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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13

Mr.. Horace Cummings has returned from a
long visit to Palmyra, n. Y.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13

Joseph LaGrave, former resident Of this
place, and son OF the late Z. LaGrave, died at
Cameron, Missouri, October 4th.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13

Died-In Decatur township, October End,
Mrs. Huson Taylor, aged 80 years.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13

Claxton NJ. Nash and Miss Lille Whaley,
both Of this place, were married Oct. 5.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13

o. w. Rowland, Esq, and Mr.. NJ. P. Allen
are home from the centennial.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13

Senator T. W. Ferry addressed the Republic
cans OF South Haven last Tuesday.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13

A Kalamazoo factory sold 5000 sets OF cro-
quet to one finn this season.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13

\. r. Wildey, Esq, is home, after few
weeks absence at the east
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13

GRAND RAPIDS, Oct. eighty persons we're
arrested this morning for violating the State
Sunday law. Forty were taken up for going to
the postoffice, and twenty for selling milk
Others were for riding out for pleasure and
other diversions. The list Of these terrible
sinners Includes three publishers Of news
papers, several city officials. officers Of the
court, etc. The trials will last all this week. OF
course there is the most unbounded astonish-
ment and great deal of excitement, and 1t lie
highly probable that now some Of the leading
minds OF the State can begin to think up some
means OF wiplng the Connecticut blue laws off
the State statute books
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-10-13

Ed. Asphalt, an employee in this Office during
the legislative session of 1884. recently wrote
to the boys, dating his letter at Corbeil France.
He went to England in 1874 where he remained
until July last, attending school, but again
packed his collar-box and went to France. He
intends to make the tour Of Germany, Switzer-
land, Spain and Italy before returning to this
country, depending upon his composug-stick
for his xpenses.-Lansiug Republican.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-01
BONNY EOOK-CECILIAN. KY.
HARTFORD.
''lIow dear to this heart are the scenes
OF my childhood

"IIOw dear to this heart are the scenes
OF my childhood
There are nights when sleep fees
from my eyes, rest from my brain, and
thoughts come hurrying, thronging,
freighted with the richness-the balm
of other days, laden with All apprecia.
tion for the hOpe of my childhood
The home thatwass paradise while l
possessed it, but That aoated away
when loves '$efs-p4eadings touched my
heart.
Nestled on the bank of romantic
stream, with the steam-car whirl and
whistle too distant to disturb its usual
quiet, we had but to love and be loved;
but to mingle in the social circle and
create for ourselves that pleasure and
delight which others find only in the
more public thOroughEre of life.
Hartford has before now been
termed SLEEPY Hollow" and so it
may be in business point Of view,
but It's not typical of that culture and
refinement to which its people are ever
wide awake; they seek mental and not
material gain, and hOspitable to a
fault-friend and foe NAV alike receive
due Difference.
Oft times, were it not for the charms
of our present little hOme-Our quiet
BOnny Nook, would flee to the arms
OF its loved ones and quietly nestle in
the old homestead near a lonely grave
"a hallowed spot. Often l would ask
of time to stay his course and change
not my ever happy home. But would
he list? All no; he'd chime his sill
very bell and chant dulcet paan in
defence of his magical work; already
he has garnered some of its fiirest, and
gathered some of its most noble intel
lects for eternity-intellects that the
world never knew, and that will final
ly sink to oblivion uncOffined and I'M
knelled! 1.-The Beautiful Lost"
have friends around me loved,
loving, unselfsh and kind. Some
with the exquisite beauty of face, and
some with the beauty of mind. But
the vine clings close to its native tree;
the flower sends forth the richest per
fume for its native cline and heart
tendrils are no less tenacious of the
hearts of long ago, and each varying
current of time but girds mine closer
to the dear old friends the friends of dear
old Hartford. MYRA.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-01
A Ten Million Dollar Lump.

a correspondent, writing from Cali,
fOrnia, says that the Centennial fever
runs high. every body is talking
about it, and nearly every man you
meet is saving up his dimes for the trip.
We are going to show You what can be
done in the way of an exhibition of our
metallic product. Arrangements are
being made to produce during the
month of May 81 1000, 900 of bullion
and to exhibit it in one grand pile. 1t
can be done easily and parties manag-
ing the Consolidated Virginia and Cal
ifornia Mines say they will turn out the
entire amount from these two mines,
completely throwing into the shade the
product of the far-famed Potosi Mines
of the Olden times. Ten millions of
dollars in bars piled up will be sight
for the multitude who have not seen
anything but paper money for the past
dozen years. Everybody will have
the California fever anew, and, by the
same token, it is not a bad country
that can produce the 'loikes,' dug out
of the bowels of the earth in thirty
days. Unfortunate, it don't do some
of us much good, as the distribution is
not general. A few lucky fellows get
the lions share.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-01

If twOpersOns are to occupy the same
bedroom during the night, says Science
Of Health, let them step OH the weigh
ing scales as they retire, and then again
in the morning. Frequently there
will be a loss of two or more pounds
and the average loss throughout the
year will be pound of matter which
has gone off from their bodies, partly
from the lungs and partly through the
pores of the skin. The escaped matter
l. carbonic acid and decayed animal
matter or poisonous exhalatiOn. This
is diffused through the air in part. and
part absorbed by the bed>clOthes. fla
single ounce of wool or cotton be
burned in a room, it will so completely
saturate the air with smoke that one
can hardly breathe, though there can
hardly be one ounce of foreign matter
in the air. If an ounce of cotton be
burned every half an hour during the
night, the air will be kept continually
saturated with smoke, unless there be
an open door or window for it to es-
cape. Now, the sixteen ounces of
smoke thus formed is far less poison
Gus than the sixteen ounces of exhala-
tions from the lungs and bodies of two
persons who have lost a pound in
weight during the eight hours of sleep
ing; for, while the dry smoke is mainly
taken into the lungs, the damp OdOrs
are taken into the lungs and into the
pores of the whole body. Need more
be said to show the Importance of hav-
ing bedrooms we'll ventilated, and of
thoroughly airing the sheets, cover
lids, and mattresses in the morning be-
fore packing them them up in the
form of a neatly made bed.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-01
Influence Orwoneu.

1t Is better for you to pass an even
ing once or twice a week in a ladys
drawingrOom, even though the convex
satiOn is rather slow, and you know
the girls songs by heart, than in q
club, tavern, or theatre. AL anuse-
ments of youth, to which vrtuO1s WO-
women are notadmitted, relyOn Il, are
deleteriOus in their nature. All men
who avoid female society, have dull
perceptions and are stupid, or have
gross tastes and revolt against what IS
pure. Your club swaggerers, who are
sucking the butts Of billiard cues all
night, call female society insipid Poe
try is insipid to a yOdel; beauty has no
charms for blind man; music does
not please an unfortunate brute who
does not know one tune from another.
and rs true epicure is hardly ever
tired OF watersanchy and brown bread
and butter. / protest l can SIT for a
whole night talking to a well regulated.
kindly woman, about her girl coming
out, Or her boy at Eton, and ike the
evenings entertainments. One Of the
great benefits man may derive from
wOman's sOeietyis, that he is bound to
be respectful to them. The habit Is Of
great good to your moral man, depend
upOni it.
Our education makes Us :he most emil
nently selfish men in the wOTld We
fight for ourselves, We push for our
selves, We cut the best slices out Of tho
joint at the club dinner for ourselves,
and light our pipes and say we don't
go out, We prefer ourselves and our
ease; and the greatest good that comes
to a man from wOmanis society il, that
he has to think of somebody besides
himself, somebody tOwhOm he is bound
to be constantly attentive and respect
ful.-Thackeruy.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-01
TO SAL.I.IE..
BY ROSINE.

The sunshine is brightuing the meadow
aud lea,
And it's loveliness wakens sweet mem rics
of thee,
For thy smile is as bright and thy face is
as fair,
As this glad summer day, and my warm
earnest prayer,
Is that the calm light, that illumines thy
broN,
May ever be radiant and trusting as now
Thy footsteps, as yet, have pressed naught
but flowers;
No song, but Of gladness, have filled thy
glad hours;
No friends have proved false, no hopes
have been blishted,
No love thas4ou givest, has ever been
Oh. would xcssli cast DER thy future a
spell,.F
And forbid it to change one whom | love
so well.
But they'll come, the dark days, when
tear>drops will fall,
They will come, for. alas, they come to
us all;
But, darling. TO meet them. talisman
keep,
That will turn TO a smile every tear that
you weep.
When the banner Of love and hope is
unrolled,
The darkest life cloud shows an edging
of gold.
God bless thee. sweet child, as mine own
thou art dear,
Believe that the words, am now writing
here,
Are true as thy own gentle self, aud when
closes
This liie's fleeting day, with its sunshine
and roses,
MAY crown from the heart of our Father
above,
Be placed on thy brow in the bright world
above.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-01
Buford, Ky, Feb. 18th, 1876.
How lac Borrowed a Hundre Il
Dollars.

A applied to B for loan of 800.
b replied: "My dear A, nothing
would please me better than to oblige
you, and l will do it. l havn't 500
by me, but make a note and I'll en-,
dOrse it, and you can get the money
from the bank" Grateful 4 proceed
ed at once to write the note. Stay"
said b, make it s200-I want 500
myself" A did so. b endorsed the
paper, the bank discounted it, and the
money was divided. When the note
was due, b was in California, and A
had to meet the payment. What he
is unable to cipher out is-whether he
borrowed 800 of B, or b borrowed
800 of him.-Lo,ecI Courier.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-01
The Young Lawyer.

The tie which bound a certain De.
troitcr to a lawyers office was severed
yesterday, and his parents were happy.
They wanted the boy to make n great
lawyer, but he was getting along too
fast. He pursued his study with an
ardor which cast n judicial shadow o er
the household and created considerable
neighborhOOd talk. He got trusted
for candy and repudiated the bill on
the ground that he was a minor. He
bought dog and went into bankrupt
cy. He borrowed a pair of skates
and deiied the owner to get out q writ
of replevin. He borrowed fifty cents
and then made the lender the assignee.
But the worst of it was in the family.
He had a legal name for almost eve-y
thing, and his desire was to prove to
his parents that he was just absorbing
dead>loads of law. If he wanted
potato ut the dinner table he would re-
mark:
Father, file my claim against that
baked potato and I'll prove the in
debtedness this afternoon"
If he wanted bread he said: "MOth>
err, get out a writ of attachment for Il
piece of bread"
1t was expected of him that he
would build the morning fires, but no
sooner had he gained an insight into
law than he said to his father:
"Pm going to move for change of
venue unless some other arrangement
is made"
He moved for a stay of proceedings
when asked to go to the grocery, and if
chidcd for being out at nights replied:
"File your declaration and give me
a chance for jury trial."
When he was in a good humor he
would sit and regale his mother with
stories about how Old Chancery was
going up town one night and met Old
Equity and asked him how Decree
was getting along. Old Pleadings and
Exceptions came along just then, and
there was big fight, and the young
lawyer would slap his leg and add:
"If Indictment had only been there
he'd have Whalcd the whole crowd"
The other day the long>sufeiing
father severed the tie. He was trying
70 bear up. hoping to reform, but us
he sat down to the tea-table his son
bri ;htened up and remarked:
The defendant will now take the
stand and be sworn. Now, sir, did
you or did you not come out of Girls
void street saloon at IL o'clock this
morning, wiping your mouth with the
back your hand? Tell the jury all
about it, sir"
1t was little too much and the boy
doesn't study law any more. He
plays with a wOOd-pile in the back
yard.-DttrOit Free Press.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-01
ADVERTISING RATES
FROM LINCOLN. ILLINOIS.
Correspondence OF the Herald I

j
In looking over your columns d
month or so ago, I noticed a state-
nient taken from the assessors book If
your county, giving the amount of
property both real and personal, and
amount of tax to I've paid thereon. (
disremenI6er the amount of property
or the amount of tax-Only recollect
SOME surprise ut the enormous amount
and is to how it was to be paid. Some
will grumble anyhow, be the tax
great or small, and for the benefit VI
such, L herewith send you n statement
taken from the assessors books of this
county, which think will make yOur
people think they get Oft very cheap,
or that we pay too much fr the privi-
lege of being poorly governed. The
area of this county Il only two-thinb
of that Of yours, but we have mo-
Benslick or Jerusalem hills, nor Rough
creek or Muddy fats to plant out, all
Is susceptible of cultivation in sOme-
thing, and will admit of a dense popu-
latiOn. You will see we pay $780,
1897; then the railroads pay in adj
dition over $4,000. Our revenue
tax il the same as yours and your
school tax added together (45 cents ON
the one hundred dollars, but when
we come to school tax and county ex>
Penses, stand from under. The pro-
ductiveness Of our soil and the get.up
Ofthe people, account for the easy and
prompt discharge of this enormous an,
nual obligation.
Multiply the real estate valuation by
two, and the personal by three, and
you will be nearer the cash value of
each.
STATEMENT OF VALUATION AND TAXES
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-01

At the breakfast table, the other
morning, Detroit landlady gave Mr..
Jones a severe look and said: "Mr.
Jones, l understand you have been cir
culating injurious reports about my
house." "HOw madam" Il UNDER
stand that you said you had used bet
ter butter than have here. to grease
wagons with" Il did say so madam,
but not to injure your house. | have
used better butter, madam to grease
wagons, but | wouldn't do it again.
Ia sell it to yOul" She accepted the
IpOlOgy.-Detrod Free Press.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-01
q Thrillins Story.
THE FATAL CARD.
A Tragic STORY Of Early Times on
the Mississippi.

Some years ago the Mississippi river
was famous for its floating palaces, rs
the large steamers playing between
New Orleans and the ports above were
called. Now the railroads have driv-
cn nearly all the fine boats off the
river. and left the field to the freight
bnats. whose accommodation for pas
sengers are by no means palatial. The
former class of steamers were in many
respects delightful, bat they never
ceased to be objects of dread to timid
people, for if the racing, which on that
stream was reduced to a system, did
not result in the loss of the boat, there
was sure to be one or more encounters
between the more lawles portion of
the travellers, in which pistol bullets
would Ay rather too thick for the cont
font Of steady going people. The
cause for such disturbances was gener-
ally a quarrel over the gambling table.
The regulations of the boats usually
required that all such amusements
should be conducted in a saloon pro,
vided for that purpose in the officers
cabin, situated on the hurricane deck,
but the sporting gentlemen were by no
means careful to observe this rule, and
the gaming was mostly carried on at
the dining table, in the main saloon on
the steamer, TO the annoyance of two
thirds on board. Many professional
gamblers used TO make these boats
their home, travelling back and forth
with them, fleeing all who were fool
ish and verdant enough to fall into
their hands. So well, indeed, was the
system managed, that the various
members seemed to have their differ
ent steamers marked out for them by
common consent, so that no one would
trespass upon the domain of the other.
Ofcourse these men were warm friends
of the officers of the boats, who were
either too sincere in their friendship to
put stop to the practice, or too much
afraid of the gamblers to care to pro-
woke quarrel with them, for in those
days it was a common affair for such
men to resent any fancied insult with
pistol shot. One of the most remarks
able men of this class was named
Daniel Sturdivant, a Frenchman, the
son of broken down scion of nobility,
who had settled in New Orleans before
the transfer of Louisiana to the United
States. Sturdivant had been raised a
gentleman" by his aristOcratic father,
but on becoming of age, and finding
his fortunes very bad, had taken to
cards as a means to better them. His
success in this field was so great that
he was induced to continue it, until at
the time of which | write, he was one
ofthe most notorious gamblers between
st. Louis and New Orleans. He was
man of fine personal appearance,
and of great physical strength, and
was also pOted for his personal courage;
and as a gambler he was most expert
and successful. There were dark
stories of the deeds which he had com.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-01
FROM CROMWELL.
Locked Up.
CROMWELL, Feb. /!

CROMWELL, Feb. 10, rs.
EDITOR HERALD:-Great excite
ment in our town this morning. 1t
would have done yOu good to be pres
ent. All of a sudden, the air was rent
with yells and cries! The doors of
business houses were hastily closed, and
men ran to AMI fro under the impress
sion that guerrillas or thieves had
made raid on town. Bat as soon u
we quieted down a little, it WAS ascer-
tanned that the noise came from the
direction of our lookup" which had
just been completed the previous day.
The people soon gathered around the
new building, and, upon examination,
to their establishment, they found our
town marshal and three of the town
trustees locked up. They made faith
full and earnest promises of better con-
duct in the future, and were released
on trial. If they fail to make good
their promises, they may get there
again. ID.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-01

ened to this singular dialogue, now
gathered around the table, expecting
tn see scene of more than usual inter-
est. The stranger had not raised his
hat brim, and none of us had seen has
face; but we all felt from his general
air and manner that Daniel Sturdivant
had at last met his match. 1t did not
take long TO show us that the stranger
was an unusually good player, and for
an hour OIL more the blazing went on
in silence. The staks$ high, and
the contest was marked witlFrare skill.
Sturdivant exerted himself rs he had
never before, but in spite Of all his eff
forts he lost heavily, and by the expi-
ration of the time mentioned he had
lost about two thousand dollars. | no
ticcd the flush upon his cheek deep
ened, strange light came into his
eyes, and at last with an exclamation
of triumph he drew towards him the
heap of notes. That was well done
said the stranger; "you are an expert
at cheating, but go on, l can beat you,
whether you play openly or dishon,
estly."
Sturdivant said nothing, but dealt
the cards again. Thehand was played
and Sturdivant was about to seize the
stakes again, when the stranger laid
down Il card and checked him.
The gambler uttered 4 sharp cry
and sat motionless with his eyes fixed
on the card, worn and faded ace of
hearts, with dark stain across the
face. Sturdivant's face worked con-
vulsively, rs he gazcd at it, and the
spectators gathered more closely around
the two, wondering at the strange
scene.
"In Gods name who are yOu,' asked
Sturdivant, with his eyes still fixed on
the card.
Look at me-" said the stranger,
quietly, and as if powerless to resist,
sturdivant raised his eyes to the speak
er.-The stranger had raised his hat
and sat looking at the trembling man
with eyes that fairly blazcd with fury
Sturdivant uttered Il groan and sank
back in his chair with his face white
and rigid. The stranger with one
sweep gathered the money from the
table, and thrust it into his bosom.
"The ace of hearts is an unlucky
card for you, Daniel Sturdivant," he
said cody. "Yon pIayedit once when
you thought it to your advantage.
Now, God help you, for that play is
ended"
As he spoke he raised a pistol which
we had not seen, and before we could
stop him aimed it deliberately at the
trembling man and fired. The gamb-
Ter fell heavily forward upon the table
acorpse; and the bright blood strcamed
over it, hiding the fatal card from
sight.
Gentlemen" said the stranger, ris-
ing to his feet as We stood paralized
with horror at the dreadful scene, chat
man ruined my wife and tried to mur>
der me. have been hunting him ten
years" He walked slowly by us down
the stairway to the lower deck, and
just then the steamer touched at a
landing, he sprang ashore and vanished
in the dark woods.
/ never learned the history of the
mysterious affair, for the dead gambler
was beyond questioning, and l never
saw the stranger again; but l shall
not forget the impression made upon
me at that time.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-01

If you tell a Louisville MN that he
lives in a pauper county, he will be
surprised, as we'll as mortified. Yet,
Jefferson now appears on the State re-
cords as pauper county; in other
words, there is a deficit of more than
$4,000 to complete the payment of the
cOunty's expenses. Such has not been
the case heretofore, and we hope that
the new arrangements for the collection
of the countys revenues, will remedy
the matter, and place Jefferson in her
true light.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-01
The 22d Of EehrunrY.

The 22dof February is the brightest
and most cherished in our calendar. BY
law it is Federal and State holiday in
commemoratiOn of the virtues Of the
illustrious patriot to whom under God,
we are chiefly indebted for the repub-
lican freedom we enjoy. The name of
George Washington is dear, not only
to the heart of every American patriot,
but is cherished with admiration and
respect throughout the civilizel world.
Although one hundred and forty-fOur
years hive elapsed since he came in to
the world, and more than three-fourths
ola century since he died, the memory
of his virtues and his noble deeds is
fresh and unimpaired in the hearts of
his countrymen. Kentucky attested
her recognition ofthe day by national
salute, to be fired at II o'clock, by
order of its General Assembly. Prank
fort IeomG,t.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-03-01

FOR LOGAN COUNTY ILLINOIS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-08

rhe rin:rr. c1ffent ia lie city IT,, evening
about Hayes election were ~Ihou, ..uada.