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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-11-29
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
To Tell the Age Of Fowls.

If a hens spur is hard and the scales
Of the legs are rough she is old,
whethec you see her "a or not bu
her Lead will c~orrObOrate your obser-
walton. If the under bill is SO stiff that
YOU cannot bend il down, andthe comb
thick and rough. leave her. no matter
how fat ami plump, for some n les
particular. A young hen has only the
rudiments of spurs; toe scales on the
legs are smooth, glossy, and fresh
colOred, whatever the color may be,
the claws tender and short. the nails
sharp. the under bill soft. and the comb
thin and smooth.
An old turkey has rough scales on
the legs, callosities on the soles of the
feet, and long, strong claws a young
one the reverse of all these marks.
When the feathers are on, the old tuc-
KEY cock has a long tuft or beard a
young one but a sprOuting one. and
when they are off the smooth scales on
the legs decide the point, besides the
difference in size Of the wattleS of the
neck and in the elastic shoot upon the
neck.
An old goose when alive is known
by the rough legs, the strength of the
wings, particularly at the plnions. the
thickness and strength of the bill and
tineness of the feathers, and when
plucked by the tenderness of the skin
under the wings, by the pinions and
the bill and the coarsene>s of the
| skin.
Ducks are distinguished by the same
means, but there is the difference that
a duckling's bill is much longer il
PROF. o ton to the bIe idth of the head
| than the old duck's-Fr0m C0lmdR'!
| Rural World.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
a Whole Brood of Historical An
ecdotes Ruthlessly Slaughtered.
From the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
Professor Wheeler, of Yale COLLEGE,
read a paper before the Alumni Asso-
citation OF New York Friday evening.
In which he exploded a number of
popular historical tales. The famous
saying attributed to Louis XIV. of
france, Let0i ceSt moi, according
10 Professor Wheeler. was never ut
tered by Louis at all, but was said by
Alazarln twenty year before Louis
came to the throne. and said before
Mazarin by Queen Elizabeth. Sappho
n yer killed herself by jumping from
a rock, but died a natural death. Leon
ldas fought at Thermopyl&, not with
only three hundred at his back. but
with seven thousand. The philosopher
Diogenes never lived IN "a tub. The
story of the virtues of the Roman
matron Lucretia must be rejected
while the story Of Horatii ana Curatii
is worse than doubtful. The sons OF
Brutus were not the victims of their
fathers tirmness, but of his brutality.
Ii was utterly impossible for Hannibal
to have followed up his victory at
Gamma, and the story of his using vine
gar to cleave the rocks of the Alps is
absurd. SO, too, Is the story of Cleo
patra d!ssOlving a pearl IN a goblet OF
vinegar and drinking up a fortune at
n draught. ArchImedes never said:
Give me a lever long enough and |
will move the world = nor did he
cry out Eureka :" at any known
period of his life or discoveries. Alex
andria was never visited by Omar, nor
was the Alexandrian library burnt.
No more did Calico say And yet it
move for all that :" since it is proved
from authentic documents thai he did
not dare to. That Columbus broke the
end of an egg aud thus confuted his
Knockers is fabulous, as also is the story
that he encouraged his followers with
brave words when the shores of San
Salvador were still out of sight.
Richard III. of England did not kill
his brother Clarence, and the story
about a butt of Malmsey arose from
the fact that the body Of Clarence, who
died a natural death, was transported
from CALAIS to England n a wine-butt
Charles III never had the body of
Cromwell taken from Westminster
Abbey AID hanged at Tyburn, for the
daughter OF Cromwell, apprehenslve
of some such ill-treatment, had her
fathers corpse secretly removed from
the Abbey and buried in a quiet
church-yard. Millions daughters could
not have consoled their father in his
blindness by reading passages from the
old authors, for the best of
they did not know how to read.
Almost the only story which Professor
Wheeler did not demolish was the one
about Washington and his Ratchet.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
officers Of North Carolina State
Grange, p. Of II.

Moster.-S. B. Alexander, Charlotte
Mecklenburg county.
OCerSeer.-N. B.. Whitfield, La
Grange, Lenoir county.
Lecturer.-T. H. Robinson, Concord,
Cabarrus county.
Steudrd.-D. H. Armstrong, Ashton,
Fender county.
asst. Ste,cord.-Hiu E. King, Stump
Sound OnslOw county.
Chdpldin.-Rev. VIM. Grant, Jack
son Northampton county.
r1pdsurer.-D. w. G.. Benbow,
Greensboro, Guilford county.
.Secretdry.-Joseph f. Porter, Tar
boro', ~Edgecombe county.
cate Keeper.-W. ID. Wharton,
Greensboro. Guilford county.
Ceres.-Mrs. S. b. Alexander, Char
Iotte, Mecklenburg county
PomOno.-Mrs. y. b. Whitfield, La
Grange, Lenoir county.
FY0ra.-Miss EuSenia Robinson,
Concord, Cabarrus county.
Lam Asst. .SterGrd.-Mrs. H. T..
King. Stump Sound. Onslow county.
state Business -lgent.-Dr. ID. ". I.
Benbow. Greensboro.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
s. B. Alexander, Ec-Oficio Chair
man.
Il. Z. French. Wilmington.
J.. l.. Polk, Raleigh.
w. II. Cheek. Warrenton.
j. L. Porter, E.c-Ogicjo Secretary.
LIST OF DEPUTIES.
tst Deputy District.-Wm b. Shaw,
Indian Town. Currituck county.
End Deputy District.-John y. DAVIS,
Tarboro'. Edgecombe county.
3rd Deputy District.-B. f. Hooks,
Goidsboro'. Wayne county.
18th Deputy Dlstrict.-Hili T.. KING,
Stump Sound, Onslow county.
9TH Deputy District. l.. Polk,
Raleigh. Wake county.
9th Deputy District.-trank VI. Pitt,
Oakville, Warren county.
eth Deputy District.-Dr. ID. A.
Montgomery, Company Shops, Ala
nance county.
Sth Deputy District. w. B. Clement,
Jerusalem. Davie county.
9th Deputy District.-T. I'll. Robin
son, Concord. Cabarrus county.
10th Deputy District.-W. 2. Rein
hardt, Hickory. Catawba county.
18th Deputy District.-To be sup
18th Deputy District.-To be sup
piled.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
Bad for Boys.

A rat of a boy, who had in vain
the nickel which a careless hand cca
sionally drops at the stamp clerks
window, yesterday took his position
before a chestnut stand on Griswold
street and eyed the fresh nuts Il long
time before drawing a deep sigh and
groaning:
''Oh, | wish | was rich"
The cheStnut-rOaster made no reply,
and the odor of the roasting nuts final
ly induced the boy to inquire
care chestnuts healthy
mo, bub they are prolific of inIi-
gestion,' was the reply.
After a while the boy thought it was
time to remark
did you ever hear the story of the
man who gave a poor boy a handful of
chestnuts. and when the boy grew up
and got rich he rewarded the old man
with a diamond-pin and a four horse
team
No, never did. but | heard of the
man who brought a poor boy to the
edge of the grave by giving him a
dozen ch~estnuts."
The lad took a turn up and down,
pleasant odor. and then leaned over
and whispered
IF I'll take the chances on the edge
of the grave business will you take the
chances on the chestnutS?"
The vendor finally thought he would
Detroit Free Press.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
Another Favorite Figure At
tackled by the Historical ICON
OclaStS Of the Period.

1t appears that we have been all
wrong about Amy RObsart. In a late
Euglish magazine Canon jackson
giveS the results of careful examina~
ton of many hitherto unpublished
documents associated with that I'M
fortunate Iaiv. which show that what
we read of her in Scott contains at
least as inch of fiction as of fact, An
entry in the diary of Edward VI.
June f. $500, which is we'll known,
shows the marriage to have been not
ciandestine, but public and notorious.
and. as evidence of Amy>s legal CON
nection with Lord Robert Dudley,
Canon Jackson prints for the first
time the deed of settlement on the
husbands side May u, $500 as
correlative to the settlement on the
lady's side May Is, 1550.) Amy died
in 1860, and Canon Jackson prints a
translation of the original charter
which conveyed possession of kenil-
worth to Dudley. dated three years
later. Queen Eliza beth did not visit
the castle until 1910, SC that SCOTS
story of the interview between her
aud Amy has no foundation in fact.
The existence of Richard Varney,
which has been gravely questioned, is
proved DN the Oh q letter
dated Warwick, April 90, 1860, six
months he ore Amy's death, and adj
dressed to Dudley. Canon jackson
maintains that there is no proof OF
ill-usage on the part of the husband
to the wife. and aims to show hat an
amiable feeling always existed be-
tween them. She was extensively in
dulged, and in journeying to London,
Suffolk, and other places, twelve
horses were at her command she was
evidently not always confined in
Cumnor Hall. n MERGERS bill dated
March, 1860, the year in which she
died, shows that her embroidered vel
vet hat cost e3, her hood Bis, six dcz'
en- gold buttons of the Spanish pat
tern, $50, and her gowns of Spanish
damask, her velvet kirtles, scarle
pettlcoats, crimson velvet bodices
ribbons, laces, rufus, and fringes o
silk and gold are named at proper.
tlonate prices, all of which must b.
multiplied by eight to be understood
by the present Standards of value.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
DECEMBER ), 1881
Vbe Orange.

SoTE.-COmmunicdtiOAs for this De
pdrtment solicited from Patrons an
all sections Of the State.
officers Of the National Grange
Haste.-S. Z. Adams, Monticello,
Mimi.
Orersee.-J. J. Woodman, Paw Paw,
Mich.
Lecture-Mortimer Whitehead, Gin
%cinnati.
.Steuad.-A. J. Vaughan, Mem.
phis.
Assistant Steuard.-Wm. Sims, of
Kansas.
Treasurer.-F. VI. Mcdowell, Wayne,
y. y.
Secretory.-O. FL. Kelley, Louisville,
Ky.
Gdtekeepe.-O. Dinwiddie, Orchard
Grove, Ind.
Ceres.-Mrs. Adams.
POmOHd.-Mrs. Woodman.
FIOI.-Mrs. Moore.
LLdy asst. ..Stetcdrd.-Miss c.. a. Hall,
Louisville, Ky.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
ID. Wyatt Aiken, C~okesbury, S. c..
Henley James, Marion, Ind.
>. III. Ellis, Springsboro, Ohio.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
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tr;has b.r. IT,, a.. =, - ana
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L,cata teacher. in tho x.ry t,Xr.
which suffered tha most AMI they
will he we'll received moi ba,ausa th,N
f.,rus h,It ha..nsa ,b.x f..l II :, a..
tba host THING f,r them W.. have
had several uIoaf. since ha,h from
New ireland and other places that
other lives Womb Laya h.,.u sacrificed
IF no action bad b,.n taken bvu a.. ON
Iookinu back now. som. weeks after
ward. and considering Quietly and
calmly the past events / honestly h,-
Heve that the plan | adop,ed Ma the
best. and was. IN fact. Tin. only ono
which could have saved the mission
ana many Of our lives. 1t = true that
many lives have been lost. probably
between fifty and eighty. but the pres
emf and future good OF thousands Will
far outhalance that. This las been
no unprovoked shooting of native.
nor was it ANYTHING like an attempt to
force a way into their country 10y force
Of arms. They murdered the teach
ers while friendly with them aud
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05

1t is said that the first hard money
ever coined in t 10 90 ntry, viz a
copper cent, was made in New Haven
in 1857.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-21

This is the way the New Orleans
Democrat puts the case, in reply to
the statement that the Democratic
party cannot succeed unless the
South changes the bulldozing policy:
Isn't it about time for Northern
Democrats to go little slow on the
statement that a solid South is an in
jury to the party? People down this
way remember, and not long ago,
where there was no Democratic party
to all intents and purposes. There
was a feeble minority in Congress
calling itself a party, but it was so
miserably weak as to be the butt of
the Republicans, who rode over it
rough-shod. The solid south has
changed all that. 1t has given the
Democratic party a national exist
ence, and placed under its control the
legislation OF the country. Take
away the southern vote to-day, and
the party would be a thing Of the
past. Let's have no more such driv-
cling nonsense as that solid South
is injurious to the national Democ.
racy. 1t is its life, its being, its very
existence. Without it no national
committee would care to burden it.
self with the gas bill Of national
convention.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-21
WEST TOWNSHIP.
G.. NJ. GRAFT.


Mrs. d, Wolf is visiting friends in
Ohio.
Miss Ida Wafnes has bought a $40
Bolton organ.
That oyster supper at Josiah Miller's
was splendid.
A. Gambril and Lol Day talk of start
ing livery stable in Plymouth.
The United Brethren have bought the
Memonites interest in the Amish church.
John Keyser, the old veteran school
teacher, is the father of wee daughter.
Mrs. Henry Define has returned home,
She was called to York state to attend
the funeral OF her sister.
Married-0n the 14th inst, at the
brides residence by Elder Knisely. Mr..
Abrams to Mrs. Hetty Hoover. all of this
county.
We paid short visit to Linkville last
week and was glad to hear that Mrs.
Hattie Define is teaching a model school,
and the other West township teachers
are giving good satisfaction.
The Pretty lake church looks like it
had passed through seige. 1t is a
shame that no public buildings are safe
from Injury by being defaced. Fer the
credit of our township this practice
should be changed. and public property
rendered as secure and safe from abuse as
any other. These practices originate in
our schools, and reformation must COM
mence there.
VIM. Morol says he never wants TO get
married again. Sunday, the 10Th inst
was the day set for the wedding. While
William was inviting the minister and a
few friends the bride was kidnapped and
taken to Teegarden. lie finally found
her, and they went to Plymouth and pro-
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-21
New Men In the Next Congress.

OF the 148 Democrats elected to the
Forty-sixth Congress, 50 are new
men, OF the 1873 Republicans elected
81 are new men. This excludes men
who have served in previous Con-
crosses, such as General Hawley, in
Connecticut. The eight Greenback-
ers are all new men, and the Forty
sixth Congress will have therefore
lis new members out of a total of
293. Twenty one OF the 50 new DEM
ocrats are from Northern States.
1t follows that the greater part of
the Forty-sixth Congress will be COM
posed OF experienced members. Some
States, like Mississippi and West Vir-
ginia, have reelected the whole of
their present delegations; others, like
Massachusetts,. South Carolina, Tex
as and Louisiana have changed but
one or two. New York will send IS
inexperienced legislators, Pennsyl-
vania. 10, Ohio eight, Missouri nine,
and Illinois seven. A State which
keeps one delegation in Congress for
a number of years inevitably gains
largely in influence in the national
council, even IL its representatives
are not conspicuously able men, and
a political party which keeps its men
in Congress for term of years can
make itself felt, even il it is in the
minority In the House. 1t takes a
new member almost the whole OF his
term to learn the ways of the House.
and it is scarcely ever before his Sec
ond term that he Is able TO make his
influence felt over the body, though
there have been soma notabl. excep-
tons to this rule, for conspicuous
ability tells in the House even against
it's traditions and rules.-New York
Herald.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-21

A terrible tragedy took place In
the halls OF the court house at India
napolis. Tuesday afternoon, In which
Warren Tate shot and killed William
Love, the well-known real estate
dealer OF Indianapolis. The tragedy
grew out OF law suit between Tate
and . man named Ponder. An ar
tempt had been made to impeach the
evidence Of Tate, and Mr.. Love had
been testifying as to his character.
After leaving the stand Love was
met at the door of the court room by
Tate. A few words Epassed between
them In which the lie was given by
Love to Tate, when the latter drew
his revolver and shot twice, one of
The shots taking effect In the abdo-
men and the other in the leg. The
wounded man fingered in great agony
until between five and six o'clock,
when he died. Tate walked back in
TO the court room, was placed upon
che stand, and gave his evidence in
the trial between himself and:Pouder
There was great excitement, but the
sheriff and his assistants locked the
doors OF the court room and kept the
crowd out until Tate had finished his
testimony 10 the case, when he was
taken to Jail ba
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-21

We take pleasure in announcing that we
have made arrangements with the publish
er of the CHICAGO WEEKLY News which
enables Us 10 offer that paper to our sub
scribers as a premium, at no additional
cost ovor the regular subscription price OF
the REPUBLICAN.
For one subscription price we thus fur
nish our subscribers with two papers,
metropolitan and q home weekly. By
this arrangement our subscribers are pla-
ced in command of the whole situation.
All events of interest, local, national and
foreign will be presented, completely and
promptly, by the one or the other OF these
two publications. The single feature of
full and trustworthy Chicago market quo.
tations will be worth, to many of our
readers, the entire subscription price.
To those who are not familiar with the
CHICAGO News, we would say it is the
best representative OF independent jour
nalism in the west. The WEEKLY NEWS
is large eight column folio, ''cram full"
of telegraph and general news, short and
pithy editorials on the topics of the day,
written in very familiar, incisive style.
and in all its departments evidently aims
to give facts in few words, without the
verbiage and fine writing which render
so many of the large metropolitan jour
mails "a WEAKNESS TO the flesh. .cts,
not words appear to be its matte.
All new subscribers to the REPUBLICAN,
and all old subscribers who renew before
the first of January, will receive the
WEEKLY NEWS six months as premium.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-21

At its last session Congress ap-
pointed committee to take into con-
sheraton the subject of providing
the best method for taking the 10th
censas OF the United States in 1880
There are several points to be looked
after and the old method can no
doubt be much improved. The emu
Tueration should be as accurate and
thorough as possible, and should be
taken in the shortest possible time.
In England, we believe the eaumera-
ton Is made in one day-the names
OF every person who slept in a house
the previous night being credited to
that house. But IL We have so many
tramps sleeping out Of doors at night,
ns the National party represented
during the last year, a million or two
would be missed in this way.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-21
An Extensive Law Shit.

Bud Bowen, OF Fulton county, sued
Jessie Shriver for 1898 before squire
Stradley Of Rochester, where Bowen
obtained judgment for full amount
and costs. Shriver appealed to the
circuit court and took O change OF
vennue to Plymouth, Marshall coun-
ty, when Bowen obtained judgment
again. Shriver then appealed to the
supreme court; on account of some
error 1t was remanded back to the
circuit court of Marshall county from
which Shriyer took change OF ven-
nue. 20 Miami county, where the case
Is now pending. The costs accrued
amount to 5000. and no one knows
where it will end. We suppose they
will continue to fight it out till neith-
er has anything left, afrer the manner
of the Kilkenny cats. Bowen Is said
to have already spent an ample for
tune which he inherited from his ia
Their, and all for nine dollars and
thirty eight cents-Peru Republican.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-11-21
NeighborhoOd Notes.

Burglars in Mishawaka last week.
Elkhart is proud OF its new reading
room.
The colored ladies OF Peru have or
ganized brass band.
Five prisoners escaped from the
Warsaw Jail last week.
Goshen boasts Of an amateur sculp-
tor-Dr. Mcdonald OF that city.
A man in South Bend was fined
s1175 last week for husking corn on
Sunday.
The Goshen Times says the Good
Templars are prospecting wonderfully
in that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schuyler Colfax cele-
brated the 10th anniversary of their
marriage in South Bend last Monday
evening.
Rensselaer,. Jasper county. has
club Of girls called the merry little
maidens." organized for literary i'm
provement.
Judge Cole died at his residence in
Peru last Wednesday night after a
protracted illness. He was one of the
oldest settlers Of Miami county.
Over four hundred boys and girls
have donned the blue ribbon at La
Fayette, under the auspices OF Steph-
en- r. Smith, reformed Illinois ine-
briate.
John F. Callaghan, OF the firm Of
Callaghan Bros, shoe dealers. OF
South Bend, was arrested and taken
to Chicago last week for obtaining
goods on false pretences.
The water in the lakes around La
Porte continues to fall, and the Her.
aid says the belief Is gaining that
this drying up Of lakes and marshes
will be permanent matter.
David Ireland, OF South Bend, had
his thumb bitten off by horse few
days ago. A physician was called
who declared that the thumb was as
neatly amputated az it could have
been done by a surgeon, and there
was nothing left to do but dress the
wound.
The fairest and best apportionment
map we have seen yet, has been got
ten up by a gentleman OF this city,
and it is likely to be adopted without
material alteration. 1t gives six GER
tain Democratic districts, and i've
that are certain to be Republican,
with two that my be marked as
doubtful. The districts are in nice
geographical shape and the proper
population is accorded to each dis
trict. The map commends itself by
its fair appearance when held up to
view.-LaPorte Argus.