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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-06-20

According ~ the Rev. Mr.. Scudder. y
missionary In India. four men bought
quantity Of cotton in co-partncrship.
That the rats might not injnre H. they
bought cat. and agreed that each should
own one OF ia legs. Each leg was then
adorned with beads and other orna-
menfs bv iis owners. The cat accident
ALLY injured one Of its legs. and the
owner wound rag round II. soaked In
OIL The cat by chance set the rag on fire.
and being in great pain, rushed among
the cotton-bales. where she had been &C
custnmed to hunt rats. The cotton was
totally burned. The three other partners
brought suit against the owner Of
the invalid leg to recover the value Of
their cotton: and the Judge decided that
as the injured leg could not be used. the
cat carried the fire 70 the cotton will
\ her three remaining legs. They only
were culpabIe and their owners were r.
lauired to compensate the owner Of the
injured leg for his share VI loss.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-06-20

nrOnr people are generally well
pleased with the purchase nv Evansville
ofthe Rockport railroad. ne that city has
no use forit excepting u i extended 60
NJ 70 feed their business, and now the
capital Of Evansville il interested in Il
the connection u only question Of time,
and the line the company may select r.
spend their own money upon j. their
own business. The wants Of Dubois
county. in that particular. will be fully
met whenever we have the connection
by rail at any point. but the Local Trade
proposition. running from Rockpori
direct down the river is likely to be the
one chosen. and in connection with III
being in competition with both the river
and the Roonvlle road, would probably
be the best for the masses Of shippers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-06-20

nrQuite . number Of excursionists
were in Jasper Tuesday from Rockport.
We noticed among them Rev. Mr..
Pcucher, Dr.. Morgan, Prof Logan,
Leroy Stewart, and our former towns
folks. Mrs. Judge DeBruler. Mrs. II.
''F~- Mrs Lizzie EnIow. Mrs. Brown
oshers. who were noticing
'at cAat gef ,nir since they livd here.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-06-20

0rThe Paoli Republican and Loogoc-
tee Times say Jasper i to have bank
with SIS 900 capital. We would rather
shake hands with the fortunate banker
than hear tell Of It. Our people know
nothing about Il. but would heartily
welcome such an institution.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-06-20

(,ur citizens we've very much surprised (
q, The news of The purchase BY CON-
many Of Evansville men. this week. o.
onr railroad. and the consequent with
draual for the present. 1T least. o. me
nropo-i,ion "a construct the Spring sta ,
ton connection. al Of which was ac-
complished on last Friday. The mr.
chase was made OF Mr.. Eager by q
company composed OF Messrs. Hei'man,
Hcnning. Till. Mackev aud Kellogg
al active business men vi Evansville. \
and mos, ~ Them directors Of the Local
Trade Railway 20. proposing 10 con-
struct railroad from Evansville to Tan
Mellon. via Roekport. a part Of them
are alec directors Of the r. 4 r. III. X
r.. which will likely initiate against our
road hong imilt 30 amy Northern con-
nection with the railway system " the
country. The purchase includes the
road. lie rolling stock. which consists OF
three locomotives. about forty cars. and
stations. two hundred and forfy-four
Thousand dollars OF the stock which Is a.
little over 30 per cent. OF the stock the
consideration to be given Is $5o.Ooo-
$1,000 in cash. and the balance. $4,000,
in one wear besides assuming the float
ing indebtedness Of the road. $a67 900 in
first mortgage bonds. The entire amount
Of mortgage bonds is $4,000. but there
remains unsold $4,000 Of them. which
IL turned over 10 the purchasers as q
portion OF the assets Of the road.
Messrs. Eager. Kinsey and Others still
hold the e2s7.uon mortgage bonds, and
are 10 he allowed to name, on the part
Of the bondholders. four Of the directory
for the road. The Board OF directors
were 10 meet At Indianapolis on We'd
nesdsy. when il il probable the transfer
was completed, and the old directors
resigned. and N Evansville directory
assumed control. We understand il Il
likely Mr.. IIeilman or Mr.. Mackey will
be President. and arrangements be per.
fected. a soon rs the townships along
the line vote the necessary local aid, &
connect IL with Evansville via Of Rock
port, or il that aid is voted down OF
JULY 18th. the Spring Station projec
will be again resuscitated; or it-may b
the same company will buy the Boon
vile road before that time. and the'
build the SpringsStation line. Whcthe
the change Of owncrsiipywill result 10
change OF Superintendent or agents W
are not informed. but we do know n
company cannot secure more thoroug
railroad man for Superintendent. or on
who will watch more closely the intel
ests Of the company than the presc1
Superintendent. Mr.. Branham. and "
NAV be allowed TO voice the gencr
wish that our active agents NJ jasper an
Huntingburg. Messrs- Kessner and ii,
land. should he retained. as they hay
worked faithfully to build up bushes
for the road. The sale was unquestio'
ably nice speculation for the bone
holders. as they sill! retain their bond
and get $4,000 for stock which co
them but nominal sum. and we CO.
graduate them on their good lnck. &
surely they deserve II, having attain'
it through much tribulation.
And now. gentlemen Of Evansvill
you have an additional incentive {
giving us speedy connection with 70
beautiful cify. Whoop her up!
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-06-20

Princeton Democrat Chief Engi-
neer Rice ~ the Air Line. arrived here
Wednesday noon, AMI Immediately
surveying several routes. in
order 20 find the best and cheapest route
through town. II win be known some
time during the coming week, which
line they will adopt. when the grading
will commence Immediately. sud the
work pushed rapidly forward.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-06-20

Joseph Enlow. Of Dubois county lives
just across tho line from. Spencer, and
within hundred yards Of the C.. X. 4
s. w. Il. X. on = beautiful knoll. said By
the railrosd engineers 10 be the highest
point In southern Indiana. II Il on the
divide between Hatoka and the Ohio
river.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-06-20

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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-06-20

RrLiCs or NARnARlsH.-Th ex-editorI
~ the Maaiscnvilie tky.) Republican
IL moving back t. Indiana. and from the
appearance ola pcrtioA OF bic "plunder'
M our drpc, he has some relics Of che
siege Of vicksburg. or some other bonn
l,ar.lnent. We noticed three legged
stand. AMI two legged chair. and q
rocker without seat or back, looking
like twenty pound hall had went
through the cane. fying proposition
from some advertising firm. dozen
copies Of Patent Office reports which
look like they had been used tor breast
works. and well worn Bible. probably
used most when nervousness seized the
owner At hearing the distant and me'o-
dious below OF bull, and imagining
1t artillery. These are certainly relics
OF some fearful sccne. or they would not
nav the expense Of moving, and forcibly
bring to mind the tribulations friend
Palmer must have undergone as kadi
cal editor ia kentucky. lie cid mo-
!ieign 10 interview ms. or we would trief
10 have found from what battle thes'
were mementoes.
IVA number Of the business men
Holland went through the farce las
week or saving in an address signed D.
them to'the business men Of Evansville
that If the latter built road with thei
own money. which went any place ex
cent through Holland. they would ceas
No trade where they had got bargain
heretofore. This. Of course. all fhes
business men know was All bosh- The
had as well saw 10 manufacturers. pa
such a price to your workmen, or
y will cease using your wares. Il Is
attempt TO control others money, wheI
(, liz very Indirectly concerns them. r.
: perience teaches that men buy whe'
they are offered the best bargains. an
. can get the best shipping rates, and i
the most convenient. without regard
!, what those whom they buy Of. do wi
! the money paid them. and il will alwa,
!, be so. whether railroad comes TO the
!. doors or not. But wind Is cheap, som
! times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-06-20

~We are indebted % Esq. p. J..
Sweeney, for the following statement OF
business done by him as Justice during
the ending june 18th. 1879:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-06-20

smith American Company Orgsn'
with eight stops, knee swell, and beauii-
ful tone, for sale at the CcvKIrR OFsitr-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-10
Love in its Hottest Garb.

81. ACCOMPLISHMENTS So reads
the sign that swings over the door of a
poor shanty across the way, and l have
looked at the picture of the old shoe
maker and his wife, that the sunset was
sure to frame in the low doorway, so
often that missing it brings pang, for
although the sign still swings over the
door, the doorway is vacant-the pic
ture is rubbed out 1 missed the poor
wife first. All the sick poor! Shall L
ever forget the small, bare room, the
close, hot air, or the hard bed on which
the old wife lay7 So ashamed of her
scanty clothing; so patient in her pain
and so grateful too! l think the kisses
she left on our hands after we had bath
ed her and laid her between the cool,
white sheets we had brought, will keep
them fair so long as we live. "My old
woman has worked very hard all her
life, and 1 am afraid she can't get over
this fever" the old husband said to us.
But she did not die. God had some
thing harder for her to do. On the
third day of her cOnvalescence we heard
that the old shoemaker had fallen vic
tim to the fever and had been taken to
the hospital. He never came back.
And this is what God had for the old
wife to do that was harder than dying
to live and hear, ''He died last night (;
he will be buried in the POtter's field
to-day, and you cannot see him because
YOU are too feeble to walk" Oh if it
is hard for us to give up our dead with
all the comfort of the last word, the
last look and the last clinging kiss, and
the knowledge that the dear form is
clothed in fair garments and will be
laid away by reverent hands in cOnse-
Grated ground, what must have been
the agony of that lonely old soul as she
sat with bowed head. HE will be
buried in the poor field to-day, and 1
cannot see him. Do you think they
will be rough with himq" heard her
say to a plying neighbOr. evil they
put him away decently I? Oh, if my old
knees were strong enough for me to
crawl to his side, so that l could put
my hand in his once more, think |
would be more recOnciled to give him
mp. We have been married fifty-One
years. He always slept with my hand
in his, but last night he went to sleep
with his poor hands empty, empty !!
My poor, lonesome old husband !" Yes
terday the old wife moved away. To-
day the landlord has been fixing up the
old house for new tenant. There will
be other pictures framed in the low
doorway soon. l shall look at them
from my window and like them per-
haps, but never so well as liked the
picture of the old shoemaker and his
wife that has been rubbed out by the
passing hand of death.--NeU Orleans
Picduune.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-10
A Handy Boy.

A clerk in Lewiston insurance Office
took kerosene Oil-can and went out to
purchase some oil, the other evening.
On the threshold he met an acquaint-
ance whom he bad not seen for some
time, and stopped to converse with him
few minutes. A clever looking, tow
headed urchin came along and the clerk
hailed him in this wise "See here, bub,
just go and get my oil-can filled for
me.n The boy consented. The clerk
placed thirteen cents in his palm and
off he went at a dog tret. Meanwhile,
the gay young insurance man enjoyed
himself in conversation with his friend.
The boy came back shortly with filed
can. The clerk rewarded him and re-
entered the office. The lamps were
filed, burned brightly few moments,
commenced to flicker, and finally went
out. The lamps were examined and
were found to be filled with water.
If that clever looking, long haired boy
could have been examined, the thirteen
cents would probably have been found
in his pocket! 1t did not require
close examination to discover disgust
in the insurance clerks face. If that
boys parents want to make a small
fortune, they should have their dar-
ling's life insured for $4,000 and send
him into that office.-LelUistOn Journal
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-10
After Dark.

Almost invariably boys who have
been allowed to roam free at night have
come to moral shipwreck and social de-
structiOn. The exceptions have been
where there was 4 wholesome tempera-
ment, a strong intellect, and peculiar
social influences. Men and boys. wo-
men and girls, whatever may have been
their culture, feel that there is some
thing in the streets at night different
from that which is in the day-some-
thing that excites apprehension, OF
creates alarm, or gives license. Bows
that are demure by day will say things
at night they would blush to utter in
the daylight.
The result of our observation is the
clear conviction that it is absolutely
necessary that parents know eractiu
where their children are from shutdown
to sunrise. No boy ought to be allow
ed to go alone off the pavement of his
fathers house after shutdown. 1t ought
not to be hard restriction; to a boy
thus trained from infancy it will not be.
1t is unnatural that child should want
to go off to play in the dark with other
children. The desire never comes un-
I'll the child has begun to be corrupt
sometimes, for quiet, parents will allow
thelr children to go Ground the corner
10 play with some other children. Some
times this is allowed through mere care
lessness. We never knew it to fail IL
emu dlsastrously. We have in our mind
one or two striking cases in which weak
"oIhers have pleaded for this liberty
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-10
Does It PayP

Does it pay to find fault? You who
are the wise keepers of the houses,
and the dear keepers of hearts, does it
pay?
There are, perhaps, heavy burdens
to bear all day-manifold cares from
the rising to the setting of the sun
blunders made by those who should
have known better, many and many a
thing to annoy; but don't make cold
and cheerless the home atmosphere by
finding fault.
There is no blight more deadly In Its
tendency-nOthing that can more surely
disturb the harnOny OF home, nothing
that will recoil more quickly upon
yuurself-than this habit of fault-fnd-
ing.
Not that errors should go unrebuked,
or mistakes uncorrected; but note such
down in your memory, and when the
work, and care, and tnra"i. 80, ,hN -,'.s
arc oil v-vr, tIiou call the little ones
and the larger ones around, and tell
them sOberly but kindly of the wrong
doings, and see if you are not amply
repaid for your fol- bearance by the smile
and the tear, and the little word of con-
triton and promise of amendment.
when you lie down to sleep, and
sweet forgettulness has settled over
your little flock, than you would have
been had the blue eyes now closed been
filled with bitter tears that Over-hOwed
at unkind censure, or had the little
golden head dropped under the shadow
of your constant frOwn.
How fair, and sweet, and satisfying,
life might be to us all, if we would
forget to fret, and find fault, and COM
plain.
Don't save your words of praise and
appreciation until it is too late. You
love the little children-the dear little
children And if they do speak loud,
and leave doors open that should be
shut, and disturb the order of the house,
don't find fault. 1t won't pay.-Chica-
90 Standard.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-10
Pressure on the Brain.

A physician was called one day to
see a youth, aged. Is, who had been
struck down insensibly by the kick of a
horse. There was depressed fracture
of the skull a little above the left tenn
pie. The skull was trephined, and the
loose fragments of bone that pressed up
on the brain were removed, whereupon
the patient came to his senses. The
doctor thought it a good opportunity to
make an experiment, as there was a
hole in the skull through which he could
easily make pressure upon the brain.
He asked the boy a question, and be-
fore there was time to answer it, he
pressed firmly with his finger upon the
exposed brain. AS long as the pressure
was kept up the boy was mute, but the
instant it was removed he made a re-
ply, never suspecting that he had not
answered at once. The experiment was
tried several times with precisely the
same result, the boys thoughts being
stopped and started again on each oc-
casiOn as easily and as certainly us the
engineer stops and starts his locomo-
tive.
On another occasion the same doc
tor wsts called to see groom who had
been kicked on the head by mare
called Dolly, and whom he found quite
insensible. There was fracture of the
skull, with depression of the bone at
the upper part of the forehead. AS soon
as the portion of bone which was press
ing upon the brain was removed the
patient called out, with great energy,
''Whoa, Dolly !" and then stared about
in blank amazement, asking, "Where
is the mare? Where am l ~ Three
hours had passed since the accident,
dnrinC which tho words which he was
Just going " utter when if bannened
mad remained locked ~r So t,h~..~
graph, to be let go the moment the OBJ
structing pressure was removed. The
patient did not remember, when he
came to himself, that the mare had
kicked him the last thing before he
was insensible which he did remember
was, that she wheeled her head round
and laid back her ears viciously.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-10
How to Keep Early Rose Potatoes.

A good many people would like to
know how keep their Early Rose pota-
toes that are now so fine. Perhaps |
can help some of them to guess how.
While was in San Diego, where the
air is so beautifully dry and invigOrat-
ing, you know, gentleman told me
that after an exceptionally wet winter
about ten inches of rain, suppose
he raised remarkably large and hand
some crop of potatoes. Being afraid he
should never get any more as good, and
wishing to preserve them if possible,
he put his potatoes in barrels, filled the
barrels with dry soil and stacked them
in the coolest shade he could find.
Those potatoes, he affirmed, kept per-
tectly for twelve months and longer
Dry earth is easy to get in San Diego,
and there ought to be no difficulty in
showing up, with the head of hay
rake, a bushel or so to the barrel in
any garden, pillow field, or roadway
during one of our spells of ripening,
drouthy weather in August and Sep
TENDER. Don't put this job off till a
rainy day, however. 1t should be done
before the potatoes are dug. If the
earth be stored in barrels, in an airy
shed, it will lose still more of it's mois-
ture. And if two or four quarts of air.
Stacked lime, for obvious reasons,
should be added to each bushel of earth
and the potato barrels covered from
wet in the shade of tree, think the
plan would work here. -Hdrtford Cou-
rant
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-10
The Best Pasturing for the Dairy

What food is best adapted to produce
rich milkq Which will produce the
greatest amount of fatty matter in the
milk, and, consequently, the greatest
amount of butter? So far as summer
food is concerned, there is scarcely any
difference of opinion. Both expert
ments and experience prove that mix
ture of timothy and clover, in the pro-
portion of One-fourth of the latter to
three-fOurths of the former, produces
the most and best butter-for color,
texture and taste. Glover alone, from
an excess of water in the plant, has a
tendency to make butter too soft, and
consequently to injure its keeping uali-
ties, but mixed with timothy, in the
proportions above given, it adds to the
butter sufficient moisture, which is
lacking where timothy alone is given.
The result of course will be somewhat
modified by the nature of the soil upon
which the grass is grown. A clay-loam
soil, well drained, will produce the
most satisfactory results-a sandy soil
the least. But whatever may be the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-10
Sugar Beets Better Crop than Pota-
toes.

To those whose farms are situated
upon the railways, or upon the sea coast
or along our navigable rivers, the beet
sugar movement warmly commends it
self, and in our judgment, at the pres
ent time, there is nothing that prom
Uses SO we'll for a cash crop as raising
beets for sugar, at the prices offered.
Land which is in good condition for
corn should produce from twenty to
thirty tons of sugar beets, something Of
course depending upon the season but
in this respect no crop is exceptional.
The labor of raising an acre of sugar
beets is no greater than that of raising
an acre of corn they are not so ex-
hausting to the soil, and the value of
the crop promises much better, besides
bringing the ready cash, which corn
will rarely do. AS compared with the
potato crop, the sugar beet has several
advantages. The average yield of pO
tatoes on the old farms in Maine prob
ably is not over one hundred bushels
to the acre, and the price varies very
much from year to year. Last year they
were high, and the farmer who had a
good quantity to sell was fortunate.
For some years previous to that, prices
had ruled quite low, the average being
less than fifty cents per bushel, and
even then bringing more than their food
value. Besides, what with the rust, the
rot and the beetle, the potato crop is
becoming to be considered by farmers
as quite uncertain.-Maine Farmer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-10
Redeemed!

There are four ideas always suggest
ed to me by those loving words, 81 have
redeemed thee"
l. Olrnership. / am not my own.
Christ has purchased me for Himself.
NV time, talents, influence, purse and
powers all belong to my Redeemer.
2. Friendship. He does not command
me as His slave. He owns me as His
friend. He promises to go all lengths
to befriend me in trouble or in tempta-
ton.
3. Kinship. Jesus is the nearest and
dearest relative | have. He is our elder
Brother. We are admitted into the
royal family.
4. HeirShip. He has redeemed us to
an Inheritance incOrruptible, undefiled,
and that fadeth not away. Owned by
Jesus and united to Jesus, we are heirs
through Jesus to everlasting glory !
ReU. Theodore Cuyler, in Congregation
dliSt