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The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-04-07
The Local Editor.


The following is borrowesi, and il is
the hest we ever had local editor
lend us:
"If man buys a new buggy, or IL
his COW can bawl three times without
winking, the local is expected to pro-
claim il with a grand a ,urish. 1fhe
starts two-penpy business. bis first
thought is tn bribe the local with u
fivecen, cigar to write up five dollar
puff. Indeed. he thinks it is 4 miss
ion Of the local to make his fortune
for him by free blowing" He will
take the heal 10 one side aud point
out the superior qualities Of u rat-ter-
rier dog, aml cmlly asks him to "give
him n hoist He don't care any
thing about it.only Spriggins has u dog
that he thinks is u buster, and some Of
'em wanted his put in" Just to "iake
the conceit out Of Spriggins." Every
body wants to be put ill.," They are
the GREAT I AM" but M one says
Here local put yourself inside of this
new suit Of clothes, or throw yourself
outside Of this oyster stow, or stuff ihi,
watch into your packet" Oh, no. Of
course MT; that woulI cost somethiny.
The shoe is on the other foot, you see.
The local is supposed tn know every
thing about other peoples business,
and is expected to show up all the act.
ors in every family broil in town. II
the vile t.ngue Of scandal finds n vic
tim, people won'ler why he don't run
about with his notebook and gather
the vituperative bits Of Islander for his
paper. If he steps into billiard hall
he is requested to make note Of the
astonishing fact that Bill Tompkins
has made u run of eleven points.
When the minstrel troupe arrives in
town. the agent Immediately rushes
into the printing office, and. calling
fm the local, he slips three or four
tickets in his hand. and Whispers
Draw Us big house! Put It in
strong! and ratiing him paironizingly y
on the shoulder. the agent admits The
inferioriIy of the troupe, but we are
not to "let on 1t is no sin for the
local to lie. To please the lecturer
the local is forced to sit two mortal
hours to hear him through an iIsipld
discourse so that he can "wriie him
up" Aud 81 il goes. All are anx,
ious tn appear favorably in print, bul
few ARE willing To pay for il. The 10
Gals time is worth nothing bat I,
bother his head writing puff. for am
bitiou. persons, 1t don't cost hin
any thing to live. IIe never eat-,
or drinks. or travels, aud money Is u.
use to him. Put il in! Put i, in!"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-04-07


Ass~s 10rvf00e.
Since marriage became an institu.
ton, says the Hartford Oonrant, there
have been certain signs and supersti.
tons that have cluny to it, celebra.
tins through all ages and in all coun.
tries. Even to-day in the most civil
lied nations we have not entirely ril
our minds oftbese superstitions. and
warrant there l. never a bride but in.
dulces herself IN looking for some hap
py amen. Few people are dauniless
enough to be married on Friday, t,.
we all have the most unlimited confi-
dence in that old shoe thrown after the
newly welded pair. Nearly every
bride Of to-day wears about her when
she Is married some trifing thing bor-
rowed from lady friend. and all
know that blessed is the bride on
whom the sun doth shine" and are
equally certain that
ITO change the name and not the letter
lisa change for the vor-s and 10, for the better"
So on, quite indefinitely. ii is won
derfnl how these ancient signs arc
hanted down from generation tn gen.
Grafton, and how impotent reason Is to
do oway with their hcld>upon the hu-
man mind. But let US recall few Of
the olden hliefs concerning marriage
superstitions.
In the earliest weddings we read Of
among the Jews we find that the f,urth
day Of the week was considered the
unlucky day for virgins to wed. and
the fifth for wi,lows. The Romans
also believed that certain days we're
unfavorable f,r the performance of
marriage rites, and there were the Ca
lends. Modes and ldes Of every month,
the whole months of February aud
May and many Of their festivals. June
was considered the most propitious
month Of the year f'r matrimony. es-
pccially il the day chosen were that Of
full rioon, or the conjunction Of the
sun and moon.
The month OF May was especially
TO be avoided, rs it was under the in
auence Of spirits adverse to happy
households, and for centuries this SUI
perstition seemed to prevail in Italy
against My marriages, and even to
this day prevails in some parts 1T Eng
land and our own country. In China
marriages are positively prohibited at
certain times and seasons, On account
Of their being unlucky.
There WIS ut one time a supersti-
tion current in England agalns. mar
rying on Inncents' Day. the 2Sih day
of December, u day Of ill.onen. he
cause il was the one which commemo-
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-, ..W :; -,
y, H.. -, A., o,s
line also says. MAY never was ye
49, . " -, - w." :,,
-, ,,, - nv, :,
WV ~, WV
- .""' "
"u.,,,, ,,,
Tuesday FOR he,lrh,
"sa"~sy 'ns '''' d.s ''"'i
rdiay fcr i..s,,.,
Saturday NO luck at all"
At one time It was Thought ''Ai III
those who marrlei o. rie-iir7 ahi
Thursdays w"''i b. h'ppr' An""g
the Romans no marriage wa eeiebr'''
edwithon' an angn'y being first con
suited
In the mid'le ayes 1t was Considered
an i'll omen 1t the bridal purity IN 90
Ing to church met u monk priest hare.
dog. cat, lizard. or serpent while nil
would 6" well IT WOLF spider or toa'i
we're encountered.
IL Is sunlucky II the initials oi we'd
ded couple spell war;.
In the south OF England u Is said to
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1876-04-07
STATE VIEWS.

Radical Mayor aud three Radica
Councilmen.
A WOMAN in Glasgow has worn I
pair Of ear rings for the last forty
year, without having once taken them
out Of her ears.
The Carlisle Mercury. tells Of ,
mare % years old. that has had hel
18th colt. The income Of II Of then,
amounted to $3.50.
THERE were 33 indictments, w
learn from the Echo, in Laurel coun.
", the maturity Of them, for dealing
in moonshine whisky.
MAoLorLfN, who killed Dean, Of
Washington county. has just been sen.
fenced by the courts Of Nelson to the
Pvnitentiary for q years.
An additional discovery in the de
falcation of Capt. Samuel N. Harris,
late Treasurer Of Covington, has been
made. II amounts to $4,000.
Iris generally admitted by the pa
pers in the tobacco growing portions
of the State that all or nearly all Of
the new plants have been killed.
HoRsEs Of all descriptions are in
demand IN Barren county-and bring
good prices. Plug horses cell .rom
$50 tn 500, and il don't take an ex.
ira horse to bring $500.
TuE Glasgow TINS thinks a wo-
man with coffee to parch aud q flea to
look up in paIr Of dark woolen stock,
ings, has about rs much as she eau at.
tend to in one half hour.
A nARDur chap was in Shelbyville
tho other day says the Reput,ican,try-
ing to sell valuable relic-a Scent
postage stamp that was on one Of Paul's
letters to the Corinthians.
A CALF with two well formed heads,
four eyes. four ears. twJ noses. mouth,
&c. with but one neck; and COW
with six milk-giving teats, are feS
of the nonstro-ities mentioned in last
weeks Hartford Herald.
GoRDoS X )ss, a stone cutter, liv-
ing in woodford, was found dead af.
ter being missing two weeks. The
Weekly supposes that he got on spree
aud was fruzen to death.
Ir has been demonstrated in Paris
that not more than 8 negroes can sleep
in he'd Mt one time. Six tried the
experiment the other night, but it ~
suited in the death Of the youngest.
GEN. LESLIE CoMBs has just OBJ
tanned a ver,lict against Huntington
h Co.. VI the Big Sandy Railroad,
aud the Lexington D'sp7trh bursts
firth with, "IIurrah for the boys Of
1919
ANAS and his wife namei Perkins,
We learn from the Georgetown Times,
died recently near there within few
hours Of each other, the former aged Il
and the latter ~ years Of age. They
were buried in the same grave.
Ics w,. gathered m Georyetowu.
saw, IN. Tine, las, week from "a IA
. -. ,,,;.L 7, w.. ,,,s;Jo..,J,,
mixsd with snov but n /. s,;d nv ner.
SONS who have housed thi. kind before.
tha. il is MS good us any.
Tur Obserrer 4. R,porter is in dead
earnest about the Harrol.burr Rail
Road. In its issue Of Mu,h 3ist it
I'm, fur columns of editorial. showing
the value aud imprtance of the road,
and urging the people to vote in favor
Of tax to buill it.
BUTTER, apparently made OF a CON-
pound ut lari, tallow, etc. with II very
little of real butter in it, is palmed ofl
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sENERAL Akus.

| The direct Cable Is again broken.
AMKs has gone back to Massachu.
sets.
CorrEE l. raised with good success
in southwestern Texas.
NrSrTEES out Of the 81 States In
this country have Democratic Cover
nors.
A MILE and half dash for $1,000.
in California, was won by Chance"
in 2:24i.
The Massachusetts, Senate passed
the woman.' Suffrage Amendment by
. vote Of Is to 10.
OVER forty varieties Of timber will
be sent TO the Centennial from Missis.
sippi. by enc firm in jackson.
A WOMAN, only thirty years old, the
mother of Is children, will be on ex-
hibition at the Texas State Fair.
A NAN in Georgia has eaten two
quails day for 40 days without e,-
periencing illness or loss Of appetite.
TEN whales we're recently washed
ashore, near Norfolk. Va. and cap
tured. 1t created the widest excite.
ment. A
DARWIN is pportei in hi. theory
by the recent hnding Of a skeleton Of a
man with w. ." Prince Edwards
Island.
FouR boilers of the Fletcher Mill at
Providence, II. l.. exploded. killing 2
men and destroying SIS. 900 worth Of
property.
CALIroRsfA Is getting tired Of the
worthless Chinese emigrants and has
passed law Encouraging further i'm.
p0rtatiOn OF them.
A METHODIST preacher in Nebras-
Ia. has been expelled from hi. Church
for Lying. vulgarity, and railing
against his brethren"
A WOMAN in Omaha, 100 years OF
age. has had her grave cl"hcs on hand
for IS years. She has them washed
and ironed once q year.
AN incendiary set FIRE To stable on
the Fair Grounds at Springfield, Ohio.
on the night Of the 3lst. The stable
and eight bloo,led horses were burnel.
An egg has hcen found in Shenan.
doah county Virginia. having in rais-
~i letters. the f,llowinp: "war he
tween the ra.es in 1878. Grants 3rd
Term.
A BOY in Cohees, n. Y, swallow.
ell mouse the other night. A strong
emetic was administered, aud the |
mouse was vomited forth alive and
frisky.
The bill providing for issue Of silver
coin and the redemption Of fractional
currency in silver has passed the low
er branch OF Congress by a vote of 100
yeas to 100 nays.
TnE Nashville Spring races prom
ise to present the largest collection Of
horses. that il has shown since the
war. Fortyeight horses are now on
The track. training. and ioriy more are
eApealed.
ADAM near Worcester, Mass recent
" gave away letting Of I, ,00O, 900 gal
Ions Of water. Nearly half million
dollars worth Of property ~as destroy.
ed in the current Of the flood, and 3
men lost their lives.
WIND broken hores can cheer up
now a veterinary surgeon has succeede
in most remarkable experiment. lie
made an inci.ion in the windpipe Of a
broken winded horse, and inserted
silver tube; the animal now breaihes
4 4
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With her long sxperience she natiers hesssf that
she can please The iasidious. In quality, slyls
and price he present season. Grateful h,r pasi hb-
srsl hsors. rhs respectfully asks her old tfisnds
aud the public generally W call early and szsn,ins
hsr sesds tsfoss bsyins. is'-u
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-09-28

The yellow fever is still raging at
Savannah and has reached Brunswick.
where the epidemic is terrible. Help
il called fer, and we hope viii be ex-
tended.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-09-28

Governor Porter and Dorsey B.
Thomas had 4 personal difficulty at
Shelbyville last week, but were sep
arated before either was hurt. In
consequence of some statement of
Thomas, Gov. Porter denounced him
as liar, when Thomas started at him
with a cane. Porter drew pistol,
but was prevented from using it.
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THURSDAY, SEPTR %, 1876.

The female college at Ripley, Tenn,
was destroyed Ivy fire Wednesday
morning. 1t was accidental, and the
loss will be between $4,000 and $4,000.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-09-28

We lave not time or space to com,
ment at length on the nominations OF
the Congressional Convention of this
district. Suffice it to say that VIM.
p. Caldwell was nominated for re-
election amid the greatest enthusiasm.
This is a well-merited return for his
able course in the House. He was
the second choice of every county of
the district, if not the first. We are
proud Of our noble young standard
bearer. His chaste, temperate and
manly speech upon being conducted
to the stand was like him. We viii
cast the heaviest vote for Caldwell in
November that was ever cast for any
one in this district. d.
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DROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO LAW
L Collection and Real Estate Business in
Gibson. Madison. Haywood and surrDur ling
COUNT The said Williamson will attend all
the courts of said counties, the Supreme Court
at Jackson and the United States Courts at
Memphis. ocl4-tf
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-09-28

The rage of diptheria in Australia,
has been SO extensive within the last
two years, that the government offer
ed a large reward for any certain
method of cure, and among other re-
sponses to this, was one by Mr. Great
head, who, at first kept his method a
secret, but afterwards communicated
it freely 10 the public. 1t is simply
the use Of sulphuric acid, of which
four drops are diluted in three-fourths
of tumbler of water, to be admins
tered to a grown person, and smaller
dose to children, at intervals not spec
ihed. The result is said to be a coag-
ulation of the diptheric membrane
and its ready removal by coughing.
1t is asserted that were the case thus
treated, has not advanced to a nearly
Fatal termination, the patient recoy.
ers in almost every instance.
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Sixth ballot-Bond 63S, Hill Ash.
Seventh ballot-Bond 4S5, Hill So
SO.
Eighth ballot-Bond 515, Hill 60
5-6.
Ninth baIlot-Bond Gil, Hill 30
5>6.
Tenth ballot-Bond 69s, Hill 425.
Eleventh Battle-Ground 57t, Hill
545-6.
Twelfth ballot--Bond 57s, Hill
54A.
Thirteenth ballot Bond 565, Hill
5556.
Fourteenth ballot Bond 60g, Hill
Sit.
Fifteenth Battle-Ground All, Hill
6456.
Sixteenth ballut--Hon w l Me-
Farland, of Gibson, was nominated.
Bond 81, Hill 90, Mcfarland 20.
Seventeenth ballot-BJnd 81, Hill
G., Mcfarland 10.
Eighteenth ballot-Mr Mcfarland
declined, Mr. Hill was withdrawn, land
Mr. Swiggart came On again. Bond
46, Swiggart 66.
Nineteenth ballot--Bond 563 ,Swig-
CART 55k.
Twentieth ballot Bond Sc Sc,
Swiggart 55s.
Twenty-frst ballot--Mr Oldham, Of
Lauderdale, was nominated. Bond
47b, Swiggart 553, Oldham 8.
Twenty-second ballot--Mr Swiggart
was Withdrawn. Bond 90, Oldham
81.
After the twenty-second ballot,
Col. Richardson, of Dyer, was nomi
mated, but declined. Then the chair
man was nominated with tremendou;
enthusiasm, every delegate, with three
or four exceptions, favoring him; but
he begged off and firmly declined
Then Col. G W Smitheal, of Upton
was unanimously nominated. He &C
cepted the position and promised t.
canvass the district If he could.
The finance committee reported The
following assessment on each county
for the necessary funds for the can
vass;
Crockett $500, Dyer 1898, Glib
son S22.32, Haywood S14.29, Lake
S1.79, LauderdaIe 1903, Obion s14.
80, Upton 1882, Weekly $3.50.
Col. Gardner, of Weekly, introduc
ed resolutions recommending the re-
peal of the two-thirds rule in all Dem
ocratic conventions allowing only
one delegate and one alternate to eacf
one hundred voters and fractional
part over fifty; and that the member
of the State Executive COMMITTEES
hereafter in each Congressional dis
trict be chairman of the Congression'
al Executive Committee.
After considerable discussion, the
resolutions were adopted. The origi
nal draft of these resolutions has
been mislaid or lost, and we conse
quently cannot publish them but
the above are the main points.
resolution endorsing the National
Democratic Platform was adopted.
Resolutions Of thanks to the Chair.
man and Secretaries were also adopt
ed, when the convention adjourned
sine die.
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OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

NEW YORK, Sept. q, 1876.
Editor Exchange;
The final death of the Tilden In
come Rorback is a relief to the PEG
pie who want to hear something
about retrenchment, reunion, AMI the
other great questions of the campaign
The points clearly established are
First-Governor Tilden violated ne
law, but complied, in the strictest
sense, both with the law and the reg.
ulations Of the Internal Revenue Blu
re,u. Seco,d-He paid the Gov
crnment every cent he owed under
the income law, if not more. Thru
There never was, at any time, any
pretehse of law or regulation requir,
lug a return, in 1862. of the earnings
income, or profits of years before
there was any income law at all. On
the contrary, both law, regulations,
and dccis ons, including a decision
of Hon. Geo. S. Boutwell,, then Com.
missioner, approved by Salmon p.
Chase, then Secretary, were precise
the other way. Fotath-Every spe.
cifc allegation of the Times is specific.
ally disproved, and the pretended
comparative table of receipts 10y
which the libelous sheet pl etended to
establish charge of perjury is shown
to be in part mere guess work, and
wrong guessing at that, and in part
most wilful and clumsy perrersion of
the truth. Fgh-Governor Tilden's
income in the years in question was
mostly from dividends from stocks on
which all tax had been paid by the
corporations, and on which no pay
ment by individuals was ever requir-
ed by law. Subtitle Treasury
Department, with grossest partisan
and infamous abuse of trust, has re-
fused to furnish to a member of the
House, lawfully entitled to it, copy
of Hayes income records, while turns
ing over to the Republican Committee
Tilden's for use, and lending it out Of
the records of the Department to be
photo Autographed. la fact it has
been taken away from the records and
handed around from hand to hand.
Seuentt-Governor Tilden's return of
1862 was not onl " correct in fact, but
in manner and in form in exact cons
pliance with the law as it then stood,
which made it the duty of a taxpayer
to make list, or return, to the As
sistant Assessor of the district where
located. of the dmo,a1t of such annual
gains, profits or income"--not of gross
ceipts-not of all receipts and all
OUTLAWS, and then to strike balance,
but simply return of the amount
the netamount-of such annual gains,
profits or income. EiqRM- The
Times has been insincere and false all
through, 1t kne,o that the tax was
not on receipts, but on gains or prof
its of the said year. 1t kneo that
Governor 1ilden's return was in con>
forniity with the then existing law
and regulations.
1t kne,U that most of Governor Til
den's property was of a kind exempt
from income tax, and for which there
was then ne law requiring any return.
1t kTaet0 that Governor Tilden had
made heavy losses, which cut down
his income. The whole affair was
simply bare campaign lie; and the
INSCRIPTIONS organ which deals only
in lies about persons, and shirks all
public questions, had cunning enough
to see that it would be very difficult
for an individual to answer definitely
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Specimen copies sent Free on application.
Address THE AMERICAN,
Nashville. Tenn
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~ CELEBRATED
Beatty's$::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Factory Established IN 1856.
FROM THE PRESS.

-FuctOIy L-StdOttNteu Ht ACOO'
FROM THE PRESS.
From G. d. White, Editor Haekettstown, N.
j., Herald.
THE organ has rich, deep aud ssoul-stirrlng
tone; couldn I stay in the house without 1t. IL
helps wonderfully to drive away the thoughts
of hard times.
The Lebanon, Pa. Daily News says:
1--WE are in receipt-Of one of those five octave
ParIor Organs, manufactured by Mr. Daniel f.
Beatty Washington, y. j. This organ Is IN
fine. solid black walnut case, and in tone II
cannot be surpassed BY any instrument Of Its
From the Lowell, Neb., Register.
eve received this week, direct from the man
ufacturer, Daniel F. Beatty. Washington, N.
]. his Justly celebrated organ, elegant in ap-
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In richness and power of tone. We are more
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ID to any ore contemplating purchasing an
organ
Best offer ever given. Money refunded upon
return of organ and freight charges paid by me
Daniel F. Beatty both ways if unsatisfactory
after test trial of FIVE days. Organ warranted
for six years.
Agents wanted everywhere. male or female,
to canvass for this superior instrument Ad-
dress,
DBNIEL F. BEATTY,
Washington, New Jersey, U.S.A.
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mysterious and dark insinuations
about details of private matters six
teen years ago. 1t was also, as might
be expected, from the early career Of
its proprietor, heartless enough to
make delay caused by family attic
ton the pretense for an accusation Of
confession by silence.
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