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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-11-26
CHiCKY lakewood.
q Young Folks story.

Now, ii you are going to laugh at
that name | shall certainly stop just
where ! am. 1t is precisely as good a
name as yours, and if you are Priscilla
,Fonkins | must confess that, to my ear,
at least, Chicky lakewood sounds ever
so much better. | don't say that YOU
are Priscilla JOnkins. Indeed, | should
MT wonder a bit if you were to tell me
there is no sucn little Girl in the world.
But certainly there is 4 Chicky Jack
wood, and her mother isn't a hen, eth
CT, but Just the dearest old lady you ever
Saw-excepting, of course, your mother
and mine.
Why, ii you were to take the cars
some day and ride until the conductor
called cut "Maple Farm" and were
TO walk over the field to Maple Farm
itself, and lift the heavy brass knOcker
(Which IS polished so bright you can
see your face in it, and 50 know you are
not lost)-I say if you should do this,
and ask for Dora lakewood, Maggie,
the servant, would say:
Mis- Chicky, you mean. If you
.plcaSe, shes working on the dam. Will
you walk IMP"
Now, DO you know, I've told 4 great
many stories, and always find myself
jumping right into the middle of them
almost before | commence. Of course,
after hearing that Chicky was at work
on Il dam, you must be told at once up
on what one she could possibly be work
inc; and, after finding out that, and
though the lunch-bell should ring be-
fore o get to it, | am confident you
would not move an inch until you knew
exactly what she is doing there.
Back Of Maple Farm, away OFT to the
left, do you see that large piece of
woods? Somewhere from out of that
flows Chicky's brook. In and out
among the trees it runs, until it reaches
q large, open field, through which 1t
comes, straight by the knoll, within
plain sight OF Farmer Jackwood's back
door.
Chicky one day was playing about
the yard, when she saw her father talk
ing with a neighbor who lived some
distance off.
"Chicky," called Mr.. lakewood,
~come and see what Mr.. Butts has
brought yoa."
Now, Ike most little girls, Chicky
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Queer Story of 4 Murder.

The authorities of Appleton, Wis,
have Il curious ease to deal with which
involves 4 tragedy in the woods near the
town-cither q murder by Il young man
who calls himself Winfield Scott Spicer,
or by Indians. Spicertells Il very queer
story to explain it, but his narrative is
highly improbable, and the general be-
lief is that Spicer did the deed. He
says that Charley Hcnnis, a young mar
with whom he was working for 4 farm
er, asked him one Sunday afternoon to
90 hunting with him. They Shouldered
their Sh0t-guns and went. In the woods
they were met by Indians, or men who
looked and talked Indian. One of them
jerked Spiccr'S gun away from him and
shot Charley and cut and tore Il piece
of flesh out of his arm, which he
wrapped up in Spiccr's handkerchief
and made Spicer carry. Spicer eX-
pected they would Kill him next, but
they didn't, and after walking him a
great distance they let him 90. Heran,
and then he was very sure the Indians
would shoot, but when he had got a
good distance away he looked back and
they We're nowhere to be seen.
He then made tracks for the near
est settlement, but said nothing of
his adventure with Indians for fear the
people would string himup as the MUIR
derer of Charley Hcnnis. The first re-
cital of his strange adventure he gave
to Il newspaper editor in Appleton, who
printed it. The body of Charley Hen
mis- was found in the woods, lying on
the face, with a heavy charge of shot in
the back of the neck, and a part of the
gun wadding sticking there. He had
evidently been shot from behind, and
by somebody who was close to him.
His double-barreled shotgun, Il valu-
able one, was lying close to him, loaded,
and a dead pigeon kept him company.
a piece of flesh had apparently been
torn out Of his arm by a wild beast and
this would have been the theory had
not Spicer told his story. Hennis was
IS, and Spicer is 20 years of age, and
the two were supposed to he friends.
No Indians have been seen for Il year
by any body else than Spicer, within
twenty miles of where the bloody deed
was committed. Spicer was arrested
for the murder.
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ceedcd in capturing the runaway, with
Il basket tied to 4 very long pole; and
on the way home Chichy gave the poor
duck such Il tremendous scolding that
the little creature seemed to say, with
its misunderstanding eyes: please, Miss
Chicky, couldn't help it. Just see
where | bumped my head" Then
Chicky said, quite softly: "Excuse me
for being cross, dear SpOtty White"
And after that she took the duck from
the basket and held it in her hands all
the way home. And if you ask my pri-
waite opinion, | should certainly saythat
if ever again Farmer Butts should find Il
runaway duck in his pond, even though
it should prove to be II of Chicky
Jackwood's, you may be sure it would
have no bluc ribbon about its neck and
that it would not bear the name of Miss
Spotty White.-IndepcnGeRt.
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Two Requisites for House Plants.

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 "bottom heat" Awarm atmos-
phere-especially if a dry one-iso often
insufficient to bring about healthy
growth, and is sometimes injurious.
What is wanted for many kinds of plants
and flowers is moist heat ut the roots
and tibers, where growth early 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 accomplishcs
this by filling the saucerS of her flower
pots with hot water. This is, of course,
absorbed and carried up to the roots or
tibers, giving the required bottom heat.
Unthrifty plants, in addition to this, she
places on the mantelpiece V the
kitchen range, keeping them, of course,
well watered. 1t supplies heat where
it is most wantcd-atthe roots-and the
benefit is marked. In warm rooms the
temperature is at the top, and the cold
est near the floor where the pots are.
This revcrscs 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 de-
velop healthy growth in plants and
flowers, that an hour of morning sun is
worth three hours of afternoon sun.
Every one observes this, and it may be
owing to some electrical action at that
time.-ErchNnge.
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A Yankee Farmer and his Fat Cattle.

Franklin County has long been IA
NOUS for its fat cattle, but the forty
seven head now standing in the stables
of George w. Jones at Deerfeld go Il
little ahead of any thing yet seen in the
county. They are all Burhams, great
fellows so large they al hardly move
themselves, the heaviest yoke weighing
1900 pounds, the next 400, and the
whole averaging over 1000 per yoke.
They are fed eight quarts a day each OF
meal and bran, and all the hay they
want; water is supplied to their man
gers in pipes. Those now in stall will
be taken to Boston about Christmas,
when Mr.. Jones will stock up for win
ter, his usual supply being eighty OF
ninety cattle, 600 or 700 sheep, and
about Il dozen horses. Last year he cut
about $50 tons of hay, all of which lie
fed out, and some seventy-fve tons
more. The cattle are kept in q sub
basement of the barn, which has to be
well ventilated during the winter, else
it would become oppressively warm
from the number of cattle confined
there. The sheep are kept On the floor
above. Mr.. Jones puts upon his W
land, which lies along the west bank of
the Connecticut River for half a mile,
all the from his stock, raising
twelve or fourteen acres of heavy to-
bacco every year, for which he gets
prices considerably above that paid for
tobacco grown by patent fertilizers.
In fact, he is one farmer who has found
out how to "make farming pay"
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To-Day.

BY JOHN BOYLE O'REILLT.
only from day to day
The life of Il wise man runs:
What matter if seasons far away
Have gloom or have double suns:
To climb the unreal path,
We lose the roadway here,
We swim the rivers of wrath
And tunnel the hills Of fear.
Our feet on the torrent, brink.
Our eyes on the cloud afar,
We fear the things we think.
Instead of the things that are.
like i iide our work should rise,
Each later wave the best,
Tomorrow forever flies,
To-Day is the special test.
Like 4 >awycr'S work is life:
The present makes the flaw.
And the only field for strife
In ;he inch before the saw.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

We let III blessings grow moldy,
and then call them curses.
IT is a great art to be able at all times
to tell less than you know.
THERE are few wild beasts more to
be dreaded than Il communicative man
with nothing to communicate.
WHAT men want is not talent, it is
purpose; in other words, not the pow
er to achieve, but the will to labor
BuIwer.
"YOU never saw my hands as dirty
rs that" said It mother reproachfully,
yesterday, to her little e~ight-year-old
girl. "'Cause never seen You when
you was Il little girl" was the prompt
answer.
A LITTLE ~tive-year-old Wisconsin boy
was heard saying to his little brother:
81 know what amen means. 1t means
you mustn't touch it, mamma told
me sO''-which was his childish, but
literal Interpretation of $50 let it be-"
THEY recognized each other at one
the fish stands, and one called out: "Is
that you, Mrs. Jones? And are you af-
ter fish??n "And is that you, Mrs.
Toddle?: And no, | never buy fish"
"YOu dOn't?" "NO. | | have got the
p%articularest husband you ever saw. If
he's eating fish and gets four or five
scales in his mouth he makes as much
fuss as some men would Over q cObble-
stone in Il loaf of bread. So | buys liv-
er, and there's no scales on it, and all
you have to do is to give it a rinse, flop
it into the spider, and the butcher gets
all the blame.n-Detr0H Free Press.
"JACK!" screamed a bright-eycd,
gOlden-haired, fair-faced little girl of
not more than six summers, to her
younger brother, who had dumped him.
self under the wall, where he was dig
ging sand with a strip of Single
"Jack, You goOd-for-nOthing little
scamp, You are the torment of my life.
Come right into the house, this minute,
or III take the very hide off m YOU!
Come in, say!'' "Why, Totty," ex-
claimed her father, who CHANGED to
come up at that moment, "what in the
world are you saying? Is that the way
You talk to your ~brother?" 40, no,
papa answered the child, promptly,
n,l ,rit nv, ;,D1,nn+ r,,1lo - w, ,r,.
playing keep house, and | am Jacks
mamma, and | was talking to him just
as mamma talked to me, this morning.
| never really spank him, as mamma
does me sometimes"
THE Eicksburg boy can stand up
with any other boy III the world against
an accusation. The other day, when 4
VickSburg mother discovered sugar on
the pantry shelf, she called her boy, and
said: "SOme one has been stealing this
sugar." as it pOSSible?" he exclaimed,
rolling up his eyes in establishment
''Yes, it is possible; and the thief is not
far away, either '..Ain't he? Do YOU
You suspect father" 'No, | don't"
Couldn't be the eat, could it?' he in
quired, glancing, under the table in
search of the feline. Seats don't eat
sugar, young man" "'They dont?"
''No, sir: the thief is q boy about your
size" ale is, eh? I'd just like to catch
him in here once,n eff this sugar is
disturbed again." she said, as she cov-
cred the box, 81 know of a boy who'll
get his jacket dusted.n THAT'S bully!
| wish you'd let me stay out OF school
SOS to see you catch and maui him."
And he went out to deyour the other
Herald.
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Autumn Leaves.
BY John PAUL,

BY JOHN PAU.
The melancholy days have come,
Which Mr.. Bryant sings,
OF wailing winds and naked woods,
And other cheerful things.
The robin from the glen has down,
And there Matilda j.
Now roamS in quest of autumn leaves
70 press and put away.
These Il ;he scrc, TO schoolgirls dear,
Are found wherc'cr II looks.
On hill, in vale, in wood, in field.
But mostly in my books.
If I tax" up my Unabridged
Some curious word to sean.
Rare leaves are sped of green and red,
Or maybe black and tan.
The book of bO0k>-my Biblc-nOw
| scarcely dare to touch,
Lest i bring grief to some rare leaf
OF maple, oak, or such.
And if upon the lounge lie
70 read while | rcSpose,
The arid leaves in dusty sheavcS
Sift down upon my clothes.
Thus buried, | might pose, perhaps,
For Childred in the Wood,
Though my behavior in the grave
Is scarcely quite As good.
u autumn leaves, rare autumn leaves,
so lovely out Of doors,
Strcw the wild woOd(you could or should)
But mUsS not Christian floors,
No more ] swear in empty air,
But straight invoke Il broom.
And soon st. Bridget comes and sweeps
The rGbbish from the room.
For now / know a solemn truth
| did suspect before:
These leaves that autumn branches bear
Are AT autIImnal bore.
-H0rper'S Bd=Gr.
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WASHINGTON.
An Important Modification Proposed
In the Pacific Railroad Bill.
Mexican Veterans Visit the President
He Favors Giving them Pensions.

WASHINGTON, January 1.-The usual
reception took place at executive man
sion to-day, foreign ministers, cabi'
net officers, judges of the supreme
court, army and navy officers and
many others, paying their respects ia
the president.
A large delegation Of the Mexican
war veterans, under the marshalship
of Ex-Governor Herbert, of Louisiana,
were received by the president in q
cordial manner. He Is decidedly In
favor of having pensions granted to
them. Ex-Governor Herbert after
wards entertained his old comrades in
arms at the Ebbert house.
The members of the cabinet and
hundreds of others opened their houses
to visitors and entertained them hos
pitably.
During the afternoon there was a
slight fall of snow.
The Texas or Southern Pacific rail-
road, embracing the Texas and Az
lantic and Pacific in com bination, as
appears by the pending bill introduced
by Senator Scott, of Pennsylvania,
and also from the map of the COM
pany, showing the route Of the road
and connections on the line from
Shreveport southeastward to New Or
leans, and from Springfield, Missouri,
on the Atlantic and Pacific via st.
Louis, to the northeast and north,
there is no connection provided for in
the present bill or the programme
with the railroad centers of Vir-
ginias the Carolinas, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi Tennessee and
Kentucky. To meet this deficit in the
route, connection, are proposed from
Springfield, Missouri, to Memphis,
and senators from the eastern and
southeastern states, including promi-
nently and especially Senators john
ston, of West Virginia, Ransom, Of
North Carolina, Robertson, Of
South Carolina, Gordon, Of Georgia,
Goldthwaite, Of Alabama, Alcorn,
of Mississippi, Cooper, of Tennessee,
Dorsey, of Arkansas, Stephenson, OF
Kentucky, and many leading southern
congressman, are waiting to insure this
modification in Senator Scott's bill,
which would unite the entire system
of railways east of the Mississippi and
Ohio rivers, and make 1t essentially
southern Pacific railroad. The meas
ure thus modified promises great
strength, not only rs a matter Of conf
ty and Justice in view Of the liberal aid
given the Union and Pacific railroad
by the government, but is further ia.
yored by prominent northern congress.
men rs an important practical meas.
ure for the relief of the impoverished
states of the south.
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False neper..-c.suslti.s.

New ORLEANS, January 1.-The fol-
lowing false reports were freely circu-
lated to-day ThatSenator Barber had
been shot through the body; that the
body OF Police Judge Macarthur had
been found in the canal with bullet
through his head; that Ex-Governor
Wells throat had been cut from ear
to ear; that hundreds of large timbers
were being carried into the state house
for barricade purposes.
Two boys, Joseph Bennett and Mike
ARRAY, were killed to-day by the care
less handling of firearms in the hands
of companions.
John Broderick was accidentally
killed by o falling beam In a dredge
boat,
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BY TELEGRAPH.
MrDMIonr DIsrArouns
Revolt Among the Indians - Ross
Marching 10 Attack yinlta.
Intense Excitement Prevailing Do
ienllon or Railway Trains.

ViNITA, !. r., January I've are
momentarily expecting Nh attack from
Ross and his party. All the women
and children are aboard the train ready
to pull out Ut u moments notice, The
Missouri, Kansas and Texas passenger
tain Ia being detained aud II Ia fear /.
cd II has been overhauled by the mob.
They number two thousand armed
men, mostly full bloods. Scouts re-
port them Within twenty miles OF this
place.
Troops are badly needed. There IL
Intense excitement and trouble is m f.
tlclpaled, as there are men arriving
hourly from the lower part OF the ma
lion, reporting murders along the line
of their march.
LATER.
Tho PRS did not attack last night,
as was expected, but ARE reported 10 DO
twelve miles from here, making good
time. Almost every white person has
left the place, and the probability Is
there will not be q woman or child
here at II o'clock to-day. They num-
Der twenty-five men, well armed.
Further and more reliable reports
say the Pirs are one thousand strong.
Every person has left Chouteau sta
ton, south Of here. Tho Cherokees
residing on Grand river are coming
into town by droves. The advance
guard starts IN half IN hour to meet
the enemy.
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TEXAS AND PACIFIC,
THE MAILS.
Arrival and Departure OF Malls ut Dallas Post.
once.


Arrival and Departure of Malls nj DaIias Post.
Office.
Na.,,,..,, Mail
, :, ~
,'ar,h ~. MN a., n ~, 'au wJs'o o,,,
M, Louis malls, arrives daily at 7;lO n IN; do.
parts daily at $40 y m.
NOuihern mail.
New Orleans and southern Louisiana, Gal
weston, Houston, Auatin, Waco, and all other
points In southern Texas, arrives daily at 7:l0
y m: departs dnIly nj $40 d m,
Eastern Mail,
via ~ and ppR comnr,s,ny .o,tbarr and
,,i',iia s,a,a: Ionisw,iln f,hat,ap"o"a MAN..
,',,,s i's,a hans and Shra,onnr, a,n "a al,
apaainrn rnxas arrives daily nj II n m. do.
ar,s daiiy az - ~, ' Wv ' Wv
par'S o"''y W. m'
western MAIL,
From Fort Worth, Cleburne, Granbury,
Weatherford, Decatur, Pnlo Pinto, Jacksboro
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Mr.. Theodore Tilton has announced
that rather than go into court under
the restrictions of bill of particulars,
he will abandon his suit against Henry
Ward Beecher, and trust to the ver-
dict of a jury in the Islander case, or
to the Judgment of public opinion. To
put the statement In his own language,
he twill go into court on the first day
when he is permitted to carry all his
evidence with him, but never while he
must leave nine-tenths Of this evidence
oatsids the door.h 81. S
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Richmond. YlrEiniA.

RICHMOND, January 2.-The En-
quirer OF this city, appeared to-day In
an elegant new dress, with the name
of John ii, Bryant, formerly Of New
York, ut the head Ms proprietor. Mr..
Bryant, for several years past, has been
actively aud successfully engaged In
business in Richmond The Enquirer
Is under the editorial management OF
A. p. Bennett, formerly Of New Or
leans.
The weather to-day Is cold and dis
agreeable, with rain, hail and light
snow. ~
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Death of Judge Observation-Disclosures
OF the Supreme Court.

MONTGOMERY, January 2.-Judge
Abram Martin, the oldest lawyer at
this bar, died last night.
The supreme court organized to-day
r. G.. Buckell, chief justice, 7. J..
Judge and A. R. Manning associates.
They appointed Thomas ]. Jones re-
porter. He Is the gentleman whose
speech at the last memorial day In this
city was published all over the north
and especially his tribute 10 the valoI
Of the federal soldiers. ss u So
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NORFOLK, Va, January 2.--An I'M
known steamer IL ashore eighteen
miles south of Cape Henry. Baker a
Co., wreckers, sent wrecklng steamer
Immediately.
LATER.-'rhe steamerreported ashore
south Of Cape Henry is the San Mar
cos, from Galveston to Norfolk for
coal.
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main aud Lamar streets, over first
National hanh, nusiness Once
Pront uoon,, second starry.
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THE DALLAS HERALD

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Texas that receives the full
Press dispatches.
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Death Of . Minstrel.

Providence, r. l., January 2-Sam.
uel sharplsy. the negro minstrel man,
Y dead.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
Arrival and Departure Of Trains nj,
Dallas.
HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL.

HOUSTON AND TEXAb CENTRAL.
AIrlveA
From the South (mall and express). Si22 "a. m.
From tho North (mnil and oxpress). 7;lOp. IN.
From tho houth, (accommodationll0i 1850 p. m.
From the North, (accommodntionll2 1888 a, M.
TEXAS AND PACIFIC.
Leaves. Arrives
Mail and Express. y. m. ll;00a. m
Aooommodatl ,.".....bSO n, IN. 1880 y. m
Through Ffeight...,..iil5 u. M, 1880 D. IN