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Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-04-24

ou'. lhey would slip and let the pack
uo"h under the mules belly. We overlook
lne cavalry about ten miles from last camp.
ihey mao wandered about the night before.
losing themselves, and were finally comnell
ed TO malt and await the arrival of davliobt
TO ascertain where they were. The Far
west mad followed us up the Big Horn. and
mere zen. Gibbon, though still sick, Joined
US. Inc Grow scouts had come in thorough
~ demoralized. They report that Custer had
attacked the village and had been comnlete-
ly annlhilated. One portion of his regiment
had attacked the upper, and Custer himself
the lower, part of the encampment. The
scouts declare that they never saw so MANY
people together before. The ground. FOR
miles, was black with them. They left Gus
ter completely surrounded by Sioux. IS
thick as they could stand, while the party
at the upper end Of the village had been
dflVen into a body of timber, completely
~urrounded and the timber set on fire. Thew
pointed to a broad belt of dense smoke ris-
ing straight in the air some twenty miles
away and at the point where those in the
timber were surrounded. They report three
OF their number killed and three missing.
aho We're SO thoroughly panic stricken that
they lax deserted us in a body, taking the
interpreter, (Brovo), with them. Is their
report correct? is the query.
The Little Big Horn is in plain sight and
though many of the men are still SUFFERING
from yesterdays march, when they heard
that there was every prospect that we would
De engaged in a fight before night. marched
OF at such a swinging gait as to keep the
horses In a fast walk. Reaching the Little
Big Horn at 2 o'clock P. NJ, the men strip
ped and waded the stream. Here we halted
and made coffee. 1t was at this point that
Custer had agreed to meet Terry and Glib
bon, and as they did not believe the story
OF his defeat, were at a loss to account for
the non-appearance of either himself or a
messenger.
Inc march was resumed at 4 o'clock p.
NJ, making ten miles by shutdown. A Num-
Der of Indian ponies had been picked nm
and brought into the column. At shutdown
halted and unsaddled where we stood. for
the first time on the campaign. Just as we
Cid SO a body of horsemen made their ap-
pearance on the bluffs Oh our right. and
guesses were made as to whether they were
Indians or Clusters men. The flags were
produced and they were signaled, but did
not reply. A company of the I'd cavalry
was sent out toward them and they moved.
off.
ITO be continued.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-04-24

A clergyman and one of his elderly par
lshoners were walking home from church
one frosty day, when the old gentleman
slipped and fell on his back. The minister.
looking at him tor a moment, and being as
tsured that he was not hurt, said to him,
Friend, sinners stand on slippery places''
old gentleman, looking up as if to as.
sure himself of the fact, said, II see they do;
but | can't.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-04-24
THE 10 M:E CIRCLE.
DON'T STOP MY p

Don't stop my paper, printer,
Dou't strike my name of vet:
You know the times are stringent,
And dollars hard to get;
But tug a little harder
Is what I mean to do
And scrape the dimes together,
Enough for me and you.
can't afford to drop it;
find it doesn't pay
10 do without a paper
However others NAV.
] hate to ask my n%eighbors
70 give me theirs on loan:
lheY don't just say, but mean it,
Why don't you have your own?
You don't know how we miss it,
If it, by any fate,
Should happen not to reach us,
Or come q little late;
Then all is in a hubub.
And things go all awry,
And, printer, if you're married
You know the reason why.
cannot do without it,
1t is no use to try;
For other people take it,
And, printer, so must E.
/. too, must Keep me posted,
And know what's going on,
Or feel. and be accounted,
a fogy simpleton.
Then take it kindly, printer,
If pay pc somewhat slow,
For cash is not SO plenty,
And wants, not few. you know.
But ] must AVE my paper,
Cost what it may to me,
I'd rather dock my sugar,
And do without my tea.
So, printer, don't you stop it,
Unless you want my frown,
For here's q years subscription,
And credit it right down,
And send the paper promptly
And regularly on,
And let it bring us weekly
IT'S welcome benson.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-04-24

II curse the hour we were married ~ eY-,
claimed an enraged husband to his better,
halt. TO which she mildly replied, "Don't,
my dear, for that was the only happy hour
we have ever haL.n
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-04-24
G0LDE SHEAVES.
Cheerfully take what God bestows:.
And, like His own fair flowers.
look up in sunshine with a smiles

Ao&olO
! and, like His own fair flowers,
look up in sunshine with a smilc;-
\ And gently bend, in showers.
The difference between a rich man and,
a poor man is this-the former eats when he
fpleases, and the latter when he can get it.
As the tree is fertilized by its own bro
ken branches and falling leaves, and grows
out OF It's W decay, so men and nationss
are bettered and improved by trial, and re-,
lined out of broken hopes and blighted ex-,
pectations..
Like most garments, like most carpets.
everything in life has a right side and a
wrong side. You can take any joy, and by
turning it around find troubles on the other
siae; or, You may take the greatest trouble,
and by turning it around, find joys ON the
other side. The gloomiest mountain never
casts a shadow on both sides at once, nor.
does the greatestvo f LIES calamities..
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-04-24

HE cynic of the New Haven Register has
a notion that the /" N. B.'s,'at the end of a.,
lady's letter mean new bonnets.
And "P. S." means Pail settle.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-04-24

AN allnois girl, with a pitcl,fork, kills
scores of gophers every day. You ought,
to see her gopher the gophers.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-04-24

HAwTHoRNE's only surviving daughter,
Mrs. Lathrop, has written a novel, which
Will be Published in the Boston Courier.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-01-31
Profit in Sheen Keening.

An excellent farmer told me this
year he got for every sheep he kept,
in lambs and wool, an average of
five dollars worth per head. He
said also that his sheep paid him
better than anything else on the
farm. Five dollars are nearly ten
cents per week, and during the pas
ture season sheep can be kept at IL
cost of two to four cents per week.
In the winter the cost is u little
more; but if bean straw and other
coarse fodder are freely used, win,
ter keep need not be very expen.
sive, and the manure would be
worth large part of the cost OF
feeding. l am not so clear about
the profit in summering sheep.
Where Il farmer has IA large amount
OF rough land unsuited to cultiva-
ton, sheep will utilize it better
than any other stock, provided the
land Is not wet as well as rough.
On low or swampy lands sheep will
not do well, and are liable to foot
rot and other diseases. But if a
farmer has only clover pasture let
him beware of sheep. Either he
must feed SO light as to get little
benefit from his pasture or he will
ruin the young clover-and he may
do both. Sheep aud clover both
improve the farm, but they will not
do it together. One neutralizes
the other. That "the foot of the
sheep is golden" is proverb only
true when pastures are filed with
natural grasses and the heritage is
made sweeter and richer from being
kept closely cropped.-Rural New
Ne,c Yorker.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-01-31

Mark Twain's Printing Days.

One cOmpOsitOr who work, d on
, the Neacs then still lives, says a
writer in the st. Louis Spirit, and
has made considerable noise in the
world. We allude to Samuel
Clemens, better known as Mark
Twain. He was about Il or ~
years of age, very good looking
and most impressed of the fact.
He was the LATEST mortal that ever
sOldiered" Oh the hook. In that
year the Crimean war aud the prin.
ters were raging-the latter over
the long, diabollcal combination OF
cOnsonants that made the Russian
officers names. When steamer
arrived at New York the telegraph
would fire these Internal names
over the wires until the tops of the
posts were shattered to pieces.
Sam Clemens used to say that the
telegraph operator never wrote the
these names-when lie came to Il
hard name he just took up a pep
per box OF black sand and shook it
over the manuscript. Sam was
known to dwell fifteen minntrs
over a Russian name, and then
snatch up few rs, three &'s. and
then fencing them with an he
would go ahead until the first gal
ley came around to allow him IA
rest. He occupied stand in the
corner of the room which had been
christened Sebastapol.
AS we have said, Sam was lazy.
He had IA peculiar manner of draw
ing out his words that was irresiSti-
bly, comical when relating a joke or
something that reminds me Of"
But he was good.natured and good
hearted and much liked. One hot
morning in June, Sam did not
make his appearance until about 8
O'Clock, when he ought to have
been there promptly at Z. The fore
man was excited and angry, aud
as Sam came sauntering slowly in,
tanning himself with IL straw hat,
Bailey SAID: sam, II YOU can't
get here before this time of day
you needn't come at all" Sam
leaned upon the imposing stone
with both elbows, and drawled out,
" Well, John, | guess | wont't come
again; tits - hot !! and he slowly
meandered out of the composing
room. He got berth OH the river,
became "a pilot and Mark Twain.
The world knows the rest. He used
to drop in occasionally when he
was III port, and Oh one accession he
i.sisted on his brother Henry, who
worked in the Office, accompanying
him down the river. They were
blown up and Henry killed; but
Marx, with his usual luck, escaped
unlWured.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-01-31
Quick Work.
Natchez Democrat.

Natchez Democrat.
On Sunday morning last, before
sunrise, three cOlored men were
banging dead from the limbs of one
tree in the courthouse yard at Fay
ette in Jefferson county, in this
State. One OF them, Henry john
son, was or had been Il brakesman
Oh the N, j. & g. r. X. The other,
Il lad Of sixteen or seventeen, nam
ed Spurlock, lived about four miles
from Fayette. The name of the
third we have not yet learned.
These three parties are supposed
to have been implicated together
in the killing of Mr.. Nathan Eli.
bott, of Fayette, on Saturday night.
1t appears, as well as we can learn,
that Spurlock, Johnson and anoth-
er negro had been to Eilbott's store
on Saturday afternoon, and went
there again at about half past elev-
en- O'Clock ut night, after Mr.. Eli.
bott had closed his store, that they
knocked and got him ont to the
front door, which he opened for the
purpose of telling them that he had
closed for the night and would not
reopen his store at that hour, that
they then pushed in and murder.
ously assaulted Elliott, shooting
him through an eye with pistol,
and inticting some six scalp
wounds, some of them very serious,
with other weapons. 1t is said that
Mr.. Eilbott identified one of the men
as the banjo player" and that at
terthat clue was obtained each OF the
three men charged the other two,
upon separate examination, with
the murder.
At last accounts Mr.. Elliott was
still alive, but was expected to die
from his wounds very soon.
If the paltles hung were really
the guilty parties this was an in
stance of retributioD rarely sur
passed for speed, as the crime was
committed at about baif-past elev-
ell and three men supposed to be
guilty were hung before sunrise.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-01-31
BEd UIIFUL THINGS.

Beautiful faces are those that wear
| II matters little if dark or fair
Whole seuled honesty printed there.
Beautiful eyes are those that show,
Like crystal panes where hearth-fres glow
Beautiful thoughts that burn below.
Beautiful lips are those whose words
Leap from the heart like songs Of birds,
Yet whose utterance prudence girds.
Beautiful hands are those that do
Work that is earnest and brave and true
Moment by moment the long day through
Beautiful feet are those that 20
On kindly ministries to and fro
Down lowliest ways, if God wills it so.
Beautiful shoulders are those that bear
C-aseless burdens of homely care
With patient grace and daily prayer.
Beautiful lives are those that bless-
Silent rivers of happiness,
Whose hidden fountains but few may
guess.
Beaptifnl twilight, at set of sun,
Beautiful gonl, with race well won,
Beautiful rest, with work well done.
Beautiful graves, where grasses creep,
Where brown leaves fall, where drifts lie
deep
Over worn-out hands--oh, beautiful sleep.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-01-31
Boys and Pistols


~ never could understand,D the
deacon said, "why IL boy should
carry a pistol. a pistol is a very
peculiar fire-arm it is made for q
very peculiar purpose. 1t is quite
natural for some boys to want rifies
or shot-guns, with which they may
kill game but pistol is intended
to kill human beings, and tliis is
about all it is good for. Thers are
very few boys in this country who
could shoot bird or rabbit with
II pistol, and any one who should
go out hunting with a pistol would
be laughed at. This being tile case
why should u boy want a pistolf
What human beings would he like
to kill
at is useless to say that he may
need his pistol for purposes of de-
tense. Not one boy in II thousand
is ever placed in such a position
that he need defend himself with u
pistol. But it often has happened
that boys who carried loaded pis-
tolls thought that it would be
manly thing, under certain circum-
stances, to use them, and yet, when
the time came and they killed'some-
body, they only brought down
misery on themselves aud their
families. And this, too, in many
case where, if no one present bad
had pistol, the affair would have
passed off harInlessly, and been
soon forgotten.
But the way in which boys geu-
orally take human life with pistols
is in some accidental way. They do
not kill highwaymen and robbers,
but they kill their schoolmates, or
their brothers, or their sisters, or,
in many cases, themselves. There
is no school where boys are taught
to properly handle and carry load
ed pistols, so they usually have to
learn these things by long practice.
Aud, while they are learning, it is
very likely that some one will be
shot. | saw i'll a newspaper, not
long ago, accounts of three fatal
accidents, all of which happened
on the same day, from careless use
of firearms. And one of these
dreadful mishaps was occasioned
by lad who carried ii loaded pis.
tol in his overcoat pocket, and who
cerelessly threw down the coat.
"And then, again, II boy ought
to be ashamed to carry a pistol,
especially loaded one. The pos
session OF such thing is a proof
that he expects to 90 among vicious
people, 1T he goes into good socie
", and has honest, manly fellows
for his companions, he will not
need a pistol. A loaded pistol in ~
boys pocket is not only useless and
dangerous, but also it almost al
ways stamps him as bad boy, or
one who wishes to associate with
bad boys and vicious men."-Jdck
inhe. Pulpit, 81. Nicholas for Fe5-
ruarV.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-01-31
Il III Il 9 o U r L S.
REGULAR TERMS.
CIRCUIT COURT-SEvENTu DISTRICT
JAMES s. HAMM, Judge.
THOMAS s. FoRD, District Attorney.

In the county of Lauderdale on the sec.
ond Monday Of February and August, and
continue eighteen days.
In the county of Kemper, on the first
Monday of March and September, and
continuc twelve days.
In the county of Clarke, on the third
Monday of March and September, and
continue twelve days.
In the county of Wayne, on the first
Monday of April and October, and con
tinue six days.
In the county of Greene, on the second
Monday of April and October, and con
tinue six days.
In the county of Jackson on the fourth
Monday after the fourth Monday of April
and October, and continue twelve days.
In the county of Harrison on the third
Monday after the fourth Monday of April
and October and continue six days.
In tho county of Hancock on the first
Monday after the fourth Monday of April
and October, and continue twelve days.
In the county of Marion, on the fourth
Monday in April and October, and con-
tinue six days.
In the county OF Perry on the third
Monday of April and October, aud con-
tinue six days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-01-31
Assassination i'm COahOma
Memphis Appeal, 23d

Memphis Appeal, 23d
The following particulars of a
bloody tragedy, committed Tues.
day at Suntiower landing, Coahoma
county, Miss, was received this af.
terIoon. The statement of two
witnesses is as follows:
Lawson Woodbridge and r. n
Glover, two young men, had diff.
ticulty last Saturday, which result.
ed in Woodbridge telling his antag.
onist. Peace between the two
were apparently made, as they
parted friends.
Tuesday, Woolridge, who is clerk
ing in +. L. Hudson's store, at
Sunhower landing, had returned
from the interior, whittier he bad
been sent on business, when about
entering the store, VIM. Glover,
brother to the man with whom
Woolridge had a difficulty on the
Saturday previous, deliberately,
without warning, fired double
barreled shot gun at Woodbridge,
killing him instantly, nine buck shot
taking effect in his breast. After
the assassination VIM. Glover and
his brother coolly walked out of
the store, the brother remarking he
was sorry he hadn't been permitted
to do the killing. After the excite
ment of the murder h I'd partially
subsidized, party went in pursuit
of the murderer 1t is thought
they will effect his capture. Wool
bridges remains were brought to
this city this afternoon. Many
relatives of the deceased reside
here.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-01-31
Relief for Earache.

Persons will find relief forearache
by putting in spoon two or three
drops of sweet oil, or better still,
almond oil, the same of molasses
and laudanun, warming it alto
gether. Absorb some of the mix
tnre in cotton wool put in in the
ear, with a piece of wool outside to
keep out the cold air, repeating the
thing if necessary. A roast onion
heart dipped in this and surrounded
with the cotton is also often very
efficacious.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-01-31
uIIANCERY COuRT-7Tn DISTRICT.
GEORGE WOOD, Chancellor

IN the county of Jackson. on the first
Monday of March and September, and
continue six days.
In the county of Harrison, on the second
Monday of March and September, ard
continue six days.
In thc county of Hancock, on the third
Monday of March and September, and
continue six days.
In the county of Pearl, on the fourth
Monday of March and September, and
continue six days.
In the county of Marion on the fourth
Monday in March and September, and
continue six days.
In the county of Perry, on the first
Mon lay in April and October, and contin-
ue six days.
In the county of Greene, on the second
Monday in April and October, and con-
tinue six days.
In tho county Of Wayne, on the fourth
Monday after the fourth Monday of March
and September and continue six days.
In the county of Clarke, on the first Mon
day in May and November, and continue
six days.
In the county of Lauder'lale, on the
second Monday of May and November,
and continue .wclvc days.
In the county Of Kcmper, on the fourth
Monday of May and November, and con-
Time six days
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-01-31

Nothing appears to be so heroic
as the power which the just man has
over his passions. What can be
greater than to see him hold, SO to
speak, increasingly his soul i'll his
hands, regulating its acts, measur-
ing its movements, permitting him
self nothing that would be unworthy
of his heart, mastering his senses,
placing them nuder the yoke of the
law, arresting the bent of his na-
ture that is always leaning toward
evil, stifiing,i thousand desrgns
which tdtterd,. thousand hopes
which delight, keeping himself firm
against the seductions OF commerce
and the force OF example, and al
ways, master of HIMSELF denying
his heart any littleness capable of
dishonoring an inheritOr of heavenf
All one must have been born with
a noble soul for this. Grace has its
heroes, who yield in nothing to
those admired i'll centuries gone by.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-01-31
John Henry's Mistake.

John Henry nsed to go to see a
girl down on Seventh street, but he
doesn't do so any more since the
hired girl gave him away. He tells
his own story ~" YOn see," he said,
"she was a mighty nice girl, and |
liked her more intensely than u lite
insurance agent talks up his busi-
pess, and | called around on that
fatal evening to see her but a mil-
ute on a little matter We had been
talking abo 1T, and whea the wood
en.headed girl came to the door |
asked for Miss Blank, and the girl
said she didn't think she was exact.
ly ready to receiTe company, and
would wait I l told her to see the
young lady and tell her | wanted to
see her just minute, and she
needn't dress unless she was un.
dressed. Away the girl went, and
presently l heard her sing out,
'Miss Blank, Mr.. John Henry is in
the parlor and wants to see you a
minute, and he says you needn't
dress if you are undressed.' That
sif' fixed me. and word was sent
down that Miss Blank was not al
home to Mr.. John Henry, aud Mr.,
John Henry has not been back
since."-CincinnGti Times.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-01-31
To thePOint.
Raymond Gazette.

Raymond Gazette.
The Enterprise Courier says "on-
of the things past finding out is the
reason why Mississippi newspapers
speaks 80 lightly and sneeringly of
the State legislature" Our contem-
porary of the Courie'- has lately
come into the editorial harness,
and hence is not as well posted as
some others. Without intending
to justly the sneering ard contemp-
tuous manner in which the press
almost uniformly speaks of our
legislature, 1--WE will explain for
the benefit of the Courier. 1t
is because our legislature by
special law, requires the news
paper men of Mississippi to
do legal advertising at about
lfalf the rates allowed in other
States, aud persistently refuses to
repeal or modify that statute. We
hope the Courier is now enlightened
aud will sleep better. glsl3 M
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-01-31

"Papa, me has been baptize, ain'l
me 7" asked little three year-old
Yes, DEAR
"Then me won't have to be bap.
tize again :"
"No; but can you remember
anything about being baptized !"
"I dess | can ~
Well, what did the minister do
to youf"
"He showed up my sleeve and
stuck knife in my arm"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-01-31

A lady in Louisville has a bus
band Who SHORES. She keeps a
clothes pin under her pillow, and
WIDEN his snoring awakes, she puts
it own his nose, then sleeps in
peace.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-01-31

After the sooner ROsina had
struck upon Halibut Point, Mass,
during the great gale of last week,
the crew left the vessel for a time,
and on their return found she had
slid off, and, all sails being set, was
scudding away before the wind,
with only a large dog on board.
The men hired tug and tried to
overhaul the fugitive, but she soon
distanced them and sailed away.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-01-31

There Is hot rivalry between Uni
tarians and Universalists in Yank-
ton, Dakota, in the matter of max
lug converts. The Unitarian church
gave dramatic entertainment,
which made many members. Then
the Universallst church gave a
masquerade ball, which caused a
large gain in membership.