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Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-13

tile ldle IAA-I TeslueDJ anu COl. BeW-
ley. They were warm friends through
life and intimately associated when in
public life. They both now rest in
peace beyond the grave:
LOCKHART, TEXAS, Sept. %, 10.
Elitor Greeneville Intelligeucer.
DEAR SIR: | have seen recently a
number of publications going the
rounds OF the press of our country
North and South, purporting to be
sketches of the early life of your hon
ored father, our late lamented EX>
President. There was one, the bosom
friend of Mr.. Johnsonin his early life,
and continued so to his death. who
played an enviable part in the forma-
ton, or at least the molding of the
character of this noble American.
Col. Jacob Bewley for many years a
prominent member of both branches
of the Tennessee Legislature from
Greene county, early became ac-
quainted with Mr.. Johnson, was
pleased with his natural abilities, and
encouraged in every way possible his
earnest endeavOr to rise to the notice
of his fellOw-men. Accordingly, at
ter Mr.. Johnson had held some mu-
nlcipal positions aud been connected
Win ueDallng club IN GreeneVille for
some time, n candidate was wanting for
FOR lever hnuse of the Legislature from
that county. Col, BewIey so informed
Mr.. Johnson, and asked him if he
could deliver political speech. Mr.
johnson replied, 81 do not know, |
eau tryW They then repaired to the
grove, and Mr.. Johnson, with no aud~
itors save the Colonel, delivered his
fest political speech, and at its close
the elated old Colonel ran to him and
grasping him by the hand, exclaimed
with enthusiastic fervor, "That will
do Andy that will do! we will put
you through 20 and they did Alter
ward, when Mr.. Johnson was Gov
ernor of the State, and Col. Bewley in
the Senate, i'm recognition of the past,
Mr.. Johnson sent for Bewley to come
before the House of Representatives,
where he introduced him as" Col
Jacob Bewley, my political daddy"
circumstance fresh even now in the
minds of many Tennesseeans who
were present on the occasion. -GreeHe-
ellie IntelLiQeneeT,
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-13

In one of the joint discussions in
Ohio, between Gen. Ewing, of that
State, and Gen. Stewart l.. Wood.
ford, of New York, the former took
occasion to speak disparagingly of
Senator Morton. Gen. Woodford re.
piled by abiding to the noble stand
taken by Mr.. Morton while Gov.
ernor of Indiana The Democratic
Legislature of that State, in their zeal
for the establishment of Southern
Coniederacy, deserted the Federal
soldiers in the field, by refusing to
make the appropriations required to
carry on enlistments and provide for
those already in the field. The Gov.
ernor was not the man TO be foiled in
that way, but went in person to New
York, raised the necessary funds and
bravely stood by the boys in blue "
from his State. The people repudI-
ated the base action of the Demo-
cratic Legislature by electing Repub.
licans to the next General Assembly,
and Gov. Morton was sustained.
Gen. Woodford alluded eloquently to
this, and the old enthusiasm was
aroused. Cheer after cheer went up
for Indiana's war Governor, and Gen.
Ewing was made to regret his unwise
aliusion. lie has taken care not to
allude to it again.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-13
READING THEM OUT.
\ Democratic exchange says /:

n DemOCraJlC exchange says:
The Democratic party of Tennessee is a
unit on the currency question. From Car
ter to Shelby, the cry Of the long suffering
people is, more money, and better money
Down with National Banks and bloated
bondholders Grecnbacks the poor mans
money
Then the Mempj- ''iVr'. and
Chattanooga Times 80. ..u.i...i out
of the party. for ii 3d., understand
them they favor r,turn to specie
payments. In late issue the Iro-
laacbc very truly says
The complaint that there is great diff
ference between the bondholders and the
peoples dollar is just; but instead Of being
an argument in favor of imitation, the fact
is in itself a strong argument against that
doctrine. The more an irredeemable ours
rency is expanded, the wider the gulf be-
tween the peoples and the "bondholder's"
dollar. The moment the currency appre-
ciates to par the difference disappears.
Thi, is point worth thinking about. Moth
ing more fo:cibly illustrates the evils Of Il
deprecated and iluctuating currency than
this great gulf between the "bondholdcr's"
sni the peoples" dollar.
THE Senatorship in Delaware has
been a family concern with the Bay
ards for seventy years. They are tie
rived from one Nicholas Bayard, q
French Hugeuot who came to Amer
lea in l647 with his brother.in-law,
the celebrated Peter Stuyvesant,
Dutch Governor Of New York. Ham.
ilton Fish and the present United
States Senator Bayard are, therefore,
remote connections. One hundred
and twenty years after the arrival of
Nicholas Bayard, James Asheton Bay
ard was born in Philadelphia, and
died forty-eight years afterward.
James A. Bayard was educated ut
Princeton College, studied law in
Philadelphia and went to Congress at
the age of twenty-nine to support
John Adams administration as n Fed
eralist. lie was one of the men who
bolted the Federal ticket and made
Jefferson President, and was rewarded
for it by reelection to the Senate
in place of his father-in-law, Bassett.
1t was James A. Bayard, ST., who as
sisted to make the Treaty of Client,
and two of his sons went to the
United States Senate-Richard Bas-
sett Bayard, who died in 1868, at the
age Of seventy-two, and James A.
Bayard, Jr., who succeeded his broth
er, after lapse of twelve years, rs
United States Senator in 1851, serv-
ing eighteen years OF Washington,
part of the time serving as chairman
Of the Judiciary Committee. James
A. Bayard, Jr., resigned in favor of
his son, Thomas F., in 1869. The
present Senator is just forty-seven
years old, is dignifed, scholarly. in
dustrious and highly esteemed.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-13

GEN. Pillow has written letter in
which he takes advanced ground for
rag currency" These Confederate
Generals ought to know what a wild
imitation scheme leads to. Their
Southern Confederacy tried it, and
kept on initiating, until their money
was only worth the paper upon which
their promises TO pay were printed.
Thew now want greenbacks to travel
in the same direction. The people
who have seen the utter worthlessness
Of the Confederate rag money" are
opposed to placing greenbacks on the
same footing
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-13
"reminiscences of the Late Ex,Presi
dent johnson.

The following highly interesting let,
ter from Will n. Faris, late editor o
the Lockhart (Texas) Echo, will be
read with pleasure by the friends OF
the late Ex-President and Col. Bew.
ley. They were warm friends through
life and intimately associated when in
public life. They both now rest in
peace beyond the grave:
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-07
Curing Meat.

Once year "since Adam was year.
ling" or less trihe, perhaps, the veteran
editor of the Germantown Telegraph has
told his readers how to cure meat. As no
one yet seems to improve upon the meth
cd, will for the, say, fifteenth time, repeat
it: ''To one gallon of water, take one and
one half pounds of salt, one-half pound
of sugar, one-half ounce of saltpetre, one
half ounce of potash. In this ratio the
pickle can be increased to any quantity
desired. Let these be boiled together
until all the dirt from the sugar rises to
the top and is skinned off. Then throw
it into tub to cool, and when cold pour
it over your beef or pork. The meat
must be well covered with. pickle and
should not be put down for at least two
days after killing, during which time it
should be slightly sprinkled with pow
dered saltpetre, which removes all the
surface blood, etc, leaving the meat fresh
and clean. Some omit boiling the pickle
and find it to answer we'll, though the
operation of boiling purifies the pickle by
throwing off the dirt always to be found
in salt and sugar. If this receipt is strictly
followed it will require only single trial
to prove its superiority over the common
way or most ways of putting down
meat"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-07
HOUSEHOLD.
Some Suggestions from Farmers
Wife About Housekeeping.

A lady correspondent of the Rural
New Yorker writes as follows: l never
made any progress trying to work at
irregular hours, such as rising at three or
four o'clock, and getting washing nearly
done by sunrise, as some do. Let none
but those who have a great deal of vital
ity try that. Regular hours for work arc
exhausting enough. Directly after break
fast put on the wash boiler, and while
the water is heating wash the dishes, put
the clothes soaking and so forth. Then
rub out the white clothes, and while they
are boiling make the bed, put the house
in order and prepare for dinner; then fin
ish getting your clothes on the line. l
have found this way less tiresome than
leaving everything else until the washing
is done, and when tired out have the
house to put to rights. Where there is
Dor can be divided.
Another help is, on ordinary days, to
have the cake, sauce, or whatever is to
be had for supper, prepared in the fore
noon while the fire is kept up for the
mornings work. 1t makes great differ
ence in the length of the afternoons, when
you wish to sit down to sewing or other
work.
Another thing, but perhaps l ought to
think twice before l say it: Do not at
tempt to do things that you are unable
to do Just because your husband expects
it of you, or don't know but what you can
as we'll as not. Most men, however
amiable they may be, seem unable to COM
prehend the amount of labor and care
that falls on women who do their own
work and have the care of young children
besides. 1t is the truest kindness to hus-
band and children both to decline to do
extra work which is too much for your
strength. Better leave some things un-
done than wear yourself out prematurely
and leave your place vacant.
If possible have a plan in your mind
what work you have to do for the week,
and keep ahead of it if you can; it is SO
discouraging to feel that you are behind.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-07
Saved by a Scared Dog.

The ''dog-with- tin kettle to-his-tail'
is well-established emblem of cruel fun,
and we never supposed it could be any
thing else. That the device once saved
several mems lives, as here related by the
Cincinnati Inquirer, does not excuse the
old sport, but it shows by how unexpected
means deliverance sometimes reaches men
in danger. The useless and the inesti-
mable are sometimes quite as near akin as
the sublime and the ridiculous.
A private letter from an officer at Fort
Sill, Indian Territory, gives the following
account of an ingenious expedient adopt
ed to aid some soldiers in strait: Cor
poral John Smith, of the Fortieth Infant
ry, with four men, was employed on some
detail some twenty five miles from this
post. While thus engaged, he was sur
prised by body of some hundred or more
mounted Indians, he thinks either kio-
was or Comanches, from this reservation.
AS their purpose was Enthusiastically hos
tile, he and his men lost no time in taking
to the only available shelter, an old buf-
falo wallow, where, in a very uncomfort-
able, constrained position, they managed
to protect their bodies and keep their en-
emies at distance for day and night.
The next morning, however, their suf-
ferings for want of food and water be-
came rather serious, and something had to
be done. Corporal Smith was equal to
the occasions taking piece of his own
white shirt, the only substitute for paper
to be had, he wrote note describing their
situation, secured it with care to the neck
of small, shaggy, mongrel dog which
had followed them from the fort; then,
battering up canteen, he fastened it to
the animals tail and let him go.
The dog, to quote the corporal's own
expression, '.just bumped himself The
Indians, taking it to be mere act Of bra
vado, l presume, made no attempt to stop
him, and within two hours from the time
he started, the dog reached the post. Sue
cor was Immediately sent, and the brave
corporal and his comrades brought in,
the Indians making off at the first sight
of the rescue party, at the distance of sew
eral miles
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-07

contentlnent and faith. / watched him
closely to determine whether or not he
mad detected my presence, and from his
manner believed he had not, for he was
perfectly collected during the entire I'M
hallowed proceedings
When the benediction had been pro-
nounced l took my station at the only
door for exit, with the purpose of arrest
ing my man as he attempted to leave the
church. The vestibulc was dimly lighted,
but this considered to my advantage, as
he could not we'll recognize me while
could detect him by his peculiar cap and
cloak.
Nearly every person had left the house,
when the pastor, a tall, aged man, came
along, bearing in his hand the Scotch cap
and cloak, and heard him remark to a
parishioner that Bro. Wheeler had by
mistake, or for a little pleasantly, taken
his overcoat and silk hat and departed.
Heavens and earth ~ articulated half
aloud, che saw me and has outwitted me
again"
What say youa" asked the pastor in a
kind voice.
"That man is villain" l replied.
| "A vlllaln!
Eyes; no other than Clint Thompson,
the blackleg."
"Come with me-" said the reverend
father in low tone; 81 would see you
alone" |lH
At this we stepped from the church
and arm in arm were moving away when
our attention was directed to a group of
people agitated to such degree as to in
dictate that something had transpired.
"a horse had fallen upon the ice and
killed the new preacher!' was the first
information we received as to the trouble
Thompson had on his escape from the
church mounted a horse, and in attempt
ing to ride rapidly away forced the ami
NAL upon an icy decline and received fatal
injuries. .-t.
saw him at the house of the minister
the next day, and but few moments be-
fore he died. His last coherent words
were: "That was the last dodge"
His valise contained several watches
and a snug sum of money which he had
picked up unsupported while visiting
among the "brethren. "-In-Door and Out.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-07
Or, CLOTH MADE FROM CARPET.

OIL CLOTH MADE FROM CARPET
Daisy Eyebright says: Nail the old Brus-
sells carpet loosely to the floor in a large
attic or wood house chamber not in use.
Then paint it over with a thick coat OF
linseed oil and burnt lumber. Let it dry
in thoroughly; add a coat of good varnish.
Let that dry for a week or two, and it can
be scrubbed and washed with milk and
water, like any oil-cloth. Paint it on
the wrong side and nail it down closely,
for it need not be taken up for many
wears. As the varnish and paint wear off
renew them, and thus it will last four
times as long as common oil-cloth.
For THE HAIR-It is said that the
basis of all the best lotions for restoring
the hair i. cantharides or ammonia. A
solution of borax in camphor water is use
full. 1t cleanses the roots of the hair and
acts very slightly as a stimulant, and
thereby it will serve to promote the growth
of the hair. But one of the best stimuli
lants we know of that has not hitherto
been published, is this: Vinegar of can
tharides, one fluid ounce; glycerine, two
fluid ounces; rose water, six fluid ounces.
Mix WELL Let the mixture stand twenty
four hours and filter.
HoMINY CRoQUETs--To cupful of
cold boiled hominy Small grained) add a
tablespoonful of melted butter, and stir
hard, moistening by degrees, with cup
full of milk, and beat to soft light paste
Put in tablespoonful of white sugar, and
in the last place, a well beaten egg. Roll
in to oval ball with Toured hands, and
dip into beaten eggs, and then cracker
crumbs, and fry in hot lard. Good.
GRAVY FOR VEAL OR CnICKEN.-Put I
| tabiespoonful of butter into . hot frying
nan. When it begins to brown dust
tahJespoonful of -four into 1t, stirring con
st,ntly with spoon; add SAT- anu pei,
ner then pour in one pint OF hni ii,,.ea and
IF YOU have it-let 1t DOH n'e 'nin"'
pour over dish OF meat
g .sa five spoonfuls of flour, seven
LIZ and four whites OF eggs, ana very
iI;ttie ALT: fry them very thin IN irosi,
utter and between each put sugar anu
cinnamon. Send up six or eight at once
nr,,c.rr GnuEL.-Let Indian corn DC
,,xa,.naS 40 we roast coffee, ground me IN
= mill. and made into mush, gruei OF or, INN ha
c.Les baked light brown. ms VIII
reta;ned NV The most enfcebled s.oiln:n
porched corn and meal boiled IN sAi
Mill ia a sure cure for summer diarf''""
in children.
SrRoNe I've put in hard water will make
IL soft as rain water.
Pprcrprs are the rules by which We
ought to square our lives.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-07

HALF century ago, when the income
of Dissenting preacher in England was
not very large, his salary was often sup
plemented by bountiful supply OF pro- pro.
Visions from the we'll TODD families OF his
congregation. A Baptist minister IN
Herefordshire, used, at Christmas time' u
he positively inundated with hampers
filed with good things. On one S 1Gra Sy
thonohtful Kindness of a neign iix baS
farmsr: but as the minister's family ;pn mau
a a1r a provided for the Christmas ui and
az h;:d was sent into the market anu
.ne o'' nasser-by, seeing this fine speSG;i5
SON so,u Of poultry, said, What spie ann,s
%sR liz thing 4ssd 1 to tn. the
!: 1hr ,aa Ssnt The prudent wife sent ~
J, 'so mn time to the market ana solu II
ssdd f for struck with the magni:
s en ,,ronnrt;ons of the turkey, purchased
and also sent it to the ''parson." Not
ishin@ TO dy in the face of Providence,
e good man said at last, at isvery clear
at the Lord means us to have this tur.
VI" and with the entire appreciation of
, family, it formed part Of the Christ
g dinner.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-07
The Old Mans Story.
By LOUISE 8. UPHAN.

Fair and bright as June's first roses,
Than her lily-bcl more sweet,
Was the kissing, coaxing darling,
Gayly prattling at my feet;
And the child was nothing to me-
just baby girl, l wcen,
Till she, one day, laughing, told me
She should ,oed at seventeen!
"'You will wedr answered, smiling
At the eager, beamine face,
And who, pray, will be the winner
OF such loneliness and grace!
And she shook her dimpled finger
Trick Of babyhood, ween-
As she whispered, i will truly
Have you when I'm seventeenr
"Then watched the bud unfolding,
Until round and full and sweet,
One more rose in Life's bright garden,
Bloomed in womanhood complete,
All unmindful that Springs flowers
Frosts of age would chill, ween,
To my heart would have nestled
That sweet rose of seventeen!
"Ah! the sly rogue had forgotten
All her promises to me,
When in childhoods happy moments,
She had prattled by my knee:
And my hair was all too silvory,
And my step too slow, ween,
For this merry, dancing beauty,
This sweet maid OF seventeen!
81 must see youthful stranger
Take the flower Ilonged to wear!
See it in an alien garden,
Blooming still more swcctly fair!
Oh! these silly little maidens,
Passing us wise-hcads unseen,
While, forsooth, the boyish gallants
YIN the maids of seventecnw
". Y. Ledge,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-07
Different Ways of Looking at 1t.

Different eyes see different things in
looking at the same landscape. A farmer
sees crops and cattle; a naturalist birds
and insects and weeds; an artist, rocks
and trees and lights and shades. Young
eyes and old eyes may look very different
ly on painting.
Some time since party of ladies and
gentlemen went on tour OF inspection
through Durham Castle. The "lions'
were shown to them by an elderly female
of sour, solemn and dignified aspect.
In the course of their peregrinations they
came to the celebrated tapestry, for which
the castle is so famed.
''These,' said the guide, in true show
man style, favored with a dash of piety
to suit the subject, and pointing to several
groups of figures upon the tapestry,
"these represent scenes in the life Of ia
cob"
80, yes; how pretty.' said young la
dy, and with a laugh pointing to two fig
ures in somewhat close proximity, she
continued, 81 suppose that is Jacob kiss
ing Rachel"
mo, madam, d" responded the indignant
guide, with crushing dignity, ''that is ia
cob wrestling with the angel"
The men haw-hawed, the young lady
subsidized, and offered no further EXPOSE
tory remarks, but groaned under sense
of unworthiness during the rest OF the visit
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-07

AN Iowa woman ends her views on f.
male suffrage with: 'You may look at
this matter in whatever light You will
but simmer it down and it is but a omar
rel with the Almighty that we are not all
men," GA
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-07

SowED CORN FOR FoRAGE-A writer
in the Country Gentleman says: A num-
Der of years ago made trial on my
farm near Nashville, Tennessee, to ascer-
tain the possible yield per acre of sowed
corn. l had field,of early sweet corn
grown to supply the market in that city,
which was all harvested by the 25th OF
July. l plowed portion of this lot July
2Sth, and after stalking off an exact square
rod of ground marked it off into squares
one foot each way. At each corner l
planted two kernels of the large Southern
dent corn. The ground was rich and
mellow, and the corn grew rapidly up to
ten or twelve feet in height, tasseling and
setting cars. l cut it up at this stage,
close to the ground, and it weighed at the
rate of $4,000 pounds per acre. After
drying it thoroughly under large open
shed, it then weighed atthe rate Of $4,000
pounds per acre-seven Dns, This was the
second crop on the ground, and a low esti-
mate would make the copof sweet corn
weigh at least three tonsper acre, dried, so
that it is possible to getten tons OF dried
fodder from one acre.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-07

CURE FOR RINGBoNE-J. V. S. writes
us that the following is an excellent RENE
dy for both ringbone and SPAWN: Take
the oil of origanum and the oil OF turpen-
tine, equal portions, AMI apply it to the
part affected three time; day, by means
of feather, until it gets very sore, then
let it heal up, and if the disease is not en-
tirely killed, proceed in the same way,
again. A young horse oIcolt can be cured
by one application, but an older horse
needs more severe treatment. Sometimes
it Is necessary to keep at it for three
months before the cure is perfected IN ar
old horse, yet he says he never knew al
instance where it failed, if attended to.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-07

land; and you never see old, or even mid
dle-aged ladies dressed like young ones;
or, if you do, you may be sure that they
are not French"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-07

A WONDERFUL CLOCK.-A strange
clock is said to have once belonged to
Hindoo prince. In front Of the clocks
disk was gong swung upon poles, and
near it was pile of artificial human
limbs The pile was made up of the full
number of parts necessary to constitute
twelve perfect bodies; but all lay heaped
together in apparent confusion. When
the hands of the clock indicate the hour
of one, out from the pile crawled just the
number of parts needed to form the frame
of one man, part coming to part with
quick click, and when completed, the fig
ure sprang up, seized a mallet, and walk
ing up to the gong, struck one blow.
This done, he returned to the pile and fell
to pieces again. When two O'Clock came.
two men arose and did likewise; and at
the hour of noon and midnight, the en-
tire heap sprang up, and marching to the
gong, struck, one after the other, his blow,
making twelve in all; then returning, fell
to pieces as before.