The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-01-11
JEFFERSON COUNTY PICKCPs.

WINCHESTER, January y, 1914.
| l called on John Gorham at his new
stand last evening. lie and his new assis.
tant, Mr.. Marshall, are now ready to serve
their many friends, at the Carson building
Squire Wilhelm intends filling up the
old stand again with new goods. Will
kirkpatrick remains with him.
Mr.. Adams, the new depot agent, has
taken charge of the affairs, and Mr.. Wilson
is moving to OskaIoosa, where he will soon
take charge of the Office OF the clerk Of
the District Court, TO which position he was
elected last fall.
A child of Mr.. Benz. Leigan, a miner al
the Bailey coal bank, will be buried at the
Spring Grove Cemetery to-day. On last
Tuesday morning, this child was supposed
be dead, and they were making prepare
tions to lay it out, when signs OF life were
visible, and it finally came to, after remain.
ing in this stupor for nearly an hour.
1 hold in my hand at this writing, a
mortgage, executed June 1, 1874 on some
real estate situated in this county. The
mortgage is for five hundred dollars, due
four years after date. The property mort
gagged is worth at least twelve hundred dol
lars. By the provisions Of the note and
mortgage if default be made in the pay
ment of any interest note, or any portion
thereof, for the space Of ten days after the
same becomes due and payable, then all
said principal and interest notes shall, at
the option of the holder of said notes be-
come at once due and payable without fur
Their notice. Also by a further provision
of the mortgage all appraissment and stay
laws are expressly waived. This mortgage
Is now in court for foreclosure; was flied
September %, 1876. The mortgagor is a
poor man. This farm Is his all, and OF
course it will have 10 60. Now
what l want to make especially
prominent in this article is that in the
session laws of 1872, can be found
an act which makes these provisions legal
especially the one relating to he waiver OF
of the appraisement and stay laws 1t may
be said that man ought to have the right
to dc ~ if he wanted to, agreed: but no
one wants to, no one ever did want to. No
one ever mortgages his homestead If he can
help himself We all know how the grass
hoppers were upon Us in 1874. How many
mortgages Of this kind ~ere put on the
farms Of this State during that year. II
would be startling ii We only knew. The
money-!enders see their opportunity, and
like Shylock Of old, they seize it, and rob
the people of their homes. Our statute
wisely says that no property shall be sold
under Judicial sales without appraisement,
and shall bring at least two-thirds of the
appraised value; but some of our rise men
in 1872 ssddied on to us this thieving swim
die. In 1874 the people had to have money.
and they had TO borrow il of those who had
it to loan, and upon such terms as they
chose to lend it, and consequently they had
to execute such mortgages a. the above.
1t is to be hoped that the Legisture this
winter will relieve us of this odious act.
1t is rot the policy Of a free government TO
make paupers of Its citizene
Two men went up into the temple TO
pray" one . Pharisee, and the other Pub
lican.
The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with
himself: 80 God, i give thee thanks that
| AN not ~ the Test Of men, extortloners,
unjust. adulterers. a. also this Publican.
/ fast twice . week. Igive tithes of all
possess"
/ do not know OF . sin 90 common
among protested Christions, a. the one al
luded TO above. A man Who lives punct-
ually up to all the rules and regulations Of
the church, is very apt to think himself
very proper person, AID often We see them
~ho begin to thank the Lord, that they are
not like other men; are SO much better, 80
much purer. 20 much nobler, and SO much
boiler, There is no sin which seems to the
world 20 ridiculous am led to make the
above remarks from sense of their appro-
priateness to . case which came under my
observation come time ago, ehort distance
out of town. Dox JUAN.