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The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-30
LIaGoLN,s OLD HOME.
Neglected assd Deeaying, 1t is the
Rendezvous OF Low Characters.

1t is well known that among the obiectt
of interest in this city there are none which
attract more attention than the sold home
and the tomb Of the lamented Lincoln
That either OF these should fail to have
! proper care taken Of them is simply cu1pa-
BILE neglect, either on the part of the own
els or the city. If the owners Of the form
er residence of Mr.. Lincoln fail to have it
occupied by careful tenant; and saved
from the danger to which it is constantly
exposed from the tramps infesting us. and
| the low down brutishness found so plenti-
| full among both sexes and among both
colors in our city they are at least deserv-
ing of public opprobriun. Because of the
building being vacant the owner is to be
censured; while the city authorities should
have at least respect enough for a spot of
so much interest to tho thousands who visit
ourteity annually, to have it sufficiently
untlerthe eye of the police to guard it from
fire and desecration in the manner we have
Indicated as true in the opening of this
article.
The house has been exposed for some
mon5hs5 or since Mr., Akers vacated it as a
boarding house. In going home at an early
hour in the morning, as those who work on
the morning paper are compelled to do,
parties have witnessed the most undoubted
evidence that it is the hiding place for the
vilesU characters. On last Wednesday
msrning this was unquestionably the case,
as parties know from the most convincing
proof.
Yesterday morning when about to ss 90
to reesto themselves, a party secured a !
coupl.of the best policemen on the force,
as they Went bo1neward, and instituted
search. THE windows of the
back portion of the house-w11fch had been
closed by some of the near neighbors ottt of
respect for the place-were found open. It /
is true there was no one found in the
house, which was hardly expected after an
lngaarded suggestion, made in the papers
5he morning before, that the police would
as yagrants any person caught
about the premises without a reasonable
excuse. We think il the owners done do
something in the Way of better protection
% their property, the city should. It would
1e lasting shafne to the city if it should
3urn down OF be destroyed through neglect,
md We should be the greatest sufferers.
Robert I. Lincoln can do no act that +
would Indicate greater respect for dead
parent of such distinguished character as
lis father was, than to select some soldier
lone who, like thousands, unfortunately
las nora great abundance of this worlds
foods, but who has responsibility, or honor,
II wounds, or all, with the Inheritance of
aod's mark Of nobility poverty--and let
i'm take charge Of it while he lives. The
aea that it should be sold for Colored
Yomanrs Home is an outrage upon the sol
iers and the public who have an interest {
nit. We hope something will be done to a
revent it.-1Sanganon my Monitor. e
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-30
Loves Ingenuity

:
A couple not 100 miles from Manchester
carried on their eonrtship ii rather ! novel
manner. 4 Young man had fallen IN lose
with the daughter Of his employer, tat
from certain ideas Of WeaIti, match vas
opposed by the father. The consequence
was that the young man was forbidden 70
visit the house Of his employer. The old
gentleman was in the habit Of wearing a
cloak, and the young couple made him the
innocent bearer of their correspondence
The lady pinned q letter inside the lining
Of the old mans cloak every day, and when
the father went into his counting house
and threw off hiscloak, the lover took ont
the lady epistle and read it, then res
turned reply in the same manner. II
is needless to add that love and ingenuity
we're finally successful.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-30
Eli Perkins Talk With al Fond
HEssEasEaRsas


" hen I asked an alistoeratic old Chris
6 tisn lady from Firth avenue, how she like
70 lave ert1aug ghter tlirt with the Fanelsoln
Dew, shc said
Lizzie amt f1irtfng-shess playing
5Foa1et.' i
But don't You see how, every time
Lizzie and Solomon croquet their partners
4 basi they sit down on the rustic bench:
i Iffere. don't you see Solomon now looking
right into Ilizzie's eyes, while she iirts
ls'i. parasoI and looks s5nilingly up 1t the
tfefs? They're flirting now.''
What Solomon Laudeback ana my Liz
Ezie:o
And the cid lady dropped her embrol-
err, put on her eyeglasses, and looked
like an astronomer trying to discover a
new comet.
We'll, it does look like it, = said the old
la'E. Then she rubbed her nose with a
puzzled look, and musingly asked
/ yho are these Laudebacks, anyway ~
why they're bankers-Jew bankers
90 ffall street-aWfrllly rich Il volunteered
an old lady from Philaaelphia, with big
diamonds and false hair.
md solomon-?',
why he's the only son, and be HASN'T
:: sister in the world, +" interrupted the old
latIr.
Well heseems to be a very nice young
maI1," nused the old Fifth avenue mother,
Yes, but they don't marry Christians
tie jews DON'T" continued the old lady /
from Philadelphia. sWho ever heard of
jew marrying a Christian ?''
DO you mean to say that Solomon
i'aHIebaek wouldn't marry my Lizzie if
he got in love with her?' demanded the
olt' Fifth avenuite.
Certainly not. The Jew fellows only
iirt with the Christian girls. They n.ver
marry them. They only keep othor fell
o1Ys away"
well, if that's the way, I'm not going
Q have my Lizzie waste her time any lon
ger with that Solomon Laudeback.'' and .
hen the old lady gathered up her :
embroidered skirts, put her embroidery !,
aek into her work-basket, went out on this :
aicony and cried:
Lizzie Lizzie dear! Come here, dear !
solnc! its time to have your hair dressed
oH for the hopl'' !
$Hd when Lizzie stepped onto the bal &
o1ii-, the cid lady put her mouth close to r
al a5td whispered, "Why, darling, don't a
on know tilat those Jew fellows are awful d
ad? Yon mustn't be seen with them il
gain. Iii
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-30
'H'ERe Way to HAnoyy People.

The only way by which people can be
thoroughly known is by living with them
in the same house or travelling with them
in the same carriage. The smooth surface
which can maintain with SO much sue
cess for a short time gets broken up. by the
thousand petty details of daily life, and
tempers are tried and characters revealed
to an extent which years of ordinary draw
ing room intercourse would not have
allowed. Then the real man or woman
comes out, and the human nature which
has been suppressed asserts itself, some
times with startling sincerity, almost al
ways in unexpected places for no one is
what his casual acquaintances and sttper-
fetal friends believe him to be, and the
depths reveal secrets never SO much as
outlined in the shadows.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-30
~ Eoney That w ON burn. {

An old eolored man presented cheek ii
the treasury recently Ave hundred dol
lars--arre:lz ges off pensions He Ms
given the money ii greenbaeIS Deed,
hosssI den want of llat le
said. ailtsoane Won + urn
It's vas then lye
nuflt1refl sllEeIse which igEaed 50
much that he could Ii. u
szas g listed hoaFeTer lsiing some
thar WoaleI eIla Ii burn I'll
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-30
g. WIS Veracffy Once More.

An Eastern ehange which had com.
forted itself sFith feeling that although
George Y asIlington could not tell a lie, be
could and did swear when the occasion Il.
.quired, IS grieFed that Hamilton Fish. j
should bring 70 light an army order b
Cen Washington elenonneIng that IN
meaning g and abomInabIe custom IL !
ing. This, the exchange thinks, doe:
not only demonstrate the inconsistency 81
the fatheref his country, but does ii
best TO take away lie popular belief Ill tIlaI
single human akness which linked =ttllle
immortal hero To i world III sinful morals
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-30
Poetry. T
4 EsEHNER AND a KISS.

mfhayc brought your dinner, father"
The Biacksmith's daughter said,
As she took from her arms kettle
And lifted its shining lid.
s'Thare's not any pie or pudding,
So will give you this"
And upon his toilworn forehead
She left childish kiss,
The bIacksmtahtore oGhis apron
And dinod in It happy mood,
Wondering much nj the SAVIOR #a""
Hid IN rhe humble food,
While allabouth;m were visions
Eull Of prophetic bliss;
But hcnever thought Of the magic
htsittlc daughtcr's kiss. .-... ~.
While She with her Eettlo swinging,
AIcrTiIy trudged away,
stopping at sight Of 4 squirrel,
Catching some Wild BIRDS lay. .5 #"
And / thought howmany a shadow
Oflife and fate we would miss,
II always oor fragal dinners
Were seasoned with a kiss. Z.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-30
THE FESHEERHTANsS WIDOW.

The tears are standing upon her cheeks,
And hcreycs are weary and dim
sheaat AT the window weeks and weeks,
Fora sight Of his boat and lin.
She takes the youngest childon heiI ;SHea,
And turns its face to her breast
"Oh, God, y she says, shat my babe and Inc
Were laid in ollr grave TO rest"
The boats came sailing in over the bay,
And the women run down to the shore;
Butthough She sitthcrc till Judgment day,
Ills boat will come in no more,
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-30
An Essay ON Women.
After man came woman.

After man came woman
And she has been after him ever since
She is aperson Of noble extraction BIZ
4 ing made Of a mans rib.
u | tfoit't know why Adam wanted 10 f.,1
zetssFtasY his r1ps =. sss-ar but ~,
he was not accountable for all he did
lit costs more to keep woman than thre
dogs and shot gun.
But she pays you back with interest. i.
giving you house full Of children to kecI
you awake all night and smear molasae
cahdy over your Sunday coat.
! Besides, a wife is very convenient ar
tic]e to have around the house,
She is handy to swear at when you ctt
yourself with a razor, and don't feel HkI
blaming yourself.
Woman is the superior being in Massa
chusetts.
There are about so, 900 more of her sez
than males in the State.
This accounts for the terrified, huntel
down expression of the single men who
IL SiAA EAiS L2ttSUs
Woman was not created perfect.
She has her fau1ts-sucf as false hair
and false complexion and so on.
But she is a great deal better than her
neighbors, and she knows it.
Eve was a woman.
She must have been model wife. for II
cost Adam nothing to keep her in cloth
ing.
Still don It think they were bit happy.
She couldn't go to sewing circles and ail
her information about everybody she
knew, nor excite the envy of other ladies
by wearing her new winter bonnet to
church.
Neither could she hang over the back
fence and gossip with her near neighbor.
All these blessed privileges were denied
her.
Poor Eve! she's dead now.
And the fashion she inaug,I rated is dead
now.
# it had not been for the confounded
sssnaik'' perhaps the ladies of the present
day would dress as economically as Eve
did.
But the only place where her primitive
style is emulated is in certain portion of
Africa, where the women consider them
selves in full dress when they have but A
postage stamp stuck in the middle Of their
forheead
Woman is endowed with "a tremendous
fund Of knowledge and a tongue to suit.
She has capacity Of learning every-
thing she was divinely intended to know,
and a few extra items besides.
Young ladies take a great deal of stock i'll
classics and learn fast.
{ 4 woman may not be able to sharpen ii
lead pencil or hold an umbrella.
but she can pack more articles in a trunk
than a man can in a foru-horse wagon.
The happiest period of a Wornan's life
is when she IS making her wedding gar
ments.
The saddestis when her husband comes
home late stt night, and yells at her from
the front doo1. steps to throw out a hand
ful Of key holes of different sizes.
There is some curiosity in feminine
nature.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-30
u d.

The following testimonial Of certain
=pateat edleine peaks for itself; I9aas
Sir We months ago my wife eotlid
scarcely speak. She has taken two hotties
Of your Life Remover, md nos she can
not II Please seIssll ilis tsvo more
bottles. Waul1n & haWithouI Il.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-30
Fixed tlae ri 4, NJ y ss,,.. e

When 4. Baraar', i young man,
poor ID debt, left Danbtary, be said 70
Judge Rftittlesey: 81 viii pay that bill
when getrlcll. sI'hat will be when
sieve holds water. IIn u II few years the
visionary youn: man was ID i condition %
pen the following ssrief letter to the judge:
IT have fixed that sieve.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-30

would be thus: ------; sometimes
the reverse, and often a single crack. The
gas and "ater-pipes were used, being the
most convenient, and at the same time the
safest conductors for the purpose.
Special apparatus might be devised hay
ing a good ground and a series of points
for gathering the electricity from the air,
but in using apparatus of this kind there
is always more or less danger.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-30
The Telephone.

MIR. George H. Hopkins, Of Brooklyn
N. Y, during recent Thunderstorm, con
nected the gas and water pipes Of his dwell
ing with an ordinary Bell telephone, anc
Idiseoyered that the electrie discharges
were plainly indicated, either by a sharp
crack or by a Succession of taps. This oc-
cured when the discharge was SO distant
that the thunder was ittaudible. The
sound also seemed to be perceived BY the
ear before the Hghntihg could be seen.
There was q marked difference in the
character Of the discharges; some that aps
peared single to the eye were really multi
pie. Often the discharges would consist
ef.a series, beginning and ending with dis
-.zs---r.e;as larger than the rest-sthttss
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-30
Watch aaae Reading Foz. Chill
GEreR.

Parents should give their children the
advantage of a good healthy library and
furnish them with papers that respect the
morals. Select the matter for your chill
dren. Take time, since the whole future
ofyour son or daughter may lie directly in
the literature which you place before him.
The writer knows Of cases that came under
his own observation which resulted in
great harm, and all the result Of reading
filth. You are Interested in the future of
your child; take care of the reading mat
ter. There is nothing more injurious to
the development cf the mind and the for
nation Of character in young people than
for them to form the habit Of reading cor
rlpt literature. It is iH sncil books that
the false side Of life is given t6 the young
and they will get the idea that life Id not
the great, earnest battle which each must
fight for himself. It is from what we
read that we derived many Of our thoughts
and ideas, which influence many of our
deeds and actions in after life. flour read
ing is pure, the thoughts obtained will
likewise be pure; but if it is degrading in
its nature, vii pull us down to a level
with itself.
The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-01-30
Eeacaafng Ability.

The testimony Of the best educators OF
the day Is in favor of a high quality in the
art of teaching, as superior to all other
Qualities. The ability to impart knoWl-
edge and deyelope the original powers of
/ the pupils mind deserves high rank and
high pay as compared with other talents.
| At the meeting of the Ohio Teachers
Association it was said, and said truly.
that there is too much arithmetic studied
and too little understood. 4 Washington
teacher says that not more than half the
pupil IS time in schools ought to be occt-
pied in recitations. The remainder should
be devoted to instruction. Another says
some time should be given to the matter
and manner Of letter-Writing in all its
branches. 1t might be added that there is
no form of educating anyone to write easily
naturally and pointedly like letter-writing.
It is as nnch superior to the ordinary
school composition or f'essay'' as the
practice Of conversing well is superior to
the art of fdeclaiming other peoples orations
IN the school speaker. Another fault in
teaching is the great Importance attached
to so-called "elocution. A writer in
the Elocutional Monthly says he once
heard two young girls in a district school
read beautifully; bit on closer examina-
ion he found they knew scarcely q thing
hey were reading about. So that tastes
1iffer as widely in regard to teaching abil-
ty as in anything else.
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round with the keepers, and that I'm in
bed II
BY this time they had reached tho
paddock. The Sanire's arrival was greet
ed quite as fervently, as if more quietly.
Now, Captain Dykely, shall we get
ready ~
FOUR jockey, Mr.. Whinridge ~
lis my son Reginald. Have you any
objection to him ~
Every objection, Mr. WhinIidge. When
| made this-I don't mind admitting it
stupid match, it was not with the idea that
] was going to have for an opponent 4
mere child
sChild on not, he rides. "
81 am no more child than he is,
papal" exclaimed the boy. If can
ride, what more does he Wantssn
= ssHear, hear I cried the crowd.
# you can ride.'' said Captain Van,
Dykely, with sneer.
sDykely,n interposed Lord Gules, ssI
must say that according To the terms OF
the match, You are bound to accept hiiIa-
ridges jockey Of forfeit. I
Very well, Z replied Dykely, sullanly,
very well. II the baby breaks his neck
7 am not to blame, mind. Let us get it
oYer.p
There was q stampede On the part Of the
auditors at these words, il the direction Of
two most formidable obstacles IN
made fence, at the beginnin s Of the strai isgghf
run-in, and d brook Oil the far side. The
boy, giving up his oFercoat and bat 70
Hartbrook, and putting on i silk cap
which he produced from his pocket, pres
emily appeared, like bis opponent, fully
equipped for action. In default ct sil he
wore d thin jersey, but ler.Wise il would
have been impossible % find fault with bis
appearances. Hissfather gave him Y lesys-aip.
and then walked BIZ his 10 the startintssiI s.
post, where Lord eltuless vFas Tread Y watt
mo with the flag.
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[From the st. Paul Globe July 10.

"A citizen Of the State, residing near
Fergus Falls, IL worthy member of the
Masonic order, had his hands and feet
frozen last winter and it became nnces-
sary to amputate both feet. lie has
family dependent upon him, and upon
his little home there is a mortgage of
5000. lie will lose his all uniess lie re-
ceiyes aid. All Masons, and all other
c',aritabiy disposed persons, are request
ell to forward to me such contributions
as they feel able and willing to make
and they will be turned over 10 him
and his receipt published in due time.
This is a worthy case and hope that
my appeal IN ms behalf will be prompt
ly and literally responded to. State
papers are reqnesed to publish this card.
Il. ". JOHNSON, st. Paul, MINI,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-07-15
A REBELLION,

We desire to say word to the St.
Paul Pioneer-Prcss, the Minneapolis
Tribune and other Republican papers
outside of the First District, which are
just now asking about and discussing
tho political situation with SO much in
terest. The split is a rebellion against
the ''machine." It is just this and moth
ing else. The District machine has for
years insisted on running not only the
federal offices and the district politics,
but has more or less controlled, and al
ways insisted upon controlling, all 10.
cal affairs even down to an agricultu-
raj meeting. Hence there has long been
rebellion in local matters among many
who have been staunch supporters Of
Mr.. Dunnell. Now the rebellion has
extended and hundreds are blaming
Mr.. Dunnell for what his "machine''
has been doing. It is not so much a re-
bellion against Dunnel as it is a revolt
against machine rule and against Dun
nell's friends. This is the long and
short of it, the nub Of the rebellion, the
g1st of the split.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-07-15
"LOOSEN ESS.n
Il Nice Little Gan!e Before the Election
-Ho,0 the Ring Worked 1t.

W1LNlONT, MINI.
EDITOR ADVANCE: While you are
showing up ''lOOsenesS" and the Ring
folks are trying to reply by calling:
names, wis|. to relate Il little circum-
stance OF how they worked before eli G.
ton. The other day at Adrian one of
tile County Commissioners said our
present county Auditor had introduced
more humbug into the office than all
the other Auditors put together, and he
praised the former Auditor as al angel
with wings, lis ilo!lrer says, yet he knew
very we'll that the last Auditor was on
ly the clerk IF the Treasurer in the next
room. And how did clerk and princi-
pal act last fall before election? About
weeks before the election one Of our
town clerks met the Auditor at A.
drian and asked him about the blanks
for election returns and he said he
would send them as soon as he got them
from the State Auditor. The clerk ask
ed every few days-at the post office but
no blanks came. Two days before cleo
ton the said clerk asked the Commits
missioner above mentioned what was
the matter with the Auditor that he
did not send the blanks. He said he
did not know. So the c'erk boarded the
train and went to Wortl.ington. Aud
itor Walker told him that lie had sent
the blanks two weeks before to the ident-
lcal Commissioner who three hours be.
fore said he didn't know about the
blanks!
Now, YVES this anything? Was it
''looscncss'' or ''humbug'' and for what
purpose? They knew well enough the
said town was dead against the ring
and so they kept the blanks from the
said town clerk I know we'll CROUCH
they will term the above "lie," Just
as they do all your exposures Of them,
hut am willing to prove the same by
facts and names if the truth is disputed.
x. w.
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Total,

This would make the Convention e.
qually didivided leaving out Mower and
Jackson, that is So Dunnell and So anti
Dunnell delegates.
These six, we say, are claimed by the
Dunnell men out Of strong anti-Dun-
nell counties. and we cannot, up to date,
say whether there is good ground for
the claim. On the face of the returns,
leaving out tile two contested counties
above named, the anti-Dunnell men had
a majority of II when they went into
the Convention.
The Dunneil men resorted to several
regular machine" tricks to get control
of the Convention. This we gather
from papers on both Sides. FIRST, just
before going into the Convention several
men trumped up q bogus contest from
Freeborn county and signed several
names to it without the authority of the
persons. This was done to throw the
strong anti-Dunnell county of Freeborn
! out of the organization. Secondly. the
District Committee at caucus held be-
fore the Convention decided that. the
Chairman of their committee should, af-
]. ter calling the Convention to order,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-07-15
THURSDAY, JULY Is. 1880.
TRD SECOND AND THIRD.

Hon. H. 3. Strait was nominated for
Congress in the Second Minnesota Dis
trict and Hon. W. D. Washburn was
nominated by reclamation in the Third.
Hope the Democrats will hurry their
nominations, and then on with the fight
and let joy be unconfined.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-07-15

Attorney Thornton, of st. James,
writes to the st. Paul Globe and NAM
es Hon. II. w. Lambeton, of Winona,
as the proper man for the Democratic
nomination in tie First District.