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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-11-28
THE KILLING OF HALsEY BY PIERCE

The Bodie Standard of Monday furnishes
by Pierce at Sweetwater:
The community was startled this morning
by news received by telegraph, of the killing
of Sam Halsey, who was candidate for Dis
trict Attorney of Esmeralda County, Nevada,
at the last election, by Bill Pierce, saloon
keeper at Sweetwater, at which place the
deed was done AS we gather from the news
at hand, Holsey stopped at Pierces saloon and
controversy was held over debt of two bits,
which the latter claimed was due him for
drinks there. After some talk, reported as
belligerent ON Pierces part, Halsey went
laughingly to the door, to mount his horse and
was about doing SO when the saloon keeper
pulled his revolver, fired and shot the unfor-
tunate Halsey dead. Pierce then mounted
horse and rode away, and at last accounts was
at large with the law officers in swift pursuit
As the matter stands, until more light is
given us to see clearly, We are constrained to
pronounce the act of killing as murder
Gus deed. Perhaps when other news comes
to hand different phase may be put upon it,
but from all we can gather, the murdered
man was not auarrelsome one, and seldom,
if ever, gave cause for offense to any. We
hope the affair may not be as black as report
ed at this writing.
Since the above was in type we hear that
Pierce was arrested at Bridgeport, where he
had gone during the night. He went into
the telegraph ofiitt at that place and was
identified by the operator who informed the
officers who collared him and marched him off
to Jail. He is said to have offered no resist
ance. but went gently along when requested
to do so.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-11-28
A THANKSGIVING STORY.
By yANDYKE BROWN.


In eighteen hundred -seyenty-cight,
All In the summer time,
Events befell which III relate
All in an homely rime.
Nike Collins was a workingmar
And led an honest life:
His humble home was happy with
His children and his wife
One day when at his weary task
casting Oh him fell;
And cruel death did come to him
Most direful to tell
His children wept, his vie did srie-e.
AL from her broken heart;
And black despair upon her came
Thus from poor Mike to part.
And then within a little while
Her baby it born:
Dear soul! how her wan heart did ache
To be thus left forlorn
With patient suffering she did see
Her pale, gsunt children go
Day after day an hungering,
And no help i'll her woe!
Too proud to beg, too sick to work,
No meat or milk or bread
With which to feed her little flock
Sometimes she wished them dead
But God is good; and gentle hearts
And kindly hands were sent.
All by timely Providence,
More anguish to prevent.
And she did see with streaming eyee
Her children clothed and fed
And blessed the dear good God whose hand
This sweet relief had sped.
And now the signs of coming health
Shine in her bright'ning eye;
And blessed Charity hath shown
That she doth hover nigh!
To those in bonds and weeds and woe
May come sweet Charitee-
All this day of Praise and Thanks
And happy may they be
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-11-28

the house of Ellis, Craven & Co., Covington,
and that Clarence was the fugitive. He made
no resistance to his captor. Why he sought
Eureka as hiding place, how he was tracked,
or what was the extent eff his defalcation we
tould not learn.-Eureku Leader Noveuber 25.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-11-28

TIE joys OF PARADISE. SiErer State
Of Tu SHAY relates the following:
Last Saturday party of poker players in
Paradise saloon drew their revolvers and bet
On putting out the lights with bullets They
hred several shots and created considerable
excitement, people from all parts of the vii
sage rushing in the direction of the saloon
Charley Allen, who was present when the
shooting occurred, informs us that some of
the men in the crowd which gathered outside
commenced firing their guns in the air, and
the sports became alarmed and broke out of
the back door of the saloon and run like
quarter horses. Nobody was hurt, though
several were badly frightened, and will not
again play at the game of putting out lights
with pistol shots
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-11-28
REMAINS OF A CHILD FoUND.-The Austi

REMAINS OF CHILD FOUND.-Ihe Austin
ReeeiIle of Monday tells the following:
A gentleman in passing along the mountain
yesterday, near the head of biarshal Canyon,
discovered the remains of child Marshal
Brennan was informed of the find, and this
forenoon went out to examine, and if neces-
sary, give it interment. He reports the re-
mains in a basket, tightly laced, such as
is used by Indian squaws, and lying down on
a cleft of rocks, with the head turned to one
side From all appearances the child had
been dead six months, the flesh having en-
tirely decayed, and Judging from the hair,
which was of dark brown, and very fine, Mr..
Brannan inclines to the opinion that the little
one is or was half breed, and believes this
to have been the cause for its abandonment
by the mother, as the Indian tribes generally
have frgihtful aversion to the half breed
business. The child, to all appearances had
been placed there alive If so, the heartless
wretch or wretches who placed it there, de-
serve still more torturous death.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-11-28
NO PAPER TOMORROW.

By the bones of my Grandfather's Turkey
there shall be no issue of the MORNING AP-
PEAL to morrow.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-11-28
MARRIED.

In Carson, November 81, 1873, by Rev. j. D. Hammond
Mr. Ohio Moses, of Pine Grove to Miss Amanda Fish,
Carson City.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-11-28

BOLD THIEvEs-Says the Eureka Leader
of N ,nday last
A woman residing on Buel street, new
conner in town, was robbed ON Saturday even
ing last of the sum of $50. The thieves,
whom she describes as two large, rough-look,
ing men entered the house about II oclo ok,
and after few moments conversation, bound
and gagged her, and then ransacked the prem
ises in search of valuables. They got away
with the above stated amount in coin, and no
clue has been found to their identity The
woman was discovered soon after the thieves
departure, and released from her unpleasant
predicament.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-11-28

TRAPPED. About three weeks ago young
man put in all appearance III Eureka, hailing
from Omaha, and sailing under the high,
sounding name of Clearance Vreeland He
dressed nobily, had plenty of coin to supply
his fastidious tastes i'll the way of Havana
cigars, high toned beverages, elegant rooms,
etc, and displayed a marked inclination to
seek the habitues of the shady portion of the
town. He was, however, not obtrusive and
did not seek male acquaintance, and his de-
meanor was that of a well-bred and well-edu-
Gated man. Thursday last there was another
arrival from the East and it was noticed that
he had business with the aforesaid Clarence,
and, i'll fact, the two were inseparable until
both took their departure Saturday morning.
1t has come to light that the latter was an
officer armed with requisition from the Gov
ernor Of Kentucky for the apprehension of one
George Purcell, defauiting book keeper of
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-10

THE STRIPED BUG.-Every gardener
knows that this is a most destructive in
sect among melon, cucumber and other
young vines. sometimes damaging the
crop seriously. Many remedies have
been suggested, some of them no doupt
good in their way, but troublesome.
Now we have tried for several years an
other which has proved with US COM
plete success, Instead of aiming to
drive away the insect by SCOT, ashes, etc..
we pet it, or rather furnish it with food
better than the young melon aud cucum-
Der plants. We SOW around each plant
ing few radish seed. and coming up
about the same time. the tops supply
pasture for the bug, which it much pre-.
fers to the vines. Lettuce will also an
swer. but the radish tops are completely
perforated Should this fail, which is
seldom the case, and has never been with
US, sprinkle the vines with solution of
whale oil soap and water. No other in
sect but the curculio can stand this.
Where this preparation is not attainable
weak solution of carbolic disinfectant
soap will answer as we'll.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-10

The PREROGATIvE OF THE STATE
We may drink ourselves to death, and
that is nobody's business; but society
has supreme right to protect itself from
those who would waste its wealth, in
crease its taxes, smite down its citizens,
beggar its homes, and eat out its morals.
Without this right, there is no society /;
it has no claim on its members, and is
fully at the mercy of the bad and the
strong. If society has no right to pro-
tect itself from the slave traffic; none
from the traffic in virtue; nor from the
trafickers in our high places, who barter
legislation for gold, or who work their
way into Offices with brides, or rule the
country with rings. fit is right for
Boston to throw its shield around the
rum traffic, to make 1t respectable, to
draw from it revenue, it is right for
China to legalize the opium traffic and
derive from it a revenue. though it sends
poverty and death through the empire,
and restore the universal heathenism.-
Wotchman and Reformer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-10
THROUGH CULTIVATION

Many people who are anxious for sue
cess in their gardening and farm opera
tons do not appreciate to the full extent
the meaning and Importance of the fire.
quently used term Through cultivation"
The object of cultivation is not confined
to the destruction of weeds. 1t is fire.
quently remarked of peice of ground
that it is very easy to work it; very lit
tie hoeing required-no weeds on it.
But if not weed appears in your garden
from May to December, the need of
thorough cultivation, of frequent hoeing
and stirring up of the soil by means of
weed-hook, rake, pillow or cultivator is no
less pressing. Let the cultivation, which
has presumably been thorough before the
seed has been planted, be resumed as
soon as the crop appears above ground,
and be continued until it has reached ma
turity. The first few weeks are of the
greatest Importance. and the soil should
be kept mellow by constant tillage SO
that air and moisture may penetrate,
while every weed should be uprooted BE-
fore it has distracted nourishment that
belongs to the cultivated crops. Thor
ough cultivation makes clean field, and
free from weeds, and tends to perma'
nently eradicate them, while it distrib
utes the fertilizing elements in the soil
and renders them accessible to the plant
roots. Careful preparation and fertili.
zation of the soil is indeed of primary
Importance, and the books do we'll tt
dwell largely upon it, and collate all the
information and experience of the agri
cultural world; but it is by no means
all that is meant by thorough cultiva
ton. There is quite as much virtue il
the hoe and dibble as in the pillow anC
harrow.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-10
COMMON SENSE.

Many imagine all advertised medicines
to be worthless nostrums, and indiscrim-
inately condemn them but is it not an
injustice to the thousands of respectable
citizens who give voluntary evidence of
benefits received. to thus question and
doubt their veracity and integrity
Fairbanks standard scales are extensive
ly advertised. Does it necessarily fol-
low that they are inferior in make, and
less accurate than others? Have they
not been demonstrated to be among the
best? Again, is it common sense to
suppose that physician with capital
could be induced to hazard it and hard
earned reputation upon worthless arti-
Gle? r. V. Pierce. III. D., of the Worlds
Dispensary and Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo.
N. Y, is the proprietor of the most pop
ular family medicines in the market.
His reputation as skillful surgeon and
ply sician has been fully established for
many years. Would physicians and
clergy, after having tested his medicines
thoroughly, unite in commencing them
to the afflicted. if they possessed no mer-
it? The undersigned take pleasure in
recon mending DR.. Pierce and his Fami-
ly Medicines to all who may need them :
G. B. Fairchild, III. D. Seneca. N. Y;
w. B. Cousins, M. d., Abba, Iowa; M.
]. Mcclellan, NJ D.. Garrattsville, N.
Y; W. F. Hazleton, M. D., Silver Lake
Kan. F. S. Miner, NJ. D., Veazle, New;
Geo. Dieterich. NJ. D.. los Vine Street
Baltimore, Md; j. H. Sherrod, nj. D..
! Paoli. Ind; Geo. B. Chapman, M. d.,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-10
Severe Coughs and Lung Complaints.

Canton, Pa. Nov. 29, 1873. Messrs.
Seth w. Fowle & Sons. Boston: Gentle
men About ten years ago, after having
had severe attack of the measles, was
troubled with severe cough and was
threatened with consumption. My father
having died at the age of thirty one with
consumption of the lungs, and my aunt
having been carried off with the same
complaint, it seems to be hereditary in
our family. At the time alluded to. |
was induced to buy a bottle of DR. Wis
tar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, and can
say consclentiously, | believe it saved
my life. | was blacksmithing at the
time. and often felt pains in my chest
and lungs, which the Balsam relieved.
l cheerfully give this statement, and
hope you may have success with SO ben
e6cial preparation. Yours truly, A.
J. Merritt" so cents and 81 bottle.
Sold by all druggists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-10


Medical practice and medical teaching,
perhaps medical science, have begotten
and fostered the popular belief that al
cohol is one of the good creatures of God.
The medical profession is responsible for
the originating and perpetuating of the
great mistake that alcohol is whole
some thing. If this were true there
would be no meaning in crusade against
it. But it is not true. The very A B q
of the temperance cause consists in this +:
That alcohol is poison-and the worst
kind of poison, for it poisons soul and
body, mind and mOrals-anh that is the
first principle, the foundation, the justi-
ication of the temperance reform
Medical Temperance Journal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-10
AgrifnIlmral department.
CURRANTS.

What faithful friend the old-fash-
Toned currant 1t survives neglect, bears
fruit with patient regularity, never win
ter-kills nor mildews, resists the compe-
tition of weeds and the robbery of grass,
and with little help will triumph over
its few enemies. And then how grateful
it is to the taste, and how healthful to the
system, with its sparkling acid, and its
rare sweet that is not too sweet What
the apple is to fruits, the currant is to
berries-sturdy. faithful, reliable. cas-
lily grown, health giving. And yet the
currant repays care as we'll as the dain-
test berry and the choice, large, new
varieties show that it is susceptible of
improvement. Take the form in which
it is most commanly grown-the bush
and cut out the old stalks, thin out the
spindling growths, cut back the vigorous
shoots so as to make them stocky; hoe
them as clean as you would rowof straw
berries give them all the old chips from
the woodward, with mixture of ashes
and manure and you will be surprised to
see how the quantity and quality of the
berries will be increased That destruc-
tive pest, the currant worm, can be de-
stroyed, and the pushed preserved in all
their greenness, for few shillings' ex-
pense and by very little care. A little
powdered white hellebore sifted over the
the bushes when the worms first appear,
with an additional busting at their re-
appearance for four or FIVE times during
the season, will do the business effect
unlly. We have preserved a SPLENDID
row of currants for years in this way.
The fruit is best started by slips. either
rooted or fresh cut, and grows quickly
La Versailles, Red Dutch, and Victoria
are the best sorts, and the White Grape
adds most pleasant variety. Set four
four feet apart, and mulch in dry wealth
Golden Rule.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-10

1t is easier to make three pounds of
pork in summer than one in winter.
With plenty of rich slop, vegetables
and grass, not much corn will be needed
to enable pigs to make good growth.
The cooling qualities of grass counterfeit
the heating properties of grain. Plenty
of pure water and good shade is nec-
essary to the comfort as well az growth
of hogs. For young pigs give plenty of
milk until they are several months old,
no cornmeal and but little corn. Bread
and milk are excellent for young pigs,
also middlings from rye or wheat made
into thin slop with milk. Lettuce
will sometimes cure an attack of scours
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-10
Temperance.
1T DON'T PAY.

The following, from the Newark i'd
vertiser, has some wholesome truths
which it would be we'll for all classes of
citizens to ponders
1t don't pay to have fifty workingmen
poor and ragged in order to have one
saloon keeper dressed in broadcloth, and
flush of money.
1t don't pay to have these fifty work.
ingmen live on bone soup and half ra-
tions, in order that the salool keeper
may flourish on roast turkey and cham
payne.
1t don't pay to have the mothers and
children of twenty families dressed in
rags and starved into the semblance of
emaciated scarecrows and living in how
els, in order that the saloon keepers
wife may dress in satin and her children
grow fat and hearty, and live in a bay
window parlor.
1t don't pay to have one citizen in the
county Jail because another citizen sold
him liquor.
1t don't pay to have ten smart, active
and intelligent boys transformed into
hoodlums and thieves, to enable one
man to lead an easy life by selling them
liquor.
1t don't pay to give one man. for $l5
quarter, license to sell liquor, and
then spend $4,000 on the trial of Tim
Mclaughlin for buying that liquor and
then committing murder under its infu-
ence.
1t don't pay to have one thousand
homes blasted, ruined, defiled and turn.
ed into bells of disorder and misery in
order that one wholesale liquor dealer
may amass large fortune.
1t don't pay to keep six thousand men
in the penitentiaries and hospitals, and
one thousand in the lunatic asylum al
the expense of the honest, industrious
tax payers. in order that few rich cap.
italists may grow rich by the manufac
ture of whiskey.
1t never pays to do wrong; your sir
will find you out; whether others fine
it out or not, the sin knows where yol
are and will keep you posted of the fac
it don't pay.
A saloon keeper sold drinking mai
one pint of new rum, making ffteeI
cents clear profit. The man under tn
influence of that pint of rum killed hi
son-in. law; and his apprehension, con
6nement in Jail. cost the county NOR
than one thousand dollars-which tenn
perate men had to earn by the sweat 0
their brow. 1t don't pay.
The loss sustained by society, moral
and financially, the sorrow and suffering
the misery and restitution produced an
J augmented, and what is infinitely
greater consideration than all else, th
destruction of soul and body, the inevi
; able result of using or traficking in il
| toxlcating liquors-these all attest th
, truthfulness of the verdiet-it don't pa,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-10
VEGETINE
For CANCERS And
CancerOus HumOrS.
The Doctors Certificate.
Read IL.

ASHLEY, WASHINGTON Co.. ILL.,, Jan. IA, 1878.
Mr.. STEVENS -
Dear S1r-This is to certify that have been suffer-
ing from Rose Cancer on my right breast which grew
very rapidly and all my friends had given up to die
when heard OF your medicine. Vegetine, recommend
cd for Cancer and Cancerous Humors. / commenced
10 take IT, and found myself beginning to feel bet
ter; my health aud spirits both felt the benign infu
ence which IL exerted and In a few months from the
time commenced the use Of the Vegetine the Cancer
came out almost bodily.
CARRIE DEPoRREST.
certify that am personally acquainted with Mrs.
DeROrrest, and consider her one Of our very best
women DR. 8. II. FLOWERS.
ALL DISEASES THE BLooD.-H VEeETINE will
relieve pain. cleanse purify, and cure such diseases,
restoring the patient TO perfect health after trying diff
ferent physicians many remedies suffering for years.
is II not conclusive proof II you sufferer you can
be cured7 Why Is this medicine performing such
great IL works In the blood in the circulating
fluid. truly be called the Great Blood Purifier.
The great OF disease originates in the blood
and medicine that does not act directly upon It, to
purify and renovate, has any just claim upon public
attention
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-10

Texas has population of 100000.
and produces annually about 100000
bales of cotton, the value of which $780,
900. 900. The annual export of cattle
is estimated at $lO,000.O00. of wool
$1,000, 900 of hides Sl.80O,OO0, of beef
in barrels and cans 100000, and of
other productions $3,OOO.O0O.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-10

A farmer in Sheldon, VT, bought a
dairy farm stocked with 60 cows. and in
two years reduced the number to So, and
made as much butter as was formerly
made from 60; thus he greatly dimin-
ished the cost of keeping and yet kept
up the amount of production.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-10
VEGETINE
Is RECOMMENDED By ALL
PhXRiofamG.

VALLEY STREAM. QUEENS Co.. LONG Island, N. Y.
Ma. SrEvENc-
Dear Sir.-I take the pleasure OF writing you
small certificate concerning Vegetne prepared by you.
have been a sufferer with the Dyspepsia for over
forty years. and have had the Chronic Diarrhga for
over six months aud have tried most every thing;
given OPP to die and did expect live from day TO
day, and no physician could touch my case. saw
your Vegetne recommended TO cure Dyspepsia.
commenced using IT, and continued doing 80. and am
now well woman and restored 10 perfect health. All
who are afflicted with this terrible disease would
kindly recommend 70 try II for the benefit OF their
health. and Il 10 excellent for blood purifier.
BY Dir. T. D. Forbes M. D.. for
MRS. WM II. FORBES.
vEGETINE-when the blood becomes lifeless and
staguant either from change OF weather or Of climate
want OF exercise. irregular diet, from any other
cause, the VEeEEINE will renew the blood carry on
the purid humors cleanse the stomach, regulate the
bowels and impart tone Of vgor to the whole body
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-10

Plattsmouth, Neb. I. J. Casper, M. D.,
Springfield, Ohio; James H. Porter, M.
D.. Gorham, N. H.; D. E. Wells, M. D.,
Bristol, N. H.; J. A. Miller. NJ. D., San
Leandes. Cal. +; J. N. Camp, NJ. D., Bal
adam, Mo-; Jos. S. Burr, M. D., West
Lafayette, o.; Rev. E. N. Harmon,
Elsah, ILL.,. Rev. Isaac N. Augustine.
Shipman. Ill. /; Rev. L. Weston, Bucklin,
Mo. /; Rev. T.. A. Dawson, Homer. Ill. !;
Rev. W. S. Long, Graham. N. c.; Rev.
Andrew Adams, Calhoun, Ga Rev. A.
P. Moore. 7l2 Washington Street, Bos-
ton, Mass; Rev. l. A. Thayer, NJ. D..
Baconsburg, Ohio Rev. |. P. Profit,
Palmyra, H.; Mrs. Elizabeth A. Boyd,
Falls City. Pa j. Spencer, Union City,
Mich. Geo. G. Bazzill, Remove, Penn. J;
Mrs. M. Kerns, PALMYRA, Mo-. Mrs E.
R. Daley, Metropolis, ILL.,; Samuel Far
ner, Java. Ohio; Sisters of Charity, st.
Vincent's Asylum, Troy, N. Y.
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HAPPINEss.-God has made us capa.
BILE of happiness, yet happiness can never
be enjoyed but by the submission of our
minds and dispositions to his will.