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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-15

FRENCH heels are no longer fashion
able.
WAISTS are made long, and to look as
slender as possible.
WHITE double-breasted waistcoats are
worn with the frock coat to show above
the turnover of the lapel.
WAIsrcoATs are single-breasted, with
out collar, cut long, and with four out
side patch-pockets, to match the coat.
PANTALooNs are cut straight and full to
the leg, with side-pockets and welt on the
outside seams. There is no spring to the
bottoms.
MANY toilettes this season have only
one skirt, but of such heavy material and
so abundantly trimmed, that it is even
more expensive than double skirt.
NEARLY all dresses now have a draw
ing-string in the back, to make them con-
yenient for home and street wear, and if
properly adjusted, they are equally sery-
iceable for either.
THE spring style of coats for gentle
men is of medium length, buttoned rather
high, and cut away enough from the third
button to display the waistcoat. There
are four outside patch-pockets, and the
garment is always worn buttoned.
A FEW sensible ladies have introduced
the fashion of wearing a new style of
boot in stormy weather. They are made
nearly as high as the knee, with very
heavy soles, thoroughly proof against
rain and snow. They are only made to
order. and are quite expensive, but are
far preferable to rubbers of any kind.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-15
A topic OF THE DAY

Cremation, once the prevailing fashion
in China, is now reserved for the priest
of Buddha alone-that self-made outcast
from society, whose parting soul relies
on no fond breast, who has no kith or
kinto shed "some pious drops the clos
ing eye requires )" but who, seated in an
iron chair beneath the miniature pagoda
erected in most large temples for that
purpose, passes away in fire and smoke
from this vale of tears and sin, to be alb
sorbed in the blissful Inconsistencies of
an eternal Nirvana.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-15
CONUNDRUMS.

How did Queen Elizabeth take he
pills In cider.
WHAT holds all the snuff IN the world {.
No one nose.
AT what time of day was Adam born 2
A little before Eve.
Why was Eve created. For Adams,
Express Company.
WHY is it better to be burned TO death
than to have your head cut off? Be
cause hot stake is better than cold
chop.
WHAT is the longest word in the En-
glish language Smiles. Because
there is mile between the first and last
letters.
WHY is Gibraltar one of the most Won
derful places in the world? Because il.
is always on the rock, but never moves.
WHAT is the difference between the
death of barber, and sculptor9 One
curls up and dyes; the other makes faces
and busts.
WHY should be the happiest of all
the vowels Because it is in the center.
of bliss, while is in hell and all the
others are in purgatory.
WHAT is the difference between foof
and looking glass; The fool speaks
without rejecting and the looking glass
reflects without speaking.
WHAT is the difference between Noah's
ark and Mississippi fat-boat! One is
made Of Gopher wood and the other is.
made to go for wood.
A WARNING TO JoKERs of those,
cruel follies termed practical jokes re-
Gently met with sad termination. A
young girl having been highly agitateds
by attending series of revival meetings.
one of her acquaintance dressed in white
robes, with muslin wings, and powdered
face, and stole into her room at night.
The girl awoke, and seeing what she took
to be an angel standing by her bedside.
screamed with terror. The other girls
rushed in expecting to enjoy good
laugh, but the poor girl was literally
frightened out of her senses, and had to.
be taken to an insane asylum.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-15
THE q, POSSUM.

II there is any thing in names this ami
NAL is Irish, but there isent none there
now, and them in the colinies call their
sells possums, like they was MATHS.
Possums is bigger than a bird, but not
so big as dog, and has q sharp nose and
a long bald hedded tale witch is all ways
cole as ice, never mind the wether. It's
Jus as it their tales was ded and the fun
erals was postponed, but this Amt SO, for
there tales is nifty lively if you have ever
see 'em roun the bars of their cage. L
herd man from Ostralia say that they
was no place in the world where nature
had been so good to her creatures, and
he said, the man did, that If it wasent for
the possum's tale how cud they hang by
'em from the branches of trees like they
do, but wen 1 asst him what they hung
for he dident kno. | spect its only to
show they aint afraide.
The she one has a tobacco pouch on
the outside of her stummack, and wen
the little ones is friten they creeps in it,
and Wen they are snug they don't care a
copper wot becomes of their ole mother
wich is outside. When the dogs fines a
po.'sum AID it cant git to tree it lies
down and pretens it is ded.
Once they was dog witch diddent kno
about possums foun one q lying like it
was led, and after rollin it over q vile,
and smellin it, the dog lay down by it
and went to sleep. Wen the possum
saw the dog was sleep it got up qritely
to go way, but JUS then the dog opend
its eyes and see the possum standin up.
Such friten dog you never see, and such
friten possum you never see, but the
dog most. 1t jumped up and made for
home, hOwlin at evry leep, and fore it got
home it had change from black New
founlarn pup to ole bull dog as wife as
milk.
A man wich had pet possum and g
chicken witch he thot ever SIS much Of
was settin at his table writin one day,
wen he see the possum come in at the
door and try to sneak under the bed. So
the man he said Cleopatra, witch was the
pOssum's name, come here and do some
tricks ON the table, but the possum need
ed lots of coaxin, and wen it was gettin
up on the table begin, like dog, the
man herd his chicken &c yeep, yeep,
yeepl Then the possum she started and
stared all roun the room like she said
wy, bles my soul, were is that chicken
But the man he knew were it was wel
enoughf. Then the clikin went yeep,
yeep, agin, and the possum ran to evry
side of the table and lookt over the edg,
and then came lack to the middel :
shakin her head like sayin cant make il
out at all, it beats me, But wen the
man he cluckt like ole hen the chickir
stuck its head ont of Cleopatra's pouch
We're it had been put a way to be ct
Possrlms is marsupials, witch soun'
very fine and grand, but 1 spose its jul
cos they cant be any thing els, with thei
cole tails and them pockets ca theil
| st1,uuactaes
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-15
QUEEN TICTORLx Il PARIGRAPH-
ISY

1t may not be generally known that
Queen Victoria, though not actually on
the staff of any public journal, nor regu-
LARRY engaged to perform editorial work,
sometimes does contribute leading para
graphs, if not leading articles, to the
daily paper self entitled "the leading
journal of Europe For this there is
no Lack of precedents. Napoleon l., be
fore and after he became Emperor, fire.
que1tly wrote singing articles in lie
Moeiteur, the official organ of the French
government, chiefly attacking the En-
glish, ana Napoleon III also wrote oc-
casionally for Partisan journals, though
never in tone unfriendly to England
PhiIddelf1hid Press.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-15
HAVING MORAL COURAGE.

H4TING MORAL COURAGE.
Moral courage is big thing. All the
good papers advise everybody to have
moral courage. All the almanacs wind
up with word about moral courage.
"Have the moral courage to discharge
a debt while you have the money in
your pocket" is one of the moral para
graphs.
Mr.. Mower read this once, and deter
mined to act upon it. One day his wife
handed him five dollars, which she had
been two years saving, and asked him to.
bring her up parasol and pair of GAIT
ers. On the way down he met a cred
itor and had the courage to pay him.
Returning home his wife called him
157, ZOO pet names, as "fool," ''idiot, -
ETC., and then struck him four times In
the pit of the stomach with fat-iron.
After that he didn't have as much moraE
courage as would make leaning post
for a sick grasshopper, and his wife
didn't forgive him for thirteen years.
"Have the courage to speak the
truth" is paragraph always in use
/ once knew a boy named Peter. One
day when he was loafing around he heard
some man talking about old Mr.. Hang
money. Their talk made deep impress
sion ON Peter, and he spoke the truth
He said:
"Mr. Hangmoney, when 1 was up
town to-day I heard Baker say you were,
regular old hedgehog with tin ear"
"What !" roared the old gent.
"And Clevis said that you were meaner-
than dead hog rolled in tanbark," CON
tinued the truthful lad.
"You imp-you little villain, roared
the old man.
And Kingston said that You were s.
bald-headed, cross-eyed, cheating, lying,
stealing old skunk under the hen-coop -
added the boy.
Then old Mr.. Hangmoney fell upon
the youthful Peter, and he mopped the
floor with him, knocked his heels against
the wall, tore his collar off, and put his.
shoulder out of joint, all because the
boy had the moral courage to tell the
truth.
And there was young Towboy-it was,
the same way with him. He had the
moral courage to go over to an old maici
and say:
Miss Falseair, father says he never
saw such a withered up old Hubbard
squash as you are, around trying to trap.
mani"
He did, eh 7" unused the old maid.
rising up from her chair.
eyes, and mother says it's burning
shame that you call yourself twentyfou,
when you are forty-seven, and she says
your hair-dye costs more than Ou
wood~
She said that, did she 2" mrrnrured.
the female.
eyes, and sister Jane says that If she
had such plymouth, such freckles, such
big feet, and such silly ways, she'd want
the lightning to strike her,
And then the old maid picked up the
rolling pin and sought the house in which
Towboy resided, and knocked down and
dragged out until it was a hospital.
Then Towboy's father mauled him, his
mother pounded him, and his sister de-
nuded him of hair-all because he haC
:. moral courage in his daily life.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-15
D4xcIxG L4HYERS

A writer in London magazine says:
GIN former times men of the gravest
profession did not disdain to dance.
Even the Judges, in compliance with
ancient custom, long continued to dance
annually on Candlemas Day in the hall
of Serjeant's Inn, Chancery lane. Lin
coins Inn, too, had its. revels-four in
each year-with master duly elected of
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-15
THE SPELLING NINA.

THE SPELLING NINA.
DR.. Moss was about right when he
said, at a late spelling match between
two Christian associations, that the man
isn't entitled to much respect who cannot
spell any word in the English language
in more ways than one. There are GER
tainly two ways in which every English
word may be spelled-one as pronounced,
and one as it is written. But conven-
tionality is dreadful thing. The man
who pronounces an English word as it is
written makes himself about as ridicu-
lous as the man who writes an English
word as it is pronounced. One would
think that so palpable contradiction as
this might be corrected in the interest of
more than 100, 900, 900 people. The En-
glish language is spoken and written by
more people than the language of any
other civilized people. Yet none other
is so barbarors in its photography and
orthoepy. The language is a tumble,
from the complex character of its origin.
A mixture of Anglo-Saxon, Norman
French and German, acquiring its Greek
through the Latin, and its Latin through
the French, it is composite of richness
and irregularity. We h We departed
from the almost universal rule of cul-
tivated tongues in the relations between
spelling and pronunciation. Sanscrit,
Greek, Latin, italian, German, Spanish
are all written as they are pronounced,
and pronounced as they are written.
Having acquired the organic sounds
peculiar to the different nationalities, it
is an easy matter to spell the words cor
rectly in any of these languages. Even
in the French there are rules which gov
ern the discrepancies between orthogra-
ply and sound. Not so in English.
Hence the English-speaking people are
necessarily "bad spoilers" To spell
English correctly comes by nature much
more than Dogberry's reading and writ
ing, for the accomplishment is the result
of retentive memory, as well as long
application. The most serious applica-
ton will fail without the assistance of
this natural gift of a tenacious memory.
The new amusement of spelling matches,
old and familiar in the countryside
districts, has, in its present form, wide
field of usefulness as well Us entertain
ment. AS if in keeping with the con-
Trajectory character of the language,
nothing brings one into ridicule as quick
ly as bad spelling. The printers and the
proof-readers get an excess of abuse
which they do not merit. Ii they would
put into type and pass every word as it
is written in editorials, local articles,
advertisements and communications
Especially the latter, the issue of a large
morning daily would be q more wonder
full photographed product than the
widest efforts of Josh Billing or Arte-
mus Ward. Chicago Tribune.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-15
4 POETIcAL PROPOSAL.

Daniel Webster's proposal to Miss
Fletcher is worth remembering. Like
many other lovers, he was caught hold
ing skein of thread or wool which the
lady had been unraveling. "Gracie, %
said he, eve have been untying knots.
Let us see if we cannot tie one which
viii not unite in life time" With a
piece of tape he fashioned half true
lovers knot. Miss Fletcher perfected it,
and kiss put the seal to the symbolical
bargain
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-15

The chronological Journal is asked
to diagnose farmer who is so tender
hearted that he can hold on to an animal
while it is getting its throat cut, but can
not perform tie job himself. His wife
can cut windpipe like mar, but cries
when she is spoken to llarslly. The
Journal remarks that the farmer wants
more destructiveness and firmness, while
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-15

Nor QurrE.-" Do you want to kill the
childs" exclaimed a gentleman as he saw
Fifth street boy tip the baby out of its
carriage on the walk. No, not quite, :"
replied the boy; but If l can get him
to bawlng, mother will take care of him
while I go and wade in the ditch with
Johnny Bracer ~ Detroit Free Press.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-15


In other years, when Maiire was dis
trict of Massachusetts,, Ezekiel Whitman
was among the chosen to represent the
district in the Massachusetts, Legislature.
He was an eccentric man, and one of the
best lawyers of his time. In those days
Whitman owned farm, and did much
work upon his land; and it so happened
that when the time came for him to set
out for Boston his best suit of clothes
was suit of homespun. His wife OBJ
iected to his going in that garb, but he
did not care
81 will get nice fashionable suit
made as soon as 1 reach Boston," he
said.
Reaching his destination, Whitman
found rest at Doolittle's City Tavern.
Let it be understood that he was grad
uate of Harvard, and at this tavern he
was at home.
AS he entered the parlor of the house
he found that several ladies and gentle
men were there assembled, and he heard
remark from one of them, "Ah, here
comes a countryman of the real home
spun genus. Here's fun" Whitman
stared at the company, and then sat
down.
"Say, my friend, you are from the
country" remarked one of the gentle
men.
"Ya-as,' answered Ezekiel, with lu-
dicrous twist of the face.
The ladies Uttered.
"And what do you think of our
city,"
Its pooty thick-settled place, any
how. It's got sweepin' sight of housin
in it."
"And good many people, too"
So Ya-as, should reckon So
Many people where you come from! ?"
oval, some"
Plenty of ladies, suppose?"
"Ya-as, fair sprinklin'."
"And don't doubt you are quite
beau among them"
Ya-as, beau 'em home-tew meetin'
and singin' schewl.'
Perhaps the gentleman from the
country will take glass of wine!''
"Thank-ee. Don't keer if l do.
The wine was brought.
You must drink toast"
"Oh, git eout! eats toasts-n ever
heard o. SIGH thing as drinkin' it. But
kin give We sentiment.
The ladies clapped their hands; but
what was their surprise when the strang
er, rising, poke calmly and clearly,
in tones ornate and dignifed, as fol-
lows
Ladies and gentlemen: Permit me
10 wish you health and happiness, with
every blessing that earth can afford; and
; may you grow wiser and better with adj
vancing years, bearing in mind that out
ward appearances are often deceitful
You mlstook me from my dress for q
country BOBBY, while /, from the same
superficial cause, thought You were ladies
and gentlemen. The mistake has been
mutual"
He had just spoken, when Caleb
| Strong, the Governor of the State,
entered and inquired for Mr.. Whit
man.
"Ah-here am, Governor. Glad to
see you" Then, turning to the dumb
founded company: CT wish you very
good evening"
And he left them feeling about as small
and cheap as it is possible for full grown
people to feel.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-15

his lady has large approbativeness and
moderate self-esteem. Probably the
best cure for the symptoms described
would be to dress the wife in breeches
and let the inferior animal take the other
apparel.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-04-15
HOW THEY BURIED A SENATOR
SETENTT TEARS 100.

Among the items of the accounts pre-
scented for the funeral expenses of the
Hon. Francis Malbone, Senator from
Rhode Island, who died in Washington
in June, 1909, and whose remains were
inferred in the Congressional burial
ground, are the following:
III pounds cheese at 3 cents. 2sl
The committee to audit the contingent
expenses of The Senate directed that pay
ment be made for the crackers, but re-
iected the claim for the cheese. The
next voucher presented to them for their
approval read thus:
gallons best Madeira wine ............s28.0 90
gallons Cogn.c brandy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $40
IL pounds almonds ut 40 cents $50
10 pounds raisins at 80 cents. 500
OF this account the committee would
only allow IS for gallons wine and
quarts brandy, $780, but they passed
upon another voucher for GA pounds
of pound-cake, ST. purchased from
Monsieur Julien, confectioner. who
also supplied "12 pounds crackers. -
Beaufort Tribune.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-02-20
John MitchcIs Election TO Parliament
Opposition to His Admission.

LONDON, February 10th. In the
House of Commons to-day, Hart
Dyke, Conservative, moved for copies
of the certificate of the trial and con-
viction of John Mitchell in l84S, of the
official notification of his escape and
the proclamation offering a reward fol
his recovery; also for copies of the
dispatch from the Governor of Van
Diemen's Land, relative to the grant
ing of ticket of leave and the subse-
quent escape of Mitchell.
Nolan regretted that nearly all the
Irish mem bers had left the House,
thinking that business was over. He
called attention to the fact that the
Government did not arrest Mitchell
when he was in Ireland last year.
Disraeli gave notice that he would
move on Thursday resolution
declaring that as John Mitchell had
been adjudged guilty of felony and
sentenced to transportation. and as he
had neither endured the penaly nor
received a pardon, he is incapacitated
for an election to the House of Com
mons, and that fresh writ of election
be ordered for Tipperary.
Sullivan, member from the South,
attacked the Government for precipi-
fancy in its action. He said eminent
Irish legal authorities support the
eligibility Of Mitchell.
Sir George Bowyer, member from
Wexford, protested against the course
of the Government.
Dykes motion was adopted by ia
to l3, and on Dykes motion debate
on the paper was fixed for Thursday
next.
Martin, member for Meath, gave
notice that he would move tomorrow
for the production of additional papers
regarding the composition of the jury
and the nature of the proceedings at
the trial of Mitchell.
LONDON, February 17th.-The elect
ors of Tipperary have adopted a reso-
luton declaring that if John Mitcheps
election is annulled, they will again
return him. 1t is reported that
Mitchell will refuse to take the oath OF
allegiance, and that the Home Rule
members of Parliament will, there
fore, refuse to support him.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-02-20
The Work of Cleansing.


San Francisco has sent one of her
handsome, well dressed, diamond
studded Montgomery-street ornaments
to the State Prison, there to remain,
unless sooner pardoned out, for the
term of fifteen years. NEWT MORGAN
was thief. He was a forger and a
thief, and admitted that he was one
and both. But he was not whit
worse than hundreds-yes, thousands
whose presence still adorns the
fashionable thoroughfare of the great
metropolis. San Francisco is the
Mecca of thieves. For twenty years a
hundred golden streams have been
pouring into that city, and for twenty
years the thousand thieves have been
stealing the yellow treasure. tis some
thing to know that the owners of the
vast wealth have at last resolved to
beat off the thieves and purify as far
as possible the moral atmosphere of
their city. To use an old simile, San
Francisco is an Augean stable, and to
clean it will reqnire labor at which
HERCULES would have quailed. But
the people are mightier than HERCU-
LES, and when they work with will
the task is always performed.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-02-20
The Artesia Land Sale.


The great Artesia land sales COM
mence on Tuesday morning next and
continue for three days. Several
hundred people have visited these
lands within the last few days, and
many of them with whom we have
conversed all speak in the highest
terms of the soil and its irrigating fa-
cilities. All concede that with forty
acres of this land and the flowing
well that $500 or $4O0 will secure, a
valuable farm may be made on which
never failing crops will reward the la
Dor of the husbandman. The gentle
men who have purchased this large
tract of land for the purpose of dispos-
ing of it in such lots as people of
small means are able to purchase
are old and we'll known citizens who
will not risk their reputation in un-
worthy schemes. They invite all to
visit and examine the lands before
the day of sale, in order that pur-
chasers may fully understand what
they are buying. An excursion train
will go down to Artesia this morning.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-02-20
Pride at Funerals.

-
Gerrit Smith was in receipt of an
annual income of, say hundred thou
sand dollars; he died in the city of
New York; his family placed his re-
mains IN plain black walnut case,
utterly devoid of ornament. Here is a
family possessing wealth and refined
taste.s If there is, ever in this absurd
and ridiculous world an occasion when
the prepriety and fitness Of things for
bid display, show and sham it is when
we are about to part forever, in this
world, with one we have loved and es-
teemed. Yet how few of our people
would feel satisfied with the simple
posies placed upon the coffin of the
deceased child by the hands Of sincere
affection! Ifthere be not wreaths and
crosses and crowns in all the most ex-
pensive flowers of the season, there is
q suspicion of slight, to say nothing of
the accounts in the papers, which cost
so much wear and tear OF conscience
to the tolerably honest reporter. A
few such examples as this exhibited
by the family of Gerrit Smith will do
something to repress the fashion that
has immeasurably outgrown all war
rant for its being. The white rose
placed by mother on the coffin of her
child was token of love that looked
forward to a higher and purer life.
The baskets of ticketed flowers which
on the caskets of many, nowadays,
indicate only pride which is not
proud enough to Withstand the de-
mands of fashion, or vanity that is
satisfied with doing little more in
the wav of extravaQance than neigh
bor.-Providenc Journal.