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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-23


ess and that's where some people
make mistake. There is no such thing
as 1dtenese. No man j. evef wholly idle:
!, n ms cody isn't busy his brain Is. know
tbrdt If a man sits arOtind and showa 4 dis.
inelisatlon to work. folks will call him ..
tramp and cucumber uf The ground
as Shakespeare says; but it don't make any
differeAce, It isn't so, and can produce
plenty of proof to sustain the position /
lake in the matter. Now, for instance,
who ever heard of Napoleon getting up at
live O'Clock i'll the moftiing and stafting
out to the field With hoe ever his should
er br Chasing side-hill plow around q
field fourteen hours day? Did Napoleon
ever do thats'
Never heard that he did,"
No, sir; he labored with his intellect,
and when he had any real work to per
form. thousands of men were ready to do
his bidding. That's the sort of a man
Napoleon was. He never sawed 4 cord
Of wood or did hard days work in his
life, and yet lie was never arrested for va.
grancy, and no interfering policeman ever
came nosing around and told him to move
along or the hand of the law would snatch
him to the jug.
Then look at Dibgenes! What sort of
man was he? On the unbalanced ledger
of history do we find on the credit side
any entry of this kind:
rDiogenes. Cr
BY one days WORT orS...s..i.....--.....e e10O:
T" Nothing Of the sort. Diopepes was
man who took the world essy. The onlv
thing he ever did that we have anv record
of was roaming around the streets of Syra.
cuse with an old tin lantern in his hand.
He pretended TO be looking for an honest
man. More likely he was mappinp ont a
free-lu route. So much for Diopenes.
"Now turn over another mage and
glance at the portrait of Sir Isaac Newton.
Wasn't me a thoroughbred tramp? All he
did was to sit out in his garden under an
apple.tree, smoke his old CLAW pine. and
build castles in the air. One day an an.
ple fell off the tree and struck Sir Isaac
square in the eve. The Circumstance
made him famous. Why? Because he
was a genuine, philosophical tramp. and
took things cooliy. When the annie hit
him he didn't get mad and throw three
cornered Greek words around through the
atmosphere, or anything of that sort. He
simply picked the apple up. looked it
over carefully for worm holes. and slipped
it in his pocket to eat after supper. Then
he began to wonder why the apple didn't
90 uN instead of falling down to the
ground. You see, before that he had
never maid anv attention tn the matter
and he didn't know whether 1t was the
usual and correct thing for fruit to fly off
Al.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-23
The Unhappiness Of Childhood.

There is common way of talking of
the period of childhood as if it were one
OF perpetual happiness. Grown-up peo.
pie are SO far removed from their early
days, that, in many cases, they seem to
forget what they endured as children.
They think of themselves as having been
happy, strong, free from care, light
hearted-at least, in contrast with the
various conditions OF life and thought in
which they now find themselves, it seems
as if they had been SO; and they speak OF
happy childhood as If entire happiness
were the normal condition of human be-
ings in the early stages Of their existence.
1t is probable that there are some per-
sons who can look back upon an unin-
terruptedly happy childhood, anu, wnen
that is the case, they have memories to be
stored up which are, indeed, priceless in
value. But it is true, in far more cases
than the popular reckoning allows, that
childhood is a period in which there Is
very little of positive happiness, and very
much of actual suffering and unhappiness.
Not only are there the small griefs in
cident to the discipline necessary for
childhood-the petty disappointments
which seem 90 keen, the small self
denials which appear SO great, the re-
straints as to the exercise of will which
the necessary rule of home or school i'm
poses-but there are far keener sufferings
than these. There are the cases OF chill
dren whose whole life is one of suffering,
of actual or impending illness, who may,
perhaps, by constant care, grow up to be
men and women in tolerable health, but
who never can look tack on time when,
in their childhood, they were strong and
we'll
People are apt to think that such chill
dren as these have their compcnsations in
extra care and love given TO them; but
let any one who has had experience of
such a childhood look back to it, and say
if the unhappiness OF illness did not rem
der life very sad. There is, above all. the
unhappiness of mismanaged and misun-
derstood children. There are children of
peculiar temperaments, whose whole lives
are rendered burden to them by the fact
that the persons set over them-either
parents. guardians or teachers-have been
destitute of sympathy for them, and have
not thought it worth while to try what q
change ia the plan of managing them
would do. Harriet Martineau and the
young Brontes seem to have been children
misunderstood; and though their strong
natures struggled through into brighter
lives, yet there are hundreds, nay, thou
sannds, OF children, set down as sullen,
dcgged, obstinate, and treated with harsh
ness, who live lives of dull wretchedness
because they do not know what is wrong
with them, and no one takes pains enough
to try to set things straight for them and
make them happier. Again, there are
clever children weighed down by utterly
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-23

Childhood to them was all unhappincss.
The lessons for parents, and for all who
have to do with children, are obvious.
Children are as different In their natures
and temperaments as gr0wn.up people
are, and they are infinitely moresensitive,
making them easier both to manage and
to mismanage. Children cannot be gov
erned by any stern, unvarying rule; they
must be treated according to the differ
ences in their characters. Above all,
children who appear morose, obstinate,
unhappy. should not be made more so by
punishment-they are wretched enough
already. To alleviate, not to increase, the
unhappinsss of childhood should be the
aim of all who have the welfare of chill
dren at heart.-LOndon Queen.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-23
An Imprisoned Brit0n.

Is it crime to permit yourself to be
robbed? 1t would appear so, from the
experience of William Kirby, an En-
glish emigrant, who, with his wife and
three children, recently arrived in New
York. Before he had been three hours in
the land of liberty, a sharper BORROWED
five dollars of him-"just for few min.
utes," as he said, and then fled. Two
days afterward, while waiting for the
train which was to convey him to Detroit,
a sleek, sanctimonious- looking stranger,
Accused him in tho Efie Depot harmed
the emigrant's destination, and said that
he, too, was on his way to Detroit. How
fortunatel They would be companions on
the long journey. As the train would
not start for half an hour, the sanctlmoni-
GUS stranger, who said he was minister
of the Gospel, invited the emigrant to
take walk with him-he wished to get
a few parcels of merchandise which he
had purchased. The emigrant and the
minister sauntered off together, and were
soon met by man who informed the
minister that the parcels had just been
left in the depot, and that the charges
upon them were SIT. The minister hur-
riedly examined his pockets, but could
find no coin or bill less than $40 gold
him SIT until they returned to the depot,
and gave him the SEQ coin as security.
The gcod-natured emigrant gave the min
lister SIT, and pocketed the coin. The
honest clergyman paid his bill on the par
GELS, and the man hastened Oft. The min
ister and the emigrant strolled on block
farther. when suddenly the minister ran
into the side door of a saloon, without
waiting to say good by to the amazed en-
grant. The Englishman's suspicious were
instantly aroused, and he hurried around
the corner just in time to see the clergy
emigrant coilared the divine and held
him until policeman arrived. AT the
station house charge of passing counter
felt money was made against the self
styled clergyman, and he was held IN
81 500 bail. The unfortunate emigrant
has been confined in the House Of Deten-
ton for Witnesses, where he will remain
until the trial takes place, some time next
month. In the meantime, the emigrant's
wife and three helpless children are forced
to do the best they can without their natu-
raj protector, and very likely eirpassage
tickets will be forfeited, beca use not used
In time.
Well may the imprisoned Briton ex-
claim, "My heyesl what blawsted coun,
try! Honly three days ere, and robbed
twicei and 'ere Hi ham, Gagged like ham
imal, while fly poor family are friend
less in strange land. Is it a crime to be
robbed pm. Y. Weekly.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-23

They delivered him safely and mamma
was too happy to get her naughty boy
back again to scold much. But papa
talked to him seriously" the next day
about it, and now and then makes mysteri-
Jus illusions to little whisky stick"
which Is kept on the shelf for the benefit
of small runaways.-AnaG r. Burnhama,
in Youths Communion.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-23

"A few days ago, young man named
Tuttle and couple of small boys went
into the fields in the north part of Goshen,
Conn, after berries. A shower coming
up, they took refuge in Golfers cabin:
While there they found an old ak, and
while fooling with it, struck the post In
the center that held up the roof. Being
decayed, it snapped off with the blow, and
the roof fell upon them and killed young
Tuttle.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-23

Bwuxae q Niagara Falls Il suspended
& ne bfidge, ID falling o. y the Falls,
and Il 1eas hack-tive al around thcre
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-23

THE New York Commercial Aduertiser
tells of butcher who would not 60 into
the strike " because he had too much at
steak, and it wouldn't have been meat for
him to have taken any joint action"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-23
G7te galedo G1ro,sirls

IN Csnoxrczn Il publIshed Il ths County -
4 Tama. one Of the largest. Richest most central
md populous counties in Iowa tits the Oldest
paper In the County and ono Of the oldest In tbs
State-hssing been established In 1855 IT. circu-
iatfcn being large and constantly yncreasing makes
It very desirable advertising medium for business
men and manufacturers wishing to bri1G tAek
goods and wsrss 70 the notice Il the lecple es
Central Iowa
Advertising rates made knswn ON application
JOB PRINTIN0
OF every description executed with neatness snd
dispatch. Special attention paid to
PRINTING IN COLORS.
Tour favoss earnestly sonsitsd
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-08-23

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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-10
LaMaIa.

Constantinople Cor. San Francisco Chronicle. ]
The chief attraction of the Serial
gie is the treasury. Here in cham
Der by no means large is gathered
treasure such as one reads Of in the
genii. The actual value Of this
store of jewels is almost beyond
conception. Each Sultan seeks to
excel his predecessor in the rich
ness ofhis addition to the collection,
and the result is a dazzling but not
very impressive array of theatrical
looking properties, that might just
as well be made Of glass and tinsel
the effect upon the spectator
would be as pleasing. Imagine to
yourself a carpet crusted with pearls,
many of them as large as sparrow
eggs ; a throne Of gold, frosted with
pearls ; draperies for the horses
ridden by the Sultan, embroidered
with pearls and rubies; a cradle
coated with precious stones, in
laid armor, jeweled helmets,
sword hilts-one of these is
decorated with fifteen diamonds,
each one as large as the top Of
a mans thumb; coffee trays of
ebony, with a double row of enor-
nous diamonds, set close together /;
pipe-stems, nargilehs, sword-belts,
caskets, and bushels of necklaces of
the most Splendid description, heap
ed togetherin glass showcases and
flashing like ire-Aies in the dark.
The most costly article in the
treasury is u toilet table of lapis
lazuli and other valuable material,
richly inlaid with precious stones of
every description. The pillars that
support the mirror are set with
diamonds the stem and claws of
the table are covered with diamonds,
emeralds, rubies, carbuncles, ETC.;
along the edge Of the table hangs a
deep fringe of diamonds, with i'm
mense solitaire tassels. The whole
is a gorgeous-bore. Multitudes of
attendants are stationed through
the apartments and you may be
sure that you are not left for a
second unobseryed by those watch
ful guardians Of the treasury house.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-10
Saturday, July 81, 1877,

Within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county. Tenn,
to-wit.
Nolen's Lot Lot No. IS 10 johnson & Muir
phys subdivision of part Of lot No. SOB, in the
city Of Memphis, beginning at tho southwest
cornor OF said lot, on tie north side of Ex-
change street, thence east with id street
$50 feet thence north Is feet TO tho south
side Of Alabama street; thence north with
said street 53A feet thence south 79k feet 10
the beginning. Sold as the property Of James
NOlen.
John Dormant Lot-A certain lot or marcel
Of ground lying In Shelby county, In the Fifth
civil district, near the city Of Memphis, 'front.'
ing on Brinkley avenue, east side. beginning
az q sycamore tree on said avenue; thonoo In
a Lorthorly direction, running with said ave
nue. sixty feet; thence at right angles with
said avenue one hundred and seventy. Eve
feet; thence southwardly parallel with said
avenue sixty feet; thence to tho beginning
one hundred and seventy. 1--WE feet. Sold Al
the property of John German.
Terms Of sale--0n q credit Of Elk months .
notes with interest from date, with approvsd
security. Equity Of redemption barred. etc'
This June q, 1877.
EDMUND A. COLE, O. ana NJ
By r. j. BLACK, D. O. and M,
II. O. King, Solicitor. lOs-l2i
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-10

There was a little Improvement ia
business over the trade of Yesterday.
which was caussd by large receipts this
morning OF several leading articles com
prising the bulk OF trade. CORN easier.
with receipts Of nearly 5000 bags; there
was q good demand and active sales at
58(@60c in FIRST hands, and from store at
629G4c C0RNMEAL frmer. with A
slight advance in prices demand active
with holders asking full prices; jobbing
at So 05@3 10 aud selling from store al
S3.2O@3 30. FLOUR quiet and steady.
with limited receipts and only a small
city trade doing; family brands rule at
IS 50@95Q. WHEAT ia in active de-
mand with light receipts; selling at 81 20
@l.50 according to quality. HAY re.
uains quiet and steady, with he supply
about equal TO the demand; sales of
prairie were made at S99l0; mixed. sl2
OILS; choice Western, $l66l7. BRAN
IN light supply; wheat rules at Sl8O
Is 50j ORR at $l2@l2 so. OATS dull
and heavy, with prices nominal; selling
in Grst hands at 45@48c and from store
at 52954c POTATOES are dull. with
only a small city trade doing; selling
from wagons at 81 25@l 50 per barrel,
aud from store at 81 25@2 Is for choice
CHICKENS are in good eupply: snring
selling at 81 1902 so; hens, 81 75GS
EGGS scarce aud Grmer; iebbing al ga,
Toe BUTTER remains steady. with a
small trade doing; fresh country. 236,
Zoe; choice WesterA, 2l@23c APPLES
dull With little doing; selling loose from
wagon 1T 81 50@2 barrel measurement
he following quotations arc for order,
f'om store and small lots in q iobhina way,
APPLko- June, ] 25 to $50.
BACON uoossl shoulders, 61< to SIC, long
clear sides. to Nsc' clear ribsides, 8K 10 SIC;
clear sides, So to Sc; breakfast, 10 to l0<o;
susar-cured hams. culvased and u~ncanyased.
lO4 20 ll19c; packed, "a 10 10 hiehei.
BRAN STEADY; wheat. 81 C5ul 10 q 100.
BEANs-e2 00g27 per bushel
BULN PORK Woosel; shoulders, $40, long
clear. Ilac; clear rib. = 70 To; clear sides.
t9S,; hams, So. Packed. q 10 20 higher.
bUIIkh-gemmon, l09l5e; medium, iS@
zoo choice, 2922e.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-10
NOn.Resident Notice.

Under Section No. 1885 of the Code of Ten.
nessee Before Thos. Fleming. j. P. fol
Shelby county. Tenn.-J. NJ. Williams VS..
j. I. Leatot.
IN THIS CAUSE A WRIT OF REPLEVIN
i having been sued out under section 1885 Of
the Code Of Tennessee, and returned executed
by taking the property described in writ and
placing the same in the possession of plaintiff,
and defendant not found, and being a non
resident, and affidavit being made, and bond
given. as required, on the first day Of May, A,
D. 1877; it Is therefore ordered that the said
defendant make his appearance before me on
the thirteenth day OF August, A. D, 1877, ai
M Office, No. 80 Madison street, Memphis,
Tenn. and defend said r~epleyin suit within
tho time prescribed by law, or the same will
be- proceeded with ok parte; and that a o OF
this order be published once u week for -four
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This the 9Th day Of July, 1871.
ll2-ilS-l2-l0 THOS. FLEMING. Y p
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-10
KNIGHTS OF HOEOE.

FouSTATx LoDeE, No 26-meets erst and
third tuesday evenings in Natsma Hau, No.
as Second street at 8 o'clock. j. B. Aldrieh,
Dictator Vim. McElroy, Reporter.
UNrY Lopez No. 2I7-meets every Wednss-
day night At Hall. No. 25 Second street, up-
rtsirs. z. ~. Hesrn, Dictator; A. 3. Hill,
Rsperter.
CHELSEA LODsE. No 2sO-meets I'd and 9Th
Thursday in each month. at Brick Church.
W. z. Mitchell, D.; A. j. Knapp.
GEKNLTIA LODGE. No. 39-meetE % and 4th
Tuesdays in each month at 2s Second street,
upstairs Jacob Braun, Dictator; John r.
Kleiner, Reporter.
MEMPHIS LoDGE. No. 1876 meets FIRST and
1hird Monday evenings in each month. at
NatOma Hall, No. 2s Second street, at
o'clock j. o. McClintOek. Dictator; n.
Williams. Reporter.
DIANoyD L0DGE. No 5s3-meets the second
and fourth Monday evenings Of the month at
S O'clOek, az Natoma Hall, No. 293 Second
street. A. j. Wheeler, D.; II. a. Tatum. r.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-10

betw een the hours Of II o'clock am. and /
oDciock pm; In front Of tho Office Of Royster.
Meldran a Bacon. No. 21S Main street, Mem
PMS. Tenn, sell for cash. 10 the highest bid
DER, the following described real estate, lying
ana peing 1.-the city OF Memphis, county OF
oheiDy. ana state of Tennessee, tO-Wit:
a oertain lot or parcel Of ground. being a
part OF lot NO. z, In block %, as laid down on
the plan OF said city aad bounded as follows.
Fizi Beginning at the sortheast angle Of the
intersection OF Talbot and Shelby streets:
thence eastwardly along the north side OF
TALBOT street one hundred and flty feet 10 n
stake; thence northwardly PARALLEL To Shelby
street thirty-seven and a half feet: thence
westwardly parallel to Talbot street one hnn-
dred ana NIFTY feet to a stake In the east line
Of Shelby street; thence outhwardlv alnnS
the east line Of Shelby street thirty-seyen and
n half teet to the beginning. Said lot being q
Part OF lot conveyed by u. w. Cherry te To
Terry, I'd November, 1855, and by eaid Terrv
conveyed to Samuel Mansfield. 18th Anil
1859, and by said Mansfield TO II. W. Rnbert''
son, in trust, etc., and BY said Mans6aId and
wife and trustee. +. W. Robertson ~ Il n
MeManus on the 18th january 1861 and h,
said McManus to Mary Q. Hunter by deed
dated April 81, 1857. Tho said trust deed
under which this sale Is 10 be made was eve
euted by NJ. G.. Hunter and her Husband w
1. Hunter; and the equity OF redemnfion Il
waived in said deed. The title 10 the nronsrt1
is believed to be good. but | shall sell and
convey as trustee only. ~
NJ. L. BACON, Trustee.
ESTES x ELLETT, Attorneys. Q4.lI6
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-10

East and West and the Northern
Line packets for ST. Paul Mr.
Gobel is her prime minister.
The good steamer Hard Cash,
Captain Ed Postal in command,
came in this morning from White
river with 2 bales cotton, 1913 sacks
seed, As sacks wheat, 29S sacks
corn, los bushels ear corn, 81 pkgs.
butter aud eggs, | horse, ! bundle
hides, 20 pkgs. suhdries, and regis
tered on the trip 81 passengers. She
returns to White river tomorrow
evening going through to Batesville
and giving special attention to all
plantation business. Chas. Postal,
a gentleman who is recognized for
his courtesy and prompt attention
to business, controls the Office, and
is assisted by John Chamberlin.
MeSsrs. Bradford & Ely have
been granted the privilege by the
council of mooring a wharf-boat at
the lan1ing. The above firm are
gentlemen who are we'll and favor
ably known in marine and mercan-
tile circles. They have purchased
at st. Louis an excellent wharf boat
which they will bring here and have
ready for business by the first of
August. Mr.. Thad. Ely knows
every merchant and shipper in the
city, having been a member of one
Of the largest firms in the city for a
number ofyearS, and Ire never fails
TO make friends and advance his
business wherever he goes.
The popular passenger steamer
J. w. Gaf, Captain Bob Wise In
command, came in last night at II
o'clock from the Ohio with 400
tons freight, including 1882 sacks
corn, 443 bbls. salt, 20 tons bulk
meat, 70 bbls. flour, ID coopS chick
ems, IL boxes eggs, 800 kegs nails,
~ boxes starch, so pkgs. furniture,
20 hhds. bacon, 21O bundles iron,
rs bbls. whisky, 20 tubs butter, 200
pkgs. sundrieS, and 70 passengers.
She returns to Cincinnati tomorrow
evening, tickcting her passengers
through to New York for $25.50
and to Philadelphia for $3.50,
meals and staterooms included.
The Calf has unsurpassed passen-
ger accommodations. Captain J.
D. Moore, a gentleman with whom
it is a pleasure to travel and do
business, controls the office.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-10
Attachment Notice.

Before S. B. Robbins. j. P. for Shelby county,
Tennegsee-W. II. Bingham VS.. Samuel U.
Fits.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT HAV-
i ing been sded out under section 1856 of the,
Code Of Tennessee and returned levied upon
the property of the defendant, and affidavit
having been made that the defendant is
indebted to tho plaintiff in the sum Of
$40, due by account, and that the claim is
Just, and that the defendant is a non-resi-,
dent Of the State Of Tennessee. and a resiA
dent Of the State of Arkansas; IL is there
fore ordered that the said defendant make
his personal appearance before me Of the
llth day Of August, 1877, at 10 O'Clock a, M, at
my office, IL Madison ST., Memphis, Tonnes
soc, and defend said attachment suit with
in the time prescribed by law, or the same.
will be proceeded with ex parto; and that a.
copy Of this order be published once a week
This July 7, 1877.
1Il-ll7-ia3-i29 g.. B. ROBBINS. up.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-10
Saturday, July Fl, 1877,

between the hours Of IL O'Clock am. and u
O'Clock M. at the southwest corner Of Court
square, in the city Of Memphis, Shelby
county, Tenn. sell to the hiyhest bidder, for
cash, the following described lot or parcel Of
land situated in Shelby county. Tenn, In
Buffers division ia the city Of Memphis, in
block No. 7. and bounded as follows:
Beginning at a stake on Elliott street two
hundred and fifty feet from the northeast
corner Of block No. 5, and running thence
seventy feet east with Elliott street to a stake;
thence south two hundred feet to a stake
thence west, seventy feet to q stake, thfnoe
Said lot lying next TO the bayou, on the west
side Of II. Equity Of REDEMPTION waived.
93-l23 l.. TIFFANY RISK. Trustee.