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, 1877-03-19

MASTER COMMISSIONERS
SALE.

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ra!uahfe knltnR NH Property and ackIuery known
u lho Licking lIpn WurkA. Heretofore owned ana
"tFsttd ~ tho IflGfrt Gnd Jordan Iron IousraDy,
f1tsIhtr Win I'll tn tral cstaH gll cnety will 6o
nars. e. 'sie at hs Sour ,i!.. dooF. cotnFtva
day 9Th of AirtI nr1t, clack d H., "a siedjt
Ut sIx. twelve. sud eighteen months. :
TH9ta Murks aEa iUtREeI til EVEfHRton. ky.. upoa
Licking t egt and A4Onv thu feAt Appolheed uinst
WGtt. - ~"
llu premises arc a,ab1s. with guod wharfage, aud
thE brAf facilities tut the rcCGpt u material 2a4
sArt!rnta Ut rSalupt. - -
Iha usaeinrfy i. especially .dapted 10 tbs npsau.
l. sa., md @ @!.rt%E..sa lfo. l!!tetS ;.lroal sia
y. kla y III III Eood dcfler aad really foE Immediate
i ',u Ss,teh..er sr purchaser. will be required 10
s.rsaT arA .. r ,end. . .ppfossa security
acruraiRg tu lsw. fur lilo puicaas money Et.lcrt
will b. prepared 10 comply foupty With t.&s teFns
no: =! Wa. kecuai stroat, CiactHassI, d.
FRANK T.. HELM, Master CommtAl0nef, Cuyins.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27
The Minister'S Wife,s Bonnet.

Well, Sophronia Ann, I'm glad you'v'
come. A great many things has happen
ed since you was here in house-cleanin
time You know then hadn't been neal
the Methodist church for nigh on to &
month an all Clarence Centre was laugh
in an maxim fun of our new ministers
wife. How dreadful they did talk bout
that blue velvet bonnet of hern! At last
the women in the church couldn't stand il
much longer; so they went to Miss Brown
an they told her that she were injurin,
an keepin' back the Lords work, by wear,
in such q wicked, worldly bonnet. An
then says Miss Brown, Ladies, | should
like new bonnet very much. The blue
velvet was my weddin' hat, nearly two
years ago. Since then my husband has been
so poorly paid he has not been able to buy
me anything new. So I have been obliged
to wear this hat, summer and winter" Now,
Sister Pipkin, she had an old black silk
apron, Jest as good as new. An she said
if the others would take hold an help, she
would have SEWN bee, an make up Miss
Brown decent bonnet. I didn't care no
thing bout the bonnet, but SEEM Miss
Pipkin was agoin to the pains of gittin' up
a supper, I thought I'd 60 and help 'em.
Well, if1 do say it, we made one of the
puttiest bonnets you ever lay eyes on
There was none of them highfalutin things
about that bonnet. An we sent it to her
that very night. Now in meetin' next
Sunday mornin' they all looked at Miss
Browns seat, to see how the new bonnet
looked on her head, but she wasn't there.
After the prayer was over, who should they
see but Miss Brown comm up the aisle,
holdin' her head higher than kite. An
do Jou suppose she had on our new bon
net? No, indeed But she did have on
one of them new black felt hats that come
way down over persons eyes, and are
all covered with black hens feathers. It
looked a great sight wuss than her ole one.
An the meanest of all was, next nornin' !,
when old Byer, the washwoman, come to
do Miss Pipkin's washing, she had on that
very same black silk bonnet that we had
took sich pains to make for Miss Brown.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27
A Cash Transaction.

: gentleman living in Detroit hired {
boy to walk home beside him and carry &
bundle, having first agreed to pay the LAD
fifteen cents. Reaching the house, the mar
found he had no smaller change than a
quarter, and he said
eff you will call at my Office at two
o'clock, I'll have the change"
"But it was to be cash down." protest.
ed the boy.
$50 it was; but..I have not the change,
you see. You will have to call at my
Office"
'I'll call" growled the boy, as he turn
ed away, "but know just how it will work.
When | knock on the door cross.eyed
clerk will yank it open, ask me what
want, and, when l tell him, he will yell out,
THAT man went into bankruptcy last Sep
tember, and now you gitp That's the way
they allus play it on me, sir, and druther
lose the fifteen cents than to call the clerk
a dodo, and have to dodge coal.scuttles all
the way down stairs"
The gentleman walked with him to the
nearest grocery and made change.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27
Cat And Dog Life

In Beatrice, Gage county, Nebraska
lives 8 gentleman by the name of M., who
owns very fine greyhound named Queen
Now Queen is great favorite in that part
of the country, not only ON account of her
beauty and gentle disposition, but also
from the fact that she and her pups are
great wolfhunters. She has several times
unaided, run down and killed wolves, and
last summer, with two of her full-grown
sons, captured and killed three wolves
About two months ago Queen had litter
of little ones and few days after, one Of
Queens friends, cat occupying the same
stable, had new family of little kittens.
Shortly after the new arrival the order was
given to drown some Of the pups, but the
executioner finished the whole of them.-
Poor Queen was inconsolable, and went
about crying and searching everywhere for
the missing ones, looking up, in the most
beseeching way, to each one of the family.
After awhile she went back to the stable,
and then her whining ceased. In the after
noon Mr.. NJ. went to the stable, and found
Queen in her nest, WI l the old cat and her
four kittens afectionately cuddled up in
her arms" Mother puss did not seem to
like this after awhile, and evidently thought
that the hound was getting the most atten-
ton from the babies. So, when Queen was
out for few moments, she took the kittens
one at time, and carried them to her own
nest. Queen returned to find her home
again desolate, and went Immediately and
took the kittens all back, the cat following.
This performance went on for three or four
days, the cat carrying the kittens one way
and Queen taking them back, until moth
er puss changed her plan, and while Queen
was absent, carried one OF the kittens up
into the loft, to which Queen could not
climb. Next day puss took another,p and
then third, leaving Queen but one, which
she tended most zealously.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27
How many have you here alivel"
"Three.n was nv renIr.

How many have you. here alivel"
"Three," was my reply.
We were shot one after another, an i'm
mense death-rattle filling this sepulchra
shade. l raised my sword and waved il
above my head, shouting "CourageT
was deaf and drunk, SO furiously did the
thunder-claps follow each other. Sudden
ly my right arm hung down, and my sword
was lying at my feet. Ny arm was brok.
en-, and | picked up my sword with my left
hand. "Friend /" cried, II have a right
to have my left arm smashed, too" and
began to laugh. A soldier does not like
to be mutilated, and is not displeased to
have his officer wounded little. What
o'clock was It had only my right hand,
and that was busy with my sword. could
not get out my watch. Finally the drum
mer stopped.
care you afraidI'
'T'm hungry," said the child.
At that moment the plain received a
shock, and was suddenly filed with shout
that rose to the sinister sky.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27
Scene Ina Church.

Recently, at the Whitehaven Police
Court, Rev. Edward S. Goodhart, of Har
rington, Eng, summoned Mr.. Abraham
Kendall brewer and churchwarden OF
Harrington, for assaulting him in church,
on Sunday evening, the 28th ult. Mr.
Goodhart stated that he had lived in Owes.
by, Lincolnshire, but, being in i'll hea tn,
he had permission from the bishop to stay
at Harrington and oficiate there. He had
been in India, and had suffered from Jun.
gle fever, and was very nervous. On the
night in question he was very unwell, and
being shortsighted could not read the les
sons well. After service, when he went
into the vestry, Mr.. Kendall said he was
beastly drunk, and called him scoundrel,
telling him to "get out of this, you--
scoundrel." Mr. Kendall then seized hold
of him by the coat and showed him out of
the church, making him fall on the pave
ment and injuring his wrist. He denied
that he was drunk-all the drink he had
taken that day was about six-penny worth
of whisky mixed with eggs.
Mr.. Kendall also charged Mr.. Goodhart
with assaulting him. He said that as soon
as ne heard the clergyman begin to read
the lessons he knew that something was
wrong. Several persons left the church
during the service, and from the manner
in which the clergyman caught hold ofthe
rail in ascending the pulpit he was sure he
was drunk. He could make nothing of
the clergYman's sermon or text. All he
understood was that he said he had been in
a land where honey dropped from the rocks
and milk flowed from cows laughter, and
he tMr. Kendall) thought the clergyman
had a good lot of it that day. (I4aughter.)
He told Mr.. Goodhart he was disgrace
to the church. The clergyman accused
him of being drunk, and Mr.. Kendall re-
piled, "Well, the most drunken man must
go out first" Both caught hold of each
other by the coat collars, and the clergy
man fell out of the door. Notwithstanding
that DR.. Dick said the clergyman was suf-
fering from nervousness, Mr.. Kendall
swore positively that he was drunk. He
had been drinking rum or whisky. He cal
led Mr.. Goodhart disgraeeful drunkard,
as he saw him stagger against the church
door. Witnesses expressed the opinion that
Mr.. Goodhart was tipsy, but the magistrates
fined Mr.. Kendall sixteen dollars for as.
sault. The court was crowded.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27
4 Serenades

One dark night a quartette Of feline vo-
calists assembled in Putnam backyard
at the hour of midnight to serenade the
neighborhood. The entertainment opened
with an aria by the soprano, "Where my
love lies dreaming" Just as madam Tab
itha reached high &C." the dreaming love
pushed up the window and looked out
His appearance was hardly calculated to
inspire sentimental emotion, but the sop
rano didn't seem to care, and kept right
on, the contralto, tenor and basso joining
in the chorus with great effect. The dream
ing love in the meantime was promenad-
ing around the room in the dark, cropping
after the unseen and the unknowable. The
chorus was in full swing, and rendering the
pathetic passage 20, me, Q, mi, O." with
thrilling tenderness, when the dreamer
again took up his residence at the open
window. The anguish Of the last strain
was too exquisite for his sensitive soul to
longer endure in silence, and lifting high
up his tightly shrouded arm, he poured
forth his soul and other things in raptur-
GUS encore. Early the next morning .
young man might be seen creeping quietly
down the back stairs and out into the yard /,
where he quickly gathered to his arms 2
pair Of number Ii boots, broken razor,
four collar boxes, blacking brush and
box, one volume of Millions Paradise
Lost one coal shovel, one paddock, one
wooden bucket, and q lot Of other articles
too numerous to mention. After deposit
ing what looked like deceased cat over
the fence into the next yard, and shovel
ling peck or two of kindling wood, egg
coal and broken crockery into the ash bar
rsl, he silently weuded his way upwards,
his countenanee wreathed in 3 serenely
triumphant smile. She had loved not too
wisely, and he too well. So she had sung
her soul away.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27
F1Rar Ar rHE BALL.-aOld Sir recently

F1nsr At THE BALI.-aO ST" recently
personated Gen. Washington at bal
masque in Atlanta, Ga. Some one asked
him il be proved himself first ii war, first
in peace, and first IN the hearts Of his
eountrymen" Il dunno bout dat" said
ST Abut / kno's dis, dat / WIZ fust at DC
ball, de vildes' hoss IN de dance, an Dc
las man at de feed bor'd Dat's de kline
OF Gin'rul Washin'ton dis ole man made
Ter kin Jess on'erstan, right now Y
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27

SHE HAD TO SHoUT.-A few years since
there was Presbyterian minister at Col
umbus, Miss, who had horror Of shout
ing in church, which fact was well known
to his congregation. One day, after he
had preached very spiritual sermon, an
old lady was observed to leave the church
in very hasty manner. Meeting her q
few days after, the minister asked her why
she had rushed from the church SO sudden
ly the Sunday before. 'Well," she res
ponded, "the fact is, I was SO filled with
grace in listening to your sermon that I
found I could not contain myself, SO ran
over to the Methodist church across the
way and shouted"
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27
1 Familiar Face,

Your face seems familiar to me, sir, /"
said one man to another on the Michigan
Central train the other day; "can have
met you before? Was it at the Centennial !?
Or didn't I see you at St. Louis, last fall p
1T may have been either, sir" courteously
responded the unknown, for I was Turk
ish pacha in the cake and coffee business
at Philadelphia, and subsequently filed a
brief engagement at St. Louis as canni-
bal. I am now on my way to California
to become a gorilla, if native talent meets
with any encouragement; but if business
is bad I shall either let my hair grow and
enter the lecture field, or get a chuck-a-
fuek board and follow the country fairs. y
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27

A Detroit widow owns and occupies q
cottage under the shadow of church
steeple which is supposed to be in danger
Of falling when the wind blows. At mid
night few nights ago when the wind blew
fereely, she got up her family and dressed
them, and then folded her arms with the
remark, aNow, then; il that steeple falls
and kills US, people viii know that we were
a respectable family, anyhow. George,
you brush up your hair little more, and
Sarah, take your feet of the stove hearth
and pin your collar more to the left"
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27

PocAHoSrAs.-A certain clerk said, late
ly, in conversation with friend, @Poca.
hontas vas good man a noble and kind
hearted manlR "Hold on" exclaimed
the other, whose knowledge Of biography
was more accurate, "Pocahontas was a
vomanl" "she was, Ell? 2" returned the
FIRST speaker, not 1t al abashed. "Well,
that's just ny lucknow can be expect
ed TO know? never read the Bib1el'
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27

waxed the. glaring eye to the ceiling with
a quid of chewing gum. Then he took
her wisp of false hair and tied it to a stick,
and began vhitewashing the room with it
Then she started off to obtain divorce.
but the judge decided that he couldn't
grant divorce unless there were two par
ties to the suit, and there was hardly
enough left of them to make one.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27

F1vE Hours A DAY.-There is a man on
West Hill who hasn't solitary hair on his
head, and his wife makes him sit in the
blue-glass rays five hours day. She says
if Plaaeanton ism the worst liar in the uni
verse, she is going to have something to
catch hold Of the next time that man Of
hers comes home at three o'clock il the
morning from . Presidential torehlight
procession,
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27

CLOTHES IN HEAvEs.-A lady in Spring
field had been talking with her little girl
about a death in the neighborhood, and
about good children going to heaven, when
bright eyes said, aMamma, shall we have
clothes ready for US in heaven ~ And her
mother replied in the affirmative. The lit
tie one went away again to her play, but
soon came hack in a thoughtful mood with,
"Well, mamma, guess I'll take my trunk
Of clothes along, to make surel''
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27

A THoUGHrFuL MAN.-Half an hour be-
fore the Water Works Office opened yes
terday morning man soughtto enter, and
he hung around in such an anxious man
ner that a policeman finally asked:
Did you want anything IN there?'
eyes, sir; wanted to pay my water
tax"
ssTyorv rnnrf, IL III ri
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27

PoErRY AND pRose.-Poetic Husband
(wbo has just been reading Tupper)-
Eyes, Maria, we grope in darkness; we
stand, as it we're, on the verge of ininity,
and try in vain to bridge it With the soul
yearnings that possess u.s.
Practical Wife-"Ah, yes; that remind.
mel wish you'd leave out one your old
night.shirts tomorrow want it for a pat
term Husband subsides.)
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Twelve shillings. -

so, well, you can-eome most any time, .
continued the officer.
"That isn't the kind Of man I am" re.
piled the citizen, in an injured tone. IT
know how hard it is for folks to pay off
their hands Saturday night, and I'm going
to turn in this twelve shillings, SO they can
count on that much, any wayr'
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27
Poetry.
EASTER THOUGHTS.

Kncellng beside her mid knoeling throng
In the dim twilight of the tetiple where
The Baster-buds, scent-laden, filled the air
With sweet aroma, and the solemn song,
Low chanted, foated through the holy place,
watched the curtains of her melting eyes
Veil their soft radiance, and DER that fair face
Stole reverent stiffness, as with gontle sighs
Sins from her sinless lips were soon confessed
(Ah, taireSt saint were all sins but as thineD
Then lifting her white forehead from its pillowed
rest,
Turning her sad sweet visage, pure with thoughts d
vine,
She murmured, bending toward me as I sat,
Charles, Mrs. Smith yet wears her winter hat ~
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27
a Prize Essay.

At school exhibition of town in
hs1iue, the following essay received tihe Il
prize: CON turkle. This animal is found
most always in the water, and then he
comes on dry land. The turkle cannot fly.
If he was the right kind Of bird he could
fly; but if he was a goose-bird or an
ostrich he could not fly. The turkle has
four paws and mouth like an American
eagle, which makes the British lion and
the unicorn tremble. The turkle has a
shell, and sometimes folks put fire on it,
and the turkle crawls out. When the tur-
kle crawls out of his shell he is very wet
and sticky. There arestwo kinds ofturkles
Mock turkle and the other kind. We don't
have any other kind in our pond, French
and Irish people eat turkle and frogs, but
| should not like to. I caught turkle
once, but it did not do me any good, for
exchanged It for jack-knife and cut my
fingers. Father said it was Judgment,
but thought it was knife"
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27

Hard ON JoHx-Terribly Sarcastic
Father-aNov I must bid you good night,
Mr.. John, for have an engagement. But
say, why don't you stop and take breakfast
with Us some morning !; you always go away
an hour Or two before II is ready
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-04-27
Selected Story.
The Cemetery Of Eylal.
By VICTOR HUGO.

THE following is a prose version of a magnificent
episode in Victor Hugo's "Legend Of the Centuries ~
il being utterly impossible to produce equivalent in
English verse.
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aHow much is it r.
, 1877-05-19

~ ia HtstsFn AssotsaGtd fftsf
NEW YoHk. May l8-Guld op0nad 1t 107 and
closed 1t 100f With all thu sales w 10 the close
higher fguFe. Carrying rates =, III, and per
~ and borrowing rates dat aud per cent.
alIser Ut London. b4Ht. Here silver hars are
LION In Erecnhacks; 1lsh in gold. allyes coin Y
discount.
1t II stated that already 81, lD4, 600 gold have
been received on account Of tho IS, co., GOO OF 4k
per cenH which Secretary Sherman sold last week
to tho syndic1ts Ut par In gold for fesumpsiQn pnr
posez, md that the remainder will ho settled for
before tho clcss of tho present week.
Specie engagements for t0. 0.taotsow'A steamers,
1850. GOO. Tho shipments will not ba ~ large ~
generally expected. owing to tho fact that tho
hsnk OF Nevada yesterday sold about R17U, 600 Of
demaRa sterling at about 9tB0H. uudeFntood 70
Ihe pfocceds of thesa bills have bcen invested In
Government bond4. chiefly ~ OF 1881.
GUyerpueut wete tst1.
ltAlltu4d securities were dEm.
ktAte boEdA weEo steady, except Louisiana con-
tols. Which ndyance4 = per cent, tho result Of The
F1nuthK hoard resolving to provide fos promptly
meeting ihe interest obi pmtloaA VI Inc Ststs.
. TLe stock market In Ito forenoon wa4 weak for
Ss @ General % IL. ~ IT, esiasoa ths as use sst
ket *as 1rn,, With the exception of
coal stocks, which deellucd to the lowest dxu1es
" ths 1ay. Delaware, LackAw4nna $ Western
Els y E4xax Ql Tho advance in ths general Ilst
VIA nost marked IN Granger Shares aud Michigan
Central H. Paul booka close tbs I'D ins nut, aud
there va tous demand fos stock for esetion pus-
xis* y thsss sha!c., Preferred W. uosh i-0s To-
~ ao.day sui there Wal Difference VI X la-
tWsRu fexular aud AsurY s. Tx8ux4cttoux sYQre-
tatsd 17o. COO shsrss, os which q, 900 wess Ssw
, 1877-05-19

cATTLE-Thero wa not Wueh oalsnso IN tue charac-
Ter Of the supply and demand, IN Prtecs. Tho 70.
ccipts WIRE somewhat laIgeE than had hcca counted
upon. falling only about oU head short Of tho number
reported tor ThaF8day. and that fact coupled With
ports OF continued 1ullues aud depression tho Eat
esctuay checked any tendency IN tho direction OF In
creased Aotvtty and frmnsaa, tho market remaining
dull and easy n tho reduction rslsbsed tho bega.
Mug Of tho woek Sales notnd Ut IT, IS 81 for
Inferior To extra quallttes-thd bulk 1t H. uo 80 for
common to cllotco shipping ssers weighing frun 100
10 100 NJ, sad ~ $3.7ss475 for hutchurs stun and
ftsdes~ VeAls *ep In demand At previous quotatIons
Tho highest cutie aa1e Of tho day wa u hsad,
averaging 1, $50 D. Ut s5.s0 by nrovn Irico b CO.
!,theF p.ota1nsnt saie. .sNs !. laad Il t3.7s, by
hld 10. hsaa = Is ~ by H. I. Mallory 4 DF0. Ths