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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-05-08
Little Johnnle's Anecdotes.

Woodpeckers work as carpenters, but
they wud make more money if they
wud 90 in for cole minin, cos a man
witch had cole mine went down in were
his men was to work and said if they
diddent work fasser he was a goin to git
some woodpeckers, witch wud dig out
more cole in hour than they did all
day. Then the men held a meeting,
and all struck, for they thot, the men
did, that woodpeckers was some new
fangle mashine, and wen the men said
they was birds, and it was all joke,
one ole miner he spoke up and said hedc
like to kno wot birds was, but a other
Teller said he new wot birds was we'll
enufi, hut hede like to be tole what
Jokes was.
Woodpeckers hammers tree full of
holes and gifts worms out, but spect
when one is gittin 'em out other is a
goin to the holes ahed of him and
stickin em in, and now for the story
witch | said l wud tell you.
Once man witch lived in the woods
was cuttin down trees, and he had so
many children that his wife cudent
mind 'em all to home, so he luke the
baby with him and laid it on stump
while he workt. The baby was red
heded, and the woodpeckers there is red
heded, too, and one was a settin on a
limb. Pretty soon the baby begun to
cri, and wen the woodpecker see its
mouth open and heard it crime it thot
to itsef poor thing, were is your ole
birds, you mus be ofile hungry, lie see if
i can do anything for you and when
the man come up to the baby to say
gitchy, gitchy, gtchy, he see the wood
pecker drop long red wurm in the
babys mouth and fly back to tho limb.
Then the man pulled out the werm and
lookt at the woodpecker and said my
good fellow, if you keep bordin house
here wot is your termsa But the wood
pecker only srugged its shoulders like q
Frenchman, as if it said you ugly theef,
| believe if it wasent hatcht out yet you
wuld suck the eg like cuckoo.-Argo
naut.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-05-08
Mistakes Corrected.

o is used without an exclamationp point
and is always followed by the name of
person, or subject invoked. Oh I!
takes an exclamation point and stands
alone.
Sew, SOW. We sew with needle and
thread We sow grain. Both words
are pronounced alike
Through is applied in the case of a
single passage. Throughout means in
every part.
Accept of. please accept of this
book" Say, "Please accept this book. 3"
Admit of. "His conduct admits of
no apology" Say, "His conduct admits
no apology"
Both of. ''Give me both of those
books" Omit Of
Covered over. ale covered it over F"
Omit over.
Cannot by no means Say, "Cannot
by any means"
Sunk down. Omit down.
Says l to him. Say in all cases,
'Said ] to him."
"Was you9 Always say, "Were
you2"
Let you and /. Say, "Let you and
me-"
1t is me- Say, at is l."
If l was him. Say, eff l were he. !"
The two first ''TLe first two" is
better
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-05-08
Railroading In Early Days.

The death of Hiram Shook, an old
locomotive engineer, recalls to the Chat
ham, N. Y, Courier some memories of
railroad travel in the past. ain our
youthful estimation" SAYS the editor. "Hi
Shock and Bob Best occupied positions
only equalled, but scarcely excelled, by
the President OF the United States.
Every boy along the line knew at half
a mile distance, with his eyes shut, the
individual puff, ring and whistle OF each
separate engine. The highway leading
from Frisbee street to East Chatham
partly follows the Old roadbed, where
the grade was So feet 10 the mile. The
old iujine' used TO have tough time there,
and it was common for the fireman to
sit on the cow-calcher with a pail of
sand sitting it on the rail with his hand.
This sometimes failed TO make the
drivers stick, and we boys often helped
the fireman pick up small stones, laying
them along the rails at short intervals.
Our inclination to put big ones on, so
as to see her mash 'em,' was We
hemen,ly rcbuked by said fireman. The
cry of "Old Shook is stuck again" would
send a small army OF us down 10 his res
cue at any time. Our reward would be
a ride up to the crossing, hanging on to
the car-steps Frequently at these times
the water would get low in the boiler,
and was supplied from the creek near by
with pals. One very dry Summer the
grasshoppers were exceedingly plenty,
and the hot iron attracted them in such
numbers that the trains we're several
times stopped.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-05-08
A Model Afghan Palace.

The correspondent of the London
Times at Jelallabad writes: / visited
the Ameer's palace, O. house built out
side the town, surrounded with mud
walls, with two or three other houses
and Turkish bath adjacent to it. The
house consists of ground floor, o first
floor and flat roof. 1t is made of wood
work and mud and mud bricks, with
some attempt at ornamentatioD in
kind of white stucco running round the
doorways and over the walls, with u good
deal of lattice work in the walls, the
gratings of which are cut into very pretty
patterns of stars, etc. 1t contains on
the first floor a good, large dark room
for sleeping, and two large rooms, one at
the front and the other at the back, with
smaller rooms at the corners and sides.
The view of the plain, mountains and
Cabul river, from the top of the house,
is very charming. The staircase is very
rude and rough, and the place contains
nothing bnt some old mating. The gar
dens in front and around it are laid out
in the Oriental style, with "a large square
tank in the center and long tanks on
either side running for some forty or
fifty yards and divided into steps, SO
that the water may fall in cascades
towards the house. All around are trees,
chiefly orange and ohunah, and large
spaces made into beds, where some flow
ers grow; these are chiefly planted with
balsam. This space, if put in repair,
and if there should be no severe earth
quake, would make very good headquar-
tiers. There are two other houses close
to it, which are much in the same style.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-05-08
Horace Greeley's Early Partner.

Two days ago St. Luke's Hospital on
Fifth avenue was the scene of the funeral
of an old man. once we'll known, who
outlived his friends, and died without
one relative to smooth his pillow. This
old man, DIR. Horatio D. Shepard, was
once partner of Horace Greeley, and
his friend for many years after. His
acquaintance with Greeley began when
the latter, raw, yellow-haired youth
from the country, was working is a COM
positor on the Spirit of the Times. Shep-
pard had come from New Jersey to
study medicine, but the idea of becoming
journalist was uppermost with him,
and he soon became we'll known at the
newspaper Offices at the time. That
was forty-seven years ago, when real
newspapers were still to be made. The
Herald did not come into existence till
three years later, nor the Tribune till ten
years. Bryant had become editor of the
Post few years before, and James
Watson Webb was also in the field, but
no other journalist known to the present
generation was then in harness. Shep-
pard had about $1,000 to carry him
through his medical studies, blu, he lost
most OF il in newspaper ventures before
his studies we're finished After receiv-
ing his diploma, which came to him in
1892 he began to work out an idea that
had been in his mind from his first &C.
quaintance with journalism. He believ-
ed that daily one cent paper, properly
managed, could certainly be made sue.
cess. He urged this upon Greeley, but
the latter was dubious about it. Sbep-
pard still pressed the matter, and mean
time Horace had left tine Spirit of the
Times and set up an office for job print
ing with the former foreman OF the Spirit.
who had also left. 1t was small office,
and the two young partners had hard
work to make both ends meet. Shep-
pard continued 10 harp on his cheap
paper idea, and Greeley finally consented
to join him in the enterprise. He in
sisted, however, that the price should be
two cents instead Of one, and Sheppard
gave way on that point. In January,
1885, the first number of the paper, the
Morning Post, appeared. 1t sold well
for a week, but at the end of the second
week there was sad decline in the re-
ceipts, further credit was refused, and
Greeley withdrew in alarm. Sheppard
then reduced the price TO one cent,
and the paper again sold we'll But his
money was gone, both printers and pa
per dealers were afraid to trust him, and,
after struggling on for few days. the
Morning Post went the way that many
other papers have gone since. Tie
Doctor put up a shingle and began TO
practice his profession, and from that
time forward he smoihered all journalistic
ambition. IN. Y. Corr Detroit Free
Pre-
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-05-08

mo, returned JeanneCte f1uSn !
Mrs Murcheson is coming"
Mrs. Murcheson swept into the room
with the carriage of an empress. She
wore dress of dead white silk, del
icately draped with lace-like festoons of
frost A small diamond star blazed on
her bosom pale pink rose was in her
hair, and another was coquettishly fast
ened in her corsage Her entire toilet
was like poem in its artistic simplicity.
The face of Miss Mortimer was white
as death as she arose to meet this be-
witching woman.
"You expect to be my brothers wife"
she observed in strange voice
"You are not displeased because we
love each other ?" asked Mrs. Murche.
son with very dramatic assumption Of
feeling.
Jeanette fixed upon her one look of
unutterable loathing, and then with a
swift movement flung back the velvet
curtains of the alcove by which she was
standing.
"Alfred," she said, "you will tell my
brother who this person is"
A gentleman whose face was worn
and wan, came out and stood before
Robert Mortimer, who had sprung to his
feet wondering and startled, while beau
tiful Mrs. Murcheson uttered shrill
cry of rage and terror.
as this the shameless woman you
married, AlfredT demanded Mortimer;
"she who ruined you, whose real husband
is in a madhouse
"You have guessed the TRUTH" an
swered the other. "Ask her if she dare
deny it ?"
The exposed ventures attempted no
denial, for she we'll knew it would be
useless, and with hooking laugh she
left the room.
"She must not escape !" cried Morti-
mer; "she must be punished"
"ro disgrace us al, and break Frank
les heart No, Rob, let her go" inter
posed Jeanette.
The two gentlemen faced each other,
and their hands met in sympathetic,
brotherly grasp.
"a fellowfeeling makes one wondrous
kind" was Jeannette's mental quotation
as she left them together in amity, while
she smiled, recalling the virtuous rage of
her brother, who an hour before had
been such a gallant defender of the
wicked creature who had vanished for
ever from their sight.
Rob Mortimer eventually married
Miss Gicy, but not before he had told
her the true story Of his brief infatua-
ton for the bad and beautiful Mrs.
Murcheson.
But not until the cause of SO much
trouble was removed by death, did Miss
Mortimer consent to become the wife of
her errirg but beloved Alfred.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-05-08
Jacobite Principles.

1t is strange, and, at first sight per
picking, to observe the hold which, in
spite of faults, the Stuart family, and
especially the leading members of it,
still retain over the sympathics, if not
the reverence, of Englishmen. There is
some truth perhaps in the common say
ing that Jacobite songs began to become
fashionable when Jacobite principles
had ceased to be practical, and, there
fore. ceased to be dangerous-afte the
rising of l745 had been suppressed.
No doubt many young ladies have rap
turously sung Charles My Darling" to
admiring audiences, who knew little and
cared less about the religious and polit-
ical issues at stake in the Revolution of
1858. Something of his sentimental
popularity Charles l may owe to Van
dyke; something, perhaps, as Macauley
suggests, to the wonderful Service for
January 30th, which has only within
our own memory been expunged from
the prayer book, and which throughout
taught the worshipers to associate, al
most to identify, the sufierings of the
"Royal Martyr" with the passion Of
Christ But even Macauley does not
deny that Charles possessed "rare quail
ties which insensibly call forth the ad-
miration and love of mankind" and
which shone out SO conspicuously in tho
closing scene that "from that day began
a reaction which never ceased till the
throne had been again set up in all its
old dignity"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-05-08
Why Lace is 80 Costly.

The finest specimen of Brussels lace
is SO complicated as to require the labor
of seven persons on one piece, and each
operative is employed at distinct features
Of the work. The thread used is of ex-
quisite fineness, which is spun in dark un-
foreground rooms, where it is sufficiently
moist to keep the thread from separat-
ing. 1t is so delicate as scarcely to be
seen, and the room is so arranged that
all the light admitted shall fall upon the
work. 1t is such material that renders
the genuine Brussels lace SO costly. On
a piece of Valenciennes, not two inches
wide, from two to three hundred bobbins
are sometimes used; and for a larger
width as many as eight hundred.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-05-08

A rcolding woman, like the train con-
ductor, is pretty much always on tho
rail.
A well caved in the other day. If
all's we'll that ends well that bank must
be pretty healthy, for it ended that well
Palmer, the sculptor, is said to b. ono
Of the few men to whom art has brought
rewards moro substantial than fame; Il
has msde him rich.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-05-08

At recent meeting, when the oficiat-
ing priest put to the lady the question,
"Wilt thou have this man to be thy
welded husbandr she dropped the pref
t.est courtesy, and with modesty which
lent her beauty an additional grace, re-
piled, IF you please"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-05-08

It is said of the late Richard II. Dana
that he never courted the society of
strangers, but off in the country or at
the seaside, among people he was the
most accessible Of mon.
, 1879-05-20
DECORATION.
PROCLAMATION.
Epec{1{ ptsp1&ch to The 1Ftbuftl

1ItlLtNA1lOSs
'hpa Epectnf ptspatca to The TrtbunA
4 srKNoTlRLp, May 1a.-Ihc Governor to-day
>4sued the following proclamation la regard 10
ncroratlQ1l-Day:
~, sFATr VI ILLINOIS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
MhescasI u lAa becOmc a custom Of tho pitrlottc
neo2to 0i tany Of tho htates Of the unloIs to M
grateful apprcoatlon ol tho heroic ssrvfcs Of lilo
solnicr4 Of tho lNte War who n1ade thu paramount
saef!Hcu of shelr lttes that tho Government might
nYe; ah bollcVaR that Ibis custom, shsu1d he ll11I
M. Clllanl, Governar ,oi thu st,.a u Ell,nois.
netehy request thu peonle of tbe. 'state tu turn
ass4c Ift'h thete Gvcry -dar dutlsa Aod n.sebe IN
their several localities Oh tho 1tliday Of May In.
our hoFotc dead by alIeyois ther Eraycs with now.
crn atld EXPRESSING II l1n!tstaEahlc terms de-
yotion to tho prlncjpien In dcte,ee Of which thcy
br1yed tho danuofhdi tin field mud pmbracui the
soldter'n death. " dolng this We shall keen nlYe
Union when n was assaulted by armed teca-
sun, aml tall sttensthen tho urop,e In
tllcr de,otnn 10 itnrrty. untosl. nni go0d
lta tocrtl5a'ter .ss puoplu have lost respect f,t
tho npEnfej Of those loHo lives wcro uiyen IL, lin
dcfntso y n y.nd!cattua Of lls honur: AMI In no
moru eascttyr WY ran tho 1osc Of tho pcoplt tor
Of thut, purto!tc ha.tls 10 kupt green in Tho paGc
mimi; 1han by assembling from timn 10 limo at
their lust festng- PLACES and tcru. while decueat-
tng tthcir graves with lnwcrs, anl fccounting TIC
aloHi,ol thett brave slsGdt. dcdlcating uutsclvoa
WHICH ts9y hraypiy fought a,ld nubiy died.
u! Testimony wter1Df 1lnso hetctutU oet nv
lln1 aI1l caused tho great beaf ug tho btata to 10
4txu4. nono " tne eltY Of snsinGaultl this 10Th
!! ~ the doyernur: 0Eonas II. lAu.ow, Secretary
'of Slate.
, 1879-05-20
A. Great Orut,uaI,

NHTH H1HtE,
Thu largest orchard In the world Is doubtless
that owned md worked very successfully by
Mr.. Robert Alclstnatry, Of Hudson, Columbia
County, N. Y. The orchard Is situated on the
east bank of tsie Hudson llvor, Oh hIgh rolling
tablc lhiul, nntl contntNs nnTn than 2 9i,O0D appr
trees. 1,lln peare, 4,0M rhesries, h0D peacElcs,
.M'l ~ SUl G''e"t1li!ta. rl's yarlctcs grown ars:
lshodc lklnnd Grncning, 1900; I,aidwins, O,U)O;
King 0f IDnlpkinn County, 4,NU; A4trnclalIs,
EN-; Northern Spy, Hu; Wagner. 5A}; {irl{yc,1.
stein, iol: Cranberry. tlpplns, 100; Hen Days,
9Gl; Ducsess of uldcnn,lrg, ..au; With luna.
thlns, ltubbAEdst0ns, C4ylgas, VandurYuurs,
pcartnalns, reck's pleasunts, twcn,y-t,tlnco ZIP.
The penrs arc bartlett, u. t'Anjul,, Sheldon,
sccAel, anu l.nWteneu ctlriy. Ot cherrics
thcrU uro twrl,ty.etght varieties. Tic orchards
arc rcIlarkahly thrifty, null the oldest trees aTu
asout twtity yrars n!d. The soil Is dry, rolling
gravel, with sumo limestone; thu trcrs aru
incaus seeln to be crowded. The gru,lMl Ii
plowed several ttsl.cs IN the ycar nnl Kept fal-
low; except wt'eI. thought advisable, It Is scc,r..
to clo,cr. The orchard is intcrsertcd BY ruada
urer 1ix lnies III sungth for thu passago uf
wnEons, uni IL bounded by continuous row ot
upple-trucs, ut ten feet apart, for four mtIus
nna Y hall. Thy npp!u crop Of last year ia
horses aro employed hauling out tho csup, or Ii.
pluWibg.
Tic success of this orchard Aas not been
achieved, nor L. It maintained, without the
clusent s1pcryiston md most Industrious work,
suckers uni sprouts aru Ie,noYed Us soon aa
seen; tho borers itse watched and followed with
yisor. Wires we're used to reach them III their
burrows, md lhu damaged bark ia rctuoyed
Will, rhlseas. A. trees tall, others urs pluutpd
ln their PLACES.
, 1879-05-20
tloda its pllmcl head .nn,o a. -
above the mellow toiI. '''l'e threo to iva Ia.

HUuH lL6 p{tlmPl AoA.1
al1nyc the ncilnr .eaa III some threo tn au.,
I}y s,trct VIC sr rcasI rJ,' ,,., ''' 'eas
Of trade, .,rrn,,n,1o1 l.. .MaHson, ,-nuotbnr
Of untrrpTIs,t. farns NY s yef!ncrrasnas ssnto so
ncwspapcr, tnlUo,,s. n,I .o ~ boasts 4 hnt.e
from hire To I.nke Iisrman IiiIygEal spn' stores
clnII IL co,tnenr" 'en1 os',css Of locstnrs s9 ~
r,,f,tI ntifrfrnt 49," tMero arc llcrc to h" ing
shuw tic ncw.cnrr =, MD teams, eempctent ea T.
try for moderate MET ttc Adjacent conn
Finding Lake County Ctvnutto',, pretto hi,
%H sl bs;s j. ,'ssfoas u iosatSns's isS 's' ,stsa
a,ivtcc of ycry woriov i'una.tIeesilent, touk H.
rcetlcd with hin jntn aneat,llg agent, aid nra @a
iy north Of jako t!o,,,',.s So!tny lnnlc,ljat..
spnnt Two DAYS In tI,c u amy very pFontably
through This suction Of t1,e aTGes: Tas. he roll ali
wl,ch,, vuot rnrt, ,inn 'say nnc Erato Ut s1rInn.
OF pasture for cnttin nm eI!atocs, a!d The nest
gently ,indufass ,,1t,. ~" s,eef' The aurfatr !.
{moGr. WA fort,,n,. %tx'1 .esaslona! patches II
4 quartcr.scc.ion rorocriI,, '"ouea nn to secure
brnnt, uni d,tslss Of oscr 'r,sn VIA
ing Tic trio, every li,tlc Sh vf,cty; WHILE dur.
scare 10 fiurk nj nrnir,. me tile team would
wure fortunate enn,sn, ,Shehs' =, s md 0nre VA
herd of nntclnue ~ 'ua across q sma,I
Tic hotter ii 4 truc.r,atm In. ,r.,,.,
frees, or tror.sccdiiss ~ ~ pant ten acre. ot
tc sanle in Egpi t,ricr ~ ~ ereGs, n must ke.p
when he tn let ts patrnt or rb, r1's Years nofs
r!nm H only allowed IN one.o,,nso. !s o~.sns;stntonpi =;
stead act, which rrn,,iros .'ss5 unIler se lloue.
ncnt for i've wears to tns,pro - po'fnanent settle.
l,ndcr The Presumption act Will, nateat-ot
itcllce OF ni icnst Six nonths . .e1h'res IT.
chase Of tho land NJ ~ mr. pt'ot to tho pu,.
rca,lty seen hnw casy It IL ~, ~ at9e. will b
fnlnily 10 ,nnke httn.nft ,nJapo9r III po9r man Of
way Starting In II. ttc xnr;'s ,,Gepehlent n Till
sod l,lllsc,-very comfnrtarss s.E' + ~ i'ullds h.
breaks, say, ten arycs n, snd ss ~ '@oo,-,M ~,
llt can raIsu rnr,,. n,to,on ,o.,. oh tha
cabbage, Pumpkins, aid vnri"tv W tufnirs,
that will feed hlm uni Is stt;c, - u,taeltsuek, ~
wlnter. Illo usun, InethnI r. s" ~ @ ine ensuing
bnck-sct tile nod In lila ial. mi !, pao" N Mar,
IN te spring, Icru Ia ,a Nv ts,,t HLau ana soT
only wntts tic fnrmcr's h.,vt. mi tae tol
posscssor OF n,uieTafe nlcans, tEa % na ne % ihs
laEe Is amply stocked with th,, .nn.t ,'eIess NJ
fartn.,nnehltiery. '''o '"o'' "apro7ed
Tsl's por,iun of the Territory. II, con ,x,,,
kansas and Nebraska, suffers lIttc NIX a' Ti!a
bust iii uny case}: lid. mnst Han,Seht tand
, 1879-05-20
a Slight Mistake,

H1kf1h 1nHFHas. .,ast
Grccnback organs have been stating sa nos. q.
oygry issue tho ,,nst SIX months ehat ftsa.s pr.
llas voted 8l,O0d,U0,0W :or public iopfu',T au "a
tnents. For any feasons there y Eess9p r.. ,1,s
lclicyc tat the statement Is not lltrIas} RI !5 S1
IN sllu frat place, tllu su1i Is not u SlUouno;t nj
been Issued, ~ tho uroenback organs assfIbs 4,
but tho t;oyegnnent has guaranteed t. pa} sr ~
Interest on ihnt amount to c"1strlASs e. tG ILL.,. !,
network OF railroads embrac1Y l0 e0 a'1ss arssa
oc completed In 1883. This Gsecnoacss y. %st o1.ot
has lett It's feaders to undursta1u ". is.uc
iapsr money, we IL fast, tls 0oystnmsst:s =
Franco las nut issued franc Of pnpes hvS 10
.suy years. Tho aid Is s'u'ply gu aaa''ttf ha 'trafe
the bontlcd debt Ut the ution unless as,,nsnt .as
ct TIC Foa!ls nay Tho Entorest on ~ nsper
og2 nas D. t., II atet satyf 'sns9d 5 dgtupes @ cans
panies without Interest, which ID aul1e ''D''
cut from tilAt Of Fulncc,