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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-09-22
The Southern MockinE Bird.
Methodist Recorder.

But we must throw aside handful Of
botanical specimens, and page of menu
oranda for letter writing, else we should
linger in these Mississippi woods all sum-
mer. Harkl Listen to the mocking"
Yonder on that water oak, how proudly
he balances himself on the swinging
bough. Will he sing2 Yes. Only
hearken. HIS notes are clearer than the
notes Of flute, more shrill and ringing
than the falsettos of the most perfect flag
eolet, endless in variety as if his octaves
reached into the etherly skies, and modu
lated with grace beyond the range of
words to express He takes up the song
Of the thrush, the time-beat OF the robin,
the caroling of some distant swallows too
family remote for our coarse ears to hear,
the victor call of the lark mounting into
the face of the sun, the chattering OF the
blue bird and score Of remembered Ca
dences from summers that are gore. and
-hearkenl lie transposes them into a
new creation. His original variations
surpass Gottschalk's grandest liberties
with "IIome sweet Home" He swells
his mellow melodies into an anthem; it
rises, falls, repeats, strikes on, a very
blessed Babe Of confusing bewitching,
captivating song. with notes too quick
for pulsing time or quiverng heart to tell
miracle of melody. And this from the
throat of a stray mocking-bird, one of a
million in the Mississippi woods? IfGod
has so endowed wild warbler Of the
forest, what rapturous surprise awaits us
in the eternal morning when the new
song shall strike our ravished ears
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Farmers and NeMsnnncrs.

We have been frequently surprised to
see how many farmers well to do in
worldly riches, neglect or refuse to take
some good paper for the benefit Of him
self and family. They seem to think
they have no interest in the affairs of the
world; that they have To deal with MOTH
ing except the land they pillow or the stock
they feed, and their children rearing into
ignorance. They forget they are part
OF the human family. placed upon this
orb to work out the plans of the good and
wise Creator, and as such have no right
to hamper the great streams Of progress.
The laws of progression are as unalter-
able as any others Of nature and that
man who impedes those laws with an off
spring-children uneducated and besotted
with ignorance-commits a ain which
reacts not only upon himself but on his
decendents for long years in the future.
Newspapers are made to spread intelli,
gence and improve the morals of man.
kind. To the farmers above all men
they should be a necessity. from the fact
that they afford him in his isolated con-
dition the only means Of mixing in the
busy scenes Of life. Man in his innate
state becomes personifcation Of selfish
ness, caring only for himself Develop
ment comes alone from associating with
our fellow men, and appropriating to our
selves the advancement which they make.
No farmer should do without this social
schooling. both for his own good and
that of his children; AMI in no way can
it be obtained so fully and cbeaply a:
through the newspaper and periodical.
literature Of The day; and he who neglect,
to receive these advantages deprives him
self OF Highland lives oat his days in
worse than heather darkness.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-09-22
Educational Matters.

The September number OF sbe Home
and School Journal contains several inn
portant decisions OF the State Superin-
tondent OF Public Instruction. and the sc-
tions of the State Board Ct Etlucstior,
relative to school matters. Below We
give the decision of the State Board in
regard to the power and daty Of q trus-
tee in assessing taxes for school prrpo-
ses.
The trustee has power to assess roll
or capitation tar Of City cents per asnun
on all the patrons Of the district for pro-
viding the school house with fuel. etc.
What is the meaning Of "patTon?" Ev-
cry one having the right to vote in an
election for trustee is patron" COM
mon schools are not instituted for private
benefit, but for the public good. The OBJ
ject is to prepare for the better ssereise
Of the functions Of citizenship As the
general and district tax, when voted. 10
levied upon all prof. srty-hoIders alike.
whether deriving any direct benefit from
the common-school or not. upon the the
DRY that intelligence is one of the SAFE
guards Of liberty; so this poll tax is lev
led and n,nst be paid, because the beDe-
fit Of q well-conducted common-schoos
accrues to the public
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-09-22
She Cured Him.

At last she completely cured him, For
month che had patiently endured the
pangs which so many thousand Of young
wives are compelled go suffer. Almost
every morning at breakfast the husband
expressed the hope that he might live to
see the day when he could get such coffee
as he used to have at home. Or such
corn bread as his mother was wont to
make and bake. At dinner the meat
was overbaked in the range. To be sure
his mother used to roast the meat in an
old-fashioned tin oven, and the piece was
always dun to turn-the last turn Of the
revolving spit. Those days were forever
gone. But he might and ought TO get
such a green apple pie. with new cheese
as his mother used to give him. At
length the long suffering wife arose in
her wrath, upset the takle, sending the
dishes and their contents crashing to the
carpet, strided over to her astonished hus-
band, gave him box on the ear, which
knocked him off the chair, and remarked:
There's a clip over the head for you,
such as your mother used to give you
when you was boy, goldern yer"
Thereafter there was domestic peace and
quiet in that house, with never an allu-
sion to the paternal cookery and comfort,
of the by-gone days.
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Young widows.

DR.. Austin Flint, of New York, an en-
inent physician and gentleman, has
written an elaborate essay on the impor-
lance Of having trained and skilled nurses
for the sick.
We fully agree with the learned Doc
tor. 1t is important But where, outside
of hospitals, are such nurses to be found?
They can only be obtained by teaching
wives and mothers-not the aged but the
young wonen-to be nurses. And it
should be a part of the education in all
our fashionable seminaries There is not
a professor in one Of them whose instruc-
ton is so important to the comfort and
longevity Of the race as what one "old
granny" knows.
There is many young widow wearing
her weeds, who might dress in colors, to-
day, il she had only known how to take
care OF her husband when illness over
took him. This nursing is a matter, not
Of policy and convenience, but Of life and
death. And yet while young women
must thrum-we believe that is the kind
of phrase-pianos, il not till the crack of
doom, till we should think it would
crack-it is not deemed worth while to
teach them hos to keep drinks cool for
parched and fevered lips. and how to
change and place a pillow 80 as to make
it seem 10 those weary with illness almost
like the rest of heaven.
And so husbands, who might have
lived, die; and young widows abound;
but, then, yon know, 10 some black lie
more becoming than colors.
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A marvellous piece of mechanism, in
the way Of clocks, is described in the
French journals. II is an eight day in
strument, with dead-beat escapement
maintaining power 1t chimes the quar-
tiers, plays sixteen tunes. plays three
tunes every twelve hours, or will play at
any tine required. The hands 60 round
as follows: one, once a minute; one, once
an hour; one, once week; one, once q
month; one, once a year. 1t shows the
moons age; the rising and setting of the
sun; the time Of high and low water,
half ebb, and half food, and. by beau
tiful contrivance, there is a part which
represents the water which rises and falls,
lifting some ships at high water tide as il
they were in motion, and as it recedes,
leaves these little autonaton ships dry on
the sands. The clock shows the hour of
the day, day of the week. day of the
moneh month ofthe year and in the day OF
the month there is provisions made for
the long and short months. 1t shows
the sign Of the zodiac; it strikes or not, il
chimes or not. as may be desired; and it
has the equation table. showing the DIFF
ference of clock and sun every day of the
year.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-09-22
Plain Talk on a Plain Subiect.

The Rev. DR.. Bartol. of Boston, gave
expression to these emphatic views on
Sunday last when referring to the case of
Jesse Pomeroy: we would have no
monsters about us in the community, let
not idiots or insane pair, or scrofolous or
consumptives, those soaked in alcohol or
conceived in lust, entering the world dis
eased in body or mind. or overweighed
with any propensity or passion, be al
lowed to marry, any more than we would
have a nursery for wolves and bears, or
cultivate poisonous ivy, deadly night
shade, or apple-fern in the inclosure OF
our houses, our yards and fields. Society,
by righteous custom, if not by statute
law, has a right to prevent, TO forbid the
multiplication Of monstrous specimens OF
humanity. That mewlins. puking, droll-
ing, wailing baby ought not to exist; it
is no blessing, but a curse Of nature and
God ON the nisdoing OF men and women. y
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Jones gave q lawyer a bill to be COLI
lected to the amount Of $40 Calling for
it after awhile, he inquired il it had been
collected. 40 yes. ssid the lawyer. Il
have it all for you" "what charge for
collecting2" 20" said the lawyer, laugh
ing, "I'm not going to charge you-why,
have known you ever since you were q
baby. and your father before you; $50
will be about right" handing over 80.
"well," said Jones as he meditated over
tie transaction, ats darned lucky he
didn't know my grandfather, or l
shouldn't have got anything."
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-09-22
4 Rum Cure.

At festival at reformatory institution
in New York recently, gentleman said
for the cure Of Intoxicating drinks: u
overcame the appetite by a receipt given
me by old DR.. Hatfield, o ne ofthose good
old physicians who do not have percent
age with a neighborins druggist When
| called on him he said. now that You
have the moral courage, I'll tell you the
tonic which l have used with effect
among my friends for twenty years" l
expected, Of course, some nasty medicine
stuff, but no, he prescribed an orange
evry morning, half hour before break-
fast. Take that, and you will neither
want liquor or medicine" have done 80
regularly and find that liquor has become
repulsive. The taste of the orange is in
the saliva of the tongue, and it would be
as well to mix water and oil as rum with
my taste.
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CHAPTER V.

TuE TULIP FINAScER AND MS SEIGHBoR.
Whilst the burghers of the Hague
were tearing in pieces the bodies Of John
and Cornelius De White, and whilst Will
liam of Orange, after having made sure
that his two antagonists were dead, was
galloping on the Leyden road, followed by
Captain Van Deken, whom he found a
little too compassionate to honor him any
longer with his confidence, Craeke, the
faithful servant, mounted on a good
horse. and little suspecting what terrible
events had taken place since his DEPART
ure. proceeded along the high road lined
with trees, until he was clear of the town
and the ueighboring villages.
Being once safe, he, with a view of
avoiding suspicion, left his horse at a
livery stable, and. quietly continuing his
journey on the canal-boats to bort, soon
deserted that cheerful city, at the foot OF
hill dotted with windmills. He saw the
fine red brick houses, mortared in white
linens, standing on the edge of the water,
and their balconies, open towards the
river decked with silk tapestry embroid-
cred with gold flowers, the wonderful
manufacture of India and China; and
near the brilliant stuff, large lines set to
catch the vcracious cells, which are at
tracted towards the houses by the gar
bage thrown every day from the kitchen
into the river.
Craeke, standing on the deck of the
boat, saw, across the moving sails of the
windmills, on the slope OF the hill, the
red and pink house which was the goal
of his errand. The outlines of its rooi
were merging in the yellow foliage of a
curtain of poplar-trees, the whole habita
ton having for background dark grove
Of gigantic elms. The mansion was sit
uated in such a way, that the sun, fall
ing on il as into a funnel, dried up
warmed, and fertilized the mist (which
the verdent screen could not prevent tn,
river-wind from carrying there ever morn
ing and evening.
Having disembarked unObserved among
the usual hustle of the city, Craeke a
once directed his steps towards the hous,
which we have just described, ar which
white. trim. and tidy, even more clean
iy scourd and more carefully waxed il
the hidden corners than in the place
which were exposed 10 view-inclosed
truly happy mortal.
This happy mortal, rara are, va
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INTERVENING A FARMER.
The Encouragement Of n Crop Re
porter.
louisville Ledger.l

lbouiSNHie LeuSer'J
Wishing TO keep posted as to the con-
dition Of the crops, and to ascertain the
exact amount Of damage done by the re-
cent flood, reporter of the Ledger start
ed out this morning ON an interviewing
expedition. He was fortunate enough TO
encounter farmer at the edge of town,
bringing load of hay into the city.
Burning with enthusiasm, the reporter
hailed him. He halted, and the follows
ing colloquy took place:
GLOW are you, frienl:"
"Tired,"
whats hay now?'
Same as it always was"
whats that?"
Dried grass" --~
What did You think of the rain?'
Thought it was damp"
Didn't raise anything then, eh2'
"Nothing but an umbrella
"What did your neighbors gct?'
"Chills and fever"
"What are you doing now?'
''Sitting out here in the sun, and ybe
missing chance to sell this hay. Come
up here if you want to talk.
The reporter scrambled up to the side of
his new made acquaintance. and as they
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aware of the full extent Of his misfortune,
Van Baerle was known to be fond of ev-
erything that pleases the eye. He studied
nature in all her aspects for the benefit of
his paintings. which were as infinitely
finished as those ofGerard Dow, his mas
ter, and of Mieris, his friend. Was it
not possible. that, having to paint the in
terror of tulip growers, he had COLLECTS
ed in his new studio all the accessories
of decoration?
Yet, although thus consoling himself
with illusory suggestions, Boxtel was not
able to resist the burning curiosity which
was devouring him. In the evening,
therefore, he placed ladder against the
partition-yall between their gardens, and,
looking into that of his neighbor Van
Baerle, he convinced himself, the soil OF
a large square bed, which had formerly
beer occupied by different plants, was re-
moved. and the ground disposed in beds
Of loan mixed with river mud Ia comb
nation which is particularly favorable to
the tulip, and the whole surrounded by
a border of turf to keep the soil in Its
place. Besides this, sufficient shade to
temper the MONDAY heat; aspect S.S.W.;
water in abundant supply, aud at hand;
in short, every requirement to insure not
only success but also progress. There
could not be doubt but that Van Baerle
had become a tulip-grower.
Boxtel at once pictured to himself this
learned man, with a capital of four
hundred thousand, and a yearly income
Of ten thousand guilders, devoting all his
intellectual and financial resources to the
cultivation of the tulip. He foresaw his
neighbours success, and he felt such a
pang at the mere idea Of his success,
that his hands dropped powerless, his
knees trembled, and he fell in despair
from the ladder
And thus it was not for the sake of paint
ed tulips, but for real ones, that Van
Baerle took from him half degree Of
warmth. And thus Van Baerle was to
have the most admirably fitted aspect,
and, besides, large, any and well>ven-
tilated chamber. where to preserve his
bulbs and seeding; whilst he, Boxtel, had
been obliged to give up for this purpose
his bed-rrom, and, lest his sleeping in the
same apartment might injure his bulbs
and seedlings, had taken up his abode in
miserable garrett.
Boxtel, then, was to have next door to
him a rival and successful competitor;
and his rival, in-teea OF being r7u'e UNI
known. obscure gardener; was the god
son of Mynheer Cornelius De White, that
is to say, a celebrity.
Boxtel, as the reader may see, was not
possessed of the spirit Of Porus, who, on
being conquered by Alexander, consolsd
himself with the celebrity of his con-
queror.
And now if Van Baerle produced
new tulip. and namad it the John De
Witte, after having named one the Cor
nelius? TWAS indeed enough to choke
honest Isaac with rage.
Thus Boxtel, with jealous foreboding.
became the prophet of his own misfor-
tune. And, after having made this mel
ancholy discovery, he passed the most
wretched night imaginable.
TContinued next veek.1
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A Mutual NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Detroit Free Press.

Two colored citizens Saturday had .
little trouble on the postoffice corDer.
"Sii, l stigumtize you as q falsehood-
fer" exclaimed the first
"And you, sir, are eantering hipel-
critic r replied the second.
"AhI talk swayr' growled the first
"but my character is above disproach."
sand your influence don't detach from
my reputation one Iowa." grovled the
other.
And thus they parted.
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At an auction Of household goods Oh
Harrison avenue yesterday, when a wo-
man had made a bid on an old bureau
worth about two dollars, n boy slipped
around TO another woman and whispered:
"You see that woman over there with
blue bow on?''
Eyes"
"well she SAYS no woman with red
nose can buy anything at this sale"
The woman with the red nose pushed
her way into the crowd and run the price
OF the bureau up to sl2, and as it was
knocked down to her she remarked:
II may have a red nose. but no croes-
eyed woman with blue bow on can bluff
me-DctrOd Free Press.
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Some of the company at tea with .
Danbury family. spoke Of the excellence
of the honey, whereupon the head of the
house, who stands in reputed dread Of his
wife. feelingly said:-"Honey is the most
delicious of delicacies. u is the nectar
of the beautiful flowers, slipped from the
brilliant petals by the never-tiring bee.
and moulded into q glory that would
tempt the god Of" "1pbriam," enun-
ciated his wife, with stern solemnity.
have you been drinking againy-
Ephriam g-oaned.
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A wild-eyed man, carrying his hat in
his hand, entered the Lake Shore depot
yesterday and called out to q man who
was wheeling a baggage truck along:
"Where's the train?"
"What traiD?"
ANY train-any trainl Ny wife isn't
ten rods behind. and she's got an Ak
handle over her shoulder and sulphur
in her eyesr'-Detroit Free Press.
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The BLACK TULIP.

BY ALEXANDRA DU MAS,
Author af the Count of Monte CristO, .
s-The Three GuardsmeR," twenty
Years After" BrageIoune. the
Son of Athos. Louise la
vaIIiere.-' THE Iron
Mask Etc, Etc.
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A Chicago man carrie, knife. gimlet.
corkscrew screwdriver, paper ofpins, book
Of receipts, nails. string. postage stamps.
and buttons in his pocket and is always
willing to accommodate any one inquir-
ing for anything.
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A Milwaukee boy has swallowed half
a dozen steel buttons. and his mother
doesn't have to scream for him when he
is out on the street playing with the
Jones boys. She just brings magnet to
the door and he flies to il like needle to
the pole.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-09-22

A Exenchman learning the English
language complained of the irregulariiy
Of the verb ITO 60" the present tense Of
which some wag had written out for him
as follows: ~ GO; thou startest; he de-
parts; we make tracks; you cut sticks;
they absquatulate or skeddadle"
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Now will the festive bed bur skirmi.i

Now will the festive bed bug skirmi.h
around the ragged edge" of the sheet
seeking "soft spot upon the tall form"
of the painfully modest" young lady who
arises sleeping" and screaming strikes
light, goes in search of the intruder,
murmuring, 81 almost wish that was
dead"
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The printer who, in setting mp a FASH
ionable article, made one line read.
scandals are fashionable this year" in
stead Of sandals, was not very far out OF
the way after all.
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M ALEX. n. cUNXIss.
Twas beautiful evening,
And sweet shone the moon,
Her soft rays were as bright
AZ midday in June,
Az away to the well
I concluded to 60,
Where q beautiful girl
Was making up dough.
The tea kettle at home
Was simmering low,
For want of the fluid
To boil it, you know.
So drew up the water,
Reluctant and slow,
And gazed long at the girl
A m1king up dough.
I sat down to the table
Quite thoughtful and sad.
The "YOung Hyson" was weak,
The beef steak was bad,
So took up biscuit,
Quite natural, you know,
And thought Of the girl
A making up dough.
I dreamed in my sleep,
While the stars shone above,
Like SO many warm biscuits,
All wrsp'd up in love;
OF the white tapering arms,
And cheeks all aglow,
OF the sweet witching creature
A making up dough.
/ concluded each evening
To visit the well,
And draw up the water,
EntranceS by the spell
That gleam'd from the window,
Until j should Know
The Angelic creature
A making up dough.
g ~-e lucky evening
I remember it we'll
Just as I was leaving,
stumbled aud fell:
Ny head struck the window
1t frightened her 20
Tho timid young creature
A making up dough.
All matters explained,
She laugh'd at her fcar',
And bIushcd vhea I told her
The fault was all hers;
To me, nothing more beautiful,
Fen the roses that blow.
Than the witching young creature
A making up dough.
Time, with bis troubles,
Has rolled on each year,
Changing joy into sorrow
And doubt into fear,
And I sigh at the changes
The roses 10 snow
On the cheeks of my darling
Who made up the dough.
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When you hear MAJ say the world
owes him living. don't leave any hams
LAYING around loose.
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MAKING UP DOUGH.

BY ALEX. n. CUMNISs.