1.-The doctor saves people from dy-
ing, and is a very useful man for cut
ting off legs and heads"
Doctors are men. The lawyers, if
you lend some money to another man
and he did not pay you, you would 60
to suit and get divorce. Lawyers
decide a case of trouble"
The banyan and magnolia trees
are in the Osymety valley
The feet of the feline is lump un-
der their feet, and no one can hear
them coming"
The fifth grade papers contain some
funny information in reply to ques-
tions about the camel. One says:
THE FOOT OF THE CAMEL
is at the bottom of his legs, to walk {"
Another says: The foot of the cam
ell is from three to four feet high, and
the stomach is partly leather, and for
that the stomach of the camel is
round, so men can tie bundles on
them to cross deserts, and can stay a
fourth, who is evidently bound to
of the camel is used to walk-he
could not walk if he did not have any
feet, and he has thick feet"
In answer to the request, Name
two mammals and two reptiles" one
writes, Pig and dog" and another,
Your mother and sister are mammals
the reptiles are the lion and the
hear"
Question six was: How do ami
mails defend themselves?' Answers:
They get food by killing things
by running away" by making a
noise." by biehting. kicking, and
scratching themselves"
Question thirteen was: illustrate
the meaning Of the words soluble,
elastic, 'combustible,' flexible and
fragrant. by using each of them in
sentence with other appropriate
words" The pupils generally used
''fragrant" in its right sense, one little
miss of II writing, Fragrant is the
breath of SPRING" but the other words
were posers, and were sometimes used
in the funniest connections, as for
instance:
The man is soluble" "The wo-
man is combustible. 1.-The boy is
elastic, - The girl is flexible THE
hog is fragrant.
Soluble means can see through
combustible, strong. Fragrant, su-
gar"
The man that you saw is very
soluble. The combustible man died
quickly. The flexible boy is bad.
The fragrant house is broken down" :"
The soluble thing can run. The
elastic hotel. The flexible horse"
1.-The fragrant man is sick. The
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-13

A dispatch from Ottawa, the
Dominion capital, says that small
pox of the most malignant type is
raging among tho Indians at Pick-
anock, on the Galinia River. On
the 9th of December the bodies of
nine children were lying unburied.
The Indians are in pitiful state of
destitution. The male portion are
either dead or have left the place.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-13

Mrs Livermore illustrates one of
her lectures by this choice bit:
Among the Brahmins in Southern
India when the husband takes q
wife he binds around her neck the
badge of ownership, as you bind
your badge of ownership about the
neck of your Spitzbergea dog. She
cooks her husband food stands be
hind and serves him, and when he
has finished his meals she eats what
he has left, if he leaves anything,
and if not she gets along the best
way she can.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-13

One hundred and ten years ago,
there was not a single white man in
Kentucky, Ohio. Indiana, and Illinois.
Then, what is now the most flourish
ing part of America was as little
known as the country around the mys-
terious mountains of the moon. 1t
was not until 1776 that Boone left his
home in North Carolina, to become
the first settler in Kentucky. The
first pioneers of Ohio did not settle
until twenty years after this time. A
hundred years ago Canada belonged
to France, and the population did not
exceed a million and half of people.
A hundred years ago the great Fred
erick of Prussia was performing those
grand exploits which have made him
immortal in military annals, and with
his little monarchy was sustaining q
single-handed contest with Russia,
Austria, and France, the three great
powers of Europe combined. Wash
ington was q modest Virginian colo
mel, and the great events of history in
the two worlds in which these great
but dissimilar men took leading parts,
were then scarcely foresliadowed "A
hundred years ago the United States
we're the most royal part OF the British
Empire. and on the political horizon
no speck indicated. the struggle which
within score of years thereafter es-
tablished the great republic of the
world. A hundred years ago there
were but four newspapers in America
Steam engines had not been imagined,
and railroads and telegraphs had not
entered into the remotest conception
of men. When We come to look at
it through the vista of history, we find
that to the century just passed has
been allotted more important events,
in their bearing upon the happiness
of the world, than almost any other
which has elapsed since the creation.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-13

Vermonters are felicitating them
selves on the escape of their state
from very serious effects of the dull
times elsewhere. The Montpelier
Journal says that business has not
been SO good for many years, the
value of the products being much
larger than the average for the past
fifteen years. Taxes are light, ex-
cept in towns that have given aid to
railroads, the state dept is prac-
tically nothing, while the resources
of the state are on the increase.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-01-13
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
4 Little Story About HsF Interview
With Mca. TheOd ore TlltOm.

~ LAItHe StOFy ABOUT HI interview
with Mrs. Theodore TaltOn.
The late interesting letter publish
ed in your paper concerning Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe and her pro
lessor husband was read to the writer
of this sketch while sitting comfort.
ably disposed in the pleasant parlors
plain country residence without. but
with costly paintings and engrayings
room are live different pictures of the
yond price. One curious old engrav-
at his bench, while Mary and her son
formerly owned by the Duke of New
ness Of a servant The Duke wrote
Stowe, begging permission to have a
copy of her engraving taken for him.
The house is more than full of costly
bric-a -brac In the hall is the cabi-
net containing the memorial address
presented to Mrs. Stowe by the friends
of freedom. who congratulated her on
VI.
volumes are filled with autograph
names, beginning with the nobility
and ending with commoners. At some
future day those valuable works will
belong to the public. There are about
forty volumes.
1t may not be generally known that
Mrs. Stowe held several interviews
with Mrs. Tilton after the develop
&c xkn IoV kho To-
which took place, as did the others,
at Mr.. Abington's house. Mr-. Stowe
asked her how she could be SO weak
and wicked as to sign such a confes-
sion if she knew it was false. Mrs.
Tilton began to cry, and said it was
all Theodore's fault He kept nag
ging at me all the time whined the
poor little woman; he wouldn't let
me sleep at all, but just kept nagging
-nagging about my writing it, till [
was more than half crazy, and some
times l was under the influence of
strong medicine, and my poor head all
in a whirl. SO [ wrote anything for
peace sake, just as should again if
lived with him.
When Mrs. Stowe rose to leave, she
passed her arm around Mrs. Tilton's
waist. Mrs. T. looked at her in sur
prise. How can you be so kind to
lne?' she asked, when l have made
you so much trouble!''
Because I am so sorry for you"
replied Mrs. Stowe; 81 am sorry that
any woman can be so weak as to wreck
50 many lives with her own. pity
you from my very heart The beau
tiful simplicity your correspondent SO
touchingly depicts in Mr.. and Mrs.
Stowe has given place to very world
ly-wise shrewdness. They both un-
derstaEd the value of money now, but
they spend little more for their per-
sonal needs than they ever dio They
are both selfshly absorbed in their
own work. The old professor ambles
about like some ancient farmer, tod
ding and grim. Mrs. Stowe is in a
perpetual reverie about her characters,
and. though she cordially invites her
friends and relatives to go and see
her, she is very likely to be uncon-
scious of their existence until they
get up to 60. She is literary sensu-
alist, absorbed in the happiness of
peopling new worlds.-Cor. Boston
Hewa