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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-04

Many boys and girls may have heard these
words applied in II dcr'sive way to raw recruits
who were making beginning in their mill
tary education by learning to march but
very few young people-Or old ones, either
know how the terms originated.
During the war of 1872, there was a great
deal of drilling and training among the militia
men all over the country, especially in the
larger cities and towns, where the principal
recruiting stations were situated. In New
York City, much of the drilling of newly en-
listed men was done in what is now City Hall
Park, in front of a tavern, which stood where
the Sun newspaper building is located.
Many of these would-be soldiers were from
the country and these, Of course, knew moth
ing ut all about marching in military fashion
They could walk far enough, some of them,
and work as hard and bear as much fatigue
AS any soldier in regular army but they
walked as they pleased, and had no ideas
about such things as keeping step" 1t is
even said that there were fellows among
them who did not know their right foot from
their left, and who were therefore continually
getting themselves and their companions into
disorder by mixing up their legs, that is,
moving out their right leg when the officer
who was drilling them called out Left, and
the other leg when he called out Right II
they could have put both legs forward at
once, it is probable that they would some
times have done So
To make these men understand exactly
which leg was meant when the officer gave
his orders, a curious plan was devised.
Around the right leg of each man, just be-
low the knee, was tied wisp of hay, while
a wisp of straw was tied around his left leg.
Now, these country fellows knew very well
the difference between hay and straw, and so,
when they We're ranged in line and the officer
gave the word to march, and called out,
"Hay-foot! straw-foot hay-foot straw
foot !" each one of them understood exactly
which was the foot he must put forward
1t sometimes happened, however, that a
man would be so busy observing his cOmpan-
ions, and perhaps making fun, at the same
time, of their attempts to walk like soldiers,
that he would forget his own business, and
put forward his ''straw-foot," when "hay-
foot" was called for,
1t must have been very funny to see these
raw reoruits-here country hostler in high
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-04

New YORK Correspondence indianapolis Journal.l
At reception given one evening last week
to Mrs. Anna Randall Deihl by her pupils in
elocution, heard Miss Nellie Kline recite one
of John q. Saxe's humorous ballads; and she
presented it with so much skill as to bring
out all of its funny meaning. And then ask
ed myself, Where is SAKE these latter
years 7"
Some inquiry located him in Brooklyn and
thither, this morning, l went. In choice
neighborhood, in a spacious and ornamented
court known as First place, found his resi-
dence, handsome brown-stone
mo" the girl who answered my ring said,
'AIr. SAKE could see nobody but | could see
Mrs. Sake"
Presently the lady appeared-5O odd in
years, an amiable face and sweet voice, and
hair scarcely begun to turn to silver. l in
troduced myself
Mr.. Saxe-ddn't you know ?" she said,
''has not been able to see his friends for some
time now, and has not done any work for
three years"
had heard of his afhiction, and so | told
her
"But really don't like to talk TO you, she
continued frankly, because newspaper men
have been here, and some of them have car
ried away terrible roports-that Mr.. SAKE was
par y2ed and that lac had sOftening Of the
brain, and other disagreeable and totally un-
founded rumors that have seemed to grow
worse and worse with repetition"
assured her of my good intentions, and
reminded her that had called not merely MS
journalist, but as former acquaintance of
Mr.. SAKE.
"When did Mr.. SAKE write his last poems ?"
/ asked.
'"rhree years ago last winter. He then
turned off six or eight for the magazines and
a large number for Mr.. Bonner for the Ledg-
er. But gradually he yielded to the nervous
prostration oecasioned by the railroad acci-
dent the previous winter"
"That was in Virginia, believe" said
II remember it,.
yes" said Miss SAKE, the poets second
daughter, who had just come in, and to
whom had been presented, lit was on the
Panhandle road, some fifteen or twenty
miles from Pittsburg, in the night"
"You see," explained Mrs. SAKE, 'the train
was flung from the track, and the sleeper in
which Mr.. SAKE was lying rolled over and
over. He said he was conscious of the over
turning, and his thought was, 4 wonder if
this car viii ever stop rolling Then he was
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-04

PRosPERrrY OF SOUTHERN NEGROES. Even
our own people sometimes make a mistake /;
that's to say, looking at crowds of idle negroes
about the public places of our cities and
towns, they think and say that the negro don't
work 1t is all a mistake. Idle as they may
be in towns there is no lack of vigor or in
dustry in the country. There was period of
great disorganization in the labor system of
the South. There was time when freedom
meant to the negro the right to be idle. But
they have been finding out that it means free
dom to work. In the thirteen or fourteen
years that have elapsed since the termination
of the war, half generation has passed. The
little boys of fourteen years ago are the stall
wart workers of to-day, men who have grown
up accustomed 10 free labor, accustomed TO
making contracts for their own labor, and
learning gradually to respect those contracts.
They have learned, too, the value of industry
and steadiness as affecting wages. Large
numbers of negroes own small farms, and cul-
tivate small crops of cotton and many of
these mickles make II muekle. Let us think
before we speak. Raleigh (N, o. Observer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-04
Miscellany,


al Al
Glad riyerl on thy yerdant brm,
An invalid in heart and limb
Idle aud sick, weave my hymn.
Joyous thou howest at my feet:
And overhaugiuR groves repeat
The cadence Of thy music sweet.
The noon-tide hour, with burning ray.
Holds vale and upland IN its sway,
But thy swift waves It cannot stay
Thou comest down tbrourb wood and Glen.
As crystal and az cool as when
Thou FIRST didst heur the voice of rn,p.
Beneath the rock and through the lea
Thou rushpst ON. all lirbt and free
In thy far tourney to the sea.
Far up among the frowninq hills
Aud frnwn ming craps thy fountain fills.
And o'rr the rocky barrier spills.
The trailing elm and waving pine
Aud bruad.ieafcd ivy iutertwiup
To hide that lofty home of thine
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-04

boots and striped shirt there farmer in his
shirt-slecyes and broad straw hat then, per-
haps, village doctor or schoo-niaster,
with his high beaver hat and his spectacles,
with tall boy near by in cap and short jack
ot-all marching side by side, with hands
down by their sides, thumbs turned ont, eyes
fixed ON the officer rs he stepped backward be-
fore them, and all keeping time to the mo-
notonous call Of "Hay-foot straw.foot hay
foot straw-foot!"
The regular soldiers who may have been
drilling at the same time probably smiled, if
they did not dare to laugh, at these queer
looking men, with their hay and straw bound
legs but tho mothers and fathers and sisters
of the recruits, if any of them chanccd to
come to town to see their sons or brothers
drill, doubtless thought the affair fine mill
tary display and that jeremiah or Caleb
would be general yet if the war lasted long
enough st Nich0Ips f0r July
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-04

We want few private words with the boys
The truth is we have a great idea of boys
We used to think men were made of boys
We begin to think now those were old fash
ioned notions, that they are all out of date
We look around and see great many persons
grown up, with mems clothes on, who are
called men. But they act and behave so that
We feel certain that they were never made
out of boys. If they had been, they would
know how to behave better. Where they
came from we do not know. But what we
wish to put into the ears of boys is this-be
gentlemen. In this country every boy may
grow up to be gentleman if he will 1t is
not necessary that he should become rich
and most boys think it is-nor is it necessary
that he should become great scholar, nor
that he should become distinguished man.
But some inpatient ones are asking, How
can we become gentlemenY How can boy
go about making himself one Can he work
for it ;? Yes, he can. And the harder he
works in the right way the better. Can he
study for it? Yes, he can. But he must
study for it with his eyes and his ears. Read
ing books and newspapers is not enough. He
must think and feel as well as speak and act
Can he buy it? No, he cannot. Money will
buy great many things, but it will not buy
what makes gentleman. If you have mon
But hat, coat, pants and boots do not make a
gentleman. They make fop, and some
times they come near making fool. Mon
ey will buy dogs aud horses. But how many
dogs and horses do you think it will take to
make gentleman Let no boy, therefore,
think he is to be made gentleman by the
clothes he wears the horse he rides, the stick
he carries, the dog that trots after him, the
house he lives in, or the money he spends,
Not one or all of these things do it-and yet
every boy may be a gentleman. He may
wear an old hat cheap clothes, have no
horses, live in poor house, and spend but
little money, and still be a gentleman. But
how? By being true, manly, and honorable.
BY keeping himself neat and respectable.
BY being civil and courteous. By respecting
others. By doing the best he knows how.
And finally, and above all, by fearing God
and keeping His commandments
Visitor.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-04

man who went to Leadville awhile ago,
and advertised to teach the guitar, was mott
fed by the aesthetic residents that if he didn't
leave pretty quick he would guitar and feath-
ers. He left.
good-natured traveller fell asleep in a
train and was carried far beyond his destina-
ton. pretty good joke this is, isn't it p
said he TO fellow-passenger. Eyes, but a
little too far-fetched," was the rejoinder.
little fellow, who had recently had a ''pine
apple cut" on his head, kept feeling of his
short hair, rubbing his hand back and forth
over the top of his head. His father asked
him why he did so, and the urchin replied
~ want to feel the cutness of it,"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-04

dainty, pOuting rosebud and rose
Perfect and beautiful just newly blown,
plucked from one green stem. Methought moan
Game from the bush-a sad voice full OF woes
Like a hutt mothers when her grief O'erhOws:
90, cruel to take both Roses full-grown
on every hand, thou dost pluck mine aloneW
Mourn not, sad heart" said, ''for that chose
These In their perfect beauty, while the dew
Was fresh upon them. Thou shalt never
The carc-worm eat their velvet cheeks nor rue
Their withered misery. More sweet for thee
The pure and perfect flowers Of memory
Than inohmeA dying blossoms, cankered through aud
through Charles Qaief,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-14
YELLOW FEVER.
TWENTYEIGHT NEW CASES AND
FIVE DEATHS AT MEMPHIS.

APPEARANCE Or THE PLAGUE AT CORlNrU,
Mlss.-No CASES ATNEw oRLEANs-GRFAT
MORTALITY AT TAMPICo, MEXICO.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 12.-Eight cases were re-
ported to the board of health this morning
five whites and three colored. Four
deaths from yellow fever have occurred
within the city limits since last night. Two
additional deaths are reported beyond the
corporation line. A case of fever has de-
veloped at Wmtehaven, Tenn, eight miles
south Of Memphis. The patient is Mrs. S. J.
Bolton. An inspecting officer has been sent
to isolate the dwelling. Ed. Moon is still
alive. W. W. Gray's condition is improv-
ing this morning. Ed Schloss has sever e
attack. Miles Owens shows no improve
ment. Weather warm.
Twenty-Five cases in all were reported to
the board OF health to-day; ten ofwhom are
colored. Two additional deaths have oc-
Cured. Three tents will be sent to White
Haven, Tenn, tomorrow, to which will be
removed people who are living in the
dwelling where Mrs Bolton lies sick with
fever. Ed. Moon is dying. All arranso
ments have been made for his burial. w.
W. Guy is worse tonight Weather sultv:
rain threatened.
A private letter to the Appeal from Cor
NTH, Miss, dated A a. M, Augustine II tn,
says perfect stampede of citlzensis in pro-
gress owing to the illness of the mayor and
president of the board of health, who are
supposed to be sick with the yellow fever.
They were attacked with sudden illness
Sunday night, and in the opinion of the at
Tending physicians their sickness is yellow
fever. 1t thought their coming in con-
tact with citizens ileeingfrom Memphis at
the quarantine station caused infection.
People were fleeing to the country, but
many farmers had quarant ned against them
and they were roaming through the woods
trying to find refuge and safety, Seventy
five left at daylight yesterday. A telegram
to Corinth, sent to night, has failed to bring
any information of the state of affairs there.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-14
DIRECTORY.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY

BUSINESS DIRECTORY
OF the leading business houses whose advertise
ments may be found in The BULLETIN.
DRY GOODS.
c, o. pater Co., Commercial avenue and Nine.
teenih street.
Chas. H. Stewart, Eighth street
GROCERIES.
Carl Peters Il Bro, Eighth street.
PHYSICIANS.
Dr Bryant; Office, Eighth street and Washington
Dr.. j II, Marcan; Office 40 Commercial avenue.
DENTISTS NJ
DR.. " G. Jocebn, Eighth near Commercial
Ut Il W Whltl0ck, l3G Commercial avenue
LIQUORS
Robt Smyth, No 20 Ohio lcycc
INSURANCE
II. II. Candcc, No. 20 Ohio leyee (tip gtairsl
Equitable Life OF New York, corner Twelfth and
Washington avenue.
Widows aud Orphans Mutual Aid Society Seventh
and Commercial avenue.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
LInegaF & Lansden, No. ll3 Commercial avenue
GENERALC COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
HALLIDAY Bros, proprietors Egyptian Mills
Commercial avenue.
DRUGGISTS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Barclay Bros Ohio leyee ard corner Eighth and
Washington avenue.
BANKS
city National Ohio eyec.
Alexander County, corner Eighth and Commercial.
MEAT MARKETS.
J Walter Eighth street.
Koehler Bros, Corner Eighth and Washington.
STEAMBOATS,
Champion. Three States.
ICE.
John SprOat, corner Twelfth aud Lcycc
BRACKET STORE
Z Ford, Corner Ninth and Commercial
BARRIERS.
} Geo Steinhousc Eighth street
II Schick, li2 Commercial avenue.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-14
CHURCHES.

A FRICAN NJ. E.-Fourteenth street, between
=. IN. and 1850 p. M; sunday School 80 p. IN,
CHRISTfAN-E Eighteenth street; meeting sab
" bath 1899 p. m; preaching occasionally
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER-4 Episcopal)
y Fourteenth street; Morning prayers Sabbath
1879 a. M; evening prayers, 1880 p. m; Sabbath
school . Il. IN,
EIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Il Preaching at 1890 a. m, p m, and $50 p. m,
sabbath school at 1880 p. m, Rev, T. j. Shores,
pastor.
7 UTHERAN-Thrte street. services Sab.
- bath 80 a m; Sunday school p m Rev
kuappe, pastor
ETHODlST-Cor. Eighth and Walnut streets;
prayer meeting, Wednesday { 30 p. m; Sunday
School ga IN Rev. Whitaker, pastor
DRESBYTERIAN-E Eighth street: preaching on
j sabbath at II 200 a. m. and 7:2O p. m; prayer
meeting Wednesday at 7:3O p, m; Sunday School
att p. M, Rev. d. Y. George pastor.
CECoND FREE.WILL BAPTIST go Fincerth
- street, between Walnut aud Cedar streets ser.
vices Sabbath at and 1870 p. m.
ct. JOSEPH S--(Roman Catholic, Corner Cross
~ and Walnut streets: services sabbath i0.30 Il,
M; Sunday School at ? p. m; Ncspers 3 p. M. ser
vices every day at Sp. m,
CT. PATRICK'S-(Roman Catholic) Corner Ninth
~ street and Washington avenue: services Sab
bath and 10 a, m; Nespcrs p. M; Sunday School
Up M; services every day at p. m. Rev. I. label
priest.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-14

A SEARCH WARRANT allows an officer to
go through your house from cellar to gar
ret, and Lindsey's Blood Searcher is war
antcd to go through your system from top
to toes and drive out all blood diseases. Its
cures are wonderful and certified to by doc
tors preachers and people. Scrofula, Mcr-
curial Diseases, Eryslpelas, letter, Ulcers in
the Lungs or on the Skin, Boils, Pimples,
&c, we warrant it to cure. 1t is a purely
Vegetable Compound and Powerful Tonic.
For sale by all Druggists. See that our
name is on the bottom Of the wrapper.
r. L. SELLERS & Co., Prop'rs, Pittsburgh,
Pa. Barclay Bros Agents.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-14
TAMPICO.

WASHINGTON, Aug. l2.-The national
board of health has the following dispatch
from the United States consul at Matamoras
Reliable information from Tampco to Aug
/, says ave have the yellow fever cpl.
demic worse than in New Orleans last
year, People die like flies Quarantine
at Bagdad against Tampico still efficient
Medical Inspector Somerset Robinson OF
the navy and Dr. Daniel NJ. Burgess, several
years arcsident of Havana, will perform the
duties of inspectors, the former at Matanzas
and the latter at Havana"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-14
FEVER AT CORtNTH.

A special was received by the Appeal
from Corinth, say ng "Thc fatal scourge
has at last reached Coriuth. Last evening
the mayor and president of the board of
health were taken with high fever, and
have continued to grow worse. Their at
tending physicians pronounce it vel low
fever. The people are fleeing to the coun-
Try, but farmers have quarantincd, and
many are roaming the woods trying to get
place of safety. In the last hour a
large number of families have left"
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-14

SAVE YOUR cHILDREN.-For expelling
worms from the system, Sellers vermifuge
has no equal in this or any other country.
One tcaspoonful given to child of Mr..
Bradbery's, expelled 934 worms in four
hours after taking the medicine. Benz. Ly-
tie, Union township, Pa. Also expelled 400
worms from my child two years old.-Wm.
Sarvcr, st. Louis, Mo. Sold by all drug
gists. Price 90 cts. II. Il. Sellers & Co.,
proprietors, Pittsburgh, Pa. Send for cir
cular. Barclay Bros, Agents
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-14
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
ITEMS FROM THEBEs AND VICINITY, REPORT
ED BY MRS. sNoBs.

| NH''S 'hohi AND Y. HEPDtT-
ED BY MRS. sNoBs
We are happy to inform all inquiring
friends that "old Thebes" is still 'looking
up
The Teachers Institute, conducted by
Mrs. p. A. Taylor, has closed Our super
intendent deserves great praise for her man
ner of drilling the teachers, and the I'M
preston she tries to leave with them, that
it is only through persistent and constant
application to study that the standard
OF teachers can be raised. If all leading
ladies and gentlemen would devote rea-
sonable amount of time to general culture
as Mrs. Taylor does, we should predict
profitable future. The teachers in this vi
cinity who received first grade certificates
are Mrs. Henry Planert, Mrs. Lou Gibbs,
Miss Jennie Warwick and Mr.. Henry Plan
ert,
Our "Grand Festival" for the benefit of
the Baptist church, on the 9th inst, we arc
proud to say, was a success in every partic-
ular. Notwithstanding the threatenings of
the elements, there were over two hundred
and twenty-five people present The net
proceeds of the evening were one hundred
and ten dollars and ninty-fvc cents. The
voting on cakes resulted as follows: Silver
cake tothe most enterprising newspaper in
Alexander county, awarded to the CAIRO
BULLETIN; jelley cake, to the most charita-
bic lady, Mrs. Belle Gray; cake to the most
charitable gentleman, Elder b. Reeve
gold cake, to the uglest gentleman, Mr..
Henry Weiman; Chat is mistake for
Henry is not at all ugly corn dodger to
the handsomest gentleman, Mr..
A. Hobbs; marble cake to the
handsomest young lady from this vicinity,
Miss Mamie Zeiler; "a very deserving
young LADY, marble cake, to the hand
soonest young lady from another vicinity,
Miss Alice Rigge of Richwoods; pound
cake to the prettiest baby Is months old,
Guy Hobbs. We trust that all persons en-
joyed themselves so well, that they will re-
member without regret, the many amuse-
mcnts offered tor their entertainment on
that occasion.
Mr.. Joe Weber, the boot and shoe man
from st. Louis, tested the waterproof quail
ity OF his shoes by the capsizing of skiff
in which he was about to embark for Com
merce, Mo. He says they will do for
small streams but not for the ''old Missis.
sippi." We would advise Mr.. W. to not
compete with Boyton any more.
| M. Brown and sons have been adding
some new machinery to their mill. Mr..
Tom Brown, although druggist, is sick.
MIR. j. G. Rolwing is handling considerable
wheat & A Marchildon is buying pro
ducc and selling goods. The mill seems to
have greatly increased the trade of b.
Brown & Bro. Dr. Gibbs is having shin
giles delivered, with which to recover the
court house at this place. DR.. Barkhansea
is smoking his pipe and taking things easy.
Henry Planert is preparing his ground for
wheat Judge Marchildon likewise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Valette of Grove Is
land, Mr.. Scott McRaven and others from
Clear Creek, were at our festival.
Thebes, Aug 18th, 70. Mrs. SNoBs.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-14

THE TRUTH is MIGHTY and will preva IL
Thousands who have used and been cured
are living witnesses to the truth Of our
statement, that Sellers Liver Pills will cure
the worst cases of liver complaint, bilious
ness, headache arising therefrom, costive
ness, constipation, dizziness and all disor,
ders resulting from diseased liver. For
sale by all druggists Price 25 cents. r.
E. Sellers & Co, Proprietors, Pittsburgh,
Pa. Barclay Bros, agents.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-14
NEW YORK GRAIN.

New YORK, August 10, 1907 p. NJ
Wheat--quiet-No. Chicago, 81 90;
No 2, Milwaukee, 81 90; Red Winter,
81 OO@l O019; No. Q Red Winter
81 o9A; No. . Amber, 81 90; Corn
quiet-No. Q, 461
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-14

Why will you suffer with the Dyspepsia
and liver complaint. Constipation, and gen
eral debility when YOU can get at our stores
Shiloh's Sytem vitalizer which we sell ON
positive guarantee to cure you. Price
l0cts. and 10 cts. For sale by Barclay
Brothers.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-14
NEW ORLEANS,

New ORLEANS, Aug, 12.-The city coun-
Gil adopted resolutions declaring there is
not case of yellow fever in the city and
protesting against the unjust quarantine
established by southern cities and towns
against New Orleans.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-14
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

CHICAGO, August 12, II A. M.-Pork -
September, IS 271a; October, IS 321s
Oats-september 1884; October 23N.
Wheat-septembcr, S52l; October, SO.
Corn-October, SAL.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-08-14

CHICAGO, August Is, 1900 M,-Oats-
October, 237s; September, 2S4@%.
Corn-September, 34ll; October 942k@-
Z Wheat September, S5%;, October,
SOS. Pork-Septcmber, IS 3915; Octo-
Der. IS 3715.