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Moderator in the char, I was elected one of nine prudential committee men: duty -'-t0 see about getting the wood." Our sabbath school appointed me delegate to a Conference at CummiRgford: privileges @Bose my time, pay my own fares change cars twice, stage it five miles over ae4MaEEy Eeaa and through a November landscape: prospects-address by Deacon n-o@as Jones: music. that rare and intrl- cate composition, "Shan we gather at the TIvers~ ,e
 secure the position of watchman at our store every other Sunday night. Amt asked me if expected extra pay for this service, and I said I did. Evelina had talked of green reps for our parlor, but found that calculations had now ascsnded tO some kind of rose-colored something, value about treble that of the Fep@ r1s Ht rEEs azk
 Aunt was at length seized with an sat tack" of more than ordinary violence. I called three physicians, for shrunk frem opposing myself to the irresponsible vll. lage gossip which might accuse me of not emp1@gfng avery effort for Inc prolonga- ton of her life With three doctors in attendance, she not unreasonably felt that this attack would prove fnal, and sent for lawyer. was i'd state of great nery- Ous trepldatlon.
 ''Is there any thing I can do for you, annts% s1@I
 Nothing now."
 Has yopr nurse arranged you pillows qu@mnaWipwehles'e 4 sn
 sSses1F Comfortable. = sk ~@
 solemn scenes have no place in this mar. Rative. and pass on to the time when we were assembled for the reading of the will the lawyer. the doctor. the minister and myselL That instrument ran as follows
 AftKp@in4dhg jnst dues and my fu. neral expgnses. and providing suitable monument. give and beqneath to my beloved nephew. Samuel o. Haynes, his heirs and assigns. for their use and behooi forever. all my wearing apparel and per s0nnk ornaments, with the exception of my
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CORRESPONDENTS.
INDEPENDENT STATE CON
VENTION.
To the independent Men of the
State OF Minnesota,


" no are opPoSen W ti'e iii"i''i'i
foiicy oi 1he Na,loilai 'N''i'iih's''"-
tioh' 70 tie Na'ioiiai Daii"ihs os9'Vi''
~ lufther contraction ol the cur
rency--ana III favor ol tAe hehioheu'
1''ioii ~ S'iNei "ii" = "iooi'o''O :
N''iIe'cy "'' oeaeo" ~ oooi Noop0i ;
I, III. ;. r. gary "oF' Aleh anu
" i1ila'i H. Neiiy' "'i" "h' ''ie '''o
III favor 81 geherai relfehchneht III
salaries ana expenditures, are re-
queSted 10 SEM delegates 10 y state
convention lo pe held ~ Fariba'lit'
OF euheaoal' We -Vth ods - 'uiie'
ior' Ut eiock l. M'-tor ihe p''f
pose OF i"hliiialiiiS ca''oiualeS ioi
state oliicerS' y loi'o"s. 'oNei"oi
~ IoVefiloI' secretary - 0'A'e'o'd''
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We have been denounced consider
ably for trying to do too much during
the recent session Of the Legislature
to alleviate the financial distress of
the country. and to give the debtor
class a chance to save their property,
while at the same time not interfering
with the substantial rights of the
creditor.
We can only say in reply that we
are sorry we did not accomplish more.
We tried 70 get bill passed that would
establish the Ohio system of having
the property of the debtor. sold under
execution or upon foreclosure ofmort-
gage. appraised by a jury, and not sold
for less than two-thirds of its apqrals-
ed value. But we We're told that
this was too radical and the bill Jailed,
e now learn that the old and veal
!. state of Pennsylvania adopted q
precisely similar law last winter. The
Philadelphia Times says.
The anticipated trouble under the
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X Georgia newspaper says: THE
profit on wool growing in Georgia is
6S percentum on the capital invested
Dr. David Ayers, of Camilla. Mitch.
ell county, in Southwestern Georgia.
where snow never falls and the ground
seldom freezes. and where the oripi-
nal pine forests are carpeted with the
native grass, says his sheep-3,5o0 in
number-cost him annually Il cents a
head and yield 3 pounds Of unwashsd
wool, which seels at 50 cents q pound
giving clear profit of 90 per centum
on the money and labor invested in
sheep
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-17

new stay act began last Saturday. In
Judge Thayer's court a question was
brought up touching the late sale OF
real estate by the Sheriff, but, not
being in proper shape, was lald over
for next Saturday, when the Whole
matter will be argued. The technical
issue to be discussed will be the set
ting aside of the sale OF 4 certain piece
of property, but the legality OF the
action of the Sheriff in making the sale
at all viii arise. 4 distinguished
member of the bar states that the new
law follows verbatim ct lltertlm an
act which was passed in 1912 tand sub
sequently repealed), with the excep-
ton that there WAS no limitation to
it's continuance, the present law being
confined in its operations TO eighteen
months, and that instead Of jury of
six men viewing the property to be
sold and assessing it's value, as is now
required jury of twelve men was
necessary. The same disputes arising
now arose then. 1t was decided by the
courts that the act was constitution
al and retroactive; that the Sheriff
was bound TO apply its provisions to
all executions in his hands at the time
of its passage, but if the sales were
made and deeds acknowledged under
such executions without pursuing
such a course, they would not be invali-
dated, in which event the liability OF
the Sheriff for disregarding the law
would! remain an open question.
The sheriff, having most likely been
made acquainted with this decision,
has not yet acknowledged any Of the
deeds of last Mondays sale. 1t is
probable that the court will reafiirm
this view of the law next Saturday
and, upon application of the different
parties interested in the property
disposed of. will vacate the sale.
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Il has larger circulation among the farm
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sands who take no other paper.
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A Strong etter from Farmer Correspon-
dent The Hard Times Discussed

ETNA. FILLMORE Co., MINI.
April 81, 1877.
Editor ti-Mon opotia
DEAR SIR:-I have concluded to
write you short letter, and give you
some news concerning our situation
down here, 80 you can give to the read
ers Of your paper all the information
possible in relation to the crops
and the future prospect.
We are having fine weather for
seeding at present: the ground is get
ing in order to receive the seed, but
is rather wet and heavy on all low
lands. The signs are in favor of "A
better crop than We were blessed with
last year. But small portion of the
crop has been sown 50 far the light
winds the past week have dried the
ground and in short time it will be
as hard as 1.-The times
Everything seems to go against us
in the west; perhaps. low prices and
no money;not even the much despised
''ragbaby" The time has been when
the greenback was good enough; it
saved the country and carried us
through one of its most gigantic
struggles. the modern world has ever
seen. Just as soon rs the money
sharks through ways that are dark
and tricks that were not by any means
vain, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT fortunes. then,
and not till then. did any one hear the
cry that they were "a leing promise
to pay" The cry is only to deceive
the masses and to give them chance
to increase their ill-gotten gains. Ii
the arguments they produce were
their honest belief it would be direct
ed as much against the national bank
notes as it is against the money on
which the people pay no interest
Paper money is what they want. II
not why did they procure the passage
of the private banking act by Con
gress. They intend to furnish the
money to the country and make the
people pay them forit. There is no pei
son on the face of God green earth O
sound mind but knows that We mus
have paper currency; for gold, blood
red gold, is not TO he had to do ths
business of the country for searcel,
!. one day.
| have often asked why the holder
of our bonds did not pay for them ii
gold or something equal in value t.
: gold for according to their theor
z gold Is the only money anything els
G is Haunting lie.
I 1t is no use TO expect any bette
+ times for the next four years;the pee
7, pie voted almost TO man for gold i
= is the duty of Hayes and his cabine
6 to give them all they want Of hunge
starvation and ruin. 4 few days az
e in Spring Valley q merchant failed
). he was one of thousands who vote
Il ruin on their own heads. We hay
g hopes Of success in the future. Tn
II men who voted for Peter Cooper hav
+ done more for the welfare of TIL
ia country than al those who voted fc
: Hayes, often think of the words {
It Napoleon first: he said. one hosti1
/, newspaper i more to he feared tina
l. l00,0 900 hostile bayonets." That bein
q SO what mighty power the greer
le backs will have in four years TO com,
Yours, &c.
le w. B. JORDAN.
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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-31
ON FIRE.

a Vienna dispatch says: Kars has
been bombarded and part OF the
city is on fire. The place ia provis-
ioned for four months.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-31
They Got Christian Satisfaction.

The old Abercrombic house at Pei
ham is said TO have been once the
scene of practical joke by Rev. Mr..
Abercrombie, the original occupant
of the house and minister of the town.
In his days, of course, Flip was the
common beverage of clergymen and
the laity, and no objection was ever
made, unless people became notori-
ously over-indulgent. The charge
was finally brought a church meet
ing that the minister was drinking
too freely, and a committee was ap-
pointed to tell him of his fault and
warn him Of the danger of continu-
ing in it. Warned of their coming,
the erring pastor told his wife to pre-
pare the first round of flip, which
even this committee would expect,
with equal parts Of rum and water,
the next with more rum, and the next
mostly rum. The committee, soon
after their arrival, partook of the
flip which their pastor ordered, after
which they made known the nature
of their errand. The pastor admit
ted that there might be need of the
reproOf. and that he would be gov
erned by it. Then came the second
round of Nip and, as the business
had been dispatched, the committee
were disposed to be laxative and So
cial with the pastor who had so hum
bly, admitted his sin at their rebuke.
The flip came around the third time,
and, it is said, near sunrise the next
morning two of the committee man.
aged to reach their homes, but the
third lay prone upon the floor, una
Bile to stir from the effects of the flip,
until broad daylight. At the ad-
journed church meeting, when this
committee made their report, it is
said they made very concise report
of their visit 10 the pastor, and the
kindly way in which he received the
reproof, by reporting: "We have
called upon the pastor, as directed,
and he gave us Christian satisfac-
ton"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-31
How Samson Slew the
Philistiuea.
From the Sacramento Journal

When travelled in 1871, in Pales-
tine, an old servant from the monas-
terry Of Ramleh, about fifty miles west
from Jerusalem, showed me the sup
posed place where Samson killed
900 Philistines with the jawbone of
an ass. When expressed my doubts
as TO the length and strength of a
jawbone, considering the great mum.
ber of surrounding enemies, the good
man explained the case in the follow
manner: "Well, he took hold of the
asa by the tail and swung the animal
against the Philistines in such man.
ner that only his head, and of this
especially the jawbonc, struck the
Philistines, keeping of in this way
the surrounding warriors, and giving
the blow the necessary force to kill
| affirm that in this manner Samson
could have killed million Philistines
provided the tail Of tho Ass did no
break"