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Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18
CHlLLlCOTlE LIVINGSTON
DAT CHRISTMAS TURKEY,

Caesar carve dat Christmas turkey.
Pull dem drum sticks from de- breast;
Give dem jints mendous jerk-eh,
What's dat bout de Lor' amt blessed.
Sure uuf, honey! Say dat blessing
Praise de Lord in love and song.
Oh my goodness! see dat dressing,
Jes say de grace dar, Brudder Strong
20 Lor' we's thankful for dis layout
Deed we is an hungry too;
But, Lor', aldough dis gobbler play out,
| Well save de carcass all for YOU"
| Now wes free, come swing de molars;
Jes heep my plate dar, Dinah Strong
Hyar, chilen, wait for ole folks alters
Fore your turn to pass along"
Look hyar, chile, je' drap dat dumplin'
Dem's to cat de las of all.
Lor', Jonah! how your cullah's rumplin';
Hist dat bread an one fish ball.
'Yaw! Yawl honey, deed it's licous;
Amt dis ole Kaintuck once mo-?
Hi. vi! lie got de bone dat wishes.
WhGr's de banjo? cl'ar de iio'
Look var, Jackson, wipe you mouf dar.
Drap dat bone for Towscr's grub;
Chilen, move on to dc aOuf dar.
My eyes! but dat's dc tune lub.
Soon the table, spoiled of all its beauty,
Passed from sight; and on the cabin floor
The dusky crowd commence their hoe-down
duty
To "oe Virsinny,' as in the days of yore.
Shouts of'1oy and loud outlaws of laughter
AwOke the mountain echoes far and near,
Strained the old log cabins beam and raftcr,
Vita many heartfelt, loud resounding
cheer
Then arose voice commanding
stop de music, cl'ar de flo!
Let dose settin' low rise standin',
DJsc rs danced mus dance no mo.
Guess yer fader and der deacon
Amt so berry far behind,
De ole man amt n gwne to weaken
An low you coons to take de shine.
Hi, dnr, Pompsy, pick de banjo.
Hurray fer old Kaintuck an home.
Hyar, Miss Johnson, dance wild Sambo;
Now play de ole man Sweet Ham Bone"
Again the sweet refrain of banjo, song and
iuba,
Manned the stiffened SHOWS long at rest;
Present thoughts of age few back to Yuba,
Where lived the old man once youth at
best.
0ne by one the dancers lost their footing.
Onward still the old man held his own;
Youthful days were here and age forgetting.
He threw himself in tune with Sweet Ham
Bone"
And then his will was mastered by strict ma
ture;
He sank exhausted on the cabin floor.
He gasped for life, then pallid every feature,
Told those anxious ones his days were DER.
"Childen, see de ole man weakens;
Ise gwine away to dance no mo-;
lsc gwne to meet dose good ole deacOnu,
Who lef de church to 60 bcfo'.
"Brudder, WARS dat turkey carcass,
De one we saved up for de Lord2
won't be dar to sec de carcus,
If de old man fails to keep his word
Ole Gabriel wild his horn has riven.
o, thank de Lor, is gwine home,
To meet him at de gates oh heaven,
Whar angels dance de Sweet Ham Bone"
Dyer.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18
What Denomination.

A bit of young loves coyness in bucolic
guise, as told by the Ithaca journal: at
was at the postoifce in this village. The
demoiselle was buxom, bashrul, aged Is,
and hailed from Bprrytown. She wanted
a dollars worth of stamps One dollars
worth, repeated the smiling assistant,
what denomination The damSel show.
ed symptoms of embarrassment and hesi-
tated to reply. She twir.ed her shawl
fringe nervously, cast her eyes about to
see if any one was near, moved little
closer to the window, and finally asked in
a timorous voice: DO you hef to write it
DOWN. by no means answered the
courteous assistant; that is not necessary,
but | presume you have some preference
as to the denomination 'Ah-well-
yes, replied the stranger, her face turn
ing scarlet, Il hev some, generally go to
the Piscopal Methodist myself, but the
fellow I'm buying the stamps for, he's a
Universal Orthodox"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18
Mabe|'S Christmas Gift,

"A merry Christmas, Miss Mabel!
1t was the first time Mabel had heard
the words that day, From early dawn she
had toiled 1T her needle.
The bells were Ginning eleven and Ma
bel stood, dripping and shlvering, on the
threshold Of the wretChed tenement, one Of
whose poorest apartments constituted her
home. The night was dark and stormy,
and she had had Il long walk, through the
driving rain and sleet, from the fashiona.
BILE quarter in which her rich employer
dwelt, to the humber one that contained
her own miserable abode.
"A merry Christmas, Miss Mabel. and
here's Christmas gift for you, said a
little dumpy old gentleman, touching her
arm as she was about to ascend the steps,
and thrusting crumpled slip of paper in.
to her hand.
What sharp eyes the little old gentle.
man must have had to recognize her in
that dim and shadowy light, for it took
the second glance of Mabel's, young and
keen as they were, to make out the Jolly
features of Mr.. Wentworth, who had
once employed her to copy some papers,
for which he had paid her literally.
Mabel would have sad Thank you
for the GIFT, whatever it was; but before
she had time to do so, the little old gem
tleman was off.
No wonder Mabel started when she had
lit her lamp and inspected her present.
Such are seldom made outside of story
books. II waS a chcck 10 bearer on one
Of the city banks, for fire MUtdred dOllarSl
What munificent gift to come from one
almost a stranger! And how opporlunely
it came to- She would be able to pay off
the arrearage of rent now, that had gwen
her so much trouble.
Mabel went to sleep with her treasure
under her pillow; and while she is dream
ing happy dreams, in which face she has
strlven hard to Danish of late is constantly
coming up let us tell the reader who she
is.
Mable GleasOn's father-she had lost
her mother in early infancy-was wealthy
merchant, whose study it had been to
lavish on his daughter, an only child,
every possible indulgence, and to adorn
her with every attainable accomplishment.
1t is not too much to saw he idolized her;
and had her heart been less true, or her
head less steady, she must have been total
" spoiled.
A financial crisis came, eliminating in n
crash among the victims of which was
Mabel's father. Crushed, and broken
in spirit, his health gave way, and the end
of a few months saw Mabel an orphan
and penniless, for nothing had been saved
from the wreck Of her fathers fortune.
Feeling she could better bear her altered
condition among strangers, she had left
her native city, and sought a home and
employment in the metropolis. The result
we have already seen.
Mr., Wentworth's check was duly hon
credit would have been good for an hun.
dred fold as much, Mabel. keeping ont M
more than sufficed for present needs demos.
tied the balance in savings bank She
took tidy room in n respectable street,
which She was fortunate enough TO secnre
| on moderate terms, and straigRtway adyer-
fised for nnnils in French and muS;c '''N
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18
She wouldn't Have Dared.

From the New York Herald.
1t was a sad thing for Lettie Davi.
(colored) when she put out her washing
on the clothes-lines of her South Fifth
avenue abode yesterday. Peterson Knapp,
Of kindred tint was there on the watch,
and he came it is alleged, as thiet in
the night and carried off the raiment
part and parcel. At all events an astutC
policeman arrested him for the offence,
and he went tothe Jefferson Market po.
lice court yesterday prepared to maintain
his innocence by counsel. Lettie was there
too, and in spite ofnumerous trying inter
ruptOns from counsel she got down to the
point in her narrative where she discover.
ed Peterson longingly eyeing the clothes
as she hung them out.
dat brack nigger" she said, urgently
apostophizing the prisoner, she stood dat
wifi an ole clay pipe showed whar it 'ud
do the moas good, and he n putin as il
he'd like to split. But de way he looked
at dem clothes was quite 'nutf to show any
reasonable oomans dat dey want SAFE"
"Come witness" quoth counsel, sar'
castically, "tell us just what kind of q
look that is.
"0h, you get out, was the snappish re,
joinder.
81 insist on the question: How did the
prisoner look to convey the impression the
clothes were in dangerp"
Witness was ready with another tart re.
ply, but his honor said:
Come, you must answer, how did he
look2"
The witness seemed puzzled.
odd he look, asked his honor, glanc-
ing around for smile, did ne look like
like counsel, for instancep"
"0h, deed, no sah," replied the wit
ness. "If he looked de least bit like dat
gemman, dere wouldn't been no robbery
at all.
"Ah," said the apttered counsellor,
shows thatp"
I'D made odder arrangements"
Indeed" he continued, smiling, what
might they have been9"
"Why, if he looked at all like you does,
| wouldn't have dar'd to hang dem clothes
out at ALL"
There was on interruptions from that
time on,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18
RoynI Wooing by TeIcnhone.

The king Of Spain at Madrid, and hi
bride, the archduchess Christine, at tn,
palace ten miles distant, 90 it thus by tel
cphone attachment:
Christinc-Alptonso, dost love as thor
didst yesterday?
Alpfonso-Eh;what about yesterday?
C.-Dost love me as thou dlIst yester
day?
A.-Ycsterday? What's the matter
with the conlonnded thing2D Dear Girls
toot a little louder won't you?
C-What's that2 could only heal
"t5ot." What about tootH
Al asked you to tOot louder on the
thing Crissy.
C.-Dearest Ally, will you always love
me o5 you do nowH
Al do now am doing it all the
time, Girls.
C.-What are you doing?
A.-WOong; wOong, or trying TO, with
this internal Yankee concern. Do you un
derstand!
C.-NO.
A.-What?
C.-l said, NO, no, no." Can't you
hear?
A.-No. My end won't work
C.-What's that2
Al said my end of the line won't
work.
C.-What do you work so hard for?
Why don't You come over and talk it cut
like aman?
A.-What mau2 You got another man?
C,--Yes, that's what said.
A.-What now?
C.-Ic3. Do come.
Alfonso hears but the first word.
A.-Oh, hang this telephone. knew |
would get things mixed up.
C.-Deacst, are you there5
A,--No; am here.
Where?
A.-IIrrc. Is that fellow with you yet?
(rhe instrument argues to Christine as
if 1t said "Do you love ne yct?'
C.-Yos!
Ill.,. ,..,,.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18

Some gentlemen dining at table
d'hote, the conversation turned upon oys-
ters, which several of the company con-
tended showed sagacity fthat argued
they must have brains. A young man
who had taken an unduly prominent part
in the conversation, to the annoyance Of
an elderly gentleman, his neighbor, turned
10 the latter, and said "Do you believe
that oysters have brainsP" Certainly,
| do, sir" was the prompt and pointed re.
ply, "since they know when to shut up. ~
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18

From tho Grasd Rapids Lead,r.
The Republicans who for twenty years
have been licensed to call everybody
traitors but themselves, feel the sting Of
that epithet when it is turned upon them
very keenly. But that they have fully
earned the title few quotations from
themselves will serve to prove. The plat.
form of the Ohio Republicans In 1868
which was then in perfect accord with
party throughout the land shows that
now they are not only traitors to the in
terests of the people, but are repudiators
Here is one OF the Resolutions which so
declares:
Resolved, That the Republican party
pledges itself to the faithful payment of
the public debt, according to law, and
we hereby express our conviction that ac
cording to the laws under which the FIVE
twenty bonds were issued said bonds
should be paid in the currency Of the coun-
try which may be a legal tender when the
government may be prepared to redeem
such bonds.
Yet our finance minister, Mr.. Sherman
has been paying bonds in grcenbacks,
and Mr.. Grant has declared that to pay
the bonds even in silver would be repudia-
tion!
And how frequently they declare that
there has been no contraction, and how
numerically they have ridicued the lam
guage Of the Greenback platform when
they demand IAN amount # monay equal
to the demands of trade" But please
read another plank from the same Ohio
Republican platform:
Resolved, That we heartily approve the
policy Of Congress in arresting the con-
struction, and we believe that the issue Of
the currency should be commensurate
with the industrial and commercial in
terests OF the people.
And inasmuch as we have heard them
cundemned because they declare that
United States bonds ought to be taxed,
let us call attention to still another plank
in the Republican platform:
Resolved, That Justice and sound poll
cy require that all property should bear
its equal share Of the public burden,
and this principle ought to be applied to
all United States bonds hereafter to be is
sued.
Think of these things, Mr.. Republican,
and see if you have not lost your moor
ings. See if the men whom sou have sent
to Congress have not become perverted
through y ONE blueful influence and
abandoned the old Republican faith.
And now, then, we want to ask you if
you will not undertake to investigate this
matter for yourself, and if you find them
as herein intimated, will you not have the
courage and manhood to join the new par
ty of Abolition-the party known as the
Greenback party which is fighting for the
adjustment of white slayeryP
Look over the ground carefully. Mr.
Republican and see If the term traitor to
the principles of Lincoln, Chase and
Greeley is notjusti6able. And when yOn
have Investigated and found that the par
ty has been absorbed by the worst ele-
ment of society, who are running our
country into monarchy turn your back up.
on it as our fathers turned their backs
upon the homes of their childhood, and
planted the tree of liberty in this the new
world.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18
DR.. De. La Matyr.

From the indianapolis sun.
We feel authorized to say to the people
through the Sun that it is perfectly safe
in nearly every case where the daily pa
pers publish anything concerning the pos
ition of this able defender Of the people
to pronounce the utterance an infamous
lie. Recently one ofthese partisan sheets
has announced to the world that DR.. De
La Matyr is discouraged; that he wants
to carry the Greenback party into the
Democratic organization, and that he is II
Republican on all questions, except the
question of finance. These charges are
false, and the papers making them knew
as much when they made and gave cur
rency to the reports. DR.. De La Matyr Is
Greenbacker in the fullest meaning Of
that word, and will stand By the people to
the bitter end. He does not denounce
the people, but exhii its to them the do
formities and terrible corruptions of theil
leaders, for which he received the curse:
of the hired press, and the sneers Of re.
ligious hypocrtes, We despise men who
pretend to be the advocates and promoter:
of good morals, and at the same time are
engaged in circulating falsehoods concern
ing men whose moral standing no onC
dares call in question. DR., De La Matyl
is the fearless defender OF the people, and
those slanderous sheets are unit against
them. Why do they not meet his argu
ments? The Nationals have right tC
feel proud Of such leader as De LII
Matyr.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18

There is q farmer in Massachusetts, who
is noted for the excellence of his corn
crops, and he says his plan has been for
years to sow clover on one-third part Of
his plow.land and let the clover grow and
remain uncut through the entire season,
plowing it under late the next season, and
planting corn upon it, and he says expert
ence has shown him that this clover with
its vast amount Of roots, is fully equal Ia
twenty-five loads Of manure per acre.
Then he takes another third part and pro-
ceeds in the same way.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18

prauks again. They used to accuse me oil
slecp-walling when | wls a boy, but
never more than half believed It,.
When Mabel called next day to tender
back the five hundred dolIars-which hel
deposit and savings, and some tuition bill,
she had collected, enabled her to do-the
tender was cmphaticaIy rejected Mr..
Wentworth said he had but one regret in
the matter, and that was to find he was
so much better when asleep, than when
awake
II or young friends would know what
came of 1t all, they have only to put them
selves in Mabel's and Warren's place, and
think what they would Lave done under
similnr circumstances.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18

From Tho Des Molnes Register.
A Walnut street clerk was discharged.
He asked the reason. "You are SO awful
slow about everything" said his employ
er. "You do me an injustice" respond
ed the clerk; "there is one thing that
am not slow about" 81 should be de-
lighted to hear yol name it," sneered the
proprietor. WELL" said the clerk slow
ly, nobody can get tired as quick as
can" A motion for the reconsideration
of his case has been referred to the proper
committee.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18

1t is said that one out Of every four real in
valids who go to d nver, COL, to recover health
never return to the East or South except as a
corpse. The undertakers, next to the hotel
keepers, have the most profitable business.
This excessive mortality may be prevented
and patients served and cured under the care
Of friends and loved ones at home, If they
will but use Hop Bitters in time. This we
know. See other column
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18
LIARS OR FOOLS, WHICH,

An exchange says that the Republican
papers have been struggling with the
problem, "What has caused the improve.
ment in businessp' and have decided
that it is all owing to John Sherman, as
he has resumed specie payments, caused
abundant crops t. oar farmers and, at
the same time, made almost famine in
Europe.
There is another side to the story, how-
ever, and the key to the whole problem is
to be found in the suIjoined table;
From official reports and statistics. the
currency has been inflated since 1877 az
follows:
Bank circulation during 1878 .... slO, ,OON, 900
During lS70................. 1900 900
Silver coined Observation-Disclosures. 10000 600
dOld coined. d...,................... 5000 COO
Gold imported INSTRUMENTATION. 4l,G00 600
In addition tot this, the New York banks
are OF the opinion that during the next
six months the bank circulation will be in
fated by at least SjO,OO0,00O more. 1t
would be interesting to know if these wise
men of the east intentionally lied when
they declared there was money enough,
and that the money famine was tha result
OF lack OF confidence anl extravaganza, or
whether the; were a set Of fools and did
not learn until Business beg N 10 revive
lo. /, n 4 =
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18
Thou art so plump and tender,

Thou art so plump and tender,
Turkey mine, turkey mine;
That l care not for your gender,
Turkey mine, turkey mine;
will take you home with me,
Il will serve you up at three,
Serve you up right royalty,
Turkey mine, Turkey mine,
Twill pick your bones with glee.
Turkey mine.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18

One Of the greatest orators in China is
now addressing the people and taking up
contributions for the purpose Of supplying
America, and especially California, With
Chinese bibles and the way to salvation.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18

The prosperity ,oJm Is striking in
the right place this time. The bulls,
bears, lam1s and wolves wno have been
running will IN speculation for the past
few months in New York have caught a
tartar, as the dispatches show. OF course
somebody has to be ruined.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18

HEREAFTER let no man say it will do
no good for him to vote the Greenback
ticket. If he believes in Greentack prin-
ciples let him prove it by his vote. All
parties were in the minority at one time.
They approach final victory by degrees.
Every Greenback vote should be made to
count.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18
POLITICAL MENTION,

THERE is every indication of the break
ing out of a political volcano on the con-
tinent of America at an early day. LIT the
crisis come.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18

Who sows tares2 Why. the good house
wife, in her children's pants.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18

IT will be seen that the public debt un.
der the financial management of John
Sherman, has been increased within the
past year $93, l6l, ,5S9.5l. At the same
time the funding of the 500 ives and
skies into fours and four and half when
it Is taken into consideration that the
latter drew interest quarterly, and certain
other advantages, holders consider them
about as good an veitment as the old
skies were,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18

Tramps have generally no religious
belief, but all lean toward the church Of
roam.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18

THE coming session Of congress is not
going to change matters politically. II
is evident that the party in preCedenc.
will attempt to pump life into their func.
tons by catering to the money pirates OIL
the East, and the neglects OF the interests
OF the country will be repeated. These
pirates will encourage them in this at.
tempt to prevent dissolution, while at the
same time,they know the leaders will aid
In the election of Grant as the man Sc.
lected to carry out the schemes of the
Eastern plutocracy.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18

THE progress Of the Greenback senti,
ment, which is unanimous among the
lndsSes Of the South, is overshadowed and
smotherel in the poisonous malerla oil
sectional hate. The same scare-crov is
used by the unprincipled manipulators oil
sectional prejudice IN the North. The
masses of people in the North, are be.
guiled INTO voting against their interests
under the influence Of the internal ensign
of the war,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18

IT is being developed day by day that
the Greenback vote in New York, Penn
sylvania and other States was largely di-
vided between the two old parties by the
local canvassing boards. This was done
to some extent by mutual agreement SO
as to discourage the mem Jers Of the new
party andto have the impression go over
the country that it is On the decline. This
is an old trick.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18

POWERS az great and dangerous as
those welded by banking and railroad
monopolle5, should not be exercised by
individuals or corporations, much less by
foreigners and aliens. These have al
ready become too formidable for legisla-
lures and officials to contend with, and
unless the people put forth united effort
to save themselves, their boasted indie
pendence will become phantom, and
their temple will fall when grappled by
these giant pirates Of the land and sea.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-12-18

SECRETARY SHERMAN says: "These
notes (greenbacks) are payable to bearer;
they pass from hand to hand as currency;
they bear no interest. We recognize the
fact that the government can not pay us
gold. We receive these notes as money
The power to fix the standard of money
belong to Congress, This high power il
expressly prohibited to the States. say
that justice and equity are amply satisfied
If we redeem these oonds in the same kline
of money, OF the same intrinsic value il
bore at the time it was issued"