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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-08-14
ShreMd Trick Of a Newsboy.

Persons who are in the habit OF pass.
ing in the neighhorhool OF the post
office, in Portland, Me-, in tho evening,
cannot help noticing II little newsdealer
who is always crying bitterly for soEe
one to buy his Last paper that he may
go home. OF course lie finds number
Of sympathizirg persons who bny the
paper aud bid the little fellow go to his
mother. As soon. however, as tho pnr-
chaser is out OF sight the little Gimp pro-
cures another paper and goes through
the same performance. Sometimes, ms
on Monday night, the police lind him at
his post until near midnight, aud are
Obliged to send him home. He prob
ably sells twice as many papers as any
other boy in the city.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-08-14
A WOnan'S Freak.

The people Of HNmliu, n. Y, have
been saddened and shocked by recent
occurrence. Mrs. Charles Randall quiet
" informed her husband that during tho
period OF twelve or thirteen years in
which they had been married she had
not been to him whit wife should be,
and she had made mp her mind to leave
that part oithe country. She bad given
tho matter much thought, and decided
1t was, from nil considerations, best that
tho shou!d 90 away and leave him and
her three little Cnes 10 live npCace
and happiness. This information was
of course thunderbolt to the afflicted
husband. The wife calmly prepared
breakfast, left tho mornings work un-
finished, packed her trunk, kissed her
children and departed, tho hired man
accompanying her to Brockport, where
BhO took the four p. NJ tain for-nobody
knows where. Thus hNs Il happy home
been rendered. deSolaie, kind and too
induIgert husband left in sorrow and
anguish Of spirit, and three bright little
ones deprived Of tho ministering care OF
q mother.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-08-14
Love and Mischief.

Ono sunny day Love chose to stray
Adown rosy path forbidden,
Where Mischief dOGp in Auibush lay,
And watched hin snare meath flowers
hidden;
Loyp tumblinS in, begun to shout
For llischiefs aid lest ho should smother:
:, ION little demon, lot me ont,
Hllrcport you 70 my mother"
Said Mischief: ".1'll not set you free
Unless you shareyour power with me,
Aud give OF Oyery he.rt you gain
0nt-lialt ojOy aud bali to pain"
Love struggled, ba' in vain. alasI
Hs vRs no, born to prove q martyr,
And, sad TO tell J. cIwO 10 pass
Ha gave in to tho littIe Tartar.
Love hsw to Venus in poi,
And cried, Lheu he had told his story !:
%oh, Queen Of Beauty. never lot
Tlss little imp wcr Lslf my glory"
Tho goddess, with y look sedatc,
Replied, :" cannot alter fate,
Dat you shall conquer still, my boy,
III make loves pain ucre sweet than
low
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-08-14
Texas Cattle Trade.

The Texas cattle trade has reached
h-go proportions, the number OF cattle
driven from the southwestern portion oI
that State during the spring and sum.
mer OF the present year, up to July 0,
being 81, $3.50, according to tho stats.
tics given in tho Kansas City Price
Current. OF this number 81, ,33s have
been held III northern Texas, while the
remainder have been driven north.
Besides those included in the above es.
Inmates, several Thousand head Of cattlO
Tia! wrrs wintered in northern Texas
hlvO joined tho others on their way to
markets in the North and East.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-08-14

A NEw LocoMorrvE.-A locomotive
without furnace hnS commenced running
iu Paris on Cne Of the tramways. It has
q reservoir Of superheated water which
furnishes constant supply Of steam for
moving tho vehicle. On another line Of
tramway M ordinary steam locomotive
is at work. It is like a small omnibus in
shape md size, containing q boiler. Tie
furnace is out OF sight aud fed withcokG
and charcoal. The draught Of tho fur.
naco is kept up by supply Of com
pressed air. ~.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-08-14
4 Great Swimming Feat.

The London Echo snys TINT Miss
BecEwith succeeded in swimming from
tho Old Bridge at Chelsea to Greenwich
pier. Large crowds had gathered to see
tue start, and when, n few minutes after
three, sLe leaped from n waterman's boat
into tho river, she was loudly cheercd.
There was fair breeze, which made the
water rather lumpy, but the force Of the
ebb tide was all III her favor. With o
gentle breast stroke tho young swimmer
proceeded on her Grluous feat. A pilot
in small boat, in which were her father
and brother, the latter ready to jump to
the aid OF his sister il the event of any
emergency, led the way. She swan close
to its stern, and kept that position moro
or less during the whole OF her task.
yauxhall bridge was reached in thirty
four minutes. In seventy minutes Miss
Beckwith had reached Blackfriars bridge,
and from this point to the end OF the
course spectators appeared on masts,
crowded wharf windows, and occupied
every available position. So far tho
young swimmer had displayed not tho
least faigue. She proceeded with the
eHse OF skilled swimmer, while the dis
tauce had not impaired the remarkable
gaco Of her style. London bridge was
pissed in one hour md twenty min
ltes. The boats after this became more
uuruly than ever, and on several occa.
sionS Miss Bcckwith was nearly struck
oil tho head with their bows. Opposite
Greenwich pier Miss Beckwith, at 5;55,
was taken on board the Volunteer, hav,
ing swum the ten miles in two hours and
forty.six minutes. During tue time she
was iu the water she declined oil offers
Of rofreshment, and when she. appeared
on boaftl tho steamboat sho WIS appar'
entity rs fresh and sprightly as when she
first came out OF her cabin at Chelsea.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-08-14
Young Waring was Immediately released

Young Waring was Immediately released
from confinement.
I mny add that in q month or two
Eliza Milford and Henry Warirg were
married. Oliver Milford died after four
years. confinement in the State prison,
where he had been condemned for life.
Dorsey escaped. By some means he
learned that his victim had been discov.
cred, and at once started for New York.
[ need scarcely ndd that it was Dorsey
and Oliver Milford who had made the
attack on Waring, and placed the watch
ard purse OF their prisoner in his pock.
OF, for tho purpose Of causing him to be
suspected Of having murdered tho old
gentleman.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-08-14
4 Good Painkiller,

Faith Rochester writes very pertinent.
ly in tho american Agricult9rist about
the folly Of taking 80 many patent pre-
scriptions for common complaints.
Working people cannot lie by on &c
count of illness if they have strength to
crawl about, aud 20 they think they
must "takc something" There is o
good deal in name, and when people
are in much pain, OF course they want
"pninkillcr Outside or inside, no
inatter-kill the pain at once. So they
seem to think, aud in ignorance tako
aDything which recommends itself as
able to relieve taeir sufFerings. When
our little girl pulled heavy piece OF
iron from tho table upon her foot,
crushing it so that We thought she would
be unable to use it for long time, her
suffering was extreme.
"Wo ought to have some 'painkill-
er in tho house!" exclaimed niGmbor
OF tho family, who was as Ignorant Of
tho component parts ndespecial powers
OF TINT medicine As am myself.
"What for I" l asked, and he re-
piled: 1.-THE child never can bear such
pain long. It is horrible.
But We sol to work with cold water,
pouring it constantly upon the bruised
part for about M hour. Relief begun
Immediately, and the child was unwill'
ing to have my cessation Of tho bath
until the pnin wa all gone. 1t seemed
almost IL miracle to s0e that little girl
running about on both feet in less than
two hours after the accident, and never
afterward to hear another word OF COM
plant about the bally bruised foot, Nor
WAS there ever aiterward any hint in
our house of the need Of "painkjller
or other patent medicine. Vigorous
rubbing is often better than water to re-
l;nrn OniD
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-08-14

The New York Herald says: The pro-
vious rumors OF tue death OF Sitting
Bull in the attack upon General Custer
aro in q measure confirmed, but we still
regard it rs exceedingly doubtful that
ho is dead. 1t Is not easy 10 identify n
dead savago by means Of descriptions
gnd comparisons, and it seems too much
10 expect this Sioux warrior to have mot
the fate Of Custer and his companions.
Still, it may bO true, and il it is, the
mere fact will do much to destroy tho
prestige OF tho fatal battle from which
such evil consequences were feared.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-08-14
THE UNION.

The Original Thirtern-DHtes Of the Admis-
sIou OF the Additional States.
The admission OF Colorado makes the
twenty.hfth new State added to the
Union since the war Of national indie
pendence.
The original family, who united July
4, 1776, to form nation Of one people,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-08-14

A small man dismissed from Office wis
little put out.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-08-14

rh. ColarnEo Beetle In n New ri, ld.-IIow
the HuE. Work IN Sew Urk md llroSk-
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-08-14

The following States havo been nd.
mitted in the years set opposite each
name.
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25


n CLASH AMONG THETowNsIiIP Or
FICERs OF WEBER, was quite
lively war of words ut the joint meet
ing of Boards Of School Inspectors of
Pleasant Plains, Webber, Cherry Val
ley and Yates townships, ut Forman
Station, last week, over the question rs
to who should act as Superintendent
of Schools, and School Inspector in
Webbcr township. 1t seems that ut
the annual township meeting Henry
A. Bray was elected Superintendent,
and Alfred Bray, Inspector, and both
duly qualified for their respective of
fees. After the lapse of some weeks
the question was raised rs to the legal
ity of their election, &c, OH the ground
that they were not, at the time of their
election, residents of the township.
The result of the deliberations of the
Town Board was to declare both Offices
vacant. They then proceeded to APP
point w. j. McCausey and Lewis Hci-
gcs to fill said vacancies. At the Joint
meeting above referred to, both sets of
officers were present, and each claimed
the right to act. Considerable discus
sion ensued, followed by vote of the
joint Boards which resulted I'm sustain
ing the officers elected 10y the people.
AS to whether the matter will be car
ricd any farther, or not, is yet to be
seen.
We do not know the circumstances
surrounding the case, yet, the action of
the Town Board in making the ap-
pointmcnts, seems an Ovcrstcpping df
the bounds of its jurisdiction. After
thNpartics were duly elected and quail
ificd, it would seem to us that the qties-
ton of removing them from office is
one which should go into the courts
for settlement, II anywhere.
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25

ala! me-" said Mrs. Darlington,
bcaming mildly through her gold
trimmed Spcctaclcs, "womcn do make
such fuss about impairing boys
clothes. Now, there's Isaac, who hard
~ goes day without tearing some
thing. lie used to keep me about de-
tractcd with work till wcntand bought
me n sewing machine. | was very
careful to get one that had plenty of
room under the arm, SO that when he
tore his pants, could put them right
underline machine without taking Isaac
out of them. The machine Is i'm the
rcjoining room, doctor, and Pd like to
have you see it," saying which she led
the way to where Ike was discovered
seated before II "Iight-Rumning Do
nestle" b,lSily sewing the cat up i'm
the good old lady's rag-bag.
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25

Il /. R'y, bound north on Tuesday of
last week ran through n flock of sheep
between Reed City AMI Big Rapids, de-
molishing between fifteen and twenty.
From the present outlook, and from
various reports which have reached US,
we should Judge that the coming elec-
ton for county officers will he sort of
thrce-cornere,l contest. IL IL probable
that there will be more "corners" than
ANYTHING else.
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
DariuS G.. Warner,

Attorney at Law, Notary Public and
Prosecuting Attorney for Lake county.
=. q. Address, Baldwin, Mich. Office
in room with County Clerk. Is
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
ThO,s Smurthwaite,

Fire and Life Insurance Agent. Of
flee at Baldwin House, Baldwin, Mich.
3-S9
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
Baldwin House,

This House has been newly finished
md re-furnished, and will be kept In
firt-class style. Charges reasonable.
Good stabling. +. Indermill, PrOprie-
tor, Baldwin, Mich. 1886
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
Aien.

In Branch, Mason Co., Mich, on sun
day, May 2lst, 1876, Mrs. NANCY MA
RIA, wife Of John +. Haviland, of Drop
sy, after all illness of several weeks.
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
Baldwin PoStOmce.

Mails c c1Oso at o'clock p. N.
ONCE open dali y tSundays exceptcd) from
IN. to p. M, cxcep ting meal times. Money Or
dcrs i-sod or Letters Registered daily, except on
sunday. A. Is. KINNE, Postmaster.
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
w. B. Mott, M. ID.

Office in Postoffice Building, Bald
win, Mich. Will attend promptly to
all calls, in town or country. 2l4
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
Chase Il Kinne.

Manufacturers and Dealers in Lum-
her and I.ath. Special attention paid to
Bill Stuff. Mill and Yard OH line of +.
Il r. Nj. Railway, A. miles west Of Bald
win. 2-1-52
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
Weather RCDOrt,

The following thcrmomctrical report
was furnished for publication by Ice 5.
Cobb, of Yates township:
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
DR.. III. B. Peck,

Dentist, Reed City. Twenty-fOur
years practice. Office, up stairs, at res
idence, opposite church. $50
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25

Geo. 5. Pool has moved back to his
homestead i'm Lake township.
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
A. w. Jenkins, M. D.,

Homeopathic Physician Il Surgeon.
Office and residence on SlOssOn Avenue,
Reed City, Mich 80
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,
Bald,cin City, Mich.
CarDentering.

w. McCausey IL prepared to attend
to all calls i'm the above named line.
r. o. Address, Baldwin, Mich.
1-51
The Lake County star., 1876-05-25

Weekly average degrees G3. ~ above zero.
*Dcnotcs variable.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-09
BEST.

Mother I see you with your nursery light,
LeaAing your babies all i'll white,
To their sweet lest;
Christ. the Goor She neld carries mine tonight,
And that 10 best
lean not help tears, when see them Irvine
Their fingers yours, aud their bright curls shine
On your warm breast:
But the Saviour's ia purer than yours or mine,
He can love best
You tremble each hour because your arms
Are weak; your hi art is wrung with alarms,
And sore Oppresst;
Ny darlings are safe, out of reach Of harms,
And / at 10 beat.
You know over yours may hang even now
Pain and disease, whose fulfilling slow
Naught can arrest
Mine in GOd's gar Tens runs TO and fro.
And that is best.
You know that of yours your feeblest one
And dearest NAV live long years alone,
UnlOved, unblest;
Mine are cherished Of saints around Gods throne.
And that is best.
You must dread for yours the crime that sears,
Dark guilt UNIV ash. 4 by repentant tears,
And unC0nfesssd:
Mine entered spOtless eternal years.
O, how much the best!
But grief is selfish: can not see
Always why should so stricken be,
More than the rest
But know that. we'll as for them, for me
God did the best.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-09
How 1t Would Work.

A gray-haired impostor. who has been in
the House OF Correction time and again for
drunkenness, and has no kin in the city,
yesterday entered a store on Grand River
street, and said to The proprietor:
Have you boy!"
Eyes SIR" was the answer
Did he get anything in his stocking!'
Yes
"And was he glade
HE was"
Il also have boy" continued the old
man in broken voice, ''but he didn't get
anything in his stocking. l am poor, and
many times We haven't bread in the house
to say nothing of Christmas presents"
IL can't help that, as l see T. said the mer-
chant.
Say, zee here" whispered the old man,
bending forward, ''give me a quarter and
I'll buy tin horse and q monkey and a
Noah's ark, and night before New Year Ill
slip 'em into the boys stocking. He'll ask
me: Father, whose liberality of heart
brought me these beautiful thingsP And
will answer: Mr. So-and-So, on Grand
River street."
"Icant do it," replied the merchant.
And the boy will say: God bless Mr..
So-and-So forever"
"And will add: Yes, God bless him for
his big heart. and may his trade amount to
$40 900 per day"
II can't give you anything-come, clear
out" said the annoyed merchant.
Il would work splendidly," whispered
the old man.
II say no!' shouted the merchant
"All right for you" said the old man, as
he got hold of the door. knob. "Your con-
duct has alienated all my affections in one
minnit, and I'll never buy yard of cloth of
in fot To IL no
price of that yarn there, but now l wont"
Detroit Free Press
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-09
A MADRIGAL.

Come near! Come near
In oil the peerless beauty Of thy youth
Veil not those loving eyes;
Como in thy gentle guise
OF patty and tenderness aud truth
Falls, softly falls
On my hot brow the shadow Of thy hair;
Der my fuehod cheek feel.
Love-ffsuGht, thy sweet breath steal
Like kisses from the perfume-ladea air.
Now near, now far,
On thy proud head the wHnt0n moonlight smilos
TIL each soft golden tless
CLOVIS 10 the warm carees,
As when the summer wak0s DER tropc isles.
And DER my heart
Comes quick thrill Of Pc ssi0nate delight.
Close, Close unto my bresst
In one long dream Of rest.
Thy love my life and thine eremite!
Lot us drift on,y
Wal 70 On the broadening stream of mighty time,
Till maidenhood's sweet spring
Flies on reluctant wing
And smiles on thee the summers golden PRIME
And 30 for aye
Through the far mists Of years that ripen slow
Ever mine own to be,
While DER LIES shifting sec
The distant home lights brighten - we 60.
Hearth and Home
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-09
Dr. and won do puss down dar to Blus

pecker and won do puss down dar to Blue
"The Columbus Pazsons moved used
/ to b great fiddler; played for Ill the balls
and parties for miles around"
"Dst was me, sah: ! was de boy. Now
you's . beginnin' to know me"
Tho Columbus Parsons l used to know
was q great singer-wss lightnin' at all tho
SDst was me, boss I'm identically and
practically dat Same Columbus Parsons!
fou's got dc most feasible mem'ry dat I
ever saw, sah."
"The Columbus Parsons knowed went to
frankfort and ran on the river a. steward
of the Bell Wagner"
yah, yah; You knows me-you knows
me, boss. You knows me like . bruddo-,
sab! In dem days didn't I put on de sp-
parel7 Wasn't attired? Practically, sab,
vou's got do most feasible mem'ry ever
saw"
1.-THE Columbus Parsons that knowed,
the Columbus Parsons that rode ole Wood
pecker, the Columbus Parsons that used to
sine at camp meetin'a. the Columbus PAT.
sons that was steward ON the Bell Wagner,
that Columbus Parsons busted open the
trunk of passenger, stole thousand dol
lare, and was sent to the State Prison at
Frankfort for five years."
''Practically. boss, you's got powerful
feasible memory, but dare was anooer
Columbus Parsons down dare boat Lexin'
ton and Frsnkfort-psrtio'la larry South
Frankfort, cross de chain bridge-dat was
hoss-rider, fiddler, . singer, and q steam
boater, sn' he was . low flung. harum.
scarem, no-account Teller; guess he mout
q bin de Columbus Parsons what you
knowed, sab"
you think sol"
'.Sartin, sure, boss: but don't say muffin
bout de Teller hesh, sab. You ace, prac.
tically. it mout injure my good name, sah."
Jiryinia City Enterprise.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-09

The bootblack at the corner stand on C
street was looking for q customer. He was
as black as the ace OF spades, and as he
carelesslv busted off his stand with the
stump Of a corn brush he occasionally
paused and rolled his eyes hungrily up and
down the street.
Presently tall, raw-boned, middle-a9
man, with a considerable length of goatee
and not a little breadth of hat rim, stopped
and glanced at the stand with some show
of interest.
Have a shine, bossw said the owner of
the stand, giving his chair q parting slap
with his brush. ''Shine 'em up in half .
mint, sab. You'll jist have time to glance
over de morning papers
Without deigning an answer the lank
chap elm bed into the seat before him.
"Whar yer arolling them pants TOT" was
mis- first remark after the proprietor of the
stand began to operate.
"All right now, boss. We mustn't muss
'em. you see. It's all feasible now, sab"
wall. perceed to business
"Is a-movin'. boss; rs a-movin, sah."
Wall, see that you keep a-movin'."
"De people of de Sout," said the boot.
toner de people of de Souf [anOther look
of the eye] most allus gives us pore culled
boys any little feasible jobs deys got"
you think I'm from the SOUTH"
rs from de souf myself, sah.'
"Likely."
as from de Souf SAFFRON ole Kahn
tuck, sah."
Indeed"
'Sartin, boss Is from Lex'nton, Kahn
tuck, sah," scraping away with an old case
knife at the mud on the sOles Of his GUS
TONER'S boots.
I'm from Kentucky myself, and from
Lexington" said the man, beginning to look
interested. $50 you're from Lexington,
eh!"
"Jes so. boss. Practically was born dar,
sah.'
Like you. was born thar"
"Nice old town, boss"
Very"
IL golly, boss. eff didn't think from de
fust dat l saw in you de rale ole Kaintucky
gentlemen. You've got q good deal of de
cut of some o'dem law and mid'c cine students
dat used to be about de ole Transy lvany
Varsity; but yOu's aged little, boss-aged
le-etle grain more dan was de boys in dem
days"
1--WE often seen the old university"
at was fine ole town, too. De Main
street was more dan q mild long; dar war
beautiful trees long dc streets. and de Or
phan 'sylum, an de bargain factervs, de
wire works. an de-"
'The lun attic asylum"
Eyes, boss, shore huff, dar was de lunatic
'sylum."
"And the river"
can de ribber; golly, dat fust big bend
in Town Fork OF de ElkhOrn, up 'bOve de
city-practically, dat was q mighty feasible
proposition for catfish"
"AmaZin'."
IL say, boss, practically, you never hap
pened to know a cullud boy named Colum-
bus Parsons, as lived out on the road to'ards
whar ole Harry Clay was borned-out
II knowed colored boy named Colum.
bus Parsons that rode old Woodpecker
Ploughboy down ct the Blue Grass course
and won the puss."
"De Lord love rs! Was you DART De
grest hockey! Practically, I am dat Same
Columbus Parsons what rode old Wood
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-09
BONNIE GEORGE CAMPBELL.

HE upon Hielsnds.
And low upon TAy,
Bonnie Geo. g. Campbell
Rado out on . CAV;
Saddled and b,i1led
And gallant rade be-,
Hame cam his guide hOpeo
But hame cam M he.
Ont ran his anld mither,
Greeting fu' fair;
Out ran his Bonnie bride
RSsving her hair.
He rsde saddled and bridled
And booted rade he;
Hsme am his guide morse
But never CAM he.
MY meadow lies green,
And my corn is unshorn,
My barn Is to bigg (build),
And my babies unborn"
He rAde sadd ed and bridled
And booted rade he;
TOHm hAme cam the saddle
And never cam he.