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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-06
ROME HEAPS

extend to the right and left in regular
line from KeOgh's " grave" and in many
instances human homes lie behind horse
skeletons, indicating that here a deter
mined but fatal stand was made. Fol,
lowing up the line to the top Of the divide
we find a welI-worn trail leading north
to Custer hill" where the last shot was
fired, and the last man was killed. The
position is an elevated one, overlooking
the entire field the river below,
and the site of the village opposite,
and was doubtless selected as a
dcni0 rcsof for the salvation OF
the handful Of men who, with Custer es-
capped the destructive fire encountered
at the other side Of the field. Accord.
ing to hostile reports, Custer had about
Il hundred men when he fell back to this
point, and by the same authority, AZ well
as by the evidence OF the field, we know
that here occurred one OF the most ter.
rIbIe conflicts known to mankind 1t
was literally war TO DEATH" "Mug.
gins " Taylor, the first white man on the
ground after the massacre (two days la.
teri, says that the horses were all shot
behind the left shoulder and that the
hair was singed and full of burnt powder,
which statement, with certain Indian
reports that the soldiers killed their
horses, proves that the poor brutes were
sacrificed to make breast works for the
men.
The fight at this point lasted not to
exceed twenty minutes, and at its close
the entire command was cXtCrminated
Custer fell upon the most conspicuous
portion Of the knoll, and the locality is
still well defined by the carcass of his
horse, whose beautiu! sorrcl.ccored hide
is still recognizable. In close proximity
are four heaps Of bones, or "graves, "
and the skeletons Of twenty horses, and
Just over the crest, upon the side facing
the river, are twenty-eight graves"
with, probably, three or four human
skeletons, or portions thereof in each,
and fourteen horse skeletons These are
all huddled together in Il very small
space, and, as they are supposed to be
where death Frustrated them, the posi-.
tiOns are suggestive of the appalling ter
ror that must have possessed the remnant
at bay as the thousands of relentless say
ages and inevitable death pressed closer
and closer The ground for many yards
around is strewn with bones, torn from
bodies by beasts Of prey and clothing, a
noticeable condition Of the dead soldiery
being its nudity, the bodies having all
been stripped of clothing Immediately
after the battle, except the feet, the In.
dians not caring for boots or shoes but
they have cut the tops from the boots,
probably to convert them into gun sings
and thongs. Further down the hill are
several remains both human and animal,
and at distance of three hundred yards,
and very near the river, one solitary skel-
cton of man, with three bullet-holes,
and a sickening cut as with an axe in the
skull. This poor fellow evidently tried
to escape, and succeeded in running the
gauntlet as far as this point, where he
was laid low by savage shot, and death
insured by some miserable squaw, num-
bers of whom came over, and with clubs,
rocks and hatchets brutally placed the
wounded out of misery.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-06
4 Roy who SiucL 10 Farming.


When a boy, IRON ten 10 fourteen years
OF age, was taught to milk ana 90 other
chores night ana morning, before ah"
after school hours Wy ialhof was
farmer ~ well as politician lie pah'
cured his cattle upon the meadows aIleI
moving, and III the late autumn ana
mIdwnlcr when the Hrounl wa" pare,
all the heaps or balls OF debris on Ihc
meadows or pastures we're broken ana
distributed by using maui SATURDAY
was vacation from school, ana ! WORKED
at beating ana scattering the dcbrIS on
the pasture lands, being paid by my
father ten cents day Tor eight hours,
accumulated -, for which my father
sold me heller call and barHalned TO
keep IL for me by my working han u DAY
each week. This did, aud Mt the end
Of one year ! exchanged my heller WIN
my father for two male caIyco Almost
every day after these calves were Two
weeks old occupied my spare iIme III
teaching them to work III the yoke--a
small one, with two bows, which irIcnd
made for me. A. two months OLD they
would gee " and g. haw ~ az well as OLD
oxen. they were then turned to pasture
until September, when my father was
moving the grass on ms SAT- meadows,
situated on the borders oi Long iSlahd
Sound, these cal yes were taken ana used
to lrah TIE heavier cattle Team over thc
meadows Again. tlrY were used III
Underwater to lead the team III breaking
Ina VD- wear nItI4 AZ these calves
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-06
TOPICS FOR the FARM,
Tao Long WhiGic trees on Piows

Most pIowmcn have no long whirlc,
trees that it is often Impracticablc to
make any pIOw work satisfactorily,
Excellent plow5 are denounced as
worthless, and rejected, simply because
the double whiilIcircc or the OK yoke
was too long, Yet the pIowman never
suspects wherein consists the true cause
Of the difficulty. our own practice
from boyhOod has been to make double
whinIetrccs for pIoughing never more
than two feet between the points Of at.
tachment Of the singetrceB, which were
about twcnty-thrce inches in length.
When il was desirable to pillow narrow
mrrowsIiccs, the singIctrccs were at
tachcd only twenty-five inches apart.
vet n pIowman attempt to pIOw with
a double tree six feet in length, and he
will readily understand why Il pIow
will not run correctly when :hc double
tree is too Isng, Tine plough will be
drawn 10 far from the furrow to the un-
pIOuGhcd ground, unless the pIowman
makes constant effort TO prevent the
implement from cutting n furrow,sIcc
wider than can be properly turned over
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-06
At THE UAit.


Who speaks for thiSman" From 'h'sr'a' wh'''
Throne
ycil,G I'm Ifs rosea,c clouds the yOi'c came forth
E,(,to II stood parted soul alone,
And rolling Gmt, ard west aud south, ana norm
lho mighty accents summoned quick Und dead
"lybo speaks ,Or This man ere his dom OradIt ~
Shlvofing he listened for his earthly VI"
Had passed IN duh unnolcd calm gwnyi
He brought no glory 10 lis daily strife,
No wreath Oi fame, ~ genius hofy iaN
Weak lone, ungitcl qaic and obscure,
Born IN the bhadO8, dying mid the poor
10, from ihD solemn CpuC6ursc hushcl hhl am,
The widows prayer, the Ofphnn'e bl"slnR i"s'i
The etrugglcr told N trouble shared by nm
The lonely Oi Chcnrod hours anh hoIlrh"J Who't
Ana like q chorus spoke the crashed anu hldl
"ltr gave as all he could, and what he haii'
Aud little words 0i loving kndnc" said
And tender thoughts, a1d help In tim" u nee "
epr nv ~ HE l,ayes by soft spring showers fed,
! n rouIr waste corner, t0Hu by chance-ihR seed
In grateful Wonder heard the modest soul
Such lrincs gathered "a no blo,t whole,
o, yc by circum.tancc'g strong letters bound,
The store 10 little and the hand ~ lrHlI,
10 bat tine best yc can for all uOund
let sympathy be true nor courage lal
Winning among your Iciihh0f- poor and weak
Some witness At your trial hour 10 sDcnk
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-06

formula more complicated than the
problem itself" instead OF owning his
farm the farm appears to own him. such
men need vacations. They need TO visit
other farmers, 10 learn, If possible, easier
or better methods of farming or Of living.
They need 10 attend farmers conventions
and organizations, TO gain new ideas
something to broaden and enlarge their
views Of life. People who always stay at
home are sure 10 see all the dark sides
and shadows Of their own lives They
need TO learn and 10 realize that storms
and drouths and thundcr-storms and
frcshcts visit other farms besides their
own; that weeds and insects thrive in all
degrees Of longitude that flies and dirt
accumulate and annoy other households
beside the ones they preside over. In
short, the need 10 learn how other people
live.
Could farmers manage 30 ~ TO be less
confined TO their farms; cOuId they work
more in partnership as do men in other
business, or could they believe it profit
able to employ a higher grade of laborcrs
linen whom they could trust alone for a
day or II week, or could they earlier train
their sons and daughters to have n care
and an interest in the affairs Of the farm
and lhc household, then they could
oltcncr find the opportunity tor leaving
the farm, and thus be, in reality what
they have the name Of being, the most
independent class Of people in the
world"
Let farmers 20 arrange their business
that every member Of the family can, at
some time during the season, take a va.
cation without causing serious disturb,
ancc in homo affairs, and there would
soon be less complaint heard about the
dizziness OF farm life" Ncr Eogiaai
FdHD.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-06
THE COTTON CROP.
synopsis oil Reports from All the Cotton.
Growing States Furnished the DE.
pnrtmcnt Of Agriculture NJ
Warrington

The cotton report OF the department
ofagricuturc for August shows no mate.
rial decline from July. The general ay-
erage for August il ninety.lhrce No
state averages higher than in 1876, eX.
cept Louisiana and Florida. The states
Of the greatest production, especially
those west of the Mississippi, are those
reporting. The highest condition of es.
Inmates are as follows:
North Carolina, IS, South Carolina
IS Georgia, So; Florida, % Alabama,
"a; Mississippi, 90; Louisiana, l06 !;
Texas, 90 Arkansas, " Tennessee, 90
On the Atlantic coast there is frequent
mention of inferior iruitng. In the Car.
olinaS there has been much succulencc of
growth in consequence of the abundant
moisture. In Georgia and Alabama
there has been some injury from drouth
but the weather lately has been more
seTsonable. 1t has been too wet in parts
of Mississippi some of the bottom lands
in Tippah county have been abandoned
from this cause. In Louisiana the prom
ise is extraordinary. In Concsrdia par.
ish the best crop since 1870 is expected ;
in Union, the best since 1860. The
prospect in Texas is hurt by the appear.
ance of the caterpillar. More than halt
Of the counties reported are infested, yet
in few cases in Lavaca the bulk of the
crop is destroyed in Gonzales seventy.
five per cent, complete wreck where
preyentives were not used. Poison is
successfully applied by prudent planters.
The caterpillar has appeared in the par
i3hes orSt. Landry, Richland and Clai.
borne, Louisiana in Perry, Wilcox and
Conecuh counties, Alabama; Columbia,
Florida, and Brooks, Georgia.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-06
m rrA,p DC ,mrurlne. OF l.o s,sten,,

This can easily be done through the IN
strumentaity Of the searching blood aebtu
mt aud Alternative, llOStcIters stomach hlr
icrs. which incites those scavengers Of the
body the Kidneys nnd the bowels, to ygor'
Gus action. The first lained organ secrete
impurtles-whcre such cxlst-irJm the
blood, which would otherwise poison II, ana
il Islbe Office Of the bowels to carry OF he
useless portions Of the food rejected during
the process Of digestion, and which u re-
tnincd interfere with digestion and bilious
secretion. Rheumatism and govt, both pro-
duets Of acid elements in the circulation, are
remcdied by the b.ters which will Likewise
be found prompt though gentle cotharIIc'
Both kidneys aud bowels are invigorotcd, as
well rs stimulated by this IamHus. medicine,
which possesses tonic properties OF the
highest order.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-06
THE CUSTER BATTLEFIELD.
4 LiIsrni GDlzotbn where wolves Have
Ped aud Left only Cleaning
aud IirOkcn Skeletons,
Letter in Chicago Time. oi August 90

lFlltT III 'nlthEV IHh'. w N"b"'' "'
Crossing the river at the lower ford,
the battlefield Is approached upa gently
soping hillside, rank with sage brush,
cactus, and very poor grNss. The sun
beams with great brightness and warmth
that is almost sitting, while an oPpres'
siye stiffness prevails, save as II is now
and then broken by the melancholy
chirp Of some sympathetic bird, In
Indian file our party Of eight moved up
the trail to the crest Of the hill, whcr3
we suddenly came upon six bone heap4,
with piece Of tepee pole sticking in the
ground at each pile, ~ a sort Of burIesquc
monument, Upon one Of the stakes
hangs a white sombreo pierced with two
bullets, and covered with clotLed blood
The carcas'es Of two horses lie together,
and behind them Il large quantity OF
cartridge shell, indicating that the poor
brutes were killed by their riders and
converted into breast works, Down the
incline a few yards, and near the head OF
the canon are several piles Of bone'
dumped together like a lot Of garbage
and at the center OF the collection APP
pears crude board cross, Iettered as
follows:
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Plain facis for d,rrtisers to Read and
Consider.

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has II larger circulation in springfield and
within a radius of twenty-five miles,tbap ann
other journal.
The Springfield NdSsachuScitSD Weekly Union
has idcgcr circulation, local and general, than
any other Tectly newspaper in Ncw England,
ousidc Of Boston. The Union is not only the
hest ddrc1iSing medium, bit also the rhcdDcsi.
For terms address, Clark W. Bryan 4 Co.,
Publishers, Springfield, Mass. or write or apply
to any Of the leading advertising agencies in
the United States and Canada. Sample copies
Of either the daily or weekly Union sent free
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-06
j. j. Crittenden,
Lieut.. 10Th Infantry.

\ leg skeleton with n foot attached
hangs over the top OF the monument,
and gives CHASTITY effect to the scene,
passing on down the rayinc a few scat
tered bone heaps are seen, while frag'
ments Of human and horse skeletons lie
around in great profnsion. Near the cen
ter Of the pass stands, amid another col
lection OF bones, n crossshaped tablet
with this inscription:
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AFTER an experience OF over TWEEN

AFTER an experience OF over twenty
five years. many leading physicians acknow-
edge that the Giratfwbeyg MaTdHPs Uterine
CahoiicOn is the only known certain remedy
for diseases to which women are subject, The
GractcnJrg Kc1ciabic PHs, the most popular
remedy Of the day for billiousness, headache,
liver complaint and diseases Of digestion,
Sold by ali druggists. Send for almanac9,
GracfCnberg Co., New York.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-06

RHEUMATISM QUICKLY CURED'--l'u,
rarg's Rheumatic Remedy, the great Internal
Medicine, will positively cure any case oil
rheumatism on the face Of the earth, Price
81 a bottle; six bottles, 3d. sold by all Drug
psts. Send for circulars 10 liephenstinc
& BENTLEY, Druggists, Washington, p'C'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-06

FAIR charmer (who thinks that she
knows everything about college affairs)
-" Is it possible, Mr.. Thomkins, that
You are not acquainted with my brother
at Harvard? Why, he SING second
base in the university base ball crew"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-06

A DANGER threatens the American
meat transportation. Charles Brdbin, a
Liverpool butcher, has been arrested and
fined ten dollars and costs for having ON
his premises four hundred weight Of
American beef unfit for human food.
The meat was part of a consignment by
the steamer Germanic. Brabin had been
fined twice before, and was this time
warned that for another ehensc he would
probably be sent to prison. This shows
that great care should be made in ship
ment, otherwise Il lasting injury will be
inflicted on what promises to be perma.
nent and ever increasing trade between
this country and England.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-06

If Il word to the wise be sufficient. we
think a hint to the sick aud suffering vii not
prove amiSs. The HOME STOMACH BITTERs,
than which none are more eff, ctive in rtcu
pera,ing from bodily or mental exhaustion.
Prepared ny the Home Bitters Co St Luis,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-06
the
GOOD old
STANDBY
MEXICAN MUS TAMG IMMINENT.
FOR MAN AND BEAST.

Established ~ Years. Always cures Always
ready. Aiwnyshandy Ilnsneveryot l"ileh' I""V
milton, hare h,tci H. Tho whole world approve
the glorious old Alustnng the Bost ANA 'h'"pcH'
Linimcnt in existence, p cents II hott'"' TUE
MUSTANG Lnimont cures when nothing els" WIZ
SOLD BY Att MEDICINE VENDORS.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-06
Parity, strength, Economy.

These three requisites. are combined in
DooLBYs wellknOwn YEAST POWDER. A
few trials will convince you that il is not
only the best, but also the cheapest.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-06

Paris is the gayest city in the world,
and has the most suicides. Perhaps there
il n connection between the two facts.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-06

Celluloid Knife, The mostduIable
knOwn. the Oldest HanufAriur,
Always call for Trade Marx"
Dcalersin Cutlery, and BY the
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-10-13
WAR; WAR;
80 Million Russians lighting 40
NilliOn TurkSl
Christian W. Mohammedar

UVHoUsANDs ARE AsKINa-
II What tort Of People are Theyf
What Different Rscss are these 12O Millions
Of Peoplef
What their Habits, Customs and Sports,
What their religious Rites and Peculisritiesf
Who their Great Statesmen. Rulers and
Genesalsi
what their Political Status and Military
what they srs Fighting shout nowt
What csussd shs Present War7
Whist were the Bulyarisn Nassscrssf
How are the grese Political. Commercial
| end Religious interests Of England. Germany
and other Nations involved and endangeTedi
What 10 meant BY the balance Of Powerf''
the Sultan, the Car. Bismarck. Gortschsko6.
| &C.. kc.f
The answers are fully given in
Tine CROSS & the CRESCENT
This work treats also on
,sHs. rns Cause Of the Great os'm'an "'r In
Why France. England and Sardinia sided
with Turkey.
0rsphic sccounts of the battles Of Alma.
lnksslnsn and FAIl Of 6ebastopol.
II also gives An account Of,
How nshomst II. Conquered European
Hew the Fall Of Constantinople occurred In
The Sixteenth Century.
What nation then saved Europe from ths
Turks.
These, and other great historical events ars
answered In
"The Cross and the Crescent"
4 handsome volume Of over 500 octave pages
over 80 Illustrations. and . splendid
Nap Of the seat Of war in Enrops.
sold hy Sahseription Only.
UPrics: Cloth. s. so; Leather. - 90. u
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-10-13
ALL SORTS OF ITEMS.

~e.~.~ SSe~A0 ~ - A~A-sSs
Gen. Grant has taken Newcastle.
A green grocer--One who trusts.
Lied Missing the bulls
EYE.
A sharp answer turneth away Gus
sfomers.
Putty color 10 . soft, new shade for
kid gloves.
Hoo many BARRIERS At ball are apt
TO. .rszor fuss.
The back of summer has been
.brolren:by the fall.
VI Turkey has no Christian allies
she may win the fight.
Mr.. Tweed has been making some
very stirring remarks.
Poker players on steamboats, should
not use the boiler deck.
Wendell Phillips left Prohibition
ticket for Grcenback.
The soldiers monument in Boston
is IN on.Common thing.
There 10 generally q lack of hsr-
mOny in all musical societies.
Gold has dropped down so low
that resumption will take care OF
itself.
A Minnesota paper prints war
map Of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road.
1t is a strange fact that good ma.
tured farmers take kindly to sulky
,plows. - .,g
The fifty.seven catarscts which
STANLEY passed may have been all in
his eye.
A Methodist bookstore is keeping
for sale postage stamps Of all denom-
inati0ns.
There 10 no truth in the story that
Patti has retired to q convent. No,
nun whatever.
New York Is 80 good now that
men are obliged to go. over to Jersey
to make bet.
The Mosaic law was not disposed
TO wink at sin when 1t prescribed IAN
eye for an eye"
Ben. Perley Poore hss been giving
q Poore dinner to some of his friends
at Newburyport.
Josh Billings says the real hero 10
the man who can make poverty ap-
pear respectable.
Russia 10 preparing for . winter
campaign, and there 10 no thanks
giving Tor Turkey.
Now 10 the winter of Republican
discomfort made glorious by the "a
vorite son Of New York.
There were no rivals along with
Stanley, and he can tell the truth
without fear Of contradiction.
Prof. Hall, who discovered the
moons OF Mars, was . carpenter be-
fore he saw things on higher plane.
Brigham Young did not remember
the lawyers in his will. but they will
remember him Ia the settlement
Of Il.
A number Of the States prisons In
this country are self-supporting, and
they are greatly encouraged by the
people.
Osman Pssha was born of Mussel-
man parents. He may be the son Of
Jem Mace, the eminent English mus :
Gle man.
One peculiarly about Q shaky
savings bank is the fact that the ''sur-
plus on hand" Is not on hand when
it 10 wanted.
The game will be up when Gabriel
,trumps.-[N. o. Pic. And with ace
high you viii pass in your chips,--
TBoSt0n Post.
A western paper announces that Il
cannot possibly notice editOrislly
samples Of syrup in less quantities
than gallon.
One Of the rops.juggling Daven-
port brothers died recently at sgd
,ney, Australia. He is now where he
cannot get out.
There 10 happiness ahead for the
human car. 1t has been shown that
;whistkipg can be carried to great
distance by telephone.
One by one the old citizens Of the
Eastern cities are passing away. They
are passing over to Canada until the
.depoitors sell their claims.
The Texas jurywen who voted to
hang Bill Langley are very much
afraid that William will escape from
prison and commit twelve other mur.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1877-10-13
IL. SILVER CITY. NEv. SATURDAY. OCT 13, 1877.
the SILVER HOUSE.
Retiring from the Hotel Business.

DnNETTs BROS. HAVING LKASKD
QDthe Silver House, from and after June LIST,
to Paul Bennetts. All persons moving them.
selves indebted to the dr.n are hereby notthed
that the
Debts Must be Paid!
Or tha accounts will be put in the hands Of
an ofAcer for collection. Payment may. be
made 10 John 0ennetts. who VIII also pay all
claims against the hrm. John and Alfred
Bennetts will continue their
Livery and Staga Business.
The retiring nrm return thauks for the lib
eral patronage Of their friends In the past,
and SAX . continuance Of the same to theiI
younger brother. who IL Just starting In bust.
ness, JOHN BENNETT0.
ALFRED BENNETTS.,
Silver City. May 80, 1877.