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Middletown transcript., 1878-04-27
No Halfway DOin's.
ERWIN RUSSELL.

/
Belubbed fellow trabelers rs holdin' fortl
to-day;
doesn't quote no special varse for what
hab to say;
De sarmon will be berry short, an dis yer am
de tex5
Dat halfway doin's ant no count for dis
worl' or de nex'.
Dis worl' dat we's a-liboin' in is like de cot
ton row
Whar cherry culled gentleman has got him
line to hoe;
And ebery time lazy niggab stops to take a
nap,
De grass keeps on a-growin' for to smudder
up his crap.
When Moses led de Jews acrost de waters oh
de sea,
Dey had to keep goin' jes' as fas' as fas'
could be
Do you s'pose dat dey could eber hab sue
ceeded in dar wish,
An reached de Promis' Lam at las, eff dey
had stopped to fish?
My frien's, dar was garden once, whar Ad-
am libel wild Ebe,
Wild no one 'roun' to bodder dem, no neigh
bors for to t'ieve,
An ebery day was Christmas, an dey got
dar rashuns free,
An eberyt ing belonged to dem oept JUS ore
apple tree.
You al know bout de story-how de snake
came swoopin' 'roun'-
A stump-tail rusty moccasin, a craw!in' on
de groun'-
How Ebe an Adam eat de fruit, an went
an hid dar face
Till de angel oberseer he came and druv EN-
off de place.
Now spose dat man an 'ooman hadn't
tempted for to shirk,
But had gone bout dar gardenin an tended
to dar work,
Dey woldn't hab been loa6n' whar dey had
no business TO-
An de debbiPd neber got chance to tell
EN- what to do.
No halfway doin's bredren It'll netber do,
say
Go at your task an finish it, an denis de
time TO play
For ehen if de crap is good, de rainll spile
de bolls
Unless you keeps a-pickin' in de garden OBJ
your souls;
Keep a-plowin', an a-hoein', an a-scrapin'
OBJ de rows,
An when de griunin's ober, you can pay up
what you owes:
But if you quits o-workin' ebery time de sun
is hot,
De sherif7s gwine to lebby upon eberyting
you's got.
Whateber It's you's dribin' at, be shore an
dribe it throo,
An don't let muffin stop you, but do what
you's gwine to do;
7or when you sees a niggah foolin', den, as
shores you're born,
fou's gwine to see him comm out de small
end OBJ de horn.
tank you for de tention you has glib dis
afternoon
sister Williams will cbleege US by raisin,
oh a tune
see dat Brudder Johnson's bout TO pass
aroun' de hat,
Vow don't lets hab no halfway doin's when
it comes to dat!
-Scribner'S NonthZy.
Middletown transcript., 1878-04-27
Mark Twain On Development.

At the dinner recently given to
Bayard Taylor in New York, on the
eve of departing for Berlin, Mark
Twain in one of his characteristic
speeches made the following decided
hit:
Development, sir; development
Natural selection Correlation of the
sexes ! Spontaneous combustion /! What
gulfs and whirlwinds of intellectual
stimulus these magic words fling upon
the burning canvass of the material
universe Of the soul! Across the
chasm of the ages we take the oyster
by the hand and call him brother;
and back, and still further back we
go and breathe the germ we cannot
see, and know in him our truer Adam!
And as we stand, dazed, transfxed,
exalted, and gaze down the long pro-
cession Of live, marking how steadily,
how symmetrically y we have ascended,
step by step, to our sublime estate and
dignity Of humanity-out Of one low
ly form into little higher and a little
higher form-adding grace after grace
and function after function with each
and every change-developing from
tadpoles into frogs, frogs into fishes,
fishes into birds, birds into reptiles,
reptiles into Russians-I beg a million
pardons, sir and gentlemcn-it was a
wholly innocent slip Of the tongue,
and due only to the excitment of de-
bate-for, far be it from me, upon
such an occasion as this to cast a
seeming slur upon a great nation with
whom We are at peace-a great and
noble and Christian nation-whom |
God expand!
But, as I was about to remark, I |
maintain-and nothing can ever drive
me from that position-that the con-
tributions of the nineteenth century
to science and the industrial arts-are
-are-but, Of course they are There
is not any need to dwell upon that
You look at it yourself. Look at
steam Look at the steamboat, look
at the railway, look at the steamship
Look at the telegraph, which enables
you to flash your thoughts from werld
to world, ignoring intervening seas.
Lock at the telephone, which enables
you to speak into afliction's remote
ear the word that cheers, and into the
ear of the foe the opinion which you
ought not to risk at a shorter range.
Look at the sewing-machine, look at
he fog-horn, look at the beIl-punch,
ook at the book-agent. And, more
han all, a thousand times, look at the
asst and greatest, the aerophone
which will enable Moody and Sankey
o stand on the tallest summit of the
Rocky mountains and deliver their
Message to listening America and
necessarily it will annul and do away
With the pernicious custom of taking
p a collection. Look at these things, !
If, and say if it is not a far prouder 2
nd more precious boon to have been
orn in the nineteenth century than
a any century that went before it. t
Ah, sir, clothed with the all-suficient +
randeur Of citizenship in the nine r
zenith century, even the wild and arid
lew Jersyman might-a mistake, sir, :
mistake and entirely unintentional. v
If all the kingdoms principalities and =
ountries with which it is our privi-
9ge to hold peaceful relations, I re- Il
ard New Jersey as dearest to our ad- ST
nearest to our heart, the A
isest and the purest among the ma
ons. l retire the undiplomatic Ian G
uage and beg your sympathy and
lduloence."
Middletown transcript., 1878-04-27

Bazeilles, deep and full of thick foliage,
might have prevented the Saxons, who
are masters of La Moncelle, and the
Bavarians, who are masters of Ba-
zeilles, from efecting a junction, but
the French have been forestalled, and
the Bavarians are seen there, cutting
away the hedges with their sickles.
The German army moves all of a
piece with absolute unity; the Prince
Of Saxony is on the hill of Marry,
whence he commands the scene. In
the French army the command oscil-
lates at the outset of the battle; at
5:45, MacMahon is wounded by the
fragment of she'll; at seven o'clock
Ducrot takes his place; at ten o'clock
Wimpfen takes DucrOt's.
From minute to minute the wall of
the fire approaches, the thunder-roll is
continuous, a sinister pulverizing of
10000 men. Nothing like it was ever
witnessed never did an army sink
under such falling mass of grape. At
one o'clock all is lost. The regiments
take refuge, pell-mell, in Sedan. But
Sedan begins to burn; LIE Dijonval
burns the ambulances burn nothing
but a dash through the lines is posi-
bic. Wimpfen, brave and firm, sug-
gests it to the Emperor. The Third
Zouaves, maddened, have set the ex-
ample; being parted from the remain
der Of the army, they have made their
way through the foe and reached Bel
yium. A flight of lions.
Suddenly, above the disaster, above
,he enormous heap of slain and dying
men, above all this hapless heroism ap-
pears shame. The white flag is hoist
ID. There were there Turenne and
Vauban-bOth present, one in his
statue, the other in his citadel.
The statue and the citadel assisted
1t the horrible capitulatiOn. The two
rirgins, one of bronze, the other of
granite, felt themselves prostituted. 0,
-ugust brow of onr country o, eternal
,lush of shame!
Middletown transcript., 1878-04-27
Selrtt poetrp.
FANTAsIE DE PRINTEmPs.

In the aises of the orchard fair blossoms are
drifting,
The white petals drop one by one,
And the tulips pale stalk from the garden is
lifting
A goblet Of gems 10 the sun
Come ramble awhile through this exquisite
weather
Of days that are feet to pass,
When the stem of the willow shoots out a
green feather,
And buttercups burn in the grass
When, pushing the soil from her bonny pink
shoulders,
The clover glides forth to the world,
And the fresh MOSES gleam on the gray rug
ged boulders,
With delicate May dew impearled
The brook in the pasture has hidden its peb-
bes,
Full flooded with April rain,
And listen, my love, TO the silvery trebles
That ring from the blossoming lane
What VOWS to their sweethearts the gay rob
ins utter
No marvel such wooers are heard
Heigh no how the bosoms that scorn US
would flutter
If man could make love like bird
Edgar Faucet.
Middletown transcript., 1878-04-27
Appoquinimink-William B. Hollis.
Blackbird-George W. Warren.

In Nubia, as soon as a girl is mar
ried her mother is forbidden by law
ever again to speak to her, under pain
Of being roasted on the spit. Oh dear !
what a great deal that is really good
in theinstitutions of heathendom might
be adopted by US Christians! Let an
American motheir-in-law beware, how
ever, if her daughters husband propo-
ses a trip to Nubia some of these days.
He will have her on that spit within
six hours after her arrival at the near
est Nubian port.
Middletown transcript., 1878-04-27
The Growth OF interest in Dogs.

| (From "Our Pets and Protectors, by Wm
NJ. Tileston, in May ScRIBNER.
If anything were wanting to con-
vince the skeptical as to the high status
of the dog in this country at the pres
ent day, it would only be necessary for
him to attend one of the dog or "bench'
shows which are held in all the princi-
pal cities. Although Englishmen have
always been more enthusiastic over
these four-footed friends than we, vet
even there a great revival occurred
some fifteen years ago when "bench"
shows became common, and rivaly led
to closer study and great Improvements,
in all popular breeds. The fever final
ly spread to this country, but was at
first confined almost entirely to dogs
used for sporting purposes, such as the
setter and the pointer; and it was not
until the occurrence of the show given
by the Westminster Kennel Club in
New York city last spring that the
merits of the transporting classes, and
their right to prominent position at
dog shows was fully recognized. 1t
was but just that this should be so.
We cannot all be sportsmen, and the
owner of pure mastiff or St. Ber-
nard. or even diminutive terrier or
pug, may take the same pride and
pleasure in the possession of his or her
pet and companion, as the sportsman
does in his 'bird" dog. Had we ever
been blessed with a Landseer or a
Harrison Weir in this country, it is
possible that our knowledge of the
various breeds of dogs might not be so
limited. AS it is, we are obliged to go
to England for our authorities and for
our standards of excellence. There is
but one breed of dogs that can be said
to have originated in the United States, |
and that is the Chesapeake Bay re-
triever, and of course the ancestors of
this train came from Great Britain.
although how and when is a matter of
uncertainty. Our best dogs q speak
of the classes about which [ am writ
ing) are all either direct importations
or but one or two generations removed
from such, and nine out of ten persons
who are describing to you the excel
lences Of their pets will say with pride
that he, or his sire or dam, was i'm
ported from the kennels of So-and-so.
In few years all this will be changed.
We are importing the best, and with
careful mating there is no doubt but
hat we shall equal or excel the pro-
auctions of our English cousins. They {
ire coming to us for their short-horns; s
We may yet send them dogs. A gen
leman who breeds St. Bernards told !
ne recently he could almost guarantee !
hat there would be fifty entries of /
hese dogs alone at the Westminster c
Kennel Club show which occurs on c
he fourteenth of May, 1873. S
l.,
Middletown transcript., 1878-04-27

Norristown Herald. A Boston pa
per says: "a butterfly was caught at
the South End yesterday" Itmay be
safe enough to catch butterfly at the
south end, but when you go to grab a
wasp you want to catch it at the
northeasterly end, shifting westerly
towards the head.
Middletown transcript., 1878-04-27

Chicago Times: 1t always pays to
be polite. As the steamboat Magneta
was descending the Hudson River last
week, being crowded with passengers,
an old lady and gentleman were un-
able to find seat A young man
noticing this gave the old gentleman
his chair and went forward. Two
minutes afterward the boiler blew up
and the old gentleman was killed,
while the man who had given up his
seat escaped unhurt.
Middletown transcript., 1878-04-27

Some school girls in Pennsylvania
were attacked by rattlesnakes, and
frightened them away by Haunting their
red petticoats. Dear, dearl why
didn't Eve think of that Tile Coun-
try.
Middletown transcript., 1878-04-27

Ii any farmer would stop and esti-
mate the actual cost in time in letting
down and putting up a single pair of
bars between his lane and the barn
yard during period of twelve months,
he will, if his time is worth anything
to himself, go straightway and build
substantial gate for such a spot.
Middletown transcript., 1878-04-27

Feeding chopped onions to poultry
is said to eradicate lice. For young
chickens three feelings a week in the
spring and part of the summer are
sufficient.
Middletown transcript., 1878-04-27

The Yankee Grams himself with
cake; the Southerner prefers the tor
ture of hot biscuits. Either diet is suf.
fcient to produce a sectional animosity
that only blood can allay-Bosto,s
Globe.
Middletown transcript., 1878-04-27
Jury LISTS.

SOAN AASASs
The following is the list of Grand
and Petit Jurors, drawn at New Cas-
tie, on Saturday, April 18th, to serve
at the ensuing May term of Court for
New Castle County, commencing on
Monday, the 9th day of May The
Court of Oyer and Terminer will COM
mence on Thursday, May 9th:
GRAND JURORS.
Brandywine Hundred-Samuel II. Dixon,
Henry N. Barlow, John Husbands.
Wilmington-Saml. Murphey, David Chan
der
Christiana-John R. Lyman, sr., James
L. Carpenter.
Mill Creek-David Graves, David Eastburn.
White Clay Creek-William J. Stroud,
John F. Williamson.
Pencader-William P. Biggs, John ".
Kane.
New Castle--George W. Turner, Samuel
u. Courer.
Red Lion-John T. Chearis, William Da-
wilson.
St. Georges-William l. Yandyke, Henry
Clayton, VI. e. Walker.
n -hPPOqulHluIlhh lhh--DeHJ OlopSi UlutoH u
Barlow.
Blackbird-Andrew W. Webster, William
E. Riggs.
FIRST PANEL-PETTT JURORS.
Brandywine Hundred-John Webster, Clark
Pierce, Joseph Fordwood.
Wilmington. P. Postles, William Bowe,
John P. Almond.
Chrstana-John W. R. Kiilgore, Abram
Do Eooporo al,
Mill Creek-Henry Whiteman, Mccoy
Yearsley, Charles Currinder.
White Clay Creek-Thomas Jones, Geo. W.
Palmer, James P. Morrison.
Pencader-Wm. Murray, John Barber, Jas
r. Mote.
New Castle-Edward l. Rogers, James
Pordham, William B. Mccoy.
Red Lion-Joseph R. Pennington, SeHell
B. Scott, Abner Allston.
ST. Georges-Thomas ]. Craven, Daniel W.
Corbit.
Experimentation W Naudain, Ed
ward Atwell.
Blackbird-Thomas Bratton, William L.
Reynolds.
SECOND PANEL-PETIT JURORS.
BrandywinO Hundred-James H. Naylor,
Edward J Haughey, Edward Wilson
Wilmngton-James J. Wyatt, George Bu-
zine, L. P Buck
William Armor, Alfred Car
penter, Thomas Lyman.
Mill Crtek-John II. Peach, Edward Grams
ton, William Mitchell.
White Clay Creek-Casper W. Sheppard,
IYland Price, Jonathan Groves
Pencader-Peter Meggit, Robert Read, Sr.,
George W. Groves.
New Caste-Jas ". Nivin, John G. Delhi,
Tohn Walls
Red Lion-Matthew Bigger, Edward De-
7aney, Philip Reybold.
81. Georges-Frank Eliason, Jas 7. Shall
ross.
Appoquinimink-Wm. Kanely, Samuel H.
Iuggins.
Blackbird-John s Latta, Samuel A. Arm
trong.
DDITIoNAL JURORS FOR COURT OF OYER AND
TER8IINER.
Brandywine Hundred-Henry B. Casey,
ieorge L. Mccoy.
Wilmington-A. D. Chaytor
Observation-Disclosures @. Alexander.
Mill Creek-Joseph S. Head, Robert Haw-
horn.
White Clay Creek-Willam P. Singles,
gorge A. Casho.
Peucader-Samuel Frazer, John Moody,Jr.
New Castle-Samuel Fl. Black, Samuel N.
orter.
Red Lion-David c. Webb John Il. King.
st. Georges. B. Yandegrift, Thomas F.
ilworth.
Appoquinimnk-Wil B. Hollis.
Blackbird-George W Warren.
Middletown transcript., 1878-04-27

The member who gets up and moves
that Congress do now adjourn sine die
will go into the Presidential canvass
of 1880 with strong political back
Chicago Tribune.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-07-27
BUSY SCENE.

jackson street, Roseburg, is the scene
of ceaseless activity. The many new
buildings in course of const. uction, and
the hurried attempts of lhe workmen to-
push everything alorg that the street may
be cleaned OF bricks, mortar. sand, lime,
and lumber, show how fast the city Isl
growing, and how enterprsing are its
business men, Marks Il CO. are looking tol
further progress. They will put up the
front of theirstore entirely of stone and iron>l
and from W. l. Friedander we learn that
the foundation and walls are to be SO built
than another story may be aided to the
building upon short notice. We hope the
time may soon come. Roseburg needs a
large Lall centrally located, and one placed
upon Marks & Co.'S. new store would ans
swer the public want. The work on DR..
Hamilton s brick store is rapidly being
pushed forward The doctor also looks
forward to the time when he will add an
other story to it, aud have It towering
above other business houses monu~
ment to his Industry and perseverance.
Above this we find the new building of
of Philip De Souzer, to be occupied by
Mr.. Goldstein as a general variety store
and filing vacant spot upon the street.
Phil, a little over four ears ago, opened
barber shop on the site of Marks & Go. 8
new brick store. He attended to his busi>
ness, became comfortable in financial
way, AMI in the time will probably be
one of the nabobs of the city, and
| living evidence of what can be done by
any one who will work and save in Dou-
glas county. Still furt her ON is the hard
ware store OF Newbury, Chapman & Co.
under the superintendence of ]. w.
Strange, about completed. This makes
the improv, ments now under way and to
be seen at glance on jackson street. Tehre
are dozen or more houses now being
| built outside of this street-a glance will
show to stranger this; but stranger will
not know by looking upon the improves
ments being made that Roseburg is an
| old town and that these improvements are
positive proof of renewed business life in
the city, and that Roseburg and Douglas
county in general have taken the first
healthy steps in the march of progress tor
ward prosperity. But such is truth. The
best times in Douglas are yet in the fu-
ture, and the ''big bonanzas' are yet to
| come.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-07-27
Highly Complimentary.

In the Pope county (Minn.) Press of Ju'y
9th. we find the following complimentary
notice OF. Mr.. F. p. Hogan. our presen. ef
icient Sheriff: MIR. Pierce Hogan is the
son of Nj. Patrick Hogan. of Westport. He
left this county some five years ago. Heis
what may be justly called sell made man
Those who know him will be glad to hear
OF HE success in the late Contest in that
(Douglas) county. and will put no hesita-
tency..in saying that the people of Douglas
county. Oregon, have secured. in the elec>
tion of Mr. Hogan. a man who will prove q
faithful and efficient officer" Because the
people knew Mr. Hogan to be what the cdi
tor of the Press says of him, is why
they of this county elected him Sheriff
over his competitor by such large major
ity.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-07-27
Fun a Head.

The above is the caption Of programme
ann ouncing that Mr. and Mrs Wre;land
will give performance at Masonic Hail
this Saturday evening, assisted by several
gentlemen well known to our citizens. The
performance will consist of singing, dane
ing, Irish and Dltch comcaiities and short
acts,and will be amusing to all who attend
Mr.. and Mrs. Wre'land are stars in tl,eil
particular lines, and in them selves arc cap.
able of giving performance worth the
price Of admission. The support they have
obtained, however, will add to the evenings
entertainment, and our advice to our cti,
zens is. 20 to the show aud laugh a couple
or or three hours, and give Nretland ane
wife a rousing benefit, as they are N ever,
way deserving of it,
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-07-27
THE RED DEVILS.
Some Interesting Details not Before
Published.

Il z
We are indebted to Messrs. s. Marks 8
Go, for the following extract from letter
received from w B Laswell, Esq. If Cans
yon City. Grant county. relating to the Kill
ling Of poor Tom Dixon and Mr. Higginson
The letter was daled July 18th:
From Mr.. Stevens, post trader at Camp
Harney. who has just arrived from there.
learn that John Dixon was at Harney The
day before yesterday and safe. Mr.. s. saws
Thos. D xon and Frank Higgison have
been undoubtedly killed by the Indians
Some three weeks since they were travel
ing through that valley, accompanied by d
man on horseback. large iorcs OF we'll
armed Indians came upon them suddenly
but the horseman managed to escape
A letter received from Mr. LasweIl, by
Judge Fitzhugh under the same date as
the above, is to this effect;
Your brothers and Mr.. Flowers, think
are safe The Indians stole most of their
stock, and your brothers went along with
Gen. Howard's command to try and recover
their lest animals. and have probably sues
ceeded in getting the most of them am
informed yodr fathersin>law has been to
Long Greek nearly since the beginning of
the troubles. don't think any of your
folks have been injurs in any way, except
in the loss of stock"
La te dispatches announce the finding of
Tom Dixon's and Mr.. Higginson's bodies,
and their burial
In addition to the above, we have con-.
versed with Mr.. f. G., Winnngham, who
returned from Ochoco, Wasco county Mon
day last. This gentleman brings news to
the effect that at Prinesville, it is believed
Ed. Stephens, brother oil Joe Stephens, and
his family have been massacred by the saw
| ages. Ed. Stephens lived on Thirty Mile
creek, and was seen by Ike Winningham.
who staid with him one night, since which
time Stephens and his family have not
| been heard from.
The county, Mr.. WinDingham says, is
about deserted, and the Indians have about
cleaned it of stock. Settlers left their
| behind them, and before leaving tore fences
down that the stock might feed, if left alone
upon the grain the owners dared not wait
to garner Five hundred head of cattle
were killed by the savages in one mans
corral in Beaver Greek valley. II 10 Wins
| ningnam boys sold their cattle at Primes
vile. receiving $6 per head for yearllngs
and SO per head for older cattle. Of the
country they say it is overrated. Wheat,
| rye and oats will grow there if well rriga
/ tee, but not without. Those who wish to take
stock there, should only go to Crooked ri
yer. There even some danger is to be ap,
pretended from Indians. but there is to bs
found good water AMI grass, and it is al
safe from the Indian raiders as any othe
grazing point in Wasco county.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-07-27
Short Crops.

1t appears from present indications that
the yield of small grain viii not be as large
this year in Douglas county as was hoped
for by our farmers. A gentleman from
Myrtle Creek, in whose judgement We
have faith, thinks that the wheat crop OF
that section will be one fourth less this year
thai last--that while the grain will be
plumper and necessarily of better quality
the yield vii be one fourth less. Reports
received from other localities are the same.
The yield on Deer Creek will not be as
large as usual; on the Ca,apooia it is not up
to former expectations; the same may be
said of Canyonville, Looking Glass. Ten
Mile and Camas Valley But that the
grain is of better quality and will ccmmand
better price is the universal opinion Of
those best posted.