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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-01
The Gave ef the Sp,srxie>-

One October afternoon, as l WAS
scrambling through the woods on
nv &ay to the best Of the trout
brooks that abound in the neighbor-
hood of Canaan, Vt, I nearly broke
my left leg in q deep hole in the
ground.
The first thought was for my rod,
which had become involved in GER
tain complications with TIE under
brush; the second was for my left
leg, which, fortunately, had sus-
tanned no serious damage; and the
third for the pitfall into which I had
stumbled. The holo was directly
under the branches of o big oak that
grew on the slope of q hill, or ledge,
of metamophic limestone. Juniper
bushes and brambles almost hid the
ori6ce. Pulling these aside, got
on all fours and peered into the
black hole, for what purpose I do
not know. My left leg was no long
er there, and I certainly had no in
terest in the inhabitants Of the bur-
row, whatever they might be-un-
doubtedly either snakes, wood
chucks, or skunks, with the weight
of probability in favor of the last
mentioned species. So I did not
crawl in to explore the cavity, al
though by a tight squeeze I could
have done 80, but pursued my way
across Rodney Princes pasture to
Rodney Princes brook, and brought
home at sundown a string which
weighed so many pounds that, out of
consideration for Rodney Princes
feelings, shall say nothing about
it. The hospitable Granger had as-
sured me with friendly earnestness
the evening before that there had
never been any trout in his brook,
that the boys had long since fished
them all out, and that if there were
any there now they were miserable
tinger-long specimens, unworthy of
the attention of a city man with a
fifteen-dollar rod and book full of
flies.
After supper joined as usual the
small circle of choice spirits who
gather every evening in the back
part of Deacon Plympton's grocery
to smoke their pipes and to profit by
the oracular wisdom of the proprie-
tor of the store. In q humble at
tempt to contribute to to converse
tional interest of the occasion, I cas-
ually remarked that I had stepped
into deep hole that afternoon while
going fishing. I was fattered to
find that my insignificant adventure
was treated with respect by the COM
pany, and that even the taciturn
Deacon, from his seat on the pork
barrel, condescended to lend On at
tentive ear.
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clt4ld to converse, but always KIND
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sitioa to strangle you and kick my
wa9 ont OF this place to honest day
lg)1ts Still, / am weak and human
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til superior manner, and what you
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ID y ere you, any, wayY
sSAN. that you will speedily learn.
he replied with undiminished polite
ness," for I am directed to conduct
you at once to my lord.
The lord of the Splurgles ?"
"Splurgles, it you choose, be-
lieve that that is the name given US
in the wretched world which you
are fortunate enough to have escaped.
Accompany me, it you please, to
the audience chamber OF my lord.
The lord of the Splursles was a
parsonage of severe gravity OF coun.
tenance. Like my guardian and all
the counsellors and courtiers lwith
one exception) who surrounded MN
in the comfortably appointed apart
ment, he was self-luminous. Inc
exception was an indivldua! VINO
seemed to be present in a meniai ca
pacity. This person, apparently a
human being like myself, had done
his best to remedy his natural de-
ticiency in this respect; he had
rubbed his face, his hands, ana MS
habiliments with prosperous. ana
shone artiticially with q poor im!ta-
ton OF the genuine illuminating
principle OF the Splursie world.
That this imitation was IN MS case
the sincerest form OF nattery was sV-
ldent from his actlons ana looks.
his bearing toward Tue oPlure1Gs
was su0servlens IN tne eAtiene: ne
ran at tneir DOCK ana cali, teJoiceu
uhoer their approving hoC!ce' ano
seemed 10 sweil VIII cVnsoioes im
portance whenever tne ,olo cl 'icse I:"s
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nearly all of the Southern States. -

nearly all of the; Southern States.
Yet tits substantially, reliably De-
mocratic, and will remain SO for some
years, more or less, and likely more
than less. l.i3 .:a".i H"#"I, "a
In specuIating, therefore, upon the
future Of parties and tue like, a good
deal of which is now going OF on in the
press, it is we'll to bundle all the late
slave States in a parcel, and label
them "Democrats.", At tpresent Ger.
tainly there is little room for specu-
lation here and less room for hope.
There are no signs of "a "break" in
the Democratic party in any South
em State sufficient to give that State
to an opposition party. In 1880 you
will see the solid South in solid array
for the National Democratic nomi,
nee, whoever he may be. With this
and couple of the larger Northern
States-New York and Indiana, for
instance-they have the election. In
the face of such encouragement as
this, it is useless to look for the solid
South to be otherwise than solid. =
IL. V. Redfield in Cincinnati Com
mercial. .. ~a. ..
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The Curse is There.

"No man will ever prosper who
has the curse Of a ruined woman up-
Oh him. The murderer of the BODY
can be tried and executed by the
worlds law, but the murderer of the
soul is tried by heavens laws, and
the execution is sure as divine JUS
hce." Aunt Betsy said this as she
folded the white hands of beautiful
girl, and put white flowers and green
leaves about the marble,cold fore
head There was tiny babe beside
the girl mother. The house was
hushed, and there was mourning such
as few know. Half glad that the
mother and child werel dead, tie
rest OF the family must perform Eho
last Office of burial and bear the FAM
lily shame. A haunted house, A
ruined homel God the architect and
man the spoiler. The curse is there
and the destroyer cannot escape
Woman's Journal.
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III. g .
Advertisements inserted at the rate of 81 90
& per square, Of Coy nine lines, OR LESS, for the
drst insertion, and so cents for each subse-
QuenG insertion. t.:...
80 Contracts made for THREE, SIX or TWELVE
months, on favorable terms.
Advertisements not having the number Of
Insertions morked on them, will be published
until forbid and charged accordingly.
These terms are so simple any child may
understand them, Nine lines is @ square,
one inch. In every instance we charge by
, the space occupied, as eight or ten lines can
be made to occupy four or five squares, as the
advertiser may wish, and is charged by the
L. space. I5:z.". q. .". 49,
=. D.. ,B6E- Advertisers will please state the num-
ber of squares they wish their advertisements
to make ,..
,B@H Business men who advertise to be
benefited, will bear in mind that the
SENTINEL has a large and increasing cir
oulation, and is taken by the very class of
persons whose trade they desire.
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Another Homicide.

On last Wednesday in the CAL
honn'e Mills section another homi-
eide was committed. Joe Colyer, q
colored man, was shot and killed by
Eugene Taggart, a white lad of eigh,
teen or twenty years of age. The
circumstances of the case are about
as follows: Colyer was indebted to
W. Ii. Taggart in an amount of mon.
cy Of Which ho refused or POSTPONED
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How 1T WoRKs.-We notice in the
list of delinquent lands lot valued at
800. The tax on that lot was twenty
cents. The owner surely could have
paid that small amount; but he didn't,
and now in order to redeem his prop.
erty he will have to pay the penalty,
costs of advertising, execution, &c.,
which will run the amount up to about
i've dollars. Several other lots valued
at $50 or $1oO are delinquent. Fifty
cents or one dollar would have maid
the taxes. There must have beon
some carelessness, as well as inability
to pay.--Newberry Herald. .-- -
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An Old Time RRelic.

After "Old Hickory" fought and
won the battle of New Orleans, the
ladies of South Carolina prese nted
him with a magnificent silver vase,
as testimonial Of their respect and
esteem for the man who had whip
ped oUt Lord Buckingham and his
army. When "Old Hickory" died
he left in his will clause directing
that the vase should be retu rned
to the man in this State who should
bear himself mos! gallantly in any
war America might have with for
cign power. After the old hero
died and the mexican war was over.
Andrew jackson Donaldson, the
adopted son of General jackson, and
one of his executors, sent the vase
to Columbia, to be presented to the
bravest man in the glorious old Pal
metto Regiment. Where all had
oorhe themselves so gallantly, 1t WAS
impossible to decide who the vase
belonged to, and it was finally con
clnded that it should be convened to
Capt w. .B. Stanley, as President OF
the Survivors, Association of Next
can Veterans, in trust for the last
survivor. Governor Alston was
Governor Of South Carolina at the
time of the transfer. We were per-
milted to see the documents of trans
fer yesterday, which have passed
through fire and blood, rs has the
vase, which is on exhibition at the
stand of Captain Stanley, il the
main building of the fair grounds. 1t
is an interesting relic, which we
should think many people would like
to see.-Columbi bia. Register.
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SOLOMON AND THE RoD.--The ques .
ton has been asked, did Solomon
use the words commonly quoted as
his: "Spare the rod and spoil the
childW l have never been able to
find those words in the Bible. Pro
verbs XIII-24 reads: "He that
spareth lis rod hateth his son; but
he that loveth him chaeteneth him
betimes.' XXII-15, "Foolishness
is bound in the heart of a child; but
the rod Of correction should drive it
far from him." XXIII-3-14,-
"Withhold not correction from the
child; for if thou beatest him with
the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt
beat him with the rod, and thou
shalt deliver his soul from help
XXIX-15, "The rod and reproof
give wisdom; but child left TO- hims
self bringeth his mother to shame."
These are the arguments for the use
of the switch found in the words of
the wise man. ... %%%%*
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[Hon. A. B, Magruder in Philadelphia Times]
Lincoln's Offer to Lee.

In 1S68-several years after the
war-a senator in Congress had the
temerity to make the charge that
Gen. Lee had applied to President
Lincoln for the command Of the
Federal army destined to invade and
subdue the Southern States, and that,
being refused, from pique and re-
sentiment, he turned anu offered his
sword in aid Of the Southern cause.
and thus was raised to the chief COM
,mand of tho rebel forces On the in
stnnt, Mr.. Raverdy johnson, of
Mary land, himself q Union man, de-
.oluunced the statement as untrue,
faying that although lie had not the
authority of the accused to deny it,
Gen. Lees lofty character and uu-
stained honor alone sufficed to repel
the charge. This furnished the oc-
caslon for Gen. Lee to give, through
MIR. johnson, not alone the conclu-
sive. proof of the iDcorrectness of the
cnarge, but the clear evidence that
he had himself declined, from a stern
sense of duty and honor, the very
preferineIlt which he was falsely ac-
cused of coveting. None can tell the
extra6fdinary story in better terms
than Geu. Lee himself, as contained
ill., the following modest and charac-
reristic letter addressed by him at
the time to the Hon. Reverdy john
con, who, not long before his death,
avouchcd to the contributor it's entire
authenticity: ..
LEXINGTON, VA, Feb. 25, 1868.
- Hon. Reverdy johnson, United
States Senate, Washington-My dear
Sir:-My attention has been called
to, the official report of the debate in
the Senate of the United States of the
10Th instant, in which you did me
the kindness to doubt the correctpess
OF the statement made by the Hon.
Simon Cameron in regard to myself.
1'desire that you may feel certain of
my conduct on the occasion referred
to, 80 far as my individual statement
can make you so.
l never intimated to any one that
/ desired the command of the United
States army, nor did I ever have a
conversation but with one gentleman
(Mr. Francis Preston BlaiO on the
subject, which was at his invitation
and, as understood, at the instance
OF PresidentLineoln. After listening
TO his remarks, I declined the offer
he made me to take command of the
army that was to be brought into the
field, stating as candidly and coprte-
odsly as | could that though opposed
to secession and deprecating war. I
could take NO part in an invasion of
the Southern States.
went directly from the interview
with Mr.. Blair to the Office of Gen
Scott, and told him of the proposition
that had been made to me, and my
decision. Upon reflection after re-.
tuFning to my home, concluded
that / ought no longer to retain the
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NO. .13

payment. Deceived by his frequent
promises to 'make the thing square,"
Eagene Taggars and his brother
James went to the house of the negro
on Wednesday to insist upon the
payment of the account: The evis
dence Of the dead mans wife, who
was the only witness to the killing,
made it appear that Eugene Taggart
stopped at the end of lane near
Coly er's house, that James went to
the house, told Joe what he came
for and that he intended to have the
money or whip it out of him. Upon
refusing to pay, Colyer was told to
go up the lane and fight it out" and
he proceeded to accept the banter.
Upon reaching the end of the lane
Eugene Taggart stepped out, drew
his pistol and fred. lie and Joe
then clinched, two other shots were
fired, the last of which brought down
the negro. The ball took effect in
the back of his head near the base of
the skull and ranged around to the
Junction of the temporal and occipital
bones. The torce AM weight OF the
ball was not sufficient to fracture the
skull. In short time, however, the
wounded man died. On Thursday
Coroner Cochran held an inquest
over the body of the deceased. Dr..
Lyon of this place, acted as medi-
cal expert and made a post mortem
examination of the dead body. The
skull was sawed open, the brain ex-
amined, and the opinion given that
death was produced by apoplexy.-
The verdict of the jury was that the
deceased "came to his death from a
pistol shot wound (pistol being in the
hands of Eugene @. Taggart) and
Improper treatment afterwards,
which brought on apoplexy causing
his DEATH" .. So. -..'s,. ....
Another account Of this unfortu.
nate occurrence, to which perhaps
the greatest truth should attach.
makes it appear that when James
Taggart went TO Joe's house to ask
for the debt he was roundly abused
and threatened with instant extermi-
nation, Joe calling to his wife for his
gun. The boy retreated at this, was
followed by Joe, jerked off his horse
and thrown down into the road
About this time Eugene came up,
was struck with rock by Joe, drag
ged to the ground and in the course
of the scnffle fired his pistol, the ball
taking effect a S above detailed.
The Taggart boys have fled from
home but will very probably make
their appearance for trial at the
proper time. 1t is to be regretted
that so many bloody deeds are oc"
curing in this county-always noted
for its peace and good order. They
contribute nothing to our domestic
happiness and will he looked upon
with an evil eye by those living out
side our borders. Too many pistols
and entirely too much passion.-Ab~
beville Medium.
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An experienced boy says he regards
hunger and the schoolmastor's rattan
as about the same thing as they both
mako him hollor.
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commission held in the United
States Army, and on the second
morning thereafter forwarded my
resignation to Gen. Scott. ......
At the time I hoped that peace
would have been preserved, that
some way would have been fund to
save the country from the calauities
OF war4 and / then had no other in
tention than to pass the remainder of
my life as a private citizen. Two
days afterward, upon the invitation
of the Governor of Virginia, l re-
paired to Richmond, found the con,
vention then in session had passessed
the ordinance of withdrawing the
State, from the Union, and accepted,
the commission of commander Of it's
forces which was rendered me.
These are the simple facts of tn e
case, and they show that Mr.. Came
ron has been misinformed.
Your obedient servant,
r. E. LEE.
THE INCIDENT CONFIRMED,
DR.. j. VIM. Jones of the Southern
Historical Society, writes the follow
ing letter:
AS confirmatory of the incident
given by Hon. Allen B. Magruder,
allow me to say that the letter which
he gives from Gen. Lee to Hon. Re>
verdy JOHNSON was found by me not
long after Gen. Lees death in his
private letter book, copied in his own
we'll known handwriting. BY the
kindness of the family I was allowed
to copy the letter and publish it, in
1875, in my "Personal2 Reminiscent
cee, Anecdotes and Letters Of Gen.
>R. E. Lee," Opp: 141-429 where l
also gave testimony Of Mr.. Mont
gomery Blair and other proofs that
the supreme command of the United
States Army was offered Co!. Lee
before he left Washington.
l once heard Mrs. Lee speak free
ly Of this event in the life Of her bus.
band, and a gentleman of high stan~
ding in New York has told me that
in an interview which he had with
Gen. Scott in April 1861, he spoke
in the very highest terms of Lees
ability as soldier and character
a man; told him that the supreme
command of the United States army
was offered him, and said that he
(ScutO would have cheerfully given
place to "the ablest soldier in Amer
ica" if he could have induced him to
accept.
The proofs are conclusive that
when Robert E. Lee cast his lot with
his mother State, he turned his back
on the highest position that an
American soldier could covet, and
deliberately cboS the path of sacri-
fee, peril and loss of this worlds
goods, because, in his judgment, it
was the path of duty and Of honor.
In June, 1868, he said to his trus-
ted lieutenant, the gallant and accom-
plished General Wade Hampton: 81
did only what my duty demanded;
l could have taken no other course
without dishonor. And if all were
to be done over again l should act
in precisely the same manner"
Men will differ as to the course
which Gen. Lee thought proper to
pursue in siding with Virginia and
the South in the great struggle; but
no fair~minded man can examine the
proofs and doubt for a moment that
he acted from tho purest motives
from the highest sense of duty and
honor.
How IT WoRKs.-We notice in the
list of delinquent lands lot valued at
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An Iowa man obtained a divorce
from his wife and then hired her for
a cook. The woman is delighted
with the change, because now she
can have new dress occasionally.
and a little pin-noney i'll her pocket.
Hnnn 10 a ,nnmIrin.s ,o,,nni L.
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Hope Is working mans dream.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-02-28
JUNATA COUNTY, PENNA. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY

mus with huge wall, similar to that
of Trajan in the Dobrudscha, and forti-
fed the adjoining hills of Kara-Dianai,
Kulla, Utch-Djilga and Urmemskoi-ba-
Ear. This wall has now been repaired,
armed with guns, and protected by in
trenchments. The southern coast of the
Crimea has also been strongly fortified.
Large sums Lave been expended in
strengthening the works round Sebas-
topol. Torpedoes have been laid down
in the bay of the Tchernaya, and also
at Cape Khersonese and Balaklava,
which harbor IS protected by fort.
There are other fortifications at Sudak,
in the bay of Takkieh, near Feodosia,
and on the hill Of st. Elias near the lat
ter town, which is alss protected by tor
pedoes in the bay above mentioned.
Kertch is fortified by works on the
western extremity of the peninsula of
Taman, ON the hill of Takil, at Kertch
itself, and at Yenikaleh. Cape Fanar.
on the other side of the Kimmerian
Bosphorus, is also TO be fortified. On
the Caucasian coast the following
named are the principal forts Djemi-
ter, Novorossiskaya, Gelendtchik, Ten
pinsk, Lazarevsk, Golovinsk, Doucha,
Soukhoum, Kaleh, Ilori, Rebout Kaleh,
Poti and Nikolaya.
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Teaching the Baby.

You must take your baby just where
he is now, not much more than little
animal, and educate his physical nature
so rapidly developing. For instance,
he has just reached the climbing age:
every chair and stool is worry to
you, aud pair of stairs is a perpetual
terror. Now show him how to get up
and down the stairs, how to place his
feet when climbing up into chairs. Let
him tumble little; it will only make
him more careful. 1t is but foretaste
of the hard schooling which experience
gives us all our lives. Better little
fall with you close by to stop it at the
right place, than great one when you
are "off guard" some day. Remember
that too. when he is in his teens-) But
beg of you, if you want to see him
grow up active, strong-limbed and
agile, do not keep his white dresses too
clean, nor tie his sashes after the pres
ent uncomfortable fashion, so that he
isn't conscious of any legs above bis
knees. Then, let him feed himself.
He'll make a miserable mess of it at
first, but protect him well with bib and
TIN tray, and he'll soon teach his spoon
the way to his mouth. Let him burn
his fingers a little some day when the
stove is not very hot; he wont touch it
when it would be dangerous.-SeTibRer.