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The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1878-01-04

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OCEAN bPRIN0bs Ooc' 90 Ao0.
Eiitor Of The Star,
l see in your issue Of 2Sth inst.
a communication over the signature
Of "Scaipel," in which ! am held up
to the public in o false light. ! hope
you will allow me a place 10 your
valuable paper, to correct the posi-
ton in which that communication
has placed me, not that | propose to
answer, or controvert, all the false
positions assumed by "Scapal."
The resolution as offered by Mr..
Tancleave, TO which | became q
second, was verbal, and as follows:
Resolved, That this meeting
recommend two petitions to be cir
cula,ed ard signed by the citizens
of Deem springs, one petition for.
and one petition against, incorpors-
ton
The above Is verbatim the reso-
luton which | endorsed as | unde !
stood it, at that time. Mr.. Van
cleave did say something about
property holders and taxpay crs in
his speech, but not in his resolution,
or | should not have endorsed it,
As to Dr.. "Scalpel's" remarks
upon my fine "oratory. etc." they
are entirely gratuitous upon bis
part, but If p~erchancc I did say any.
thing that made him feel good |
feel gratifed and fully recompensed
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the tramps securing about the cour-
try are a regularly organized frater.
nitv, havinga general understanding
with one another, and having q
ritual of questions and answers.
Their uniform appearance, their
periodical visits to the same local.
itics, their regular calls at the same
houses where they have before pro-
cured food, all points to this.
Sheriff c., Of this place, has found
curious emblems about them. has
studied their character, and listened
to their conversation, until he can
tell a regular initiated tramp from
an impostor. The following anus
ing and instructive dialogue took
place between the sheriff and n Of
a squad OF tramps recently CON-
mitled TO Jail :
From whence came you?"
"From a town in New York;
called Jerusalem"
"What's your business here ?
ITO learn TO snbdue my appetite
and sponge my living from an in
dulgcn! public
Then you are a regular tramp, |
presume n
II am so taken and accepted
wherever | 60"
chow am l TO recognize you as a
tramp"
BY the ~largeness of my feet, and
general carniverous appearance"
How do you know yourself to be
q tramp"
"In seeking food, by being often
denied but ready to try again."
allow gained you admittance TO
this town."
by a good many long tramps."
How we're you received 2"
sOn the end Of a n~ight-police
mans billy, presented TO my head"
GLOW did the policeman dispense
with your
"He took me several times around
the town, to the south, east and
west, where we found the city mar-
shal, police judge, and the jailor,
where a great many questions we're
asked"
"What advice did the judge give
you"
"He advised me to walk in up
right, regular steps, and to denounce
tramping.'
will you be off or from 2"
"With your permission, I'll be off
d-n quick"
(which way are you travelling p
EAST
"Of what are YOU in pursuit ?"
"Worb-which, by my own en-
beavers and the assistance Of Others
l hope l shall never be able to find"
any friend, you are now at an
institution where the wicked are
always troublesome, and the weary
as bad as the rest. You will now
be conducted to the middle chamber
by a fight OF winding stairs, con-
sisting of five or more steps. In
stead of corn, wine and oil, the
wages Of the ancients, yours will be
bread and water Tor five days.
When your company escape from
this place divide yourselves into
parties OF three each, take q bee
line for New Orleans, where in the
winter they usually run free soup
houses, and you may be pardoned
on condition of your never return
ing" Pointing to g. the turnkey,
Follow your conductor aud fear
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-~ can buy first class Pianos and Or
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NAV know. Address Daniel r. Beatty
Washington. New jersey.
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In the District Conrt of the United States for
the Southern District of Mississippi.
Thomas Bernard, ct al.
vs.. In Admiralty.
Schooner Monadnock.)
United States In The United States Circuit
VS.. }Court for the Southern Dis-
Paul Doilet. )trict of Mississippi.
FINDER two DEGREES of sale rendered at the
u November term. 1877, in the cause first
above named and ALEC under a writ of Fl. Fa.
issued in the cause second above named, !, the
undersigned MAJ shall of the Southern District
of Mississippi will. on the 2lst day of Janu-
airy, 1873, on board ofthe schooner Monadnock,
lying near Pascagoula. in jackson county,
Mississippi, within the hours prescribed by
law. sell said schooner at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash.
THOMAS W. HUNT.
U. S. Marshal. SO. District of Mississippi.
Dec. %, 1877.
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THE GEN,

was anchored near the mouth of the
river, at the time of the gale, and
was blown npon the shore, but was
not damaged. He succeeded in
getting Ter off on Wednesday. A
lighter belonging to Berc.er 81 De-
Smet, and one belonging to e. M.
Krebs, were blown ashore on Horn
island, but no lives were lost a board
OF them.
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GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING, 1878,
At New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 8.
Louisiana State Lottery Company

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GTAk-BEAMS.

-
-1S7& - gmE w@,
-Busihess dull
happy new YEAR.
-.,., ovat : nav leaf.
m-..u,.. halter life this year.
..A;.aa, ,.stsraax
Heavy ram
There were n''y'sn'e' !"
the year lo'" d,
Tho toy balloon man Wa ~ 'o"n
the other day.
-Thsrs we're four parties In tois VI
cinity now years riens.
Tho new board OF supervisors meets
a. Scranton nett Monday. &
-r,ot out your rigs. turkeys, etc,
sbootipg- matches ere now in order.
Wa von1er how many people have
,...a ietters 1877 since last Monday
'' .... ii, ~. ala 20, co,.
...., e,e a.turdsys. Ave Sundays and
sAa Mord.vs. p.
-. h.,,,oro,. a.
."-".,s ;san. s,c inst IN M
=. ..,s cheap al Dees' store,
Co.. Thor,r.or s,.uober.a
- HE own raising Tuesdav.
sp-.:-.od an ronnds A GOOD.
III. o. This saction.
-. c,:a..v h.. ,,,red IN hi ,.w
~. cIo,t and nov Snu;ra Far.
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am..n ~ sa
men' p..-.o.,. sr.n .
you 0'a a. h-ono
literary p'p'
-droceiieS, ' M -
w. 80 ..,a
ana amos " ~, 1900
py oo0'o Ae -
Read the new 40. o''oo
&Co'' Oh rev ofoa
ana s'aun0" uo. .-;.1
an''n'' - A0
Prof. w. +. Carser' On
will deliver an address before sne luVe-
nile missionary society," o. Me'noa
ist church 10 : 1o'n' A0A' 0
alterhoon'
-'Postofioe chsAnge" Is cipaon
OF \ now card to DO found in TINS week
issue. Our boss devh say LICK ooeS
up wet groceries III = "annoi "n
fni TO oenosd.
Onion sets at twenty-iv cents per
quart at by. Cudabacs store. MOSS
Point. Better plant largely OF ing
erns," Tor times VIII Do 'eAi'u' ''sn'
next spring.
The shoosing-match for the monkey
announced for yesterday, did not take
place. The monkey got drunk wed
nesday nignt' pus was up Anu u" us
pins mex morning.
The home OF orr friend J. A. Hoo
ton was gladdened the day after Christ.
mas BY the appearance OF spr'gns-eyeo
little ION. MAY ne i've W D
great ana sooa "s
Thieves went Tor L. A. uauses
hon roost, IN the rear o. DIS ONCE u
other night AMI carried on al MS ponl-
Try. We eApo0' INC ~
breakfast neA' "s'
From the amount o. 'oao .a'A'nk
and bad singing around me streets no"
years night, We should Judge mere
were sewers. '
"oenA'no 'n" .-.
George w. "i'kes' a maff'ou
Miss Laurie chidsey IN mooile on new
years days passed 'nfouku "e.e WIN
us 0iue,
of'eAu' ~
-"nat snah ~ Pfon "a
remain 0 ior WE'VE mon'n' 'nu
then on tins n's' " .ne no" '
sieep oeni"o
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margin oy N. o. Dees' =. W., ~
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-03-07
GENERAL HARNEYS Foot RACE

General William s. Harney, Of this city when
| a young man, had the reputation of being the
swiftest runner in the army, as well as the best
Indian fighter. He was a strict diseiplnarian
but not one of the stuck up" sort so common
nowadays. He would often mingle with his men
when not on duty, and laugh and joke with them
on terms of familiarity, and went so far as to
compete with them in the exciting sport of foot
racing An impression prevailed at one time that
almost any Indian could outrun a white man
but General Harney believed that he could beat
any red rascal that wore moccasins, and, when
ever he met warrior who bOasted of his heetness
of foot, he would challenge him, and always came
out ahead. Only once did he fail to reach the
winning post before his adversary, and that was
by foul" The affair occurred at Winnebago
in the winter Of 1880, when Fox river was frozen
over and the weather was very cold. An Indian
had committed some breach OF the rules of the
garrison, for which Harney, then a captain con-
cluded. to administer fogging. He always be.
lieyed in giving every man a fair shake" white
or red, and on this occasion he conducted Mr.. Lo
some distance up the river, and, giving him 100
yards the start, told him If he reached certain
point without being overtaken he would escape
the hogging. The race was on the ice, which at
some places was thinner than at others on sc-
count OF the tOrmauOn OF 'alr-nOleS, BON neil
wore moccasins and both were stripped and
belted for the race, Harney swinging a cowhide
in his hand with which he confidently expected
to accelerate the movements of the Winnebago
on overtaking him. At the word "go" both started
at full speed the Indian doing his best to save his
hide, and the white man anxious to preserve his
reputation as a runner. Harney gained rapidly
on the warrior, and was getting ready to swing
his rawhide, when the cunning savage made an
oblique movement toward spot where the ice
was thin. Being of much lighter weight than his
partner, he passed over the dangerous place in
safety, but as soon as Harney stepped upon the
thin ice it was shivered like glass, and down went
the tall Captain, sinking into the cold water Like
a sea lion. Being good swimmer, few strokes
brought him to the edge of the thick ice, and
clambering upon It he make his way to his quar-
ters, spangled with icioles, and as mad as bufa-
10 bull He lost his cowhide in the water, but
that was small matter, as Mr.. Winnebago never
returned to the fort while the Captain remained
there. Captain Harney's foot.rsee afforded "old
Twiggs" occasion for many Joke. and 1t was q
long time before he heard the last Of it-St Louis
Globe Democrat,
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BOB LNGERSOLL.

Oh Bob Ingersoll has come out of the West
In all the wide border his tongue is the best
So sharp and sarcastic, audaCieus and droll,
There's no snch a talker as Bob IngersOll
He cares not for heaven, and stops not for hell
He swims the styx river in spite OF It's smell,
Pats Cerberus' head, gives old Pluto his hand,
And lights his cigar in the underground land
You wouldn't believe that so heavy weight
So lightly could scale the high question Of fate
Or a person 80 be9fy and gross could have skill
To tackle the subject Of human free will,
But Bob is the chap for 1t all who buthe?
AS lightly as birds fit about on a tree,
He jumps from defending the national Fraud
To sneering at Christians and houting their God
With an audible snap of his finger and thumb
He disposes at once of the kingdom to come,
And beliefs in which millions so hopefully resi-
Are twirled in the air at the point of jest
1t Is easy enough for the lovers of sin to
Believe in no heaven they cannot getinto;
And natural, too. for the wicked to doubt Of
A hell which they fear that they cannot keeI
out Of.
But honest mankind, who desire to do right,
Had much better keep the old landmarks In
sight;
And 1t always is safe to distrust and to fear
The logic that's made up of froth and sneer.
So Bob Ingersoll should go back to the West,
Far out on the prairies and pull down his vest,
And let him take with him his cheating friend
Hayes,
And in silence and shame let them both mend
their ways. ~ Y. Sun,
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YarteM

A baby, according to the French, Is an angel
whose wings decrease as its legs lengthen.
A coquette is a rosebud from which each young
beau plucks leaf and the thorns are left for the
husband.
"Any news, Mr.. Jenkins" asked the landlady
as that gentleman laid down thep paper and began
| to struggle with his steak. Eyes, maam, Sitting
| Bull has crossed the boarder,"
The longest sentence on record was constructed
bya Western Judge He sentenced man for
life, and afterwards slapped twomore years to the
sentence because the prisoner called him no gen.
tleman.
A disconsolate virginian writes that money is
scarce and taxes devour everything the poor far.
mer makes "Why, q man cannot take drink"
he says, without having 1t dashed with two and
half cents on the State debt and undergoing at
the same time a sole serenade from Mofett
punch bell"
Mistress-"Mary, has that parcel of stationery
arrived yet from the store2" Parlor Maid-"No
maam. But can lend you few sheets of my
own note paper, If you don't mind usingmy mon.
ingram"
young widow, whose aged husband had died,
becomingly appeared two months afterwards at
the Paris Marie to announce her forthcoming
marriage to her cousin. Pardon me, madam"
observed the clerk "but the Law peremtorily for.
bids a woman to marry within ten months of her
husbands DEATH" Yes, truly" replied she; "bHt
are not those eight months of paralysis to be taken
into consideration :"
On last Tuesday evening, the insane asylum at
Winoskl, sheboygan Co., Wis, was totally de-
stroyed by FIRE, and four inmates and an Indian
perished In the flames. The property loss Is only
A0O0 10 $500, with no insurance.
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A1nehy
WHAT WAS HIS CREED.

He left load Of anthracite
In front Of poor Widows door,
When the deep snow, frozen and white
Wrapped street and square, mountain an
That was his deed lmool
He did II we'll
"What was his creed?
| can not tell
Blest "ln his basket and his store"
In sitting down and rising up;
When more he got, he gave the more,
Withholding not the crust and cup,
He took the lead
In each good task;
what was his creed2'
l did not ask.
His charity was like the snow,
Soft, white and slken In It's fall
Not like the noisy winds that blow
From shivering trees the leavesi pail,
For flower and weed,
Dropping below.
"What was his creed2"
The poor may know.
He had great faith In loaVes Of bread
For hungry people, young and old
And hope.inspired kind words he said,
TO him he sheltered from the cold,
For he must feed
As well as pray
what was his creed"
can noteay.
In words he did not put his trust,
In faith his words he never writ
He loved to share his cup and crust
With all mankind who needed 1t.
In time OF need
A friend was he
what was his creed?"
He told not me.
He put his trust in Heaven and
Worked ever on with hand and head
And what he gave in charity
Sweetened his sleep and daily bread
Let us take heed
For life Is brief
"What was his creed?"
"What his belief"
Burlington HdlOkeye
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Public Sale of q Lot.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, as adj
minlstrator Of the estate Of Peter Bailey, will offer
at public sale, on
SATURDAY, lEARCH 18Th, 1873
on the premises Out-LOt No. l. in COnrads addition
to Louisville, Stark Co, Ohio subject to claim of
dover and homestead which will be made known
on day of sale.
ms-Onethlrd cash, One-third in one and one
third in two years, with interest," payments unpaid to
be secured by mortgage on the premises.
Sale to commence at one p, m.
CELESTINE VESERTAT
feb7-hw# Administrator.
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western Lands for Sale or Exchange.

Ihave large quantity of Western lands in Iowa,
Indiana, Missouri Nebraska and Ohio that L will
sell or exchange for improved farms. To parties who
wish to provide for their children or themselves, who
wish to put their money where 1t Will be perfectly
portunity. Western lands well located, at fair prices
are sure to advance in value, because the govern
ment only sells to actual settlers and therefore lands
on the market, except in the far West, getting
scarce. If we resume the three or four hundred mill
lions of gold in the country will become money and
increase the quantity of lt much more than any re-
duction by redemption can be made. If the silver
men or greenbackers succeed they will deprecae the
currency, and thereby send up the price of lands.
Canton, Jan. 3, lS75-dm ]. A. SAXTON,
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First Glass Farms For Sale,

Iwish to sell my farm on the road between Miner
va and Bayard. 1t contains 1863 acres, about 40 of
which Is cleared and under good state of cultiva-
tiOn about 60 acres is level plains land and balance
on the hill side The soil is unsurpassed in the cOun
ty. The improvements are bank barn, so or 90X50
feet and 2S feet from top Of stable to the squarecOv
cred with slate roof II has threshlng floor 50
feet SCARE without post in IT. sheep stable about
3Ox6O feet, with ample storage room above for hay
corn cribs, sheds, &C large twOstOry frame house,
not finished, and first rate orchard Running water
in barn yard and kitchen celler, supplied by never
failing springs within three-fourths Of mile of one
railroad depot and one and One-halfmies of another
Also, a farm adjoining the town of Sandyville, con-
tanning 100 acres with first rate stone quarry on it,
and underlaid with coal reasonably we'll improved
Also, another one and One-half miles from Sandy
ville containing about l6O acres, underad with COAL
with fair improvements.
Also, rst-class plains farm OF about 100 acres. on
the road from the falls of Sugar Creek to Strasburg
with new twO-story frame house and bank barn, In
good condition and order
also have about go acres across the creek from
this farm in timber, all of which wish to sell at fair
prices, and on such terms will suit the purchaser.
]. A. SAXTON
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TIE AULD ASH TREE.

There grows an ash by my bOur door,
And a its boughs are buskit Draw
In fairest weeds O. simmer green,
And birds sit singing on them a..
But cease your sangS, ye blithesome birds,
An O. your lilHn let me be;
Ye bring deid summers frae their graves
To weary me, to weary me
There grows an ash by my bOur door,
And a. its boughs are clad in snaW;
The fee drap hings at ilka twig,
And sad the nor wind soughs thrO' a..
Oh, cease thy name, thou norlan' wind,
And o. thy wailin' let me be;
Thou brings deid winters frae their graves
To weary me, to weary me
Oh, wad fain forget them a.;
Remembered guild but deepens ILL.,
As gleids o. LIGHT far seen by NIGHT
Max the near mirk but mirker still,
Then silent be, thou dear auld tree
o. thy voices let me be;
They bring the deid years frae their graves
To weary me, to weary mel
Thomas Davidson IN BlaCkWOOdS Hdgdstn
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THE EARL OF DERBY TO GENERAL LEE.

THE EARL OF DERBY TO GENERAL LEI
On the fly. leaf OF the copy of the Illad given b
the late Earl of Derby to General Robert E. lie
were the following verses
The grave old Bard, who never dies,
Receive him in our native tongue;
send thee, but with weeping eyes,
The story that he sung,
Thy Troy has fallen-thy dear land
is marred beneath the spoilers heel
cannot trust my trembling hand
To write the griefI feel.
Oh home of tears But let her bear
This blazon to the end Of time,
No Nation rose so white and fair,
None fell so pure of crime.
The widows moan the orphans wall,
Are round thee but In truth be strong
Eternal right, thought all things fail,
Can never be made wrong.
An Angels heart, an Angels mouth,
mot ROmer'S) could alone for me
Hymn forth the great Confederate South;
Virginia tirst-then Lee.