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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30
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We find in the Charleston News and
Courier the subjoinedproceedings of the
farmers in the Collector district
At a meeting of thelaboring farmers
of the neighborhood, hid at Annavista
recently, Mr.. Charles CARROT was ap-
pointed chairman andMr. Jonas Sim
mons secretary. The chirman explained
that the object of the meeting was to
make united appeal TO the public for
aid, and offered the following resolutions
which were Unanimously adopted
Whereas, we, representatives of the
farmers, have made e'ery effort to sus-
tain ourselves, yet fine want, and even
starvation, threatening US; ; and whereas,
unless aid come from 9me source it will
be impossible to make)ur bread for next
year, and hence nothig but want and
continued suffering mist follow; there
fore, be it
Resolved, That we Immediately re-
quest the press generally, and the
Charleston News andCourier and Wal
terboro News specially, to make our
wants known to the public, whom we
earnestly solicit to assist us in this, our
time of sore need.
Resolved, That DE- L. 5. Waring be
requested to continue aiding us by ex-
tending this notice and receiving any
contributions of monsy or provisions that
may be sent Tor US, distributing the same
as they come promptly, as many of our
old citizens are alreaty feeling the pangs
of hunger. and more viii rapidly be
added to the number
DIR. r. 5. Waring sdds, in note to
the News and Courig:
will only add thst the condition OF
the colored population here is deplorable
At an assembly of over thirty men OF
family on Saturday, l asked each how
much corn he had, AID one bushel was
the most that any one had.
While | write two dd women sit on
my step eating, they say, the first food
they have tasted for tEenty-four hours.
AN 1n1D az CyDuE11r frnDSG-,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30
HE.IR7'S BLOOD.

In a state OF health and rest, the blocA
comes up into the heart in stsaas
stream from all parts of the body, nnif
ing at last in one large volume 'sxcf
else OF the muscles, as in walking @
work, hasten the flow, and 20 does me't
tai excitement. The ofice>sa she e~
is to send blood into ~
e fBtIc. Il niiiiss;5-lr===s.sl -
parts of the body, to 1tsa-s~ulyz q -;
strengthen. 1t does this 10y bSs/sAor'
thumps. 50 the faster a man exefeses,
or the harder he thinks, the faster the
heart must pump out the blood to keep
itself clear. 1t has to work so hard and
so fast sometimes, under bodily excite
ment, that we can easily hear it thump;
and sometimes, in its efforts to avoid suf-
location, as it were, or choking, it breaks
rather bursts-and death is instanta-
neous. Thus it was with Renforth, the
great English oarsman. The combined
muscular exertion to win the race, and
the great mental excitement, hurried
the blood so rapidly to the heart, that
with all It's pumping it could not keep
itself clear, and he died in an instant
Hence competitive exercises are not only
hurtfuI, but dangerous. 1t IS steady,
continuous labor that gives health and
long life.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30

THE VALUE OF AN EMPRESS. Most
people are willing to pay for the acquisi-
ton of honors, but Queen Victoria, it
seems, must be paid for accepting honors
conferred. A short time since she init
mated, through her plant minister, Dis
raeli, to her servile parliament her desire
to assume an imperial title. Her wish
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30

er is an aboriginal cuss, in whom there Is
no guile. He never lifted a scalp por
robbed a hen-roost in daylight. lie :
the father of some of his children, abu
uses no cologne. He has that noble tt-
tributeef his race, an untutored mia.
His sauaw has gone to The spirit Land,
and he wishes to visit that earthly lann
of spirits, where troubles are forgotten q
the rate of ten cents spirit. He re-
spectfully asketh aid of the pale iaces'
No orders for groceries received"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30

John Paul has invaded Paris, and
the impression he gets of men and things
are altogether pleasing. The French
man, he tells US, is not big feeder. He
breaks his fast in the morning with lit
tie coffee and good deal of bread and
butter. Along toward noon, if raven.
eusly hungry, he seizes on a radish or
perhaps the hind legs of sparrow; but
for dinner-ye gods, what a gorging is
there! Two spoonfuls of soup, the back
bone of smelt, morsel of meat the
size of saddle rock oyster, mushroom.
an onion, Glove of garlic, smell of
cheese, gallon of red wine, and he's
ready for an opera or the theater. The
Frenchmar can cook dinner. but when
it comes to eating one, why, bless your
soul, an Englishman can eat all around
him. Yet, aa faa though he be at dress.
ing fish or fowl, the Frenchman does
not dress himself well. His sleeves are
too short, his skirts are too narrow, and
ne has altogether skimpy look. When
ne attempts to be elegant he is only dan
difed.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30

The Rev. DIR. Robinson, president of
Brown university, recently supplied the
puluit of the First Unitarian church Of
Providence, in the absence of the pastor,
and his sermon was regarded as a re-
markable one, coming from a leading
Rantist divine. He maintained that
religion, like the physical world, had its
enochs and revolutions, and that the
nresent movement, though bloodless, is
deeper and more significant than any
preceding one. He was not afraid of
progress, but is convinced that the
Christian religion is more firmly estab-
Tsbed than ever in the world.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30

nead J. men, the other day. ;i'They buy
I'VE emes as-many suits of clothes as the
L'giish. You see, our aristocracy feel
saa' they can afford to wear old clothes. .
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30

"A noble Indian of Wisconsin carries
about with him the following certificate
written for him by some obliging white
man: "This may certify that the bear
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30
4 KING WHO LOST A KINGDOM I'M
HIS EYESIGHT.
London Letter to New York World

The quiet, amiableand blind gentle
man who is now stopping at Claridge's
hotel. and who would have been king OF
England had not his cousin Victoria
been born, has certainly had his misfor-
tunes in life; but his lot is not a very
unhappy one. He has lost his sight and
his kingdom but he has saved Lis per-
sonal property, and he has been blessed
with large and affactionate family OF
children. The king of Hanover is just
as old as his cousin queen Victoria and
although he is not so rich, he is rich
enough. To say nothing of other re.
sources he has at this moment twelve
and half tons OF silver and gold plate
stored away in Coutts bank. He is,
moreover, an English prince, and he is
duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale
earl of Armagh and knight of the Gar
ter. He and his family have arrived ii
England, apparently with the intention
of making it their permanent home
They probably have given up all hope o
ever repossessing Hanover.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30

Artificial flowers were made in
Fp ,pt centuries ago. They are found
made of linen of different colors in the
tombs of Thebes.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30

That was a conceit both poetic and
natural which lately found expression in
the question of very young gentleman
while viewing the beds of beautiful va
riegated violets around the old arsensl in
Central Park: Papa, is that where the
Butterflies grow?'
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30

In Georgia a sick negro believed
that he had been bewitched by woman
neighbor, and the fortune teller said that
the only way to be cured was to cause a
dog to drink tablespoonful of the neigh
boris blood. A son of the invalid, aided
by two companions, undertook to get the
blood. They entered the woman's house
at night, bound her in chair, cut a cash
in one of her arms, caught the blood in a
vial, and gave it to the dog. The report
does not describe the effect on the sick
man
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30

THE latest-and in some respects the
fishiest-fish story is from the St. Lotus
Republican. The pith of it is that
fisherman in that neighborhood, seeing
what looked like a fish "with a tail at
both ends" pulled it in with gaff and
discovered that he had catfish with a
buffalo fish in its mouth. which it was
trying to swallow. The Republican says:
The catfish was found to weigh seventy
five pounds and the buffalo ten pounds.
Both were in good order and made pal
atable meal, as was tested by family in
this city" The story, on the whole, is a
good one; but it is little Disappointing
u! not giving the numerical strength of
the family that made palatable meal
in eightyfive pounds of fish.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30
GRAYE IND GAE.

A cultured magazine writer says:
"We read Mark Twain and Artemus
Ward, and TO a calm observer that is the
most conclusive proof that we have very
little notion of what true humor means"
George Eliot says: at is well
known that in gambling, whether of the
business or holiday sort, a man who has
the strength TO leave of when he has
only ruined others is reformed charac-
ter"
=. An English journal says that rolled
iron sheets .O0l5 of an inch thick have
lately been made at Warrington 80 fiex-
ible that they bend almost as easily as
paper, and yet 50 tough as to be torn
with difficulty.
"A little Boston boy WAS inconsolable
at the loss of a toy balloon that escaped
from him and went towards the clouds,
the other day, because, as he said, it cost
him twenty-five cents, and he didn't
want God to ret it for nothing.
"A New York woman assails, through
the press, the Vermont jury which re-
Gently decided thkt.fager beer is not in
toxicating. Her husband when not full
OF beer, is quiet and inohensive man, but
after drinking beer he becomes ga de-
mon and a maniac," notwithstanding
the decision Of the twelve Vermonters-
Somebody has imported from Paris
azf,y novel and elegant rosewood bed
~ CIV ~ heat.i serlt,fsnfx feet biz
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30
THE WEEK PAST.

BLOOD has been shed in old times for
a smaller insult than the New York Her
aid puts upon Boston in calling it "a
town which is known in history mainly
because it puts molasses into its baked
BEANS" Moreover the statement Is
untrue as well as insulting. The mo-
lasses is put in before the beans are baked.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30

MYPA CLARK GAINES, who claims to
own much of the land on which the city
of New Orleans stands, has received
much encouragement by the late ruling
of the United States supreme court, and
has gone back to New Orleans, where she
will reopen her suits for the estate which
she has been fighting for for the past half
oon4urxv
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30

THE bill recently introduced into the
British house of lords for the regulation
OF the practice of vivisection provides
that when no anesthetics are used the
experimenter must first furnish a certifi-
cate that vivisection is indispensable to
the experiment, and the experiment
must be performed in a registered place,
and by person specially licensed by the
government.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30
ESTABLISHED 1859.
POEM WITH Il MORAL.

The following lines we're written by David Barker
for the New York Post about twenty years ago, and
re as admirable for their quaintness for the i'm
r lrtant lesson they convey
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30

TH-4Seirs of A. 7. Stewart are rapidly
increasing in number. The latest census
gives them at two thousand and upwards.
They may not succeed in breaking the
will, though experience shows that few
experiments of that character are hope
less; but it seems quite probable that
they will compel the executors to have
it approved again.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30

CONCERNING the tobacco tax, the well
posted Washington correspondent of the
New York Bulletin, telegraphs: "It
may be stated positively, on the author
ity of nearly every member of the ways
and means committee, that there will be
no bill presented to change the tax on
tobacco at this session. l state this so
authoritatively in order to allay the ru-
mored demoralization in the tobacco
trade brought about by some manufac-
turers who are working for a change in
the tax"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30

The Canadians are putting up the
bars against our new silver coins. At
Windsor, opposite Detroit, the merchants
have made solemn covenant not to re-
ceive it save at these rates: The three
cent silver coin at two cents; the five
cent at four cents; the ten cent at eight
cents; the twenty cent ut sixteen cents !;
the twenty five-cent at twenty cents; the
6fty-cent at forty-cents; the dollar at
eighty cents.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30
HOW IN 0POssItM TOOK C4RE or
HER B4BIES.

AN opossum is not quite so big as a
ss.' Its color is gray; not handsomely
s'ilped like your pussy, but mixed. a
SOls oi dirty pepper-and-salt color. The
opessum's head is longer than q eats,
ana Its nose is ispointed liksitho# ef a
'oA, though not so pretty Z. When Il gar ]
% taxes big mouthful Of food Sou
sPhsa eank its head was'abtnt 10 s,nt
~ 'Fe, far back does The mouth 1 81
ben its tail is more liis rat than
z '''''. Z There J, i little hair en i, and
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30

NJ. BoURBoUGE, of Paris, has lately
been partially successful in collecting
Spontaneous electrical currents from the
earth This ANNOUNCEMENT, though in
itself of simple character, contains sug-
gestions OF possible discovery OF great
significance. 1t may be safely suggested
that until some method is devised for
securing the service of these natural cur
rents, no great advance will be made in
the adaptation of electricity to the per-
formance of mechanical labor. Hence
all efforts in this field are to be COM
mended
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30

The effort to solve the Chinese prob
lem by sending the surplus Celestials to
the Sandwich Islands has proved fail
ure. A vessel was chartered nearly a
fortnight since to take five hundred OF
the heather from San Francisco to
Hawaii, and four hundred and fifty sig
nifed .heir willingness to go. When the
time came to sail, however, only seventy
FIVE presented themselves, and the trip
has been postponed until the quota can
ba filIad
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-30

Z" EMOTIONAL. INSANITY" still has its
defenders in Illinois, the latest sufferer
being Mrs. Brita Nelson, who was placed
on trial for numbering her husband On
two occasions she confessed the murder
and even told the name of the affinity"
who suggested the deed, but the jury
become convinced that she was emotion
-azssszf f-~1ne and acq uitted her.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03
TO CLOSE THR ESTATE OF PHILIP DRUMM.
CHOICE BATTURB PROPERTY IN THE FIRST
DISTRICT.
TWO THREE. STORY AND THREE TWO STORY
BRICK STORES AND DWELLINGS, FORMING
THE CORNER OF LEvEE AND SOUTH MAR
KET STREETS.
SUCCESSION OF PHILIP DRUMM.
Second District Court for the Parish Of Orleans
No. 81 129.
DY G. e. GIRARDEY, AUCTIoNEKR-
Id Office No. 81 Camn afreAt.-SACQRQAy

b once No. 81 Camp street-sATURDAY.
Charles Auction Exchange, in the rotunda Of the
st. Charles Hotel in this city, will be sold ut pub
lie auction, by virtue Of an order from the Hon
for the parish Of Orleans, dated the eight Of
March, 1876, and rendered in the above entitled
succession, the following described property to
FIVE CERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND, with all the
buildings and improvements thereon. situated in
bounded by New Levee. Tchoupitoulas st. James
and South Market streets. designated by the Nos.
IL g. and 5, on plan ty L. ezenstein, surveyor.
dated the twentieth Of May 1867, and deposited in
the Office OF n. J. Hoey, auctisneer. Lot No. forms
the corner of New Levee and South Market streets,
and measures Is feet inches 7 lines front on New
Levee street, by depth, between parallel lines Of
81 feet front On South Market street; lot No.
aiioins lot MOL. and measures Is feet inches
in depth, between parallel lines. The improve
ments on each of these two lots comprife
three-story brick stores and dwellings,, splendidly
trade. Lots Noe. 3, ana a1jOn each other and
situated Immediately in the rear Of lots Nos.
and O. lot No measuring 81 feet inches lines in
front on South Market street, by depth, between
parallel lines, of So feet II inches ard is separated
by an alteyway, feet wfde from lots Nos. and .;
lines front South Ma ket street. by de pth, BE-
tween parallel lines of So feet II inches The i'm.
provements on lots Nos. 3, and comprise three
twostory brick houses, kitchens etc; it 10 known
as the "Fon bene'' property, splendidly built and
anged for stores ana dwellings, fronts the First
District shipping and old market place and q COM
mandipg POSITION for either business or manufac.
turing purposes.
Terms-0ne- third cash and balance at one and
two years credit for notes specially secured by
mortgage on this property, bearing all the usual
clauses of eight per cent per anuum interest from
the day Of sale until fual payment, five per cent
attor. ey's fees in the event Of suit improvements
to be kept insured and policy transferred, and
the purchase to assume payment ofthe taxes for
adjudication.
acts of sale at the expense Of the purchaser
before Joseph Cohn, ESQ.,, notary pubic.
del3 l6 % 30 jas 10
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03

Charles Zapata VS.. HOn0rine CifreO and
orpru n,srp EiTa c S%ngrrT FOR rus PARISH
II of Orleans No. 40 653 mo. 275n OF the late Sew
tn District Caurt).-By virtue OF writ of
fieri facias directed by the honorable the Fourth
District onrt for the parish OF Orleans, in the
above entitled cause to W. p. Harpe., late sheriff
and bv SAID late sheriff to me transferred, will
proceed to sell at public auction at the her
chants and Auctioneers' Exchange, Royal street
between Canal and .ustomhouse streets, in the
Second District of this city, on TUESDAY. January
q 1871 at twelve O'Clock ~, the following described
CERrAiN LOT OF GROUND, situated in the
Third District OF this city, N the square bounded
b. Elysian Fields, Geodchildren, Frtnchmen and
Morals streets having a front of sixty feet on
Eysian ields street. by one huudIed and twenty
Street trt accoPdnc plan made by Joseph PIie
late surveyor, dated me tenth If December
1870 deposited in the Office of Marc Lsftte, late
notary public III this city. and Is ed by the
letter on ske tch made by c. A. de Armas, sur
veyor, dated November Is, 1876, and deposited in
the sheriffs office for reference, aud measures in
Amerc measure. as per said sketch, siXty -fOur
ieet four lines front on BY sian Fields street by
one hundred and twenty seven feet ten inches five
Ii. es N d p h and front on GoOdchlldren street.
between parallel line; which said lot of ground
being subdlvide into three los designated by the
numbers one, two and thu lee. on SAID sketch of c.
A. do Armas, surveyor. and having. American
measure, a. p r ga sAetch the following dime n
sit ns, Lot number one, forming the corner Of
Elysian Fields and GOOdchildren ST. eets, measur
twenty.six feet front on FL sian Field street, by
ninety ket zen inches five lines in depth and
front on Good.bildren street. between parallel
linz s; lot number two, adjoining lat number one,
measures thirty eight feet four lines front ON
klysian Fields stree,, by nine' y-seven feet ten
inches fiv- Lies in depth, between parallel lnes
and lot numoer three, adjoining lots numbers one
and 20, IN the rear, measur Thirty feet 'front.' on
Goodchildren street. by sixty -four feet foa, lines
in depib, between parallel lines together with all
the buildings and improve ments thereon.
Seized in the above suit as belonging to the de-
fendaut Mrs Eliza MERCER, widow Of Alphonse
BOugeIe.
Terms-Cash on the spot
EUGENE wAGGAMLAN,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03
SHERIFES SALES.
Henry Barth W. Mrs. Louisa Hasa, widow
of Francis Bone.
xaOp n


GIxrH DISTRICT COURT FOB THE PARISH OF
seizure and sale TO me directed by the honorable
the Sixth District Court for the parish Of
Orleans, in the above entitled cause will proceed
to sell at public auction at the Merchants and Auc
doneers' Exchange, Royal street. between Canal
and Customhouse streets, in the Second District
twelve O'Clock NJ, the following described prop
CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with
the buildings and impr0vement t. thereon, rights,
ways, privileges and appurtenances thereunto be
longing in anywse appertainlrg. situs ed in the
by PrytAnia. Melpomene. Co iseu.n and Terpscbore
r. cts, designated as lot Dumber six, on a p an
drawn by L. H. Pile surveyor, the twen " third
Of December 1871, aud deposited 90 plan number
eighty three in the record of Theodore Seghers,
formerly = notary public this city; laid lot
streets. and measuring, in American measure.
twenry-six feet six inches three lines front on
Prytania street, by ninety six feet in depth and
front on TerpsichOro street, and twenty tix feet
six inches three lines the rear, fiOuting
alley six feet ten nchss ii We lines Width,
ing to said plan Being the same property which
the defendant hi rem acquired by virtue OF judg.
ment of the honorable the Second Dis Iict Court
for the parish of Orleans, rendered and signed
the KIN of May, 1872 in this matter of the success
sion OF Diedr;ch vOerg, No. IS III Of the docket Of
scribed, AID other property, to his widow, upon
the advice Of a family meeting conve ned and he'd
the secOLd of May 1872, before Octave More l. a
notary public in this city, in behalf of the minor
children of said voerg
Seized in the above suit
Terms-CasG on the spot.
EUGENE wAGGAMAN.
del 10 II ia2 Civil Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-03
A. ROchereau & Co. vs.. Eliza Estes Nask
Meux, universal agatee of Thomas Oliver

A. Rochereau & Co. W. Eliza Estes Mask
Meux, universal kgatee Of Thomas onNer
ClXTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THB PARISH OF
- Orleans No. 9g25.-By virtue Of Q writ OF seizure
and sale to me directed by the honorable the 1e
Sixth District Court for tee parish Of Orleans In
the above entitled cause will proceed to sell at
public auction, at tie Merchants and Anctioneers
Exchange, Royal street. between Canal and Gus
fOmhouse streets, in the Second District OF TINS
city on WEDNESDAY,, December n. 1876 at twelve
O'Clock n, the following described property, TO
wit So
A LOT OF GROUND, together with the
buildings and improvements thereon, situated
in the First District of this city, in the squaIe
bounded by CarOndelet. Hevia, Bar Onne and POy-
dias streets. having in French measure, thirty
feet front On CarOndeet streeT, by one hundred
and twenty feet in depth, bounded on one side BY
property now or late Of Widow DnrsGd; and on the
other side by property now or late Of X O. Pritch-
ard. Being The same property whieh Ihe Ia'e
Thomas Oliver Meux purchas,d from C Snnh q
Dunes, par act pas ed before Theodore Seghers,
late notary pubic in this city, on the eighteenth
Of August, 1886.
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-Cash on the spot -
NOES de3 10 81 Civil Sheriff Of the Parish Of Orleans