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The Hartford herald., 1879-09-10

i'm behalf of the Union, as well as to af-
ford him permanent occupation in a
congenial employment the remainder OF
his life. This idea has been quietly can
vassed among the members of the Sen
ate and House who have visited Wash
ington during the recess, as well as at
Saratoga, Newport, Long Branch and
White Sulphur Springs. Ii can be said
that the proposition has been received
with great favor, and will take shape in
bill accomplishing the purposes named
early at the next session of Congress.
These friends of Gen. Grant have
viewed with great regret the efforts of
politicians to embark him once more on
the muddy stream of politics, and have
been casting about for some suitable en-
ployment and position for the distin-
guished ex-President. This proposition
has been prematurely developed i'm con-
sequence of the recent announcement
that Gen. Grant was willing to accept
the Presidency of the Nicaraguan Canal
Company. His friends are of the opin-
ion that the position of COmmander-in-
Chief Of the army of the United States
would be much more acceptable to him
If it could be gracefully rendered by
Congress, since it would restore him to
the rank he was taken from almost
fOrcibly by the politicians i'm 1868, and
which sacrifice he has frequently had
occasion to regret.
1t Misunderstood that quite a number of
distinguished Southern men have not
only warmly espOused this proposition,
but, i'm fact, the leadersOf the movement
i'm both houses will be representative
lfnfs a
i'm this connection that no one i'm public
life whose name has been associated
with the Republican nomination for the
Presidency has been approached on the
subject, and the proposition will doubt
less be heard by them with great sur
prise. Inasmuch as those who are in
the confidence of the leaders of the
movement have deemed it proper to
make known at this time their inten-
tion, it is no longer a secret that the
idea originated and has been fostered as
the best answer the South can make to
the clamOr that calls for Grant. 1t will
be remembered that on the proposition
to pension Gen. Shields i'm the Forty
fifth Congress an amendment was Of
fered in the Senate to add the name of
Gen. Grant, which was voted for by
quite a number Of the Southern Sena-
tors. The amendment was adopted, but
the whole bill was subsequently lost in
n conflict between the two houses.
Then, however, the Senate had a Re
publican majority. Now, the regular
session of the FOrty-sixth Congress will
contain a Democratic majority in both
branches, so that the proposition to add
to Gen. Grants hOnOrs will be Demo-
cratic measure, and will, it is believed
by its promoters, be the grandest chal-
lege that any political party has ever
given to its adversaries.
The present law recognizes four grades
to the rank of General. These are
first, General; second, Lieutenant Cen
eral; third, Major General, and fourth,
Brigadier General. 1t will be observed
that the prefix is purely arbitrary and
simply distinctive. Therefore, it is in
the power of Congress i'm creating the
office of Captain General to define its
powers and responsibilities.-Ne10 York
Herald.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-10
Dedication.

The new Baptist meeting-hOuse ON
Walnut street, Owensboro, KY, was
dedicated on the fifth Lords day i'm
August. DIR. j. 5. Coleman conducted
the exercises by the unanimous request
of the church and after brief sermon
from the text, "Fear not little flock, for
it is your Fathers good pleasure to give
you the kingdom" One thousand dol
lars, the unprOvided part of the church
debt, was provided for and the house
dedicated by prayer, to the services of
Almighty God. This new interest had
its origin less than a year ago, i'm a
meeting held i'm the west end of the
city, in a tobacco factory. Now they
have a neat well furnished and commO-
diOus house, which is an ornament to
the city, an honor to the denomina-
ton, and the pride of those by whose
liberality it has been erected. The sue
cess of the dedication occasion was
most greatful to the feelings Of the
church and her friends, and will be
long remembered by the large congre-
CATION who favored the occasion with
their presence. Too much cannot be
said i'm praise of those who have taken
the lead in this enterprise, especially of
Mr.. Turpin, who is not member of the
church, but who has rendered much aid
by his influence and means, and by his
personal attention at every stage of pro-
gress of the workmen to the last min
ute of the dedication exercises, adding
another 500 to this already liberal con-
tributions to this object. 1t must have
been very gratifying to his feelings,
when the large audience present, ten
dered him a unanimous vote of thanks,
for his services i'm their behalf. When
will the Baptists of Hartford follow this
noble example, and who in their midst
will be the Moses to come to the front
and lead such an enterprise ON to sue
cess. AN OHIO COUNTY SPECTATOR
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-10
Cream Notes.

Tell us not i'm mornful numbers that
this life is but dream, when the girl
that weighs one hundred gets outside IA
quart of cream-and then wants more.
-Aimird Gazette.
Life is real, life is earnest, and girls
know what they need, but on cream
they are the durndest set to show their
grit and greed. No enebre.-Ne,0 York
Meas.
Let us, then, be up and doing, with a
heart for any fate; but never let us go a
wooing girls that want second plate.
How's that?-Ne,0sbOy.
Lives of such girls all remind us, as
we float down the stream, that the bows
who come behind us will have to pay
for lots of cream. N-e-x-t?-Y Yonker's
Gazette.
BE not like dumb, driven cattle, be a
hero in the strife; never with her moth
er battle, save the ice cream for your
wife. Brooklyn Eagle.
Art is long and time is fieeting; he
who higgles is churl; sOothe with
cream her hearts wild beating, pay the
score and win the girl.-Hmnting gtOn
Argus.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-10
Burns Highland Mary.

McMillan's Magazine gives the fol-
lowing biography of the Scottish poets
Mary: She was nurse-made to Gavin
Hamilton's son, Alexander, born in
July, l7S5; and she saw him through
several stages of infancy before leaving
his house. Her father was a sailor in a
revenue cutter, stationed at Campbell
town, neaT the southern end of Cantire.
She had spent some of her early years
at Loeb RAMA, i'm the family of the
Rev. David Campbell, a relation of her
mother. She left Burns ON MAY IA, no
doubt for Campbell, where she spent the
summer Ii is believed that she had
letters from him, and the two songs,
"My Highland Lassie, o." and "Will
we go to the Indies, my Mary?" are
likely enough to have been sent to her
there. Her mothers cousin was Mrs.
MACPHERSON, in GreenOck. Her brother
was to be apprenticed to Mr.. MacPher-
son, who was u ship carpenter; and in
the autumn Mary accompanied him to
Greenock. Before leaving home she
had agreed to take place in Glasgow,
at Martinmas, so that she had then
given up the idea of sailing with Burns,
though she may have been still willing
to marry him before he left Scotland.
After his apprentice supper, her brother
became i'll, and Mary nursed him and
caught fever, which hurried her in a
few days to the grave. Before the boy
sickened, MACPHERSON had .agreed to
purchase lair i'm the kirk-yard," and
il is likely enough that the purchase of
the lair, which is registered ON October
18th, 17S6, may have been completed
between her death and her funeral. Ii
was almost certainly concluded before
the funeral, and a mere agreement to
purchase is not likely to have been COM
pleted by a superstitious Highlander
while the boy or Mary was lying i'll and
the issue uncertain. / think the evil
dence of burial points to Mary's death
as somewhere about October 18th. The
story of the immortal verses, ITO Mary
i'm Heaven" was given by Mrs. Burns
to Mr.. MeDiarmid. Burns had spent
one day in the usual work of harvest,
apparently in excellent spirits. "But as
twilight deepened he appeared to grow
very sad about something and at
length wandered out into the barnyard,
to which his wife, in her anxiety, fol-
lowed him, entreating him i'm vain to
observe that frost had set in, and to re-
turn to the fireside. On being again
and again requested to do so, he prom
ised compliance, but still remained
where he was, striding up and down
slowly, contemplating the sky, which
was singularly clear and starry. At
last Mrs. Burns found him stretched on
a mass of straw, his eyes fixed ON a
beautiful planet that shone like another
moon, and prevailed ON him to come i'm. {"
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-10
New Words

While many words once in common
use are now nearly obsolete few persons
are aware how large IA number of new
words are constantly coming into our
language: The Supplement of the edi-
tion of Webster's Unabridged Diction-
AIRY recently issued, an addition of over
1900 new words and meanings, and yet
it is but few years since a general re-
vision was made and great care taken
to insert all the words then properly be-
longing to the English Language
Where these words come from and
what they are, is surprise to persons
who have not examined them. That
they have not been hastily compiled is
evidenced by their accuracy of and
careful study given their etymOlogy
and definitiOns.-Kdnsas MonthIu.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-10
BERTRAND,
THOU CANsT NOT ENTER HERE
ny uErTIE HAWTHORN.


They stole with gentle footsteps,
Beside my dying bed,
And bent with loving glances
With murmurs, 'Iie is dcad!'
did not feel my mothers kiss
Imprinted on my cheek,
But from afar ] saw her form,
And heard her voice so meek.
My lifeless clay wrapped in its shroud,
Heard not their wild despair,
But as | crept behind a cloud.
| herd and saw from there.
The tieecy clouds swept ON and on,
The stars peepcd from the sky,
As looked back upon my home,
Loud rose my mothers cry.
And list | cried, "a voice 50 sweet
Is mingled with hers,
Another eve more beautiful
Is now bedimmed with tears"
! saw her rest her weary head
Upon my breast and weep,
] heard her cry, "Bertrand, awaken
As IF | WERE ASLEEP.
turned my back upon my home;
could not bear the sight,
But upward, onward, through the clouds,
My spirit took its flight,
Until reached golden gate
That shone with jewels rare,
i paused To think upon my fate,
And sighed To enter there.
"Knock twill be opened unto YOU"
The Holy Bible said,
Also, ASK and We shall receive"
These | have often read.
l knocked, and soon "A tender voice
Fell gently ON my ear,
/ asked, but 10! the words came forth,
THOU cANsT NOT ENTER HERE"
The clouds swept DER the sparkling gate
And left all dark and drenr,
But still, the words heard, "Too late,
Thou canst not enter here"
felt my soul go down, down, deep,
Where not "a ray of light
Shone out to cheer me on my way,
Where all was black as night.
Figures, haggard cropping round me,
Toiled from morn till night,
Some impatient, raving, swearing,
Some with hearts more light.
Then with Others ] begun
My long and weary task,
But raised my eyes to HIM In heaven,
His pardon gently asked.
For days and weeks labored on,
And each long day prayed;
The demonds flashed before my eyes,
Yet i was not afraid.
q! that dreary and fearful gloom
Der spread the place so dark,
But 10! there came unto my sight,
\ bright and tiny spark.
Larger and brighter il seemed To grow,
Angel, IL looked to be,
knew IL was, for then it spoke,
"COme thou and follow me-"
II took me kindly by the hand
And bade me. follow him,
We passed through clouds OF purest snow,
And those so dark and dim.
The lovely gate now stood ajar;
a voice cried, "Come with me,
My faithful child, thou shalt possess
The kingdom made for thee"
He placed me i'm the angel band,
They led me 10 a stream,
My room door slammed, and | awoke
And found twas all n dream.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-10
On our Most Distant Frensser~.

As in our busiest and most populous
cities of the seaboard and interior, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters Is pre-eminent-
ly popular. Wherever civilization
plants its foot on this continent, thither
the great tonic soon finds it way. Nor
is this surprising, for it Is the medicine
of all others best adapted to the wants
Of the Western emigrant, be he miner
or agrieulturist. IL is an Incompatible
remedy for the diseases to which he is
most subject, and which are liable to be
brought on by a change of climate,
hardship, exposure, unacustOmed air
and diet, and miasmatic atmosphere
and water. Among these are disorders
Of the stomach and bowels, rheumatic
ailments, and malarious fevers, for all
of which Hostetter's Bitters is a certain
specific. A course of the Bitters be-
fore departing for new field Of labor,
or on arriving, will have the effect of
preventing the evils for which it is such
a signal remedy. 36-lm-
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-10

1. Send s2 cash off for some foreign
paper and take your home paper on
credit, and never pay for it.
2. Advertise nothing but church fes-
tivals and other charitable objects.
That's all deadhead and don't pay the
printer a cent
3. When you want a job printed, and
have not got the cash to pay for il, have
it done at your home office and then
stand the printer off until il suits your
own convenience to pay him, or make
him take il i'm chips and whet-stOnes.
send it to st. Louis or some other far
off place for il.
4. Run your face at your home Office
until il plays out then withdraw your
patronage and give it to some other pa
per. That's right If your home pa
per asks you to pay up, withdraw your
patronage at once. A printer has no
right to ask a gentleman to pay what
he owes!
5. Always exact the cash from the
printer for what he gets from you, but
never pay cash for what you get of him.
Make him take it out in trade-Old
clothes, etc.-at high price. A prin-
ter needs no money to buy paper, pay
off hands or To buy grub and pay other
incidental expenses
s. If you owe the printer any money,
put it off It'll the very last or until your
rich uncle dies and leaves you his es-
tate, and after you have paid all other
bills, bought years supplies-includ-
ing tobacco and whisky-then 60
around and pay the printer dollar, and
put up pitiful mouth about hard times,
scarcity of money, etc, and that will
satisfy him for the next half century.
The above rules strictly carried out,
will insure the people a good county
paper, as the printer will strive hard to
make his paper better and more inter-
esting to its readers at home and abroad
and will he more instrumental in in
dueing immigration, thereby inhansing
the value Of your property and inereas-
ing your business generally.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-10
As THEY OCCUR ON THE
CORNERS.
BY DIOGENES.
No. XVII.

No. XVII. y
If you hear of very sick person any
where i'm reach, be sure and act the
Good Samaritan, and go and see the
, sufferer. Be particular and take all the
| children and FidO tOo-take your seat
between the sick one and the current of
air-close up, if your breath is bad-put
On a funeraI air-reei the pulse-lool
grave and knowing; with assumed be-
nevolence remind the patient of the un-
certainty of life, and to impress the
fact more deeply, tell of all the danger
Gus cases of illness, and deaths, that
have occurred within your knowledge
it is important to think well, don't omit
any, least you run out of conversation
that is interesting; and you should
have to say something that is witty and
amusing instead. BY pursuing this
course you will have done all that one
of your intellect could, in Fastening on
funeral.
GRATITUDE should be the organic
law of our nature. 1t should bind us
with chains of love to our parents, our
good neighbors, our country, and our
Great Creator.
SELFISH avarice, is the demon that
clips the heart strings that should bind
us to our kindred, fellow-beings, cOun-
try, and Heaven.
AS some evils are so barren that they
will never pay the expense of manuring
them, so are some intellects so dull, that
they will never repay the expense of a
classic education and it would be just
as absurd for farmer to turn his whole
farm into flower garden as for a gov
ernment to endeavOr to rear nothing
but crop of doctors, lawyers, states
men, Divines, and that motley hord,
called professors, out of the rising gen.
Grafton.
/ WAS once young and now am old,
and had l but one injunction to leave
to Others, in relation to business, it
would be to point to that Golden Rule
"a place for everything and everything
IN its place" Every kind of business
is pleasant and prosperous, in exact ra-
ito with the observance of this rule.
How will the merchant prosper who
tumbles, and jumbles, and pitches, his
goods in every hole and corner? or the
mechanic whose tools lie scattered and
rusty in every direction? Jimmy,
haven't we Il hoe?' al don't know
where it is dad, you had it last" "Well
1 reckon left it down i'm the tater
patch" "Jake, where's the spade ?"
"Do'no, b'leve we boys had it down at
the branch" "Sallie, hunt me the
scissors" "dOn't know where they are"
"well hunt It'll you find them" "Chil-
dren, where's my spectacles." These are
the scenes that daily and hourly occur
i'm disorderly households, and are the
source of so much annoy and i'll humor;
and waste ten-fold the time that it
would require to have a place for epeyy-
thing and to put everything there.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-10

A telegram from Atlanta, Ga, tells
of heroic act that should be recorded
A little child, Emma Jones at pic
mic, fell over the steep side of Stone
Mountain, which has perpendicular
height of Is hundred feet. The little
child caught ON a ledge of rock, and by
sticking her fingers in the erevieies
managed to hold ON until am alarm was
carried to town, three miles off. At
once stores were closed, houses locked
and the whole population, with feverish
haste, hurried to the mountain. The
child was fifty feet below the brink,
having slid rather than fell outright.
She was considerably bruised. At
length Jerry Goldsmith was found, who
was let over the brink with a stout rope.
He reached the child just as she was
exhausted and drawn to the top amid
the most intense excitement. The
mother awaited the child at the brink
A man and dog formerly fell over the
sameplaee.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-10
PROVIDING FOR SAM.
Captain General of the Army-A Prom.
osttton to Reward Gen. Grant
for hks Services.

Since the adjournment of Congress a
number of Grants friends have had
under consideration a suggestion, COM
ing originally from distinguished
Southern soldier whose name is with
held for the present, but whose services
in military and civil life have won for
him the confidence and esteem of his
people, as well as the respect of the
country at large, to create the Office of
Captain General of the Army, with suit
able pay and allowances, and to have
the same rendered to Gen. u. s. Grant,
in recognition of his patriotic services
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-10
wOMAN's "NO..
Alleged DeeIinatIon Of Offers of Mar.
rtage.

The London Truth offered prize for
the best letter, thesubject to be the refusal
of an offer of marriage. The result
was an inundation nearly filling the
EDITORS Office. Here are samples, be-
ginning with "Portia," who took the
prize:
DEAR Mr.. -: / am very sorry !;
1 appreciate you immensely, but can
not give the casket without the gem.
PORTIA.
Sweet sounds, that give delight and hurt not.
Tempest
DEAR Mr.. CALIBAN: In declining
the honor of an offer from you / am
constrained to own, in justice to my
Judgment, that / only refuse such an
one because / have accepted such an
other. MARINDA.
Friend ever, husband never. ASP.
No, thank you. SWEET PEA.
DEAR Mr.. -: Take back your of
fer. / cannot send a refusal to you, the
friend / so value and esteem.
LANARK.
No, dear; mother says / mustn't.
Poor POLLY.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-10
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
DIRECTORY.
COUNTY DIRECTORY.

CIRCUIT COURT.
Hon. James stuart, Judge, Owensboro.
A. l.. Morton, Clerk, Hartford.
T.. r. Murrell, Master Commissioner, Hartford.
{. W. Phillips, Sheriff, Hartford. Deputies
q. W. Bunger, Hartford >. Z. Taylor, Bea-
yer Dam; +. IL. Cooper, Fordsville; ;. l..
Court begins second Mondays in May and
November, and continues three weeks each
term. ,.,,,.,
Hon. ]. A. Murray, Judge, Cloverport.
Hon. Joseph Haycrtft, Attorney, Owensboro.
r. l.. Sullenger, Jailer, Hartford.
Court begins on fourth Mondays IN March
and September, continuing two weeks each
' COUNTY COURT.
Ben. Newton, Judge, Hartford.
Capt. sam. X. Cox, Clerk, Hartford.
]. +. Sanderfur, Attorney, Hartford.
Court begins on the first Monday I'm every
QUARTERLY COURT.
Begins on the third Mondays I'm January,
April, July and October.
COURT OF CLAIMS.
Begins ON the first Mondays i'm January
and October.
OTHER COUNTY OFFICERS.
Armistead Jones, Assessor, Hartford.
Col. W. IL. Porter, Surveyor, Cromwell.
A b. Baird, School Commissioners, Hartford.
POLICE COURTS.
Hartfori-W. II. Cummins, Judge, second
Mondays in January, April, July and October.
X. &. Hardwick, Marshal.
Beaver Dam-E. W. Cooper, Judge, first
Saturday in January, April, July and October.
Thomas Stevens, Marshal.
CroInweIl-A. z. Montague, Judge, second
Saturday in January, April, July and octo-
ber. q. G. Butler, MARSHAL.
Ceralvo-Henry Tinsiey, Judge, second sat
urday in January, April, July and October.
Vacant, Marshal.
Hamilton-wm. Hamilton, Sr, Judge, post
Office address, McHenry, Courts held third
Saturday in January, April, July and October
vacant, Marshal, post-offiee address, Nc
Henry.
Rockport-H. o. Roby, Judge, Dan. Tiche-
nor, Marshal. Courts held third "Wednesday
in January, April, July and October.
Rosine-R. II; Wedding, Judge, J: F. Lewis,
Marshal. Courts held first Saturday i'm Janu-
AIRY, April. July and October.
JUSTICES COURTS.
FoRDsvILLE.
b. P.withers, ,Junei Sept. Dec.
James Miller, E"
RuFoRD.
PD. Taylor, June II Sept. 10 Dec. 10
]. ID. Holbrook, Is u IL
HARTFORD.
4 B B. RSsIn Bennett June - Sept : Dec % y
RoCKPoRT
W. L. Rowe, June . Sept. q Dec. q
A. n. Brown, S @
VIM Cannon, June ls sept. Is Dec Is
]. ID. Miller, Is IL IL
CROMWELL.
z. o. Porter, June % sept. - Dec. %
Melvin Taylor, q 20 20
CONSTABLES.
Fordsville-George Bradfield, Post-office
address, Fordsville.
Buford-Nacant.
Hartford-H. b. Taylor. Post-office Beaver
Dam.
Rockport-T. X. Bishop. Post-office Center
town.
Rosine-W. W. Ezell. Post-office, Rosne.
Cromwell-J. W. Daniel. Post-office Crom-
well.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-19
Talks With Coal Men.
mol Cnmmerclal GaZette.

Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette.
4 prominent coal man was encOun-
tered Yesterday by the reporter, and was
questioned concerning the effect OF the
late shipments of coal. He was first
asked what the ruling wholesale rates
would be at Cincinnati.
81 expect to get twelve cents a bushel
for my COAL" he said. "The dealers
down there are disposed to be a little
stiff with us river coal men. They said
to us some time ago that they would
take all their coal from the railroads.
Well, they tried it, and when the river
failed they saw they were left. l tell
you they can't get along without the
river; their late experience demon
strated that. As she's good old river,
too, for she generally comes along with
a boom Just in the nick of time.
"What effect will the rise have on
the price OF coal in this city,"
"The price in this market should be
reduced somewhat. We can now get
plenty of coal here in flats Tor about
four and kali cents per bushel, and |
don't think that the retail dealers
should ask more than from seven to
eight cents"
"What will the river mines do? Re.
sumo active operations, suppose"
"Some of them are getting out coal
now, and in a few days all the river
miners will have steady employment"