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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25
A Little Parable.

There was country town containing
about two thousand inha 5itants, en-
ployed in a great variety Of pursuits
farmers and gardeners; ralsers of stock
Mechanits Of all Sorts. they were all
gaining modest but comfortable living
by their Various labors. One day there
moved into the town man, believed to
possess enormous wealth. He bougt
large place, built splendid mansion, and
said to the people: II have come to
spend my money among you, according
to my peculiar tastes. l wish to employ
five hundred men IN marching to and fro
on my grounds every day, and Wish to
have fireworks every night. and will pay
the highest prices for rockets and Roman
candles. wish to have three or four
hundred little children dressed in white,
with blue and red ribbons in their hair,
TO sit about the ground in groups, OF
dance in the hall every day, and 1 will
pay each of them dollar day for doing
it, and will buy the clothes and ribbons
for their to wear. I shall wish to buy
four suits of clothes year for each ofthe
men, and propose to give supper every
night, with plenty of ice-cream, to all The
inhabitants of the town." Could any
thing be more attractive than this pro-
gramme2 Half the people gave up their
usual occupations and devoted themselves
to marching round The lawn, and the
other half to making fireworks, clothing
and Ice cream for these festivities.
The people and town prospered Won
derfully the men got their three dollars,
the children their dollar day, and great
profits were also made on the fire works,
clothing and ice cream. But one morn
ing the bubble burst. The rich man had
disappeared. Then it was made known
that all the money he had been spending
had been borrowed of the town authoIi-
ties at high interest, and that as he lef,
no assets this was debt the town must
pay. The people had given up their old
occupations, had LOST the taste for regular
work, had acquired love of luxury, had
learned to speculate, were no longer sat
isfed with small returns. but wished to
obtain large incomes with little labor.
and besides all this derangemento of their
habits, they had great debt to pay for
their frolicking and waste. Now, would
it not take long time for the people of
such place to get back to their old po-
sition? The people of the country are in
the condition of this town. We took
million or two of men from productive in
dustry during four years, employing them
in destroying and wasting property. The
expense OF this is an accumulated debt
which we have TO pay. We have acquir-
ed habits Of extravaganza and waste at
the same time. And now that the excite
ment is over, a long period of depression
has followed; for the decentralization
which four years of war can produce it
will take fifteen or twenty to repair
fumes Freeman Clarke.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25
PERSONAL IND funfTfCAko

don. CAafleS EOSter mas decllneu
nomination in the Seventh Ohio district.
Miss Mary Wells, an actress in New
York was reported dying, Tuesday the 18th
from cancer in the stomach.
The Emperor William is able to ride
out. he has recovered FROM the wounds in.
ficted by the murderous gun of the assassin
but is very weak
, A7Virginia congressman, Hunton by
name, has challenged Columbus Alexander,
OF Washington, to mortal combat.
President Hayes will leave Washington
July 10th, for Newark, Ohio, to attend the
soldiers reunion to be held on July -. i I
Archbishop Henni, of Milwaukee was
Frustrated by the heat, and his life was dis.
paired of but later reports say he is likely to
recover.
i Queen Victoria has conferred on Lord
Beaconsas.d, the Order Of the Gorter. The
nvestiture took place at Osborne, Monday
morning, July 22d. LIAR
It's rumored that tire Hon. 7. Donnellv
may enter the field as an independent canii-
date for Congress in the; third Minnesota
district, against Mr. ,Washbum. 49,, II
A telegram from the city Of Madrid, of
July a1st, says Mrs. Foster, wife Of the Minister
OF the United States, is very i'll, but her physi
clans are confident she will recover. 254
July 10th the President appointed
Gen. Bod6er, postmaster at New Orleans, lin
place OF ] m. g. Parker, suspended. Parker
ls brother Jaw of Gen. B. F. Butler. "
Gen. =. 4. Merritt, recently appointed
Collector at the Port Of New York, vice Ar
60. thur removed. has given bonds, qualified
and md entered upon the duties 81 his Office.
The Potter subcommittee at New
Orleans have consented to summons IS wit
nesses moved By Secretary Sherman, and will
summons any Others. on either side that may
be desired. ~ 5
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25

to get the principal article, the cat. and thew
dispersed with the Understanding that thgV
would meet on the beach near Meipos
wharf at I O'Clock. At the appointed hour
every one was ready except the cat. which
had refused to be caught. After a short con-
ssultatlon, when the COMMITTEES had rnaf1esitss
excuses the captain detailed about thres
fourths Of thg, crowd to s5afch iii neiehbor-
ing bank Yards thoroughly and catch q cat.
One unfortunate was soon secured, q slip
knot placed around it's neck, the moose
drawn tight, and the other end attached to a
large rocket. Everything being considered
in q satisfactory condition.. thh bbsYJSHs who
seemed TO be bhEiheefihg the e1xiDSefi1nent.
ordsred The fuse to Be touched oil. 4 punk
was about to Be applied to the fuse, when
the captain. ordered. all movements ID stop.
ALL eyes @epe ilhhiAaiateify upon tho captain,
anu the younger members of the gang gazed
upon him with amazement. fearful that q
touch OF humanity was going to interfere
with their sport. The captain said that he
Thought 1t would be q good idea to attach a
Chinese bomb to the animals tail. A boy
was dispatched to purchase the article. He
soon returned with a tremendous bomb.
1t was examined by almost every member of
the gang, and after the majority had ex-
pressed their opinions as to the strength Of
the article, the captain with his usual inn
perions MANNER, prohonheed it large and
powerful enough and offd1srea It to be at
taehed to thb animals tail. Work was re-
cqm4a enced. A strong piece Of string was
placed around the bats tail, the Other end
made i, fast to the bS#qb. The sitting between
the Get IND the bomb was about six inches
long. l.! The order was given and the, fuse to
the bQWb wassset On fire, also the fuse of the
skyrocket The skyrocket started up with
the rapid.ty of lightning. The cat could be
seen struggling until the rocket had reached
it's highest altitude, and at this point the
bomb burst. and the cat, like the dog, dis
appeared and was seen no more. The string,
the stick, and little piece of fur, which had
glued to tie string, were the only evidences
of the ASCENSION which had proved so dis
astrous to the cat.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25
AnecdOte OF nurns.

Andrew HOrnor and Burns were pltted
against each other to write poetry. An
epigram was the subject chosen, because
as Andrew internally argued, '.it is the
shortest Of all poems" In compliment
to him, the company resolved that bis
own merits should supply the theme
He commenced--,-
In seventeen hunder thretty.niDe-
and he paused. He then said: I'VE see.
I was born in 1889 (the real date was
some years ear)ier) so I max that the
commencement" He then took his pen
in hand, folded his paper with con-
scious air of authorship, squared himself
to the table, like one who considered it
no tritie even to write letter. and slow
~ put down. in.good round hand, as if
ne had been making out bill of parcels,
the line -. 80
In seventeen hunder thretty mine!
but beyond this, after repeated attempts.
ne was unable to advance. The second
line was the Rubicon he could not pass.
At last, when Andrew Horner reluctantly
admitted that he was not quite in the
vein, the pen, ink and paper were hand
ed to his antagonist. By him they were
rejected, for heEinstantly gave the follow,
ing, viva voce: o-.z s.s
Z In seventeen hunder threttY-nine,
The dell gat stuff to max q swine.
And pit it in q corners
But. shortly after changed his plan,
Made it to something like a man.
And calledit Andrew Horner.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25
Daily Dying.

The maple does not shed it's leaves
In one tempestuous scarlet rain,
But softly, when the south wind grieves,
Slow, wandering over wood and plain.
.,s.,.., 9! One b. one they Wayer throhgh
THE Indian Summers hazy blue, T1s
And Drop at last on the, forest mold, -
Coral and ruby,and burning gold. Y
H.. III S=sS8 p Fss@S5ss "a n
Our deattlis gradual like these. 5si s
I'VE We dc Il ~ x.l !, every ss MaaIp IL. aay
BUT Bears some heart; leaf slow away: 81:
Up aid on To- the vast To, Be, - ssss.,
Our life is going etfr2allY! -, &
Less Of life than we had last yeat '"
Throbs in your veins and throbs in mine
But the way to heaven is growing clear:
And the gates of'the city fairer shine:
And the day that our latest treasures flee
Wide they will open for you and me.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25
,T;Ul'Ul.]RRENT TOPICS.

Il awhile we are gaining steadily on
ssGreat Britain in the iron and steel indus
tr1es, and, thus looking at the matter
comparatively, have 9 right to feel en-
couraged, it is also true, as appears from
b the. report Of theAnlerican Iron and Steel
Association, that in no other year Of the
panic has this trade suffered so greatly
as IN 1877, the average price of pig-iron
for one month in the year being less than
was ever before known, except in ccloni
al times.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25
THE WORLDS DOINGS.
CRIMEs IND CRIMINALS.

Joseph Mason of Peoria has been ar
rested In Pittsburgh for forging postal or
James DAILY, 81 Stamford, We, Killed =
scissors grinderin quarrel, aboutthe pay.
ment for grinding a couple Of rasors.
Ell. Oakley, who defaAlted as cashier
of the New York Merchants Exchange Ma:
tional bank for $4,000 in 1870, who fed to-
Canada, was arrested On the 18th inst. and
put in Ludlow street jail. He has, been q
wanderer since 1870.
James Toliner, book keeper of G. H.
Markley & Son, Pittsburgh, has been arrested
at Buffalo, N. T., charged with oiabezzllng
$4,000 from his enptrSers. He absconded
on 18th Of May With Annie Berry, of Steuben-
Vile, Ohio; 900 of the money was recovered.
Peter Bresniham, now confined in Can
ton, N. Y, Jail for the murder of Daniel Their
last spring, and who Is to be hanged on The
26th inst, confessed the crime July 9th. He
has since made supplemental confession
stating that he committed three murders
previous to that of Daniel Theirs.
.e~ John G.. Tappan, Of Boston, Mass, a
hitherto honored, and supposed honorable
business man, Treasurer Of the Betting COIN
pany, has misappropfiated tt his own use over
$4,000 Of the conpany's money. He eas
held the position as treasurer since the organ
fzation of the company, thirty years ago. -:
Mrs. Sarah Sist, a wealthy young wild
ew living in Nelson county, near Perry's Mutt,
Richmond, Va, on the 2lst inst, cut the
throat Of servant woman on her plantation
with razor, almost seyerihg the head from
the body. Her victim died almost instantly.
'e' ~-' TING this Reddish work the in.
~ attention to the
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25
Red Riding Hoods. New Version.

Little Red Riding Hood
Patiently biding, stood -;
Watching ma, hiding, good
Dainties with care
Away IL the basket,
Which Riding Hoods task it
Was-cruel to ask it
To granny to bear.
Then heavily laden.
The dear little maiden,
So sweetly arreyed in -.
Her red riding hood,
Turned from the highway plain,
Past fields of waving grain,
Walked down the shady lane,
Through the dark wood.
Somehow Of oil sr,
She wished that her mother
Had, sent her big brother,
;. tnbteaA Of hefseif;
Through dark thickets swishing
How vain was her wishing, .
For he was off fishing,
The lazy old elf
Now at her grandma's gate
Why does she hesitate?
There on the porch, elate,
Sits'a big tramp.
Now, dear, III trouble YOU
PISS or l'll double you
Up" said the scarnp;
a4* then cah't relate =,
Halt; that this TRAMP he ate:
Details and aggregate
Are too alarming;
Apples and sandwiches,
Pies in japanned dishes,
Boned turkey, canned, which is
Awfully charming.
Brown bread, asparagus,
Mutton with caper sauce,
Broiled ham, to taper off,
Cheese and a watfle
Fried eggs; tumatttiseb:
Baked Ash, potattuses;
"Go8d;;" Saia he; 9Th ut It is,"
Oh; it Was awful!
Onions and mutton roast,
Fried tripe and huttered toast,
Oysters, they suffered most;
Boiled turkey gobbler;
Mullins and celery,
Peaches, so "mellery,"
And how this fellow he
Went for plum cobbler.
When all the grub was dons.
When there was nary crumb;
Silent he rose aid glum,
-. With painful steps he
Walked of; as she'd kickEd hill,
AZ thohgh sonie one had licked Iii
Forever a victim
To chronic dyspepsia.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25
CASUALTIES.

There was destructive Ire at Dellahce
Ohio, July GOTH
There was heavy fire at Grand Rapids,
Mich, July 2lst.
A destructive FIRE occurred at Kitten-
ming, July II.
Fanny McGroth, aged ten, was drowned
in thu river at Memphis, while bathing.
Gen. Sheridan has gone to the Black
Hills. He will select a prominent location
for a military post there.
During heavy thunder gust, July 21st,
at Gloucester, Mass, Miss Julia McPlee and
Mrs, Byers were killed by lightning.
James Gordon Bennett, of the New
York Herald, and his sister Miss jeanette
Bennett, reached New York, from Havre, Oh
the 10th inst.
Two boys were drowned at Albany,
July 18th. They were in boat, and fearing
they would be run down by a steamboat
jumped into the river.
On the 18th inst, scaffold at the
new State asylum at North Warner, Pa, fell
with eight men on it, All were severely, and
two at least fatally injured.
Near Monticello, Indiana, a freight
train OF % cars went through bridge, and
fell into the stream distance of 90 feet The
engineer and bridge tender We're instantly
killed.
The testimony oh the part of Fitz John
Porter, before the court martial at West Point
the testimony produced bears favoraely oh
his case.
Saturday night, July s0tn, the yachts
Coquette and Ina, containing party of young
men left Milwaukee, for Racine, when off
South Point squall capsized the Ina. One
of the young men was lost
On July 10th, lightning struck the new
church, 57th street, New York, killing Ed
ward White and Bernard Gray, who were at
work laying brick. White fell to the street
distance of sixty feet, and was terribly
mangleu
A cyclone struck North Albany Sun
day, July 2lst sweeping through West Albany,
unroeAng hous es, scattering the contents Of
the lumber yards, and destroying cattle pens.
The gas works were so badly damaged that
North Albany was in total darkness.
Reports of the fatal effects vi the great
heat Of the last few days continue to come in
from numerous points all over the country
But the number Of casualties reported are
decreasing in number, as greater caution is
observed, and the heat diminishes.
Elmwood, ILL., July Goth, L. D
Atchinsen was making balloon ascension,
and when about 200 feet from the ground he
lost hold of the trapeze bar and fell, killing
him instantly. Deceased was an experienced
aeronaut and acrobat His home was at Bur
lington.
|. An Indianapolis telegram of July 18th
says: As an east bound freight train on the
P, G. & st. L, railway was passing oyer q
bridge gave way, precipitating the engine
and twenty cars into the Tipacanoe river,
eighty-five feet, killing the engineen Louis
Bland, and the bridge Waterman, Jerry
UKeefe> ~.-~~.~~.
In Chicago, on July tine 10th there
were Is cases of sunstroke, more or less
severe, and a number of deaths. Reports
from all points throughout the Northwest
give accounts of the the terrible effects of the
heat. At Milwaukee on the 10th, 20 cases OF
sunstroke were reported,3 fatal At all points
the thermometer ranged from 80 to 100, going
as high as los in the shade in some places,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25

South Carolina supplies nearly half the
rice produced In the country Georgia is
next. Or, ,0OO, 900 pounds ahead of LOUISE
ana. Nearly all the rice comes from
these three states. ~ ssass=s's.s q xas..es.;
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25
MLSGELLANEl;sOUS. I

q The amount o. bullionsin the Bank of
ENGLAND decreased the past week ess,,t5i4 ,OO0.
Several cases Of yellow lever In the
'5.o q NAV yard have been report
ed $50 80
x Madrid dispatch 81 July 80 SAY.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25

100000
years, who was close by. Selling her she
made quick work of her, cutting her throat
and throwing her body in q mill pond. The
reason for these Aendish and brutal murders
can emily be explained by the fact that it is
believed that Mrs. Sist was at the time labor
ing under temporary insanity.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25

Can the north pole be founds DR.. Pet
terman, the distinguished German scien-
fist, believes that it can. He believes
that the energy devoted to the task OF
building railroad over the Rocky
Mountains would strip the ice mountains
of the polar sea of half their terrors. He
doesn't believe there is an open polar sea
as DR.. Hayes describes it, but thinks the
sea is more or less covered with ice
mountains, which escape from it and float
into warmer waters. If they do not, be
argues that the new formation of ice
each year would cause North America
aud North Europe to retrograde back to
the ice ages. He believes that there is
land near the pole crusted over or coated
in ice, with ice mountains on its coasts,
zsAd crushing against each other in the
seas about it. This land, he believes, is
inhabited, and the people love their ice
mountains as we'll as the negroes love
their country. -
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25

A telegram to the Philadelphia Press,
from Richmond, Va, says, John H. Col
Tins, a colored man, has announced him.
self candidate as Commonwealth At
.orney for that district, one of the most
important Offices in the judicial district.
Collins is an intelligent colored man. He
was educated at Lincoln University,
; Pennsylvania, graduated from that insti-
tuition in 1872, and studied law under
w. P. Solomons, Of Halifax county, in
that state. Collins stands good chance
of being elected.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25

The oil producing union, which is be-
lieved in some quarters to hold the bal
ance of power in the coming Pennsylvania
elections, seems to he looking to the adj
vancement of its interests by other means
than those which combination will give
it in politics. 1t is proposed that all the
Gil produced shall be turned over to the
central agency, and only so much put
upon the market as the consumption of
the world will demand, and for which a
fair price can be obtained. The unused
surplus will constitute reserve, to be
held until the market can stand it with.
out depression. A check on overproduc-
ton and au assurance of paying price
for their product will thus be assured, by
a scheme somewhat similar to that at
tempted by the coal companies, who
were dubbed "conspirators' for their
pains.
The stringency in business circles in
this country and the hardest of the times
among our laboring population, however
severe, are nevertheless in wide contrast
with what is witnessed in other parts of
the world. There has been comparative
~ little absolute suffering for want of
common necessities. The intelligence
from China of the ravages Of the famine
is fearful. From statement in the Liv-
erpool Post, based on official reports, it
appears that the number in China reQuir-
ing gratuitous relief does not fall short of
three or four million souls, equal TO the
entire population of the United States
when its Government was formed. The
roads are lined with corpses in such num-
bers as to render their interment impos-
sible; wiiite women and children, starving
and in rags, know not where to Il ok for
the means of keeping body and soul to-
ge:her.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25

II - 81.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25

Full official returns show that in the
late election at San Francisco, il all the
other voters, including Republicans, Dem.
ocrats and -partisans, had combine d
against the workipgmen, the majority of
the latter over the amalgamated vote
would have been 1903. The fact thus de-
,veloped that in San Francisco the work
Ssihgnen's! party outnumbers all others
combined, gives some indication of the
marvellous growth of the infant party in
the few months of its existence. Its VIC
tory in" California placesit prominently
! before the public lviewfand puts ityon
trial. If it shall yield its guidance to
the ugly and Objectionable elements that
exist in it as in all political organiza-
tions, its temporary elevation will 1esem-
bic that Of the eastern pashas,, who are
described by Marryat as men with their
heads slightly raised above those of their
fellows IN order that they NAV be more
easily decapitated. .. ,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25

whose wives were sick or away, lowered
about the grocery counter, so that it
really did happen that was surrounded
by men The evening was passing pleas
antly. enough. '';S-' r..
My dark corner was we'll patronized,
and every woman who has to do With
church entertainments will understand
my qualification and relief when found
it was nearly. ten o'cloekI and all was we'll.
At this time q letter was put into nv
hand by one Of the little post office mes
sengers-we always made feature of the
post office at our festivals, where pink
and parti-colored missives, with doves
and her doting designs upon the enveI-
ope, were distributed at extravagant rates
of postage. / had just been favored with
liberal offer from customer, and elat-
ed with my bargain, proceeded to but nm
my bundles, not giving much heed to the
love.letter from the neighborinp booth.
Truth to say, / felt little tingling of the
blood at the idea Of The mockery that
might De conseased therein by one Of
those witty village youths, and the letter
lay there for q full half hour, when some
body said in the most commonplace way,
30 Jack Hunter is back from China"
In 9 momont every thing was black
before me. I dropped my hands and nv
eyes TO the counter, and when this sud den
dizziness was gone, saw upon the little
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-07-25

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pass. at its first session, such laws as
will carry into effect this article if adop-
ted.
On the ballots shall be written or
printed the following:
"For separate article. No: l."
Against separste article. No. l."
For separate article. No. g."
Against separate article. No. q"
For separate article, No. g."
against separate article. No. g."
In case majority of all the votes, for
and against separa,e article. shall be in
favor of such article. the same shall be-
come q part Of the constitution. and
shall be added to the Declaration CT
Rights.