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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-27

An ancient darkey leaned over Clay street
gate yesterday and called to the dusky proprie-
tor OF cabin: "See heah, Henry, isn't you
bout ready tn pay me dat two bitsi" mHavn't
rowed dat money a whole year ago, Henry"
continued the old man. Cant help dat--can't
pay" Henry, I believes you don't want tn
pay; I believes you is dishonest, and nebber
ask for de money again; I'll leave de Lord tn
collect IL" "Shoo!" exclaimed Henry greatly
interested at all once, 'you hasn't emmy more
money to lend on dose terms, has We ?"- Ticks-
burg paper.
Having frequently appealed to his father to
buy him a jack-knife, and receiving for final
answer, If you speak to me again on that SUBJ
ject, I'll whale you," he went straightway to his
mother, crying as II his heart would break. and
said, 81 can't never be good like George WASH
ington, with such dad as I've got"
''Out damned spot!' exclaimed old Sludgens,
as he returned home from wine party late the
other night. He addressed the telltale wine
splash which disigured his shirt bosom. "Out,
damned sot!' exclaimed Mrs. S., as she pokei
HIM off the steps with broom handle. Little
wonder tasse's -. nue. ps IN thatsa-JE.
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The highest Endorsement as to the merits of
Marsdens Zarsaparilla is, that physicians
rnraacriha IL
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A mother asked her daughter to do some
thing, and the daughter reply was, "a gen.
eral tiredness pervades me-" sts - - .
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-27

Splendid mixed tea, one dollar per pound, st
the Tea Depot, Camp street. 7y
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-27

The type-setter who yesterday made the
paper speak about mitigating the honors Of
var, when mitigating the horrors Of war"
was meant, was by no means stupid. A man
of common sense who has lived in the United
States for the past ten years, and observed the
happened to hold a position in one Of the
armies, would naturally suppose it to be time
for some one to begin to write about |" miti-
eating the honors of war" Courier. Journal
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-27

Marsden's Zarsaparilla for dyspepsia.
II will pay TO buy your coffee, parched or
ground, at the Tea Depot, 5 Camp street.
The best Temperance Society-The Kel-
ley's Island Wine Company. Depot 6s Camp
street. '.'
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EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL STATEMENT
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Published according to Law and their Charter
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-27

y. a. O1hDNEIS,
GEO. JONAS,
JULIUS WEII,
a HUI. KENNEDY,
DAVID WALLACE,
i. B. WHEELOCK,
E. L. RANLETT,
JOHN H.. KENNARD,
CYRUS BUSoEY,
by 1. 81 Co.
JOHN PHELPS,
W. B. SCHMIDT,
SAM'b II. KENNEDY.
A. J. ARMSTRONG,
JOHN W. HUNTER,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-11-18
The Bull and the Locomotive.

A two-year-old bull of a bellicose and
disputatious turn of mind brought the up
train yesterday morning to stand-still
just this side of Mechanicville. The en-
gineer saw the bull on the track and
footed for him to get off. But the young
bovine evidently regarded the locomotive
as big rival, and at every toot of the
whistle he answered back with below,
and began to paw up the dirt and lash his
tail as if he could lick all the bulls in
creation. The whistle snorted. The bull
beloved. The engineer hallooed at the
bull. But the bull lowered his head and
challenged the locomotive to come on.
Then the engineer stopped his train and
went out and told the bull to "git off"
The bull refused. And then the brakemen
rallied, and grand charge was made on
the bovine, but the bovine went for the
brakemen and drove them out. So they
armed themselves with fencerails and
powders, and, amid the cheers and shouts
of the assembled passengers and the in
spring shrieks of the whistle, the fight
opened once more. For some time it was
doubtful which way the tide of battle
would turn. Several times the railroaders
were put to flight. At last, however, the
bull was defeated by a piece of strategy.
A feint was made in his front, while the
enemy moved by the flank and, taking
Mr.. Bull in the rear, got possession of his
tail. This substantially ended the fight
and the bull was ignobly turned into the
ditch. The battle for the possession of the
road lasted about ten minutes and was one
of the most lively struggles for the pos
session Of railroad known in history
SarGt0gian.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-11-18
Married in the Snow.

A writer tells story of a runaway
couple who reached the parsons house
in the dead of night, when the snow lay
on the ground and the winds howled an
anthem for the wedding march. They
succeeded in arousing the parson, who
had been snugly tucked in his warm bed
for several hours. The good man re-
luctantly raised the window and asked
"who was there ?" With chattering teeth
the would-be bridegroom announced his
errand. Not even the piety Of the parson
prevented his uttering a few impatient
growls at this unreasonable interruption
of his dreams. He did not tarry to put
on the wedding or any other garment,
but in laundering tones ordered the shiv-
ering couple to stand well off in the
moonlight and clasp hands. Then he de-
manded their names. "John Williams, " he
said, "doyo swear in the presence of God,
as you will answer in the day of judg-
ment, that you will take Eliza Catherine
to be your own, your true and holy wife,
and that you will freeze to her so long
you both shall live?" The promise was
given, but the cold was growing so in
tense that the lady was spared the ques-
ton that had been given to and answered
by the man. II pronounce you man and
wife and the biggest fools 1 have ever
met" concluded this brief and all-suffi-
cient ceremony. The banging of the
closing window intimated to the loving
pair that they had nothing more to ex-
pect from that quarter, and they soon dis
appeared, wondering at the strangeness of
the situation and doubtful if they were as
much married as they might have been
under more favorable circums tances.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-11-18
A C0rn-Shellhlg Match.

The tar-heel conventionist knows a
thing or two besides making constitu-
tons. He can beat all creation Smelling
corn. The other evening a strolling
peddler had a newly-patented corn-sheller
hawking it about Raleigh, and was show
ing crowd on the street how fast it could
shell, when an old member from the
mountains walked up, dressed in blue
jeans, and a cob-pipe in his mouth, and he
said to the peddler:
81 can beat that thing Smelling corn
myself
"Well, sir" said the peddler, "Ill
give you machine for nothing if you do
it,"
"Good as wheat" says the convention
list, and he searched over the pile for red
cob, made boy take it to fire and burn
it little, and then, squaring himself on
the sidewalk, he seized the red cob with
regular old plantation grip in one hand,
while he held the ear of corn between
both legs with the other, and waited for
the word go" from little man in the
crowd, who held the watch to time them
"Go!" cried the fellow, and at it they
went.
But the little peddler was so excited in
the start that his shelter got choked, and
while he was scutfling to unchoke it the
old member coolly got up, and, pitching
his halfshelled ear into the pile, said 10
the peddler:
g l amt got the time to shell against
that thing, mister; it would make me
-motioned for life," and he stepped
away lively, the crowd shouting and the
peddler mad.-RaleigA Cor. VicksJ,1ry
Herald
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-11-18
A Tbief.Taker's ObservatiO ms.

One of our banks writes New York
correspondent of the Boston Journal) kept
losing money, only in small sums, yet the
loss was constant and mysterious. A GEL
ebrated detective was called in. Let
everybody leave the Directors room," he
said. "Send in everybody, one by one,
Who has had chance to steal.' So the
President, the Cashier, the tellers, the
book keepers and clerks had private in
terview with the detective. Everyone in
the bank knew the purpose OF the visit,
and all but one were slightly nervous and
uncomfortable under the searching ques-
tions of the chief. The last who entered
was a nephew of the President. He
walked in cool, unembarrassed and in
different, and With an air that said "pro-
ceed." He was dismissed, as we'll as the
rest. The detective said not word, left
the bank, and in one week returned. He
nephew. In clear, fair hand was writ
ten out the whereabouts of the young
man for the last six days, the company he
kept, what he drank, the hours he spent
on the road, his night orgies, and all his
movements by mig ht and by day. No
body in the bank knows to-day that the
Presidents nephew was the thief. That
his health was not good, that he was trav-
cling in Europe, and that his place in the
bank was filed by another were we'll
known. The bank was saved from rob-
berry, the family from dishonor, the de-
tective commended for his skill and pru-
dence, and was all the happier for check
of $1,000 A detective told me that in
ten years he had never failed to detect the
culDrit.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-11-18
Singing Jelly.Fishes.

Capt. Webb states that while swim
ming across the Channel on the night of
the Gath Of August last he was so badly
stung on the shoulder by a jelly-fish with
which he came in contact in the dark that
the pain caused him to feel quite sick for
some time. He still bears the marks of
the weapons of the animal, which, from
his description, seems to have been one of
those sometimes called yellow-starches.
They are of pale yellow color, and from
the center of the body depends thick
fringe of long tentacles, looking like the
hempen fiber of q " swab" made of un-
twisted rope and used for drying a ships
deck, etc. Jelly-ishe of various sizes,
all possessing the power of singing more
or less, have lately swarmed in the sea
from the More to Folkestone, and
probably all along the Channel.
Little, may say nothing, is known of the
rate of its development, but 1t is probable
that it is very rapid and that the animal
lives only one year. During its brief ex-
istence it passes through as many meta
morphoses as a butterfly. From an EN-
bryo within an egg it is Matched little
crawling thing called plaluna, and creeps
about till it finds suitable spot on rock
or shell, where it may rest for while.
To this it attaches itself and becomes a
stationary polyp, known as hydra tuba.
In this condition it has the appearance of
a little c ne, with tentacles, holding by its
pointed Ind to the surface on which it
grows. Soon its outline becomes cor
rugated, and it next assumes the form of a
number of little saucers piled one upon
another. By and by the topmost saucer
detaches itself and swims away; and the
rest, one by one, follow its example, un-
til the cone is dispersed, and the little
saucers are seen to be little jelly fishes,
jerking themselves rapidly along through
the water with a motion resembling the
quick, alternate opening and closing of
lady's parasol.-Hesry Lee, in Land and
Water.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-11-18
Educating Horses.

Horses can be educated to the extent
of their understandings as we'll as chill
drcn, and can be as easily damaged or
ruined by bad management. We believe
that the great difference found in horses
as to vicious habits or reliability comes
more from the different management of
men than from variance of natural dispo-
sition in the animals. Horses with high
mettlc are more easily educated than those
of less or dull spirits, and are more sus-
ceptible to ill-training, and consequently
may be as good or bad according to the
education they receive.
Horses with dull spirits are not by any
means proof against bad management, for
in them may often be found the most pro-
voking obstinacy; vicious habits of differ
ent characters that render them almost
entirely worthless. Could the coming gen
erations of horses in this country be kept
from their days of colthood to the age of
five years in the hands of good, careful
managers, there would be seen vast diff
ference in the general characters of the
noble animals.
If a colt is never allowed to get an adj
vantage it will never know that it pos
sesses power that man cannot control,
and if made familiar with strange objects
it will not be skittish and nervous. If a
horse is made accustomed from his early
days to have objects hit him on the heels,
back and hips, he will pay no attention to
the giving out of harness or of wagon,
running against him at an unexpected mo,
ment.
We once saw an aged lady drive high
spirited horse attached to carriage down
a steep hill with no hold-back straps
upon the harness, and she assured US that
there was no danger, for her son accus-
toned his horses to all kinds Of usages
and sights that commonly drive the ami
NAL into frenzy Of fear and excitement
A gun can be fired from the back of a
horse, an umbrella held over his head, a
buffalo-robe thrown over his neck, a rail.
road engine pass close by, his heels
bumped with sticks, ana the animal take
it all as a natural condition of things il
only taught by careful management that
he will not he injured thereby. There is
great need of improvement in the manage
ment Of this noble animal; less beating
wanted and more of Door
and Out.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-11-18
A Brief Ceurtship.
The Atlanta corresponden

The Atlanta correspondent of the Au-
gusta (Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel makes
the following mention of the marriage of
couple in that city on the 18th ult.:
A nice little matrimonial adventure oc.
CURED on yesterday, which, for novelty,
is without precedent for many years past,
as the parties to it were gentleman and
lady of culture, distinction, and belonging
to fashionable society. On yesterday, at
Granville, Mr.. Frank PERUVIAN, of this
city, was married to Miss Alice Norwood,
of the former place. Among the attend
ants were DR.. Beasley, Of La Grange, and
Miss Lucy Pope, Of Washington, Ga,
young lady we'll known throughout Up-
per and Middle Georgia. Dr.. Beasley
had met Miss Pope only two weeks before
yesterday, but within that period, it
seems, had formed quite an attachment
for her, as the sequel will show. Reach
ing Granville few hours before the mar
rage, he sought Miss Pope. and without
unnecessary delay offered himself in mar
riage and was accepted without unneces-
sary ceremony. The next question was
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-11-18
HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.

Everyone can make his own troches
by following this recipe, given In the
Household: One ounce pulverized cubebs,
one ounce pulverized licorice, one ounce
pulverlzed gum arabic, one-half pound
p~lverized sugar, just water enough to
moisten; warm slightly, stirring constant
ly, roll thin, and cut out with a thimble
and dry.
Oyster Omelet.- Whisk four eggs to
a stiff froth, then ado by degrees one gill
of cream beat them well together; season
the egg with pepper and salt to taste.
Have ready one dozen fine oysters; cut
them in half and pour the egg into pan
of hot butter and drop the oysters over it
as early as possible. Fry light brown
and serve hot.
-Corn-fed hens do not lay in winter, for
the simple reason there isn't any albumen
material in the corn. When wheat is fed
there is fat enough in it to supply all that
is needed for the yolk and gluten enough
to make the white and lime enough to fur
nish the shell; it does not thus seem diff
cult to understand why corn-fed hens
should not lay, as they do not, and why
wheatfed hens should lay, as they do
Ohio Farmer.
"A Salem horse suffering with the cpl
zootic got hold of some onions, the other
day, and lie was made so much better that
three quarts more were fed him, and he
entirely recovered. A Boston man has
cured his horses by following this pre-
scription: Give the horse five drops of
aconite, followed in two hours by five
drops of belladona; keep him quiet, with
loose diet, and after the third day he will
be able to work
In the growing of house-plants moth
ing is more important than the soil in
which they are planted. One should pay
no attention to those complicated prepare
tons which it would puzzle profession
al man to make. A compost for plants
wants age, like wine, to be good. All
that is needed are soda and manure. Leaf
mold from timbcred lands is as good as
soda. Let these be turned over and over
for year until they are completely fined
down. Use this for everything grown in
the house.-Detroit Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-11-18
A Good Dog Story.

Last Thursday evening Eddie Gerrold,
aged nine years, of Newtonville, a small
hamlet in the interior of Watervliet, went
into some woods in therear of his fathers
house to gather some nuts. He obtained
a little bag from his mother at his urgent
request, to put the nuts in, and started off
for the woods in high glee. As evening
advanced he did not return and his par
ents became anxious and went in search
Of him, but failed to find him. They con.
tinued their search all day Friday, and on
the evening of that day returned home
tired and footsore and almost gave the
child up as lost. About nine O'Clock on
Saturday morning, as most of the residents
of the hamlet were in Mr.. Gerrold s house
sympathizing with the family at the loss
of their child, "Jack," large Newfound-
land dog, that had been an attache of the
Gerrold family since he was month old,
entered and seemed uneasy, and kept
whining and barking q: intervals. He
was put outside the door for disturbing
the family, and after remaining there for
some time he ran into Mrs. Scovill's
house, next door, and grasped loaf of
bread that the lady of the house had put
under the stove, and ran off with it in his
mouth in the direction of the wood.
When Mr.. Scovill returned his wife re-
lated the incident to him and he felt sur
prised, as Jack has always maintained a
character for strict honesty. He in turn
related the incident to Mr.. Gerrold, and
that gentleman felt pretty certain that the
dog had some idea Of where the child was,
and new hope was inspired in the
family, ana they waited impatiently
for the dogs return. Finally he did re-
turn in about an hour and exhibited the
same uneasiness that was remarked before.
After trying various ruses to attract the
family to follow him to the wood he final
ly started in that direction with more than
half the residents of the hamlet after him.
He led them through many winding
paths until at last they reached q chestnut
grove, and there they found the boy lying
with his leg broken. The boy himself
told the facts of the case to our reporter,
substantially as follows: He was upon
the tree and shaking it with all his might
to shake off the nuts, and lost his hold
and tumbled down, his leg striking the
ground with force. He tainted, and the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-11-18
DIVORCE.

The law has spoken,
The law has broken,
And men have hearkcned it's stern decree.
The great world wondered:
Two lives are sundercd,
Two streams have flowed to the sul!en sea.
The past is in ashes,
And memory dashcs
The hopes that were born with the birth of
the years;
LIES dream is relinquished,
Loves LAMP is extingnished,
The future is laden with curses and tears,
Deaths parting-to sever
Forever, forever,
To breathe in world without fragrance or
bloom!
Deaths parting-to wander
Alone and to ponder
Der dreams that lie buried in anguish and
gloom.
What demon has entered
Where angels have centcred,
Where life was sweet as the glance of a
child?
What flame has empowered
The love so EMPOWERED,
The beauty, the hope and the faith undetileds
Al! bright was the summer,
When ev'ry newcomer
Poured gladness in bosoms Of bridegroom and
bride:
All! pure was each meeting,
Each smile and each greeting,
Each tear that seemed sweeter than honor or
pride.
Their lips unrepenting,
Their eyes unrelenting,
They turn from the path that is fairest to
men:
Hope-weary and signing,
Love bitterly dying,
The visions that were will come never again.
o Heart! once forsaken,
Once withered and shaken,
Tiny world is hereafter woe and shame;
Cold pride may sustain thee!
Twill bruise thee and chain thee,
Twill mock thee with throbbings thou canst
not reclaim.
George Edgar Montgomery, in the Arcadian.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-11-18
Which He Would Rather Have.

A Detroiter of liberal education has been
greatly annoyed because his wife and other
women are not better posted on history and
other matters connected with the growth
or welfare of the country. The other day
he carried home big history and handed
1t to his spouse with the remark:
"There, Mary, want you to commence
at page one and see if you can't learn
something"
She agreed to become his pupil, and
when he came home to supper he found
her reading away, hair down, slippers on,
all the fires out but one, and no sign of
supper:
"Why, how's this?" he inquired; are
you sick?"
"Sick! No."
"Well, where's my supper?"
II don't know anything about your
supper" she replied as she settled back in
her chair, " but I can tell you all about
the first discovery of Florida as straight
as a stringr'
That history hasn't been opened since
that evening.-Detroit Free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-11-18

ONE of our lady readers, remarkably
successful with her house plants in the
winter season, gives us two points in their
management. Every gardener and florist
knows the value Of what is called "bot-
tom heat" A warm acknowledgements
cially if dry one-is often insufficient to
bring about healthy growth, and is some
times injurious. What is wanted for many
kinds of plants and flowers is moist heat
at the roots and fibers, where growth carly
starts and from which the stimulus is con-
veyed to every other part of the plant. A
thrifty growth below the ground is sure to
be followed by fruit and flowers above.
Our lady friend accomplishes this by
filling the saucers of her tlower-pots wiM
hot arater. This is, of course, absorbed
and carried up to the roots and tibers, Civ
ing the required bottom heat. Unthrifty
plants, in addition to this, she places on
the mantelpiece over the kitchen range,
keeping them, of course, we'll watered. 1t
supplies heat where it is most wanted-at
the roots-and the benefit is marked. In
warm rooms the higher temperature is at
the top, and the coolest near the floor,
where the pots are. This reverses the
proper order, giving the roots of a plant
the coolest place.
Another important matter in house
plants is to give them the morning sun.
Windows where flowers are kept should,
therefore, face the east. The reasons are
not known, perhaps, but the fact is patent
to all whose business it is to develop
healthy growth in plants and flowers, that
an hour of morning sun is worth three
hours of afternoon sun. Everyone OBJ
serves this, and it may be owing to some
increased electrical action at that time
Practical Farmer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-11-18

when they would be married. The min.
lister and friends being present, they
quickly agreed that they would be mar
ried the same day with Mr.. Perryman and
Miss Norwood, by the same minister. DR..
Beasley fastened off in a passing train
for marriage license. Returning short
ly he took his stand with Miss Pope in the
company of attendants, and they acted
their parts as groomsman and brides
maid during the marriage ceremony of
Mr. Perryman and Miss Norwood. The
moment the ceremony was concluded they
stepped forward together, presented to the
astonished minister their marriage license
and requested to be married, and were
Immediately Joined in the holy bonds of
wedlock in the presence of the wondering
company.