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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-30
A Swearing General and q Praying
One.

Gen. Taylor's first remarkable ser
vice in the war Was in Stonewall
Jackson's famous campaign in the
Valley of Virgins. At Port Re-
public the Louisiana brigade car
ried the day, and responded with
cheers to Jackson's command, 'The
battery must be takenr' Gen. TayA
Tor was not great admirer of Jack.
sou, whom he has described a. q
man given over to lemon sucking
and prayers. On this occasion, rid.
ing on the flank of his column, be-
tween it and the hostile line, he
saw Jack son beside him. Taylor
did not consider that this was the
place for the commander Of the
army, and ventured 10 tell him %,
but he paid no attention to the re-
mark. ave reached shallow de-
preston where the enemy could de-
press his guns" says Gen. Taylor,
and his tire became close and fatal.
"Mauy men fell, and the whistling Of
shot aud shell Occasioned much
ducking of heads in the column. This
annoyed me- no little, as it was but
child's play to the work immediate
~ in hand. Always an admirer Of
Uncle Toby, l had contracted the
most villainOus habit of his beloved
army in Flanders, and forgetting
Jackson's presence, ripped out:
What the he'll are you lodging for3
If there is any more of it you will
he halted under this fire for an
hour The sharp tones of q famil-
lar voice produced the desired ef.
feet, and the men looked as though
they had swallowed ramrods; but I
shall never forget the reproachful
surprise expressed in Jackson's face.
He placed hand on my shoulder,
aud said in q gentle voice, i am
afraid YOU are a wicked fellow,
turned and rode back to the pike
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-30
THE w0RKMAN'S WIFE.

sly loving bride no jewels hath
Save one plain ring she wears,
Few roses strew her daily path
OF humble household cares;
To deck her head with gorgeous plumcs
No bird of beauty mourns,
No wondrous weft of cunning looms
Her graceful form adorus;
But she's the brightest jewel Of
Ny busy, toiling life.
Whose wish is but to live and love
As hclpmeet aud as wife.
White is her gown ut morn-a fair,
Soft robe nj evenings hour,
And, il aught she wear in her dark hair,
TIE a simple wildwood flower;
But, no! she kiss that bids me forth,
Light hearted, t. my work,
SurpaSseth all the flowers of earth
That in the greenwood Turk,
And the glance that lights me bone ~ last,
When the days long task is through,
i sweeter than is sunward cast
From violets dashed with dew.
From her soft arms our baby spreads
Its chubby hands, and crows,
The CHANGING freight ronnd their heads
Its sanity halo throws;
And sometimes, " hen | see them so,
Or in the doorway stand,
Touched by the sunsets rosy glow,
With peace on every hand,
Ny thoughts revert, with reverent love,
Unto the picture mild
That Raphael wrought so purely of
Madonna aud her child.
Few are the hours we snatch from toll
Broadly inners in the strife
We've little OF the corn aud oil,
And all the cares Of life;
Yet whiffs We have oI country air
Sometimes, on afternoons,
With birds and flowers i'll park and square
That are such grateful boons;
And We envy not the rich and the proud,
Whose teams and coaches gay
We yet may warch aud swell the crowd
That lines their flashing way.
And, hest Of ALL we never nope
Apart in griet-alane;
when heart to heart speaks comfort, hope
Ne'er quite deserts her throne;
Iiard times upon us often press.
We've bread, aud little morr,
But whatever cup of bitterness
May be for me- in store,
know nv wife will drain her part
Though it mantles dark and high,
And know the love that bruins her heart
VIII never, never die!
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-30

BY Z. careful and continued ap-
plication for time Il may be
solved, and we can but think
FY when solved a very grea length
OI'O Of time will not elapse before
WFFO the ben, fit of this solution will
RYOUR be felt in manner that We can
PAPE readily appreciate. ms t'nciu-
RPA sion, however, may be, and rs,
YU only probl'matic; but we shall
p anxiously await its determine
ton, trusting that it may I've in
ouI favor.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-30
The South in Congress.
Gen. Mcmahon. of Ohio. on tho Southern
Representatives, in Reply TO Gen.
Garfield.

Last week, Gen. Mcmahon, of
Ohio, in reply to Gen. Gariicid's
assault on the past and present at
titude of Southern Representatives
in Congress. said;
/ want to know, sir, where the
gentlemen on that side receive their
authority To bold over their South
ern colleagues the threat that the
war is not Vet over, the North not
vet paciiirl; and that somebody
may vet deal with our friends from
the South us naughty men whose
crimes have not been forgotten or
forgiven. II Southern men ought
not to he admitted To the full, free
and equal interchange and express
sion of opinion, with the absolute
right To vote upon this and all
other questions rs their Judgment
dictates, then, Mr.. Chairman, III my
/ Judgment, the war for the Union
/ has proved a failure; then all that
was predicted of the attempt TO
restore this Union by force, 10y
those who were opposed to the war
in the North, has been, or soon will
be, realized to its fullest extent.
What was the purpose of the
war; What the meaning of the
many proclamations to the people
of the North aud South that It's
only object was the restoration OF
the Union!
And now, after the lapse of four
teen years from the firing OF the
last gun. when the Union is, or
onght to be, fully restored, and
peace is supposed to be reignine
over the whole land, Southern Rep
resentatives cannot exercise an III
telligent judgment upon vital and
fundamental question of free gov
eminent without being called to al
account. deny to gentlemen or
the other side, in all common de
cency, the right to hold over these
gentlemen the unmanly threat o
: nv colleague from Ohio. that thel
conduct is revolutionary. and II
b. similar in ITS purposes and intent'
II 10 the action OF their predecessor
in the years 1860 and 1861. IL
1861 the intent of the Southern
men was to break up the Union
In 1879 the Democratic party !
|. contending for the corner stone o
e free government--the freedom o
l. the polls from the interference o
e the regular soldier. When Sontf
ern men range themselves unde
" our banner, how do they violat
b their duty az Representatives
+ WHY shall they he assaulted a
. untrue to the Unioni Does loyalt
consist in an attachment to tn
decaying body of the Republica
party; ut,
And when my friend from Obi
saws that in 1860 it would hay
been competent for the Sonther
s. majority in the Senate to have al
I'd nexed to an appropriation bill ce
a. tain propositions favorable to 8
. cession, az we propose 70 anne
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-30
A CIPHER Puzzle.

An exchange prints the following
cypher puzzle, which Will he appll'
cable to our readers as well as Its
own:
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-30

Every view of life is two-sided.
We can all find trouble without 60.
ing very far; and very likely, too,
we con all be like the old colored
woman in New York, who, hearing
the Jubilee melody, "NobOdy knows
the trouble I've SEEM said, "Yes,
aud nobody knows how much lese
trouble we might zee If We would
only stop looking for it,
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-30

A gocd wife is 10 man wisdom,
strength, and courage; q bad one is
confusion, weakness. and despair.
No condition is hopeless to q man
where the wife possesses firmness,
decision and economy. There 10 no
outward propriety which can Soun.
teract Incidence, extravaganza and
folly at home. No spirit can long
endure bad influences. Man Is strong
but his heart is not adamant. He
needs tranquil home, and IT be 10
an intelligent man, he needs ito
moral force in tie conflict OF life.
To recover his cOmpOsure home must
I've a place of peace and comfort.
There his soul renews it's strength
and he goes forth with renewed Wig
or TO encounter the labor and hard
ships of life. But If at home be
finds no rest, and there 10 met with
bad temper, jealousy and gloom, OF
assailed with complaints and cen,
sure, hope vanishes and be sinks to
despair.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-30

In referring TO the above will say, that
my declining health causes me 20 with
draw from business. / respectfully ask
that all my friends will continue TO give
MIR. Barrow their patronage as heretetore'
L. f. CAMP.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-30

Cure for Burns.-Charcoal has
variety of uses. 1t is a sure cure
for burns. BY laying a small piece
Of coal charcoal on the burn the
main subsidies Immediately. by
leaving the charcoal on Tor an hour
the wound ia healed, "a has been de-
monstrated on several occasions
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-30
MINDEN HOTEL.

THE travelling public and regular board
ers will find this house "a comfortable
and well supplied as the resources and CON
ditian of the country will permit. The
charges are. very reasonable. The stage
Stand is kept at this Hotel.
have also attached to my hotel new
and CONNEXIONS Stable, we'll supplietfwith
proyender and water. and good oetfer al
ways on hand to attend to stock.
The travelling public Will do well 70 give
me a call. A D. hhi NoID''
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-30
Terms Of Subscr lptipn:
Terms Of Advertising:

One square, Of one inch in space or less,
first insertion, 81 20; each additional inser-
ton, 30 cents.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-30
r. II. GEREN,
8af and BiLhad Saloon,
MINDEN, Ia.

MINDEN, Ia,
IIEEPS on hand Mt all times good as,
n sortmcnt NJ all kinds Of Liquors ana
Cigars Of th" bcst brands, aud q great va
riety Of other good things. Call and see
Sept. D, ls7e. Gy
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-30

A thoughtless person is Of neces-
sity q coarse and selfish person.
when people do wrong TO teear
ueiphbors, and give them pain IN
necessarily, to say, 81 did nos
Think puts forward no pee
tolerance, but 10 rather . reooon -
condemnation, and an adattaoael
peg on which to hang ss.oee q
re6uke. They should have tes1lae;
there is no good resseu VIZ nq
did not think; and, q thsQ - -
then they did wrolG, 80 49, -
J alHa5s vrc5g and fspess
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-11-21
TAKE A SMILE.
Very bad debt-Owing grudoes.

Very bad debt-Owing grudges.
Exchanges: Abraided coat is bound to
look well.
Somerville journal: Fiend-dish-Dev-
illed turkey.
Epitaph on Photographcr-"T "Taken
from life"
Boston Post: The base ball fever is
contagious. Everybody knows that
playing base ball is catching.
Vassar college girls insist that Ceres
was the patron goddess of marriage-the
goddess of husbandry, you see.
The time horse makes depends
something on the horse and something
on the watch Boston Post1-Yes,
and mighty sight more on the track.
Exchange: Many girls would rather
wear their stockings with holes in them
than have them darned, because when
darned they are mcn-dcd, and girls pre-
fer men alive
Acta Columbiana: Professor-We
will take up the subject of cubical or
solid body, sir? Prep. from Illinois)
David Davis, sir! =
Boston Transcript: II is o mistake TO
suppose that. your friend is consumedlv
interested In your eloquent descriptions
of your liver troubles. On the contrary,
he is excessively anxious to tell you of
his catarrh.
That was not exactly poetic simie
which was used by an English writer
when describing peculiarly dull and
stupid acquaintance; he said that he had
no more appreciation of the poetry of
life than COW would have of clean
shirt.
Vallejo Chronical: al wish it would
rain. if it's going tp,' said Vallejo
wife TO her husband. "And why, ,dear?"
he ailectionately replied. "Oh," said
she, gazing vacantly at pin on the
floor, 81 don't see any use wearing mon
ogram stockings this kind of weather.
Philips Thompson: The Rev. Joseph
Cook lcctured in Toronto recently on
the effect of Alcohol on the Human
Brain" The Torontonians were so much
impressed that they have abandoned the
practice of asking each other to drink.
What they now say is, "Will you take a
brain-curdler?'
The Boston Home journal SAYS that a
youth invested $3.50 through a New
York advertisement to discover GLOW
to appear well in society,"" Tie receipt,
which he received by return mail, was
short, simple, and easily understood:
"Always keep your nose clean, and
don't suck more than one finger at a
time"
Exchange: GLOW much did you pay
for these chickens, my dear?" "Twenty-
three cents my love-" was the reply
'"Too much, my dear, too much; | saw
them to-day for Is cents pair" elm
possible" "True, assure you; | was
coming up street to-day, and l saw
Chicken stew, 10 cents"
Miss Dudu Fletcher, author of ''Kis-
met" is to be married in Rome to Lord
Wentworth, only son and heir of the
Earl of Lovelace, and only surviving
grandson of Lord Byron. Boston
Home Journal. So he will no more
be lovelace aud his "Kismet, Du, du,"
will not be in vain. Though he went
worth million he will Rome no more.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-11-21
COMMUNICATION.
The New School Law.

For the Register.
The time is near at hand hen the
winter schools will open and the
changes in text books, contemplated
by the new school law, will be effected.
Whether the text book committees in
the various towns of our state, have
acted wisely in all cases or otherwise
need not be discussed. But it may be
we'll to call attention to few facts
which should be familiar TO all interest
ed in school matters.
First, it i no longer optional with
teachers, pupils or parents as t. what
text books shall be used in our district
schools; that matter is permanently
settled for five years to come. The
"selectcd and recommended" list, the
law states, "shall be the books to be
used in the schools of the several towns
and the use in the public schools of
any other text books shall be unlaw-
full"
Amen to the above, will be the feel
ing, if not the expression, of every in
tclligent teacher in the state. That all
parents will be thus emphatic in their
approval is doubtful, but there are suit
able reasons why they should be. Less
money will be paid by them for school
books. As teachers will have fewer
classes, there will be more time for ex-
planation and instruction. They will
work more etlcctually. With more
perfect classification, the pupils them
selves will feel new pride and impetus
in their studies. Every school will, in
short, be more effective and profitable.
In the second place, sufficient notice
having been given, the law contem-
plates an immediate change in the
books in schools commencing after
November /. This is needful, and the
attention of parents is respectfully
called to this point. A DELAY on the
part of some to furnish their children
necessary books promptly, will mate
rally embarrass the whole school. 1t
should be borne in mind that every
pupil in our district schools is now
according to law entitled to the re-
quisite textbooks. Ii parents are un-
able to buy them, or wilfully neglect
TO do so, the committee are first made
responsible. "Should the committee
fail for two weeks after the enrolment
OF any pupil so unsupplied with books,
49, then 1t shall be the duty of the town
superintendent of schools to supply
the same at the expense ofthe town."
Only parents, however, who in the
opinion of the assessors are absolutely
unable to buy books for their children,
will be thus freely supplied by the
town. All other parents for whose
children books have been furnished,
will be compelled to pay for the same
by tax levied at the next annual as
sessment.
That our COMMON schools have failed
heretofore TO accomplish what they
ought, or what taxpayers expected. is
not owing wholly to inefficient instruc-
tors. Teachers have been embarrassed,
greatly so, by multitude of different
authors, and by too. many classes. This
fact is patent. And now that this new
law steps in TO remedy the difficulty,
so long in the way, ought not every
doubter 10 yield an honest support to it,
and accord the new system a fair trial
l.. w. PERr,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-11-21
A Vacation Extlngulsher.

About six yeeks ago a person enter
ed our Office and proposed to sell us a
new-fangled "fountain pen" The rash
young nan at length mentioned as a
recommendation that the pen held ink
enough to last through twenty-four
hours incessant writing, and obviate
the tedious necessity of dipping il in
the inkstand.
Thereupon we exclaimed: Dear
yonng friend, would you deprive us of
our vacation~ 81 don't understand, ;"
he replied. "Why," said we, ''the only
vacation we get is while we are dip
ping our pen in the inkstand, and no
man shall deprive us of that. Please
go away with your vacation extinguish-
err" lie saw we were in earnest, and
he went, not even daring to offer MS one
of his "fountains as q gift. and we
dipped our old-fashioned pen in our
muddy old inkstand, and took rest. =
lAlbany Law Journal.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-11-21
To Vermont Soldiers and Farmers.

Vermont soldiers will find in the
Mirror and Farmer the coming year a
department expressly for them, con-
Quoted by ID. w. Cobb of Bradford, q
veteran soldier of the Old Vermont
Brigade, now editor of the Opinion,
which will contain sketches, anecdotes,
incidents and thousand interesting
facts pertaining 10 Green Mountain
boys who engaged in putting down the
Rebellion, and continue once in two
weeks during tho year. There will also
be a simular department, relating to
New Hampshire veterans.
Vermont farmers will find in the
Mirror and Farmer every week twelve
columns by the best writers upon agri-
cultural topics adapted to the needs of
Vermont and New Hampshire farmers.
The remaining pages of this large eight
page weekly are filled with general
news, Vermont and New Hampshire
news in detail, sharp editorials upon
live topics, correspondence, market re-
ports, fashions, miscellany, stories ETC.,
SIT is the cheapest paper of its class in
New England. Sent TO any address for
81, and to any Union soldiers widow
for 20 cents, II year, cash in advance.
Sample copies free. Address John b.
Clarke, Manchester, n. III.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-11-21
Renting a POst-Omce Box.

lie wasn't member of the Lime
Kiln club, but he had whole wheel.
barrow full of philosophy and logic
under his ancient looking plug-hat as
he entered the office and said he would
like to rent box. The chief clerk was
ready to accommodate him, when the
applicant said:-
'De terms am cash, l 'spose?'
eyes, sir"
''ls dar any trust?'
"No, sir; you must pay quarterly in
advance"
"Just SO, sab; make out q deed of dis
yere box an your quarter am ready"
"The price is 90 shilins per quarter
or three months" explained the clerk.
The colored gentleman fell back al
the rate of mile minute, but slowly
advanced after recovering from hi:
shock of surprise and repeated;-
Twenty shillings ebery free months
an no trust~
"The same"
The man took from his coat-tail
pocket broken two-foot rule and
measured tho dimensions of the box.
Then shutting up the rule he swellcd
out and exclaimed
"Does dis pos'onus take me for 4
fool, sab? Does dis ignoble guv'men
imagine dat Ize gone crazy, sah?"
''I guess not.'
"Den why, does dis ignoble guv'men
try to rob me, sahW Look at de ideah
kin rent II hull hoss-barn on Indiana
street for g month, sab; an yit di:
ignoble guv'meut axes me to pay q
shillings a quarter for posoflus box
not half as big an one end of man.
ger! l wasn't bon in de woods, sah--
no sab AN you kin keep dat box, sab
an dis ignoble guv'ment kin pass my
letters frew dc winder, sah"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-11-21
THE PRESIDENTIAL YEAR,

And will witness a political struggle between
the two great parties of surprising earnestness
and Importance.
The Proceedings of Congress,
The Canvass for Nominations,
The Result of the National Conventions,
The Progress and issue of the Campaign,
Are some of the stirring political events which will
engage the attention Of the people during the
year. All these will he fully and promptly re-
ported and discussed in the columns of The
Weekly journal. The contest is one upon which
will depend the fate OF the nation for many years
to come. The question whether the control of the
nation ia to be continued in the hands the party
which saved it, or given over to the party which
sought its llc-whether the purity of the ballot
and the freedom of the suffrage are to be preserv.
ed-whether this is a nation, or n mere conglo.
meration of independent States, without cohesion
and without common interests, common respon-
sibilities and a common destny-these are ques-
tons concerning which no thoughtful and patrio.
tic mind can be indifferent. The journal will
continue to give its influence for the Nation as
against sectionasm. for the purity of the ballot
as against corruption and violence. and for the
maintenance OF Republican principles, sound
finance and an honest currency. The
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-11-21

Which have made ii so popular. all through
New England for more than forty years. These
are
The News ofthe week. carefully arranged and
classified. and brought down to within an hour Of
its publication.
New England Intelligence gathered through
its SPECIAL news bureaus and agents, and through
the agency OF the Associated Press and present
ing Il very complete summary of all local happen
ings OF interest.
Editorial Articles, discussing with fairness and
candor topics of practical interest and impor.
tance.
special Correspondence from the national cap
tal, from New York, from central points in New
England, and from Europe.
Market reports, prepared for its columns and
giving fresh and full quotations of the cost of pro
ducts in the leading business markets.
Special Articles upon agriculture and domes-
tic topics, sketches of travel and adventure, ard
interesting miscellany.
The year 1850 will be
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-11-21

THE LAST CHANCE. AS The Inde-
pendent of New York will withdraw
all its premium offers Dec. 3lst, 1879,
only short time remains in which any
one can get Worcester's Unabridged
Pictorial fQuarto Dictionary (retail
price Sl0) and 3 years. subscription to
The Independent for 50, the price OF
the subscription alone.
The Independent claims to be the
largest. ablest, and best religious new
paper in the world. 1t has bought the
copyright of Rev. Joseph Cooks
famous Boston Monday Lectures and is
publishing one each week. To tell all
of its good things would occupy too
much space.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-11-21
LITTLE GIFFEN."

"Out of the focal and foremost fire,
Out of the hosuital walls as dire;
Smiten of grape-shot and of gangrene,
eighteenth battle and he siXteenD
Spectre such rs YOU seldom see.
Little Gifcn, of Tenncssee
"'Take him and wclcomep the surgeons said
Little the doctor can help the deadi
SO we took him; and brought him where
The balm was sweet In the summer air.
And we LAID him down on wholesome bed.
Utter Lazarus, heel TO headl
"And we wa.ched the war with nbated breath
skeleton Boy against skeleton Death.
Months of tortue HON many such?
Weary weeks Of the stick and crutch;
And still CLINT of the steclbue eye
Told Of a spirit that wouldn't die.
"And didn't. Nay, more in deaths des,iio
The crippled skeleton learned to write'
Dear mother, at first Of course; and then
Dear captain inquirng about the men,
Captains answer: of eighty-ann-nve,
Gifien and | are left alive.
"Word OF gloom from the war, one day;
Comrads pressed at the 'front.' they say.
Little Giilen was up and away;
A tear-his first-as he babe goodbye,
Dmmed the CLINT of his steel-blue eve
III write if spared There was news of the tipht
But none of Gfion. lie did not wright
81 sometimes fancy that, were king
VI the princeiy Knights of the Golden Ring,
With the song of the minstrel in mine ear
ANA the tender legend that trembles here
I'd give the best on his bended knee,
The whitest soul ofmy chivalry,
For Little Giffcn, of Tennessee"