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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-29


The indications are that the coming
State Fair will be the finest ever held
ia the State The preparations are
more extensive and more complete
than ever before and it is probable that
the attendance will be doable that of
any previous Fair There vi, be no
fsilure of any Of tic special atsractions
promised. The Presidential. party will
he the:e. Dr.. Carver and Capt Be-,
ardus the mari snen, will rive several
exhibitions l. their skill, anl Raru..
The fastest ..o-ter IN the world viii re
there. T.se Bench GQw ~ ali cone
of according to announce. .usnt.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-29
FOR 5AIsE.
CHOICE
FARMING LANDS
MINNESOTA AND DAKOTA,
BY THE
Xlunna & st. Peter Railroad Co

Wlnona & st. Peter Railroad Co.
THE W1N"NA 4 ST. PETER RAIL
ROAD COMPANY is now Offering for sale,
at VERY Low prices, its land grant lands
along the line of it's Railroad in Southern
Minnesota and Eastern Dakota, aud will
receive in payment therefor. at par, any Of
the Mortgage Bonds of said Company.
These lands lie in the great wheat belt
OF the Northwest, in a climate unsurpassed
for healthfulncss, and in a country which
is being rapidly settled hy a thriving and
industrious people, composed to q large
extent Of farmers. from the Eastern and
the older portions Of the Td:rLwestern
states
II. NJ. BURCNaED, Land Ag"n. FOR
sale OF Lands Of said Company, at NJ II.
SHALL, LYON COUNTY NJ MINNESOTA.
GEO. P. GOODWIN,
Land Commissioner.
General Office of Chicago 4 North West
ern Railway Company, CHICAGO, I'LL
EY'To all Persons requesting informa-
tion, by mail or otherwise, C;rcu srs and
Maps will be sent free OF cost by said Land
Commissioner or said Land Agent.
WinOna & ST. Peter Il. X Lands.
The Land Office OF this Company was
opened at Marshall for Sale Of these Lands
OH September l, 1876.
Geo. 2. GOODWIN,
Land Com.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-04-03
Fifty Years as a Hearse. Driver.

IS William Boyle is a man of probably
seventy years Of age, but who carries
his years we'll, and whose;hairsand whis-
kers are still dark. ssssIhave beeni in. the
country forty-ive years." said Mr..
Boyle, who is supposed to have a pen
chant for the ladies. 80 but Iwont tell
you my age. Ever since I have been in
this country have been driving : a
heavenly mail wagon, but the letters ]
deliver have only one post-of6ce-the
graveyard. I drive a hearse, and for
thirty-one years I have been in the en-
ploy of one firm, and during that time !
have attended q funeral at least three
times a day. You can tell from that
how many bodies I have hauled to the
grave. I am the Oldest hearse-driver in
America, and I have carried more PEG.
pie to the grave than any living man.
+ held the ribbons when John Quincy
Adams, body passed through Philadel-
phias; Il dasthe'sa1ns over Zachary Tay-
lor. I drove the dead cart at the mock
funeral of Andrew Jackson, in this city,
and q great time we had. I drove the
hearses when President Lincoln and
Vice-Prssident Wilson had their funeral
ceremonies ii this city. The greatest
funefalsIswas ever connected with was
that of John Price Wetheril, and that
Eday I headed q procession of three hun.
bred carriages. It was a splendid turn.
tout. sI.alkabout the'Old Sexton gath
eringo themfi in it's me- that has turned
themm. How old am I, and where was
I born? My impression is that I was
never born at all, but that I foated
down the Susquehanna on a log. I am
as old as the hills. - Philadelphia
Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-04-03
Maxims by BENJAMIN Franklin.

A good example is the best sermon.
Keep conscience clear, then never
| fear. F-~~ - "a s 49, "'.""
Many foxes grow gray, but few grow
good.
BE that wont be counse!ed can't be
helped. + Z. EN1--Si
Write injuries in dust. benefits in
marble.
What is serving God? IT'S doing good
to man. ky9GAn HEb ifE
Timer enough always proves little
enough. III
He that keeps his shop, his shop will
keep him.
Courage would fight, but discretion
won't let him:
There is no man so bad, but he secret
~ respects the good. '.'+'.s
! Presumption first blinds a man, then
| sets him to running. itiN
}Having been poor is no sham, but
being ashamed of it, is. ? y
Drink does not drown care but waters
it;and makes it grow faster.
We are not so sensible Of the greatest
health as the least sickness.
Honest Tom | You may trust him with
O house full of untold millstones.
Hegthat by~the pillow would thrive,
himself must sithsrshold Or drive III
A Quiet conscience sleeps in thunder,
but rest and guilt live far asunder. %
He that cannot bear with other peo-
ple's passions, cannot govern his own. =
The wise man draws more advantage
from his enemies than, the fool from his
fr,ardaS - 3G-rg E.sa
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Jesse PomerOy, the Child Murderer.

Probably there is more curiosity con-
corning the prison career OF Pomeroy
than any other convict in the Massachu.
sets State Prison, says the Boston Globe.
This singular phenomenon of q fend and
murderer is even more singular since his
incarceration for life in lonely cell than
he was in the palmy days OF his atroci.
ties. He has, in fact, become quite an
exemplary young man, and is evidently
determined upon acquiring a thoroughly
classical education. He is away by him.
self in a cell in that part Of the prison
known as the "upper arch," out of the
sight of everything and everybody, and
the only sounds which greet his ears are
the whistles of the passing locomotives
and rumbling of the trains. Three
times a day only is this solitude broken
by the appearance Of a keeper with his
meals, and then not a word passes be-
tween them. It should be added in
qualification, however, that the chaplain
visits him occasionally, and also that his
mother and brother are allowed inter.
views with him every three months.
This is iu accordance with the general
rules of the prison, all of which are ap'
plicable to Pomeroy, with the terrible
exception that his confinement is to be
solitary during his natural life. During
the regular working hours he is employ
ell in making s~hoebrushes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-04-03
Words of Wisdom.

Go among great folks for great sim
nsrs.
Love drifts into hate more easily than
indifference into animosity.
He is no true friend who has nothing
but compliments and praise for you.
Sharp and intelligent rascals are more
respected by the world than virtuous
FOOLS ~ i I (ifHA u
Many people find their only happi-
ness in forcing themselves to be un-
happy.
Ennui is a malady for which the only
remedy is work; pleasure is only q
palliative.
He who has no5desire to improve upon
his present condition, is usually one
who most needs improvement.
Adverse criticism is cheaper than
noble attempts to improve upon exist
ing models. -,
I'VE could not endure solitude were it
not for the powerful Scompanionship OF
hope or of some unseen one.
It is not difficult to do good for the
means are constantly clustering about
every mans lips and hands.
Pride Is like the beautiful acacia, that
lifts its head proudly above its neighbor
plants, forgetting that it too like them,
has it's root in the dirt. .y a.
We shall never learn to feel and re-
spect our real calling and destiny unless
we have taught ourselves to consider
everything as moonshine compared with
the education of the heart.
The great blessings of mankind are
within us and within our reach, but we
shut u eyes and, like people in the
dark, we fall foul upon the very thing
we search for without finding it.
Evils in the journey of life are like
the hills which alarm travellers upon
their road they both appear great at a
distance, but when we approach them
we find that they are far less insur-
mountable than when We had conceived
them. 2~.'*%&'N' 80 80
Manners are the shadows of virtues;
the momentarys display Of those quail
ties which our fellow creatures love and
respect. /. II, we strive to!become, then,
what we strive to appear, manners may
! often be rendered useful guides to the
performance of our duties. a@'@ =.
Among the many arguments. while
others have been refuted, this alone res
minds mistaken, that we ought to be-
ware of committing injustice rather than
of being injured, and that, above all, a
man ought to study not to appear good,
but to be SO, both privately and pub
licly.
1t is resignation and contentment
that are best calculated to lead us safe
ly through life. Whoever has not suH-
! Gent power to endure privations and
even suffering can ~neverfeel that he is
armor proof against painful emotion
nay, he must attribute to himself, or at
least to the morbid constituencies of his
nature, every disagreeable feeling he
may suffer.
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Chained Amid the Flames.

A recent fire in o Terre Haute (Ind.)
cattle yard resulted in the burning to
death Of o large number of cattle. A
local paper says: The fre,had not been
burning many minutes until the men
were at work taking the chains rapidly
off the cattle. in both the old and the
new buildings and diving them out by
hundreds into yards south of the sheds.
But after getting into the dry old loft
the fire swept over the hay like o food,
licking up the dry boards with a fierce
roar. Very soon it was so hot that the
stock men had. tosget outside to save
their lives, and abandoned to; their fate
nearly 200 Of the poor beasts, chained
fast to the solid beams, standing closely
together in long rows. For q. short time
they beloved in the agony Of the horri-
BILE pain, then inhaled the sitting gas
and sank down writhing and dying.
About dozen jumped ont of the west
side. sOfthese three were seen to 'swfm
scross the rivers;.a fourth tried to do it,
but was 30 weak that it stuck fast in the
mud on the bank A fifth rushed back
into the fire and, persisted. Among the
herd in the yards were many which
were conspicuous for their red and bis
tered backs, and some were walking
about with the skin peeled off in
scorched tatters. One great steer rushed
out of the south end of the building
long afterit was completely enveloped in
flames. bounded through the crowd and
staggered away, his eyes burned out of
their sockets, his nose burned away, and
his whole body steaming Like a hot ket-
tie as he got into the cool air. Another,
in the extreme southeast corner was un-
fastened by the fire and was dragged
out by the tail, but could not rise, and
was knocked in the head. The whole
numbered cattle lost was in the neighbor-
hood Of 1876 or 100. They were worth
forty to sixty-6ve dollars apiece.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-04-03
A New Kind of Corn.

Notwithstanding the immense produc-
tion of Indian corn in the United States,
there is q fair prospect OF its being
largely increased, even though the acre
age planted with this cerial is not en-
larged. A new variety of maize, the re-
suit of careful hybridization, has been
brought into the market, which, if all
that is said is true, will materially in
crease the product Of this grain per acre:
The stalks average from eight to ten feet
in height. producing each from four to
ten well-fled ears, averaging from eight
to ten inches in length. It is called the
improved prolific, is of the white varie-
ties, and is susceptible of being made
into a flour resembling in taste and ap-
pearance that made from the best wheat.
It ripens earlier than the ordinary varie-
ty, and from the extraordinary number
Of ears produced on each stalk, the yield
per acre is put at one hundred bushels,
where the cultivation is what it should
he
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-04-03
Papal C0r0nattOns.

Pisanus, a writer Of the eleventh CEN
tury, describes the enthronement Of the
pope after election, in the following
terms, and the ceremonies observed
have been since bis time almost exactly
followed: "The new pontif, attended
by the ecclesiastics, civic authorities
and people, proceeded to the Lateran
and was there first ordained. He was
attired in q scarlet mantle, and a cap of
state being placed on his head, he sat
down on q chair, grit with a belt from
which hung seven keys and seven seals,
emblems Of the sevenfold grace of tho
Holy Ghost, which was to direct him in
loosing and binding. The pastoral staff
was delivered to him and then set upon
the pontiical throne" In 1927, when
Valentine was e%nthroned, the mobiles and
senate Frustrated themselves before him
and kissed his foot; and when Nicholas
was crowned (the first Of all the Success
sors of st. Peter distinguished in this
way. the Emperor Louis, when he paid
him a visit, not only went out to meet
the pontif, but dismounted as he ap-
preached, took hold of the bride and led
his horse some distance. A similar piece
of politeness was extended by the En-
peror Frederick to Nicholas Breakespere
(Adrian w. in the twelfth century.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-04-03
Running q Muck.

Every one has a notion of what this
horrid San amok" frenzy means, but
We fancy Major McNair is right when he
says that probably few persons are
aware of the extent to which the prac-
tice which has come to be called "run-
ming a muck" really obtains. The
Malay is of an extremely nervous tenn
permanent, and it is q common thing to
see aman sswhose will is under the in
| huence of those he meets, and who
| seems bound to initiate every gesticula-
ton or movement that is made4" The
nervous excitement reaches its climax
in the "amok." Raiah Mansur, one Of
the sons Of Yusuf, the present ruler Of
Perak, during q strange fit of excitement,
drew his kris and rushed off, striking
right and left, killing six and severely
wounding two persons, and finally max
ing his escape into the Jungle. He was
only twenty years old. On occasions OF
this kind, the "amok" may be the
cause Of death o severe injury to twenty
or thirty people, before he is literally
hunted down and destroyed like o mad
dog. The Malay, speaking of amok,
says: "Mye eyes got dark, and I ran
on" Major McNair gives a terrible de-
scription of the scene when the cry of
"Amok.r amok !" is raised, and the
police turn out (for the object is now to
take the man alive, try him by British
law and punish him for murder), armed
with a huge. sho%rt-pronged pitchfork, to
catch the mailman by the throatand pin
him to the wall, where he is driven
to bay. Generally speaking, the amok
is killed by the crowd Of his pursuers,
though occasionally, as in the case OF the
Sultan Yusuf, he escapes to the Jungle.
Very few are brought to trial. Major
| McNair docs not believe the amok is the
result of opium eating, which is an i'm
ported custom among these people /; he
holdssit to have had its origin IN the
deed some desperate Malay, to have
been handed down by tradition to his
highly.sensitive successors, and since
then "regarded as the right thing by
those who are excited to frenzy by ap-
prehension or some injury that theyr re-
gard as deadly, and to be washed out in
lfblood."- The Spectator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-04-03
An Endst0 the Business,

Fewer Chinese wcodpeddlersare seen
on our streets than for many years. says
the Virginia sGHS(NevD Enterprise.
The, white retail dealers in fueIare driv-
ing John and his donkey from the field.
Wood and coal are now sold in very
small lots and delivered everywhere in
the CITY BY white men, John China
mans occupstion lis almost gone.s The
Chinese wood peddler and his donkey
were formerly "a feature Of the town
They were decidedly picturesque, and
we shall miss them from our street
scenes. =
A few years ago, before the Virginia
and Truckee railroad was built, u
streets swarmed in winter with Chinese
wood peddlers. They were then indie
pendent to the verge of impudence.
Wood, by the cord, often sold as high
as $50 or $40 and many persons were
compelled to buy their fuel in small lots.
Thus were the Philistines given as a
prey and q spoil to the Monaghan. Then,
when you asked the price Of q donkey
load of wood, however fair the weather
might be, it was always: "One dolla'
hap !" but the moment the zephyr"
began to howl and storm clouds arose,
John cooked an eye to the windwafd and
firmly answered "Two dolla'!"
AS the Chinese gathered their wood
in the summer on the hills near the city,
and as they carried about two arms
full on each donkey, they had a rich har-
vest every winter in the retailing Of
wood, and all engaged in the business
made money quite rapidly. Then they
collected their wood within o. mile Or
two of town !; now they must scout out
for it q distance of from twelve to fifteen
miles. '...@
When the whites first settled on the
Comstock theEPiute Indians were the
retailers Of wood. ~ They Amonopolized
the business and made what was to them
big wages. The work was generally
done by the squaws, and ass they filed
down the steep slopes of the hills with
huge bundles Of faggots on their backs,
they were almost as picturesque as John
Chinaman and his donkey.
When the Cinnamon came and en-
gagged in the wood business he drove
the Piute from the field. $40" scowled
and CRASHED his teeth, but he and his
bsquaw could not compete with John and
his donkey. But the iron horse came
snorting up the mountain to the Com
stock one fine morning, to the terror and
discontinue of both John and his dom
key. Long and stubbornly has he
.forpht his IRON heeled rival. While this
rival brought up the mountain wood
alone John still had hope, but when
coal began to be rolled into the town his
heart shriveled. The railroad is about
to drive him from the field, as he drove
out the Indians in the early days ; his
stay will be brief. "Thus the whirligig
Of Time brings in his revenges."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-04-03
A Disastrous Cloud Burst.

. A cloud burst struck the town of
tCamanehe, California, one Sunday after
noon not long ago, causing the death Of
ten Chinese. A correspondent of the
Stockton Independent says Four fun
me-. shaped clouds, dark as night, appar-
entlyabout 500 yards apart, with their
apex trailing the ground, were observed
passing in a northeasterly direction, and
It was apparent that there wa q very
heavy precipitation of rain. Soon the
slopes Of the hills were covered with tor
rents of water, which carried with it brush
fences, and even rocks, to the gulches
below. In a few minutes Camanche
creek, already carrying its maximum of
water, was vastly increased. in volume,
so as to overspread the flats on either
side, and fences, hencoops and the litter
about the Houses in Chinatown began to
move. - ''~"...
While I was specializing upon the area
Of waterway it would require to pass this
amount of water beneath the aqueduct
to be constructed across Camanche creek
by the Mokelumne Ditch and Irrigation
Company, we weresstartled by o horse
man who rapidly rodeinto towntshouting
that the reservoir had broken. Almost
at the same time a bank of muky water
several feet in hight, bearing brush,
fences, debris of all kinds, cattle, horses
and pigs, was hurled forward with fearful
momentum. AS 1t struck Chinatown,
built on the creek, the low, shabby tene-
ments gave way with a crash. A China
nan, with his wife and child, who had
mounted the root, were borne past,
vainly appealing for aid it was imposs-
ible to give. In a few minutes another
house yielded to the mad torrent. AS it
fell and parted, I had a momentary
glimpse Of its half dozen inmates, in
Guiding a woman and her new born babe,
when the roof closed down, burying ali
beneath the flood ; only one man arose
to Chamber upon the roof, where he re-
tanned his position until out of sight.
He was finally rescued by Selling a bush
and dragging himself out.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-04-03
Three Things.

The following lines were copied from
the album of a young lady Of Elizabeth,
N. j.:
Fl. Three things to admire: Intel
lectual power, dignity and g~racefulness.
2.pThree things to love Courage,
g%entleness and affection.
8. Three things to hate: Cruelty, AFRO
gance and ingratitnde.
4. Three things to delight in Frank
ness, freedom and beauty.
5. Three things to wish for: Health,
friends and q cheerful spirit.
6. Three things to avoid: Idleness,
loquacity and fippant jesting.
, Z. Three things to contend for: Honor,
country and friends. ~
8. Three things to govern Temper,
tongue and conduct.
9. Three things to think about: Life,
death and eternity.
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A. New Beverage.

Brazil has made a liberal %appropria.
ton for the introduction to the people
of Europe of ,sterva-mate, an article
largely, cultivated in Parana and used in
South America to produce o popular
beverage, but as yet unknown abroad.
MI. O'Conor, of the British legation,
says it will be- q capital substitute for
the far more expensive and too often
adulterated tea and coffee, being more
fortifying and ~alimentary and much more
wholesome, and ON article that can be
sold at a price 80 moderate as to place it
within the reach of all classes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-04-03
A Sons Horrible Crime.

One of the most horrible and unnatural
crimes on record has just been tried
at the Assizes of the Eure, in France.
The prisoner, q young man of twenty
four, was accused of numbering his
mother in cold blood, and then cutting
up the body into pieces to get rid of it.
The victim was o widow named Lou
chard. She lived with her eldest son,
Modesto Emmanuel, in the hamlet Of
Marais, where she kept a small farm.
She had two other children, another son
and daughter, who were out at service
some distance off, and who rarely visited
her. A -. ~
On the 10Th of March last she sudden
~ disappeared. The neighbors paid no
particular attention at first to her alb
sence, especially as her son said she had
left home in her Sunday clothes, and had
probably gone to see one Of her sisters
at Bouen. Some DAYS passed away, and
still no news was heard of the widow.
The neighbors now began 70 feel uneasy,
and advised the son to write to his rela-
tions about his mother. Modesto, who
had all along shown the utmost indiffer-
ence in the matter, at length wrote to
his uncle at Rouen, protesting the deep
est anxiety al. the disappearance of his
mother. But the uncle had not seen
her, and could not imagine what had be-
come of her. Pressed by the neighbors,
Modesto resolved at last to inform the
authorities of her disappearance, but be-
fore they had time to open an inquiry
an unexpected discovery led to the IN
raveling of the awful mystery.
A man named Gosset, in passing by an
old mari pit, remarked that somebody
had made the hole larger. His curiosity
being aroused, he approached the spot,
and discovered spots Of blood and foot
marks on the brink of the pit. Looking
further, he found the traek'of wheel
barrow extending to withinsa few yards
of the house inhabted BY the widow
Louchard. He informed the police of
his discovery, and it was decided to de-
scend into the pit, which is about $50
feet deep. .... ~.
The first thing the searchers came
across was a human arm, then another
arm, then two legs, and finally the re-
mainder Of the body of a woman. How
ever, in spite of these fearful mutilations,
the identity of the victim was soon es-
tablished-the remains were those of
the missing widow. f...
The trial followed, and the prisoner,
Modesto Emmanuel, was condemned to
death. he will be guillotined barefoot
and in the costume assigned to murderers
of parents-viz., a long shirt and a black
veil around his head.