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Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1878-09-26
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xoND CITY LVn"nications heldat their Hall,
.'ninmond CITY 'J,i month. Sojourning
q Saturdays or orrordially invited to attend;
A brothers are c1t,ia1oLD cp1tn,PoLD MARKS, w. M.
III Snr,ptrry.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1878-09-26

- rn;di $. j.. of Helena, spent
s'"s' ,rs IN town this week.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21
nnele Remns nn Fdncation.

As Uncle Remus came up Whitehall
street yesterday, saws the Atlanta Consti-
futon, he met a little colored boy carry
ing a slate and a number of books.
Some words passed between them, but
their exact purport will probably never
be known. They were unpleasant, for
the attention of 8 wandering policeman
was called to the matter by hearing the
old man bawl out:
"Don't you come foofn' longer me, mig
ger. Youer fippin' yo' sass at de wrong
color. You'k'n go roun' here and sass
desc white people, an maybe dey'll stan
it. but wen you come a slingin' yo' jaw
at a man wat WIZ gray wen de fahmin'
days gin out, yo' better 60 an git yo'
hide creased"
'What's the matter, old manP' asked
a sympathizing policeman.
dNothin', boss, 'cep'in amt gwinter
hev no Niger chillun hoopin' and a
hollerin' at me wen Pm gwine along de
streets"
"Oh, well-school children-you know
how they are"
"Dat's wa'tmake say wa'tI duz Dey
better be home, picken up chips. Wat
a Niger gwineter Parn outen books? I
kin take bar'l stave, an fling mo- sense
inter a nigger in one minnit dan all de
school houses betwixt dis en- de state of
Midgigin. Don't talk honey! Wild one
bari stave I kin fairly lif de vail er ig-
nunce."
''Then you don't believe in education ?'
HHits de ruination er dis country.
Look at my gal. De ole oman sent 'er
ter school las year an now we dassant
hardly ak Ter for ter carry de washin'
home. She done got beyant 'er bizness
/ amt larnt nuthin' in books, ZEN yit
kin count all de money I gifts. No use q
talkin', boss. Put a spellin' book in q
nigger's hands en- right den en- dar you
loozes a plow hand. I done had dc
spe'unce un i"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21

A PRAIRIE CHAsE.-Away went the
buffalo, and away went the men, as hard
as they could dash; now the hunters
gained upon him, and pressed him hard ;
again the enormous creature had the adj
vantage, plunging with all his might, his
terrific horns often blowing up the earth
as he spurned it under him. Sometimes
he would double, and rush so near the
horses, as almost to gore them with his
horns, and in an instant would be OH In
a tangent, and throw his pursuers from
the track. At length the poor animal
came to bay, and made some unequivo-
cal demonstrations of combat; raising
and tossing his head furiously, and tear
ing up the ground with his feet. At this
moment a shot was fred. The victim
trembled like an aspen-leaf, and fell to
his knees, but recovering himself in an
instant, started again as fast as before.
Again the determined hunters dashed
after him, but the poor bull was nearly
exhausted-he proceeded but short dis
tance, and stopped again. The hunters
approached, rode slowly by him, and
shot two balls through his body, with the
utmost coolness and precision. During
the race-the whole OF which occurred IN
full view of the party-the men seemed
wild with the excitement it occasioned
and when the animal fell, a shout rent the
air which started the antelopes by dozens
from the bluffs, and set the wolves howl
ing from their lairs.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21
WIT AND HuMOR.

What fish is seasOnable in winter?-A
good skate.
What inte1ection is of the feminine
gender?-A-lass!
Some persons never pay debt, except
when they owe a grudge
What vegetable is anyth ng but agree
able on board a ship?-A leek.
If falsehood paralyzed the tongue,
what death-ike silence would pervade
society.
The captain of vessel is not governed
by his mate, but married landsman
generally is.
my son, you must start up from this
Iethargy Would you have me an up
start, fatherT
Abolish fellow, having house to sell,
took brick from the wall to exhibit it
as sample.
We suppose that there is quite as large
an amount of craft upon the land as
there is upon water
A wise man may be pinched by power
ty, but only fool will let himself be
pinched bv tight shoes.
What is that which every man can di-
vide, but no one can see where it has
been diYided?-Water.
A curious inquirer, desirous to know
how he looked when asleep, sat with
closed eyes before a mirror.
When young lady hens q handker-
chief for rich bachelor, she probably
sews, in order that she may reap.
Aman may well afford to have grey
hairs, when a wife or sweetheart is get
ting too blind to distinguish them.
Mosquito, fold thy weary wings and
cross thy legs upon thy breast; put up
thy bill and horns and things, and sink
into thy final restl
A physician advertised that he had
moved nearer to the churchyard, and
trusted that his removal would accom-
modate his patients.
A little girl whose father refused her
second tart, said thereupon, Papa why
don't you sing, Feed me till want no
more p She got the tart.
Abstemiousness and frugality are the
best bankers. They show a handsome
interest, and never dishonor draft
drawn on them by their humblest Gus
toners.
eyes, gentlemen, certainly" said po
| lite elothier; " if you want a pair of
pants, step right into my pantry; if q
vest, walk right up to my vestry; and if
8 coat-here, Jacob, show these gentle
men into the coterie. This way, this
way, gentlemen"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21
1EHnId the Fort.v

Everybody sings Hold the For" but
few know the origin of the remarkable
song. The Chicago Inter Ocean gives the
following: "There was fort at Altoona,
about eighteen miles from KenesaW
Mountain, which was being badly press
ed by the Confederate forces. When
Sherman reached Kenesaw he signaled
to Altoona, which was commanded by
General Corse, Hold the fort, for l am
coming The message was seen and
read by the men at the fort, and as are
Div was necessary, General Corse order,
ed a young officer standing near to send
the repiy-"Wave the answer back to
Sherman that we hold the fort" 1t was
easy to order, but while the rebel bullets
were flying thick and fast several mem
bers of the signal corps declined TO sig
nal. until General Corse was impatient,
when the young officer referred to above
Qrasped the flag, mounted the dangerous
most. and waved the answer back to
Sherman. That young man was James
w. Mckenzie, of Hampton, Iowa, and
the war records mention the brave and
cool act for which he was promoted"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21

GET ENOUGH SLEEP.-We have often
heard young men remark that five hours
sleep was all they wanted, and all that
the human system required, The habit
Of going without sufficient sleep Is very
injurious, Thousands, no doubt, perma.
nently injure their health in this way,
We live in fast age, when everybody
seems to be trying to invert the order Of
nature. If folks will persist in turning
night into day, 1t is not to be wondered
at that few last out the allotted term of
life. No matter what be a mans oocu.
pation-physical or mental, or like
0thello's, "gone," and living in idleness
the constitution cannot last, depend
upon it, without a sufficiency of regular
and refreshing sleep. John Hunter, the
great surgeon, died suddenly of spasmo-
die affection Of the heart, a disease great
ly encouraged by want of sleep. In a
recently published volume by medical
man, there is one great lesson that hard
students and literary men may learn, and
that Is that Hunter probably killed him
sell by taking tho little sleep. "Four
hours' rest at night and one after dinner,
cannot pc deemed sufficient to recruit
the exhausted powers of body and
mind" Certainly not; and the conse-
quence was that Hunter died early. If
men will insist on cheating Sleep. her
"twin-sister, DEATH" will aVenge the in
suit.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21

A lS-year-old in Macon, Ga, weighs
two hundred and one pounds.
Of forty-six public officers in Dubuque
county, Iowa, thirty-eight are lrlshmen'
Deadwood is four thousand eight hun
dred and twenty-three feet above the
sea.
Sioux City people have organized
tree-planting association in hopes of
beautifying their town.
A nugget of copper, weighing one hum
dred and nine pounds, was found near
Roxbury, Wis, the other day.
woman in Marshalltown, Iowa, has
sned a man in a neighboring town for
$4,000 damages for breach OF promise.
Thomas Hughes of Troy, N. Y, has
been arraigned on the charge of repeat
ed attempts to outrage his own daughter.
A LitchfieId, Mich, man has Jumped
the town." taking with him l6-year-,o!lSd C
girl, and leaving wife and seven chill
dren.
The meanest man in Michigan lives at
Grand Rapids. He stole the Grape on a
door-bell while the corpse was stlli In
the house.
A peach orchard of two hundred trees
at Ganges, Mich, was utterly ruined re-
Gently, some miscreant having girdled
them all.
There is a prisoner in the Keokuk,
Iowa, calaboose who is SO years old. He
has been drinking all his life, and is able
to get on as big bust as ever.
A I4-year old youth has just abscond-
ed from his parents and home at Ocono-
mowock, Wis, with the ambitious pro-
iect of becoming a Texan rover; he took
with him $50 and four revolvers.
A man by the name of Daniels, Of
Swift Falls, Mimi, has dog that sup
plies the family with fish. He has been
| known to take out as many as ,h-rty
pickerel in a day. He will watch ms
chance, and when he espies tish Will
make a dive and bring it out.
A horrible rumor is current at Ipsllan-
ii. Mich. to the effect that colored Wo-
man, lust after being delivered OF child
came to the conclusion that she was
over-s1pplied with offspring, and there
fore disposed of the latest addition TO the
flock by cremating it in the stove.
A piece of gun-wadding was the means
of tracing out a reprobate who shot
neip6bor7s horse in Chickasaw county
Iowa. 1t was a printed piece Of paper
and was found to match, so that 1t eo9lC
be read. with the wadding of ready
loaded gun in the hands of the suspected
criminal.
One Dennis O'Brien, alias Clifford, Of
Troy, n. Y, is under arrest for bigamy
The accused, however, insists that, al
though married to his first wife, ne mar
ried her while drunk, and that he is only
married to wife number two on the Eu
ropean plan. He says he would rathel
90 to prison for ten years than live with
| his first wife again.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21

BooKs.-Books are never so necessary
as in the wane of life. In childhood we
are busy with toys; in youth with pleas
uFe; in manhood with action and sc
may dispense with the delights of read
ing with little consciousness of loss. But
when at last we are too wise to be charm
ed with baubles; too earnest to be tickled
with straws; too old to enjoy the pleas
ures of sense too fond Of repose to en-
dure the noise of the bustling world /;
then it is that books are felt to be the
truest and most agreeable of friends !;
companions who neither contradict us
with arrogance, insult us with bad man
pers, nor love US with prolixity. For we
can cherish the entertaining, reject the
dull, and snub the long-winded with the
utmost without giving pain. How pleas.
ant, when life is in the "sear and yellow
leaf"
ITO turn again our earlier volumes DER,
And love them then, because we've loved before,
And WHY bless the waning hour that brings
A will to lean once more on single things;
II this be weakness, welcome II e's declinei
If this be second childhood, be it miner
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21

ONLY A WoRD.-Who can picture the
possible power of a single word for
good or evil? There was on one of
the streets of a certain city family of two
young married people, handsome, loving
these peoples existence has been lang
ed by a single word, The other evening
the wife addressed her husband ques-
ton, and he-she noticed he was dreamy
and distracted - replied, absently -
"What, KateP' Her name is Susan. Fol-
this single word the husband sleeps on
the sofa, and has a big slip of sticking
plaster down the back of his head the
wife has had to buy a new broom, though
she only had the last one two days; her
eyes are red with crying, and she threat
ems to arise and 60 unto her father, and
whenever she speaks of handsome
widow who lives round the corner, and
was christened Catherine, she speaks of
her disdainfuIly as "that thing"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21

CorroN SPINNING than one thou
sand years before the Christian era we
certainly read in the Bible of LINEN be-
ing manufactured in Egypt, but we be-
ieYe that before that date the manufac-
ture of cottons was known in India, for
in one of the hymns of the Rigveda, ref
erence is made to "cotton In the looms"
in India. Muslins, we know, take their
name from Mosul, in Mesopotamia. Those
manufactured by the natives of Dacca are
of that fneness of texture that a single
pound Of cotton was spun into length
Of $50 miles. It remained for Messrs.
Houldsworth, of Manchester, to spin
warn from pound Of cotton nearly 400
miles in length. Herodotus, writing In
the fifth century, B. c. speaking Of the
usagas of India, says, "The wild trees
bear feeces for their fruit, surprising
those of the sheep in beauty and excel
Ience, and the natives clothe themselves
in cloths made therefrom."
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21
MY DAZZLING.


u4ere are some beautiful Leaves" she said
Asshel laid them On mylistiess hand;
On cheek and lip were the coral red;
The sunlight fen on her golden head,
And around her face halo she'd
These two are Ike 3 n.y. she said;
Her sweet face beamed with rich, warm light,
Like that which fell on our leafy way
A parting kiss from . sunset rAy-
As we gathered the leaves, red. golden and gray
''They men OF the pure sweet woods sne salo'
And her tender glance turned back on me
As she leit me, alone. to think and pray
For nv darling enc, with heart SO gay.
And poet-soul halfhidden away.
Each cloud at eve Is 3 poem rare;
Each tiny clover, or fow'ret small
A sprig Of moss on the garden WALL
A some picked up from pehbly stream:
An boldfor her pictured dream
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21

"A. M. Clapp, of the Washington Re
publican, says that in 1867, he was pres
ent at an interview in the late Gayoso
house, Memphis, between the late Ben
ianin F. Wade and General Forrest, the
confederate cavalry leader. They were
discussing the political situation and Gen.
Forrest was solicitous as to what congress
intended to do with the southern states.
To one query Mr.. Wade replied: "We
would rather meet you on the battle field
than in the halls of congress-
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21
NOTICE
TO CONSUMERS
OF
@IDDTOBAccO

The great celebrity Of our Tin Tag Tobacco
has caused many limitations ihereoft to be placed
on the market; we therefore caution all Chewers
against purchasing such limitations.
All dealers buying selling other plug tobacco
bearing hard or metallic label, render them
selves liable to the penalty Of the law; and all
persons violating our trade mark, aIe punishable
by fine and Imprisonment. See Act of Con-
gress. Aug. IA, 1876.
The genuine LOrIIIard Tin Tag TObac-
co can be distinguished by g Tin ag on each
lump with the word LOrIlIard stamped thereon
Over !, 7,OSS tons tobacco sold in 1871, and near.
ly 5000 persons employed in factories.
Taxes paid Government in 1877, about SS, 500
900, and during past 12 years, over $40, ,OOO,-
900. These goods are sold by all jObbers at
manufacturers rates.
The Tin Tag smoking Tobacco is second to
none" in aroma, mildness, purity and quality.
l4T9-a1
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21
Buek4ng ngkams Dye
FOR TIE WHISPERS

This elegant preparation may be
relied on to change the color of the
beard from gray or any other un-
desirable shade, to brown or black,
at discretion. 1t is easily applied,
being in one preparation, and quick
ly and effectually produces a per-
manent color, which will neither
rub nor wash Of.
Manufactured by r. P. HALL & Co,
NASHUA, N. II.
ssA b Al DEzEgiStI, saa Dealers II HsaisissI,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21

When the Webster mansion at Marsh
ield was destroyed by fire recently, the
entire roof, instead of falling into the
flames, was blown into the air. 1t is
supposed that quantity of powder was
concealed under the roof during the rev.
olutionary war by the soldiers who were
uuartered there,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21

THE Society OF LApIEs.-We seek the
society Of the ladies with view to be
pleased, rather than to be instructed, and
are more gratifed by those who will
talk, than by those that are silent; for II
they talk well, we are dOubly delighted
TO receive information from so pleasant a
source and if they are at times little
out in their conclusions, it is tiatteringt"
our vanity to set them right.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21

Mrs. Bell, the wife Of one OF the DO
nanza men, is going to Europe 70 aston
ish the natives, and has provided herseiI
in advance, with Tonderinl ,S %aTar9De a Gi
from Worth's, and $3.50, 900 worth oil dia-
monds. She appears, from the deScrip-
tions in the papers, to have worn all the
diamonds but very few OF the clothes al
the recent charity ball in New York.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21

You constantly hear sentimental
Young ladies warbling at the piano that
there are no birds in last years nest.
And it is strange that no practical, COM
nonsense business man ever comes to
the front to remark that there aren't any
in next years nest, either.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21

These trees have been twice transphnted. an
nualIy trimmed into fine pyramldal shape and
are in the best possible condition for planting
lawns and in hedges. They can be taken up and
set out the same day. by parties living in this vi
cinity thereby avoiding the risk incurred in ge--
ting trees from abroad. We also have a large and
select stock Of
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21

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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21

"A punctual man is rarely poor man,
and never man of doubtful credit. His
small accounts are frequently settled, and
he never meets with difficulty in raising
money to pay large demands. Small
debts neglected ruin credit; and when a
man has lost that, he will find himself at
the hnttnm of a hill he cannot ascend.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21

Our Benny has a little curly-pated
visitor three years old who excited his
great admiration few days ago. After
viewing her pretty face for some minutes,
he said, deliberately:
Carrie, you are little angel and if
you amt an angel, you are Moses in
the bullrushes, any howp
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-06-21
.iIs IRssgsTpeesoisitaIlyyeg!!.s.O. gTesiit
EEU- Ne HOllDL1JOAs
WlITHhN Mass, Jan. 1876. ..-,.,
- q 7 --5i,--hosed the RADICAL CUEE Of GEO.
n R9l5FBs. Druggist, Rumford Building.

Ta.h naekage contains Or. eanfordS Improved
Tr5slirlS Tube with full directions for use IN all
-ases PRICE, s. 90. For sale by all Wholesale and
Retsil Druggists throughout the United States and
CTnadas. WEEKS q POTTER, General Agents
md wholesale Druggists. Boston, Mass.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-11-07


told me she made from two to three
dollars per day, and of course has
her board in the families where she
works.
Some women have q positive geni-
us for repairing gentlemen's and
boys clothing. They can clean coats,
work over fraycd buttonholes, put
III new facmgs, put on new binding,
set in invisible patches, and "make
auld claes look amaist rs weel as
new" in a manner that to the unini-
.tiated seems little short of mlrilcu-
lous. A woman with such gift has
means of procuring n comfortable
livelihood at her fingers ends. Gun
pleasant work." Is II 3? 1t strikes one
that starving Is unpleasant work,
too. ''How cnn one get such work."
The shortest way Is. to bravely put
up sign telling what one can do.
and the work will be pretty sure to
come.
There are other women whose
ability to remake old dresses is really
wonderful. They go to work ut an
antlquated, dilapidated dress very
much as a general would plan q siege.
They detect the weak points at a
glance, likewise the capabilities of
the article under consideration.
Where there is a weak spot-a mend
or stain-there they make the
greatest show of strength by skillful
trimming. What more could militia
ry genius do? Out of the most I'M
promising materials they bring the
mos. harmonious and pleasing gar
mcnts. t
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-11-07
Husbandman HINTS.

Horse and COW stables may be kept
sweet, clear of yermin, and free from
noXious odors, by busting with plas-
ter each day after they are cleaned.
II is n good plan, also, TO whitewash
the ceilings, walls and partitions,
several times through the season.
Plaster and lime can not be put TO a
better use.
II is often said that "farming don't
pay" by which we suppose is meant
that poor Turning is less profitable
than other occupations. While this
Is undoubtedly true, the fact remains
that good farming does pay. ltpays
in Independence, good health, and a
lair profit ON the labor expended.
We believe there is no other business
where the chances for success are so
good, where the prospects of failure
are so few no profession where the
assurance of just reward for earnest,
faithful, persistent labor is more
certain. l-a 'p
The manure pile and compost heap
should be regarded as the best bar k
stock of the farmer. II is his capital
in hand, which il used judiciously,
can scarcely fail TO pay good inter-
est ON the investment. Hence, the
greatcr the amount of tins capital,
the better, and whether great or
small, IL should be carefully saved
and put to IFS best use.
II is said thai he is a good farmer
who can make II rainy day as effect
i've as one that is fair. So he like
wise is n good manager who can
make n day in autumn save one in
the busy season of spring. Let us
see TO il that these golden autumnal
days are well improved. II is poor
economy 10 put OF until the hurry
and hustle of spring time work that
can now be done. Orchards can be
trimmed, fences built and repaired,
drains dug, stones picked, and many
other things done that will greatly
lessen the labor OF next spring and
summer.
We counsel our farmer not TO be
in haste in Diminishing their hired
help, with the idea that they can do
their own work just as well as not,
and thus save the wages of hired
man. This is not always good econ
omy and is an equally bad one for both
employer and employed. The latter
driit into villages or cities in the
vain effort TO find something TO do,
and usually succeed in squandcring
their means and damaging their
morals. The farmer himself-haying
no time to rest or improve his mind
by reading and renecting-fnds that
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-11-07
The Stove Depot.

At the stove depot ofMessrs. Field
hake Il Phieflor, on Austin Street,
buyers can find a most complete
stock of stoves, tinware, wooden-
ware, queensware, glassware and all
styles of house furnishing goods us
ually found in first class establish
ncnt Of the kind. 'arf -.ifa
This firm also perform in the best
and most workmanlike manner, all
kinds of plunnn4ng, gas-fitting, roof
ing, guttering, and cornice work, the
latter specially in which they par
ticularly excel. l'nr au rt
While thanking their friends for
past patronage, they feel convinced
that they can secure a continuance of
the same, by selling goods atexceed-
ingly low figures. With gentlemanly
clerks, and polite attention to all,
they only ask an examination oftheir
stock before purchasing. d&wtf