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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-11-21

gradually, as the country could bear
it, the Republican party reduced the
volume Of paper money billion doll.
lars in three years, and when the
notes and mortgages given in the time
Of imitation began to fall due, times
grew harder until, in 1873, the hydra
headed monster, of bankruptcy and
financial ruin visited every part of the
country. Even then confidence might
have been partially restored, and tim
id capital might have come out of its
hiding place, if it had not been for the
avowed purpose of the dominant polit~
ical party to arbitrarily force a still
further shrinkage of values by the
passage of resumption act. The
events of the war placed the wealthy
classes in the South in such condi>
ton that. they cannot CO. o>operate with
the wealthy bdnkers Of the East. The
South was nearly solid on the silver
question that was acted on IN Con gress
last spring. The Republican party
made bitter faces when the silver bill
came up, but the force Of public opin.
ion secured the passage Of the bill.
Then President Hayes, the plant
tool Of the money power, vetoed the
bill, after which it was passed
by the requisite majority and became
law. The policy Of the Republican
party was to make the "gold bugs" as
nearly omnipotent os possible, and
silver currency was not favorable to
their supremacy. After having passed
the resumption act, they did not want
the important aid of silver coin to re-
sumo with, simply because they had
sold out to the bankers Of Europe and
America, and these bankers want sill
YER demonetized. We take pleasure
in assuring the Pioneer Press that
there is not only solid South, but
there will soon be solid West and
South, united in the determination to
have the affairs Of this government
managed honestly, and for the inter-
ests of all the people.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-11-21
A Letter from Hon. F. II. Delano.
The Railroad Lands.

49, r.
49,. St. Paul, Mimi, Nov. II, 1873.
Editor Of the Transcript: ..-.,.. -. -
Your letter of the 10Th in regard to
the railroad lands Of the "Western r.
R. Company of Minnesota" is just
received, and in reply to your inquir~
les ! have to say: That all deeds
which have been made, or contracts
for deeds to be hereafter made, are
good, and will be kept good by the
Railroad Company, and holders Of the
same should not worry themselves in
the least about the matter, only to
make their payments as they have
agreed to do, and the Company will
defend their title to the land.
In the adjustment of the 'Settlers'
claims, = which are now being fixed up
so that these actual settlers can go on
and obtain their titles, I understand
that some mistakes have been made by
the Governor in allowing some ofthese
tracts to get into the list of lands se>
lected for sale on November 9th.
understand the Governor will COR
rect these errors, and such tracts will
not be sold.
In the matter Of the lands selected
by the Governor through his agent,
L. B. Hodges, and which land so se>
lected is advertised for sale Nov. 9th,
suit has been commenced by the Rail-
road Company to prevent the sale un>
til the rights of all parties can be de-
termined by the proper courts. Twill
send you printed copy Of the com>
plaint made by the Railroad Compa-
ny, in which you will see the reasons
set forth in full for this suit.
1t Is thought by some of your peo-
pie that Mr.. Hodges took special
pains to select lands which parties had
bought, or contracted for, in order to
make trouble and get good price for
the same at the sale Nov. q, and that
his selections were the best lands in
the grant, &c. From my personal
acquaintance with Mr.. Hodges, I can
hardly think this is the case; but, of
course, future proceedings will devel~
op al! the facts, and they will all be-
come public in due time.
I will take this opportunity of ad~
vising the claimants who have their
claims for labor or material furnished
on the construction Of the "Brainerd
Branch" now filed in the State Audit.
or's Office, not to sell the same at any
great discount, as the present Railroad
Company has always been ready. and
is now, to pay the same IN cash.. but
they are not willing to pay the claims
for work and material furnished in. the
construction of the railroad from St.
Cloud to St. Vincent, or any part
thereof. The Railroad Company be-
lieve that the legislation of last winter
which attempted to release the St.
Cloud and St. Vincent line from the
payment of the claims chargable to
that line, is clearly unconstitutional
and in violation Of contract, and to de-
eide the matter they are forced to ap-
peal to the courts.
The Railroad Company desire to
dispose Of the lands for cash, or on
time, as rapidly as possible to actual
settlers, and being as responsible a
company as there is in the country,
they will warrant and defend their
actions connected with the sale OF
these lands against all comers.
F. R. DELANo.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-11-21
OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE
SALE UNDER JUDGMENT.

Notice is hereby given that under and by
virtue Of 4 certain judgment rendered and en-
tered on the fifteenth day of October, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight huud' ed and
seventy eight, oy and in the District Court
within and for the County of Morrison. in the
Seventh Judicial district ofthe- State Of Min
nesnta, in q certain notion then pending IN
said Court; in which said action Elizabeth M.
Swift was plaintiff aud Susan Church and
SanUal Church her husband were defendants,
q transcript of which said judgment. duly GER
tilted by the Clerk of said CCar, has Ieen to
ME delivered, I, the undersigned T. J. Hayes
Sheriff Of said County Of Morrison, will, as
such Sheriff, on Saturday the thirticth day
Of November in the year, of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy eight, at
the hour of two O'Clock in the afternoon OF said
day, at the front door Of the Court House in
the Village of Little Falls, in said County OF
Morrison and State of Minnesota, cell at puba
lie auction to the highest bidder for cash, the
real premises in said judgment descr1bed}
which said premises are situate in said corn-
iy of Morrison and are described as follows,
to.wit :: The cast half of the north east quar-
ter, and the east half Of the south east quarter
of section number thirty (a9l in township
number one hundred and t1enty-nine Q29),
north of Range number thirty One {3l).
Dated at Little Falls, Morrison Countys
Minnesota, this seventeenth day of October
A. D. 1878. =. .<:~.
49, y #5s%aE - T.J. HAYES,
| r. z. Sheriff of Morrison County, g.
.....,. ::... -. State Of Minnesota.
]. G. MCCLURE. .,...~-.>.r~, s,..- ..
Attorney for Plaintiff; .-..
Red Wing, Minnesota. : +T@ -: " 80
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-11-21

By A, GUERNON, Clerk. ss<2s
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-11-21

you can engage IN
- 1S5 to $50 per day made by any
sDnAJ worker q either sex, right in
~H~ -. their own localities. Partic~
~ y -9s5%, islars and samples worth -,
tree. Improve your spare time at this busfnss9
address e1IKsos + o.. PWfaand, AAtnA>
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-11-21

:.~ y. LEON HOUDE
Has just rectvea tse Largest, and Cheapest o.of
NEW GOODS
E1r brought County, consisting ofa full of
Dry Goods, Groceries, Pro
visions, Boots and Shoes,
Hats and Gaps, Flour and
Heavy and sheRHard-
ware, Crockery and
Glassware,
And, intact euerytaing 1aa: my customer, can.
1@e attention Of farmers called to the fact that paying very hg
market price
VVHEAT
and uUh of Farm Produce
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-09-04
What Kills.

6 In the school,, as in the world, far more
rust out than wear out. Study is most
tedious and wearisome to those who
study least. Drones always have the
hardest time. Grumblers make poor
scholars, and their lessons are uniformly
"hard and too long" The time and
thought expended in shrinking would be
ample to master their task. Sloth, gor-
mandizing, and worry kill their thous-
ands where over-study harms one. A
curse rests on laziness and gluttony. BY
the very constitution Of our being they
are fitted to begetthat to rpor and de-
spondency which chill the blood, deaden
the nerves, enfeeble the muscles, and de-
range the whole vital machinery. Fret
ting. fdgeting, ennseti, and anxiety
are among the most common causes of
disease. On the other hand high aspiration
| and enthusiasm help digestion and respi-
ration, and send an increased supply of
vital energy to all parts Of the body.
Courage and work invigorate the whole
system, and lift one into a purer atmos-
phere, above the reach Of contagion.
| The lazy groar most over their ''arduous
duties" while earnest workers talk little
about the exhausting labors of their pro-
fession. Of all creatures the sl0th would
seem to be the most worried and worn.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-09-04
A F1re-Fighting Snake.

Unless the Brazilians are guilty of very
large storytelling, the snake they call
the surucucu is drawer tar then the buffa-
10; for it is averred that, if a fire be kin.
died in the woods, these creatures glide
out Of their hiding places, dash straight
at the obnoxious thing, and scatter its
embers wish their tails; persisting even
though half roasted, until the fire is ut.
terly extinguished. If man carries a
torch near their haunts, they pass and re-
pass him lashing his legs until he drops
It, when surucucu Immediately coils
itself about it and puts out the flame. A
diminutive terrier of our acquaintance
used to act on the same principle, al
though his hatred of fire was a limited
one. He had no objection to It in its
proper place, and would complacently
contemplate g the parior fire, and let it
blaze ever so merrily, without so much
as wink; but the sight Of a lighted
piece of paper reused Tiny's ire and set
him barking grievously; and if the paper
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-09-04
Observation-Disclosures.

The committee appointed by the So
ciety Of Biology in Paris, April II, 1877,
''gave in their report that it had satisfied
itself as to the correctness made by M.
Burg, that piece of metal, applied for a
certain time upon the insensible surface
OF limb, sensibility returned, the skin
Redeemed and the muscular force in
creased. The Commission had seen COL
or blindness disappear and deafness i'm
proved" They further report that all
the metals did not act in the same way
with the various patients; on some it was
gold which acted, on others copper, iron
and zinc, but the same metal always acted
on the same patient. At the session of
the Society of Biology, Feb. 8 M. Regnard
said he had begun series of experiments
to decide the following, among other
questions: 1st-Do electric currents ex-
ist in the cases described? 2d--What
the cause Of the difference in the effect
produced by gold, copper and iron on diff
ferent patients? To determine the first
question he employed galvano-mete1
simply a wooden Notwithstanding
10000 coils Of the finest silk, covered wire
a magnetic needle upon an index scale
being in close proximity, and found, up
on connecting one of the wires with 8
piece of gold laid upon the surface of the
body, the coil Of this extremely sensitive
instrument became electrically charged
the instant the other end Of the wire
touched the skin and the needle moved
10 dogs. on the index scale. Copper
caused deviation OF As dogs. He there
fore thought he could justly answer the
first question in the affirmative, the
other remaining in allegiance; but he
hoped to be able to answer this question
also. Mr.. Charcot stated that there were
some points still to be clear, d up, and al
ludcd to what NJ. Burg had called the in
dividual idiosyncrasies in regard to met
ais; thus some patients, as he had previ
ously stated, were strongly affected by
gold, and not by copper. which induced
= much stronger current. Physician!
chemists and Psychologists are actively
studying the question. ~ Journal Of Ner
vous and Mental Diseases, Vol. 2, No. 8
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-09-04
we're throa n on the floor, he went for it
at once, 4ftly contriving to stamp out
the flame Without burning his toes.
! Beautiful Woman.

In q little wlte house on a hillside green,
Lives beautiful woman as ever was seen;
In the s s'xty.'| r years that she lived, may
She's been g1wing more beautiful every day.
You do hot bdieve it? Ask Susie, my sister,
She's the veryfrst person that ever had kissed
her,
And if she'd ny nursed her by night and by
day,
Poor Sue woull have been in a very bad way.
can bring oth}r witnesses whom you may
face,
They will tell ytu the same--they were in the
same case
Has she loyersf' Yes, surely! No less than
eleven!
She has seven on earth, and four more up in
heaven.
Her hair is so beilltiful-faded and thin.
There are beautiful wrinkles, from forehead
|, to chin,
Her eyes are as Charming as charming can be,
When she looks OR her glasses SO fondly al
me.
And know by hen life, which has beautiful
been,
She is like 'the kings daughter,''- glori
GUS within.n
All, you've guessed Who it is! It could be nc
other,
Pm sure. than my beautiful, darling old
mother. ~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-09-04

cause for bis death postmortem was
ordered. The result Of the medical ex-
animation revealed the mystery. In the
mans brain was found thick tuft of
hair, which science is Of opinion had been
there since his earliest childhood, and,
growing with his growth, had ultimately
occasioned his death. The young mans
parents, on being questioned, stated that
in his infancy he had received a violent
blow on the head from the fall of chin.
ney ornamet, and that after the bruise
had healed the mother remarked that the
hair on the injured spot had turned in,
ward, but thinking the matter Of no i'm.
portance, she had paid no attention to it
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-09-04
A Race OF Migrants.

The. countless dogs Of Constantinople
are under the protection of the general
public, but, being pronounced unclean
animals by the Koran, are not allowed
to enter the Turkish houses, and are con-
sequentlv without masters. They, there
fore form great free vagabond republic,
collarless, nameless, houseless, and law
less The street is their abode; there
they dig little dens where they sleep,
eat, are born, brought up, and die: and
no one, at least in Stamboul, ever thinks
Of disturbing their occupation or their
repose. They are masters of the public
highways. In our cities it is the dog that
makes way for the horseman or foot
passengers. There it is the people, the
horses, the camels, the donkeys, that
make way for the dogs. They are lazy
animals, and sleep most of the time;
neither rain, snow, heat nor cold disturbs
them. They wake wheu they are hung
~, not before, and sleep almost always
in the same spots. The canine popula-
ton is divided in quarters or wards:
Every quarter, every street is inhabited
or rather possessed by certain number
OF dogs, who never go away from 1t, and
never allow strangers to RESIDE IN II
They exercise sort of service of police.
Woe to any dog of another quarter who:
pushed by hunger, shall risk himself
within the territory of his neighbors! A
crowd of ours fail upon him at once;
and, if they catch him, they chase him
as far as his own domain that is, to the
confines OF it, for the enemy's country is
ever feared and respected. So fierce are
these engagements, and so numerous, that
many OF their number are reduced to a
pitiable condition crippled, with broken
tails, ne-eyed and SCARED. AS for the
tail, it may be said to be an immense
luxury; for it is rare for Constantine.
pie dog to wear his tail entire for moro
than two months of public life. j Yet not
withstanding their ugliness, laziness and
perpetual bowling, the Turks love these
dogs, and would not Danish them if they
could.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-09-04
Curious Cause OF Death.

From Marseillcs Francel paper we
learn that a soldier has just died in the
military hospital under the following
singular circumstances. He had been
suffering for some weeks from severe at
tacks Of headache, which totally incapac-
itated linn from his duties, and eventually
forced linn to enter the hospital. Here
the next morning he was found dead in
lis bed and their being no assigAable
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-09-04
A Love Story.

She sat upon the parlor lounge.
And William he sat by her,
And neither spake single word, -
But both gazed in the fire =.
At last he clasped her dimpled hand,
And told her of his love,
And swore that he'd be true to her, II
BY moon and stars above.
He said he could not live without
Before he could say more
The father came, and with q club
Enticed him out the door.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-09-04
Not Yet.
Not yet, 0 friend, not yet.
The patient stars

Not yet o friend, not yet.
The patient stars
Lean from their lattices content to wait.
All is illusion till the morning bars
Slip from the levels Of the Eastern gate,
Night is too young, 0 friend, day is too near;
Wait for the day that maketh all things clear
Not yet, o friend, not yet
Not yet, O friend, not yet.
All is not true;
Allis not ever as it seemeth now,
Soon shall the river take another blue,
Soon dies yon light upon the mountain brow
What lieth dark, 0 love, bright day will fill, !
Wait Tor thy morning, be it good or i'll,
Not yet, O friend. not yet.
Bret Hurte,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-09-04
"Open gates;
Dipsy waits,
And so does Della!"

The vines swung aside, like green cur
tains stirred by the winds, and great,
gittering doorway, with pillars Of solid
crystal on either side, appeared, while be-
You'd you could SEGA lovely garden with
apples, pears, peaches, plums, nectarines,
apricots, and every sort of delicious fruit
that ever was heard Of. Beautiful foun-
tains sparkled in the sunshine, toys of all
sorts were scattered about, and the air
was filled with delicious music, as if a
military band were playing somewhere
in the distance.
And this was Fairy Landl
The little girls rushed through as if
they had wings on their feet; the crystal
gates closed behind them; and Dipsy.
springing forward, began 10 fill her peck
ets with the beautiful toys and tempting
fruit ~ 10 2#
''stop, Dipsy," said Della. "Remem-
Der what the fairy said.'''
"Oh,'' said Dipsy, "she won't know"
And then an old man with q gilt crown
on his head came hobbling towards
them. sISs,rst .i -;.|%a5 ss
rs ''Oh, what "a funny old man" cried
Dipsy, bursting out laughing. st&
'Ah said the old man. ''Breaking the
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-07-11

A cunning ~jurylnan addressed the
clerk of the court when nd linistering
the oath saying. "Speak up;I cannot
hear what YOU say Stop: are you
deaf?" asked the Judge. Yes, Of one
ear "Then you may leave the box,
fnr it is necessary that jurymeii should
'hsar both eides."
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-07-11
Introducing Travellers.

Introducing Travellers.
81 say, conductor, do you know who
that good lady is there with a 5ook?'
Eyes, I've seen her a few times"
by Jove! She's splendid"
Yes, 1 thing she is"
Where does she live?' r
I'm Chicago, | believe"
<'I'd like to occupy that seat with
her"
why don't you ask her?
II don't know but it would be ont of
order
at would not be if she was willing
to have you occupy it. OF course you
claim to be a gentleman"
ooh, certainly if you are acqnalnt-
cd with her, give me an introduction;
that is if You have no objections
Certainly not"
How far is che going, do you
know"
Rochester, / believe.
Fixing his hair. mo1Stache, ana
whiskers in becoming style, he follow
ed the conductor who on reaching the
the seat where the lady sat. said, with
twinkle in his eye: "My wife, Mr..
NJ, of New York, who assures
me he will die before reaching De-
troit, if he does not form your acqualnt-
ance."
The gentleman stammered, suffered,
grew red in the face, faltered ont
some excuse, and retired to his seat,
leaving the lady in company With her
husband to enjoy the joke.
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Cur Resserf.
When a sneeae has busineas with 4

When a sneess has busineas with A.
selloy it always finds him Mt home.
srrhc Socialists is a little too social,
saws Emperor William, glancing at his
shifty wounds.
The hymn sung at the Women's Ho-l
tel. az want a mani want n man
want a mansion in the skies.
A clergyman ho was annoyed by.
the squeakiug shoe Of his ~parishoner re-
marked that some people had too
much music in their soles."
An Irish soldier called out to his
companion: "Hoilo, Patti have taken
n prisoner, "Bring him along then;
bring him along," 'He won't come. y
Then come YOURSELF" He won't let
me"
A suitable site for Cleopatrn's needle
-Threadneeale street, London.
A Massachusetts man named Cork>
skrew has named his baby Gimlet.
The song of Cin~ciunattinn, according
to the Graphic; Hold the pork, fry
ham coming
What's the difference between a hlli
and a pill? One is hard to get mp ana
the other is hard to get down.
Sunday night gatherings of two
are usually mentioned as dark n
now.
A hopeful minister says that he has
no doubt that the time will soon come
when the members..of a church choir
will behave inst rs we'll MS other
folks.
II puzzled a little hoy the other,day
TO drive his goat. He did not know
whether to say gee, haw or shoe, so he
compromised and said: go it, Nam
cy."
A little girl said to her mama: "Ma
ma, have yon heard of the man that
pot shot?' "No child, how did he get
shot?" asked mamma. "Oh he bought
en-" Said the ,oung precious,
A distressed mother writes to a news
paper for advice, which she gets thus
": 'The only way to cure your son OF
staying out late of nights is to break
his legs, or get the girl he runs after to
do the homework. "a
"Why don't You say please when you
ask for any thing?' Said n young la
dy to a little girl of five summers. 81
don't like to be Railways putting
bumps in when l talk replied the little
girl.
An insane clarionet'player has been
arrested in New York. The fact that
c~larionets sometimes makes the player
crazy rs well as the hearers will be n
sweet crumb of revenge to many a suf-
fering soul.
Here is an ~extrac! from q }itte boys
FIRST composition: Wen cats is q
swearin' and a blasfemin' and a tryin'
the Cages of their steam b'ilers in the
back yard at mite it makes Teller ofHe
Trade, if he isn't n sleepln' with his big
brother
An English prima donna, says an ex-
change, made a French audience laugh
while rendering the somewhat spasmod-
ic portion of the famous song robert
toi que jaime" commencing words.
''Tu vols mon %effroi!" Thou beboldest
my frightD She sang it 'Tu vols mon
nez froid." (You see my cold nose.)
A young lady of Westinghouse ID.
IlIs-recently attempted to commitssui-
eide by taking a large dose of indigo.
She had the blues.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-07-11
The Washerwoman Isn't at Home.

The Washerwoman Isn't at Home.
A sign on n honse OF Croghan street
informs the public that washing is done
there, AMI it was quite natural that a
mechanic working near by should take
a bundle under his arm and call there
and ask of The boy on the step:
"Bub, is the washermoman
"No sir" was the prompt reply
there's no Nashermoman here at ALL"
"But that sign says washing done
here" remarked the man.. 9at
dispose it does?" remarked the boy
in a higher key-"spose it does? A
lady may become the victim of unfor-
tunate circumstances to such an extent
that she is willing TO wash and iron
shirts and ~sheets, but that doesn't
make a washcrwoman of her. does it?'
81 thought it did " said the
"Humphl If you draw a buggy
down to the shop to be repaired does
that make a hoyse of you?'s faifalH 4
The man was turning silently away
when the boy added:
.sIf you want to fluid the lady Of un-
fortunate circumstances go around 70.
the side door, but tie washerwoman
isn't at homet'