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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-17

Geo Lamont,
The delegates were authorized to fill the
delegation or cast the full vote of the
townshjp,-in the absence of any of the
ahoye named.
10 accordance with the above, NJ. S.
O'Neil being unable to attend, has ap-
pointed VIM. Nepka as his proxy.
The following resolution was introduced
ResOlued, That the delegates who rep
resent the interests of Rock Island at the
coming democratic county convention, to
be held in Rock Island next Wednesday,
be instructed to vote for any legal voter
or indorse any Independent candidate who
is lego! voter.
This resolution was discussed at some
length by B. D. Buford, P. O'Mara, J. s.
Drake, John Schlemmer, J. r. Johnsto
VIM. II. Lundy and others. The tenor
of the remarks in opposition to the resolu-
ton were that it was un-democratic to in
struct the delegates. The effect of the re-
solution would have been to bind the dele.
cation to nominate or endorse the indie
pendent candidates who have announced
themselves for the various Offices. There
| is no doubt but that the resolution emin
ated from some of the Independent candi-
dates, and these gentlemen should bear 10
mind that they have all announced them
selves as independent candidates, and not
as candidates subject to the approval OF
democratic convention This forfeits any
supposed claim they can make for having
the delegation instructed for them. They
are, it is true, very acceptable men and
doubtless will receive a large number o.
democratic votes, but under their own an
nouncements they have no claims upon tht
delegates selected by democratic caucus
and, therefore, the meeting on Saturda!
evening did well not to adopt the resolu
tioa.
The convention on " ednesday shoul'
i. be left free to exercise it's own judgemen
| in acting in such manner as will seeur
the most capable and responsible men 70
the offices, whether they be democrats 0
independents running irrespective Of pal
ty. The interest of the county deman
good men rather than politicians, and such
: we believe, to be the sentiment of larg
. majority Of the people.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-17
HAMPTON Delegates.

The Democrats of Hampton met at the
hall of Heagy & Stoddard, T. S. Silvis
chairman, and Geo. A Crawford, secretary.
The following delegates were appointed
to attend the county convention on Sept. 49,:
r. NJ. Mitchell, D. Gilman,
Geo. S. Church, Henry Hardy,
John Craig, John Trainer.
Effects entirely disproportional to causes
are frequently induced by the simplest
circumstances. A little pimple, indicative
Of the beginning of deterioration of the
blood, will, by neglect of preventive means,
develop into the loathsome Ulcer aud sap
health. or probably destroy life. DIR.
Bulls Blood Mixture prevents such catas
trophies,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-17

for the purpose of nominating candidates for Coun
ty officers.
The Offices to be filled are:
County Clerk.
County Treasurer.
County Judge.
County Coroner.
County Superintendent OF Schools
The Convention will also transact such Other
business as may in it's judgment, be deemed proper
BY order County Central Committee.
j. S. DRAKE. Chairman.
R. M. GRENNELL,
SAMUEL HEAGY,
ANDREW DONALDSON,
+. j. WHITNEY.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-17

A Ii DEMOCRATIC AND OTHER VOTERS OF
~ Rock Island county opposed to the dictation
and supremacy OF the Republican party; all who
are deslrous Of cooperating together for the cleo
ton Of honest ard competent men to office; all
who believe the election Of such mem directly rep
resenting the people themselves, will ensure great
er economy in public affairs; all who are opposed
to subsidies land grants and the loan of the pub
lie credit for the benefit of corporations; all who
are opposed TO legislation in the interest OF bond
holders and capitalists, against the laboring and
industrial interests of the country; and all who
desire equal protection and equal benefits to all
classes, are requested to meet in Delegate Con
yention, at the Court House, in the city OF Rock
Island, on
Wednesday, September 10. TT,
At TWO O'CLOCK. P. NJ.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-17

1t is the only medicine l would give to
my Baby, a mother said, speaking Of DR..
Bulls BABY Syrup. At all drug stores, 25
cents.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-14
Educated Farmers Succeed.

IF farmers would take a more con-
spicuous place in society they must
first prepare themselves for it. They
must improve the means of educa-
ton for their children, and use, bet
ter than they now do, the means for
their own education. They must
read papers and books, attend the
meetings of their oranges or agri-
cultural clubs. and not only become
| better acquainted with the princi-
Piles of their business, but also learn
what other men have done and are
doing.
1t is an honorable ambition for a
farmer to wish to become a leading
man in his country, district or State
but he can no more arrive ut such
position, unless he is prepared by
education aud experience for it,
then he can expect to reap without
preparing the ground or sowing the
seed.
Organization of the farmers into
oranges can accomplish nothing
without competent leaders, and so
cial or political influence can only be
welded, with powerful effect, by per-
sons who understand rightly the
principles of government and the
reasons which control popular ac-
ton.
Comparing the farmers present
condition with that of half century
ago, we can see vital progress-in
machinery, in intelligence, and in
improved agriculture. The fact ex-
lists that we have now far better OPP
portunities for acquiring the knowl-
edge needed to elevate our position
socially than our forefathers had !
fifty years ago. That we want
more knowledge is proof that we
know more, and that we are not |
satisfied with our position in society |
is a proof that we are looking deep
er into things, and are endeavoring
to elevate our calling.
Before the end Of the next fifty
years, we have just begun, it is not
too much to believe that the farmers
by education, by discussions in their
oranges, and by united action, will
possess all the irfeence in society
and the government that their num-
bers entitle them to, and that their
power will be felt for good through
out the laud.-TtadicutO
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-14

Cool sheep husbandry consists in
great measure in doing the right
work at the right time. Thus, if we
shear sheep, we do it in season; do
not let them wear their fleece
month after it has become burden
some to them. June is one Of the
best months in the year for sheep to
thrive, if they are shorn. 1t cost
less to house a flock of sheep that
are just shorn before a storm, than it
does TO cart them to the barn when
they are benumbed and chilled. It
costs less to mend the fence before
the sheep get into the habit of being
unruly, as we call it. 1t costs less
to cut and cure the hay in season
and when the sun shines, than it
does to do it out of season and in
rainy weather. If from any cause
our hay is poor, it costs less to feed
some grain in season, than it does to
let them loose flesh and get poor,
and then spend our time in nursing
and dOctoring them, L think there
is proverb which is, that good food
is cheaper than doctors. Without
pursuing this subject further, l report
that good sheep husbandry costs
less than poor, and pays threefOld
better,
A flock of sheep require but little
care during the summer months. ex-
cept that they have plenty of good
feed and salt. and are seen to that
none of them are sick or diseased.
The principal work to be done in
this season is, to raise a suitable
quantity Of roots, etc. and cut in
the proper season, and cure well
and store the necessary supply of
hay and grain. Roots, apples and
pumpkins are necessary to some ex-
tent for the sheep in winter. not on
iy on account Of the nourishment
they contain. but to supply the lack
Of green feed, and to keep the sheep
in healthy condition.
The cutting Of the hay in proper
season, and curing we'll and storing
the same, is one of the essential
points of good sheep husbandry. If
from any course we fail to do this,
our sheep the next spring are poor
and weak, and we have bad luck in
raising lambs, the sole cause of
which is, that the sheep during the
winter have been eating poor hay,
ard vainly endeavoring to obtain
from their necessary amount of
nourishment. which they did not
contain. Coarse and rank timothy
makes fair sheep Lay, if it is cut a
few days before it begins to blossom |
and is well cured.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-14

l. Now it came to pass in the sew
enth year of the reign Of Ulysses the
son of Jesse. over the land of Yam
kee-doodledum, that certain strange
things did arise, whereat the people
marveled greatly.
2. Moreover, there was a famine
among the people, who did hunger
and thirst after the greenbax tina,
were hidden from them by the Nigh.
ty men OF the nation.
3 For, was it not written, that all
the great cities were ruled by brazen
Images called rings, who sought to
deprive the multitude of the food
and raiment which the Lord had
given them.
4. Furthermore. in the chief city
of the nation, Boss" Shepard gath
cred all the substance of the people
to himself, and Ulysses, the son of
Jesse, and certain soothsayers made
merry over the suffering of the peo-
pie.
5. And it came to pass in the city
which was called Manhattan, that
certain rich men, Jagold, Bigsix,
Cornelius, the unjust steward, and
others. did from sundry rings into
which they gathered all the greenbax
and the people did bewail with great
lamentation.
6. And it was so throughout all
the cities Of Samland, from Maine to
Frisco, that the people did murmur
grievously whilst the rulers, chief of
whom was Ulysses, the son of Jesse,
did drive furiously behind clouds of
smoke, and from their nostrils came
fumes of ''firewater," and the bull
pup which was beneath the chariot
could not be seen through the dust
thereof.
z. Moreover, they were clothed in
purple and fine linen, and lived in
mansions that were made of marble
and brown stone, and their food was
the richest of the four quarters Of
the ear,h, spring chicken and the
juice of the grape,
8. And in those days it came to
pass that a certain hoy man of God,
whose surname was Beecher, did
like unto David of old-cast his eve
earthward at the consort of Theo
dore the spokesman, for she was ex-
ceedingly comcIy il the sight of the
men of the city OF churches, and |
which is called Brooklyn, the city of
saints.
9. And the congregation of Ply
mouth we're exceedingly grieved, be-
cause the price thas was set upon
the beloved pastor, and the flock did
yield 10000; yea 100000 greenbax,
that the people might. peradventure
not see the iniquity that had been
done in the house ofthe Lord.
10. But the scoffers begat great
strife, and these are the generations
Of the sons of Inkslinger: Horace
oegat Tribune, Tribune begat Dana
and Dana begat his Sun; Bennett
oegat Herald, Marble begat World,
8enwood begat News, aud all Il e
RIDES of scriblers begat such tur-
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-14

70 According to Governor Por.
ter's message, we have within the
limits of Tennessee 239, 564 men sub
ject to military duty. He submits to
the General Assembly the propriety
of giving force and effect to our Dec
laration of Rights; '.that the sure and
certain defense Of free people is a
well regulated militia" Our obser-
walton is, that the militia" are not
much account, either to work the
roads or fight.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-14
The Great Family Paper.
THE NEW YORK LEDGER
FOR THE NEW YEAR, 1877

The Nel0 York Ledger, now one wear
older, but ever new, reminds its readers
that the season has arrived for the re.
newal of their annual subscriptions
Many of those who We're children when
| they first began to read the LedQer now
have children of their own who read
| their favcrite paper. There could hard
| ly be stronger testimonial to the ex-
cellence of its character than is thus Civ
en- to the Ledger by the regular renewal
of these subscriptions.
Our great eXertion for the coming
year viii be to make a volume that will
compare favorably with the best OF its
predecessors.
The Ledger is always alive and fresh
and full of interest.
The stories for the coming year will
be by the most popular of our old writer's
and the best of the new writers who
have occasionally contributed to our
columns.
The miscellaneous articles by eminent
scholars and divines viii be continued:
so will our accurate scientific departS
ment.
We shall reply, as heretofore, to the in:
Vulnerable questions sent to us on love
and domestic affairs, and every variety
of subject.
Wherever tie Ledger goes-and it goes
nearly everywhere-it is generally con-
coded there is not reader to whose hap
piness it does not minister.
Or subscribers aoiU haze no 41ostotqe to pag.
We prepay the postage on every paper
we mail.
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Single copies, So per annum; four
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who sends us $50 for a club of eight
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titled to copy FREE.
% We employ no travelling agents.
Address all communications to,
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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-14
SpeculatiOns About the Next
Senate.
Philadelphia Times


The next Senate then stands: Republi-
cans, 80; Democrats, 81; contested seats,
3. The majority on organizing will be 8
Republican, and according as the Louis
lana and South Carolina contests are
decided the Republican majority will be
or 2. Locking over the several States
! we find that IA Republican States are
represented by Republicans each, and
are divided. Twelve Democratic States
are represented by 2 Democratic Senators
each, but Democratic States have a
divided Senatorial delegation. The
Senatorial delegations of all the great
States, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois, are divided, and
with such slight majority as this no
party measures can be pushed through.
If Hayes is inaugurated he will have the
support of the Senate. If Tildeuis inau-
gurated he too will have the support of
the Senate, if not active at least passive.
With an Administration majority of 80,
600 in his own State, Spencer is not likely
to be very loud in opposition, nor will
Mr. Bruce think his Mississippi eonstitu-
ency strong enough to warrant him in
fighting Gov. Tilden. Ir. Dorsey, of
Arkansas, is likely to be found with the
winning side, and the Bonanza people
will reflect on the value of silence and
keep it even though speech be silver.
In short, if inaugurated on the 9Th of
March next, Mr.. TiIden viii find when
Congress meets in the winter that the
Senate isquite as much in sympathy with
him as in the lower branch Of Congress.
And the partisans on either side of the
Capitol will find their rawlings in vain,
extremists will get but little c0untenance
in the Forty-fifth Congress.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-14
Sheep and Sheep Husbandry.

We want to call attention to the
following paper, read at a meeting
of the Vermont Board of Agriculture
by a. r. Perking, of Pomfret. Vt.
1t contains too many good points
for any one article, but we give
them all, asked special considera-
ton for it. Each paragraph is
worthy of study, Good sheep hus-
bandry is our greatest need. When
we learn this. then we shall improve
our fiocks with more spirit and pro-
fit:
The possession and keeping Of
any of the choice and valuable varie-
ties OF sheep will be Of little value,
unless it is accompanied with good
sheep husbandry.
1t is essential to sheep husbandry
for the owner or shepard to believe
that only by good care and atten-
tion to the sheep. he can succeed
well in the business or make it pay.
The shepherd should be a person
who is fond of sheep. and it should
be his delight to care or them. He
should believe that the time spent
in caring for and the food given
them is neither lost nor wasted.
Another essential point in good
sheep husbandry is, to keep the
sheep in a thriving. healthy condi-
tions in all seasons OF the year. If
our sheep are losing flesh and run
ming down, we can, during such time,
get but little pay for them. At such
times the wool grows but little, and
it is weak and unsound to expect to
raise a good crop of corn upon poor
soil.
Good sheep husbandry costs less
than poor, and pays threefold more.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-14

LISTENING TO. EVIL REPORTS. The
longer l live, the more feel the impor-
lance of adheting to the rule which I
have laid down for myself in relation to
such matters: 1. To hear as possible
whatever is to the prejudice of others
2. To believe nothing of the kind till I
am absolutely forced to it. 3. Mover to
drink into the spirit of one who circulates
an evil report. 4. Always to moderate,
as far as l can, the unkindness which is
expressed towards others. 5. Always to
believe that, if the other side were heard,
a very different account would be given
of the matter.-Cdrus's Lsfe Of Simeon.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-14

moil that he who setteth upon the
brink of the Moral Niagara was
filed with true inwardness.
II. Ard Henry wept.
y. Likewise. also George Francis
Train became dumb for the space of
three years, and spake not, neither
did he send any epistles to the null
titude of his deciples who did yearn
for the wisdom of his brain.
Is. And furthermore, George
waved his hand to the chief scribe of
the Lantern saying. "George casts
no more pearls before swine, if he
knows himself. and he thinks he
does,' and George smote the tip of
mis- nose with the end Of his thumb.
IA. And it came to pass that the
two virgins, Vickie and Tennie, did
wander over the face of creation in
search Of script, werewith to keep
their blood warm and comfort them
in their old age, which is fast wink
ling their damask cheeks, whose
harness is like unto that of brass,
and whose tongues are likened the
tongues that everlastingly ringeth.
Is. Yea, verify, L say unto you,
that the people of this country are
likened unto the flock ofgeese which
flieth to destruction, whether the
old goose lea leth, for Ulysses, the
son Of Jesse. careth not for the souls
of the people, but hankereth more
for the horse that can speed with
the wings of the wind, and the smoke
of the weed, and the spirit that is in
the jug, and bull-pup that runneth
beneath his chariot.
16. And the crooked whiskevring
which aboundeth in the regions
west of the river that runneth beside
St. Louis. hath filed the pockets of
Babcock and Grant, and perverted
the hearts of the grangers that
dwelleth in the State of Missouri,
and the regions round about.
II. And the tribe of Ulysses, the
son of Jesse, who is gathered to his
fathers, swindleth Lo. the poor In
dian, out of his lands and his buffa-
Ices bartering him jug-o'-rum and
shoddy, which giveth him the jim
jams, and freezeth his carcass, which
hleacheth up the plains and valleys
Of Arizona.
Is. But the people of America
tireth Of this everlasting rigadoo
and waxeth wroth bouncing William
the Tammanite from his wigwam,
putteth him in the dungeon that is
built Of iron, and squeezeth him, to
the end that he might vomit forth
some Of the greenbax which belong
eth to the people, and which he had
swallowed.
10. But William hath gone where
the woodbine twineth; yea, like
thief in the night hath he stolen
himself away, and no man knoweth
whittier he hath fed. Selah.
20. Moreover, the people will
bounce Ulysses, the son of Jesse,
and his bull-pup, and peradventure
they will bounce Beecher. the Ply
mouthite. aged Boss Shepherd, the
plumberite of the great city, where
in is built the capitol of the nation.
beside which floweth the waters of
the Potomac.
21. And all ye that dwell in iniq-
uity shall be bounced, according to
the prophesy of MorTissey, the Hit
tie, who tameth the tiger and run
meth after the fox, and whose anger
arouseth the sachem of the Tamma-
mites, surnamed Johnkellee, who
will be bounced from the wigwam
for is it not written upon the wall of
Tammany Hall, meni teckel uphar-
son, while the people do clamor for
more bread.
p. So endeth the parable of the
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-14

THE following lines have never
seen print before, and they have a
curiously romantic history. Many
years ago we copied them from the
original manuscript, and came across
them the other day in rummaging
over some old papers. They were
written by an English girl, whose
lover, Captain in, if our memory
serves us, either the 25th or 18th
regiment of the British Line, was
killed at Inkermann. The regiment
| formed part of that devoted brigade
which sustained the first shock of
the Russia columns on the crown of
Inkermann heights, just before dawn
that terrible October morning TWEEN
ty-two years ago. The thick fog,
added to the darkness, marked the
Russians, so that seventeen hundred
and odd Englishmen, not suspecting
that there was such an expedient as
retreat, stood there in line and sus-
tanned for two hours the assaults of
on in close column, the Britons, af-
ter the manner of their race, never
knowing nor apparently caring
whether they were matched against
a brigade or an army corps. The
captain, whose sweetheart wrote
these lines, was cheering on his men
when he was struck, and his last
words were, STEADY, boys, steady
little longer hear the bagpipes
The Highlanders !" When his death
and the circumstances attending it
were made known to his sweet
heart, the spirited girl wrote the
verses in memoriam of her gal
liant lover. They deserve a place
in English literature, and current
events in the East give them an
added interest :-EG.
Steady, boys, a little longer!
hear the bagpipe's plaintive scream;
Stand, brave hearts, a little stronger,
Soon Wen see the brOadswOrds CLEAN.
Britain bids you keep her honor
SnOw-white in this dusky dawn;
Bids you bear her blood-red banner
Steadfast in your arms of Drawn.
III.
In our island homes are dreaming
Wives and sweethearts of their braves;
Der US now their love is beaming,
While the earth yawns thick with graves.
".
Women are they, proud of mourning
Loved ones brave in battle slain,
And they never fail of ScOrning
towards come to them again.
Steady, boys, little longer,
The bagpipes now are drawing near;
Stand, bold hearts, a little stronger
There's the Highland battle cheer.
VI.
Steady, boys, for England's glory;
Keep the line close, firm and true;
Britain's bards shall selM your story
Sounding all the ages through.
Steady, boys, hear drumming,
IT'S the harp of Erin bold;
Celt with Gael, too, is coming
Gross the frosty Russian void.
VIII.
Britain's blended music sounding,
Britain's colOrs mingled, too;
Der the Tartar moorland bounding
Come the scarlet, green and blue.
TX.
Britain's emblems brightly shining
Mid MuscOvy's dreary SHOWS;
British victoT's wreath entwining
Shamrock, thistle with the rose.
Blood of men to win and wear them
Leaps alone through British veins;
Foes from British breasts to tear them
Meier were bred on Tartar plains.
steady, boys, little longer,
English bosoms meier yet quailed;
Stand, oak hearts, little stronger,
British succor meier yet failed.
steady, boys, I've fallen, dying;
Close the files up where l fell,
And when Russia'S hordes are flying
Wake me with a British yell.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-14

The Jonesbr0' Journal says: Our Coun-
ty Court has granted 219 releases from
the payment of Poll Tax, for the year
1875, aggregating $438. 90. This in
cludes that portion of our county now
embraced in the new county Unieoi.