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The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-08
A Musical COurtship.

His name was Tim Panni- he played on the drum
And he loved Clari Ne' as he did sugar-plum;
She owned him her bow and many n scrape
On the catgut hs got for acting the ape.
Tim always kept time, and Time he kept him,
For beating OF time the business of Tim.
"Oh, hoe to me kind to Miss Clari he sighed;
t" Play heart, and Ill trump IT," "fou fiat ~ the
maid cried.
"Fifer shame." then said Tim; "the cymbal you
Screws me up to high pitch; Ill not stand your
abuse;
yiola's u trump; to guitar I'll try;
20 goodbye, Clari Net, violin CRATE fy!'
lie few to Viola, tuba-again with her;
He found the maid sharp set, and qnte dulcimer.
Was covered with bugles, she showed her good
taste.
Her hair. castinet, was folded quite neatly;
She smiled-and he sighed-he was conquered CON-
pletely.
"Oh, Viola. dear! my overture's played;
My hassoon III change, my beautiful maidr'
THAT chimes in exactly with ideas of mine:
ToIove you I'll try-oh, Tim will be thine!'
She blushed as she spoke-a blush tnlt well told
That she harped Oh string not covered with gold.
This prelude piano to forte soon rose;
For forty she was-rather more, we suppose,
Oph-he-clydes, rim Panni to picc-a-io plsee,
AT the feet of his angel, and gaze i'm her face.
Said he. ,''Sweet Viola, I hate Clari Metz
OF We three, triangle, you're the best one, you
Twas fixed, and TO duett priest was brought in +;
lie made them a unison-1im put down the tin.
Albany Daily NeWs.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-08
A Novel Jail.

In the primitive days OF Missouri.
the only buildings at Mt. Sterling. the
county seat OF Gasconade, were a
log store and log court house with
one room. During court week ao-
commodations for man aud beast
found at Aunt Beckie's. in who's house
Of three rooms, quarter OF a mile
from the court house, sixty or seven
ty persons would lodge and board.
Her bill of fare included coffee
sweetened with molasses, biscuits
made from coarse. dark flour. and
baked until as hard as billiard balls,
bacon, venison and wild turkey.
Those whose teeth could not crack
the biscuits were supplied with "corn
dodgers"
The penalties imposed for crimes
were light. except In the case Of horse
stealing. which, being the greatest OF
crimes, was punished by forty lashes
on the bare back.
On one occasion, man was con-
victed for some slight offense. The
Judge ssntrnced him to pay fine of
five dollars and imprisonment in the
county Jail for two hours.
The man at once paid the hRe. but,
as there was no county jail. the
sheriff was at a loss how to execute
the rest OF the sentence. His inven-
tion, however. found out method.
Seeing an old crate, in which crockery
had been brought from st. Louis, he
placed it in front OF the court house.
Then, making the culprit get under
1t. he summoned a posse OF four fat
men to sit upon it, and in this style
carried out the sentence.
The bystanders were much amused,
and so quizzed the poor prisoner that,
as soon as he wa, released, he fed
from the county.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-08

where you are, and so conduct your
selves that men will be bound to re-
spect yoL-work with head and hands
seek to acquire knowledge as we'll
property. and in time you may have
the honor OF going to Congress. for Ii
the negro can stand Congress, Con-
gress ought to be able to stand the
negro"
Bishop Ames, one OF the Oldest
Bishops Of the Methodist Episcopal
church, did Friday. aged "A, in Baltl-
more. The Bishop entered the min
istry in 1880. and was made Bishop In
1852. and his connection with slavery
agitation In the church and bis SER
Vices during the war made him one OF
the best known clergymen OF the
country,
The Legisla' ure OF Massachusetts,
Friday, enacted a civil damages liquor
law, providing that IL damages to
property are done by intoxicated per-
sons damages may be recovered from
the owner of the building where the
liquor is sold in whole or In part.
causing intoxication. and the owner,
Of the building may recover from the
tenant-if ne can.
The southern Congressman voted
for the anti Chinese bill. Now that
section wants Chinese labor. 1t ia
difficult in this case to reconcile poll
tics with labor. The "silent little
brown men" ought to keep away from
States which denounced them az a
curse because they were not needed,
at that time. to take the place of the
blacks. 1t IL good thing to have
the South taught consistency on the
labor question.-Chicago Ners.
Bea Hill didn't know whether IL
was threshing machine or bolt OF
lightning that struck him Thursday
when he drew the fire of the New
York Senator: and for that matter,
he didn't care. He knew he was bit,
and that was enough. He was like
the famous scientist who lost all in
terest in his subject
| When
chuuk of old red sandstone took him In the abdo-
!
And he smiled kind OF sickiy smiie and curied up
the floor,
And the subsequent proceedings interested him nc
more.
Inter Ocean.
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sternly. Had known she was not

sternly. Had known she was not
your wife"
"Not my wife. No thank goodness.
Winters, I don't mind telling you. but
have met at last the woman before
whom my very soul bows down. II
wealth and energy can accomplish it,
1 will marry Miss Leigh. the beauti-
full prinaa DONNA
IL do not understand" Guy said,
"how once caring for Eupice. you can
love another; as for me, this Is moro
precious than the love OF the fairest
woman on earth," and be drew little
sandal wood box from his pocket, and
opening it, displayed faded, red June
rose.
Wilson Audrey's face flushed.
you are romantic. Winters" he
said. perhaps were you to search for
your lost love you might find her."
God would be kinder to me than 1
dare hope; but if should find my
darling ="
A sweet, low voice interrupted him.
and Miss Leigh stood before him. her
eyes glowing, her lips apart, the red
roses ustering at her breast.
"Guy-Guyl am here. God has
taken care OF me for you-far better
care than I deserved"
And then, sheltered by the silken
curta MS. he took her II his arms and
pressed passionate kisses on her low.
white brow, and smiling crimson lips.
An hour later, when Miss Leigh
thrilled The hearts Of her listeners,
as her voice rang out In the old song.
MY darling is tender and true" only
two in the room knew how her heart
throbbed at the thought. for none
save themselves dreamed OF the story
OF the two red roses.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-08

droves. Why, some OF them were as
big as dogs, believe. 1 never SAW
such big rats in all ny life. II was
quite a boarding house. For feather
beds we had the soft side OF plank.
Such meat was never better relished.
We were hungry, you will bear in
mind. Our air came directly from
the fan. and it was our salvation.
How inspiringly we felt when we
thought OF the fortune of good air.
Without it we could not have stood
it at all. So long as it lasted We
might have hope OF holding out.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-08
The PrOli~al Son.

From the way in which ha turned
out when he grew to be young man
il Is easily enough to conclude what
kind OF boy the Prodigal Sen was.
He was terribly extravagant from a
child. There wasn't anything in the
house too good for him. Every cent
he could get his hands on he spent
for candy and things. II his mother
gave him a nickel to put IN the con-
tribution box. he bought peanuts
with it on his way to Sunday school.
eating them all up on the road, and
not caring a cent IL the poor heathen
didn't have a peanut TO their back.
The money that boy could spend
He would wear his best suit week
days, and couldn't bs induced to 60
barefoot in the summer as the rest
OF the boys had to. He smoked ten.
cent cigars before he was six years
old. while other boys were satisfied
VIII eidpS-Niuc'
At ten he wore high standing col
lars and plug hat. and the nobbiest
suit that the tailor coull make. He
carried natty little cane, parted his
hair in the middle and sported an
eye glass. He drank pony brandy.
ponyiag mp twenty five cents drink
for il, aud spoke OF his father as "the
Governor" and his mother as "the
old woman" He was a regular pat
ron Of the opera, which he pronoun-
ced @Aw, deuced fine, you knaw," and
never missed the theater matinee.
At an age when boys are usually at
school. this young Prodigal was
hanging around the bars and billiard
saloons, learning those lessons in
vice and vulgarity which fitted him
for the companionship he was to
seek when he came to his estate. II
they had Sunday night theaters 10
those days the lad was undoubtedly
regular attendant. And his father
probably had numerous livery bill.
to pay for his Sunday riding. Nc
horse. race came of without thai
young reprobate being seen on the
track, hat on one side Of his empty
head and a cigar In his mouth
making bets with the grown up and
otherwise gray headed infants around
him. And he probably never missed
a chicken dispute or prize fgh'
that was anywhere within reach. We
have all seen just such boys, and VIZ
know they never come to any good
There Is responsibility at home fol
their conduct. frequently. that Is ap
to be overlooked. A father too mucl
engrossed in business, or a mothe
too absorbed in society and fashion
to hesd what their boy is doing o.
what company he keeps. Or. II hi
peccadillos are brought to their at
tentl0n Dy some lrienu OF the family
who doesn't get any thanks for 1t
they are only smiled at and passed
by as the natural outbursts OF /;
somewhat toe exubeTant nature.
While we have admired the cordia
reception which his parents gave tn
Prodigal Son on his return as
tramp. and cannot speak too highl.
OF their liberality in Staying tn
pampered bovine to celebrate tn
event. yet we have always felt tha
there must have been something
lacking In the way they brought tn
young man up, or he wouldn't hav
turned out as he did. But II the
could forgive the p. s. We have n
business to complain.-Cincinnal
Saturday Night.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-08
From the St. Louis Globe Democrat

irrom tne ~. Louis OiOOe DcmOcrnf.l
The great majority Of the colored
men who have already passed
through this city, on their way to
Kansas, have heretofore worked on
cotton plantations. Each head OF the
family rents from i've to thirty acrea
from the owner of tile plantation.
For the cotton land be pays $40 per
acre rent. and for the corn land from
S5 to 81 per acre. An acre OF cotton
will yield from three quarters OF a
bale TO bale and a half. For GIN
ming. the colored man pays the
planter who owns the gin 81 per
bale, doing all the work and finding
the bagging in which the ginned cot
ton is baled. II the owner OF the gin
does the work and finds the bagging.
the charge is 81 per bale. The corn
land yields from forty to fifty bushels
OF corn per acre, worth from 25 to 50
cents per bushel.
The credit system obtains very
generally throughout the cotton
region. and the storekeepers make
advances Of goods on the growing
crops. charging the most unrsason-
able prices for very inferior goods.
During the winter which has just
closed, pork. in the neighborhood OF
Greenville, Mass. was sold to the
colored people at from S1S to $40 per
barrel. Here, the same quality was
sold for less than half that price.
Last summer and autumn the coIored
people we're charged $22 per barrel
for meat that could be bought In st.
Louis. and delivered at river points.
in all the States south OF Missouri.
for 50 per barrel. All the other
necessaries OF life have been furnish
ed at the same outrageous advanced
on their legitimate prices. and invar-
iably the negroes have come out In
debt at the end OF the year.
The fruit lies with the greedy land
owners and extortionate st.re-keep-
ers. The land for which the negro
laborers have been compelled to pay
SO per acre rent would not sell for
that amount in many cases. Some
Of the most productive cotton land
in the South would not bring S25
per acre IL put on the market 10 day.
OF course, the land is really worth
more, but it's value is deprecated be-
cause neither owners nor tenants,
who are obnoxious to the Southern
whites, will be allowed to till the soil
on any terms. Five dollars per acre
would be ample rent for cotton lands
of average produotiveness. end IL the
landowners would rent at that f1g-
ure there would be no exodus. All
that the negroes ask Is fair play and
a fair chance to improve their con-
dition by honest industry. So long
as the landowners and store keepers
take every cent OF money that the
only wLTkers In the South earn, sat-
isfaction will prevail. The laborer Ia
worthy OF his hire. and unless he gets
1t he will not work contentedly.
Let the dominant race In the cotton
States Offer fair terms TO the colored
man and live up to their promises.
and the negro will stop. This Is the
solution OF the present problem.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-08
Nciyhborllood Notes.

The lumber business at Michigan
city is booming.
The voting population Of Fulton
county is 1919.
Burglars did quite an amount OF
work In their line at LaPorte, last
week.
The Greenbackers OF Warsaw have
put up ticket to be knocked down
next Tuesday.
The Starke county papers are jnbi-
liant over the prospect OF railroad
through that county.
The order OF Good Templars talk Of
having a big camp meeting near
LaPorte next summer.
Rev. w. s. Birch, OF the Warsaw M.
L. church. has been returned to his
charge for the third year.
The Logansport markets are well
supplied with early garden truck.
such as onions, radishes, etc,
The Ledger says, Knox can boast of
having very few young men who dis
grace themselves by getting drunk.
The premium list OF the Fulton
county agricultural so iety is pub
lished. The fair will bs held at Roch-
ester, Sept. %. &c, and 27, 1879.
II. Dilly,s residence, at Pierceton,
almost burned down Thursday last,
but the citizens organized a bucket
brigade and extinguished the fire.
Robert V. Cory, aged about sixty
years, a prominen citizen OF Z khart
county, committed suicide Tuesday
night Of last week by taking NOR
phine.
The Rochester Sentinel says, six
badly married couples will appear be-
fore the Circuit Court at Rochester
this term and ask to have the Cor.
dian knot united.
A burglar entered John Cogan'.
residence, ten miles south OF X n
dallville Tuesday night, aud lifted
$500 in money. and valuable papers
amounting to over $1,000.
The winamac Republican says. evi
dences OF improvement can be seer
throughout Polaski county. New
clearings are being made. Iew houses
barns and fences built, and genera
spirit Of progression evinced.
The authorities at Nolre Dame hav,
learned that they have but $40, 900 in
surance on the property destroyed
The other $4,000 OF the SCI, 900 insur
ancs is on the printing Office, refec
tory and other buildings not burned
The Rochester Spy locates the in
satiable buzz saw, that was the cause
OF Mr.. Shank's death, at Wiaamac
You are wrong, Mr.. Spy. We won
keep a saw OF that kind in Winamac
We have six saloons, though.-Hina
mac Republican.
A little two year old SON Of John W
Klins's met with a painful end unfor
tunate accident last week, by running
pear OF shears into his eye. destroy
ing the sight completely. 1t shoul,
be u warning to parents and others I,
keep scissors and other sharp impls
ments away from the babies.-Mish
aUaka Enterprise.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-08

Gov. Williams has appointed Nick
Scherer, OF Schereville. Swamp Land
Commissioner. 1t is good appoint
msnt and a handsome compliment to
the Democracy OF Lake county. II
Nick knows anything he knows swamp
land when he sees it.--Gro,cn Point
Cosmos.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-08
n o. 9 q. a $ ~. PARKS.

A TTORNEYS AT LAW. Notaries Public and
"A Authorized War Claim Agents Offices al
Bourbon and Plymouth. Indiana. Especial
attention given to the settlement of deeedents
Estates Conveyancing. and the collection OF
Soldiers Claims for Pensions; will attend
grompt,y To all professional business. en-.
trusted to them. and practice In Marshall and
adjoining cosnties- Plymouth Office on Gano
street between Michigan and Center streets,
Bourbon Office over Mirror printing Office. 25u
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-08

The Herald ventures the prediction
that IL a careful canvas was made
throughout LsPerte county IL would
he found that nine out OF every ten
r 'publicans are for Grant for Presi.
dent 10 1880. as their frst choice.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-08
4. w. DUNLAP,

HOMEOPATHIC Physician and Dentist,
ami DIR. J. \. Dunlap. regular physician ana
surgeon respect. uliy ofser their services 10
the public 0ifce in c0rbsn's block: resi-
tepee on East Gaslo street.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-08
q p CHANEY

A TToRNEY AT LAW. Will practice In all the
"A courts in the state Office in Wheelers block.
over Becker Volts dry goods store. Plymouth,
fud augl-iyr
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-08

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. will be
II pleased to receive patients at his office.
No. 81 tichigsn street. where he may be
oLnd all times. except when professional
place
July LIST. 1876 en-
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-08
JOHN s. BENDER,

DIR. j. NJ. CONFER.
Offer bs-
Professional Services
At sane ofice,
OverP Chapman's Drug Store
sdeucc or aichisan Street.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-08

4 TTOXNEl Ar LAW. Located in 1876.
IA Collections and convey ancing a speci-
atty. Buys and sells real estate On commits
tton. Insures lives and property in A. COM
panies. Desirable real estate for sale 10 the
citv and afiJoinip9. Nov1-75
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-05-08
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
p o. JONES,
Attorney at Law 4 Notary Public.
C. ~ REEVE,

Prompt attention given to all claims and col
ections left in his care. Oifice in corner OF
Sears brick block Plymouth Ind.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-07-29

seven different languages; will dis.
cuss all the political and economic
al question of the day, and official.
~ represent the opinions of the
Holy See. The compositors are to
be the deaf aud dumb boys educat-
ed in one of the asylums of the
Church in Rome. Alimonde will
be the genera superintendent. The
Pope is anxious that u cardinal
should be at the head of the ed.
itorial department; he offered that
position to Cardinal Nina, who de-
clined it. The novel paper will
start with $4,000 subscribers; very
few of this number are Italians.
Once fairly under way, the grand
Catholic organ is likely to COM
mend Itself to future Popes and
become a permanent power among
the newspapers OF the Old World.
The entire accuracy of the above
statement is hardly to be accepted,
but there is nevertheless sufficient
grounds for the belief that the pro.
ject may ultimately be carried out.
Circular.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-07-29
DeRd-Not Delivered.

Meeting the letter carriers as
they leave the post-office with
their bulky sacks crowded with
letters, one must wonder how they
can distribute each and every one
to its proper owner; but, bless you!
they go further than that. After
they have been on a route for a
while they can tell much more
about n family than they ever do.
They know if one of the chiluren is
away, if visitors are coming, if any
af the ralatives ra daad. and many
other things hardly known to the
nearest neighbor. An envelope is
nothing but an envelope to you.
You may clitieise the handwriting
and the orthography, but beyond
that you care nothing. 70 the
letter carrier it is a book. He
knows when father and mother
are coming-where a truant boy is
whether the family is respected
or nOt-and Sarah's beau cannot
blind the carrier by getting some
one else to direct the envelope.
One day one of the oldest carriers
had letter Left oven, after he had
gone his, usual round. 1t vas di-
1ected to woman living in a little
old house standing back from the
street; and as he studied the ad-
dress he said to himself that he new
er had had an epistle for her before
in all the six or seven years he had
been on the route. The postmark
was that of an office in the East,
and the carrier mused to himself:
"This Is from her son, and she
will be crying before | am out of
sight.n
He delivered the letter to the
white-faced woman of go, who
seemed to be living all alone, and
she looked surprised as he placed it
in her hand.
"a letter for mel havn't a rel
tive on earth!p she gasped.
But he left it with her.
In about three weeks second
letter came, and the old lady
opened the door before the carrier
was inside the gate. She did not
say it was from her son, but the
carrier knew for all that, and he
hoped that the truant boy had set
tied down for life, and was writing
cheerful words and sending aid to
his poor old mother. Regularly
every three weeks, for half a year
or more, there came fat-loOking
letter for the old woman in the lit
tie cabin; and If the letter was a
day late her white face at the win
dow reproached the carrier more
than words could have done. If /!
was day earlier she was at the
door to meet him, knowing his ster
from all others who passed that
way.
The other day, when the carrier
found the buff envelope, directed in
the old, familiar cramped hand, he
said to himself:
'I will hurry around to-day, fol
the last time | saw her she seemed
Ill and weak, and a letter will give
her new strength"
He opened the gate with a bang
to give her warning, but no white
face appeared at the window, anC
no hand raised the door-latch. The
carrier knocked at the door for tht
first time, and after a mon t s
woman opened it and said:
"She's dead, and she hasn'. a rel
alive in this city,"
Among the letters to go to th'
dead-letter office next week will bt
one across whose face is writer
whole chapters in three words
"Dead-not delivered" An ole
| woman bas passed aWay-a cottage
is deserted-a letter returned. TIT
world will see nothing in thes'
simple facts, but yet in them II
contained all the sentiment Coz
has ever given to any human heart
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-07-29

NEW YORK, July 26.-The Board
of Health says that there is no yell
low fever in this city. The Post
master has directed all mail matter
from the South to be thoroughly
diain fpcted
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-07-29
Something,New in Journ nlism

When the present Pope was a
Cardinal, he cherished the idea of
publishing a grand Catholic jour.
nal-an organ for his Church that
could be read by all the people of
Europe and America in their
mother languages. Since his
elevation to the Pontificate, Leo
XIII. has exerted himself diligent-
ly to put his ideas of a great news
paper into practice. He has sue.
ceeded SO far as to authorize the
announcement that its first nam
hpp will = -. laa,1~ ~ In IN A 11M1lnf n
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-07-29
Morning kilograms.
ra.sr ngers Go,ng so",n.

MoJAvE, July Ell r Glover,
Miss Horxman, Mrs Snyder, E w
Worsham, Mrs M L Moulthrop, G
X Parker, G Maclay, G Gila, Mr.
Herara. N f Coronel, G S Foster,
Mrs John Lung, c Il Huber, Mrs
John Mansfield andchild.
MoJAvE, July 2S.-H J Stewart,
e Levy, r H Waunton, Fl White,
V Fl Sturn, + Wooley, wife and
two children.