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The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27
A Faithful Friend.

L have lately seen an old horse at
Bourn, in Lincolnshire, on the his
tory of which I can thoroughly rely,
and il is so remarkable that think
it worth publication. l have seen
the horse myself, and as far as per-
sonal observation goes, | can thor
oughly indorse the story. The horse
is aged twenty-five, of the old short
legged coaching stamp, and has been
in the possession Of the present
owner upward of sixteen years, dur
ing which period he has only had
three days rest, not excluding even
Sundays. His work has been TO run
a heavy msil-cart from Bourn to
Swsyfield, distance of fourteen
miles, including the return Journey,
every day, and one day week two
miles extra. The horse leaves Bourn
between six and seven in the MORN
!. ing, and reaches Burn about seven
i'm the evening. During his recrea-
tion at Swayfield, the horse is kept
in further exercise by working at
the plow and other work upon a
farm. he is without blemish and
in capital condition. His work for
the last sixteen years has been so
uniform that the horse knows the
particular places he has to stop at
ON given days of the week; for in
stance, he persistently stops at the
BARRIERS shop on Tuesdays and Fri
days, and six days a week he stops
at draper's shop for parcels, and
on Sundays he won't stop at either
place. His owner is so fond of him
that, with a sort of feeling of Tom
Moody. he hopes that be and his
horse msy be buried together
Cor. London Field.
The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27
The Western Rural.

The Western Rural comes 10 our
table from week to week complete
ih all its departments. In matters
relating to the farm, orchard and
arden, it is unsurpassed, and vet it
does not ignore the family circle. 1t
is fireside companion, much en-
joyed by the women folks and the
children, each having department
full of interest to them. The Rural
is increasing in circulation and in
fluence, and deserves the patronage
of all interested i'm the cultivation of
the soil, or in increased intelligence
among the sons of toll.
The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27

Elizabeth Allen, in a poem asks :
"Oh, willow, why forever weepP
Elizabeth is little mistaken In the
facts, it ism: the willow that weeps ;
it is the boy who dances under the
timber end of it.
The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27

A gentleman who recently trav-
eled over a notoriously slow branch
railroad declared that ii is the safest
road in the country, as the superin-
tendent keeps boy running ahead
of the train to drive off the cows
and sheen.
The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27

A subscriber wrote to a journal to
make some inquiries about the next
worlds fair, whereupon the wicked
editor replied that he was under the
impression that the next world
wouldn't have any fair.
The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27

A clergyman created consterna-
ton at a funeral by praying earnest
~ I'm behalf of "the bereaved hus-
band and the one to come who shall
NIL the place made vacant by the
death of our deceased sister,
The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27

"The sun rises in the east" ex-
planned the teacher. "Yes, an
there's suthin' rises in the west, too"
chimed in one of the smaller bows.
"Well, what is il ?" asked the school,
ma'sm. "1njuns!" shouted the
urchiu.
The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27

Somebody has discovered that
whenever the grain is cut and haul
ed in, the tramp makes his appear
ance on the stubble and demands
work or bread.-BrOokUiUe Demo-
cr1f
The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27

The intelligent compositor who
quoted the Rev. Talmage as saying
IAN honest man is the nobbiest
work of God" now lies stiff aud
stark in the dank ehurchyard mold,
and the daisies are growing all
around, all around, and the daisies
are growing all around.
The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27

An exchange says pretty female
lobbyist, when she commences to
weep, generally wins a Congress
man over to her side. From this it
would appear that our Congress is
partially run by water power.
The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27

From the way some of these girls
look in their walking-dressos, pulled
back and tied tight around below
the knees, two peanuts twice a day
and a grasshopper on toast twice a
month would make 'em fat. Their
waists look like the thin part of an
hour-glass with very little sand in it.
The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27
Mother storm coming unless VIC

are "A KIP, d, d, ~. o. /;
f: - Xxx Confound the flies |!
How can man write and keep both
ears and a well dev eveloped bald head
comfortable, at the same time
Rochester Democrat.
The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27

The undersigned offers at private sale
his farm two and a half miles north OF
the city consisting of
$50 ACRES OF LAND,
fifty acres uuder cultivation, and sixty
acres of as good hay land as can be
found, and under a portion of it is
very excellent quality of brick clay.
The improvements upon the place are
two-story concrete dwelling, 2Ox30 IT,
a comfortable and convenient house; n
windmill: a large, substantial shelter
for stock; shed and yards for hogs;
corral for cattle; granary; tool house,
etc., etc. Also
1913 HEAD OF SHEEP,
mostly ewes, besides horses COWS, steers,
heifers, hogs, farming implements, &c.
The location is a very excellent one
for farming and stock raising-near the
city with easy and quick access to mar
ket; fifteen minutes ride to the post
office, the railroad depot, the telegraph
Office and church.
The site of the dwelling-house COM
mands as fine view as can be had of
the country, for twenty miles in every
direction, and the place would not be
offered for sale except that my increas-
ing business in the city renders it
desirable to give it my exclusive at
tention.
For further particulars call on or
Address NJ. X. TURNER,
Columbus, Neb.
The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27

1t is lack to pick up a horseshoe,
unless, of course, it happens to be
attached to a mules hind leg.-Buf-
fdlO ErpreSS.
The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27
COLUMBUS NURSERY.
Fsiee List fer acre. &c. Fall Delivery.

variety year. Iowa grown per 100 s s R?'
Antelope
siberian Crab in variety 3yrs4 to 3O
and late Richmond 4O
ana Wld Goose 40I
yoDoohtt, Mammoth Cluster
S oughtcn years Isl so
VERY ana white Grape years 15 so
Pie PlantStrawberry ,(extra) sol
Kilmanoek Weeping Willow we formed heads feet a5 "
WlGnsn 3ns I" sol
,purplean nd whit fl
Roses Moss June and climbing 2years
Virgins imbe
Paones, Tulips Tube Roses
established
The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27
CHICAGO & NORTH. WESTERN
RAILWAY,

RAILWAY,
The Great Trunk Line from the West to
Chicago and the East.
II is the Oldest shortest most direct, convenient
comfortable and In every respect the best line You
can take 1t 10 the greatest and grandest Railway
organization in the United States. IL owns or
controls
2io0 MILES OF RAILWAY
PULLMAN HOTEL. CARS are run alone
BY it through between
COUNCIL BLUFFS q CHICAGOi
No other road runs Pullman Hotel Cars, or any
other form of Hotel Cans, through, between the
Missouri River and Chicago.
The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27


& can any thing In the pricest Parties
Of
SdssfdctoH guaranteed spondenc
! N
The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27
FOR SALE.

The undersigned offers at private sale
his farm two and a half miles north OF
the city consisting of
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-07-11
From the N. Y. SUM-
Gen. Butler is One of that Glass.

There are Republicans in the country"
says Harpers Weekly, whose position
is quite as repugnant to many Republi
cans as to Democrats, and if it were be-
lieved that Repu blican success meant the
control of the party by such men, that
success would be seriously imperilled.-
Gen. Butler is one of that class"
If our cotemporary has any good
grounds for its early and earnest opposi-
ton to Gen. Butler, they should be plain
ly set forth without delay. 1t is quite
safe to say that large, Jealous, and pow
erful minority of the Republican party
are in favor of Gen. Butler for the next
President of the United States They
may force his nomination. There may be
other men in the Republican party who
have less positive enemies; we doubt
whether there is any one man who has
more positive friends. Indeed that is
the characteristic of Mr.. Buffers friends
they are positive. They are active, en-
ergetic, and enthusiastic What man is
there in the country who can draw to-
gether larger audiece to-day to listen to
a political speech than Gen. Butler2
Some persons have a personal dislike
of Mr.. Butler-it may be mere rejudice
against him We should like to hear
what there is substantial to be said in
derogation of his fitness; and the sooner
the better, for it begins to look as though,
if Butler is not the Republican candi-
date, Grant will be.
Would Harper's Weekly prefer Grant
to Butler-or would it prefer Democrat
to either of them? Let US hear more
particularly from our illustrated coten-
porary on this interesting point.
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II say, Mr.. Duffus, what are your poll
tics7" said witty Aberdeen man, quiz
zing another artisan.
conservative. My father was conser-
vative," he replied
"And what is your religion?"
Protestant My father was Protest
ant" was the answer.
And why are you bachelor?" said
the other.
Because my father was a-oh! don't
bother me with your stupid questions"
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One more story from the North of Ire
land. He was a Northern farmer" had
married three wives in the course of four
years, and buried them all three-they
happened to have been comfortable"
and had brought him trife of money
and bit of land, and maybe pig or
two To him the parson condolingly on
the demise of No. 3; We'll, Andy, pen
sively "a tell ye what it is, sir, ye ma
b'leeve me that what wi the fetchin' O
them in, an the fetchin' of them oot,
there's no sac much profit on them as
maybe ye think"
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OLD,
TRIED,
AND
TRUE.
People are getting acquainted-and those who
are not ought to be-with the wonderful merits OF
that great American Remedy, the
MEXICAN
Mustang Liniment,
FOR MAN AND BEAST.

This liniment very naturally originated in Ameri-
ca, where Nature provides in her laboratory such
surprising antidotes for the maladies of her chill
dren. Its fame has been spreading for 35 years,
until now it encirces the habitable globe.
The Mexican Mustang Liniment is a matchless
remedy for all external ailments of man and beast.
To stock owners and farmers it is invaluable.
A single bottle often saves human life or re-
stores the usefulness of an excellent horse, OK,
COW, or sheep.
It cures foot-rot, hoof-ail, hollow horn, grub,
screw-worm, shoulderrot, mango, the bites and
sings Of poisonous reptiles and insects and every
such drawback to stock breeding and bush life.
It cures every external trouble of horses, such
as lameness, scratches, swinny, sprains, founder,
wind-gall ring bone, &C.. etc.
The Mexican Mustang Liniment is the quickest
cure in the world for accidents occurring in the
family, in the absence of q physician, such as
burns, scalds, sprans, cuts, etc, and for rheuma-
tism, ard stiffness engendered by exposure. Par
ticularly valuable to Miners.
1t is the cheapest remedy in the world, for 1t
penetrates the muscle to the bone, and singls
application is generally sufficient to cure.
Mexican Mustang Liniment is put up in three
sizes of bottles, the larger being proportion
ately much the cheapest. Sold everywhere.
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LEGAL.
Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate.

State of Ohio, Jackson County, S.:
Court of Common Pleas.
Elizabeth Powers VS.. Geo. H. w. Prichard ct al
On End Order of Sale.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of
an order of sale issued out of the Clerks office
of said court, on the 5th day of June, A. d.
1873, and to me directed as Sheriff of said coun-
ty, will offer for sale, at the door of the Court
House, in Jackson, in said county, on
Saturday, July 18th, A. D. 1878,
at O'Clock P. NJ. of said day, the following de-
scribed real estate, situate in the county of
Jackson and State of Ohio, to-wit:
In-Lot Number TwentyThree (23) in the
town of Winchester.
Appraised at S242 90.
Terms of sale cash on day of sale.
To be sold as the property of George H. w.
Prichard, to satisfy a judgment and decree in
favor of Elizabeth Powers.
Given under my hand this 10th day of June,
A. d. 1878. JOHN NJ. EWING,
Sheriff j. G. o.
JAMES TRIP and C. A. ATKINSON, Attys for
Plaintiff. junel3t5t
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John and Ida, married,
Lived in Idaho forlorn,
Cause John hung round that tavern
And let Idaho the corn.

1t is curious that money should be
called by SO many different names. Some
describe it as ''spondulix," some as the
stuff" some as the sugar" some as
"rhino,' some as spoons" some as the
ready" others as "brads" The French
call it "Largent,' the English "the need
full" in Mexico casting" in the south,
rocks" in the east tin" in the west
rags" in Canada it goes by the name of
"spelter," hereabouts it is short"
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from Macmillan's MagaZine.l
A Child's Story.

With rosy cheeks and golden hair
And Joyous smile, just turned OF three,
He came and said that he must tell
A tale to me.
aThree little people," so he spoke,
"Went out to seek for God above,
And two of them were Faith and Hope,
The other Love.
They wander'd near, they wander'd far,
But never found the God they sought,
And Faith and Hope were lost and gone
And came to nought."
asked of Love- and where was he,
"Oh, mother, he is strong to bear;
He struggled on to God at last
He now is there.
And must go, and 1 must play"
He danced away with laughing eyes,
Blue as the glaciers sapphire depths,
Or Summer skies.
But in my brain the baby tale
Reiterated DER and DER,
AS if it were the last true word
OF this sad hour.
Oh, hope deferr'd! oh, faltering faith!
Weak forces doom'd to droop and die,
Not yours to find mans mystic God,
Now or eternally.
In Love, as yet but family known,
Lies all the future of our kind,
Cling to him. that on some far shore,
Faith, Hope, ye find.
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The Detroit embezzler, whose pilfering,
after years of dishonesty, was brought to
light on saturday, adds one more to the
surprisingly long list of deacons and Sun
day-school superintendents who in these
latter days, have turned out to be thieves
of one degree or another. Of course it is
not to be assumed that genuine religion
religion founded on the love and fear
of God-has any tendency to weaken the
moral principle or to unfit it's possessor
to withstand temptation. Nor is it to be
believed that all these criminals have,
with deliberate hypocrisy, assumed the
garb of religion in order to ward off sus-
picion of their immoralities. On the con-
trary, the evildoer may have been in
many cases more surprised than his
neighbors were when suddenly brought
to see how his crime looked after it had
been exposed. And yet does not the
frequency with which men are falling,
who have been conspicuous for devotion
to religious exercises prove that their
kind of religion not only leaves them no
better equipped than so-called worldly
men for the trials and seductions to
which human character is exposed, but
that it actually undermines their moral
vigor and makes them an easier prey to
every lurking temptation 1t seems to
be time for preachers to refrain for
while from denunciations of the mere
moralist." as if morality in itself might
be something hideous, and address them
selves to discovering what sort of fiction
it is which is being substituted for mere
religion, and which is proving
such delusive support to its votaries.
Perhaps there is more danger in mere
sentimentalism in emotional fervors and
transient ecstacies which discourage the
cultivation of what is substantial in
practical virtue or common morality
than there is even in mere morality"
itself N. Y. Tribune.
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There is painful dissimilarity in style
between Mrs. Jenk's letters to Anderson
and the letter she dictated" to the un-
known amanuensis in Parlor "P." The
latter epistle has statesmanlike tone
as she claimed it had, but whatever
"tone" there is about the others is long
way below the level of modern states
manship even. How Stanley Matthews
could be in correspondence with such a
pair of adventurers as these letters dis
close, and could even stand lecture on
propriety from Mrs. jerks, will ever be
among the greatest mysteries of this or
any other age N. Y. Tribune.
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Mr.. Speaker exclaimed member of
the Arkansas Legislature, my colleague
taunts me with desire for fame scorn
the imputation sir. Fame, sir What is
fame2 1t is shaved pig with creased
tail, which slips through the hands of
thousands, and then is accidentally
caught by some fellow that happens to
hold on to it. let this greased-tailed
quadruped go by me without an effort to
clutch it, sir"
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A young lady, at an evening party some
time ago, found it apropos to use the ex-
preston, Jordan is a hard road to
travel" but thinking it too vulgar, sub
stituted the following Perambulating
progression in pedestrian excursion along
the farfamed thoroughfare of fortune
cast up by the banks of the sparkling
river of Palestine, is indeed attended
with a heterogeneous conglomeration of
unforeseen difficulties.
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Rev. J.H. WIGGlN SAYS:

"One of the best remedies for Catarrh nay the best
remedy have found in lifetime of suffering, is SAM
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Price, sale by all Wholesale and Retail Drug.
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Canada. WEEKS POTTER, General Agents and
Wholesale Druggists, Boston, Mass.
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"I suppose you have been to your
lodge" she scornfully inquired when she
opened the door on him suddenly at mid
night mo, no my DEAR" Blink replied
with gushing candor, you see I stopped
at strawb'ry fes'v on my way home
an the berries soured on my stomach.
Confound strawberry festivals anyway
s'urly in the season; last one II take me
in -
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Young man, if she iutters out to meet
you at the gate with a new cordiality-if
she remarks that "eleven o'clock isn't a
bit late'-if she invites you to call again
in confidential earnest-if she says good
night with a gentle pressure of her dear
little hand-if she does all these things,
young man, be not deceived. The straw
berry and ice cream season is here.
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OMNIBUS LINE.
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Will Carry Passengers for the
Following Fares:
ON N!BUS LINE.

One Passenger, not exceeding
and within One Mile, 25 Cents !;
exceeding n Mile, and within
Two Miles. so Gents.
Children OverTen Years of Age
Half Price, under that age free.
Each Passenger may without
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Baggage not weighing over IS
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Prompt attention given 10 all
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Progress in Hard Times.

Notwithstanding the times, it is doubt
full if the country ever made greater or
more rapid progress in substantial wealth
than during the past seven years From
comparison of the statistics of the CEN
sus of 1870 with those furnished by the
Bureau of Agriculture for 1877, it appears
that there were 100000 more acres of
land under cultivation last year than in
1870, an increase of 81 per cent. The
percentage of increase in the number of
corn produced was 222; of wheat, So; of
rye, 42; of barley, IS; in tons of hay, "a; ;
and in pounds of tobacco, 81 per cent
The live stock over the aggregate of 1870
was, horses. a per cent mules, As; cows,
26; oxen and other cattle, 29 sheep,
259; swine, % per cent The aggregate
increase in the number of live animals
amounted to about 25 100000 head. The
excess of the grain crop of 1877 over that
1870 was nearly 550,000.000 bushels. Our
exports for the year ending June 30, 1877,
exclusive of gold and silver, amounted to
$632, $50 0S0- Scientific American.
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The London Examiner says that well
known old university boatman and ath-
lete the following against himself: He
was lately walking with three compan
ions along the Thames towingpath, when
they were overtaken by q shower and
drenched to the skin. Repairing to a
small riverside inn, they ordered the
best cheer in the house. and a large fire,
around which they gathered in the par
lor. In the adjoining taproom were two
damp bargees, who also wanted to enjoy
the fire, but when the four gentlemen
saw this they gathered close round it
and shut the bargees out. One of the
latter presently walked up to the fire
and spat into it over the heads Of those
around it, saying to his comrade: when
swells is about Bill, it aint perlite to
spit on the floor" Whereupon one of
the four turned to the splitter and asked:
pray, where may you come from, my
fine fellow p Hell" was the curt re-
ply. And what's the last thing there
in good manners ?" Same as here-the
swells are keeping all the fire to them
selves"
Stanley Matthews makes curious re-
mark about his refusal to go before the
Potter Committee He told a cores
pOndent OF the Clnclnnab Commercial,
before leaving Washington, that he did
not care to say much about his reasons
for refusing at present, but he would say
with emphasis that he is not restrained
by selfish motives So far as he was per-
sonally concerned he feared nothing the
Potter Committee, Ben Butler included,
could do, or any questions they could
ask. If this means anything it means
that Mr. Matthews looks upon himself
as martyr to somebody else-that he is
sacrificing himself to protect another per-
son. If he is doing that, he might as
well tell who that other person is, as to
hint at his existence The attempted
mystery only stimulates speculation, and
speculation about political secrets knows
no reason or law N. Y. Tribune.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Times gives an account of the editorial
management of the New York Herald.
He says, "if a report were in type that
Gen. Grant had shot Henry Ward Beecher
dead on the steps of the Astor House,
and cable dispatch should announce
that it was rumored that Queen Victoria
had stubbed her toe, there being room in
the paper but for one, the Victoria rumor
would be given the preference.