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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-09-26
AFRAID FOLKS WILL LAUGH.

There is IL certain class OF persons who
live in a perperpctual torment of fear and
anxiety, lest folks should laugh at them.
They are afraid to walk here, afraid to ride
there. afraid to do this, afraid to refrain
from doing that, their manner are regulat-
ed. their homes made and furnished, their
clothing cut and trimmed after the rules
and regulations of Mrs. Grunly. and in
nothing dare they show Il little indepen-
dence OF their own, for fear folks will laugh.
Young ladies become fast and loud in their
manners for fear folks will laugh ut them
for being dull and stupid.
Go ask our young men who drink. smoke.
gamble, swear and swagycr. snending their
time. lounging about country stores and
corner groygerics. and if they answer you
truthtully YOU will find that two-tlilrds OF
them were led to Il downward course by
this same cowardly fear Nf being laughed at.
There is Jennie who has a fine voice and
considerable talent tor singing. but she Is
afraid to be heard practicing lest she should
make Il mistake and folks should laugh ut
her so she goes like the slotl'ful servant and
burries her talent. not where size can dig 1t
up again, but beyond all hope OF reserec-
ton.
Laura, being of an economical tufn of
mind, would save ave dollars expenditure
for Il new hat, but she is afraid folks will
laugh at he, for wearing the old one.
So away goes the five dollars, aud with ii
Ha,. ,.hu,,.nv fn,. 1 wa ~. tl,rnn nlln.h nGptIpfi
new books, for at least another season.
Sallie is afraid OF being laughed 1T for be-
Ing I'm old maid, so she marries the first
wa~lking-stick that proposes, and in Il lew
years is surrounded by "A hollsetul Of dry
faced, neglected children, and it matters
nothing to her now whether other folks
laugh or cry-hcr laughing days are over.
Why should any body be Il moral COW
ard? Let folks laugh it they want to.
Don't you know it is II rare gift to he able
to Ike folks laugi,o 1t is IL healtll-.ivil,g
fat-prnlucing exercise, and when we glance
out at the corner OF our eye and catch some
one laughing ut Us, it ought to give us pleas
ore I" know that we are capable of eXerting
SO beneficial an influence oyer them.
who are folks any way? Are we not all
folks, ami don't You know thai it is only
those of mean disposition and ill breeding
that laugh ut others for tiaeir plain clothing,
modest behavior agd earnest, though they
should be bungling endeavors ut self-im-
proyement. !?
II You make a prinny-ninny or a swell
twain ~ ~,x.-1 -
nded. and you will deserve it too. but don't
''fn from a noble purpose though all the
world should laugh.
Lake Excelsior for your motto, and
Keep a straight upward course, and the time
may come when the world will be forced to
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-09-26
MOUNTAIN HUSBANDMAN.

acknowledge your superior worth, then
perhaps those who derlde you now will
change their laugh to the other corners Of
'ilelr montlis.--H HISS ali, IN Journal of .Aqri-
culture ana Farmer.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-09-26

The compositor who made it read, I'm
the ot'liie we are in debt,' WASN'T SO
much ont oftl,e way.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-09-26


AN editor ef Il newspaper has to provide
matter for MANY different tastes. Some wish
it. like their beef>take, well Aone; others
rare. Some prefer it Well s%gicet. Tastes
differ. Some articles 'df substantial food are
reli>h"d by all bit they require some light
food in the form of desert. Therefore. he
caters for all. Ilie. feast prcpared'to please
his readers is not always r@eiislc,l by himself.
"Anything new or fresh tins morning? ?"
4 reporter asked in il railroad Office.
YES" replied the lone occupant Of the
apartment.
What is it" qleried the reporter, whip
ping out his note hook.
Said the railroad man. cdying toward the
door, "Tha paint you are leaning against"
Such are the loads Il newspaper man must
bear.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-18
The Tyranny of Custom.

From babyhood girls are wronged in
the suppression Of their natural tastes
and preferences. The evident restless
/ ness OF American women to-day is the
| natural recoil from this despOtism of
repression.
The fOud father, watching for the first
/ faint Indication OF genius in his boy.
observes that he has a preference for
machinery, and the mouse is filed with
boxes OF tools, toy engines, and wind
mills, while speculation as to his for
tune Is one of the most interesting sub
jects of family cOnversatiOn-but what
Il his tiny sister evinces a special talent
for millinery, do we hear any fond an
tioiPatioEs Of the time when sne il TO
become an artistic milliner2 Aud vet
is il not just as honorable to combine
flowers, fruits, feathers, laces, in pleas
ing effects as to combine paints? Or
what il the daughter should eviuce skill
in designing; If her artistic soul, bar
rOWed by the frightful blending Of cOlOrs
IN the carpet, the grotesque figures of
the wall paper, should design sOme-
thing better? Would she receive the
same encouragement as her brother? O
mothers, seated by your sweet girl chill
dren, watching with tenderest mother
love the first faint indications of genius,
taste, or individuality, as you value the
possibilities of life, hesitate ere you at
tempt TO crowd that little soul into the
straight-jacket of custom and prejudice
God, with infinite wisdom, bestOws
upon your child a genius for practical
art, and the world needs art-Out Gus
tom produces the straight-jacket, and
says: "GOd has made mistake; you
are to wash dishes, and sweep, and
dustn
God sends the gift Of song, and bids
this girl-child write. Write earnest,
pleading, wOmanly words, mother words
for the great sin-sick world But Gus
tom hints, "GOd mistook you for boy.
He meant you should only live for love;
touch literature, and being a woman,
you may fail of love; bury your talent,
buy a broom, let not an ink-stain mar
your feminine hand; 50 shall you win a
husband"
Yet again, there comes surging
through another soul messages of love,
aud hope, and peace for humanity.
''Ihink what the Christ hath done for
you, will ye not confess him ?n The
wOman's heart beats back a responsive,
Yea, Lord" but the Christian Church
writes over her pulpits, "Sacred to
men."-Nrs. Z. y. Har6Crt, iH Inter-
Ocean.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-18
School Work and Food.

a person can do a great deal of work
If he will only sleep and eat enough to
supply the waste of body aud brain.
Mental work is more exhaustive than
the hardest physical labor.
A very eminent physician says that
'mOre teachers and scholars break down
from the lack of sufficient n0urishment
than from any other cause J"
Those who do much head work need
a good, generous diet; plenty of food, and
that of the most nOurishing kind; plenty
of beef, aud that the best.
The more active the brain, the greater
the exhaustion following. Recupera-
tiOn must come through sleep and food.
\ remarkably healthy, efficient lady
Of Cam bridge says, 81 have seven chill
dren in school, and they are going ahead
rapidly"
'Are you not afraid for their health 81
We asked.
"Oh, no. l think it very essential
that they should have good, nourishing
diet, and see to it that they do. They
have no trouble with their work, and
are perfectly healthy.
"When | first met their father he was
an invalid, aud never expected to DO
anything in his profession, was thought
to be just gone IN cOnsum ptiOn; but il
was Only dyspepsia, and | cured him by
attention to his diet. He has been per
fectly we'll, and worker ever since we
were married.
Horace Mann had a will that seemed
to overcome all obstacles; at twenty,
he had only been to common district
school, but in six months he fitted him
self for and entered the Sophomore
class.
Having obtained a scholarship of
three hundred dollars a year, he devoted
every energy to his studies; but he neg
lected his body, aud lived on bakers
bread and mOlasses; or rather tried To
live on them, for he soon began to fail,
and almost died.
Some ladies, hearing of this, invited
him TO their house, where, with proper
nourishment and care, he soon recov-
cred, and graduated with the highest
hOnOrs.
Mrs. Mann always attended very care
fully to her husbands diet, which was
by no means the least part Of her use
fulness and assistance to him.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-18
TO be continued.1
The Divorce Law.

We give the following sensible re-
marks relative to the divorce law Of
California and it's proposed amendment,
from the Vallejo Chronicle. We are quite
sure that our readers will agree with
the journal quoted that the proposed
amendment "savors more Of theology
than Of Jurisprudence" and that its
adoption would neither 'promote pub
lie morality nor private happiness :"
Senator Pierson has introduced bill
amending the divorce law so as to al
low absolute divorce only for adultery,
and divorces from bed and board for ex-
treme cruelty, EabitUal intemperance,
desertion, neglect TO provide aud con-
victiOn for felony-all of which latter
grounds being under the present law
sufficient cause for full divorce.
We DO not think that Mr.. Persons
amendment would promote public mo-
rality or private happiness. Who will
say, going over the list OF causes given
above, that there is one Of them not a
good reason for giving full separation
TO the injured party?
Why divide divorces into two classes ?
- viz DAANAoS " a
divorce from bed and board, il ought TO
be sufficient 10 permit an absolute one.
IL man is so besotted a drunkard, so
brutal, so heartless that his wife may
be allowed to abandon him, and be ab-
solved from all the duties and obliga-
tions Of wife, then he has been bad
enough to forfeit every claim upon her
future. We cannot see any sensible
reason for declaring that all the condi-
tions of marriage shall be abTogated,
that the husband and wife shall in all
their relations to each other be esteemed
as If never married, and yet be COM
PEELED 10 carry the broken links of mat
rimOny around their necks.
Whatever scandal may occur to So
ciety and the state of matrimOny is in
nicted by the divorce proceedings and
subsequent separation. A subsequent
marriage by either of the parties could
add nothing. That the happiness OF
many lives would be ruined by Mr..
Persons amendments we think even
he must eOncede, and we 10 not think
that he can show any compensating
good in the promotion Of public virtue
His proposition savOTs more of theology
than Of Jurisprudence.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-18

their beds, the goodnight kiss was
given. and the tired, heart-sore mother
cleared away the mammoth tub and
cast-of clothing, used the mop on the
shattered floor, and at nine o'clock sat
down to her mending, mechanically
planning her work, and feeling as only
a mother might when making her chill
dren's burial robes.
She would have spent the Sabbath in
sewing for them, when not busy with
her other duties, but her father rigidly
compelled orthodox rest; that is, rest
from light labor, and, as usual, filed
the house with loafers, for whom the
troubled woman felt compelled to cook
aud wash dishes, that they might keep
the day "holy" through the idleness her
labors brought them.
The days sped on, and the "l5th prox-
imo" was now at hand. Martha had
not yet learned the manner Of her chill
dren's departure, for their legal owner
had not deigned TO convey the informa-
tion; but she knew they would be sent
for, and was not surprised when Captain
Johnson, of the pulu-colored hair and
whiskers, came for them.
"Td send for Gus, only he'll be afraid
Of public opinion, and won't consent to
bring the fellow TO trial." she said, to
herself, as, dressing her little ones for
the last time, she led them forth, amid
their tears and sobs, and, helping them
into the coach, kissed each long fare
well, and returned to the house, dry
eyed, and pale as ashes, and locked her
self within her room.
"rll find them and be near them,
though the heavens fall" she said,
COMPRISING her lips and gazing after
the line of rising. dust that marked the
road, as the unwieldly diligence wound
slowly around the hill.
"Their mother was as brazenly un-
feeling as though she were total
stranger to them," said the Rev. Mr..
Brown, afterward. in speaking Of the
matter to his wife. "She didn't shed a
tear, and the little things clung to her
and screamed piteously. Inever saw so
hard-hearted a woman in my life."
"And 1 never saw more devoted
motherw exclaimed the wife. "Men
never do know how to understand
women's hearts,"
r-ro DO continued
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-18

HENRY WILSON AND ANNA DICKIN-
sON.-Auna Dickinson is published as
having a talent for scolding-I never
heard her scolding talent disputed. The
superb proof she has given OF her elo-
quent possession of il does not seem to
scare the wOuld-be husbands in the
slightest, though all men declare they
can bear any aflliction better than
scolding woman. I've come to the con-
clusion that on a magnificent scale they
rather like il, else why do they march
upon AnBa and beg her TO scold them
for life at the rate of seventy or so a
year ?" Henry Wilson, after be became
Nice-President, called on me one day in
deep perturbance of spirit, and told me
that "Anna Dickinson had been recon-
mended to him as a wife, and asked
my opinion on the subject.
The possibility OF her not accepting,
IL he asked, had not even dawned upon
the old gentleman's mind.
"Anna is attractive" he went on,
"but Pm afraid there's too much of her.
She'd keep on wanting career OF her
own, wouldn't she? That would put a
public man in an unpleasant position;
don't you think so?"
"I think" l said. "that if you ever
receive company in drawing-room,
with Anna Dickinson as your wife,
that you, Mr.. Wilson, will be nowhere,
ifyou are Vice President. mary Glenn
Dleg's Letter to Boston Herald.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-18

LAUGHTER.-We would rather be
poor and merry than inherit the wealth
Of the Indies with a discOntented spirit.
A merry heart, a cheerful spirit from
which laughter wells up as naturally as
bubbles in the spring of Saratoga, are
worth all the mOney-bags, stocks and
mortgages of the city. The man who
laughs is a doctor, with a diploma en-
dOrsed by the school Of nature; his face
does more good in a sick-rOom than a
pound Of powders or a gallon of bitter
draughis. II things 90 right, he laughs
because he is pleased; If they 20 wrong.
he laughs because it is cheaper and bet
ter than cryiag. People are always glad
to see him, their hands instinetively 90
half way out TO meet his grasp, while
they turn invOluutarily from the touch
OF the dyspeptic, who speaks on the
groaning key. He laughs you out of
your faults, while you never dream of
being offended with him. 1t seems as
II sunshine came into the room with
him, aud you never know what a pleas
ant world you are living in until he
points out the sunny streaks on its path
way. Who can help loving the whole
souled, genial laughsr? Not the buffOon,
nor the man who classes noise with
"a ouS tuS SueeiJi couteuleu man
OF sense aud mind A goOd-humOred
laugh is the key to all breasts. The
truth is that people like to be laughed
at in a genial sort Of way. If you are
making yourself ridiculous, you want
to be told of it in a pleasant manner,
not sneered at. And II is astonishing
how frankly the laughing population
can talk without treading on the sensi-
/ tive tOes'of their neighbOrs. Why Will
/ people put on long faces when It IS so
much easier aud more comiOrtaole 20
/ laugh ? Tears come TO US unsoGgnt anu
unbidden. The wisest art ln NE Is 70
cultivate smiles, and to hnd tne mowers
where Others shrink away for fear OF
thOrRs.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-18

Miss Emily B. Aldrieh, of Centredale,
r. l., has made a special study of Pho
biography for two years, and is prepared
to take dictatiOns of sermons, letters.
articles for the press, etc. Her terms
are 3 so per day, or Sl5 per week; or.
charges are made by the page, or by the
sermon, if preferred. This is a compara-
lively new profession for women. We
hope it may prove lucrative one.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-18

The theory that "they govern best
who govern least" as applied to dis
cipline, IS rapidly gaining converts
both IN this country and throughout the
civilized world. Terrorism and brute
force, as agents in reform, are fast losing
ground, and we are glad Of it.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-18

a New York court has decided that
presents made to woman before her
marriage are her sole legal property af-
ter the ceremony. a lady sued her hus-
bands executors to recover 81, 500 worth
OF wedding gifts, and won verdict for
the full amount.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-18

He had proposed to her, and now,
with fear and trembling, awaited for
her answer. ''Only one word" he said,
'if but to keep alive the fires Of hope
within my BOSOM" She looked at him
tenderly, nay, lovingly, and her lips
moved IN accents that went TO the
depth Of his soul. She asked him how
much be earnsd week.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-18

a little fellow who wore striped stock
ings was asked why he made barber
poles of his legs. His pert reply was,
"Well, hain't little shaver?"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-18

FRENIONT's EFFECTs.-Tbe personal
effects, paintings, books, bric-a-brac,
and other similar articles belonging to
General John c. Fremont were sold at
auction in New York recently. Among
the goods disposed Of were a set of nine
pieces Of Sevres porcelain, decorated in
blue and gold, which had been pre-
sented tOGeneral Fremont by Napoleon
Ill, and a wster-cOlOr sketch and auto
graph letter from Baron Won Humboldt.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-18

Entered, according 10 Act Of Congress, in the
year lS77, by Mrs a. ]. Duuiway, in the office oi
tie Librarian Of Congress al Washington Cify.l
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-18

Correspondents writing over assumed sigma
lures must make known their names to the
Editor, or no attention viii be given to their
communications
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-18
G5e Me~ fiort5west.

A Journal for the People.
Devoted to the Interestso Of Humanity.
Independent in Politics and Religion.
Alive TO all Live Issues, and Thoroughlv
Radical IN Opposing gand Exposing the wrongs
of the Masses.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-18

SO l simply revert to my caption,
leaving IL where it is; and, since we as
suredly have a right to read sign which,
Of course, Is put before our eyes for that
express purpose, ] only ask again: "How
shall we read it ?"- IPOmdRis Journal.
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-08-10

A DAILY mail will soon be put on between Phoenix and Maficopa Wells, connecting with the daily from Yuma. The proposition of swinging the Fort Worth stage line from it's present route to the new road via Burke's, Phoenix and Florence, was not a feasible one. The postofficeS at Gila Bend, and at Maricopa Wells, and the many settlements along the Gila would have been left without mail. But by putting ill the short line from Maricopa the whole Salt River country will get immensely improved mail facilities, while no one will be injured.
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-08-10
A Story of Ireland.

Recently young girl named Catherine CafferDy, of Belmullet, in County Mayo the pick of her fathers family-fied front the "domestlc service" of landlord as absolute as Lord Leitrim, the moment the poor creature discovered what that "service customarily involved. The great man had the audacity to invoke the law to compel her to return, as she had not given statutable notice of her flight. She clung to the doorpost Cf her fathers cabin; she told aloud the story of her terror, and called on God and man to save her. Her tears, her shrieks, her piteous pleadinss were all in vain. The Petty Sessions Bench ordered her back to the landlords service" or else to pay s, or two weeks in jail. This is not q story of Bulgaria under Murad ", but of Ireland in the reign of our present sovereign. That peasant girl went to jail to save her ehas. tity. If she did not spend fortnight in the cells it was only because friends of outraged virtue, justice and humanity paid the fine when the story reached the outer world.
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-08-10

IT was positively stated here last week, by a gentleman who has every opportunity of getting correct information on the subject, that the Southern Pacific railroad would begin pushing this road to the eastward from Yuma next month. Similar statements were made just as positively one year ago, and were generally accepted by the press of Arizona. THE SENTINEL took the liberty of con- tradicting them then, giving good reasons for doing so; the facts have SO far verified our argument. Just now all of the same reasons do not hold good, but we are still somewhat incredulOuS. The one certain thing is, that there is not now, at or near Yuma, the slight est indication of early resumption Ot railroad making.
The Arizona sentinel., 1878-08-10
The Chinese Must Co.

BURLINGTON, Iowa, Aug. 3.-On Thurs day afternoon two tramps stopped at a farmers house near Trenton, Henry County, and after getting a good dinner from the fhrmer's wife and learning that her husband would not be home till eve hing, suddenly seized her. outraged her person ana left her insensible. They had stopped the cries and blinded the eyes of the farmers little daughter by rolling her up in blanket When t1nrolled the child was nesriy suffocated and died in an hour. The nei9hbors are securing the country for the tiends, but at last accounts had not found them.