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Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-12-21

Montana with so much success. the WELD
per acre being 50 good, and the quality be-
ing such as to make flour so white and of
such a rich golden cast, being ms.eyery re-
spect equal to the best States -four, that our
farmers have given but little attention to
raising fall wheat. On the Gallatin valley
most Of the farmers are beginning to try
it. 1t has already been demonstrated that
it is much better adapted to Montana than
spring wheat. It better diversiiies farm
labor-enables the farmer to do more at less
expense--besides being much surer crop.
Owing to, these facts. our farmers would
certainly find-itto their advantage tofs,,m-
mer-fallow a portion of their land (there be-
ing no scarcity Of land in this country, and
sow fall wheat. It's production certainly
has many advantages over, that Of spring
wheat. The ground can beprepared during
the summer and the wheat soWll at a time
when there. is, no rush of work. In, the
spring everything crowds at once, and if the
season should be a little backward, the
farmer is either compelled to put In a small
crop Or put some of it i'm so late that itis
apt to make poor crop; besides Everything
has to be done in such a hurry tilat he is
not able to do anything as it should be. In
addition to this, winter Wheat rarely
ever fails. 1t starts in the spring with, the
first approach of warm weather and is out
OF reach Of the grasshoppers should there
be deposits Of eggs to hatch out in the field,
and will reach maturity sooner, hence, tits
less liable to be injured by the Immigrant
grasshoppers, The high bench lands near
the footof the mountains are best for this
kind OF wheat, but any. land npon which
spring wheat can, be grown, will grow win
ter wheat. There are also localities on low.
damp lands which have heretofore been
ased only to grow oats, where winter wheat
would mature well and the yield, We have
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1876-12-21

every reason to believe, would be very large
on such lands The finest field of wheat we
ever saw in Montana was grown upon the
river bottom. We hope our farmers in the
several valleys will give winter wheat fair
trial. Progress in agriculture cannot be
made by following in the old way. Let the
farmer rise and keep pace with the progress
of the times.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-26


while in ST. Joseph we were introduced
TO reporter Of one Of tho city papers, saiu TO 10
the Oldest IN the CIV lie took us cordially bY
the hand with this remark
How do you 80, Mr.. L.; how do you do 20
Alter some little conversation we invited him
TO step in and imhibe.
"Critauly, Captain, ccrtainyl Would a. soon
dunk with Won as anybody"
80 we drank. Presently wo asked hln to
dunk a.ain.
"Ceitainlv, Major ] mover refuse 70 drink
with gentlemen. Here's to YOU go
a -nOr, - tuse and We repeated tine lnvif lii1n
thlrd time, lhe tears came m tIr Do .It
eyasas he grasped our hand ana said 't 1'l,
YOU do mo proud. Am glad met YEA. iirf's
nv regard"
We saw we were growing in hi-'e.u naii M 80
We presently remarked that hG lOuhed Dry anu
asked him what he would take.
Whiskey ana sugar, Gentr u ; Wl i'hrN anu
sugar. II has been my steady diet TOR iNeh''-
Ave years never take any other
We concluded there was no chance Tor lulluoI
promotion, 40 we babe our old Hirnd -n1i hN !
aud rs we lett him we noticed that hr ~ re- one
.1,f. one canyas,back shoe, no siorkin-'' a
I.t uf llnen pants, sustained bN one ,u-prhueI,
and "A shirt IA unfamiliar 10 the water As ne was
hmseit. Ilut he was happy and Hpprrtliled u.s.
is was ddeut from tina following per Ihi'
which appeared in the paper the next hn4 '"E ,
MAJOR Gen, l. Of Del yer, toloihlo' ~
getting outside provisions M the Paclht, uhtl
Uncle JOHNNIE hrgms 10 fear ( lmlHr, '"v
Gtnetal Is "a whole uulo ii, genial gc.t4cmhu y
| Christian and SCHOLAR ana we nope ne wa
visit Us often"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-26
MING rHE CENTENNIAL.
No Worse thnn lie De-cIved-iIe Didn't Wait
for the iicnrsr.
Nom II, Boston Commercial E'a'e'n

Dom ne Boston Commercial HWiein
II was only half an hour before the paper
went to press. hut he walked unernnsly INTO the
editors private room, and, dropping IN. nh
over the warning placfrd OF " BuSY DiN-Nlut
Calls" seated himself with easy barroum polite
ness on the table with the exchanges lie WIS
dressed In an ulster and so,led runei snlrL
wore an amethyst about the s'ze oil hnch sliss
on his third niger, ana cluster plh "a nus
bosom. lie took u seven fora quarter from
hi, mouth, and, placing II on tho editors INK
stand, remarked conhdentially;
" am going to spend sOme time this year
The editor clutched his pen Ike dagger and
paving after the few hairs on the top ol his
W' In Phil,delphia"-
The Young man spat gracefully over his left
shoulder on the new carpet. and responded:
YES. I've done u little wri.ih IN my dal' and
ben' disongaged this summer should like 10
send 1Tst-class journal like yours
The editor fell back in his chair, and gaspedi
-" Some letters about the Centennial"
The interviewer nodded and kicked ms No.
lis pensvely against the Veneered panels oi'he
desk.
would YOU IKE TO be packed 70 lee nntii
cloomily or snail we forward your remains in
an air-teht caskrt -
Then gazing sorrowfully at the young IN an he
put his mouth to aspcaking tube hud asked;
- Are any of ths pre--msn az hand 2"
Promptly waited through the tn tube came
. Red Mike aud Big Dan. sir"
The woud-ne correspondent st1rted up
aGhast, put his hat on wrong side in front, and
buttoned the third button ot MS coat into the
second iuttonhole; hut the newspaper man,
taking no more nutte ot MN tlhu ne would OF
a doadhead advertisements, breathed through
tho tubs.
give 'em quarter apiece and lot them come
here. Tell them thtrc * another Of hose ~ la
dephia Centanuiil fellows here. ana then pull
IN u district telegraph uoy and send for
henrse."
Before the last words were IN tho speadng
tube, the tails Of IN ulster coat sailed out Of me
pr ,te nfic', and nervous young man, alter
irving The door Of the coat room and diving into
the coal closet, reached the counting room door,
looked over his shoulder at -" bsAwuY dile-
SLAMS who had last descended from 5onc upper
region. missed ms footing Tor dozen stairs, aO-
| Gented his q scent with a heavy bump uu tue
nr,t landing, and reached the street as tine edi-
! tor wrote the last word 81 An articie uu " no
| business outlook,' and calmly sent II up in the
! box ~ tue composing room.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-26


John Prince johnson had an object I'm
getting drunk. John Prince Johnson's wife ~
not more than nne-tenths angel according to
his story, ana he wanted revenge on her. The
other day she said to hin
"Get zip and aust and go out and work and
earn some cash and help me pay the rent aud
buy wood aud keep something In the cuponard,
THAT was "A nice WY Tor a loving VIE To thlk
TO a tat husband with "A bald spot on his crown
lie wanted TO sit around and get his breath for
a spring oamptgn, but she didn't seem to care (
he worked himself t. death. lie looked at her
across tho stove and replied
" Fl,rluda Jane, IN make YOU feel bad for say
ing them words" AMI ne put on Ills boots aud
went out into the cold world.
when ms Honor asked him II he had any eX-
cuse Tor being drunk, john PiinGe johnson
looked greatly peasod ana rupled
" None at all, Fine me S., and she'll have to
pay IL out Of her own money"
That was his plan to secure revenge II q
Honor also seemed tcked when he hefiI d..
and he made the sentence for six months, or & ~
nne. when John Prince johnson heard iHH
words his legs gave out and his teeth chartered
lie said he mad lame leg, the asthma, "A touch
VI consumpti N, and ataste OF dyspepsia, bul
nevertheless no would 20 right out and tear up
ground and throw bricks around aud strike a
| JOB II the court would let him on Tho court
| wouldn't do II, and Mrs. johnson, who was IN
| the audience, went out doors, saving;
| lie may howl ana rave and perspire and ex
pire, out right up there Ia where he'll roost Till
hls time V ou{."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-26
lie Didn't Understand Chinee.

One OF our city guardians was standing
on the corner Of second and u streets iestrr-
day when a wild looking Ciiuaman came rush
ing up. seizing him by the arm, and said:
You ketch uin, sdwf
New"
You no savoy; YOU ketch-um saw-ee, daw
slaw-Duck-ee. You savey =
The officer was bewildered, and thinking some
terrible crime had been ommitted. endeavored
to get the Celestial To explain. Jonn repeated
over every word OF English that be had ever
learned. vet still he could not make himself I'M
derstood. Finally he seized the onicer by the
arm and saying, 3" Come along! started of It a
rapid pace, closely followed bN the eager official.
Ihey went first to a washhouse on ID street, into
which the Chnaman looked, and then, with a
shake OF the head, struck out Az
skipped out, has hep asked the officer, as
he pounded along, using every endeavor to keen
up with the Cat-fOoted Monaghan.
" Come along, we ketch um bme-by."
On they went at rlt,ling pace until house
near the rolling mill was reached, INTO which
John looked. ana shaking his head dashed Oh
On the back track.
Where now p
Come aiong." replied John, and on they
went.
they travelled all over the town, and at last
reached shhnty near the round house. The
officer was ON this time nearly uead with fatigue,
ana was covered with perspIation. Going up to
the door. John said
" Now We eaten UNI.
Thinking there might be a desperate crew In
side. the officer drew his revolver. aud they en-
tered the door. A small man was sitting on the
door, snd in him the officer recognized Jun, "
an English Chinaman.
What's the row, Jim 2" he asked.
" He hunt me so Interpret what he say"
" Well, what Is IL 2
The two jabbered minute, and Jim said
" lie want-ee borrow sawbuck, ana somebody
tell-ee him YOU lend um one"
" Saw-buck be dashed Here I've walked nc
less than ten miles after that rice -mAshn' hea-
then, thinking a murder had been committed,
or some thing terrible had been done. You toll
him that II lac ever speaks 10 me again, Il mash
him into the ground y aud lie returned to hls
|
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-26
Very Near "A Duel.


II was almost a duel, and the way il com
mem ed was thus.
Bludgkins. VINO Is known to many Of our citi-
Eens "a one Of our nstute people, bad euter-
tanned the company with certain uncOntroVeTt-
IDLE sentences, when Old Jones took occasion to
call Ia question the meaning and derivation Of
certain words whi IN our young man was using.
For instance, the conversation approached that
luminous state where Blodgkins happened to
use the remarkable and soldom-to- be-seen word
proposition"
inen Jones said, with view no doubt to
uuenoh our friend, " Blodge, do you know the
meaning OF that wordY'
" do, sir"
"Then don't believe you do"
" You're "A llarl'
VERY we'll, sir; very we'll, sir very WELL sir.
I'll meet yod to morrow.
"Ne-r-y we'll sirl'
Next day challenge came to Blodgkins in
these words
demand, slr. that you retrict the word har" adj
dressed certain tea party, AZ Which cert IA,
various divers, ana sundry LADIES' tud gentlemen we're
oougrogacd, and upon Mhch ocr ison drew upon YOU
q cen tain pistol, commonly called Sml.h Ncsson SIZE
oAthalf out ~ wnicI small peas are some' mes >.
charged therefore you must retlgrt; And on your
failure 10 d. so shall be compelled, an &c itemAn
coutcmut. Yours pos deny OLD JONks
We'll, Bodge went all over town, showed that
challenge 10 eve rYbodv, and then, meeting ones
| at I ~ the Afternoon. 4 lid TO MIN:
" Jones, les take glass OF beerl'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-26

Correspondence " ne LONdon Ieegidph
There were nine residents OF JeNporc,
however, who were not allowed To witness the
ROYAL entry, albeit their dwelling place Mas not
IA hundred yards from the Princes rOute. Nine
residents Of Jeypure, IN cages, not so much ne
cause they were wicked In the past as that they
might possibly be troublesome were they al
lowed TO mlngle at present with the crowd IN
the streets. 1t was well That they were so con-
fined, for few more savage than they were ever
seen. 1 have In different parts OF the world VS.
ttud geological gardens, ana wondered at the
animals collected therein, but never did ! see
such fearful beasts were these nine. There
was tiger fully twelve iect long, Mhlch hau
made twenty-five hearty meals on as many un
offending men, women, and children. There
was tiGress which, 50 olten AS sue saw EURO
peans, MaXed furious and frantic, aud endeav-
oTed to tear down the slight cage IN which she
was pent up, There was an old Tiger whose
powers and prOpensiliCs were such that even
Jcyporeans mad thought NJ 10 vote him double
set OF bars, eating hail a goat, and growing as
street every moment There was u lank tiger
which, II was said, could spring further than
any OF It's kind In tho world an hCrObatc, ain
lotlC, wlry beast, thut once, some nOulhS ago,
leBped up into tree ana took therelrom a
thOughtess shikaTee, who imagined that at the
perfectly safe aud could laugh any savage ami
nal in the kingdom to scorn. And there were
| three more, about each Of waich terrible tales
were toldiof ravaRed villages, plundeIed Hooks,
and desperate struggles before they were
| entiGed into traps and thence conveyed to the
| TO have arrived Mt the border OF frenzy, COM
pleted the nine who alone In JeypOT0 were not
invited to bid tho Prince welcome. All the rest
| were there; even the conVlots, with their heavy
leg irons, were allowed u glance NJ the royal
! guest-a day VI 4Spplness IN lpe VI ElyYm.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-17
TIER AILEoAD BUSINESS OF I'LL
NOIS

The State Register has been examining
the forthcoming report of the railroad
and warehouse commissioners and hnds
that the mileage of passenger, freight,
mixed, construction and all other trains
on roads doing business in this state for
the fiscal year was - ,S25, 1GS dollars. The
total gross receipts were SlOI, 2.3, 400.
The average gross receipts per mile OF
road We're Sl,345.T passenger trains ay-
eraged eighty-seven cents per mile;ireight
and mixed trains, one dollar and fifty-one
cents; the tons OF freight carried aggre-
ted ia round numbers - 900, O00 Of which
- 900 900 were in Illinois. Only seven
teen OF the fifty-one roads doing business
in the state, earned more than expenses
and interest on bonds. Eight OF them
paid dividends. Deficits are reported
from fifteen companies, and nineteen
roads are in the hands OF receivers.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-17

Mr.. HARTZELL showed hiWseli in
favor Of the peoples money by votng
for the Bland silver bill, which re-mni-
ties silver and provides for the resDra-
ton Of the American silver dollar watch
was a legal tender for eighty years unhl
it was dropped in 1873 by the act OF &
Republican congress. The bill provides
for the coinage OF silver dollars OF the
weight Of four hundred, twelve and {
hall grains standard silver each, accord
ing to the act of January Is. 1887, ant
makes u legal tender tor all debts,
public and private, except where pay
ment in gold coin Is required by law.
The vote stood one hundred and sixty.
seven yeas TO fifty-three nays.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-17
Is WOODWARD INELIGIHLE :

The Murphysboro hdeDenden! of
Thursday last gives currency 10 the ra-
NOR that the seat of w. ii. Woodward,
elected from Carbonate at the late cleo
ton 10 the general assembly, will be con-
tested By either Mr.. Phillips or MIR.
kroh. The reason for the contest is the
alleged ineligibility OF Mr.. Woodward
to hold the Office. At the time
OF his election, lie held the
position OF city clerk of Carbonate.
according to the statutes of Illinois, mo
person shall be eligible to the Office OF
representatives ia the general assembly OF
his state who holds any lucrative posi-
ton under the federal government or the
state of Illinois provided, however, that
the offices OF justice of the peace, notar-
les public, and constables shall not be
considered lucrative" The question 10
be decided Is whether the office OF
city clerk is an office under
the state. 1t is created by the
statutes, the manner of the elcc-
ton is provided for by the statutes and
the duties of the incumbent are stated in
the law entitled IAN act to Incorporate
cities and villages" y nice question
arises here which the legal minds of the
district can take hold Of.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-17
a GHOSTLY STORY OF THE
RROOkLYN THEATER.

The New York Herald of late date
gives some interesting particulars Of the
history Of the late Brooklyn theater de-
stroyed by fire a few days ago. The
house was built by number OF capital
lists for Mr.. and Mrs. +. 3. Conway who
had been very successfulin their manage
ment of the old Park Theater in Brook
Ign and had Ibid by some seventy or
eighty thousand dollars tor a
rainy day. The SPOT selected
for the new theater was the old site Of
the burying ground and church Of St.
Johns. The church was torn down and
many al the bodies removed from their
resting place OF long years. From the
first, Mrs. Conway was troubled with
evil forebodings. She insisted that the
building of the theater Oh that spot was
desecration of holy ground and suisse
quent events appear TO have justified her
fears. Within two years after their
lease of the theater, the Conway
had sunk two hundred thousand dollars
in the enterprise and Mr.. Conway,
while upon the stage one night, fell,
struck with the disease which resulted
in his death a few weeks later. He in
sisted before he died that he might have
lived to good old age if he had lett the
"haunted and cursed Brooklyn theater
alone. That it was haunted was popu-
larly believed by the habitues of the
theater. At night when it was shut up,
the doors and windows closed, and every
possibility Of a draught excluded, and
as soon as the lights We're eXtinguished,
the stage would flap. swing, strain and
creak as If terrific gale were blowing up
through them, and all this time without
a breath OF air stirring"
To add TO this horror, the dressing
rooms were Immediately over number
Of the churchyard graves, which had
never been dismantled of their contents,
and in damp weather the eXhalations
from these were not only disagreeable
but so noisome as to cause serious illness
among the members of the company.
Two years after her husband S
demise, Mrs. Conway died in her
rooms above the theater, declaring
with her latest breath that all her mis-
fortunes were her punishment Tor the
dissertation of st. Johns churchyard.
On this night the stage carpenters, scene
shutters and property men left the build
ing in alright and told strange stories OF
means and shieks they had heard in the
building. After the death of Mrs. Con-
way. her two daughters endeavored TO
retrieve their own fortunes and save the
family name, but their connection with
the Brooklyn theater brought
them nothing but misfortune
and it was finally broken by
the treachery of its owners, who, violat-
ing contract with the two orphans,
sliced all their possessions, sold them out
and leased the theater to new parties in
whose hands it was at the time of its de,
structiOn by fire.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-17
Chancery Notice.

state of Illinois, County OF Alexander
Circuit Court of Alexander county,
January Term, A. D., 1877.
Henry Whitcamp VS.. Ella Reid, Andrew
Reid, Mary Stubs, Zephaniah Stuhbs, Rosa
Burress and William Huse, in Chanceryi
To Zephaniah Stubs one of the above
named defendants. Affidavit having been
filed in the Office of the clerk of said court,
that you Zephaniah Stubs, on due inquiry
cannot be found, you are hereby notified
that the complainant filed his bill of COM
plant in said Court on the Chancery side
thereof on the 23d day of August, AID. 1876.
and that summons thereupOn issued out
OF said court against said defendants, re-
turnable on the first Monday Of September
A. d., 1876, as is by law required, and that
said summons was returned as to you mot
found.'
Now, therefore, unless you, the said
Zephaniah Stubs, shall personally be and
appear before the said Circuit Court Of AL
exander County on the first day OF the next
term thereof, to be holden ut the court
house in the city of Cairo, in said county,
on the first Monday Of January, A. ID. 1877.
and plead, answer or demur to the said
compliments bin Of complaint, the same,
and the matters and things therein charged
and stated, will DO taken as confessed. and
Il decree entered against you according to
the prayer of said bill.
REUBEN S. YOCUM, Clerk.
FISHER Il WHEELER,
Complainant's Solicitors.
November Is, A. D., 1876. oaw-4w
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-17

Republican States as part OF the ma.
chinery of election -
While we agree with the Tribune on the
question Of war, we differ with its one.
sided argument in regard to Louisiana.
The assertion that fraud and intim-
idation and 'bulldozing' were openly
used In southern Republican states as
part OF the machinery of election" re-
mains to be proved. The same charges
were made by the party. with the same
vehemence, in 1874, and it is not two
years since a Republican congressional
committee reporting upon the subject,
declared their ialsity in the following
words:
As whole we are constrained to say
that the intention charged is not born
out by the facts before us. No general
intimidation of Republican voters was
established. No colored man was pro-
duced who had been threatened or as
saulted by any Conservative because OF
political opinion or discharged from en-
ployment or refused employment. OF
all those who testified to intimidation,
there was hardly any one who Of his own
knowledge, could specify reliable IN
stance OF such acts. and of the white men
who were produced to testify generally
on such subjects, very nearly all. ii not
every single one, was the holder of an Of
flee.
This was the result Of Repub.
lican inquiry into the intimidation stories
OF 1874. In the face Of this testimony
and before the congressional committee
now investigating the election Of 1876
have made their report. Republican news
papers continue to assert, with the per-
sistence of the man who told the
same improbable story so often
that ne came to believe it emphatically
himself, that the Republican party was
defeated in Louisiana by fraud, intimida-
ton and "bulldoZing." There is strong
presuInptive evidence that these asser-
tons will be dlsproved as they have been
before. The evidence adduced before
the present committee in New Orleans is
conspicuous for its failure to produce
bloody noses, black eyes and broken
limbs acquired in the eHort to vote the
Radical ticket at the late presidential
election.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-17
TWO THINGS NVE EQIALI.f GER
TAIN.

The Chicago Tribune, which is not a
war newspaper, writes an article upon
the 'bot-heads who are trying TO fomcnt
war" in which it says:
There is a well-deiined issue between
The parties which may be settled in some
peaceful manner. There is "A question OF
doubt which party has won fairly, owing
to the loOseness OF election laws. 1t is
certain that the Democrats east the most
votes. 1t is equally certain that the Re-
publicans would have cast the most votes
had the election been fairly conducted
and had not fraud, and intimidation, and
bulldOzing been openly used in southern
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-12-17
Administrators Notice.

Estate Of Daniel Lampert, deceased
The undersigned, having been appointed
Administrative of the Estate OF Daniel
Lampert, late OF the County of Alexander,
and State of Illinois, deceased, hereby gives
notice that She will appear before the Coun'
ty Court of Alexander County, at the court
house in Cairo, in said County. at the JAN
uary Term. on the Third Monday in January
next, at which time all persons having
claims af.sinst said Estate are notified and
requested to attend for the purpose of hay-
ing the same adjusted. All persons indebt
to said Estate are requested TO make imme-
diate payment to the undersigned.
Dated this 22d day of November, 4. d.,
1876. MARGARET LAMPERT,
ll-3O-w-6t. ADMINISTRATIVE.