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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13
An Old Legend Explained.

Years ago Chocorua, one of the last
of the Indian chiefs of the White Noun
tains, seeing his people dwindle away,
his power fail, and every thing 60 to
the bad generally through the continued
encroachments of the white people, com
mitted suicide by leaping down the lofty
precipice near Conway, now called
Mount Chocorua. Before his leap, how
ever, he is said to have cursed all the
cattle in that region, the effect of the
curse still remaining and destroying
many cattle yearly.
Such is the tradition. The facts about
the death of the cattle are that the soil
is so poor, so deficient in lime, that the
cattle gradually become afflicted with
the disease known as ''Cripple all, !"
pine away, become unable to walk, and
finally die, sometimes as maRy as 200
dying yearly in the space of few miles.
Some fifty years ago a certain doctor
brought out the lime theory in an arti-
Gle, but the country people laughed him
to scorn, secuted the idea that the dis
ease was any thing else but a God-sent
curse, and finally by sheer force of de-
rision the doctor was compelled to re-
nounce his theory. Now the scientific
men of the State propose to verify that
theory Sprinqfeld Republican.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13
Encouraging Reports from the Black
.r r HlllSs --4r a.

The Omaha Repu6JicGn of the 1st
says: That there is gold in the Black
Hills, there is now no reason to doubt.
The rich discoveries in Deadwood are
being constantly confirmed by letters
from Omaha people who are in that dis
drict, and by the daily receipt of the
yellow gold itself from the auriferous
region. The banks and mercantile
firms receiving packages of gold from
the Hills direct, and from people
through the West to whom it has come
in the course of trade. Messrs. A. b.
Hubermann & Co. showed US yester-
day several bottles of gold from the
Hills. They received 81 $50 worth last
week, and their daily receipts of this
precious metal amount to 5000 and
$500 per day. The gold from White
wood is very bright in appearance,
while Deadwood gold is much more
rusty looking. Messrs. Hubermann &
Co. pay from SIS to 500 per ounce for
the gold they receive. They showed us
large nuggets of gold that they had
melted down, and after the removal of
impure substances it has a very bright
appearance. They are using this gold
daily in their manufacturing depart
ment, and we have seen numerous
heads for canes, and articles of iewelry
that they have made out of the gold
they have received from the Hills.
Through the kindness of Hon. D. S.
Parmaleeswe met, yesterday 4 Mr.. Viii
liam Martin, who has Just come from
the Hills by way of the Fort Pierre
route. Mr.. Martin was in California
in '49, and has, been since in Montana,
Colorado, and other mining districts in
the West. In fact, he has spent most
of his life in the search for gold. He
tells us that he had no idea of the num-
Der of Indians in the Sioux country un-
til he was up among them. He had
heard that they were becoming extinct
as race, but he says he saw them
everywhere, and that they increase
faster than the Mormons 10 ii
He brought out with him large
quantity of gold. with which he bought
flour and bacon, which he viii take
back with him into the Hills. In Dead
wood district, on the2d and Sd of June,
he saw friends of his from Montana and
colorado take out from five to fifteen
pounds of gold per day. One party,
who were running two strings of sluiees,
seven men to each string, took out S3,-
10 gold in one day. He saw it cleaned
up, therefore he would vouch for the
statement. As far as the country has
been opened up, it is better than Mon
tana or Colorado ever was. He thinks
there would be 20,000 men there now,
if it were not for the hostile Indians.
He says the mines are so near to the
best transportation facilities that there
is every reason to believe the rush there
will be great when the Indian hostility
is removed. .s4.-.. a.l
Mr.. Martin will return to the Hills
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13
A Drowned Man, Buried at Sea, Comes
to Light Again.

. ~
A queer case of mistaken identity has
Just come to light which curiously illus
trates how little reliance can be placed
upon the identification of bodies found
in the water, even by those who are sup
posed to know them well. On the 9TH
of June body was found in the water
near Vaughn's Bridge, which connects
the city of Portland, Me-, with the
neighboring peninsula of Cape Eliza
beth. A stone weighing about fifty
pounds was fastened around the neck,
and altogether it looked like a case of
foul play, in spite of the verdict of sui
eide which was given by the COrOner's
Jury. The clothes and general appear
ance indicated that the body was that
of a sea-faring man, and it was thought
by some to be the body of Capt. Bert.
B. Gordon, who had been missing since
he sailed from Portland, Me-, in the
previous September. His wife was sent
for from Greenwich, N. H., and she
identified the body as that of her hus-
band, and it was buried in the family
lot. r-i.r.s. .. #.. ..rrt..
But there were people who clung to
the belief that Captain Gordon was not
dead, and reports became current in
Portland that he had been seen on board
q vessel in New York, subsequent to the
finding of the body at Vaughn's Bridge.
The matter was Investigated by New
York newspaper reporter, and the re-
suit was that the supposed dead and
buried Captain Gordon was found alive
and welf.or the schooner Nellie +. Saw
yer, where he filled the position of
mate.
According to his story, there is some
family difficulty at the bottom which
has caused his long absence from his
family. He sailed for st. Martins a
year ago and returned to Portland in
September. He says that his wife had
squandereG or made away with his
property, and had left him several hun
dred dollars in debt. He made no at
tempt to see her, but sailed in the Nellie
F. Sawyer for Philadelphia. There he
was taken sick and went into the Marine
Hospital. As he did not recover, he
went to Cuba, and nearly died on the
passage. While in Havana he had an
attack of ship fever, and when he re-
covered sailed for Mobile. On the pas
sage he was wrecked off Chandler's
Island. Reaching New Orleans he went
into the hospital, and reached New
York about two weeks ago, where he
first heard of his supposed death and
burial, which he says is ''put-up job"
on the part of his wife. His wife identi-
fed the body by means of a scar on the
shoulder He says he had no such scar,
and that it was done to get rid of him.
During his absence he had written twice
to his wife, and now he says ne is going
to New Hampshire to see her.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13
Several Glasses Too Much.

During Mr.. Charles Pope's manage
ment of Southern theater, one night,
when some high-toned star was holding
forth, great sensation was produced
by nautical-looking gentleman, who,
with all dignity, produced a spy-glass,
and, when the lorgnettes were directed
at the stage, with report like Young
pistol, pulled the critter out to its full
proportions and leveled it at the per-
former. ..
This novelty in the way of an opera
glass created so much diversion, that
word was sent to. the offending old sail
or that he must put it UP, which. he said
he wouldn't as he.said it was his style
of glass and he was going to use it,
Further remonstrance resulted in the
spy-glass shutting up, and the old gem
tleman Indignantly walking out as the
curtain fell on the first act.
Before it rose again in walked the
sea-faring man in company with eight
others of the same brand as himself.
Solemnly they were escorted to seats,
all near together. The play proceeded j;
of a sudden, crack, fzz,squeak vent nine
spy-giasses, some of them yard long.
Simultaneously the whole nine were
pulled out to their EXTREMIST length, and
the weather-beaten old countenances
brought to bear at the end of them.
The audience howled, the players
struggled on, but the instant an excit-
ing passage was reached whang went
the nine spy-glasses, and the crowd
yelled with delight. .....
In this way the performance dragged
along, till, as actors and audience could
stand it no longer, the play was brought
to an untimely end; the eight old sea-
dogs who had been summoned off the
levee to assist the original offender un-
smilingly filed out behind him, fully
avenged for all interference, with the
triumphant spy-glasses under their
arms.-Stephe1 FEsEe, tn the Il'sstrGted
Weekly. -1 -e-a
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13

THE yacht Madeleine, one of the
feetest of the New York Yacht Club
fleet, has been selected to sail against
the new Canadian yacht, Countess Of
Duferin, in the match race on the 10th,
18th, and 14th of July next, for the
Queens cup, won by the yacht America,
at Cowes, against the combined fleet of
the Royal English Yacht Club.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13
i1H APUNGEET PIRAgRAPHs.

-EDrTH:- ss0h dearl am so tiredl'
Loving Husbatd@: saWhat has fatigued
You, my Pippetywippety -Poppet?"
Edith: "Ohi have had 10 hold up my
parasol all the time | was in the car
riage." 'rainoa sstfi ts7 faer fi'
WHEN you reflect that at picnic
hundred years ago it was the custOmfOr
the girls to stand up in a row and let
the men kiss them al goodbye, all this
enthusiasm about national progress
seems to be a grave mistake.-NoTt0ich
Bstllett's. 6
ROSE EYTlNGE, y writes an enthu-
siast, "a is too beautiful to die" So
she is; but those are generally the very
ones who do it. When a, woman is as
ugly as the wrong side Of shOrseradish-
CRATER, She sticks to time like barna-
Gle to a ships bottom.
THERE is very foolish maiden in
Woonsocket, II. /. Her name is Louisa
Narcine, and with her the aeourse of
true love did not run smooth. lThere-
upon she attempted to hang herself, but
was rescued by her mother; then she
plunged into the cistern, but herinOther
fisbed her out; and now the young
,woman'thmks sheHl live a while longer
a1 Ara baptizing last week the coat col
lar of one of the candidates tore of, and
he was baptized three times before the
officiating clergyman could catch him.
He was book agent, however, and the
latter drew a beautiful illustration from
it in his sermon that Sunday as n direct
and necessary dispensation of Provi-
-dence. T Z fauu1a2
a HARVARD student, born with too
much genius to look after details, sings
the following lament:
Broke. broke, broke;
have squandered the uttermost sou,
And nave faded in an effort b utter
One trivial, last y u.
; / o well turtle ina In arms1 T'f
That for ducats he need not fret,
o well for the placid corpse
The he's settled his ilnal debt.
The other day q dreamy young poet
of Burlington sat down with q bundle
of old letters, in stained envelopes with
faded addresses, to write a sad requiem
over rthe days THAT are desd-- He be-
Thouoh ye waken sad thoughts as l sit here
r-f alone, =. -.#sH q .. '-.-rrrrt
will carefully lay you away,
Fer better the shadow of years that are gone
Than the cold garish light of TO- day.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13

OYER the Sidney route, and viii go west
Tomorrow. He has been over every
route except the one by. the way Of Sid
ney, and hewants to observe the advan-
tages of that ione.w b9liia tmg1
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13

CLARA SHERMAN, aged IA years,
daughter of Eugene Sherman, of East
Providence, r. l., was attacked with
symptoms of hydrophobia on Friday,
and died on Monday. Her mother was
bitten three weeks previously by a rabid
dog in the house, but no one seemed to
know that the girl was bitten. A post
mortem examination revealed no other
cause of death.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13

A GENTLEMAN inquired of the young
lady-elerk in the bookstore, the other
day, if they had Coates Ajar." She
said yes; they had one. 1t was the
front gate, and since the warm weather
began it had got to sagging sothat they
couldn't shut it, and it was ajar most
of the time. She suggestively added,
however, that the side gate still worked
nicely. ..s Es.s-.--r.- ...
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13
A New Marriage Formula.


On Friday morning, says the Terre
Haute 1nd. Express, Justice Sheets, of
Paris, ILL.,, was called upon by happy
couple. The man beckoned him aside
and said that he wanted to be married.
The young lady was twenty-five, while
her lover was about ten years her
senior. The Justice adjusted his spec
tacles, put on the look he usually wears
when about to make people (un) happy
for life, and told them TO stand up.
This they did, and as he was about to
begin the ceremony, the following for
mula was handed to him by the groom,
who stated that they had concluded to
be married by this: Verbatim it is as
follows 'sMr. w. G.. Cole do you take
this woman, Ida Hutchins whom you
hold by the rite hand to your lawful
and welded wife in the presence of God
and these witnesses. So long as you
both love each other and live Happy to-
gether and will you endeavor to make
her happiness and that. of. y0urself and
familys, your hiest earthly ann to take
care of her in sickness and in health, so
long as you both live together as hus-
band and wife ?n The same formula
was presented interrogatively to the
lady, except that the sentence "to do
your duty by him so long as you live
tegether as husband and wife - was in
terpolated at the close. The parties
live at Chrisman Ill
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13

AN Irish peasant being asked why he
permitted his pig to take up his quarters
with the family, replied: ''Why not?
Doesn't the place afford livery conva-
nience that pig can require?"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13

THERE was a,case in London the other
day in which man died at the mere
sight of poison label, which he had not
previously observed, on bottle from
which he had just taken dose OF sim
pie medicine.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13


A PLEASANT story is told by the Oak
land (Cal } Transcript about a Mr.. Pc
ter Millar, who lived in that city for
over 20 years, working at his trade,
carpentering, and part of the time at
the mines. He kept sending home to
his widowed mother in Michigan all he
could spare of his earnings, determined
that she should want for nothing. After
years of absence his mother wrote many
a time and oft for him to return, but he
did not wish to do so until he had ac-
eumulated some money, but the aecu-
mutation seemed to be slow process.
At last he became " strapped" and
prospects getting duIler he wrote home
and stated the position of things. He
received for answer a $500 check, and
the information that the money he had
sent home had been invested in real
estate, and was now worth $4,000.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13

3 CUCUMBERs are coming North by the
carload. Don't eat too much of the
stuff, or it will W p.-0hieugO Journal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13

THE PdH Mall Gazette says that Eng
lish field laborers drink from four to six
quarts of beer day, the same being
provided by their employers as part of
their pay After drinking this amount
of strong beer the agricultural laborer
is merely ssfuddled.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13

u ~, flfa g-ltel FzasfA
the highest Importance. I have vainly
tried to get rid of her. She asked me
to hand your Majesty this locket.r
The King took the locket and opened
it.
{ An exclamation of surprise escaped
him. sTt f
"Send her up" he then said, abb
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13
CENTENNIAL HKliN.
BIZ wIIsffAna CULLEN BRYANT.
Sung at the Centennial ceieSrqsioE IN HeN Tori

- rA
BIZ wILshf4nd CULLEN BRYANT.
Sung at the Centennial ceieSras'oE IN HeN York
oUg Satog 1. os fS fsoSa M "a "a e si 3 Sc s;ss re- S
A century's space until we tread
ne threshold Of another age.
Ne ZEE there. OR our q palrsa,ys ssHwsept.GH a
4 AaOrrent stream of blood and 1lre; = n n a
And thank the ruling power who kept
Our sacred league of states entire. ..f. a
OBJ checkered train Of years, farewell.
with ali thy stfiies and hopes ana fears: n
But with us let they memories dwell. -.
10 warn and lead the coming years.
And thou, The new beginning age,
warned by the past and not in vain ~ q. I'
Write on faiTer, whittier page Il - 1870 =
Ihe record Of thy happier reign 80 -
-aI --------->e>--------4 ll a I
4 SONG or THE COUNTRY.
Away from the roar and the rattle,
The dust and The din Of the town,
Where 10 live Is O. brawl and 20 battle
Til the strong treads the weak man downi
Away 20 tne bonnie green hills HH
Where tho sunshine sleeps on the brae, s-.f.
And the heart OF the greenwood thrills
10 The hymn OF The bird on the spray.
Away from ipe smoke and the smother, r~r =
me val q tie dun arid the brown. II ~
The push aud the plash and the pother
ans wear ana the waste OF the t0Wni iauss
Away where the sky shines clear,
And the light breeze waAders at will, -
And the dark pine wood mods near ~ III
10 The light -plumed birch on the hill.
Away from the whiTlng and wheeling. b hfl
And steaming above and below,
Nhere tbs keart has uoleisure for feeling u % u
Ard the thought has no quiet tOgrow
Away where the clear brook purls
And the hyacinth troops IN tfe shade,
And Tie plume OF the feHn uneurls - 90 4
ltt grace in the depth of the glade. e NH
Away 70 the cottage 50 sweetiy Na al 4,
Embowered meath the fringe of the wood,
Where the wife Of nay bosom shalt meet me
With thoughts ever kindly and good;
More dear than the Ygeai IA Of the world,
Fond mother viii bairnies three
And the plump armed babe that has curled
Its lips sweety poutiug for me.
Then away ifOm the roar and the rattle, T..
, he dust and the din of the town. IN. a.
Where 10 live Is 70 brawl and 10 battle
Til the strongest treads the weak man down
Away where the green tWigs nod tHEI 1
In the fragrant breath of the Nav,
And The sweet growth spreads on the sod, -I
And the blithe birds sing on the spray. H E..
Sunday lf1gdzine.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13

FIERCE WOMEN SOLDIERS.

The Army of AmazOns OF the King of
DahOmey-IIOyvf Agajah Turned the
Tables ON His FOes-The AmaLonfans
ROuted-A Royal Braggart. .gt --
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13

7tfhe King Eeemed to have Suddenly
Become greatly agitated.. 81
When the door opened "a few minutes
later and q slender, gracefully built
lady entered, ne. adsanced few steps
toward her. She raised the thick vail
that covered her face and displayed a
countenance very pale and somewhat
faded, but stiii retaining traces of great
beauty.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13

will carefully lay you away,
sor better the shadow of years that are gone
Than the cold garish light of to day.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-13
"Bosanna!'' calculated the King,
drawing hack Ww
sYes. it is Rosanna, Countess Gil
dersfrepn KIM of Sweden >, she said

eyes. it is Rosanna, Countess Gil
derstreen. King of Sweden" she said,
in a low but deeply impressive voice
{" the same Rosanna whom you prom
ised 70 marry, bnt whom you allowed
your father to drive with her father in
to exile.n
Rosanna," said the King, strug-
Cling with his emotion, "I was power
less to resist. Grave considerations of
public policy" .rIli-fHt
"hduced you to break your word,"
she said, in a cutting tone. "Oh, yes,
you crowned heads have always such
excuses, which other people would look
upon as fiimsy and dishonorable.' H
Rosanna, - he said softly, al have
q great mission to perform.'' s-ril
I'll know it, King of Sweden.''
"For years, it may be, my career
will be no bed of roses, but one of hard
ships, sufferings, dangers. Do not
make my heart heavy at this terrible
hour. What has become of our son?''
"You mean my son? Thank God,
he is dead" she replied, in the most
ic1- toDa -
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-01-25
STATE NEWS.

The following are recent business ann ounce
ments:
Portlsnd-N. Dyer & Son, gro, dis.
Rufus Deering 4 Co., lumber dealers, A. s. L.
grow retires.
Augusta-Chisham, Robinson s. Co., gro, dis !;
now Robinson & Cony.
Buxton-N NJ. Came, boots and shoes, sold
out.
Biddeford-S. & T. d. Locke, dry goods, dis. |;
T. d. Locke retres.
Hiram-R. G. Greene s. Co., clothing, dis. /;
now r. G. Greene.
Whitefeld-O. 7. Glidden, gen. store, sold to J..
NJ. Carleton.
man and wife who had lived together happily
in Jonesport, for twenty years, have just applied
for bill Of divorce. They arc both well advanced
in years.
Religious services were held in the Jail yester.
day morning. Sixty-thre persons we're present
and formed very serious and deeply interested
sudience.-[ Wing Of Monday.
One hundred and eiehty-fve sheep skins, and .
horse sled and harness owned by II. Beeks Of
Midtown, were captured Wednesday night BY
custom officers while being brought across the
lines.
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BellIgercnt plym "a h.
DR.. STOaRS FREES HIS MIND.

New York, January "a. Rev. DR.. S,o,r, say.
he knew of no direct movement tor au indepen-
dent convention of Con,rcgtinu. Il ministers to
of Plymouth church in tue denomination. He
SAYS convention to consider the matter would be
foreign 10 Congregational usage, but he supposed
there was way in which the church could take
the subject up.
lie had no knowledge that anything of the kind
was con- emplated, yet believed that DIR. Bartlett
had expressed the sentiment of great many Con-
gregationalsts in the west aud believed their views
were growing. lie thought an unfortunate state
of affairs of Plymouth church existed. lie had
been Inclined to take part in the mutual council
hoping that the knotty subject would be untangled.
He says he of course advised Mrs. Moulton at her
request upon what course she should pursue, but
he never passed Judgment upon the merits of Mrs.
Moultons case, nor questioned her as to the truth
of her testimony. He could not understand why
Plymouth church should object to himself and DR..
Budding ton being in the mutual council, unless
Mr.. Beecher's supporters feared that they might
ask questions about things which the other mem
bers of the council might be ignorant of. After
they had been assailed, there was no recourse but
to withdraw.
Plymouth church has said since that it showed
no unwillingness to go on with it, even with him
self and Dr. Buddington, but not so construed by
Mrs. Moulton's committee.
lie did not know whether to ascrbe the failure
of the council to tho over-craftiness Of Sherman,
Plymouth's misconception of the true situation,
or Plymouth's desire TO force failure.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-01-25
EUROPE.

England.
London, January "a The ambassadors of the
powers collectively will support note to the Porte
to which written reply will be required.
Italy.
Rome January "a. The cremation Of the corpse
Of the late Chew lier Rosi was conducted publicly
in tue monumental cemetery At Milan yesterday.
Germany.
Berlin, January "a. Should China fail in rem
dering indemnity and inaicting punishment for
the plundering Of the German schooner Anna near
Annoy, the German government intimates that its
demands will be exacted by force.
A squadron Of German vessels will be held in
readiness TO proceed to China waters, Should such
an emergency arise.
Penal Code.
The Reich.tag to-day, by a vote Of l4l to l3S
passed the amendment to the penal code, provid-
ing for the punishment of offences similar TO that
Of Duchesne.
ffan.e Q.
Paris, January "A. Gambetta and other repub
lcans apprehensive of bad effect in the provinces
if the radicals succeed in electing all the Senators
for Paris, are strenuously woik king to bring about
a compr omise between the various republican sec
tons.