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Ruford Gossip.
BUFoRD, KY, March Is.

BUFoRD, KY. March Is.
Editor Herald:
Our little town has been alive with
people this week, attending court, buy
ing goods, &c.
Twelve hogsheads of tobacco left
TIL. place this week for Louisville.
l, not that big'
Our farmers are making loud
noise for a new crop. Let them work,
We think times will be better this year.
The bridge scross Barnett's creek
fell down Tuesday; few moments
later and it would have caught Mr..
Rice's stage.
We wonder why Mr.. r. Cundiff, of
our town is not arrested for having in
his possession stolen property, know
ing it to he such. For proof we refer
to Mr.. G.. w. H.. who has already
sworn to the loss Of daughter.
We are sorry to know that death
has to-day visited Barnett's creek. and
the result is Miss Caroline Sutton and
Mr.. Leonard Hoover, Jr., are its vic
tins. We sympatize with those who
mourn their loss.
We learn there were two weddings
at Pleasant Ridge, last Saturday.
Two of the happy party were Miss
Mollie Hunter and Mr.. Fillmore
Smith. We have forget the names of
the others. The otticiators were Rev's
j. ID. Arnold and James G. Stewart.
j. ID. Holbrooks held Il protracted
court this week. The result WAS, the
docket cleared. Lawyers Fogle,
Massie, Rowe and Hubbard were pres
ent. The big trial of Elijah Henry,
William Henry and the Benton boys
came off. We advise the little h rOes
of MELVILLE, to partake Of Godfrey's
strengthening cordial before they I'M
deriake to fight Goliah again.
We are all anxious for your paper,
let her come. SooTHER.
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composed while upon her diving bed
aud now that she has gone to her re-
ward in the bright realms OF which sh,
wrote, tslkei, and sang so oft. many o
her friends are DESTROYS that this be in
serted in the Herald. TIL.
| want to be remembered
When I'm numbered with the dead
And the green grass Is growing
In tur;ts above my head
! want nv friends TO think Of me
That ! shall leave behind
And saw I've left some footprints
Upon the sands of time
| want no STATELY monument
Erected DER my grave.
! only want a tree to stand
Above my bed to wave
That underneath irs branches
My friends may oft repare
And kneel around my silent bed
While | lie sleeping there.
And when Law me down
Upon my bed to rest.
| want to BE- surrounded
BY those | love the best.
! want them then to sing
A song of Zion. round,
And offer W a prayer to God,
When they lay me in the ground
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..rhe Nan OF sae I2,a Of Nay, iss4.-

"Gorion's March" by Prof Henry
SchOeiler, oi Dalton, Ga, and dedicated
to Gen John B. Gordon. The Msa Of
ihe l2th May, lS64' i jgst received
from the enserPrisinR publishers. Ad-
mirers Of ''Ga.:Aat Gordon" and thst
comprise the SOlii S0nIh.l sdorns the
superb military title page. and the March
itsei has the true u.n-ica in-pir- ton.
Prof. SchOvllrr cogLint write poor mus.e
IL he tried and this brilliant Marvin u
worthy u its name and snIhcr. Brass
Bands are already p asi"g Il and il will
soon be heard from thOu-a Ids OF piano.
through the south Sold By all musi.,
Deales. or ssni 40 cts 10 tn Publishers.
Ludden& Baie>, savannah. ia.
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In selecting flour first look at the
color. If it is white with a yellow tint.
buy it. Ifit is white with a blush
cast, or white black in it. refuse it.
Next examine is adhesiveness-wet
and knead little Of it between your
fingers; if it works soft and sticky, it
is poor. Then throw a little lump
of dried -four against smooth
surface; if it falls like powder, il is
bad. Lastly, squeeze some of the
-four tightly in your hand; if it retains
the shape given by the pressure. that.
too, is good sign. 1t is safe to buy
four that will stand all these tests
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Complimentary.
PARADISE, KY, March q
TORCH.

PARADISE, Ky, March 20,
Editor Herald.
Enclosed find $500 which please
place to my credit ON subscription and
continue to send lie the Herald. 1t is
u welcome visitor. Success to you and
The Herald. is the wish of your friend,
ID. B. Roll.
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W .ison's Mills.
WILSON'S MILLs. March -. 1877!
VOLTA TONI.
Editor Herald :

WILSON'S MILLs, March -. 1879.
Editor Herald:
The following lines were composed by
the late Mrs. Elizabeth Smith. cousort
of L. L. Smith, OF Ohio county, during
her stay on earth. She wrote many
pieces of rare Beauty and psihos, but
unfortunately few of them have ever
found their way into print. This, the
last production of her ready zen, wa.
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Texas News.

SAN SABA, TEXAS. March 2.
Editor Herald;
1t will soon be FIVE years since / left
Ohio county, Ky. and started for Tex
a.. made nv way to Ellis county
and stopped there AMI in johnson
county abou. six months and then
went to Llano. where l staid one year
and then | moved othis county where
| have lived for three years and have
found it a very pleasant place to live.
| find good land. easy to cultivate and
it produces well, wheat. oats. corn cot
ton, rye and barley abundanily. We
have good society; the citizens are 80
cial and industrious. They are now
planting their crops.
notice some news in the Herald
from Waxahachie. F.J.R.D. seems to
think tina; all the young people could
do well in Ellis county and 50 they
could if some wealthy man would give
each farm. There is but little Tim
Der and scarcely any kind of grass
in Ellis county except ssdge-grass and
nv advice to young men Is to kee?
out of sedge-grass. Success to the
Herald and the people OF Ohio county.
i the wis.,. of w. Ii.
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THE LIBaNRY MAGAZINE Tor ! .rrh will
he ready on the 2sth-nOI ID. cd in sd-
vance, as is the cusIom-i;s contents be-
ing mainly from the ioreigh Publication.
Of same date. thus giving what is new<ss
in the. literary world. sl.O0 year. or
10 cents number. AxsRicxS Boox
EXCHANGE. Publishers, y. Y,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
AN interesting and valuable documen

AN interesting and valuable document
has just been compiled by theI republican
congressional campaign committee, from
figures and facts obtained at the treasury
department. 1t is a general review of
the financial accomplishments of the re-
publican party and the false pretenses of
the democracy in regard to economy. 1t
shows from figures copied from the treas
ury books that since 1865 the republicans
succeeded in reducing the national debt
1888, 900, 900, and were continuing to re-
duce it and lessen the amount annually
paid for interest when the democracy
came into power in congress. whereupon
the revenue was cut down to such an eX-
tent upon those peculiarly democratic
commodities, tobacco and whisky, that
since then the administration has been
unable to continue the reduction. But
notwithstanding the almost universal
democratic opposition, the paper shows
how the republicans under Secretary
Sherman have accomplished the resump-
ton of specie payment, refunded the debt
so as to save many millions Of dollars an
nually in the future, in addition to the
total saving of $579,0O0,O0O of interest
by debt reduction since 1865. The docu-
ment will contain in compact form a
large amount Of valuable information,
reliable in its official statistics, and yield
deductions which will make it an admir-
able campaign paper.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20

INDEPENDENCE thus far in this state has meant
Radicalism, and it has been met rs such, and
we doubt not for some time to come be treated
with the same severity that has met all attempts
to revive Republicanism. -Ndtchez (Miss.) DEM
Yet democratic papers tell us that
everything is lovely down south-that
people are as free to vote the republican
ticket as they are to eat-and that any
pretence to the contrary is can internal
black republican lie.' Here is an adj
mission, by the leading democratic pa
per in Mississippi, that all attempts to
revive republicanism in that state will
be treated with Severity '-another
word for bulldozing-in the future as
they have been in the past. Who can
say that the war did not close too soon,
and that the rebels, not having been
more than half licked, will never be con-
tent until they are again taken in hand
and given another dose?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20

and engaging in vicious and criminal
practices to secure either a nomination or
an election. To bring these charges and
to threaten prosecution is small, inefect-
ual and disreputable campaigning. 1t is
to be regretted that decent democratic pa
pers should adopt that plan of opposition
to the republican candidates. It does not
help their cause, nor hurt that of their
opponents. IF the democratic party is
ever restored to power, it will be when
the people become convinced that it is fit
to be entrusted with power. 1t cannot
convince the people that it will faithfully
to use power so long as it's press is the
channel for low calrlmies and scandalous
asspults upon private character. Governor
Smith has not committed crimes in his
campaigns and the newspapers degrade
themselves by inventiug and giving cur
rency to these HbeIlous allegation
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20

THE following from The Milwaukee
Sunday Telegraph seems to be fair
statement Of the case: at is said that
there is not a spawned, knock-kneed,
kroken-winded, disreputable, incapable,
egostistical democratic politician in the
state but what is conspiring with himself
to get place, any place, on the demo-
cratic state ticket. Such candidates
would have no more chance of being
elected over William E. Smith and his
associates than they would have for
swimming across lake Michigan with a
fitty-six pound shot tied to each foot. Re
spectacle democrats ought to see to it
that no such names get on their ticket.
Such ticket would be defeated by 90,
600 majority. Amy ticket that they are
likely to nominate will be beaten, pro-
badly, by from 5000 to 10000 majority,
but hummer ticket will be buried. as if
ought to be-"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
THE DEMOCRAT AND RESTNP-
TION

To read The Watertown Democrat S
"True as Gospel article of last week ,one
would infer that the credit of specie re-
sumption belongs exclusively to the demo-
cratic party. Does The Democrat sup
pose its readers have forgotten the pre-
diction made by democrats in and out of
congress, by democratic newspapers and
politicians, and by The Watertown Demo-
crat itself, that resumption would be a
failure and would have to be abandoned
because of the crippling influence it would
have upon thebusiness ofthe country? All
this occurred pending the passage of the
law providing for the resumption of spe-
Gle payments. And as further remind
er to The Democrat of the position its
party occupied upon this question, we
quote the following extracts from speech
delivered by General Ewing at the Coop
er institute, New York, February 1873.
They will serve to measure the value of
the present prophecies in which he is in
dulging in regard to the financial future
of the republic:
cit is as certain as the sun shines that our vol
lume of currency must be cut down to less than
S2OO, 100000 before we can resume. Secretary
sherman, with all the powers of the government
behind him. has been able to accumulate during
the three years but $50, 900 900 of gold.
"a high officer Of the army recently told me
thatw would have to increase our army to 100
200 men to carry out the resumption law,
"Organized wealth, acting politically; is as
hostile to our institutions as Mahommedanism to
Christianity in the east. We have driven it
through the Balkans and we intend to drive it
to its old haunts beyond the Helespont."
Gen. Ewing is now the democratic can
o1date for governor in Ohio and The
WATERFOWL Democrat, which claims to
be an honest money organ, supports Ew-
ing. 1t seems cruel to dwell further up
on the course of The Democrat and ex-
pose its hypocricy and insincerity. But
if it has any apology to offer, Or defence
to make, for it's trucking, vacillating DO
Icy, now would be good time to make
it known.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
REAL ESTATE SALES.

AS recorded in the Office ofthe Register oDeeds
from Saturday, May a, to Saturday. July 25, in
elusive:
Mary Emma, Hanah E and VIM. Hudson TO
Jane Lent, lots and 4 blk l. Fargos I'd add to
Lake Mills, for $500
James Greesman to Eliza NJ Waterbury, lot Q
blk >, village of Aztalan, for $780,
Geo. w. Burchard to John w Hanson. LOT /
blk s. city Of Fort Atkinson, for 5000.
Maria }: Leyman to Henry ]. Leyman, a pit of
lot l; blk H. village of Rome, for $500.
John Zickert to Andreas and TheO Zickert
the und Or blk 10, Pritchard's LIST add to Water
town.
Linus B. Thayer to Albert Dudley 81 a of the
fri hf OF sW fri or sec6 to s, II, Waterloo for
H; c. McMillen to Gustavus Werlich, a pit of
lot sc village of Johnsonss Creek, for $500.
Frank W. Eratt to Theo j. Dancey, lots u and
- blk l. Higgins add to Palmyra for $780,
s. B. Higgins to L. J. Dancey, out lot of vii
lage of Palmyra for $50.
Peter Larson to Lewis P. Larson, 69L a of the
pit of neqr sec ), ), Is, in Sumner for $500.
Peter Larson to Charley NJ Larson, the neg, of
nWqr, also the Wqr of swq of neqr sec 5, 5, Is,
in Sumner, and also the seqr Of swqr sec 3d. g.
49, in Oakland, in all 9934a, for $1700.
Z. b. Skinner, referee, to Jacob and John We
ber foreclosed deed GA in the nwcor ofnequr
ofsec s. IS, Is, 4th ward city of Watertown fer
S415.31.
Thos. O'Brien, Jr., to Hanah Atwood, lot 6,
blk g. village of Lake Mills, for 5000.
Henry NJ. Mead to Nicholaus and Adam
Branduer, pit Of lot 3 blk 2, LIST add to village Of
Waterloo, for $1,000.
John Malloy to Peter Malloy, lot 4, blk Al, 4th
ward city of WatertOwn, for $500.
John Malloy to Peter MallOy, lots and 2, blk
SO, Sd ward city Of Watertown, for $500.
Austin T. Fuller to A. J. Roach, the und hf of
S41s in pit of sec 2S 9, IA, Aztalan, for $780,
Northwestern University to VIM Stengel lots
and 2, blk 2, University add to WATERFOWL for
$40.
Peter Miller ST., to Peter Miller jr., the seq Of
seq OF sec 81, Z, 10, 40 a, Pennington, for
$3.50
Chas Krause to. Mary E. Wight, Its 8 and 10 blk
A. village of Lake Mills for S14OO.
Samuel W Hoyt to Willis G. Dodge the shf of
sWq sec %, Z, r 49, so e, Lake Mills, for $500.
Clapp, May Caswell to Northwestern Furni-
ture Co., the und q pit Of lot 7, blk 5, Curtis add
to Ft. Atkinson for 5000.
Steven Payne to Northwestern Furniture Co.,
the und nj OF 1t Z, blk s. Curtis add to Fit Akin
son, for $1,000
Mary J. Harvey, to Jos. Harvey 1t 2, blk vii
lage Of Lake Mills for $1,000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20

regarding the publication of such reports
will have to be adopted ere long IS not
improbable But so long as papers
like The Chicago Times are printed, and
social vampires, who fatten upon scandal
lous, false and lying reports against others
continue to exist, we may expect that
there will be no improvement in this re-
spect, and that the public will continue to
be RECALLED with sickenirg and disgust
ing trash such as has been served up i'll
the case OF Sprague and Conkling.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20

The democratic congressional commit
tee was the victim recently of a serious
hIunder in the distribution of documents
sent to Ohio under the frank of Gen. Tom
Ewing, democratic candidate for COVER
nor. 1t turns out that large quantities
ct stalwart republican speeches were
thus forwarded, and the mistake was not
discovered until they had been received
and read in Ohio. An investigation was
al once ordered when it was ascertained
THAT some of the messengers detailed to
do the work could not read, and had I'M
fortunately blundered into selecting the
wrong kind Of mented pabulum for the
democratic Ohio reader. A closer watch
will be kept hereafter and men who can
read will be placed in charge of the
work SO that no more mistakes of the
kind mentioned may be made.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20

FIVE years ago. Gen. Ewing had this
to say Of the democratic party, whose
candidate he now is for the Office OF
governor in Ohio:
~All these events have forced me, though most
reluctantly, to the conclusion that the demo-
cratic party is powerless and ineffective as an
aly,and not fit instrument OF reform in Ameri-
can politics.
But party which could 50 stultify
itself as to make Horace Greeley, its life
long enemy and opponent, its nominee
for the presidency, or still later to sup
port Ben. Butler for governor in Massa-
ehusests, will find no difficulty in rally
ing to the side Of Ewing. In the Ian
guage of The Watertown Democrat,
Anything and everything for spoils,
for principles nothing
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20

The Democrat has not word to say
Ia denunication Of the bulldozing of Capt.
Dixon, the Independent candidate for
sheriff in Yazoo county, Mississippi.
Probably The Democrat approves of that
kind OF business. It certainly is an easy
way Of carrying the elections for the
democracy. The old plan was to intimi-
date voters and keep them away from
the polls, or to stuff the boxes with tissue
hszilots and count in the democratic nomi-
nees by fraud The latest scheme is to
drive the opposing candidates from the
field land allow no one to run against the
regulars. This has the merit of novelty.
tusay the least, and having been found
tawork successfully in Yazoo county
viii doubtless be adopted in the future
asfhe best method of making "a solid
Snath." Cannot our neighbor be Undue
eAto tell us what he thinks about cleo
6lAs conducted in this manner?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
SPOILS FIRST IND PRINCE
PIES AFTER WARDS.

The spoilsmen of The Democrat last
week show how little they care for prin-
ciple and how deeply in earnest they are
in their efforts to obtain possession of the
spoils. They openly proclaim that to
Grid this republic of the Incubus of re-
publican rule, all well-wishers of their
country should band together without
any other platform than that of unrelent-
ing war on republican disagreement,
and an earnest determination to dethrone
the spoils combination. There should
be no hard money democrats or soft
money democrats, ''bullionists, or green
hackers, as long as a single republican
holds office in this once happy nation.
All other questions are of secondary I'M
portance, compared with the uprooting
of the last vestige of republican admins
tration." No one familiar with the course
of that paper under its present manage
ment will be surprised to find The Demo
crat subordinating every thing to de
sire for the loaves and fishes. Indeed
if its past is any criterion, it is safe tc
say that in the future it will be found to
have no principles for which it will con
tend,when their advocacy is antagonistic
to the welfare of its party. Professediy
an honest money sheet, it supported the
nominees of the Fond du Lac conven
ton two years ago, and swallowed a plat
form which was in direct opposition to al
that the paper had been battling for OF
the finance question. So last fall it took
down Romance T. Davis and his green
back notions without wincing: its desire
for success in the election being stronger
than its wish to see its honest money doc
trines prevail in the choice of candidate
for congress who did not belong to the
democratic party.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20

The Madison Democrat, and other pa.
pers of that stripe, have been making a
great ado over some alleged improprieties
of Gov. Smith in the securing of delegates
to the republican state convention. We
have not supposed anyone was infuenc-
ed by these false and malicious reports,
OF considered them worthy of notice.
They seem to have attracted the attention
Of The Sunday Telegraph, whose editor
Col. E. A. Calkins, himself democrat,
speaks Of them as follows: Malicious
rumors are started from Madison that
Gov. W. E. Smith is to be prosecuted for
the alleged ofense Of securing by corrupt
means the support Of one or more of the
Milwaukee delegates in the republican
state convention, in violation of the anti
bribery law Of this state. This disreput-
able style Of political warfare is an an
noyance and a nuisance, but it will not
deprive Gov. Smith and his ticket Of a
single vote to which they are entitled.
Gov. Smith is an honest and honorable
man. He has not been violating the law
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-08-20
THE SPRAGUE-CONKLING DIE
FICULTY.

For the past few days the papers have
been filledsswith the details of the affair
which occurred last week between ex-
Gov Sprague Eand senator Conkling.
There on so many conflicting accounts
that it is difficult to arrive at the exact
facts in the case. The only thing posi-
| lively known, and about which there is
no dispute, is that there was a lively
breeze between the parties, and that ex-
Gov. Sprague at the time, as he had been
for several days previously, was under
| the influence of liquor, his habits having
| been of late quite convivial. Senator
Conkling's enemies, political and perso-
nal, are making the most Of the affair and
trying to make it appear that he has
been unduiy intimate with Mrs. Sprague
His relations, personal and professional,
with the family have been of that char
acterIthat a distorted vision could I'M
doubtedly detect some things which
might be regarded as suspicious, and it
would be strange if scandal mongers and
gossips, of which every community has
its full share, should make man Of
senator. Conklings prominence any excep-
ton to the rule, and destroy him if they
can. Upon this point, The Inter Ocean well
says: ut is Of course possible for prominent
people to SIM for great minds to wallow;
for culture, refinement, and intellect to
stoop to mortal passions and descend to
pleasures of the baser sort; but this is not
the customary direction of such minds to
the degree that we need to take the simple
reports Of their transgressions as proof as
strong as holy writ against them.
AS a matter Of fact, it seems that I'M
usual injustice has been done in this case
at Narragansett Pier. The scene, which
was so unfortunate and such a mortify-
ing one at best, for Mrs. Sprague, has been
made painful beyond expression by the
Interpretation given to her husbands out
burst. And it is pretty certain that the
prurient part of the public will not east
ly accept any Interpretation of that scene
which is not based on the charge of i'm
proper relations between the principal
parties named. There are plenty Of men
WAC cannot comprehend the existence of
any relations of an intimate character be-
tween man and woman which are not
Of the criminal sort. Simple friendship,
between the sexes, they regard as an i'm
possibility, and, therefore, when Mr..
Conkling visits the Sprague residence
the last place he would be apt to visit
were there any foundation for the insin-
uations thrown out-the hue and cry is
sounded, and the telegraph wires become
burdened with defamation that would
have been spared to persons of lesser con-
sequence.
1t is an unhealthy public taste that
Graves these things, that relishes them,
and that slyly slips aside the publication
having the largest number of scandals,
with the most lickerish details; it is taste
too, which is assuming alarming proper
tons, and which calls for some correction
stronger than mere words deploring its
existence. That NOSE legal regulations