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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-24
Monday, March 10. 1879.

between the hours of 10 and u o'elo,k. n,
tue southwest corner of Main and Madison
streets, IN the city of Memphis, the foIlowing
described, real estate. situated in Shelby
oounty, Tennessee, viz: One house and lot
on the north side Of Poplar street, in the citv
OF Momphls, beginning at the southwest COZ
ner OF u lot formerly owned By BishoD Otfv.
thence west with the north side of pon133r,
street 734 feet to q nail in a fence post. fbence
north and parallel with the vest 1ine ~
Otey's lot VS. feet; thence east 10 n noint in
said west line Of 0tey's lot III feet from tbe
beginning; thence south with Otey's west line
ia feet TO the beginning; being the same lot
conveyed BY, Lucreti0 I Stainback, ApriI,
1867. to said Julia y. w. Foster, and reeoFdei
IN BOOK ~, paIt 2, page 405, aud being a part
Also one other house and lot of land con-
tanning h,ye acres, situated on the north side
Of the Memphis and Charleston RAILROAD
about 81 miles from Memphis, beginning AZ a
stake 80 feet north of-the center line az sriJd
railroad, and S4 feet east of the east sids NJ
Cooper avenue; thence north and parsuei
with Cooper avenue 1887 feet; thence east DO
teeti thence south and parallel with The frst
line l5I teet TO q stake so feet north of tbe
center Of said railroad; thence west with The
mouth side Of said railroad 90 feet to the he
glnnlng;athis being five acres of the east side
OF lot ~ OF the Cooper subdivision, together
with all the improvements thereon, Same
property conveyed hy LOUISE Neelt la said .InIis
+. W. Foster, 18th Of May, 1876,
Equity. VI redemption aud right Of bome-
Stead waived. Title beloved 10 be good, but
l convey only as trustee.
JOHN IL. CHICHESTER, Trustee.
,loHsToN X foRD, Attorneys. l45-l5l-i.6
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NDEK and by virtue of deed Of trust
- executed . me, as trustee, by Matthias
Huppert on the 18th day of August, ISL
which u recorded in the Registers once Of
Shelby county Tennessee, in Deed Book 96,
page 53, | will, on
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HERBERT RHETT, Assignee.

Rf virtue Of a deed of trust executed to r,e
~ as trustee by Julia +. w. Foster and her
May, 1876, and recorded in Book ll2. nase "a
Registers office of Shelby county, to- seenre Z
certain note for $3.50, with Interest. therein
described, i, at the request of tho henefciary-
deiauiti1 the payment Of said note having
peen made will sell OF public auction to the
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Cotton.

The m'arket opened this morning
steady witt a moderate inquiry at pre-
vious prices.
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eatnrdaY. MarchI l. Isza.

within legal hours, commencing at Il M, the
following described property, In Inc Taxino
District of Shelby county, Tenn, to-wit:
/ iron safe, l bookcase, / double walnut
desk, 2 desk stools, l letter-press, l letter.
press table, q paper files, 4 ink stands, / bill
box, . chairs, l arm chair, / water cooler, Z
glasses, wash stand, ! basin, | bucket,
coal nod, 3 spittoons, l looking-glass, 2 iron.
vinegar, 10 empty barrels, 5 sample table,
ltor ~cott0nl, | pair trucks. Being the same
formerly used by A. J. Vaughan 4 Co.
Terms of sale cash.
This February Is, 1879.
X. J. BLACK, Receiver.
SMITH x COLLIER, Attorneys. ll7.i
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-24
Assignee's SALE

In the matter of j. B, 1ilden, B~ankrupt-In
TBankruptcy, in tne Western District Of
ON FRIDAY, MARCH 7. 1879. rs as.icros
" al said Tilden, l will sell, ot nnbiic mo.
non, for cash, to the highest bidder, The fol-
lowing tract Of land, to-wit: The west froc-
dlonai half OF seetien /, township 40. range
Y, and northwest fractional quarter of section
y, toynship 10, range. Q, consisting Of $40
county in the State of Missouri. Said saie ~
and Main streets.
l44-l5O-l56 HERBERT RHETT. ASSIGNEE
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STEAMBOATS,.
Specialize Arkansas CITY.

HNHE steamer ILLINOIS, Jno. <swapo
b. Davis master, leaves kaH
THIS DAY, February 9th, ats
5 pm, for Arkansas City and all way land
ings. X. W. LIGHTBURNE, Agent,
" No. Z Monroe street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-24
HAMcERY SALE
Iron Safe, Office Furniture. Etc.

X. SOgI-.Chancery Court of Shelby County
A. I. Lacey VS.. A. ]. Vaughan.
DY virtue Of an int~erlocutory decree for sale
~ entered in the above cause on the 3lst
day of January, 1879, / will sell at public auc-
tion, to the highest bidder, in front of store
house No; $50 Front street, Taxing District,
formerly Memphis, Tenn, on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-24
RIVER INTELLIGENCE
ROAM HAVING rHts nv
ARRIVED.

ARRIVED.
Steamer Mary Houston, New Orleans.
Ouachita Belle, Vicksburg.
John b. Maude, ST. Louis.
Fannie Lewis, ST. Louis.
Katie Hooper, Arkansas river.
Batesville, st. Francis river.
Shields, New Madrid.
Osceola Belle, Osceola.
Illinois, Arkansas City.
Coahoms, Friar's Point.
Geo. w. Check, Friar's Point.
Gilmore, New Orleans.
G. p. Chouteau, Now Orleans.
DEPARTED.
Steamer Ed Richardson, New Orleans.
Cons Millar, Cincinnati.
. Marlin Speed, Arkansas river.
Josie Harry, White river.
Mary Houston, Cincinnati.
John B. Maude, Vicksburg.
Colorado, st. Louis.
Fannie Lewis, st. Louis.
Gilmore, st. Louis.
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Osceola Belle,

J. G.. Andrews, muster; B. o. Michel, clerk,
Leaves Memphis every MONDAY, WEDNEs-
DAY and FRIDAY at 8 pm. For freight or
passage apply on board. sol
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srEAMHoArs

Regular independent Memphis and White
River Packet. For Augusta, Jacksonport.
searcy and way points. The Regular indie
pendent Packet
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-24

AIqIlnQ journal Wow is The
time FOR organisation, Every city
where there Is a concentration Of
steamboat interests should have a
local board, not in name, but in reality.
Such boGpdg should have stated meet
iugs and their own place 10 meet this
board should enroll Its membership,
eligibility to which should consist in
the annual payment Of a stipulated
gum for dues, the money 50 obtained
.f9 be applied IN eMployhg regular
counsel to defend the members of the
board against Illegal procedures, such
AS suits before United States commits
sions by rouYtabouts, wharfage taxa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-24

The flcksDurg Herald OF Saturday
says Mr.. VIM, Youngblood, the
well-known Yicksburg and New
Orleans pilot, is reported missing,
Captain Campbell wanted him at the
wheel of the Robt. e. Lee, but when
he sent for him nothing could be
learned as to his whereabouts. His
family had seen nothing of him since
last Saturday, and had heard nothing
of him. Captain Campbell thought
probably Mr.. Y~oungblood would meet
him here yesterday to take the Lee
down, but he did not put in an ap-
p%earance, and the conclusion is un-
willingly reached that either Mr..
Youngblood has been foully dealt
9Th or hal he has committed
felo dc SO, Dir. Kopngblood vas a
good man and a capable pilot, one of
the best on the river, and we hope he
will yet turn up all right,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-24

The Cherokee, en- route from Gin
cinnati to st. Louis, was still aground
at Goose Island on Saturday last. The
officers of the Yaeger report her way
out Of the channel, and hardly
thought she would attempt to run, and
the conclusion was that something
must have got wrong with her ma
chinery and caused her to drift down
to where she lays. She has both spars
set and is thus holding herself up.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-09-15
RUNNING IN DEBT.

| dwell on this point, for would
deter others from entering that place of
torment. Half the young men in this
country, with many old enough to know
better, would 60 into business, that is,
into debt-to-morrow, if they could.
Most men are so ignorant as to envy the
merchant or manufacturer whose life is
an incessant struggle with pecuniary
difficulties, who is driven to constant
shining" and who from month barely
evades the insolvency which sooner or
later overtakes men in business; so that
it has been computed that but one man
in twenty of them achieve success. For
my own part would rather be convict
in State prison, slave in rice
swamp, than to pass through life
under a harrow of debt. Let no
man misjudge himself unfortunate, or
truly poor. as long as he has the full
sense of his limbs and faculties, and is
substantially free from debt.
Hunger, cold, rags, hard work, con-
tempt, suspicion, unjust reproach are
disagreeable, but debt is infinitely worse
than them all; and if it had pleased
God to spare either or all my sons to be
the support of my declining years, the
lesson which should most earnestly
seek to impress upon them is "never rur
in debt" Avoid pecuniary obligation
as you would pestilence and famine. Il
you have but fifty cents, and can get M
more for week, buy peck of corn
parch it, and live on it rather than ow,
a dollar! OF course l know that som,
men must do business that involves
risk, and must give notes or other obi
cation, and ] do not consider him il
debt who can lay his hands directly o.
the means of paying, at some little sac
rifce, all he owes; speak of real deb
that which involves risk or sacrifc
on the one side, obligation and depend
ence on the other side-and l say fror
all such. let every youth humbly pra
God to preserve him evermore.-Horat
Greeley La @0
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-09-15

MILKING.-The faster and more gently
COW is MIXED, the greater will be the
amount given. Slow mixers always
gradually dry up a cow, and for the
reason that if the milk be not drawn
about as fast as it is given down it will
subsequently be withheld, and that with
held is as a matter of course what is
known as the strippings; in fact, the
upper surface of milk in the udder.
Many mixers draw the milk with a
strong downward pull, in fact, with a
jerk. This should neversb be allowed it
irritates the COW. and often Injuries the
bag. Fill the teat. and with a firm
pressure of the last three fingers empty
it. drawing slightly on the teat and
udder at the same time. So proceed al
ternately with each hand until the milk
supply is exhausted. Many mixers get
the habit of slow milking because steady,
firm. quick milking tires the fingers and
wrists until by practice the muscles gel
used to the work. Until this use comes
naturally the Individual should only
milk such a number as he can without
severe cramping of the hands; what are
MIXED should be MIXED fast, increasing
the number until at last there is no tlrine
whatever. Five minutes is about til,
time that should be allowed for milking
a COW. There is another thing vel
worthy of being remembered. Cow
should be MIXED as nearly at givel
hour morning and evening as possible
since undue distention of the udder i
always injurious.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-09-15

REJOICE EvERMoRE.-"The kingdom
of heaven is within you," and despite
all that has been said about this world
being a vale of tears, the Christian
should be able to observe the apostolic
INDUCTION, and "rejoice evermore." With
the few years of earthly trouble and
disappointment, and the endlessness and
perfection of eternity, why should the
Christian be sad? 1t is said of the sain-
ted DR.. Muhlenberg that in his later
shall we not say wiser years he regard
ed with less favor his sorrowful if beau
tiful hymn, 81 would not live Away"
Not that he desired a longer earthly life,
but that earthly troubles seemed so in
fnitesimal contrasted with the endless
ness and perfection of heaven, that he
would rather sing the joyousness of heav-
en- than morn in minor-keyed verse the
sin and sorrow of earth. When we gaze
upon thing of SURPRISING beauty all
sense of the deformed and unlovely passes
out of sight,-the eye cannot see both
with the same focus. The more we think
on the King in his beauty, the less We
shall find time for bewailing the fading
crowns of this world.-,SeLected. tE
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-09-15
A9rienlimral department.
SYSTEM AND CALCULATION In
FARMING.

The following capital ideas on system
attic farming will be found good reading
for farmers: "By forethought and sys-
tematic course in farming, the farmer
will save time and accomplish more than
he will by reckless and Indifferent
course, besides the work will be much
better done in the one instance than in
the other. To work only when necessity
compels, results in remaining poor, as
well as in many instances losing what
you have accumulated. Young says:
Demonstration is the thief of time a
most true and wise saying. Where sys-
tenn and calculation are observed in
farming, vexation. hurry and confusion
are avoided, and the farmer consequently
performs his work with greater ease and
with more satisfying results. By obsery-
ing system and calculation there will be
found great saving instead of a great
leakage in farm matters. Farm imple-
ments will be cared for instead of being
permitted to lie around in fence corners
and remain in the lot where they were
last used. Repairs will be made when
repairing becomes necessary and all
things will be found in their proper pla-
Il u - - : -. =
ces. and places for all things will be sure
to be provided for by the farmer, on a
we'll regulated farm. Farmers, THIS
question of system and calculation, we'll
understood, adopted and continued. to-
gether with force and energy in farm
work, is the great secret of success. 1t
is the course by which many have become
independent and rich. Why is it that
farmer A is so much more successful
than B; he has no more land nor any
better land (naturally) than farmer B,
yet farmer A is becoming rich, while
farmer B is growing poor? The writer
has often heard the question asked and
he thinks the solution of it will be found
in system, calculation and well directed
energy in farm matters. Calculation is
the product of reflection, and reflection
is the action of the mind upon matter
These two great elements have produced
wonderful discoveries as well as fingered
with pleasure upon past Achievement"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-09-15
Half
Wagons
Half
Price!


We. too, like the rest Of oar nesghbors,
haze built lot Of cheap a0agons. schich
zoe wiH sell as loac as can be bought IN
Vermont.
al a0e haze to sag IN regard to this
class of scagons IS that they are as good
as can be bought for the money, and so'A
be sold for as little money as anybody
sells acagon for IN this state. i Is
I'VE might s0arrant them a0ith the same
proprtety that oar 'aeig1lbOrs do but zoe
don't soarramt everything.
1t IS an established fact that my rep
utation as carriage builder, stands
second to no man ia Neao England, and
Z am bound to keep that good.
We haze upwards of a hundred acagons
of all kinds and styles of the ge'auin'
article, aoith the G.. j. Uford name AND
stamp upon them, schich ace offer to'
sale, that aciH be qoarranted IN every
particular and sciH also be sold at vers
tos0 prices.
al persons auaating to bug are IN
cited TO come and e.ramane them and asl
the price. We k,aoso aohat a dollar q
aoorth. se t 9e
-wpx-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-09-15

TIE DEMON DRINK.


The following is an extract from one
of the lectures of j. ]. Talbot, who died
lately at Elkhart. Ind, from the effects
Of drunken debauch: "But now the
struggle is over, can survey tho field
and measure the losses. l had position
high and holy. The demon tore from
around me robes of my sacred Office and
sent me home churchless and Goddess.
very kissing and bywOrd among men.
Afterwards had business large and
lucrative, and my voice in all the large
courts was heard pleading for justice,
mercy and the right But the dust gath
cred on my open books, and no football
crossed the threshold of the drunkard's
Office. l had moneys ample for all ne
cessities, but they took wings and went
to feed the Golfers of the devils that pos
sessed me. had home adorned with
all that wealth and the most exquisite
taste could suggest. The devil crossed
its threshold and the light faded from
its chambers; the fire went out of the
hottest of affairs, and leading me through
its portals despair walked with me, and
sorrow and anguish fingered within. l
had children, beautiful, to me at least,
as dream Of the morning. and they had
so entwincd themselves around their
fathers heart that no matter where it
might wander, ever it came back to them
on the bright wings of fathers love.
His destroyer took their hands in his and
led them away. l had wife whose
charms of mind and person were such
that to see her was to remember and to
know her was to love. For
thirteen years we walked the rugged
path of life together, rejoicing in its
sunshine and sorrowing in its shade
This internal monster couldn't spare me
even this. had mother who for long,
long years had not left her chair, VIC
tim of suffering and disease, and her
choicest delight was in reflection that
the lesson which she had taught at her
knee had taken root in the heart of her
youngest born, and that he was useful
to his fellows and an honor to her who
bore him. But the thunderbolt reached
even there, and there it did its most
cruel work. Other days may cure all
but this. All me; never a word Of
reproach from her lips; only. tender
caress only shadow of great and
unspoken grief gathering over the dear
old face; only trembling hand LAID
more lovingly on my head; only pite
GUS appeal to heaven if her cup were no
yet full. And while her boy raved il
delirlum two thousand miles away, thu
plying angels pushed the golden gates
ajar and the mother of the drunkarC
entered into rest.
And thus l stand: a clergyman with
out cure barrister without brief o.
business; father without a child; ;
husband without wife; son withou
parent; a man with scarcely friend
soul without hope-all swallowed VI
in the malestrom of drink"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-09-15

DOES ALCOHOL IMPART STRENGTH p
The champion oarsman, Hanlan, in an
swer to an English enquirer who asked
his opinion as to the use of alcohol and
tobacco in athletic exercises. gives it as
his opinion that the "best physical per-
Torrance can only be secured through
the absolute abstinence from their use"
This is his personal rule, with steadily
increasing power and capacity, and he
adds: 81 believe that the use of liquor
and tobacco has most injurious effect
upon the system of an athlete, by irri-
tating the vitals and consequently weak
ening them" This is timely and valu-
bic added testimony for total abstinence
from one who has won plaudits from
many thousands on both sides of the
Atlantic by his very remarkable physical
endurance. If experience. in the light
of severe practical tests, shows alcohol
and tobacco to be injurious to athletes,
they are certainly not less so to others,
and should therefore be conscientiously
avoided by all ts "a j ~
1t appears also that Weston. since hi
great victory in London, has also beer
testifying in favor of temperance. Ii
view of this significant testimony from
the most successful of pedestrians anC
Oarsmen, that abstinence from alcoho
is essential to the greatest physica
achievement, its use can scarcely b.
argued longer as necessity for any one
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-09-15

The election of Henry W. Blair as
United States Senator by the legislature
Of New Hampshire has much more than
logical significance. 1t is the first time
in our political history that United
States Senator has been chosen specially
and distinctively as representative of
the temperance reform. To have such a
representative in the Senate of the Unit
ed States for the next six years will, in
many ways. be of great advantage to the
cause of temperance. With the recent
action of the House of Representatives
in creating special committee on the
alcoholic liquor-trafic, the temperance
question has secured recognized status
in the Congress of the United States
which it has never before attained. II
will doubtless be the aim of Senator
Blair to secure, if possible, kindred
committe in the Senate.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-09-15

SILENT INFLUENoE.-It is the bub-
bling spring that flows gently, the little
rivulet which runs along day and night.
by the farmhouse, that is useful rather
than the swollen food or warning catar-
act. Niagara excites our wonder, and
we stand amazed at the power and great
ness of God there, as he "pours it from
the hollow of his hand" But one Mag
ara is enough for the continent or the
world, while the same world requires
thousands and tens of thousands of sill
yer fountains and gentle flowing rivulets,
that water every farm and meadow and
every garden, and that shall flow on
every pight with their gentle, quiet beau
ty. So with the acts Of our lives II
is not by great deeds, like those of the
martyrs. that good is to be done-it is
by the daily and quiet virtues of life
the Christian temper. the good qualities
of relatives and friends. and all. that is
to be done.-Aibert Barnes.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-09-15
BARzILLA FRENcH's ESTATE.

Notice of Settlement and Application for Distribution.
CTATE OF VERMONT
- ; Orleans District, IS.
In Probate Court, held at Irasburgh in said District
on the 9Th day of September, A. D. 1879.
Moses Fl. Mason, Administrator of the estate OF
Barzilla French, late of Glover in said District
deceased, presents his administration account for
examination and allowance. and makes application for
decree of distribution and partition of the estate OF
said deceased. WgFl
Whereupon, it is ordered by said Court, that said
account and said application be referred to session
thereof be held at l.. H. Thompson's office. in said
Irasburgh. the 7th day of October, A. D. 1872 fol
hearing and decision thereon
And, it is further ordered, that notice hereof be
given to all persons interested, by publication of the
three weeks successfully inthe Orleans County
Monitor newspaper published at Barton previous tt
said time appointed for hearing that they may appear
at said time and place, and show cause, if any they
may have, why said account should not be allowed
and such decree made.
By the Court-Attest,
L. H. THOMPSON, Judge.
A true COPY of Record-Attest
o3S , L. H. THOMPSON, Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-09-15

ONLY CHRIsTIANs.-John Wesley once
was troubled in regard to the disposition
of the various scots, and the chances of
each in reference to future happiness
or punishment. A dream one night
transported him in its uncertain wan
behring's to the gates of hell. "Are there
any Roman Catholics ?" asked thought
full Wesley. "Yes," was the reply.
"Any Presbyterians p "Yes." was again
the answer. "Any Congregationalists ?"
Eyes" ''Any Methodists," by way Of
clincher, asked the plous Wesley.
EYES," was answered to his great indig.
nation. In the mystic way of dreams, a
sudden transition. and he stood at the
gates of heaven. Improving his oppor.
tunity, he again inquired: "Are there
any Roman Catholics here % "No,'
was replied. "Any Presbyterians p
mo" "Any Congregationalists q "No.'
"Any Methodists ?" "No." "Well then,
he asked, lost in wonder, "who are they
inside ?" "CArlstsans!! was the jubilan
answer.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-09-15

"WANTED-A Boy TO ATTEND BAR"
The paper fell from my hands as
read this advertisement. fancied ! saw
bright, earnest boy, going to a bar
room. seeking living by that fearful
trade of selling wine and rum. could
imagine how. one by one, all the good
impulses and desires that he had in the
beginning fell before the evil influences
of the dram shop how he learned tc
drink, to swear, to steal how bad com.
paDy helped him on to ruin. No matter
how hard you work. no matter if it soils
your hands or clothes. 80 long as i
leaves your heart pures Never attent
bar. ~ sr.. slllU