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The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-01-19
A shakespearean Poacher.

An itinerant player. possessed OF more
wit than money, was driven by the hard
master hunger, to commit the high crime
Of poaching, in the neighborhood Of Bir-
mingham, and being unluckily detected
in the act, was carried forthwith before q
bench Of magistrates, when the offence was
fully proved.
The knight Of the buskin, however, be-
ing called upon for bis defence, astonished
the learned justices BY adapting Brutus'
speech to the Romans, on the death Of
Cesar, to his case, in the following man
ner-
''Britons, hungry men and epicures !
Hear NE for my cause, and be silent that
ye may hear me; believe me for mine hon
or, and have respect for mine honor, that
YOU bylieve; eensure me in your wisdom
and awake your senses, that You may the
better Judge. Ifthere be any il this as
sembly, any friend Of this hare, to him !
say that..a players love for hare is no less
than his. II, then, that friend demand why
4 player rose against hare, this is my an
swer Not that loved hare less. but that
I loved eating more. Had you rather this
hare were living and had died starving,
than that this hare we're dead, that might
live jolly fellow !? As this hare was
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-01-19
Giving The Devil His Due.

There is an important lesson in the fol-
lowing A pastor was making call up
on an old lady, who made it an habitual
rule never to speak i'll Of another and had
observed it SO closely that she always justi-
fed those whom she had heard evil spoken
Of. Before the old lady made her appear
ance in the parlor, her several children had
been speaking Of this peculiarly Of their
mother, and one Of them playfuIly added,
NV mother has such habit Of speaking
we'll Of everybody, I believe if Satan him
self were the subject Of conversation, moth
er would find some virtue or good quality
even in him.
Of course this remark ELECTED some
smiling and merriment at the originality Of
the idea, in the midst of which the old lady
entered the room, and on being told what
had just been said, she Immediately and
voluntarily replied, .EWell, my children, ]
wish we all had satan's industry and per.
severance"
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-01-19
HOW THEY MADE THE HAY.
MONTANA BENTON.

MONTANA BENTON.
month of june
When each small birds throat was breaking thes
ness with it's tune,
And the dewdrop on the heather sparkled like the
tears that rise,
In gush Of tender Sadness to beauteous maiden's
eyes,
Myself and Kathleen Sullivan went on our blithsome
way,
Tothe meadows by the river, with our rakes, to make
the hay.
Ohi I've stood and gazed on maidens bedeckd with
many gem,
But ah! the truth ofNature shed its Iustre not on
them,
But if you'd seen my Kathleen, as witchingly she
smiled,
You'd feel the charm which then felt, that hung
round Natures ehild
And say she was no mortal but some lightly tripping
fay,
Going in the early morning with her rake, to make
the hay
maiden mirth
You'd VOW they two stars sent down to gladden.
all the earth;
And had you heard that Aoice of hers, although un
tuned by ART
You'd it love 8 melody that tingled on your
heart;
But if you'd seen her little foot that tossed the dew
away,
You'd say was tbs luckiest youth that ever made
the hay.
''Oh Kathleen if you knew, said, "the love feel
for you,
You would consent this mnute that we'd be no long
er two;
With love my heart ia breaking you may see it by
my cheek,
Then darlin', won't you naarry me? Hold up your
head and speak p
Then DER her glorious features bright smile
play,
AS she said, ''The sun is shining bright then let US
make the hay"
'Oh! confusion to the hay, love, do you think am
an ass,
That take no interest only in the tossing up of
grass?
me this:
with a kiss p
Then the roguish smile grew brighter but the only
word she'd say
Was, "Thc sun is shining brightly, then letus make
the hay"
"see; on my marrow bones go, and swear upon my
life,
That Ill be the best of husbands if you'll only be my
A husband with more money you might easily make
But loyinger one, upon my sowl, 1 very much must
doubt"
Then tho rogufsh smile grew archer still the only
word she'd say
Was, "The sun is brightly shining, and why don't
you aAavs1ro }avy-l-~
sFaith, and 50 will my darling, or I'm not my faith
er's son;
Oh have you, SO keep quiet, for You needntthink
to run.
Yes, hit me if you like, love, and knock away my
hat,
But there, you rosy little rogues little kiss for
that
"well, if ever forgive you, may never sin, Mick
Fay"
She said and replied, "Love, sure only made the
hay"
And did she ever pardon me?-go ask her that her
self;
She's standing there fornint me, putting plates upon
the shelf;
And a bright-eyed little gorsoon oar sixth one and
our pride,
Is eatiog potato, while he's clinging to her side
And she is blithely singing she puts the things
away
"When the sun is brightly shining. that's the ume
to make the hay
And ever since that blessed day calledmy kathleen
wife
These words have been the golden rule that guided
us through life.
We never saiI''To-niorroW will do better than TO-
aay,"
But took rakcs and went at once to work, and
made the hay. mM.M"-.=
Remember, reader, while you're young, that youthe
alas declines,
Then ever make your hay, nay friend while the
OF Fortune shines.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-01-19
Customs Of the Country.

The rapidity with which country lasses
sddpt themselves to the circumstances and
fashions with which they are surrounded,
and especially the fashions, IS simply mar
yelons. On Monday last lady who en-
ploys several domesties had new servant
from the country fresh, indeed, from the
rural districts . bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked
damsel, who blushed whenever any Of the
male members Of the household looked at
her; d girl whose hair was eombed smooth
N back from OF ! tanned forehead whose
dress had sleeves to il, came up 70 her
throat and down to her feet. On Tuesday
her hair went up on to the top of her head,
and was eoiled up aver a-sonething on
Wednesday she cut the sleeves Oft hel
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-01-19
a. Degraded Sinner.

Mr.. Palmer, q resident near Osborne
station, on the p, It. W. b Q. r. +. had
his faith IN human nature somewhat shak-
en- recently. 4 short time ago one ofthat
class Of persons. known as tranlps told q pitt
fal tale Of suffering to Mr.. Palmer, and
wound up with an appeal for work. He
was given work also a suit Of clothes
AL went along smoothly for a while, and
never did man more fuithfaIly read his
Bible than this tramp. He carried it with
him, and many times throughout the day
was seen perusing the pages Of this holy
book. Nor was this al, for at his meals he
Invariably invoked Divine blessing. So
good he seemed to be. The othsr day he
was sent to q neigbboF's Witha load Of rye
to have It cleaned, for which he was to re
turn the next day. He got the rye cleaned,
sold It to some one or other, returned
with the team and empty sled, and then
"c1eaned1 out with the proceeds.
The Benton record. [volume] (Benton, M.T. [Mont.]) 1875-1879, 1877-01-19

The love Of liberty, which is considered
an American Characteristic, finds full ex-
preston ii. the nomenclature Of our towns.
Missouri has tWenty-one towns named Lib
erty Ohio, tWenty-1onr; Indiana, eighteen;
Iowa, sixteen and Arkansas seven. This
is very patriotic, but it bothers the post
masters.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-28
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINas.

The opinion Of the naval Court of Inquiry
into the Huron disaster has been promulgated
by the Secretary of the Navy. The conclusions
are that Commander Ryan is primarily respons-
IDLE for the loss of that vessel, and that Lieut..
Palmer, the navigating officer, made errors in
navigation also, that the deck officers on the
night of her loss might have been at fault in
not ascertaining the accuracy of the perpen-
dicular soundings reported to them from time
to time. The ship is reported to have been in
every respect stanch aud seaworthy, and she
was in that condition up to the time she struck.
J. b. Jones, Major commanding the Texas
State forces on the Rio Grande, telegraphs
Congressman Mills, at Washington, that $50 Of
the mob engaged in the San Elizario affair
were Mexican citizens from Mexico, and that
they had been drilled by regular Mexican Off
Ger for days previous to the fight.
Flora Temple, the famous trotting mare,
died the other day at Chestnut Hill farm, near
Philadelphia. She had reached the unusual
age of 32 years.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-28
Our New Wheat Competitor.

British India has several times made
up deficiencies of agricultural products
in other parts of the world. 1t did so
during the Crimean war, when the sup
ply of Russian jute failed and again
during the American war, when the ex-
ports of Indian cotton rose at a bound
from 200, 900, 900 to 800, 100000 pounds
per annum. Western Europe now wants
wheat, and India has gone into wheat
growing. An article in the last number
OF the F0rtnightly Reuieo0 gives an in
teresting statement of the progress of
this industry during the last few years.
1t shows that the imports of Indian
wheat into Great Britain increased from
291, 200 bushels in 1872 to 6,136, 160
bushels in 1876, and to 1888, 100 during
the first nine months of 1877. These
figures have special significance in view
of the fact that wheat-growing is still q
new branch of agriculture in India.
When the facilities for gathering the
crop and bringing it to market are i'm
proved, as they eventually will be, In
dia, which is already the third wheat
exporting country in the world, may sue
cessfully compete with the United States
for the first position. India has the adj
vantage of every variety of climate and
soil. Whatever can be grown in the
tropics or the temperate zones can be
produced there. Chicago Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-28
The Longest Rivers i'm the World.

The following are the longest rivers,
with their extent The Amazon, in
South America, falls from the Andes
through course of 1900 miles; the
Mississippi, from the Stony mountain,
runs $3.50 miles; La Plata, from the
Andes, 2,215 miles; the Hoangho, in
China, from the Tartarean chain of
mountains, is $500 miles; the Yangtse-
Kiang runs from the same mountains,
and is 1000 miles long; the Nile, from
the Jihel Kumri mountains, courses
$500 miles; the Euphrates, from Ararat,
is 1920 miles long; the Volga, from the
Valdais, is 2,l00 miles; the Danube,
from the Alps, is 1,790 miles in length; ;
the Indus, from the Himalayas, Ito
miles; the Ganges runs from the same
source, and is /, $50 miles long; the Or
inoco, from the Andes, is 1000 miles in
length; the Niger, or Wharra, is !, 300
miles long; the Don, the DrIieper and
the Senegal are each over 1000 miles
IN length; the Rhine and the Gambia
are SS8 miles in extent
Stanley's latest journey adds the Con-
go river to the list. Its principal source
is in Lake Bsngweolo, nearly in the lati-
tude of Zanzibar. 1t flows north and
northwest into Central Africa, 500 or 600
miles north of the equator, and then
southwest into the Atlantic ocean, dis
lance of almost 5000 miles.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-28
4 RoY,s Letter to Booth.

The following graceful letter, adj
dressed to Mr.. Edwin Booth, was sent
to the office of the Utica Republican the
other day, with the request that it should
be given to the famous actor upon his
expected arrival in that city:
West School House, Prospect, December the
eighth-th, Mr.. Edward Booth. Dear Sur and
friend Heering that you was going to come
10 Utica to perform in q play called Hamlet L
would like too say that us boys is getting up a
Exhibitun for the benefit of the diseased Sol
diers and their widows end orphans and would
like to engage you to take the leading part. !
have talked it up with the boys and will do the
square thing with you and l am arterized to
make you the following offer. We will come
down after you with a good conveyance and
will give you at the rate OF Ten Dollars per
day and board, aud shall want you about one
week. If you think it necessary you can have
one or two of your best wimmen actars come
up with you but we cant pay them over about
Three Dollars day and feed. You know how
it is yourself, this kind Of business is awful un-
sertain. You can have some fun out of it a
hunting deer and foxes around Flamsburgs and
Ed Wilksuns Please Let me know as soon as
you can. Yours truly, JAMES SWEET.
p. Scrip.-If you come callating to hunt, get
Frank Meyers hound. She is a good one.
Yours truly, JAMES SWEET.
Direct to Prospect N. Y. care of George
Wardin.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-28
A Dog and Bear Eight.

On Wednesday evening Mr.. Nat Bag
well, in company with one or two of his
neighborhood, were out in the woods
two miles north of Robinsonville, Red
River county, Tex, hunting for wild
hogs. They came upona dead hog, just
killed and half devoured by some wild
animal, and, looking around, they saw
few yards off in the bushes what at first
appeared to be huge hog, but what
proved to be very large bear. One of
the party proceeded to a neighbours
house to get dogs to make the attack.
while the others remained to watch the
wild beast. The dogs soon came, and
then the fight commenced. Fifteen or
twenty shots were fired during the en-
counter, and when the chase ended all
the dogs were killed and the bear was
two miles from where the fight began.
The carcass was brought into GAINESVILLE
last Thursday. -CIarkSUiJie (TeG. Ban
mr.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-28
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

James Baantine, Scotch writer Of celebrity
died in Edinburg Dec. 49, aged 67. He was an
authority on the subject of stained glass, hav-
ing been appointed by the Royal Commission
ers on Fine Arts to execute the windows for the
House of Lords besides being the author of
numerous essays and poems well known in
Great Britain.
The French legislative body has voted the
budget, and the Government has introduced a
measure abolishing the oppressive restrictions
placed upon the press. The Chamber has adj
'ourned to meet Jan. 8.
A London dispatch announces that Parlia-
ment viii meet Jan. u, three weeks in advance
of the usual time, owing to the condition of
affairs in Turkey.
Austria's policy of neutrality has been re-
affirmed by Count Andrassy in speech to the
Budget Committee, in which he stated that the
Government would prevent the extension by
Servia of operations in the direction of Bosnia
and Herzegovina.
Michael Davitt, Fenian sentenced to fifteen
years penal servitude, has been released from
Dartmoor England on a ticket Of leave, after
serving half the term of his sentence.
MacMahon has once more succumbed to the
inevitable. He has ordered that all prosecu-
tons against editors, publishers, and newsboys,
for alleged attractions of the press laws since
May 16, be dismissed.
The Dutch steamer Freisland has been lost,
with all hands-ffty in number-off Cape Fin
isterre.
cable from London says that Capt. Wig
gins, an Englishman, just returned from the
Jenisel and Obi rivers, in Siberia, reports that
route as practical to the North pole, with an
open sea all the way. He reports that there is
an immense commerce into Siberia from
China. Capt Virgins, with his schooner of
forty tons burden, sailed from the capital Of
Siberia to st. Petersburg and anchored before
the Winter Palace, where his vessel was visited
by the imperial family and by great crowds of
people. Steps are TO be taken to organize a
line OF trading steamers, and thus open to the
world the marvellous timber, grain and mineral
resources of Siberia. Seven tons OF gold were
taken from one mine this year. Wheat equal
to that from California is sold at S15 a ton.
Beef is one centapound. There are telegraphs
everywhere, and the large cities and people
exhibit the great spirit Of enterprise that Rus
Ia has carried into the country.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-28

Steinmetz; Landek, Silesia; 81 IL. M
Blanc, European gambler, worth ST., 900, OOO,
Paris !. 49, Rev. Asa Dodge Smith, Presi-
dent of Dartmouth College; Hanover, N. H.;
"a. Raleigh Daniel, Attorney General OF
Virginia; Richmond. Va. "a. .. Is. M. Vii
liaume, French historian; France. .27.
Cardinal Bizarri Italy; IS. James Ware, ex-
Justice Supreme Court of Massachusetts,;
Salem, Mass. =. %. Ben De Bar, actor and
managers ST. Louis; Ga. 80. Brigham
Young, Mormon prophet; Salt Lake City;
Utah; 76. . 80. Wilson Shannon, ex-Goyer-
nor of Ohio aud Kansas; Lawrence,
Kan; rs. Raphael Semmes, commander
of Confederate cruiser Alabama; Point Clear,
Ala. 6S.
SEPTEMBER. Edward L. Davenport, ira
gedian; Canton, Pa. 81. ....3; Louis
Adolphe Theirs, ex-Presdent Of France;
ST. German, France; So. James G. Hop
kins, ex-Judge Of U. S. Court Madison.
Wis. =. 30. Louis V. Bogy, U. S. Senator
from Missouri st. Louis ca. 23. Ur-
balm Joseph lie Yerrier, French astronomer
Paris; &c. 26. Commodore James M. Frai-
ley, U. s. navy Philadelphia 81.
oCTOBER-3. Mile. Teresa Titiens, prima,
donna; London; 43. Archbishop James
Roosevelt Bayley, Roman Catholic primate of
the United States Newark, n. j.; g..
Z. Edward Granville Eliot, former Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland London r..
George l.. Fox, pantomimist; Cambridge,
Mass. e. Edwin Adams, actor: Phila-
delphia A. 80 Gen. n. b. Forrest, Con-
federate army Memphis. Tenn.
NOVEMBER. Oliver Perry Morton, L. s.
Senator from Indiana Indianapolis, Ind.
81. Field Marshal Wrangel. Of the Prussian
army Berlin, Ger; 90. ~. Amelia, Queen
Dowager Of Saxony; Dresden, Saxony 10.
10. George J. Barry, Chief Engineer Of
Z. S. navy; Philadelphia A.. II. Geo.
$. Bangs, former Superintendent Of Railway
Mail Service Washington 80. Paul Boudet,
former Senator and Minister of France
Paris IT,. "a. Moses II. Grinnell, Exon
gresham from New York New York 64....
so. Commodore Charles II. b. Caldwell, U.
S. navy Waltham, Mass; Sc.
DECEMBER. Benjamin Huger, Confederate
Major General Charleston, $. O.. II go. H.
George w. Rawson, Justice of Supreme
Court of New York Lyons, n. Y. Is.
Lord Henry Percy, General in English
army London CO.. II. Gen. D'Aurelle de
Paladines, French army Paris 10. Is.
Charles Clarke, Ex-Governor of Mississippi
and Confederate General Mississippi 81.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-28
A Bear Story.

Several children were feeding a pet
bear with corn at Austin, Texas. An
ear was dropped out of the reach of the
bear, and little girl handed it to him.
The bear sportively pulled her TO him,
when a house dog, believing the child
to be in danger, sprung upon the bear.
Bruin then carried the child to the
further part of the hogshead in which
he slept, and returned to fight the dog,
under the impression that the dog would
hurt the child. A party of darkies tried
to protect the child from her other pro-
tectors, but the little one did not escape
until her mother had killed both bear
and dog with musket.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-28
NEWS SUNNI AIRY
THE WAR IN THE EAST.

A Constantinople telegram says: Erroneous
interpretations having been given to the cir
cular Of the Porte inviting mediation, it is Off
cially explained that Turkey does not approach
the powers as vanquished state, since she
still has two lines OF defense which the Gov
eminent believes she would be able to hold
The Porte, by its circular, desires to intimate
its willingness to consider the proposals made
by the Constantinople Conferenc AS the war
began owing to Turkeys refusal to adhere to
those proposals, the Porte thinks it might be
terminated now on that basis.
Russia has called out 10000 more troops.
achievements are constantly arriving at the
scene of the war.
Gen. Todleben has been appointed COM
mander of the army of Rustchuk, with Prince
Imeritinsky as his Chief-of-Staff.
A Ragusa dispatch reports that 5000 Turks
from Podgoritza compelled the Montene-
grin corps to retreat into their own territory.
and are now marching to succor Scutari and
Antivari.
A London dispatch of the Goth says: "The
anxiety felt here as to the policy of the Gov
ernInent in relation to the settlement Of the
Eastern question is growing more intense from
hour to hour. The Cabinet Councils held il
rapid succession, and resulting in the announce
ment Of the assembling of Parliament three
weeks before the usual time, have created q
profound impression"
Suleiman Pasha, with 10000 men, has ar
rived in Constantinople from Varna, on his
way to Adrianople, TO take command of the
army in Roumelia. The movement of the
bulk of his army by the same route is IL
progress, leaving strong garrison in the
Quadrilateral fortress. Gen. Todleben has
been appointed to the command of the army OF
the Czarowitch. who will return to Russia. The
siege OF Rustchuk Shumla and Rasgrad vii
now be pushed.
A cable dispatch says fresh levy Of 300 00C
men has been ordered by the Porte, and thai
the Russian advance is to be resisted to the
bitter end.
Russia is evidently not at all disturbed a
the turn affairs have taken in England. Thu
GoloS, which speaks from point in the neal
vicinity of the throne, says that the issue o
this political episode" will be awaited with
out anxiety by Russia, who will quietly con
Gnue the work she has begun, conndent Una
her ultimate triumph will be in no way hin
dered by British intrigue
The Car has returned to st. Petersburg
where he had most enthusiastic reception
cable dispatch says profound gloom pre-
walls in Constantinople. The Sultan ana ma
jority of the people are anxious for peace, bu
they are overruled by party of Pashas VIII
know that the end of the war will bring then
heavy punishment. A small element is deter
mined on war to the death, and demand lev,
en- masse and the nnfurling of the flag OF tn
Prophet.
A London dispatch says the fear of England
going to war is dying out there, but the Gov
eminent still continues warlike preparations.
The total Russian loss by the war to Doc. 2
is 80, 412.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-28
Good Queen Vic.

Queen Victoria does many gentle,
womanly things. CT was never more
delighted IN my life, says Col. Hender-
son, ethan at one of those charming
actions of the Queen in which her kind
illness of nature and good sense were adj
mIrably exemplifed. L had had the
honor of showing her Majesty over
Parkhurst prison. Among the women
there several had had children born dur
ing the term of imprisonment. Two
DAYS later 1 received an enormous box of
toys for the little prison-born children"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-28
POLITICAL POINTS.

1t is said that James L. Farley, the new
Democratic Senator from California, who is to
succeed Sargent in March, 1879, is a silver re-
monetizer and an extreme free-trader. Mr..
Farley is also known to be opposed to granting
subsidy to the Texas Pacific or any other
railroad. He is opposed to Chinese immigra-
ton, and favors the abolition of customs and
the establishment of free trade.
The Changers of Nebraska, at their recent
annual convention, passed series of resolu.
tons favoring the unlimited issue Of green
backs.
call has been issued for a meeting of the
Indiana Democratic State Convention at In
dianapolis on the 2Sth of February next.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-12-28
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.

John McAllister, Jr., optician, died lately. in
Philadelphia, aged so. He was the Oldest liv-
ing graduate Of the University Of Pennsylvania.
Three children of Mrs. Catherine RYAN ~
Randolph, Mass, were suffocated, few nights
age, by coal gas; also Mary E. BURY, who was
stopping with them. Mrs. Ryan herself is no,
expected to live.
A frightful disaster, caused by the explosion
of a boiler in candy factory and the immedi-
ate igniting Of the building, occurred in New
York, on the evening Of Dec. 20. From the
New York papers we CLEAN the following par.