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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-03-28
SPELL ssCUD.o

The other day the Office boy camo up
into he IIawkeye sanctum with an ex-
preston OF grave concern on his face.
He gazed thoughtfully around the room
for n moment and then asked:
elbow do you spell .cud p"
"What kind OF cud ?'' somebody ask
cd, in Il careless, ut,itcrcstctl manner.
"Why," the boy replied, "the kind
that n COW chcws. Cud; how do you
spell it?''
The city editor looked up, paused,
and glanced anxiously over toward the
managing editor.
ssThat isn't local, is it Mr.. Waite 2"
he asked.
eyes," was tho reply, and the city
man, aftcra little hesitation, remarked
| that he had never seen the word in
print, but he believed it was spelled
! "cudu."
| A long silence cnSucd and tho nanag-
ing editor feeling that the question had
not been answered to the general salts
! faction, and feeling that all eyes were
upon him, said that he believed it was
generally mispronounced and that he
believed that the proper photography
was stcOod."
The congregation then looked to-
ward the proof-reader, who said he was
quite confident that it was spelled
"gwud.'
The manager was summoned from
the counting room, and said he was of
the opinion that the word was of Latin
derivation and was spelled tscuid.'
A telegram was sent to the funny
man, who was up in Beloit, Wisconsin,
but he thinly yelled his awful igno-
rance by replying that "you didn't
spell it ut all you chewcd it.''
The foreman was sent for, and on his
arrival into the council chamber, he
said promptly that it was spelled s'culd.''
In answer to the telegram sent to
him, the editor-in-chief replied from
the capital that it was spelled with {,
lower case e.
The pressnan came up in response to
II subpoena, and said that his father
kept Il stock farm, and he knew you
spelled it tskud."
The Investigation closed with the
testimony of this last witness, and the
office boy went down stairs and resum-
ed the duties of his honorable and re
sponsible office.
But he couldn't clearly make out
whether he had or had not learned how
to spell "cud."
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-03-28
A NAMELEss HEROINE.
fNew Orleans City Item.]

New Orleans City Item. |
The memory Of an epidemic is en-
during as the remembrance of unkind
words and in these times the smallest
incident often recalls the pestilence of
the last dead summer. Such a remin-
iscence came to us the other evening,
while passing along st. Charles street ;;
one, being caused by the vision of
little woman sitting alone under the
lights, ut her cake stand. She came
here long ago from Philadelphia and
for many years has sat at that same
little stand, in the same place, from
darkness until dawn. She has seldom
been missing from her post, very sell
dom and then only when Mercy and
Pity, those kindly deities of the old
Greeks, called her elsewhere. So she
was missing all through the burning
summer of last year; she was at the
heavily stricken town of Granada, COM
forting the sick and closing the eyes of
| the dying. And when the fever had
done all its work, and she had nobly
done hers, and Gods, she came back
to us again, to sell her little cakes and
other things ut the old stand. Per-
haps some OF you know her-the great
est fever nurse in the South perhaps
JOu AoNS OASOAA "OnoOASA WHY luC AAS-
tie woman watched through the night
in the silent street and under the silent
stars-whether through the long habit
Of watching the dying and the conva-
lesceDt, or whether that she wishes to
be alone with her own thoughts. Has
she a home? She has and yet she
has not. It has been whispered to us
that she once had and that some one
did her cruel wrong. Never mind!
the kind little heart has returned a
thousand-fold good for evil. Watching
the night dying with the dawn and
the stars fading out as the blue bright
ems in the east, she must sometimes
recall the many she has saved from
death who, perhaps, no longer remem.
Der her; and all the hands that she
has folded for the dreamless sleep; all
the eyes that she has closed. Some
day, when she is missing from her little
cake stand, some forgetful ones will
recollect these things likewise
forgetful ones who remember he,
name no longer. Shall we tell it to
them? No: God knows it.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-03-28
Wmaehita Telfgraph.
MONROE. La. MARCH %. 1870.
oUAcHlTA.

BY EUGENE T1sDALE.
Tho pickering campfire and the bugle horn
Proclaim repose to sons OF Pence ana
And weary hearts to dreamland joys are
s. Along the Valley of the Ouachita.
4 Nov ,,s :sif' and sure as down the ripping
The graceful Hanna points her beauti-
Athwart the sky the shining planets glide,
And silence marks the precincts Of Mon
Save where willy Drained Caucasian hopes
Success to gain in nefarious plan,
And groans to view above his dusky hopes
Start not, good friends the mysteries that
The cabalistic writings of the hour,
Perchance may hold the fair Promethean
And kindle Genius with unwonted power.
Of n.a stss
But upright mon tread lion-like through
Scoring the threats that jealous sinners
Regardless now of clannish text or creed,
The free-born verso with nobler ardor
BIDS sturdy Agriculture take the lead
And Louisiana blossom as the rose!
Al fair. she will il Enterprise hath room
Upon her fertile globe to freely work,
And coax anew the cotton plant to bloom
BY gum-tree ridge and tangled cypress
Aud where wild thorns and noxious ivies
share ....,
The tropic richness of the furry field.
To bid the peach, the apple and the pear
From pleasing groves luscious harvest
yield.
Ave! where resonant breezes balmy thrill
IS Dark groves OF sturdy oaks and stately
pines,
Autumn's effulgent sun shall pregnant fill
With crimson juice the fruit Of countless
vines.
O, then, ye proud! scorn not the mon that
bring
Their iron arms in contact with the soil
The coin that's free from dross will clearly
ring,
And hearts arc purified by honest Toll.
Where Labor weaves Life's ceasloss warp
and wool, $3.50
And Science takes unnoticed threads in
hand,
No brigh'e or carpet meath imperial roof,
Than the fair bosom of our happy land
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-03-28
NEW NIARkB:f HOUSE.

The undersigned has opened has opened
this new market house, and will be pleased
to supply the best of meats at all hours OF
the day. His old patrons are respectfully
invited to come and see him.
~ Whole hogs, neatly butchered, sold
at Sc per pound. j. l.. N EI.SON.
Dec. 10 lS73.-l4:tf.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-03-28
PAY NO FRAUDULENT BONDS.

One of the questions most agitating
the public mind in connection with
forming new ConstitiOn is the con-
dition of the State bebt. In the coun-
try tho desire seems general to scale,
reduce the interest and wherever prac-,
ticable, to repudiate those bonds known
and can be proven to be, fr:,dlulcntly
issued. Upon these points we take
sides with our country friends. There
are only two newspapers in the State
known to us which urge tho payment
Of the public debt in full, but as they
are believed to he in tho interest of tho
bondholdcrs, they seem to carry very
little weight or influence with the
masses. These newspapers are printed
in New Orleans, and need not be mcn-
toned by name. Struggling as our peo-
pic arc with great difficulties to keep
homes over their heads and provide
support for their families, it is unjust
and unreasonable to compel them to
pay for what they have never received
tho benefit OF and which entails upon
them burdensome tax never to be of
any service to them or their posterity
"a tax which has been forced by fraud
and trickery. 1t is but natural, then,
that they should seek relief from those
who claim to be the peoples friends
and servants. All debts justly and hon
estly contracted they are willing to pay
but not a. dollar known to have been
fraudulently incurred. This is Justice
1t is right-it is reason. It will be seen
when the Convention is organized, or
rather when the question comes up for
discussion, who really represent the
people in that body and who the bond
holders. Those who are for right and
Justice will receive the plaudits of an
oppressed people, while those who urge
the contrary will be looked upon as
inimical to their interests and under
the patronage of their enemies. Dele
gates of both parties will be compelled
to show their hands then and take the
consequences Of their acts, for good or
bad as the case may be. These are no
times for trifling. Bowed down and OPP
pressed, relief is imperatively demand
Ell and 1t must come, or there will be
an uprising, not easily suppressed
certainly not by argument or moral
suasion. 1t is immaterial into whose
hands these fraudulent bonds have
passed tho purchasers must have
known their worthless character when
buying and now let the consequences
fall where they properly belong. The
people should not be compelled to pro.
vide means to recompense fraud even
though their party friends should
suffer. ''Let the CALLED jade wince.'
Sugar Planter.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-03-28

old NEWSPAPERS
FOR SALE At THIS OFFICE.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-03-28

a person who was recently called in
to court for the purpose of proving the
correctness of doctors bill, was asked
by the lawyer whether the doctor did
not make several visits after the patient
was out Of danger? "No," replied the
witness, stI considered the patient in
danger long as the doctor continued
his Visits.'
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-03-28

A little girl was asked by her mother,
on her return from church., how she
liked the preacher. "Didn't like him
at an" was the reply. "Why"' in
quired her mother. "'CattSc he preach
cd till he made mo sleepy, and then
hollared so loud he wouldn't let mo go
to slccp.''
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-03-28

A very old lady on her death bed, in
penitential mood, said 81 have been
a great sinner more than eighty years,
and didn't know it," An old colored
woman, who had lived with her for Il
long time, exclaimed s'Lors l
knoWed it all the time"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-03-28

Is determined not to be undcrsoId in
Saddles and Harness.
Single buggy harness, $l2 double buggy
harness, SO; saddles, $3.50 to $50; brides,
CSC to IS wagon breeching, $3.50 to $s. All
of tho best oak-tanned leather and guaran-
teed handmade. 23-llm
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-03-28

IT'S an easy thing to sing of spring,
When the air is calm and breezy;
lis sneezy thing of spring to sing,
When your own head is wheezy.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-03-28

The Atlantic ocean, il it We're drain
ed, would be vast plain with a
mountain ridge in the middle running
parallel with our coast. Another
range crosses from Newfoundland to
Ireland, on tho top of which lies tho
Geographic cable.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-03-28

There is to be II change in the pedcs-
trfan mania. The Detroit Free Press
mentions a lady who is going to try
to wink her eye one billion times in
one billion seconds.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-03-28

Time rolled along, their feelings changed,
They always change, per force
"Old gal )" he cried most bitterly,
s'I4et'S got us II divorce ?"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-03-28

He hold her nestling on his breast,
Close to his throbbing heart;
"My darling," quoth no tenderly,
'.\VOIl never, MevCr part"
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13
Cheap Homes! !

| offer for sale the farms. town lots and
other property described below, tO-wit:
Residence property in Evening Shade
two acres of land, with neat and cOmfOrta-
BILE dwelling good stable and corn crib
and large garden. Splendid location for a
professional man. Will be sold very low.
Residence lot of five acres in the west
part of Evening Shade, on Salem road;
good frame residence, cistern stables, corn
crib large garden, young apple and peach
orchard: plenty of timber for fuel. Price
moderate. terms easy.
Eighty acres of land miles north of
Evening Shade on the Ash Flat road; 80
acres Of good tillable land; improvements
consist of the wall of log house, and raft
ers and shingles for same; good spring of
lasting water on the premises. More land
adjoining can be bought on reasonable
terms. Will sell low, for cash or stock.
A farm of 80 acres, miles north of Eve
ming Shade; 30 acres in cultivation, so un-
der fence; one log dwelling, smokehouse,
barn and stables; good spring near resi-
denee. Over 100 apple aud peach trees OH
place. Also, good work horses, two
horse wagon, cows, yearling calves 81
sheep, 20 hogs, several plows and other
farm implements. VIII sell the whole fol
S700. cash-about half it's value.
A farm of 60 acres, miles southwest of
Evening Shade. near La Crosse and Jack
sonport road; 40 acres in cultivation; Is
acres timber, mostly oak-good for rails.
Good family residence. with seven rooms;
smokehouse, barn, stable, cribs, &C.; two
wells, one of them convenient to residence;
good apple ana peach orchard on the place;
also an abundance of shrubbery. Good To-
cation for physician. Price, $1,000, one
half down, balance in two payments OF
$3.50 each, one and two years after date.
For further particulars. call on or address
J. w. Buckley, Evening Shade, Ark.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13
her crocadile tears, aqd commenced
abusing the dead man.

her crocadile tears, aqq commenced
abusing the dead man.
Phillips was an old man, some
fifty years Of age, and she is a well
preserved, buxom woman,
about 35 years old. She iS not
handsome, but she is not ugly, and
might pass for q tolerable good
looking woman were it not for her
sly, snake-like eyes, which one can
not get to look straight into. She
says that she was twice married be-
fore marrying Philips, and that both
husbands died. She has one married
daughter by her first husband, and
three small children other marriage
with Phillips, aged respectively two,
five and seven years. They had
been living on White river on a
little farm which he purchased when
he first came to this country, some
two years ago. He was apeaceabIe,
inoffeusive old man, and had shown
himself TO be good citizen, and had
many friends. He had not been well
FOR some time, but on the evening
of his murder had been to town and
bought the children shoes, and after
supper lay down to rest, only to
meet his terrible fate, and awake in
eternity. There, by his side, lay tbs
internal fend, in the name Of his
wife, waiting, as she said, for him to
fall asleep--the children already
asleep.--Mt, Home Quid Npnc,
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13
Htrnu Notice.

Taken up as stray, by Jno. R, Moblcy,
of Washington township, Sharp county,
Ark, and posted on the 2Sth day of Oct,
1879, before A. H. Vance, a justice of the
peace. the following described animal.
to-wit: A bay horse; hind feet white to
pastern; small white spot on back part Of
right fore foot; hoof rather white; saddle
marks; weak eyes; white spot on right fore
leg; about Is hands high, and 13 years old.
Appraised at $22.50.
1873 T. J. DAVIDSON, Clerk.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13
WGgn1ng order.

In Justices court of Sullivan township,
Sharp county, Arkansas,
J. A. Barnett, plaintiff, against G, NJ.
Luty, defend Complaint al law.
The defendant, C. NJ. Luty, is warned to
appear in this court in thirty davs, and an
sweI this complaint Of the plaintiff, j. A.
Barnett, This Nov. 11th 1879.
1874 JAS. T. HARRELL, J. p.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13

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Sharp County record., 1879-11-13
Local News.


Weather warm.
Probate court adjourned last
Saturday.
Look out for the meteoric exhi-
bition tonight,
Col. Abernethy has returned
from Fulton circuit court.
Several very welcome rain
showers during the past week.
Maj, Blocher, one of the pro-
prietors Of the Little Rock Demo
crat, died Of dropsy, on the 10th
instant.
The iron rods for tying the
walls ofthe NJ, E. church have been
received, and we suppose will be put
in place shortly. When this is done
the public will have the satisfaction
of knowing that if the walls erufnble
they will necessarily fall in instead
of out.
Mr.. Livingston, of West Plains,
Mo-, has been in town this week,
selling Ito this community new
style Of musical instrument, called
piano dulcimer. He disposed of
two or three in this vicinity, our vii
lage tonsorial artist being one Of the
purchasers.
governor Baxter and General
Thompson arrived in town from
Fulton circuit court last evening, and
left for Batesvllle to-day. They in
formed us that Josiah Haddock was
sentenced to years in the peniten-
tiary, for the murder Of Parson Bur
row some months since. Haddock's
son, who was also implicated in the
murder, was released on giving a
bond of $500 for his appearance at the
next term Of circuit court.
Mr.. D. W. Simpson and son,
agents for the Hill Home nursery,
of Ohio, arrived in town the first of
the week and have since been del1v-
ering fruit trees and shrubbery to
those who purchased from them
last summer. They have a fine,
large, thrifty looking lot of trees
and have put them up in the best
style we have over seen. All their
customers whom we have talked
with are highly pleased with their
stock, and it will be no trouble for
Messrs. Simpson & Boyd to make
sales to those wanting trees in this
section hereafter.
The following is list of letters
received and not called for, during
the past week, at the Evening Shade
postoffice:
HW Baker, J F Baker, S D Baker,
w T Bearden, Mrs A Cash, S Clark,
w T Darnell Amanda Darnell Lew
is Francis, E NJ Foreshee, VIM Hola-
way, N L Hamm, J R Hawkins, T I
Hugglns, Moses King, Henry Kun
KEEL, F H Murphy, J V MedlocK, VIM
McCubbins, J L Masters,J D Nor
gan, Geo Maddox, W G MeeKs, Thos
Miller, Newt Mum 3, J W Powell,
Grace Powell, Ben Phillips, W b
Parrish, DR. J NJ Richie, J W Will
hanson, N Wiles, ] G Withrow, III
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13
Special Notice.

Good wagon harness from SS to Sl4, and
halter brides. II inch leather, $3.50. Other
things in proportion. ROBBERY GRAY.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13
Fair W0T21iN0i

Any person caught cutting timber on the
north half of section 1e. township 16 north,
range west, in Sharp county, will be pros
ecuted to the full extent of the law.
J. s. MEDLEY.
Sharp County record., 1879-11-13
Other Counties.
INDEPE NDRNCE.

Some OF the BatesVllle merchants
have begun to ship cotton to Mem
phis.--Mr. FL. Klein has sold his
interest in the jeWelry business at
Batesville to his partner, Mr.. New
ton Alexander. Mr.. Klein has re-
| moved to Ft. Smith. During the
months of September and October
the merchants of Batesville pur-
chased 1882 bales Of cotton.
IZARD.
The editor of the Melbourne Clip
per is trying to induce his subscribers
to believe that he needs money to
enable bin to publish his paper, but
most of them doubtless know better.
--Thos. J. Matthews, Of Pineville,
was married to Miss Mojlie Wood
recently.--A Mr.. Winter, of Bates
vile, succeeds Prof. Phillips as
teacher of the school at Eranklin.
LAWRENCE.
The Times says business is better
in Powhatan than it has been for
years,--There are certain parties
in Lawrence pretending to buy
stock, and when the same is deliv-
cred to them they refuse to comply
with their contract, probably with
view to inducing the owners to sell
at reduced price rather than lose
a trade.----The Tim( man says the
editor of the REooRDsA& presented
with a potato and became dignifed
in consequence. He is probably in
clined to judge othsa,saa3' n &.yelf,
and no doubt that is the way the
editor of the Times got his dignity.
JACKSON.
Contracts have been awarded for
building bridges across Cache river
and Jacks creek, and for repairing
the Village creek bridge.----A cot
ton gin owned by W. R. Jones, Of
Jacksonport, was burned last week,
together with about 30 bales Of cot
ton. The entire loss is estimated
81, 500.----The editor of the New
port News, taking time by the fore
lock, wants the calaboose ventilated
and made more agreeable to dwell
in.
WHITE.
The editor of the Searoy Beacon
has been presented with a gourd
that measured AZ inches in length
and s feet in circumference. We
have beaten him on cabbage and
potatoes, but he can up 60 head on
gourds.---A DR.. Turner, living
few miles south of Searcy, was at
tackled with cramping of one Of his
legs, which became so intense as to
break the limb, recently.
WOODRUFF.
Bears are plentiful in the river
bottoms. Four were killed within
three miles of Augusta, recently.
The editor of Augusta Vidette ate
some of the meat, and inherited the
nature of the bear so much that he
has been trying to hug everything
he came to since.----They award
blue ribbons to the best spoilers in
in the public schools at Augusta.
RANDOLPH.
The editor of the Pocahontas
Scalpel objects to supplying all his
neighbors with wood.---A mining
company has been organized at Po-
cahontas, the object of which is to
develope the mineral resources of
Randolph. They are to have a
capital stock Of $4,000, and secured
subscriptions to the amount of ST.
500 at their first meeting.
FAULKNER.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-09-04
A .sTemPerance', Lecture.

1t has been long time since this little burg has
been treated to literary bumper equal to the one
that was set up to it on last Sunday evening. For
pure originality, it was unapproachable for thor
Ough numbering of all the rules Of grammar and
common-sense, attempt has been half SO sue
cessfnl. flowing bowl of Scripture $50 horribly
adulterated with temperance fanaticism that the
heartest sympathzers of the cause were anxious to
hide their heads in very shame) was offered to o
| thirsty and dissusted audience. Now, to explain:
conceited old crack-headed torturer, from no
body knows where, appeared in the pulpit of the
NJ f. church, on the above evening, and for ninety
mortal minutes held restless and sickened audi
ence, to hear disconnected, insipid jumbled mess
of gibbering that would bring scarlet blush to the
cheek of a festive ehimpanzee.
lventure to say that no intelligent audience was
ever so completely disgusted and "given away as
that one was. ! respect the cause of temperance.
regard it of the principal features of Christi
anity. But this is m example of one of the great
drawbacks to the cause. A conceited boor with as
little modesty sense will stand before an inteli-
gent audience and attempt to enlighten them ON the
evils of intemperance, by the most inconsistent ex-
aggeratons. For example: "Three millions of per
sons die every hour the earth from the effects of
intemperance. sour nation is tOttering its foun-
dation, and is about to fall from this very causer
"There are over 900 900 dram-shops in the city of
Chicago" Now, can person have any confidence
in cause that is propagated by such base fabrca-
tons as these So pure q cause must be defended
by truth The world is full of terrible truths which
are startling enough for argument. The misery
which intemperance entails be demonstrated
without drawing on a morbid Imagination. We need
not 60 out of our little city to find homes made
wretched, fathers turned to fends, the son whose
future promised to be of usefulness and honor.
changed to the inveterate sot These are facts that
come under our notice every day. and yet the honest
people observance close their ears to the wailing
prayers Of the suffering wives and children, and for
a paltry pittance grant license which will send
their own hypocritical souls to o deserving hell
1t was not my intention to write q lecture when
began this, so will 'cut it off, with the request to
NJ F. society Of this place. to give us no lecture at
all rather than like this that have spoken Of
'a. Yours, TEMPERANCE.
Severance, Aug. LIST, 1879.