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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-27
THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.
Fl. W. LoNGFELLOW.

Under a spreading chestnut tree
The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man Is he,
With large ana sinewy hands;
And the muscles OF his braWny arms
Are strong as iron bands.
His hair is crisp, and black, and long.
HIS face is like the tan;
His brow is wet with honest sweat,
He earns whate'er he can,
And looks the whole world in the face,
For he owes not any man.
Week in, week out, from morn till night,
You can hear his bellows blow;
You can hear him swing his heavy sledge,
Wi |! measured beat All slow,
Like a sexton ringing the village bell,
Ii hen the evening sun Is low.
And children coming home from school
Look in at the open door;
They love to sec the flaming forge,
And hear the bellows roar,
And catch the burning sparks that ny
Like chaf from threshing floor.
He goes on Sunday to the church,
And sits among the boys;
He hears the parson pray and preach,
He hears his daug ht9r's voice
Singing in the village choir,
And it makes his heart rejoice.
1t sounds to him like her others voice,
Singing in Paradise!
He needs must think of her once more,
How in the grave she lies;
And with his lard, rough hand he wipes
A tear drop from his eyes
Toiling, rejoicing. -sorrowing,
Onward through life he goes;
Each morning sees some task begun,
Each evening sees it's close;
Something attempted, something done,
Has earned nights repose.
Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy frienc
For the lesson thou hast taught
Thus at the flaming forge OF life
Our fortunes must be wrought;
Thus on its sounding anvil shaped
Each burning deed and thought
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-27
POETRY.
MOAHMMEDAN SAINTS.

MOAHMMEDAN SAINTS.
Rabia, sick upon her bed,
By two saints was visited
Holy Malik, Hassan wise;
Men OF mark in Moslem eyes.
Nassau said, "whose prayer is pure,
will Gods chastisements endure.
Malik, from deeper sense,
Uttered his experience;
ssfle who loves his Masters choice
will III chastisement rejoice"
Rabia saw some selfish will
Ia their naxims lingering still,
And replied: 80 men of grace
He who sees his Masters lace
"Will not in his prayer recall
That he is chastised at all ~
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-27

Not long ago, at mansion on Murray
Hill, a sentimental young lady strolled with
q gentleman, on whom she had her eye, int
conservatory. Looking up pensively into
his face, she said, with tears in her voice:
"Ah! no one loves me, Mr.. Barnes" ''Some
one does" "Yes!" said the lady, dropping
her head and pressing his arm ever 50 little:
YES, Miss Nellie" said the wretch, '4God
lnres YOU y
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-27

A man who cheats in short measure IL .
measureless rogue. If in whiskey then he
is . rogue in spirit. II by classifying h1s
accounts, then he is an unaccountable rogue.
If he gives a bad title to land, then he is .
rogue indeed If he gives short measure IN
wheat, then he is rogue ingram.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-27

Curious answers often comes out in ex-
animation for the civil service. The word
inheritance" occurring in page Of read
ing. the examiner Intercepted the young
ster. ..What is inheritance" 'Patrimony."
..What is patrimony?" Something left BY
a father" "What would you call it left by
4 mother?' .Matrimony.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-27

Once careless man went to the cellar and
stuck candle in what he thought was .
keg of black sand He sat near 1t drinking
wine until the candle burned low. Nearer
and nearer it got to the black sand; nearer
and nearer, until the blaze reached the black
sand, and it was sand and nothing happened.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-27

When two African matrons happened 70
meet on Washington street the other day,
one of them inquired: lis you gwine sum-
whar fur your health dis SEASON., eyes,
pwine away next week" was the reply. lis
you gwine?" .Dere's Where ! feel bad,
honey; lie got two tickets in the Louisiana
DRAWN, and l couldn't get away If de an
gels was calm"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-27
MIR AND HuMoR.
I. DONNELLY, Jr.. Editor.

The man that halls you Tom and Jack,
And proves by humping ON your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such friend that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-27
An heir o'naught-a pauper's son.

An Iowa editor recently announced that
q certain patron Of his was ''thieving ~
usual" 1t was written thriving.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-27

Mark Twain, apropos Of . new portable
mosquito net, writes that the day is coming
"when we shall set under our nets in church
and slumber peacefully, while the discom-
flied flies club together and take it out Of
the minister"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-27

.Now, then, children said a parish
school-mistress showing her children off on
examination day: s.Who loves all men?"
..You, missus," was the unexpected reply.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-27

Persons finding noses fingers or ears on
the ground after base ball match are re-
quested to hand them in to the captain Of
the winning club.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-27

II think have seen you before sir, Are
YOU not Owen Smith," .'Oh yes, I'm OWN
Smith, and OWN Jones, and OWN Brown,
and OWN everybody"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-27

1t is said to be bad sign to see man
with his hat off at midnight explaining the
principles and theory Of true democracy to
q lamp post.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-07
NGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA SATURDAY. AUGUST Z 1875

of Gotten thread day, Of which about
$4,000 pounds are used to produce
cloth. These mills arc chiefly in the
Bombay Island, where n new spinning
mill. just opened by wealthy Hiudoo,
and working $4,000 spin1lcs, makes II
total of seventeen workinn mills. Up
country there are several others ono ut
Surat, two ut Broach, two ut Ahmeda-
bad. ono ut .julgnum, one in the native
state OF Bhownuggcr, and one ut Ma
dras. Extensions are also rapidly going
forward. Eight oxtcnsions are in course
OF construction Mt Bombay, chiefly on
share capital, and these will provide ut
least for the working of 10000 more
spindlcs and ,345 looms. The machine
ry is always Of the very newest and most
approved construction, and no efforts
arc spared on the part of the Indian
producers to cradle their goods to com
pete ucccssfully with The choicest pro
ducts OF foreign manufacture UnitC4
.NtufCS EcOnonuiSt.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-07
ENGLAND'S NEW RIVAL.

Rapid Dcreyopmcnt oj cotton tnnn;uc'uyc IA
Iudiu.
The manufacture OF cotton is rapidly
increasing in British India, and rs con
siderable profits are realized, tho ten
dcncy is toward continued invcsi monts
and the extension Of this great indus
try. It is now maiifcst that NIanches-
tor has lest it's former control Of thr
eastern markets. in The single prrai-
dcn;y OF Bombay there nro twenty iign
cotton mills in iull operation, worl.ipg
coo, 0O0 spnd!es and 7,0On looms. Thu
spindlcs produce about i%D,0O0 nonnds
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-07
of course

u,
relates that Il. .lmcrican gentleman
who had ut m early age Gouo the over
land route to California. told him this :
We crossed the saudhills near the scene
of the Indian mail robbery and massacre
OF 1856, wherein the driver and con
ductor pnriahed, and also all the pss-
scngers but one. Bnt this must have
been a mistake, for at different times
nfterWard on the Pacific coast.
! was personally acrnninind with
one hundred and thirty. three or
:onr people who we're wounded
during that massacre and barely cecancl
with their llves. There was no doubt Of
the ruth Of it; ! had it from tncir own
lips And QUO Of thc parties told mo
that no kept coming across arrow iic.ylg
III his ayst"m Tor nearly ecYcn years
after the massacra,
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-07

THAT SAVED HIM.-tG has bcCn Scn-
orally supposed that bald head was "f
no account, even to tho o"nor, bnt
Vicksburg stands up and remarks TO the
contrary. The other dny resident OF
this city went mp 10 rhompson's Lake
to got a shot at the big alligator, an"
while eating cold bite in the shade {,
man Jumped over the fence, presented
an old army musket Mt h:r head and
cried out
"Strangor, unkiver ger head !!
The VicksburGcr was dnmhionn''",
!,IGt n,n(io haste 10 rcmov" ~ ha' ~"
exhibit pate which ahonc iik" u no"'J
polished pilpaw. ;, ,;,
'Strauger, Si!.tt SAVES y '2'i,''a''t,. li,.t
81 f;n,rha w. wri 5i.c Iet h,'.!'t. p"d-
,jicr u,c c',.o1l fay ",G1 8 TDn'N-tI'
cents fJr Il tes'arar't "lAc'' ha%s't I"'
), d3rncd ipictlue " II
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-07
TO HOPE.

Hope!
No more, implorc
Deceive me that may believe tlco;
For know that the t'akc will follow
On tie airy way of tlic swallow,
That tho drift shall liz where the lily blows
And ;iio iGitio hang from tho stem of the r"sc,
y Hope mo more!
q Hopc'
ECEuilc yet awhile;
Deccivc me and will believe thee,
Though know that tho flake must follow
On the airy way OF the swallow
That the drift must lie where tho liIy blows-
And the iciclc hang from the stem Of lhc rosc,-
o Iiope!-oncc more
John Vance Cheney.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-07

prOF. DONATDsOS, the aeronaut, who
has been travelling in company with
Barnnms Hippodromc, anI making bal
loon ascensions after tho conclusion Of
the afternoon performances, made his
second trip frlm Chicago on The 18th,
accompanied by Mr.. Newton S. Grim
wood, reporter Of the Chicago Jonrnal.
After ascending into the air the balloon
took Il northeastcrly course, sailing
over the lake in the direction of Mus
kegon, Mich. About seven o'clock IN
the evening it WAS sighted by q schooner
about thirty miles northeast of Chicago
Mt which time the balloon was skim
ming the surface ol The lake ''rh,.
schooner followed after it until it was
observed to rise suddenly into the air,
wncn tho chase was given up. A very
severe gale occurred on the lake
about midnight, nnd, as no further tid-
ings had been received in Chicago from
tho balloon or it's occupants up to The
morning OF the 17th, grave npprcllon-
sions were felt for their safety. It WAS
tho opinion of experts that the balloon
could not possibly have reached the
Michigan abore before the storm burst
upon it, and that he acronauls per-
ishcd in tho lake. It is said by some
that the balloon was !; rotten, patched
up affair.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-07
Burning Of Russian Town-2O
Lives Lost,

A Petersburg letter TO the London
Standard says:
The fire which destroyed the town II
NIorschnnsk began about ( o'clock in
the afternoon in ono of the faubnrGs, at
distance Of ncnrly half mile from
the town proper, and within II few
hours the whole town, over an extent Of
five versts, was prey of the flames in
all directions, causing them to overlap
all the open squares and even the river.
AS The fire grew the wind became n
tempest, and enormous rlauks and
sheets of iron, torn from The falling
houses, wero hurled as high rs the sec
ond story OF houses still Standing.
Cases Of goods allowed TO float along
tho river were burned on the water.
Some Of the papers Of the publi. Offices
have been found ut distance OF sixty
verstB from the town, and the glow Of
tho fire lighted up the horizon to II dis
tunco of ninety vcrsts. The fire spared
about hundred wooden houses ut one
end of ihe town, l"ut OF the brick build
ings hardly ten have escaped.
All the public ediliccs, with The cxccp-
ton OF the school and several Of the
churches, huvc been destroyed. The
destruction of property has been entire
niuuy Oh Inc lUHll)liantS tfllSUttl 10 Gel
lars and vaults, but they nearly all fell
in. AS the fire spread, furniture and
other effects were removed to gardens
and other open spaces. but in vain ; tic
flames soon reached tneE and reduced
all to ashes. Only one Of the corn de-
pots was saved.
1t is calculated that 1,O00 buildings
have been burned, and that the loss
cannot be less than 5000, 600 roublcs.
About 200 lives were lost, and several
thousand persons were wounded
Snccor, in the shape Of provisions,
clothes. and money, was instantly for
wnrded from TamboiT, Riczan, ana other
places, to the unfortunate citizens Of
NIorschansk, literally wandering about
the woods or sheltering under carts,
having lost everything, ard the number
of the homeless and destitute exceeded
10000. Three days after tho fro the
corporation of the town petitioned the
government for n loan OF 5000, coo
roubles, to be redeemed in thirty days.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-07
TIMELY TOPICS.

a RATHER heroic act is that Of Spain,
dying OF intcrntcinc struggles, to go
into the market for II loan Of $1,000, 900
to indemnify Porto RicaGs for the loss
of their emancipated slaves.
TiiE y. low lever is ut Pensacola. 1t
is unusually carly for this dreaded man
Hesitation. In somo Of tho most de-
I;'stating yellow fever seasons the dis
case has not shown itself on the gulf
co'st until September.
LIE plague, or Black Death, has
twakcd from it's thirty years sleep in the
cast, and is reported to bo spreading
with rapidity in Asia. About eighty
five years ago, it desolated Russia, anu
one hundred and fifty years have passed
since it ravaged and almost acpopu-
lated some parts of Europe,
FoR young children New York is Mt
present ono Of the deadiicst cities at
no time do they thrive there ovcrmuch.
but lust weeks mortality among them
was exceptionally great. Under five
'SAAo VI t'tSo CbSy olCl itS bile TutC Oh
'ighty-siX per diem, tic main trouble
being diarfhmal disensc.
InE postoflice department. has suni
to tho department. of justice tho numcs
of thirty-nino mail contractors who are
to be prosecuted for failure to perform
service after their bids were accented.
The contracts were rrlct by the gov
crnmcnt, and The difference between
Tho amount paid and tho bids, for the
thlrty-nnc routes, was &117, OS7, which
Is tue amount of damages claimed
against the delinquent bidders.
LIE German minister of finance re-
ports deficiency in the Budget for this
year Of $4,000 and tho tax on beer
10 to be raised-n proceeding which will
DO lnimcnscly unpopular in Germany,
where everybody consumes largely of
the ruby liquid. Such large deficiency
us -, 600, coo would seem singular, with
the millions which have bccn paid by
France. were it not apparent that Ger
many has been putting ali her money
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-07


steamship company, and they favored
the project. The company would ALLOW
the growers to fit up the stceragc for
ward cabin with their rcfrigerators
which can be done with five hundrc,
dollars Tor each vessel. This portion q
the ship would hold $4,000 or 10000
baskets, and Il compartment immcili
diately underneath could be fitted u,
Which would carry G,O0O additional
They would Charge the growers for the
shipment Of this amount Of fruit ic
Liverpool about two thousand dollars
and give them the privilege Of sendinG
out an agent FREQ of charge with each
consignment.
TIE July returns to tho dcpmrtmcuI
of agriculture shows that the acreage il
corn is about three per cent. create,
than last year. New England has in,
crensed her acreage about eleven per
cent. and tho Pacific states about ono
per cent. All the great corn growing
regions have increased acrcagc-Mid.
eic states two per cent, South Atlantic
states three per cent. Gulf states. in
land southern states, twelve per cent.
states north of Ohio seven, west Of The
hllssisslppi fourteen per cent. The
condition OF the crop is below an avor-
age i'll the New England and South At.
lantc states. The minimum condition,
eighty.two per cent, being i'll Rhode
Island, Florida and Alabama are also
below The average, bEt other Gnli
states and inland southern states arc
about the maSinum, 1l2 in Mississippi
All otEer states except Missouri, 10:}
are below the average, the minimum,
cighty-two being in Wisconsin.
THAT most insn1ci able of all idiots,
the practical joker, docs not always
escape on earth the wrath that is laid
up for him. There lived and taught
school i'll st. James parish, Louisiana,
recently, man by tho namo OF Bow
den, a well-meanipg person. but uf-
illcteA with that peculiar sense OF
hnmor which is sure to get somebody
or other into trouble sooner or later.
One OF his most successful Jokes was
thab OF dlapIaying advertising DIlls
printed il imitation Of grccnbncks, and
Cllering 10 bet hundreds and thousands
of dollars with people who didn't know
that he was fooling. The other day IN
offensive smell coming from an out
house led to search for the cause, and
tho corpse OF Bowden was 'ound
beneath the floor and under covering
OF corn husks, where it was rapidly
decayipg. \ Swedish plantation Land,
who had seen him displaying his imita,
tion bills, had mistaken him for n per
son of large and available means, and
had murdered him for his money. The
Swcde is now n fugitive, and he feels
doubly the weight Of the joke, for he
got no money, and the Governor has
offered 81 900 for his arrest.
I'pOF l)OSATDSoS thc anrnnout u.ho
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-07

~ bc!., nj Saratoga wears diamonds
on her SHOES.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-07

VIZ
finest, soundest wheat for fine flour, and
the poorest for Graham or brown bread,
o general name given to mixtures OF
bran and spoiled flour. "What we
need is good, sweet, whole wheat flour
timely ground, and put UP secure
ly for family use, nnd any western mil.
Ter who will give his earnest attention
10 furnishing such flour will realize n
fortune speedily securing the most
nutritivc principles the Creator las
stored up for mans food"
Tile substance Of Jno. d. Lees con
fession is that thirty Mormons, with the
assistance of IL large number of Indians,
decoyed emigrants from their cntrench.
ment by flag Of truce; that all were
murdered except seventeen children ::
that the deed was done under orders Of
tho leaders Of the Mormon Church ::
that he took news CT tho massacre TO
Brigham Young, who dcplorcd the
transaction, and said it would bring
disaster upon the Mormon people. The
statement of Leo, SO far ns known, only
confirms preAions reports III regard to
the massacre.
SINCE the first of Juuc, wheat has
advanced thirtythrec cents in the
Chicago market. If the reports ct hand
arc reliable, the wheat crop of Europe
will be almost an entire failure, and
consequently the demand upon our
products will bo unprecedented. This
will ensure the producer good paying
prices for the products of his farm for
at least Il Year TO come. While Great
Britain and tho continent may suffer,
the people of America will be greatly
benefited. Just whom the advance in
prices will cease it would be hazardous
to predict.
THE clerical newspapers in Franco
speculate on the causes of the great
food with some aspcrity. 1t appears
that the municipal council of Toulouse
recently refused to erect Il statue TO
"tho glorious and miraculous shcp
herdess of Pibrac," and one of Tie conn
cilors said, eve prefer fountain. {"
Whererpon the Gazette 10 Mines now
remarks, "God has fulfilled the wish Of
these honorable councillors and sent n
fountain to tue capita! of Lagncdoc
which they little expected. Fad The
town voted tie required sum Divine
Providence" snys the editor, would
never have treated Toulouac SO Sc
"ese!y." !t is "ndc:a.oo;1 that Tic
bishop OF Chartras is oi tho same
opinion.
LIE committee appointed ty the
Delaware Fruit Growers convention to
corier with the steamship Companies in
regard to the shipment Of pouches to
Liverpool have reported thnt they called
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-07
Post Office Points


Th" following late rulings nv Tho
pcsto'ficc department in regard TO mail
matter will he found of interest 70
every one engaged III mcrc:mtilc pur-
suits
When packages of merchandise or
samples Of merchandise arc wrapncd so
MS To prevent examination, or have anT
writing upon them except the address,
lt is lic duty OF the postmaster to rate
thenrIr with letter postage, to bo col
lccted on delivery. Samples may be
marked i'll pencil or ink with letters or
figures by which they aro to be dis
t1ng1',. he'd iii descriptive letter or in
voice teach separately without subject
ing t. package to letter postage.
An address may be written on Il cir
cnlnrr- but any other writing thereon
except tho mere correction OF typo
graz" cai error, would render it sub
1ect t, letter postage.
Lit u tho duty Of n postmaster when
mail matter is sent to bis Office through
mistake, TO forward it to- its destination.
1}ot k manuscript, when so wrapped
ms to Limit OF examination, is Charge.
able with prepayment OF postage ut
ratios If thir:l-class matter, viz one cent
an ouce or fraction thereof, limited to
four ounds i'll weight.
Paper with writing on it, should not
be u.s. as wrappers for newspapers. rs
this would subject the packages TO letter
postai L.
To cntitle regular s,lbscribcrs to re-
COVE newspapers FREQ Of postage, they
must .cside i'll the county whero such
papers are printed and published.
Mai matter inclosed in sealed en-
velops with the corners notched, is
subjec' to letter rates of postage.
postmaster is required to examine
allpriGtcd matter, or third class matter,
pussint through his Office, to sec that it.
is charged with proper rates Of postage
and to detect fraud. Matter contained
III :salcti envelope notclled ut the
corners cannot be satisfactorily ex-
aminea without destroying he wrapper.
Pre- aid letters must be forwarded
from ne postoilicc to another 1T the re-
quest 'f the party addressed without
ters hmving been once delivered accord
ing to heir address require postage ut
the pr, paid rate when returned 10 the
Office tpr forwarding
Packages containing liquids, or any
other latter liable to dcfaco or destroy
the ccl tents Of the mails, or hurt the
person. OF any ono connected with the
service should be excluded from the
mail, ''''s,t scaled packages deposited in
postage, in tho absence of any positive
knowledge of their contents, forwarded
to their destination.
Unscaled circulars deposited in
letter carrier Office for local delivery
through the box or general delivery, by
carriers, are subject to postage of one
cent each circular, to he prepaid by
stamp affixed. L. and r., page G1,
sec. 99
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-08-07

RATHER heroic act is that OF Spain,
dying OF interntcinc struggles, to go
INT" the market for II loan Of $1,000 600
to indemnify Porto RicaGs for the loss
of their emancipated slnvcs.