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Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-03-30
The Committee.

1iic ietteI W Ihe ooneo-
boro Journal we publish for the
information of all concerned:
MEssRs EDIToRs. Some one, to
me unknow, furnished the journal
last week with a communication
touching the Congressional Com
mittee of the 1st District which
ELECTED an editorial inquiriDg at
ter the names of the Greenevllle
Committee. The one appointed
by Hon. W. B.. Carter, Chairman
of the Convention In G%reeneville
which nominated Hon. WIN.
Mcfarland, are as follows; E.. @.
Reeves of Greene, Chairman; Jos.
H Wagner, of johnson; j. M.
Cameron of Carter: Nathan Gregg,
of Sullivan; H. H. Carr of Wash
lngton; W. N. Clarkson, of Haw-
kins; W, II. Barnard, of Claiborne:
S, S. Massengill of Granger; r. B.
Owens, of Hamblin; w. w. Lang
horne of Cooke and j. f. Mcneil,
of Hancock.
My recollection is, that after
Mr. Carter had handed me the list Of
the Committee, names, which | now
have before me, a charge was made
in Hancock, but if so | have
forgotten the lame substituted for
that Of NJ. Mcneil. By referring
to the files of the GreeneUiUe In
telligencce, which kept up during
the campaign the Committee, it
can be seen whether or not any one
was substituted in the stead of
Mcneil.
The Nashville Committee, ap-
pointed by Col. j. l.. Rice of
Nashville, made Its appearance soon
after our Congressional Convention
Col. Rice having appointed it as
he told me under the information
that our people had no Executive
Committee. This Committee, GER
taInly Improperly appointed drop
ped out of sight and, as a Commit
tee, took no part in the campaign
so far as | ever heard or knew. Its
member from Greence, ignored it,
and the Editor of the InelIjgencer,
raised the names ofthe properC Com
mittee, and nobly co-operated with
them, so its members from Cooke
and Johnson, who are members of
the Legitimate Committee, and with
it acted during the last Campaign.
The labor of that Committee is
not known by all. 1t scattered
over the district over $4,000 cir
c%ulars, Some gifts members rode
to the houses o fnearly every Demo-
cratic voter Of their respective
counties ard urged the necessity of
all going to the polls. The Com
mittee saw that tickets we're fur
nished every county. This was
only a part Of the labor performed.
How much the Committee accom-
plished I leave for others to say.
Why the Nashville Committee
again and so early, and so extensive
ly, put in appearance l do not as
sumo to say. By the chairman
of a representative Congressional
Convention, in accordance with q
settled usage. | and my associates,
were appointed to serve as the
Democratic Congressional Execu-
tive Committee for the LIST District
until our successor should be APP
pointed by the chairman ofthe next
Convention, and | was made the
Chairman of this Committee. In
due time this Committee influenced
by the will of the party, will take
such action as the success of the
party in the District may seem to
demand.
f. G, REEVES, Chm'n,
of tie Democratic Con. Elk. Com.
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-03-30

The Republican papers are over
anxious to find some Democrat
with whom to divide the disgrace
of the frauds and corruptions of
their party. Mr.. Geo. ii. Pendle-
ton, of Ohio, is the latest victim
of their Vaccinations.
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-03-30

The Cincinnati Times is very
particular to inform its readers that
the National Convention which Is
to meet in that city on the 18th of
June will be a Republican conven-
tion-not gathering of independ-
ent politicians.
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-03-30

JUDeI J. W.. DhADERIcK of the
Supreme Court, was made Chief
Justice of Tennessee, on Friday
last, vice Nicholson, deceased, by
the unanimous vote of the Asso-
ciate Judges.
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-03-30

THERE is considerable caucusing
among the Republicans as to whom
they will give the honor of being
slaughtered in the next Congress
sional race.
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-03-30

"THE right OF trial By Jury, the
Habeas Corpus, the Liberty of the
Press, the Freedom of Speech, the
Natural Rights Of Persons, ard
the rights of Property, must be
preserved" w. S. HANCOCK.
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-03-30

We see that Hon. @. Marchbanks
Of Sparta, has been called upon by
the grand jury of Putnam county,
to become a candidate for ~re-elec-
ton. A better selection could not
be made.
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-03-30

THE Ohio Republicans are very
much inclined to support Gov.
Hayes in the National Republican
Convention for President, even if
Blaine should be before the Con-
vention.
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-03-30
UNION AND AMERICAN.
Thursday, March 80, 1875

WE tip our hat-make our bow,
and extend the Da of fellowship
to the fraternity.
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-03-30

into the next meeting Of your coun-
cil' But 60 your own way, you
have a fine chance to break your
necks whatever policy you pursue.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-07
The Boys of My Boyhood.

THE boys of the generation to which
l belonged-that is to say, who were
born in the last years of the last CEN
fury or the earliest of this-were
brought up under a system of disci-
pline which put far greater distance
between parents and their children
than now exists. The parents seemed
to think this necessary in order to
secure obedience. They were believers
in the old maxim that familiarity
breeds contempt. My own parents
lived in the house with my grandpa
Their and grandmother On the mothers
side. My grandfather was a disci-
plinarian Of the stricter sort. and 1
can hardly find words to express the
awe in which stood of him-au awe
so great as almost to prevent anything
like affection on my part, although he
was in the main kind, and, certainly,
never thought of being severe beyond
what was necessary to maintain a
proper degree Of order in the family.
The other boys in that part of the
country, my school-mates and play
fellows, were educated on the same
system. Yet there were at that time
some indications that this very severe
discipline was beginning to relax.
With my father and mother / was 81
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-07
A Man Who Lives in Cistern,

THERE are philosophers in these lat
ter days of almost as many different
schools as fourished in the dim ages
OF the past, and in Shreveport there is
one who, adopting the motto of ''make
the best of everything" takes the
world calmly and serenely, although
misfortunes have fallen thick and fast
upon him. His character reminds us,
IN some respects, of Diogenes, the
Grecian cynic, who lived-in tub and
was unawed in the presence of the
great Macedonian, who, by his sword,
had placed the world at his feet. COM
pelling the successful warriors admit
ration and prompting him to say that
were he not Alexander, he would be
Diogenes. Or readers will remember
that we published, short time since,
that the two-story frame house in this
city, at the corner of Marshall and
Texas streets, was burned down. 1t
was the property of Mr.. J. Citron, and
nearly everything he possessed on earth
was destroyed. In the rear of the
building there stood a large wooden
cistern with a brick foundation, which
was blackened and charred by the
flames, but still stands alone, black
and begrimed by fire and smoke Mr..
Citron accepted the situation, drew off
the water, cut an opening for door,
in which he hung one Of the doors res
cued in a half-burnt condition, and has
fitted himself mp home in the cistern.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-07
How a Ghost Came Near Being
Shot.

A WILLIAMSBURG man came near
meeting his death recently owing to q
strange freak of playing ghost for the
frightening of his own children. He
was an occupant of a floor in a first
class tenement house, sometimes called
a French fiat, and one evening wrapped
himself in Il sheet and emerged
suddenly from room adjoining that
occupied as a sitting-room by his fam
lily. The children fled into the hall
way, and the man (WhOSe name by the
way is Matthew'S in his White robe
followed them. Just then the OcCu-
pant of another floor happended to
enter the building, and, hearing the
noise, walked up stairs to ascertain
the cause. As he did so the ghoSt-like
form! appeared, whereupon the latest
conner, Il rough, practical sort Of fel-
low, drew pistol aud fired. The ball
grazed the head of the, would-be ghost,
and his Attachments dropped from him
in an instant, as he rctreated to his
own room. The assailant, supposing
the retreating form to be that Of a
thief fired a second shot, which for
tunatcly missed him, and the whole
house was speedily in an uproar, The
police were summoned, and the parties
all taken to the station. AS nobody
was hurt, the Police Captain released
them with reprimand, and there is
no danger that Matthews will ever
again try to play the ghost.-N. Y.
Cor. Chicago I'Tjbune.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-07

Where there is a continual dropping uoMn
into the back of the mouth, with irritation
and Inflammation of the nasal cavities anu
throat with hawking, splitting, and sense
of fnlncss about the head, be not deselt ~ cd
with NTH that scourge of this climate, Catarrh,
the forerunncr Of Consumption. In It's 5 cary
RaEndv will effect an entire cure. when
Confirmed ny5G Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis,
covcry should be used in connection WIN VI IN
the Remedy. These standard medicines have
been before the public many years an "i
gratifvinp success. A full discussion of "a.
| farrh and its rational treatment is contained
in in The Peoples Common Sense "cdiea,
Adviser" book of over nine hundred
pages, illustrated with two hundred eIeth a anG
| eightv-two engravings, bound in cloth ano
oiIt. price, postpaid, $50. Address Pub
fishing Department, Worlds Dispensary
| Buffalo, n. Y.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-07
Japanese Firemen.

THE opposition made to a fire in
Japan is absurd; it is no wonder that
the CONGREGATIONS are so destructive,
but rather that they ever stop short of
the Pacific Ocean on the one side or
the Sea of Japan on the other. There
Is, to be sure, a regularly organized
fire department., and the firemen work
with reckless bravery that is really
silly and wicked in it's disregard of
danger. But the engines are of an an
tiquated English pattern, and do little
more than keep the men wet who are
at work in exposed places. The idea,
in fact, seems to be to keep a stream
not on the fire, but on the firemen.
When it is evident that a building is
soon to catch fire the standards of the
different companies are carried to the
top of the house, and the roof immedi-
ately occupied by the fremen, who
strip off the tiles or shingles and all
other parts that can be borne away.
by tnlS means the supports of the
roof are often weakened; and during
the late fire | saw miserable catas-
trophe by the falling of one of those
ver-burdened and weakened roofs, by
which number of tiremen were seri-
ously injured. 1t is said that super
stition, as well as the recklessness ma
tive to this people, and the pride of
rivalry among the fire companies, in
cite them; they believing that death
found in the flames will ensure an i'm
mediate entrance into happy immor-
tallty. From what saw l am led to
believe that saki and imported liquors
also help.-Tokio (Jap0n) Cor. ". Y.
Eoeaing Post.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-07

much easier terms than with my grand
father. If favor was to be asked OF
my grandfather, it was asked with
fear and trembling; the request was
postponed to the last moment, and then
made with hesitation and bushes and
a confused utterance.
One of the means of keeping the
boys of that generation in order was
little bundle of birchen rods, bound
together by small cord, and generally
suspended on nail against the wall
in the kitchen. This was esteemed as
much a part of the necessary furniture
as the crane that hung in the kitchen
fireplace, or the shovel and tongs. 1t
sometimes happened that the boy suf-
fered fate similar to that OF the
eagle in the fable, wounded by an ar
row tledged with q feather from his
own wing; in other words, the boy
was made to gather the tWigs intended
for his own castigation.
1t has never been quite clear to ME
why the birch was chosen above all
other trees of the wood to yield its
twigs for this purpose. The beech OF
our forests produces sprays as slender,
as flexible and as tough; and farmers.
wherever the beech is common, cut
its long and plant branches for drlV-
ing oxen. Yet the use of birchen rods
| for the correction of children is OF
very great antiquity. In his Dis
course on Forest Trees written 800
years ago, Evelyn speaks of birchen
twigs as an implement Of the school
master; and LOudon, in his "Arbo-
return" goes yet further back. He
says; "The birch has been used as
the instrument of correction in
schools from the earliest ages" The
English poets of the last century make
frequent mention of this use of birch
en- twigs: but in Loudon' time, whose
book was published thirty years since,
he remarks that the use of these rods,
both in schools and private families
was fast passing away-a change OF
which the boys both of England anc
the United States may well be coA
gratulated-f for the birchen rOd was
in my time, even more freely used il
the school than i'll the household
William cullen Bryant, IN st
Nicholas for December.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-07
" And He Shifted IT,

DETROIT has been bothered with a
chronic old vagrant named Wheeler
for the last five years. He is an old
man, and he creeps around the streets
telling piteous story and almost de-
handing aims as his constitutional
right. He is not worthy of charity
in any sense, and those who know him
will not give him anything. About
a week ago he entered a Michigan ave
nue. drug store, and while loaling
around he uncolked several large bot
ties of perfume standing on the show
case. Into each one he poked his
peaked nose in turn and snutfed like
horse. He came again next day
and repeated the performance, seem
ing to go on the theory that he was
getting something for nothing, and
yet was not robbing the druggist.
His presence was not agreeable, and
yesterday morning the druggist filed a
bottle with the strongest kind of
hartshorn, labeled it Golden Rose, :"
and several people were invited in to
see how the plan worked. BY and by
the old vagrant came in, and as he
warmed his back at the stove he no.
ticed the new brand.
Golden Rose, Ell? New thing, prob
ably he unused, going closer.
AS no one seemed to notice him, he
pulled the cork, poked his nose into the
bottle and snuffed for all he was
worth. Next instant he dropped to
the floor, raking the hot stove with
his elbow, and as he lay there gasping
for breath and rolling his eyes, the
druggist shouted for the police and
threw cold water over him. 1t was
four or five minutes before the old
man could stand up, and he hadn't a
word to say as he made for the door.
When he reached the sidewalks he
halted, shook his fist at the store, and
blowing his nose with awful vigor, he
shouted:
g | can Golden Rose the whole crowd
with both hands tied behind mep'-
Detroit Free Press.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-07
Strop0 Nerves an Attainable Blessing

There are many who have never known
the blessing of strong nerves, having peen
born with weak ones. Ihose WHO nnse
and through disease or some other cause,
have suffered loss of nerve power, can, Dy
contrast, more fully appreciate the magh l.
tude of that loss The true way to repair IL
is 10 invgoratc the system through the n me,
dunn of improved digestion, seeretloh "'l ~
the establishment of a regular haoit OF
body, three results invariably accomplished
by the use of Hostetter's Stomach Bltters,
which iusures the thorough conversion OF
the food into pure, nourishing blood, from
which the nerves, in common win ctelS
othcr mart of the bodily economy, gather
yigor, the grand prerequisite of health; me
That t they not only exert no tonic influence
but are always followed by q hurtful rcaG
ton. Such is far from being the case WIN
The Ritters- the primary action of which is
most salutary, and whose after effects are
beneficial in the extreme.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-07
Tho II rail is now being rolled

The T rail- IS now peihs io.io'
with a wider hanye or base and
thicker head, without increasing the
standard weight of some sixty-seven
pounds to yard. The material OF the
upright part is reduced to make up for
the increased size of the base and head )
the latter is made more nearly square
at the sides, and the edges of the base
are thinner. The object Of this Is 10
increase the resistance to wearing by
the flanges of the wheels, and to pre-
vent the rail from cutting into the
sleepers. In place of the notehes cut
in the rail to hold the spikes, that nave
been found so destructive 10 the life OF
the rail, holes are drilled through the
base, and through these the rail IS
fastened to the road bed.-Raalaoay
| Gazette.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-07

FL LII NI-N.
The year is very barren one in re-
gard to eclipses, in this region. There
will be five, as follows:
4 total eclipse of the moon, Feb.
27, at h. 10 p. m. below the horizon
of the United States.
A partial eclipse of the sun. March
II, at 10 h. II N. p. M. E; visible in
Western Asia.
A partial eclipse Of the sun, Aug. s,
at 10 h. II m. p. III. visible in Alaska.
Kamschatka, the North Pacific Ocean
and the Arctic Ocean. Behring's
Strait Is nearly in the center of the
area from which this eclipse can be
seen.
A total eclipse of the moon, Aug
%. at ) h. IL IN. p. ~; partially
visible in the Eastern and Southern
States.
\ partial eclipse of the sun, Sept. I,
at S.O4 a. m. visible in all that part of
South America situated in more than
fifteen degrees of south latitude, and
extending nearly to the South Pole. r
The times given above are the in
stants of conjunction or opposition in
right ascension.
THE PLANETS.
TU1cGn-Will be looked for on the
face of the sun March %, by many
astronomers, NJ. lie Verrier having
announced that d transit of the planet
O. is possible on that day.
Mernuy-Will be visible near the
following dates of his greatest elonga-
ton from the sun: In the West, near
sunset; Jan. 10 90 degD; May (21
deg. } Aug. 81 OF deg. } Dec. 25 GO
deg).
In the East, near sunrise; Feb. 20
(2615 deg; June 20 (2215 deg; Oct.
II as deg.
Venlls-Will be a morning star, ris-
ing before the sun, till May 6, the date
of her superior conjunction: and will
be an evening star, setting after the
sun, during the remainder of the year.
She will attain her greatest elongation
east al deg. 10 NJ on the 18th of De-
cember.
M0rs-Will rise before the sun from
the beginning Of the year till the even
Ing Of Sept. ), when he will be in op-
position to the sun, sOuthing at mid
night. After that date he will set after
the sun in the evening.
Juptter-Will rise before the sun
during the first half of the year. In
January he will be over the tail of
Scorpio; March IL about two degrees
south of Mu in Sagittarius NEAR Mars):
in April stationary; and May % two
degrees south from Mu in Sagittarius.
June 10 he will be in opposition to the
sun and an evening star for the re-
malnder of the year. He retrogrades
till Aug. 20. Nov. he will again pass
under Mu i'll Sagittarius, and will be
among the stars in the head OF that
constellation at the close of the year.
Sdtu?7l-Will be in the Constellation
Aquaries during the year; but not a
conspicuous object the first four
months, being too close to the sun; the
date of conjunction is Feb. IS. After
that time he will rise before the sun
till Sept. 0, when he will be on the
meridian at midnight, and after that
he will be visible in the evening sky.
-Chicago Tribune.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-07
THE SNOW-BIRDS.

WHEN winter winds are blowing,
And clouds are full of snow,
There comes a flock of little birds,
A-flying to and fro;
About the withered garden,
Around the naked field,
In any way -sde shrub or tree
That may berry yield,
You'll see them fitting. fitting,
And hear their merry song;
The scattered crumbs of summers feas,
Feed winter bindings long.
But when the snow-drifts cover
The garden and the field
When all the shrubs are cased in ice,
And every brook is sealed,
Then come the little snow birds,
As hcggars, to your door;
They pick up every tiny crumb,
With eager chirps for more.
Like wandering musicians,
They meath the windows sing;
All winter long they stroll about,
And leave us in the spring,
OF to the land of icebergs,
To islands cold and drear,
They fly before the summer comes
To frolic with US here.
Give them hearty welcomed
1t surely were not good
That they who sing in winter time
Should ever lack for food.
Mrs. anderson.
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n it he has placed bed, bedding

In it he has placed bed, bedding,
chairs, tables, washstand, ETC., and is
comfortably housed for the winter, or
until he is able to rebuild on the old
site. 1t is queer habitation, and we
expect, in his day and generation, Mr..
Citron is as contented in his tub-cis-
tern as was Diogenes in his tub in the
streets of Athens and Corinth.-
Shreveport (LG.) Telegram.