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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-06-01
THE ROMANCE OF REALITY.

Labor is an ordinance of Heaven. When
it has wear;ed the farmer, and cares have
taxed the mind beyond endurance, means
must be at hand t. refresh the failing
powers.
The traveller upon the desert, wearied by
his journey, hastens towarda distant oasis.
There he slakes his thirst, and refreshed and
,invigorated, he forgets his tolls. So the hui
man mind wearied with its burdens, is
seeking a relief-some fountain where it
may allay its thirst, an oasis in the desert of
life. The needs of man were known to the
great Intelligence who ordained his tolls,
Even this want had been fonseen and its
remedy supplied in nature This is the
fountain, flowing fresh from the creative
hand, whose waters cheer the weary soul.
In nature there are found the beautiful
and the wonderful. Man gazes on the beau
tifnl. and whether it be the earth putting on
her mantel of green, the bud bursting into
life. or the flowers OF a thousand hues, his
tederest feelings are touched. Under such
an influence his nature, though hardened by
care, begins to relax. -fhe cooling draught
which he is drinking cannot fail to refresh
and i~nvigorate him. Thus is he prepared
to again undertake theduties of life.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-06-01

A WORD ABOUT ARRIAGE.-A Physician
writes the following sensible advice MY
profession has thrown me'among women of
all classes, and my experience teaches me
that God never gave man a greater proof of
His love than to place woman here witf1him.
My advice Is Go propose to the most SEN
sible girl ven ka0v. If she says yes, then
tell hsr hos tnush your income is, from
what sonfse deg2Ved, n that you will
divide yOas last shilling with her and love
her wieh All oer heart. And then keep
your pr,nas word for it, she will live
within y0ttr snepssa.s and, to your. last hour
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-06-01

you will regret that you didn't marry sooner.
Gentlemen, don't worry about feminine ex-
travagance and feminine untruth. Just you
be true to her, love her cincerely, and a more
faithful, fond, foolish slave you will never
meet anywhere. You won't deserve her, I
know, but she will never know it. Now,
throw aside ~selishness, and see what will
come of it.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-06-01
THE To- MT CIRCLE,
MYSTERY.
BY ELMO WILDWOOD.

Mysterious voices are everywhere.
Thrilling the earth and filing the air;
Inc world OF mind is u shadowy sphere
FILLED with the whispers of angels here;
Mystery broods DER the land and sea
Unsolved by the sage's theory.
TO where you will, the earth resounds
With the mystery of unknown sounds:
By the lovely lake in the winter time
The breaking ice foes ciink and chime
AS they rise and fall upon the crest,
And a vail is heard from the waves deem
breast.
Beyond the continents ridgy spine
Where iervid suns OF a tropic shine,
In a WIG retreat remote from man
The lonely huntsman at even can.
In posture mute, with listening ear,
Metallic strains from the small hills hear.
Low and tremulous those strange notes swell
In silvery waves, whence none can tell:
Those sounds have heard; and strangely rare
frlghtehlng the red men, surely are there,
Pray don't explain! the musical heart
vi the hills defies the theorists art.
Within a league of an ancient town
Southwark, is Il mansion old and brown;
90 thither when half his course has run
Declining westward the setting sun!
Sunk firmly within it's quaint birch wall
In a dormer window deep and small.
Find it! then look for the midmost pane!
A ghostly visage set there as plain
AS aught OF earth, You may see defined,
Staring as ever time out Of mind;
The place is haunted the servants say
And is Stunned by them until this day.
In the mountains wilds of western Wales,
A land of COLLINS and fairy tales,
An honest curate walking at night
Home from the chapel upon the height,
Saw as he passed o'er the drifted snow
In every step Il strange white glow.
At times, as with an unearthly glare
1t cleaned abroad in the frosty air;
The curate, himself, with all his lore,
bordering this strange sight Ger and DER,
No cause could find, but Il thing unknown
And unexplained the mystery owned.
why seeks the clambering vine the stake,
And changed, will still the same course take;
And the chambered cliffs where wild plants
grow
Through that vaulted gloom-how can they
know
How the shortest, straightest path to take,
And q union with the loose earth make?
theme is too broad for my poor pen;
IF things of time are beyond the ken
What must eternity itself be!
Enough for us the stern decree
That right shall live and wrong shall die
Beyond the cloud-gates to the sky.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-06-01
OUR, OWN.
come of it

OUR OWN.
We think we have a perfect right to treat
anything that we claim as " our own" lust
as fancy or within may dictate. Being our
W we may really love it the most, and yet
be the least careful of it in many ways.
How many, many instances do we see,
where the husband and father comes home
at night, tired perhaps, but woefully cross
and peevish; little ones run to meet him,
expecting a kiss, but he hurriedly passes
them by, with merely a gruf greetings leav-
ing little chilled hearts and dampened spir-
its behind. He I'M to the door, the kiss
OF welcome is again forgotten, although the
cheerful face of his wife is waiting him
there. He comes in, finds the easiest chair,
settles himself in it, draws out a paper and
leaves chs own !" farther way from him
than they have been all day. He cannot
bear the noise of the children, so they are
sent early to bed. In business circles this
same man wears another face, he has a word
for every one, is not tired or impatient, but
affable and obliging. This man may love
his wife and children dearly, he only feels
that they are "his own" and thinks any
kind of treatment will do for them.
IT'S not the gentle woman alone who
wears a double face and leads a double. life.
The wife will have careful thoughts for the
stranger, and smiles for the sometime
guest; but for " her own" how often is
heard the bitter tone, how quickly the
lips have an impatient curve, and the
brow a look Of scorn. Many a wife allows a
husband to 60. forth at noon with these bit
ter things as a slow fire to shoulder, and
burn all day long. Many 60 in the morning
that never come home at night. Hearts
have been broken by harsh words and no
opportunity given to set them right. Smiles
and smooth words are needed in business
and society, and we should cultivate them
continually. But doubly more are they
cultivated at the fireside, in the little world
that night shuts in and the coming of father
completes. The husband mixes with fellow
man during the day, and picks up little items
of news that would be pleasant to the wife
after her quiet home day; but it is too tedi-
Gus to rehearse them. The fact that a thing
is +" our own F." should make us more careful
of giving needless pain, should make us
cherish it more tenderly, and watch to see
when little deeds of kindness y can be
done. Life is made up Of little joys, little
sorrows, little deeds, but these little things
can bear down like a milestone, and crush
out all joy and life. Home is the only place
negligent, cross, impatient, bitter and selfish.
More is at stake here than in the most mann
moth business ever undertaken in the out
side world.-Cor. Journal Of AgrScu1taye and
Farmer.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-06-01

WIN lCitltS III WIFI u ScnUlc manu-.
Thither, O., thither.
Into the Silent Lands
Into the Silent Land !
To you, We boundless regions
OF all perfection Tender morning-visions
Of b~eauteous souls /! The Futures pledge and band.
Who in Life's battle firm doth stand
Shall bear Hopes tender blossoms
Into the Silent Land.
A good example is.the best sermon.
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
Fame is the perfume of heoric deeds.
"A contented mind is a continual feast.
"A good horse cannot be OF a bad color.
A deformed body may have a beautiful
soul.
"A fool may make money, but it requires,
a wise man to spend it..
A man may talk like a wise man and act
like a fool.
"A wicked book is the wickeder because
it cannot repent.
A wise man may look ridiculous in the
company of fools.
BY others faults wise men. correct their
own.
Content is the Philosophers stone that
turns alIit touches into gold.
Continual cheerfulness is a sigh of wis
dom.
Good preachers give fruits and no flow
ers.
A man that Keeps riches and enjoys thems
not is like an ass that carries gold and eats.
thistles.
Some people, have softening of the BRAIN.
but we are convinced that the world suffers.
more from those who have hardening Of the.
heart.
The best capital for young mensto start
with in life is industry, good sense, courage,
and fearof God. 1t is better than all the.
credit Or cash that was ever raised.
True devotion is not a melancholy sem
timent that depresses the spirit and excludes
IDEAS OF pleasure which youth is so fond
Of; on the contrary, there is nothing SO
friendly to joy, so productive of true pleas.
ure, SO peculiarly suited to the warmth
md innocence of youthful heart. Do not.
therefore, think it too soon to turn your
mind to God, but offer Him the first fruits.
If your understandings and affections and
be assured the more you increase in love,
to Him and delight in His laws, the more.
will increase in happiness, in excellence.
md in honor; that in proportion as you i'm
prove in true piety, you will become dear,
amiable to your fellow-citizens, content
md peaceful in yourself, and qualified to en-
oy the best blessings of this lite as well ass
o inherit the glorious promises of immor.-
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-06-01
G0LDE SHEAVES

Into the Silent Land
All, who shall lead us thither?
Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather,
And shattered wrecks lie thick on the strand
Who leads us with a gentle hand
Thither, o, thither,
Into the Silent Land?
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-16

as standard bearers Messrs. Havcs
and Wheeler. They are able and pi,re
men, and HATE always been on tho
right side Of tile great questions OF
the day: They have been true to their
country, to liberty, and to humanity,
and their lives have been illustrated
by distinguished Sc, vices in the field,
in the government of States, and in
the councils of the nation.
Governor Hayes was brave SOL
dier who commanded with distinction
and fell upon the field severely
wounded. Ills name has lone hccn
inscribed upon that roll of heroes
who offered their lives that their
country might live. As pledge tina,
his administration will be pure and
beneficent, he presents an unfair.
nished record, without blot or blum.
der, and as proof of his capacity
shows that he has judged wisely on
every occasion,i i'm the field and in pol
tiles and he stands in marked con-
trast to his competitor, who has been
conspicnously wrong upon every
great question which has agitated the
country for a quarter OF century.
II we are to Judge Of the comparative
merits and fitness of these two mer
for the offic of President by their pas,
lives, there is no room left for doubt,
The one always right, the Other
always wrong. One trained in correct
principles that he is not required ia
unlearn. The other coming from a
vocation and from lifelong associa
tions that should excite the distrns
and repugnance of the country.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-16
MORE BLOODY SHIRT.


We give below brief extract from
the report of the Congressional COM
mittee investigating the political con-
dition and history Of the state of
Mississippi. Out of such reign of
terror of the committee depict the
hypocritical Lucius @. G. Lamar was
elected to the u. S. Senate, and which
place he knows he obtained by fraud
and murder. The report says:
"The events which the committee
were called to investigate, by the or
der of the Senate, constitute one of
the darkest chapters in American
history. Mississippi was a leading
state in the war of the rebellion, and
an early and persistent advocate Of
those fatal political heresies, in which
the rebellion had its origin. To her,
in as large a degree as to any other
state, may be charged justly the dire
full evils of the war: and when the
war ended the white inhabitants re-
sisted those measures Of equality
which were essential to local and
general peace and prosperity. They
refused to accept the negro as their
equal, politically, and for ten years
they have seized every opportunity
for fresh denial of his rights. At last
they have regained supremacy in the
state by acts of violence, fraud, muir
der, fought with more than all the
horrors of open war, without its hon
or, dignity, generosity or justice.
BY them the negro is not regarded
as citizen, and whenever he finds a
friend, and ally in his efforts to adj
vance himself in political knowledge
or intellectual culture, that friend and
ally, whether native of the state or
an immigrant from the North, is
treated as public enemy. The evil
consequences of this policy touch and
paralyze every branch of industry and
the movements OF business in every
channel"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-16

On Thursday evening, 10th inst,
the Hon. Dan. o. Finch, of Des
Moines, after weeks and weeks of
labor, read a carefully prepared and
printed speech in reply to that of
Gen. Tuttle's, at the Capital city. The
State Register prints it in full, thus
treating Mr.. Finch with the most ex-
IRENE courtesy. On the other hand
no Democratic paper in Iowa has
dared to publish the speech of futile.
The weakness of this reply by Finch
is most distressingly palpable. Finch
has no superior in the State among
his party as stumper, and it was
supposed that he would make some
sort Of a defense against Tuttle's ar
raignment Of the party, but it is the
most complete failure that we ever
heard of. The Register can well af
ford to send abroad through its col
umns this reply to Tuttle, for it onl,
confirms the power and force of TIL
Generals splendid effort. Hat
Finch's speech been er tempore, WI
might have guessed that Dan was no
in the most perpendicular mood, ant
hence its weakness, but when it wa
carefully prepared and put in typ
before delivery, no such excuse cal
be plead.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-16
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
A Scoring Given to the House.

a scoring Clv0n 10 the mousse.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE Presi-
dent to-day sent the following mes
sage TO the House:
In atfixing my signature to the riv-
er and harbor appropriation bill, No.
1922, deem it my duty to announce
to the House of Representatives my
objections TO some features Of the bill
and the reason why sign it. If il
was obligatory upon the Executive
to expend all the money appropriated
by congress, ! should return the river
and harbor bill with my objections
Notwithstanding the great inconven.
fence to public interest resulting
therefrom aud the loss of expendi-
lures from the previous congress up
on incOmpleted works.
Without enumerating, many apprO.
priations are made for work of pure.
ly private or local interest, in nc
sense national. l cannot give my
sanction to these, and will care that
during my term of office no public
money shall be expended upon them
There Is very great necessity fol
economy Of expenditures at this time
growing ont of less revenue likely to
arise from . deficiency Of appropria.
tons TO insure a thorough collection
of the same.
The reduction Of revenue districts
the diminution OF special agents, and
the abolition of Supervisors, may re.
suit in great falling off of revenue
1t may be good question to consid.
er whether any expenditure Car
well be authorized under the river
and harbor appropriation further thar
to protect the work already done and
paid for. Under no circumstances
will ! allow expenditures not clearly
national, Signed U. S. GRANT.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-16
HAYES AS A LETTER
WRITER.
A Good. Contrast to Tilden's Elk
tension Style Of Writing.
From the New York Tribune


Gov. Tilden's letter is the theme of
the hour. He has spent nearly two
months studying over it. Here is a
letter that doesn't seem to have had
even two hours reflection: yet, with
all his study, Gov. Tildcn has never
written anything that goes SO straight
to the hearts of the American people.
Extracts from it have been published,
but the whole text is worth preserv-
ing. 1t is taken from a life of Gov.
Hayes, by Mr.. j. q, Howard, soon to
be published in Cincinnati. The Hon.
| VIM. Henry Smith, to whom it was
addressed, is one of Gov. Hayes ear
Hest and most intimate friends. and
was, about that time, Secretary OF
State of Ohio:
"CAMp OF SHERIDAN's ARMY,
NEAR CHARLESTON Va. Aug,24,62.{
FRIEND S.-Your favor of the I'll
came to hand on Monday. TWAS tn,
first had heard of the doings of tn,
Second District Convention. Man,
thanks for your attention and assist
ance in the premises. cared yer,
little about being candidate, bu
having consented to the use of m,
name, l preferred to succeed.
"Your suggestion about getting
furlough to take the stump was Ger
tainly made without reflection. Al
officer fit for duty who at this crisi
would abandon his post to electionce
for seat in Congress ought to b
scalped. You may feel perfectly sur
shall do no such thing.
"We are, and for two weeks pa.
have been, in the immediate prcsenc
} of large rebel army. We have ski
, mishing and small affairs constant!
I am not posted in the policy deeme
wise at headquarters, and can't CUES
as to the prospect of a general engage
Q ment. The condition and spirit {
9 this army are good and improving.
] suspect the enemy are sliding aroun
y us toward the Potomac. If they GRO
= we shall pretty certainly have NEE
e ing. Sincerely. II. b. HAYES.
a Hon. WIN. HENRY SMITH"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-16
CentauR
LininentS.
letter from q Postmaster.1

ANTiOCH, ILL.,, Dec. j, lSS5s
"Messrs. j. D. RosE 4 Co:
sunsrer from rheumatism She has tried many
pny sicians and many remedies. The only thing
am rejoicsa 10 say this has cured her. l I'm
y ". II. RING.
Aa's = sample Of many thousand testimonials
80 OF wonderful cures effected by the Gen.
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~" "cntha, Arnica. Rock OIL, CARROLL
~ ". "seu'ents hitherto little known, II is
"''"" aoie ISct That the Centanr Lini,nent n
ierIoIIiihs more cures OF Swell lngs. stir ,octs
Aruptions' rheumatism, Neuralgia, sctatIca'
Csked Breasts, Lock-Jaw, &c., than all other in
'ments. kmbrocatious Extracts, salv 8, Oint
ments, and rlasters now In use.
For T0othAthe, Karache, Weak Bask, Itch and
Cutaneous Ernptions, 1t is admirable. II cures
Burns and Scalds without scar. Extracts poi-
son from bites and stings, aud heals frost bites
and chilblains In q short lime. No family can
afford to be without the Centaur Liniment, white
| wrapper.
The Ceniaur llnimcnt. Yellow Wrap
per, is adapted to the tough skin. muscles and
| flesh OF the animal creation. Its effects upon Sc
| we're cases Of Spawn, sweeny. Wind Gall, Big
Head and Poll Evil are little less than marvellous.
Messrs. j. Mcclure 4 Co., Druggists. cor. Kim
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| are using the Centanr LiniMent. They pronounce
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sell as nigh as four TO five JZen bottles per month
| to these teAmsters.''
We have thousands of similar testlmr malls.
For wounds. Calls. Scratches. Ring bone, &C.,
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Farmers, Livery and stock -ralsers have In
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40 Dey street, New York.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-16

South BEND, Ind, August ll.-A'
a Republican rally here tonight, Hon
Schuyler Colfax, after making some
Introductory remarks, said: ''Let me
therefore in these brief Introductory
remarks venture prediction OH a
subject interesting to all of us--the
financial situation. Travelling over
the country from October to July on
a lecturing tour from New England
to Nebraska, cOnversing with more
people of all classes and occupations
than any other citizen, and watching
closely the signs Of the times in every
section that i visited, am very glad
to express my conviction that finan-
cially we have at last weathered the
worst of the storm; that before the
close of this Centennial year we shall
see the commencement Of slowly
rising tide of prosperity taking the
place of the stagnation which has
paralyzed business since the DARK
days of September, 1873, when the
panic burst upon us.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-16
rulDEN'sEALsE FIGURES.
Chicago Tribune.

In his letter of acceptance, Mr.. Til
den undertakes to make the "hard
times" and commercial depression
which exists throughout the world
the subject of complaint against the
Republican party. He charges that
the Government has eaten up the sub
stance of the people; that it has con-
sumed their means, and that distress
is the natural result. He thus states
the case: ...
The present depression in all the
business and industries of the people,
which is depriving labor of its en-
ployment, and carrying want into SO
many homes, has its principal cause
in excessive Governmental consump.
ton. Under the illusions of Il spe.
cious prosperity engehdered by false
policies of the Federal Government
a waste of capital has been going on
ever. since the peace of 1865, which
could only end in universal disaster
The Federal taxes of the last eleven
years reach the gigantic sum of tou'
thousand .fre hundred millions. Loca
taxation has amounted to twO-third:
as much more. The vast aggregate II
not less than seven thousand five hun
bred millions.
Mr.. Tilden's statement has hardl!
the semblance of fact to sustain it; i
is false and deceptive not only il
what it asserts, but in its suggestion
and in what it suppresses. 1t is
statement of account which, if mad
by an individual to represent tn
same transactions between him an
: another, would be branded as fraudu
lent and dishonest. Let us look q
the facts. The net ordinary receipt
of the United States for the elevc
y years ending June 30, 1876, were {
- fnllnxvyc
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-16
TELEG RAPHIC.
GENERAL shERIDAN'S LETTER
TO GENERAL SHERMAN
Giving Detail Of the Men Needed
to Einht the Indians.

Giving Detail Of the Men Needed
to Fight the indians.
WASHINGTON, August ll.-Thekfl-
lowing is General Sheridan's ltttr
to General Sherman: X
CHICAGO, August 5, 1915.
l have not yet been able to reih
force the garrison at Fed Cloud,
Spotted Tail, or at Standing Rock
be strong enough to count Indians
to arrest and disarm those comig.
l beg of you to see the Military Coz
mittee OF the House and urge on
the necessity of increasing the cava
ny regiments to one hundred to eac.
company. General Crooks tota
strength is liza; General Terry's, l.,
873, and to give this force to them
have stripped every post from thu
line of Manitoba to Texas. We wan
more mounted men. We have no
exceeded the law in enlisting Indial
scouts. In fact, have not as many a
the law allows us. The whole mum
Der i'm this division is only one-quar
ter. The Indians with Crook are no
enlisted or even paid. They are no
worth paying. They are with hip
only to CRAFTY their desire for figh
and their. thirst for revenge on til
Sioux. [Signed,l p. H. SHERIDAN,
/ Lieut.. Genera
Letter of General Sherman to Sci
rotary of War, endorses the recon
mendations of General Sheridan an
the letter of the Secretary of VS.
recommends the same to the Pres
dent.