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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1878-11-23
ATLANTA constitutional
only ! Niggerl Preacher.
HI Ii DlDx'r Go Back oS HIS nurY
N ssx. ". SNAIL, (OLp sly

pY SAN. w. SMALL, COLD SI.)
u, ,Dn. Black, sicdloredj Methodist minist.
~, springs. proved himself q hero durir
,r,,,lence II the scourge. lie visited viii
iyhk sd ministcre1 comfort wherever
IA. at on. time. WAS the only minist
u ne village to console the sick 4.
u NJ burial 81 the dead.
~. Well. reckon I know him
II Ii1Ily Spring preacher. you mean.
kktback as old Natnr could grow him
I'M i'll he Hack niggers you've seen.
EulnM On the old plantashnn
htnzstsfd thar cz er slave.
III insd IN his wise all-crcashun
MI him heart thct ia brave.
M nj thr ighfin' all evil!
lfkl7 TT save his own race
nat Athe Jaws Of the devil.
kkpsrr q goapil an grace
w fsaf hen the yaller inflicslnn
a. hikin' long over the Ian,
kbmr of swinl afli;cshun
AE1 y nc truc grit Of er man
knnih@n " stampede Of the people,
tNaI 4 shc po'r an the rich.
sPaskr lot sight Of llis steeplc
hsal. duty.'' an cross" an all sich !!
N INN thrr kith an thcr kin. sir,
n lsiih warn't ~ strOn. ez that thread,
alsa ! nv stayed TO win. sir,
a htlc 'lnoi,gst lyin' an dead!
ebuNsr aicknrtN cr second
flaas4 wltsa weary an faint.
IshNsrr thu stricken 'un bcckonil
kkM " hin Wurk like er saint.
~ Il the l., y the whitest
kshk up q mcrcitnl stand.
y silAr step that wuz liglksa
- IN xux the closest ut hand.
Aa q the I4rl and His power
Rsye vi Ter make holy the heart.
" weak sonl not to COVER
VI hce II Deaths rstilrnt Dart;
ss " fxect mcssage Of heaven
y ~ thrt never he'd hecr a it,
.2tam faith IN them even
hslaova of the ,utur' an fecr'l it.
y ~ oM nigger preacher
s9sA thar bis weight in pure gold
h Mlfd the pAtll of his Teacher
- POetlcmcr did Of old,
~ !.ay parsons in churches
.s! Y duty M death.
4 tat AL their folks in the lnrchcs
y saagcF thar comes cr first Fcxtl.
NJ asny hish-tonel sparkies
~ anand .als,ut niggers,
\. |. We s0pls Of tho inrkics
~ ~ 10 cnsy nlore'n IT cliggcrss,
Il nan in this party
s n him AZ big as ct tlea
. vt ler Old Ben right hearty
::s ut ter lick ME !.
" I1orl lad ~ reason
la tArt akl ,,ixgsr's hide.
N i. ~ asm u turn np III season
,ss world slnarc Oh his side
" y W Judgment come even.
as ~ an bet On this thing
\ Niger angel il heaven
'er praise M ter sing!
ss5es 5F 4 NJ 4
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1878-11-23

What m,n must hav4 his glass brf,ne
Q can 10 . 1,v's wrk, 4 giazier.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1878-11-23

most living grave-Greer digging with
bis bayonet while Hill passed back the
dir with all the desperation Of despair.
They hear not, heed not the battle that is
raging above them, but toll on. Often
hope would spring up in their hearts to
give way only to despair. Hill has often
tod me how, when he awoke to q con
sciousness Of bis condition, the thoughts
that flashed through his brain like Il ght
ming how he thought if be could only
see one ray Of light o. breathe the fresh
air once again; that il be could only let
bis wife know how and where he died,
that death would be relief to him. Al
most suffocated for want Of fresh air, they
worked on at last It seemed 10 them that
something crushed them they had dug
shrough the loose bowldets and the light
burst upon them. They both-overcom
with the sudden transition from their suf
location and despair to light and hope
tainted. How long they remained there
they know not. When they awoke from
their swoon the first sound that broke on
their ears was the clash Of arms and the
quick rolling roar Of the battle as it ragged
around and above. Almost 10 stupor,
trying to realize that they could again see
the light Of heaven and hear the voice Of
living creature, they lay still until they
recovered their minds enough to know
what was going %. Hill has often told
me that when be knew and realized it was
battle, the sound was the sweetest music
that had ever greeted his ears. Al last
the cry Of victory rose big above every
thing else. They knew that somebody
was vanquished and that somebody was
victor, who they knew not. They emerg
ed from their awful retreat, weak, worn in
body, and with minds almost crazed.
They knew not how long sthey had been
there; they did not even know their old
comrades nor could they realize that it
was the same day that they were buried.
They we're brought back to me at the
tl~ld hospital more dead than alive, for.
strange As it may seem, they were the
most sadly changed men that ever be.
held. Both were fine looking soldiers he.
fore, now they were weak. with sunken
cheeks and eyes. Lieut.. Hill, whose hair
twenty four hours before was black, with
out single gray hair in it, (as be was
only thirty years o'd,) was now almost As
white ~ snow. Whether il turned from
horror 4. his condition, or the deatbly
heat Of the +subterranean bed. or both, |
do not pretend to say. simply give the
facts, not as heard them, but as | saw
them, and he still lives to verify that this
is no romance, bnt one Of my experiences
in war whose first gun heard fred. and
the last gun of which sounded the requiem
Of the Lost Cause when was at my post
Of duty. HUGH ToLASD. N. D.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1878-11-23

a book store and said lie wanted to buy
some school books. As the clerk was
waiting on him he inquired the reason his
customers bead WAS tied up in such .
shape.
"Oh," responded the boy, 10 matter Of
fac. way, "a horse bit off my ear this morn
ing"
mol" said the clerk, doubliog'y;; what
was the trouble, anyway
4 tell you he did bite i of" the lad
said, with some warmth "anl can prove
il, too. Just you look here now,' and
reaching down into his pocket he drew
forth wad Of newspaper soaked with
blood and slapped it down on the counter.
A crowI formed around the little fellow,
who with great gravity and pardonab'e
air Of triumph proceeded to unwrap thr
uns savory mass. Then he pulled forth =
ghast'y relic IN the shape Of human ear,
evidently torn GU: BY the roots. There,
iidn't tell you eo?' be cried, exultiu9ly.
He fetched it off At thr FIRST nip" The
boy gave his name as Eagsn and said be
lived on the Clapp farm. While working
10 the barn the horse reached his head
over the side Of the stall, caught the little
fellows ear in bis teeth and chewed it off
Having thu. delivered himself, the lad
carefully ,ew,apped his precious ear,
thru.. il 10 his pocket and departed.-iO,l
City Derrick.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-10-09
The Heusler Printer.

A printer tells this story: At one time
worked on a country newspaper. One
day a green looking hooiser wandered
upstairs and looked sheepishly around
him. he said he 'S.jest wanted to know
how the thing was done. He was always
sol on larnin how to print the news and
things" He watched carefully the pro-
CESS Of setting he.type, and thought he
jess knew where to put his fingers on
the letters [ informed him that it
would take years to get perfect at it, at
which he laughed me to scorn, and said
he could s'do it as fast as you kin after
larnin' the places where the letters come
from, and that he, could learn that In a
half an hour.o offered to bet him a
greenback, that | could fill the stick
three times TO his once, at which he re-
marked wal, sonny, l amt got no
scrip about jes' now, but if you will al
low this ere timer to lay along with your
fver, I don'r mind tryin' to take the con
safe cutter you After some preliminar-
leg, a bet of the above nature was effect
ed, and greeny spent one solid half hour
"larnin the places where; they belonged .
when he professed to know where every
letter vas as / we'll as did | handed
him some reprint copy, a stick and ,ule,
showed him how to hold the stick, and
we started. In just seventeen minutes,
amid the opened mouthed wonderment
Of the rest of the boys, greeney dumped
a stick of SOLID BREWER, andI was sold.
He was only poor tramp that wanted
a littlon the road, and chose this as a
means to satisfy the demands of the rail-
road.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-10-09
A Remedy for Heart Disease.

a middle-aged man walked into one
of the drug stores in a certain village,
and handing out to the. clerk a half,
drachm vial filled apparently with white
powder, asked him if he could tell what
it contained. TWAS labelled, For heart
disease take thres times a day" He
said he took the vial from the pocket of
a young man who, he thought, .acted
strangely, and wanted to know Its con.
tents. The clerk took it to his prescrip-
ton desk, drew out the cork, when he
observed a thread following it attached
TO the cork. Drawing it out he found at
the end OF the thread q minute mitten
The vial was lined with clean white pa
per, which gave it the appearance of be-
ing flied. The clerk replaced the nit
ten and cork, and. handing it back to
the man. told him that it was a welt
known but harmless remedy fir heart dis
ease, and that In most cases one dose was
sufficient. The inquirer looked relieved,
and walked away With his precious bot
tIs snugly tucked in his vest pocket. The
girl that gave him that bottle wont be
troubled with any more calls from him.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-10-09
Around tile Melon.

7 i i :. .fs
There is always 3 crowd of people at
race. trotting match or u military parade,
but no countenance wears that look Of
intense interest which is visible when
twenty five or thirty citizens gather
around two shilling watermelon and
discuss the awful mystery concealed be-
meath the rind. After the melon has
been "hcfted,s thumped, pressed, and
squeezed by each one of the group IL
turn, the man who has crossed the Alps,
shot tigers in India, me, the Car OF
Russia, and cleaned out sitting Bull or
the plains of America, declares his can
did belief that it lsa ripe mellon. Then
the man who has owned nineteen differ
ent farms, married four different wives,
written two books ON agriculture, ano
raised melons by the million, asserts that
the specimen before them is green. The
crowed digideso of. yea and, nay, and the
owner of the mellon pulls out his knife
and proceeds slowly to perform the oper
ationof plugging" The silence is Sc
deep that the ticking OF watch
sounds like a fire alarm. Men can be
seen to shut their jaws and grew pale.
Not word mot whisper till the old
JACK. knife has performed itsswork. When
tne s.plug' is pulled out 10 view every eva
is turned upon it, every heart gives s.
ehrob, and the silence is broken by q
general yell of:
Didn't we say soG"-D Detroit Frs
Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-10-09
Stanley's Story Of his Expedition.

M The deeds thus told with modest piet,
are now before us b in twt
large volumes from the press Of Harpe,
and Brothers, glowing with illustrations
anc printed in clear royal type. If Col.
nmbus could have told his story in this
fashion, and could have it to the world
with accessories of art and science, how
much more comfort it would have been
70 him OF how much more value to the
world But Columbus lived in an age
I when kings went to Canossa; when civil
/ llzatlon was just awakening from its long
' y 10 the sloth and darkness of
o the clolster; when there was no
literature but what came from monks:
before the world knew of the press. the
steam steam engine, and the telegraph. Stan
icy went forth as the ambassador Of
g OF the variety and mystery of
when Columbus never had dreamed
lie represented two newspapers. the
New ork3 Herald and the London T,ele-
9ra'A--leaders of the press which now
encompasses and rules the world. He
carried with him arms of precision and
strength, embodying the strongest force
Of civilization. - - -
He was served by science in the shape
OF instruments which would have excited
the wonder of Columbus, and which en-
abled h1m to read the tides, the currents
the altltudes,tfie ATTITUDES and longitudes
the meaning OF time and space, the vari-
atlons and processes of nature, the Sc
crets that form infinite ages had been
gathering in the rocks, He was so
strengthened that he could carry over the
mountains the boat that would carry him
over inland seas, and defy the fury of
tropical storms. He had the elephant rifle
and quinie; but for one would have fallen
under the knife of the kanibal; but for
the other he would have gone to sleep,
with the many intrepid spirits who had
gone before him, in the embrace Of ty-
plus. When his journey was ended,
there was no weary pilgrim to doubling
and cold court. His Triumph was flashed
over the seas, it came at once to our
homes, to millions OF homes in ali lands.
And now, thanks to science, we can fol-
low him step by step, and see with his
ewes all the adventures that befell
nm, and all the wonders that opened to
ms view, and read the story in his fine.
clear, nervous Saxon Englieh, simple in
Its It's strength, with the stamp of truth in
It's simplicity. If we are grateful that
such work as the discovery Of Africa
should have been done in our time. how
much more grateful should we be that
the story of it should be open to US in the
sumptuous array with which printer and
artists have surrounded these volumes =.
tlohas Russez Young, IN Haqper's Magasine
for October.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-10-09
Hang On Like a Beaver.

When our Tom was six years old.
he went into the Forest one a ternoon to
meet the hired man. who WAS coming
home with a load Of wood. The man
placed master Tommy on top Of the load,
and drove homeward. just baft,re reach.
ing the farm the team went pretty brisk
" down a steep bitl. When Tommy en-
tered the house his mother said:
n Tommy, my dear, were you not
frightened when the horses went tro1tins
so swiftly down Grow hills'
Eyes, mother, a little, replied Tommy
honestly, "but | asked God to help me,
and hung on like q beaver 1
Sensible Toni Why sensible! Be.
his words teach the life lesson; in all
troubles pray and hsng on Ikea beaver.
by which, mean that, while you ask
God to help you, you must help yourself
with all your might.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-10-09
THE WEBSTER HOMESTEAD.

"Reminiscences OF the FaInsry-p Present O.
c1Panfs CT the Place s&}-t
Cor, of the Boston Transcript
Gufesterday we visited the Webster home
stead, or rather the ruins of what was for
meriy avery happy and hospitable home
stead, and the graveyard where rests the
remains OF the great statesman and the
deceased members Of his family. The
grounds, still fine and ample, though the
estate has been reduced from the original
proportions OF upwards Of 200 acres to
about $50, tie ut-buildings which are in
good repair, and the foundation and Gel
larage of the principal part Of the man
sion, which still remain, suggest at once
the great desirabili:y of rebuilding the
house sufficient for occupation, and this
/ believe, Mrs. Fletcher We bster is ex.
tIemel Y DESTROYS of doing, were means
available for the purpose But Daniel
Webster was not 8 money making nor
noney-saving man. Every doll,r he
possessed was earned and spent in inlprov-
ing his home, or in acts of kindness or
ne, ,esslty. His we'll known hberallty was
also tas en- Advantage of by scheming midi
yidna}s who extract from him sums that
would now be OF he utmost service in re-
storing his home and pro- s<serving from ruin
and decay 3 spot which he has made IN
teresting an4 so memorable. The Sre
which completely destroyed the mansion
took place, as will be remembered, last
February, and was, without double, the
work OF an incendiary, By superhuman
efforts a part OF the furniture, some Of
of the pictures and little Of the silver
and china were saved, but the whole OF
the valuable library, papers, letters and
documents were destroyed, thus depriy-
ing the bereaved members of the family
Of more than an historic home-their
most important and treasured resources.
On our way to go to the graveyard we
stopped and took, with becoming rever-
ence, or nix from Daniel Webstcr.s pet
spring, and found it most delicious wafer.
The section OF the rural cemetery which
contains The graves and memorial stones
of the Webster family is fenced off with
an iron railing. A low, plain headstone,
only ''Daniel Webster upon it, marks
the family tomb. The grave st nes are
ranged below it, those of Daniel Webster
and bis beloved wife, Grace Fletcher, oc.
cnpying the first place. Upon her stone
IS the following inscription; -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-10-09
Across The Sunset Bay,
The West IS one@transcenaent glow
~ {lf ssl1naat slalon a ca..- ahnx,a r., ha,,d

1ne west Is one tranScenGent glow AL VA ti5
OF sunset splendor; hand hand
The waves come singing up the sand V
Their summer songs of long ago
Our boat rocks lightly on the tide,
With cleaning PROV aud snowy sail, 4
That dips before the freshening gale,
AS through the curling foam we glide, III
The waves rejoice, the wind Is fair 2tfs
AS ,round the reedy cape.WG sweep,
And past the Light exultant leap Il
10 the white arms OF Delaware!
Across the shoals and far away
We skim (the low green shore-a-lee)
And face the rosy spheres OF sea
Iha6 glitters meath the dying day!
Erect free at last! as air or light! e
Our very griefS are laid asleep
No fear pursues US on the deep
To dul therapture of our hightl
Beneath us rocks the blue abyss
Serenely in the blue above 95e.sE zSE
Flames the resplendent star OF Love
The rosy harbeuger OF bliss!
Lean on this faithful breastof mine, b.
Fair face THAT biossulnssas the rose
In that sweet hight that overfows
The round of sea and sky divine!
And sing me, love, some roundelay,
While, Far as fees the tireless wind,
We leave the world OF care behind,
And DRIFT into the dying day.
But faster, further, as we strain s
Along the sunsets westward trail
The lprid glories fade and fail,
And vanish from the heaving main:
And nightpursues our dying bark, @
Past looming capes and shadowy lees, 81
With glimpseS OF Whitening seas .,E.'.E. 3
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Quin the actor.


bright paragraph ia the life Of Quin
lis the assistance so delicately and heart
lily given to the starving Dict Winston
Stretched upon miserable truckle bed
without fopd, money, clothes, or hat, lies
the unfortunate actor. a knock is heard
at tile. door, and GUN enters; followed By
q man bearing q specialize suit. !" New,
Diet, my boy, cries he, '.how is it you
are NOT up and at rehsrsals He has
provided him not emily with clothes, but
an engagement. BeWildered, his heart
heating With gratitude, Win strn dresses
himself. Decently clad, employment
found for him, but starving, no money to
bu- even d morscl Of food. 20, Mr..
Quin, 7 he falters, what shall do until
Saturday for food money q Il have done
all 1 could, is the answer; "yOu must
now put your hand in YOUR own pocket
He does, and draws out q ten pound note.
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GRACE FLETCHER WEBSTER,
Born January is, 1881, * ..
Died January n, 1925, =.
Blessed ale the pure in heart for they
bcl Goa i.

Mr. Fletcher Webster was 49 years old
when he was killed at the battle Of Bull
Run, and upon the stone which was eject
ed by the Officers of his regiment, the
Twelfth Massachusetts, are the following
touching words taken from @ speech of
his father: .... e.. '*s @s
land if am too old myself, I hope
here are those connected with ne who
are young and willing TO defend their
country 70 the last drop of their own
blood Daniel Webster.
The words upon his own gravestone
set arrest the charge Of skepticism which
had been made against him, md though
somewhat lengthy, and the wind upon
the high, marshy ground blowing gale,
copied them, Miss Ward reading them
aloud for my benefit while. Miss Phillips
kindly i,Aprovised q writing desk. The
following is the inscription:
philosophical argument, especially
that drawn from the vast economy OF the
universe, IN common with the apparent
injustice Of this globe, has sometime
shaken my reason for the faith which IS
in me; but my heart has always assured
and reassured me that the God Of Jesus
Christ must be divine reality. The
Sermon on the Mount cannot be merely
human production. This belief euter
into the depaths of my consciousness, ans
the whole history Of man proves it,
Daniel Webster
The pres.ntoccupants of the home Of
Daniel WEBSTER and resident members 81
his family consist Of Mrs. Fletcher Web
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Attempt to Hoax George Combe.

"A medical man in Edinburgh, with
the help of a friend who was painter,
modelled turnip into the shape of hui
man head. 4 cast was taken from this
model, and was forwarded to Combe with
the request that he would favor the send
er with his observations on the talents
and dispositions indicated oy the head
1t was added that the cast was from the
skull of person of an uncommon char
acter. Combe instantly detected the
trick, and got Abran, who had some
reputation in bis private circle as verse
maker, to write q parody on the "Man OF
Ihessaiy," which was pasted on the brow
Of the cast, and then it was returned.
There was a man in Edinburgh, @
And he was wond' rous wise;
lie went into a turnip field pax It'll .#5 =
And cast about his eyes. sJ
And wis n he cast his eyes about, s..s
He saw the turnips fine; r4s.,,. =lsss
- How many heads are there" says he,
"That likeness bear to mne!'
+ so very like they are, indeed,
No sage Pm sure could know
This turnip head which have on
From those which there do grow"
He pulled a turnip from the ground,
$50 a cas- from it was thrown;
He sent it to a Spurzheimite,
=. And passed it for his own.
And so indeed it truly was M aa5
His own in every sense; ,s l,s@. l
For cast and Joke alike were made
All at his own expense,
The author of the attempted hoax call
ed on the following day and assured
Combe that he meant no offence, But only
a jest. Combe replied that if the autho,
was satisfied with his share Of the wit, no
feeling Of uneasiness remained on the
other side.-Llfs Of George CoDabe. ..@
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sing Il material Mrs. Fletcher web

ising material Mrs. Fletcher Web
ister, her son and daughter have, with
wonderful taste, industry and ingenuity,
created d paradise, after Morris's own heart
A rustic piazza has been added to the
plain, unsig htly exterior, which ii covered
with trailing vines. The. lower rooms are
filled with what are most precious relics
.of.their former home and past history.
There are some valuable old portraits, the
full-length picture of Danial Webster, by
.Ames; fine Wouyerman's showing his
peculiar effects Of light and shadow; some
tritreold china and costly articles of fur
niture, and, what is treasured most, the fa-
vorite library chair Of Mr.. Webster. q
great, deep, capacious arm chair, covered
with morocco, and with attachment in
front for reading or writing. For the
two most valuable pictures in the posses
sion of the family the house is too small
and they are, therefore, left in other GUS.
tody, These are the celebrated portraits
OF Lord Ashburton and 5Danial Webster
by Healey. These pictures were painted
for and given to each other, the artist
painting Mr.. Webster's second time for
his family. They are admirable Likeness,
ses, and, apart from their historic inter.
5ests, are among the finest productions Of
the artist, The family are now, however,
not able to keep them, and Mrs. Fletcher
Webster would gladly sell them, so that
they could form part OF a gallery, and be
properly kept and cared for, while the
money would be applied in paying off
the remnant Of a mortgage which the
small insurance on the house did not
cover, and which prevents the trustees
from rebuilding.
Mrs. Fletcher Webster shows Che re.
mains Of great personal beauty, and has
bright, accomplished and charming
daughter, who has already shared the
misfortune of her mother, for she is a
widow, though still very young. The son,
Ashburton, is also handsome, and very in .
telligent and gentlemanly, but he is un-
fortunately deprived Of. a career in this
country, not only by his illustrious name,
but by the necessity which chains him TO
the side of his mother and sister.