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Salt River herald., 1878-07-20

She put her arms around her loved fathers neck, kissed him fondly and said: "Pa, I've got a conundrum. Why am 1 like an opium smokcr?" II should hope not, my dear, but I give it up." Because" she said. and she gave him another hug, "because l like my poppy"
Salt River herald., 1878-07-20

A clergyman announces the mar riage fee at S5; children, half price.
 Gen. Pleasanton is still featuring on the blue glass.
 There will be an eclipse of the sun visible on July 29th.
 Paul Boynton is in Paris giving in Seine exhibitions.
 Six hundred visitors arrived at Santa Cruz on Saturday last.
 A bad marriage is like an electric machine-it makes you dance but you can't let go.
 What would be a great invention? X bushel peach basket that would hold four pecks.
 Gen. Grant will return to the United States next spring by way of India.
 Christian K. Ross has had 497 boys exhibited to him as his long lost son, Chall.e.
 Last Saturday, Kate Lorence walked 50 miles in nine hours and 40 minutes at Woodland.
 During the month of June, County Clerk Reynolds issued 24O marriage licenses in San Francisco.
 Polygamous marriges continue to be frequent in Utah, no having been sOlemnized in one day lately.
 Ben Butler must admit that there is something sweetly poetic about the name of Mrs. Jenks.
 Now Major Reno wants to be in- vestigated about that Custer fight. He wants to be Renovated.
 A Mrs. Dickinson shot and killed a 9OO-pound grizzly ill Fresno county last week.
 The total number of children be tween the ages of , and l7 in Los Angeles. California, is 2,6S3.
 Mendocino county, Cal, is now considered one of the largest wool producing counties in that State.
 The Pope has billiard table ir the Vatican, for the purpose of ex ercise and pleasure. Two hundred Indians in wal paint recently crossed Snake River at Washoe Ferry.
 The barley crop of Oregon is be ing reaped. The early sown grain will be above an average. Supplies for the Indian Reserva tions in Washington Territory vii be procured of local dealers Last Sunday was the anniversa " of the raising of the Americal flag on California soil. P. J. Connolly cut his throa with a razor at Napa. the other day He didn't cut deep enough.
 The Assessor of Santa Clara, Cal reports the assessment roll at owe S57,OOO,0O0.
 The Kansas Pacific Railroad now receiving coal for operating th road, from the coal beds nea Canon City, Col.
 The Internal Revenue collection in this city last week amounted { : S23,209; total since the first of tn year, s965.3OO. The hottest day of the sea O thus far at Oroville, Butte count, } was June 26th. when the thermon eter reached I1O degrees. The thermometer at varior places in the interior of Califoru has been as high as IlO in u shade. Several fatal cases of SUI a stroke are reported. Q Thoma. Noble a son of A. : Noble, bright and intelligent bc ! of Il years old, died near Berkelc e last week, from getting q barlc e beard in his throat. e Some Sandwich Island wheat D being raised this season in San
 Barbara county. It is reported ., standing II feet high, the sta
 being very light in comparison wi n its night.
 A canoe voyage has its pleasur
 but 40O-mile trip on canal Do l. which has a captain with the rig D pitch to his voice, is not to
 sncezcd at.
Salt River herald., 1878-07-20

The total loss by the fire in Lif- tle York, Nevada county, foots up SIO,000.
Salt River herald., 1878-07-20
WI. HOLLAND.
Bowen's Yeast Powders.

Bowen's Yeast Powders. We the undersigned Wholesale grocers take pleasure in remarking the increased demand for Bowen's Premium Yeast Powder, and of tes if ying to the general satisfaction given by this Brand: WELLMAN. PECK & co. ROOT & SANDERSOS.
 LEDDEN, wHIPPLE & co. MEBIUS & co. HAAS BROS. TABER. BARKER & co. JIM PIKE & co. J. A. FOLGER & co. NEWTON, BROS. & co.
 wv DODGE & co. MILLIKIN BROS. CASTLE BROS. KRUSE S EULER. JONES & co. NJ. HERMAN & co.
 ADAMS, McNEILL & co. r. DANERI X co
 M. & c. MANGELS.
 TILLMANN & BENDEL.
 ALBERT MAU S co. | BOOTH & co. ALLEN X LEWIS.
 DELLEPIANE X co.
 THOMAS JENNINGS.
 s.FOsTER & co.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-04-10

generally. If he will 10 so, | will for
give the levity of his joke in asSociat-
ing the writer of this article with
Munchauscn. Bat will not promise
him To drill well on hi9 land. and
il ever do drill well in III rrtforl. il
will he in Mr.. klein's garden anl not
on big farm where the owner might
reap too grea, a benefit from The vast
extent Of territory Developed. The
dip of the Illinois ml btlin has moth
ing whatever to DO with the fOrml-
tion of petroleum. | am of the opin-
ion petroleum will be found near
Hartford. 1T an average depth of thir-
teen hundred feet. In Pennsylvania
the average depth is sixteen hundred
feet. Oil is wort 81 dollars per barrel
at the wells. In Kentucky we'll
may flow ut first anywhere from two
hundred to three taouSanl barrels
more or less, and it oil is struck near
Hartford NV word for it, it will paw
Who will take the letd in developing
the Ohio county oil fields or awaken
ing an oil interest in this vicinity for
the benefit of the community. Hart
ford is on the great oil belt--no mis-
take about it.
JOS. MULHATTAS.
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Frankfort Letter.
FRANEFDRT y

FRANKFoRr, March 80, 1873.
Some time in the Latter part of Jan
uary commune ,tion over the sigma
uure Of "One Who Knows" appeared
in the Herald. | am informed that
DIR. Mea'ior. your Representative, il
accused of being its author. It's he was
complimented in the letter. This is
unjust. ava the author of the letter
us you well know, and wrote il with
out his knowledge or solicitation, he
leve, when he was absent, bling called
home IA ne said on account OF sickness
in his family. | complimented DR..
Meador AMI others becarISe | believed
they deserved 1t, and have vet M
reason To change NV opinion. | can
not see why he should he thus charged,
unless there are those who can not
bear To hear Il rival praised.
Your excellent paper, the Herald,
has been very welcome visitor to the
Capitol this winter.
Your friend,
l.. f. GREES.
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EDUCATION y l.
W. |. HAWKES., - EDITOR.
APaIL 10. IS7s

q II -Encourage your pupils to an
proach Won for information ..nt of schoo
hours. You will thus convince them o
your sympathy With their efforts. gair
time and make them your friends Re
member. though, said encourage, no
require.
New ideas and new methods are being
introduced ali the time. and teachers
must read TO keep themselves up with
the progress. OF they Will insensibIy drop
80 far behind that at last they will find
themselves dropped oil.
Levy on all the talent. sRd authority.
and good influence. and sympathy Of your
own distriet-sye. and far beyond il -
lex
A Ha ward student was called to sc-
count tor having publicly styled the
professor OF Hebrew a fir-t class mule
lie admitted having made the remark,
hut aid he intended II a. a compliment.
Explain Yourself: said the prOit sror
WHY, hrSt-cla-s mule is n good He
br,,ist = Ex
Do you want to be happy, Try to
make others happy. DO you wish to be
tree from uneasiness7 Do nothing that
you know or suspect to be wrong
The fear OF not succeeding oflen oeca-
sion- to' great an impeIuosity in the
pursuit of an enterprise.
SALLY B -IIaviny neither talent nor
ta-te TOR poetry. ! am a poor adviser on
the subject OF your inquiry | never
read portr,; but believe Shakespeare to
he, perhaps. the greatest If English
poets. Take the opinion for what it il
worth.
TE,CHsR -"Th- keeper OF a Jail il
jailer" Little Bow -"Oh. ye-. then.
NV "a u tho Keeper ~ = prison " "whv
so p asked the teacher. well. mother
said he got drunk and Is prisoner.
The mix'nre of one error with the
truth adulter1tss the whole: we should
therefore hevar. of al error. however
s'ight ard inconsiderable it may appear
.TR
F'onusnre. engaging "a II ia. must
ALWAYS he regarded with suspicion. The
Great use made Of It IN the history Of
literature has been To mislead the head
nv an apreal to the heart AMI 1t vas for
this res-on the Athpnilns forbid their
orato'- the use Of it -TB.
Nv school at Buckhorn Numbers
rhiriv pupils. More are speaking of en-
tering soon Come on. our h~art is large
AMI our hands are open 70 welcome Won
Whatever terds to deve lnp id-as, cul-
tivates the posers requisite in education
II habits OF carelessness and maccu-
.cy are formed in childhood. no ordi-
nary efforts in after life can eradicate
them
Thanks to B for his contributions
Send u more,
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Other Young Msn.-"Can't afford it,
Judge
Judge-"Well. go--go to a dime con-
cert "
Orher Young Ma1--"what shall We
do the other five week evenings1'
Judge -''Go-co-go see some re-pec-
table Young ladies
Other Young Man-"Thrv want oys-
tiers icecream and theater tickets. Judge
CAN'T afford EN- nn s. Il week.
Judse-"Well. GOO -ro-go go to
your rooms aud study, and become H
Judge like me "
Other Young Man-"JuiIr, its
tough work studying after working all
day DID you get To be Il Judge 10y
study iua ?
Juise-"W hv, yes. of course
Other Young Man study ing what!
Judge Politics, OF cuurse-no-l
mean | studied readin, arithmetic and
law
Other Ynnns Nun Y-s, judge.
Where do You .peud your evenings
jude?
Jud.e-"Well general dine at the
Club, and then take run around t"wn,
drop III NJ thearrr and al the Firth Ave.
enue or a beer runuel aud sometimes
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The BeSr County TO Move To.

The Courier-Iournal SAYS: zone OF
the first duties of the OiIiz-n is IN aid
~ tar a. he can in supporting hi~ county
paper, for that paper can do more To pro-
mote the moral, intellectual and material
interests OF hrs county than any or a ]
other agencies Show IA a county which
literally supports good newspaper. and
we will show you a county whose peOp r
are intelligent. enterpri-ins aud prosper
ous A good newspaper Hourishes only
where the people If the connty are known
ABROAD for their int diligence their pros>
priv ia all the pursuits OF life About
the brst county to move from IL one
which does not sTpp'rt or supports but
indIIierently ne newspaper About the
best county to move to u one which does
support and supports literally. its news
paper"
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The RockPort supper.
Your friend,
l.. T.. GREEN.

Editor Herald:
A. it has been sometime since YOU re-
ceIved communication from this place
thought would write and inform the
world that We are still "oi them
notwithstanding the cry Of hard
times. 'nn the eve OF the 2Sth AMI 29rh,
we had one OF the most sumptuous re-
pasts OF the season. The self-appoinred
Committee. Mrs l. T Reid. Mrs VIM
Martin. Mrs joe Smith. Mr. Owning
Mrs. Gus. Bently and Mrs Davenport.
canvas-ei the town a few days prior 10
received were mrnificent. and OF one lady
especial Y, Mr. Williams (whn Is eighty
wears of ase), aud prepared them herself
tor the table, and let mr assure Won they
we're d:firut To excel A great number of
persons were in attendance among whom
was cur gsnra! aud agreeable friend, Mr.
Armi-tead Jones. by whose style one
''Nli NfNl'N f'iN'iNCs va" NdH'lh'lF.
We extend him the right hand of fellow
ship and assured him OF our influence
and rOte
The participa'or was surprised upon
entering to see such collection, of viapds
and could scarcely req ire bat that she
had been suddenly transported to some
tropical CLINE, whpr-. fruit of almost ~
ery description grows spontaneously
The supper room was beautifully deco
ratrd with flowers and evergreens whirh
displayed the taste Of the Tommitrre
Alter the two evenings of entertain
ment. there were several fine cakes left
over They we're sold to the highest l.
der. The first WAS purchased b, Mr..
Jonrs and presented 10 Miss Laura
Rntle,ige also ano'her by Mr. Thomas
Fn.l-. and presented to Young lady
land now. Mr. Editor please tell me
why ynnng genrlemsn don't like cake J
There were several beautiful hn1uets snld
There was also a Z - attarhmeut. and
manv were the ban liable letters received.
Indeed it has trnlv bren the mos, ,rees-
hle entertainment that has been in Rock
port for 4 long long time and we tens
der our most sincere thanks to the ladies
Of the committee and hore it won't he
long before something more OF a like ma
Iure will occur ii.
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Indiana Letter.
Jos. MULiIATTAS.

Boo<vILrE. ISD April g, 1873.
Editor Herald:
B"orvile i magnificent little town
of about $500 inhabitants, aud is the
county seat of Warrick county. IL il
nicel, located. about nine miles from the
Ohio river, and is improving gradually
town. io-wit: good country and indus>
Irious farmers surrounding it. We have
a good paper printed here which circu
lstes under the co:nomen OF the Baptist
Herald. Five aud halt miles nOrth-
east OF here can lie found the Dogma
mineral Springs. the water of which l.
laid To contain ten different MEDICINAL
qua itles People from all parts of the
country have visited these sprIrga and
MANY p rsons are persuaded that the use
of the water has improved their cOnd'-
tinns have seen the water boiled
down to thick -yrup aud then male
ltl'b "a itt DpNbfE bhC EtllphN
OF the water making one pound OF
powder, which is black a. tar, and j.
within ID degrees of freezing at the hot
test season OF the year
Farmers are preparing for another
crop, and say they viii try tobacco again
They seem TO thir.k that times will i'm
prove and that tobacco will bring good
price another wear, although il has not
spld for much this season. having sod
here IA low ~ 80 cents per hundred
pounds and s. 10 is considered good
price
We have some fine stock raisers in
this county. and some very fine stock
Mr.. f summers. near here has nov ON
hand Is head of extra fine cattle. and
will ship them in a few days to 81 Louis.
watch he regards as the best marker
known t. him
Mr. Joseph Mans. a welI-lo, DO farmer
OF this county. met with severe loss
not long since. by having his harm burned
there being IN it at the time five horses.
four mules. several tons of hav three
wagons two hughes and all his farming
implements. all of which were cnE>um d
Ills lo-s is estimated ut $500 The
fire is supposed to have caught from II
cigar. the boys having put the horses
away after night. and were smoking
cigars at the time Boys, take warning
aud 10 not 90 about the barns smoking;
but it you will smoke any how. keep
away from barns and stables from this
on. lloosIER
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Texas Letter.
SPANISH FoRT, !
MONTAGUE COUNTY. TEX,s. :
March 20, 1878. !
Z litor Herald

Iiior Herald.
Thinking that something from this
part of the Lone Star" State might
he of interest to your readers. | have
concluded to send you few lines.
Montague county il situated in
Northwest Texas. bounded on the
North by Red river. on the East by
Coke. on the West BY CLAW county.
Some portions Of the county are in
clined to he billy, bit most ofthe land
lays well and produces corn. cotton,
wheat oats, &c, in abundance. A
large portion of the county consists of
prairie lands. which afford fine grazing
tor stock. The grass is now about tour
inches high, and stock does well on the
range. Most of the trees are now
green, and the weather is fine, and the
farmers are busy planting their crops.
Wheat 10 Ks fine, some of it knee high.
There is not IA great deal of wheat sOwn
in this county, but in most places there
is large crop sown.
Splnish Fort is situated at the lower
end of Il beautiful prairie valley, and
on the bank of Red river. rhe valley
above the town is the most beautiful
country | have ever seen. There is
one farm of something over twenty
five hundred acres all under one fence.
Near the town Of Spanish Fort there
are remIins of what seems To be fort,
hut no one knows when or by whom il
was made. Some say that it WIS
made by Spaniaris and Mexicans, and
that they once worked IL very rich Ill.
yer mine here. There are fabulous
stories toll about vast amounts of sill
yer being buried in the neiyhb1rhobd.
Others say that the fort was made by
Indians, and still Others say that De
SOTO, in his wanderings, spent winter
| here
Montague il the county seat of the
county, and is well situated near the
center of the county.
This county belrS the name of hav'
ing more bud men than any Of it,
neighbor counties; hut, since my ar
rival mere, | have seen nothing to JUS
tify such IN assertion.
With wishes for the success of youl
paper, aud of its many readers. | an
yours, BYRON HILL.
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Mclienry letter.
MChENRY, Ono CO.. Ky, !
APRIL 2, 1873. I

Editor Herald:
Bu-iness Is on the increase in our
burg. Notwithstanding the crmkrr'> cry
OF hard times and WIS cumin." Get
out of the way with your Golerous notes
and long faces. or exercise your will,
power and MUSCLES in producing SOME
thing To alleviate the present hIrd
times and >tave off. ~ far Is possible,
the "wus cumin."
Harry Bridges was in town a few
DAYS since. He Isl prince in his line
of business. Il whole-souled and ener
getic fellow, who merits his present
success.
Our polite and aff,ble merchant.
Sam Williams. says he is doing an ex-
cellent business, and we believe him,
when we go and see the throng of peo-
pie who crowd around his counters and
buy his excellent goods for such small
prices
MeSSrs. Duncan have fire house,
well filled with gools and numerous
customers.
VIM. Duncan is having house built
BY Joplin d Co., of Elizabetnt,wn,
that will be an ornament to the town.
Success toyou, Mr.. Duncan, in all your
efforts.
Mr.. Davis and family have left for
Colorado, their new home.
Hiram Maddox aud Miss Carrie
Fukerson, after due deliberation. con-
cluded to call in Rev. kelly NJ lddpx,
which was done on last Wednesday
evening, and the knot was tied on
Thursday evening. The welding sup
per was eaten at Mr.. George Renders.
Numerous friends and acquaintmce4
attended. The table was loadel with
luxuries and literally grotned with
abundance. Also, the same evening, a
like affiir took place at the residence
of Mr.. Kelly in honor of Mr.. Dan.
Duncan and lady, vino were married
in Paradise on last Wednesday. Thus
you see business is always good here,
if not in one direction in another. May
the two couples who have now been
Joined together never regret the steE
they have taken; may they live long
and happily, and, as time brings tor
ward his successes or reverses, may
nothing estrange or interrupt the bond,
that now bind them together.
! took trip out in the country or
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stream.
We all got ont without further acci-
dent or mi1hap, aud second visit to
this cave. later | discovered that my
litlle mound AMI water pool or basin had
disappeared, aud that there was no wat-r
falling at that place. being dry. What
became Of the mound cannot tell
suppose the water Ind changed ii- course.
aud he mound had mouldcred away |
that Tor some years it na- been fixed ~
expressly To secure whatever was put
in II. such ~ potatoes. ire-h meats in the
warm season. &c :. W
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MEMORY's BELLS.
BY CORA

q. Who has not listened 20 memory's bell,
Rang far bv the breeze or IN" blast;
Throwing over the heart bright. joyous spell,
That was built by the glorious past!
There-it rings of the gIAdness or tolls Of the
woe,
Aud il tells of the fir-away tines
II rcca u the lnv'd OF the Hrigat long as"
q, love its sweet chaugesblc chimes.
Al! those ch mes; there joys Of childhood
appears,
Now the pie ,.ur-s Of girlhooi roll on
Now tie rainbow "fcho &C. spans the glorious
ycars,
'1ill We knew that youths dream was gone
All, Ii. music swakeus n glorious theme,
And with feeling Of rapture We START
rar IL biing- to our miad- a hSppi-r drrami
OF sc-nSs that gladicnei cur heart.
les deem tones We listen With joy at its tolls,
weavss over our spirit pei,
A. the great VII FL of time 80 silently rolls
We will reverence sweet memory bell.
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where to go in the Eycnings---From a
Recent Real CITY tragedy.
hioDoc.

Judge-"Now. Young man. sentence
Won to twenty years of hard labor in the
State Prison for killing that man with a
cart rung. It'll he warning to other
young men who spend their evenings in
bar-rooms hot to go TO such vile places. "
Other Young Man Please, sir, where
shall We COZ
.Iudge-"Go to church
Other Young Man -'What,every even.
ing1 AMI they're not open cit err
Judge. -"Wel, go-go to some re-
spectacle theatre
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Communicated.

With what ze>t are We sometimes re-
minded that suhv poor weak man, who
has taken the Murpuy p'rdee has fallen {!
How the enemies al our cause rejoice
over such an one See. cay they, the
fu,isiry OF your efforts and labors; you
will 10 no good For all your Occurring
aud writing, tor all y.ur mass meetings
and conventions, your songs and your
ribbons. there ar. more drunkards to day
than in the good o d DAYS when our
fathers kept their WHISTLES set out on
the side board, aud all who would. could
drink. This NAV be true No one resps
hts crop at sowing time. They sOWed
the crop which We are now reapIng
We are sowing different crop IN th,
minds of our children. = crop which we
may not live to see rsIhrrrl in, but
witch will be gathered Us surely by them
ami their children, in happiness and j0y
~ We are gathering the crop sown b, our
fathers in SORROW and misery and death.
We are not living tor the present ago any
more than We are living tor time We
are, in every sense. living ;or the future
Our fatf ers' crops lave bHilt tor US jails
and peniientrsries and gsllowses Ours
will builI for our children houses and
barns and schools and churches. Our
fathers example has led its thousands tn
disgrace tn infan.y, tn death Ours shall
cad its millions to honor. to happiness. to
u-eiulness, to lite eternal
Then away with the tempting howl,
That Slletn both body an soul.
And give us to drink of water pure,
That Iealetk t. IL wen true aud sure
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RockPort Items.

Editor Herald:
The Shor' Line is finished.
Chess ships six ear loads of slaves a
day. from here.
There was a supper given { the bene-
fit of the Methodist church here Thurs
day ard Friday nights. Receipts. forty
one dollars Good hnnor prevailed.
Everybody seemed pleased. ard We hal a
god time. generally. both nights.
The blue ribbon is taking the blossom
out of cool many cheeks and nos-s.
The Murphy pledge prevents man from
drinking even tree" whisky.
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the 3l-t, anl was glad to note the i'm
provements farmers are making in
their iarm>-new fences, new build
ing@, new fields AMI new energy on M.
mast every farm. | saw numerou,
helis ofoats that b-gin To look green.
and the best wheat prospect that
ever cheered the farmers hearts i'm
Onio county.
Qlery Have you seen any one
that Is not a candidate for AN off sc IF
You have, send him down, for here is
the society for unambitious men.
III. b. Il.