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St. Landry democrat., 1879-05-24

-" Please do not HANDLE" is the
Swiss request. Netouchez pas sill
vous touch," bows the Frenchmsn.
" Visitors must not touch" says John
Bull, firmly. "Hands of" growls the
Yankee. The western people lay q re-
volver the aeticle, and say nothing.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-05-24

Advice is like SNOW; the sot.er it
falls, the longer it dwells ur on, an I the
deeper it sinks into the mind,
St. Landry democrat., 1879-05-24

The Rev. Murray says that he likes
to hear s lnan swear right from the
shoulder or swear not ut all.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-05-24

my OuS"SOuSut-lOf tUkou
Never in my life have I experienced
such q feeling OF supreme delight as I
did on again seeing those waves of
curling smoke mounting to the heavens.
A few steps more and I should stand
by their burning source. On on What
was exhaustion or fatigue, when deliver.
ance was 30 near? In the foggy dis.
tance saw red light shimmering
through the trees. At last saw several
fires and men moving around them.
But who were these men7 Were they
not perhaps, those from whom I was
fleeing? I shuddered with the thought;
but nethiDg remained to me but to ap.
preach silently and cautiously near
enough to observe who they were. AS
/ approached within two hundred feet
of the nearest fire, I noticed with ter
ror, Turks squatting on the ground,
quietly smoking their pipes, as if they
had just finished some work pleasing to
heaven My blood stood still in my
veins, anda cold perspiration covered my
forehead. But this was not all. 1t
was well known that the Turks
possess many dogs, which accompany
them during the night on their maurau-
ding excursions. Suddenly great white
dog followed by several others, rushed
at me, barking furiously. I seized my
sword, and disappeared in northwest
erly direction. For nearly half an hour
was persecuted by the barking and
bowling of these dogs, until at last the
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-01-16

lhey were in q railroad car, journeying to
chicago. On the opposite seat was a man
OF commanding figure, massive brow, and
thoughtful expression.
"What a fine countenance, James. Lwish.
| knew his occupation.''
MAY be he's a lawyer, Amelia
mo, he's not a lawyer. There's too,
much benevolence in that face for a LAWYER.
HE may be a banker"
"Not a bit of it. A man with s,cb a
heavy expression couldn't content himself
with money-getting. His aim in life il
higher than that"
| s"Do you think he Is an edltor?sr
A editor with such a face. An editor,
saying hard things about everybody, riff
culing long dresses, and abnsingrhis mother
ln-law. An editor, cutting and sfashing his.
enemies, SHINING public men mdiscrimi-
nately, and mercilessly Strengthening his best
friend tor the sake of a tliree-line paragraph.
NO, James, he is a philanthropist. He is a
Christian minister, or a learned: professor.
spending his life for the good Of mankind,
Els face plainly indicates that he IL oil that
is noble, pure and true"
II guess youare right, Amelia. I'll take,
our word for it.,'r
At the next station an inquisitive farmer.
took q seat beside the man with noble brow,
and asked him about his vocation. Amelian
held her breath, and listened to the reply.
1t was this:
keep q saloon and q meat SHOP. NY,
wife sells beer, and'I5do my own butcher
ing"
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-01-16
PRAYER.

The following extract from a sermon de-
1lvered by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher in
plymouth church, December Ist. was re-
ported for the HusBANDMAN:
The men who do right from the fear of
God are religious, but they are not chris
tians, and the great bulk of protested chris
tans are only religious men. A God who
is universal love has not yet dawned upon
their minds. They are Gods servants but
not his friends, and they are afraid every
DAY thai they are going to do wrong, and
they go every day begging and whining to
COD, and talking about themselves as being
worms and all these humiliating and debas-
ing images. 1t is perfectly proper tor a man
to use such an expression as that once or
twice in a lifetime, but that which is proper
as the expression of an intense outburst of
feeling would be abominable if used every
day. There are hours in which the conceD-
ton OF God is so overpowering that in the
contrast a man does feel like a worm, but
this, as I said, don't come to a man more
than once in a lifetime.
The deacon every morning exelaims
We are all worms before Thee" What
kline Of religion is that? II my child came
crawling to me Td-I'd make him crawl
more. They adduee texts to prove how
Daniel prayed. Well, | say you are not
Daniel, and you are not in the lions den.
Nevertheless he cries.
"Oh, Lord! now hear us! Oh, Lord
OF majesty and glory, behold us poor
shriveled worms, of the dust "
Web, he lies! He knows he Is not any
such thing as that, andi it WOULD not be safe
tor You to tell him he was, after prayers.
1t is a sham! a f%alsehood. and yet how
many size there who talk so.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-01-16
The HON e CIRCLE.
WHO SHALL 60 FLRST9

who shall go first to the shadowy land,
My love orI?
Whose will it be in grief to stand.
ANA press the cold, unanswering hand.
wipe from the brow the dew of death.
And catch the softly luttering breath,
breathe the loved name. nor hear reply,
In anguish watch the glazing eve;
His or mine?
Which shall bend ov er the wounded sod,
My love orI?
commencing the precious soul to God,
llll the dolefui fall of the muffied clod,
Startles the mind to q consciousness
OF its bitter anguish, and life distress,
Dropping the pail DER the love-lit past
With q mournful mur1nur the last-the last:,,
My love orI
Which shall return to the desola:e home.
My love orL?
AND list for a step that shall never come.
AND bark for ayoice that must still be dumb.
While the half-stunned senses wander back
10 the cheerless Iifo, and the thorny track.
"hefe the silent room and the vacant chair,
Lave memories sweet, but hard to bear; u
My love OIL?
Ah! then, pcrchance to the mourner there!
My love or /!
wrestling with anguish and deep despair,
An Angel shall come through the gates prayer.
And the burning eyes shall cease to weep,
And the sobs melt down in a sea of sleep,
White fancy freed from the chains of day.
Through the shadowy dreamland floats away:
. My love orI?
And then, me thinks, on that boundary land,
My love and +,
Inc mourn'd and the mourner together shall stand
or walk by those rivcxs of shining sand,
TIL the dreamer awakened at dawn, of day
Kinds the stone of the sepulchrc rolled awey
And over the cold, dull waste of Dea+h,
The warm, bright sunlight of holy Faith,
. My love and /!
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-01-16
Written for the Rocky Mountain Husbandsasn.
MOVING A REGIMENT, AND SOME OF THE
INCIDENTS OF THE TRIP.

AT Buford we drew fresh beef. We could
not obtain enough but for one days rations
tor the command, hut were glad to get that.
Twenty miles below Baford we stopped
to,take on wood. Nobody at the wood yard
and but a small quantity of wood-could
only see one pile. L~athropsaid there were
five cords l bet the cigars there were six,
and lost.
I>heard to-day of rather an amusing moi
dent that happened to an officer in command
OF a'detachment of recruits that was going
bF,boat to Benton. One of them fell over
board but was fortunately rescued. After
being brought on board he was wrapped in
blankets. One OF the men came up to the
officer in command and said.
"Please, SIR. Mcguire said that if he had
a sup of whiskey he'd feel bethed.n
! So the officer gave the messenger half q
pint Of choice old brandy for the sufferer,
saying, There, he can have more than one
drink, and need not be laid up at ALL"
The messenger went below, and w, lthe
otficer.) soon followed.
show do you %feelnow?" he said to the
rescued one.
BETTER, sir" was the reply.
"Did that brandy do you any goods"
What brandy, sir?'
"Why, | sent you some brandy half an
hour ago. Didn't you get iii"
no. sir.n
"-- that --, if I catch him I'll
break his - neck! I'll give him plenty
of water with his liquor, for Eli pitch.him
overheard" But the anxious nurse was
not found.
The prairie is on. fire, md as the rosy,
flamecolored smoke rolls away among.the
cottonwood trees it makes tlem look like
burning houses. The resemblance is rem
dered more real because of the regularity OF
the intervals between the rows. of trees,
making them look like streets.
More catfish. The men are feasting. on
them. They ara rather nice looking fish,
but are not to be compared to trout.
AT 4 O'Clock this morning the sergeant,of
tile guard came to me and reported that ono
ef the prisont re- had escaned-a private of
the 9TH cavalry, who was being taken to-
Fort Lincoln to be turned over to his regi-
lnent. from which he had deserted the year
before while the regiment was out after In
dams Lhe.naan, posted .oYer.th prisoners
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-01-16
GOLDEN
N yirtuous or good-natured deed
Does all desert in science exceed.
Aim at a certain end.
Virtue IL the safest shielR

B " A%sAt INV
Virtue il the safest shielR.
! Old mel are twice children.
Improve time embrace the opportu--
nifty.
-Odr liyes-are often. happier than we,
know.
IF tine is not favorable to thee, render.
tlfyself favorable to-it.
There are no circumstances however
bad, that clever people do not exact some.
advantage frols.
As long as. you are engageT in the.
world you must comply withits naaxims.
-Ihe FINEST friendships, have been,
formed IN mutaa l'adyersify, as-iron il mosts
strongly united in the fiercest fame.
A really happy marriage of. love andi
Judgment between n noble man and wo-.
man is one of.the things SO very handsome
that 1t the sun We're, as the Greek poet; fa--
bled, a god, he might stop the world in orr
hisseyes. with such Il spectacle.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-01-16

A scnooL-BoY being asked by his teacher
how he should dog him, replied, IF you
please, sir, | should like to have it on the
Italian system of penmanship, the heavy
strokes upward and. the. downward ones
Light
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-01-16
A MODEST REQUEST ANSWERED

The latest sentimental balled is entitled,
Give me the home of my %childhood.n
Bless your soul, we'd do it in a minute. but
why, haven't hearde Old Tadgers closed
out three mortgages IN it in 1867 and 1868.
anu the next year it wasssold for taxes. ID
was seized for debt the summer following.
thenyour oldest brother claimedttltat it be-
longed to his wife, and brought suit In her
name to recover, and before, tliat was
through they fonndSm old flaw i'm the title
and III trying to s%traighten that outrit trans.
plred hat your grandfather had nos Gov
eminent patent on it at all, but hadi stolen
It bodily from the Indians !; and now two,
nalf-breeds have brought suit to recover the
property as the heirs. The house WINS.
burned down about two years ago and the
neiggfbors have used the fences for kindling
wool; your wife's cousin is trying to pet
hoihot the lot and your half-brother Jump
edstfie property one night, put a little shan
ty. on the alley corner, and iss now in pos.
session. There doesn't SEEM to. be muclia
show for you, but you file your papers, buy.
q lawyer and.sail in.-Burlingtom HuasEk1u:.
Love-, With women, is, a business, bat
with men, business Is a love-, ,Hhis does MOTT
mean that women are mercenary iillbve;. OF.
that men deal in the spirit Of love in their
ordinary business. 1t means that love is, to
women, yet more than to man. an occupa-
ton, absorbing that fills and uses much of
their life in the same way. AS human life
Is at present ordered, this apportionment Of
activities is unavoidable and appropriate.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-01-16
SOME MEMS v

~IN tell you what it isl said one of a
small coterie of wealthy men who had met
in she office OF one of their number, s'they
may say what they please about the useful
ness OF modern women, but my wife has
! done her share in securing our success in
Fife. Everybody knows that her family was
aTistocratic and all that, and when & mar
ried her she had never done a days work
in her life but when w. 6 Co. failed, and
I had to- m at the foot of the hill
again, she discharged the servants, and
chose out q neat little cottage, and did her
own housekeeping until l was better off
again."
'tAnd my wife" said a second, twas an
only a daughter. oarressed and petteds TO
death; and everybody said, We'll fhe will
marry a doll like that, he'll make the great
est mistake of his life; ! but when / came
home the first year of our marriage sick
with the fever, she nursed me back to health
and never knew her to murmur because /
thought we couldn't afford any better style
or more luxuries."
"Well, gentleman" chimed in a third, 81
married a smart, healthy, pretty girl, but
she was a regular blue-stocking. She adored
Tennyson, Coated on Byron, read Emerson,
andn manned the first baby Ralph Waldo, and
the second Maud but | tell you what it's
and the speakers eyes grew suspiciously
moist, s'Wllen we Ibid little Maud in her
last bed at Auburn. my poor wife had no
remembrance of neglect or stinted motherly
care and the little1dresses that still lie irI
the ocked drawerwcre all made by he own
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-01-16

ARTEMUs WARD once lent money. lie
thus reconnts the transaction ~ gentle
man friend of mine came to me with tears
in his eyes. | said, why these wecps?' He
said he had a mortgage on his farm, and
wanted to Borrow 5000. I lens him the
money and he went away. Some time after
he returned with more tears. He said he
must leave me forever. l ventuned to re-
mind him of $500 he borrowed. He was
much cut up. | thought 1 would not be
hard upon him, SO. told him | would
throw offa SlO0. TIE Frightened, shook nv
hand and, said, Old friend, Twon't allow
you to outdo me in liberality I'll tlrrowof
the other, $100.'n
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-01-16

A boy who was spanked said the. sensa-
ton, was thrilling, to. an. extreme.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-05

Judge as bis predecessor, as honored a
Judge in fact as if he had never been
politician, the Senate, following the ad-
vice of these lawyers of both parties, will
naturally confirm the appointment of
Secretary McCrary. We own to some
lay doubts on that point.
Philadelphia Times Ind.): When it
is considered that the Washington de-
partments have been made asylumns for
many of the electoral thieves of 1876
men and women without characters to
lose, and who hold the reputation of
high officials in their keeping-it is not
wonderful that Secretary Sherman's an
nual report on the national finances was
stolen and surreptitiously sold to several
speculative journals, such as Mr.. Gould's
Tribune, or that the Presidents message
had been made a matter of barter by
some of the reckless and defiant crimi-
nails who evidently presume upon protec-
ton in Administration circles.
Providence Star Rep. J: Richard Smith,
editor of the Cincinnati Gazette, and a
veteran, agrees with us in the opinion
that the nomination of General Grant
for third term would not be equivalent
to an election. He doubts if General
Grant could be elected. We do not
doubt at all, for our opinion Is that his
nomination would send the Republican
party into defeat for at least three Presi-
Dental terms. His last administration
cost the party its majority in Congress,
and renewal of that policy would finish
the popular Republican majority through
out the country. General Grant is not
so blind as to be ignorant of the fact, and
will in our judgment accept the Presi-
dency of the Isthmus Canal Company.
In that office we wish him all success.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-05

had thought best to have gone from home
at this titneR
From that soliloquy Mr.. Maillward as
aroused by call from the housekeeper,
who sat with his wife in an airy, spa
,cipus upper room Of the large, elegant
mansion.
An hour later baby boys fraii life
futtered into existence, but for one brief
moment only, then went out again; and
the young mother lay dying on her pill
low. o-,.
No kind, motherly, sustaining elder
sister was there 20 close those deep violet
eyes with fearful kiss and the twin
brother, who loved her with such passion
ate, enduring tenderness, only came to
look upon her white face in her coffin.
Maxwell Maillard stood, mute and be-
wildered, when they told him his wife's
life moments were rapidly passing into
eternity There was no time then for
confessions, pleadiNgs, or regrets-no
time to tell her aught but the few broken
sobs that poured in thick. turbid tor
rent from his heavily throbbing heart.
Only time to receive the faint pressure
Of the little outstretched hand, the last
meek, loving smile, and hear the two
latest words that came from the pale,
lovely lips, as her dying gaze was lifted
heavenward.
"Motherl Heavenp
They buried her in the cemetery Of her
village home, beside her mother; buried
her with her dead baby on her breast.
And Maxwell Maillard--the strong,
proud man, whose imperious will had
never yielded before-was smitten by the
fiat of the Almighty. He was left alone
with remorse and regret. No need now
to open his empty heart; she could never
enter more. He must sit down in the
ashes of its desolation. No need now to
relax his iron rule.
1t was too late. ..4.t,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-05

Your CARBoL1NB restored my hair after every.
thing else had failed consider II tho best thing
OUT for tbs purpose intended.
B. +, ARTHUR
Chemist, Holyoke, Ma&
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-05
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Hf9h Priced ENTER.

Buyers pay the highest price for gilt
edged butter" but want every tub to be of
an even, bright, color. They recon- mend
their patrons to use only Wells, Richardson
& Co.'S Perfected Butter Color, as it is the
most reliable known, and will give perfect
color. 1t received the only award at the
international Dairy Fair for superior pu-
rity, strength, perfection of color and per
nIanence"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-05

A correspondent of the Columbus
Georgia. Enquirer relates the following
anecdote:
81 am reminded Of an anecdote told
many years ago Of the father OF your
present Governor, Walter T. Colquitt,
and the celebaated James Rnckmore,
both of whom knew we'll The former
was a lawyer and Methodist preacher, and
the latter minister of the Primitive
Baptist persuasion, and quite as much Of
an oracle among his brethren as was MIR.
Colquitt. Mr.. Colquitt, going to his ap,
pointment to preach on Sunday, stopped
by the wayside and went into an orchard
to eat some peaches, having permission
from the owner. Rockmore rode by on
his way to his meeting, and bawled out:
Never mind, Cdquitt; I'll bear witness
in Heaven against you for stealing those
peaches Hold on, said Colquitt
drawinga blank book and pencil from
his side pocket, Let me take your inter
rogatories; you won't be there
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-05

A New Haven man smokes several ci-
gars day throughout every even year,
but in the odd years not one from Janu-
arv first to December the last. This is
without inconvenience, and it is a habit
Of fifteen years standing.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-05

JosErH E. POND, JR Attorney at law, North
Attleboro, Mass, says "For more than twenty
years portion OF my head has been as smooth
and free from hair as o billiard ball, but soma
sight weeks ago was induced to try your CAR
MOLINE, and the effects lave been simply wonder
ful. Where no hair has been seen for six years.
there now appears a thick growth | expect the
growth to be slow. but 1t Is craving now nearly 10
rapidly ~ hair does after it is cut You may use
the above testimonial Il you choose. and may 10
fer 10 me foriE truth"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-05

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9Th day
JAMES D. KING, Notary Public
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-05

W. II! BRILL& Co., Fifth Avenue Pharmacy.
pItsburg, Pa says: 1--WE have sold preparations
for the hair for upwards oftwenty years, but have
never had one to sell az well or give such univer-
sal satisfaction as CARBoLINE We therefore rec.
0mmend 1t with confidence to our friends and the
general public
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20
Tho Dos Pueblos Rancho.

A careful reading of the elaborate
decision of the Supreme Court, in
case of Hill and Huse VS.. r. S. Den
ct ais, shows that the executors of
Nicholas S. Den, deceased, had no
right under the will to sell the
ranch. 1t had been conveyed in
trust to the executors for the ben
eft of the children of the testator,
and could only be disposed of in the
manner set forth by the trust,
namely, equitably divided among
the children of the testator. The
only power the executors had was
to lease, not sell. Says the Courts:
'rrhe sales made by Huse and Hill
to Hollister, Winchester, Cooper and
Sturgis, were therefore no better
than any other sales made by ex-
ecutors without the order of the
Probate Court. They were wholly
unauthorized and void. They had
no power to sell at all, and no
power to convey to any but the chill
dren of the testator. Even If their
attempted conveyance of the trust
pr operty to a stranger, in breach of
the trust, could operate transfer of
the legal title, the result here must
be the same, for the person receiv-
ing such conveyanoes must be held
to take the property upon the same
trusts as their grantors held 1t, and
with no greater rights. 1t is inn
possible to maintain the claim
that Hollister and the others were
purchasers in good faith. They
hold under the will, and are bound
to know its contents, and the
powers of the executors. Wilson
VS.. Castors, 81 CaI., 435 !"
The judgment and ORDER of the
Court below denying q new trial
are reversed, and the cause remand
ed for further proceedings consist
ent with the views expressed by the
division of the Supreme Court.
This decision involves the beauti-
full homes of Col. Hollister, Edward
Cooper and others, few miles out
of Santa Barbara.
AS there is great public interest
felt in this decision we shall pub
lish 1t in full tomorrow.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20

and ascertain The result. Estate ex
rel. VS.. Townsley, SO No. 207; Nc
Crary on Elections, Sec. 2S7.l
1 am also of opinion that, though
under the decision of the Supreme
Court of this State your final action
as to the returns of election will not
be enquired into by the Courts,
still the Court has the power by its
writ of mandate, at the request or
any claimant for the office OF
Councilman, properly specifying
errors in the returns, to compel
your body to act in the premises,
and determine the truth of the alle-
cations preferred before you by the
claimant. Bateman vs.. MCGOWAN
Met. KY, 533.
1t wonid certainly be irreconcil-
able with our system of govern
ment, to permit your body to seat
any person as member of your
body, whether elected or not, that
you may desire to partake with
you of these municipal honors, and
| the courts have q reserved power
left for the protection of the rights
of the citizen to hold an office, to
which he has been elected, so far
as to at least compel you to inves-
| tigate the correctness of election re-
turns presented to you for approval,
[McCrary on Elections Sec. 379.1
1 am therefore of opinion that II
is your right as we'll as your duty,
a charge having been made undel
oath, alleging a fraudulent return
of the votes cast in the Secont
Ward, for the unexpired term o
Councilman, to order the proper in
vestigation and determine for your
self its truth or falsity.
i Respectfully,
JOHN Il. GODFREY.
City Attorney