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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25
CURSE OF A SORCERESS.
"A Strange Superstition Recalled by
the Execution OF a Murderer.
Reading (Pa.) Eagl


Peter Wright colored who was hang
ed at Liberty, Va, on Nov l, for the
murder of Robert Manpin, had a
strange history. Wright was famous in
that part of Virginia as having been
connected with crime full of mystery,
and more horrible in it's ending than
the crime for which he was hanged. In
1868 Mss Wright, beautiful young
woman in Bedford, disappeared from
her home. Her disappearance caused
much excitement, as mystery had
long hung over her family She was
the last Of her line, and among the
simple folk of the county there existed
a tradition and superstition concerning
her family. The legend was that one
of her ancestors had insulted sorcer-
ess, and the offended conjuress had de-
creed as punishment that not one of
the Wrights thereafter should die a
natural death. Miss Wrights grand
| father was drowned. His father and
mother were burned alive, and her
| father and mother were murdered,
| while her brother was killed in the war.
So the tradition goes, and the farmers
would shake their heads gravely when
they saw her and express sorrow that
the terrible malediction hung over her
head. 1t was surprising that really
sensible people credited this supersti-
ton. The mystery which hung over
her life followed her to the grave. Her
body was found in the woods near her
home, and not fifty yards from the
houses of several of her neighbors. Be
cause of her high social position the
appearance Of her body was not made
public, and at the inquest no critical
examination was allowed it was re-
markable also that she had been MUIR
dered in easy call of the neighbors, and
yet they all professed ignorance of her
end. The body from all appearances,
had laid where it was found three or
four days. Peter Wright had been
seen in that locality about the time the
murder was supposed to have been
committed, and it was generally be-
lieved that he committed the deed at
the instigation of some white man to
conceal more revolving crime.
Wright had formerly been slave in
the family. Nothing could be proved
on him, but there had never been any
doubt among the country people that
he committed the crime. 1t is strange
that Wright. negro slave of the fami-
ly to which the superstition attaches,
should follow the young woman to an
unnatural death.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25
Short Sunday Sermons.

Sometimes words wound more than
swords.
The man who disclaims pride pro-
claims it aloud.
Report is a quick traveller. but an
unsafe guide. p
\ good book supplies the place of a
companion.
Consider not so much your dress as
your address.
Charms strike the sight, but merit
wins the soul. s:s 2#5E- Ezs53s-s !
Youth looks at the possible; age at
the probable. .-....-
The heart ought to give charity when
the hand cannot.
Everything good in man leans on
something higher
The secret pleasure Of a generous
act is the minds bride.
He who labors for mankind has al
ready begun his Immortality.
Don't get soured with the world; it
does not mend matters for you, but it
makes you very disagreeable to others.
Do you wish success in life? Make
perseverance your bosom friend, ex-
perience your elder brother, and hope
your guardian genius.
Be courteous with all, but intimate
with few; and let those few be we'll
tried before you give them your con-
fidence.
A sour Christian is Just like sour
milk. Both were intended to be sweet
but something has turned them, after
being turned they both become worth
less.
If you leave the cork out of the bot
tie of perfume, the perfume will all
evaporate, and if you are careless
about your religion, it will take itself
off in the same way.
1t is perfectly evident to q well bal
anced mind that everybody else in the
world is called to be religious, and
equally evident that you are yourself
called to do just as you please.
Good breeding is the result of much
good sense, some good nature, and a
little self denial for the sake of others,
and with view to abtain the same in
diligence from them.
The true wealth of community lies
in the integrity of its citizens, and its
| chief honor arises not from the poses
sion of great and true men.
A false friend resembles shadow.
When the sun shines and you have
plenty of money; the shadow and the
friends are both close to your heels;
and when it comes to be dark, where is
the shadow? and when your money is
gone and you want to borrow from the
man VINO often borrowed from you,
where is the friend?
Vanity may be likened to the smooth
skinned and velvet-footed mouse, nib
bling about forever in expectation of q
crumb; while self-esteem is too apt to
take the likeness of the huge butchers
dog, who carries off your steak and
growls at you 40 he goes.
The Queen of England likes to ride
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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25
A conscientious Texan.
London Cor. New York Times.
New Orleans Democrat.

About 4 o'clock on Saturday evening,
the 9th inst, Mr.. L. S. Woodward, a
venerable Texan of three-score years
and ten, with his daughter, in a wagon
drawn by two mules, attempted 10 cross
the International railroad, about ten
miles north of Austin, when to his ter
ror and astonishment, just rs the mules
were fairly on the track, the locomo-
tive dashed by on down gratie, cut
ting off and taking with it one If the
wheels of the wagon, the tongue, and
the two mules, but leaving Mr.. Wood
ward and daughter behind unhurt. AS
soon as he could, the conductor stopped
the train, found both mules dead, in
quired the names of the unfortunates,
and, promising to make it all right,
came on to the city and reported the
accident Major Hoxie, who repre-
sents the International railroad COM
psny, called to pay the damages and
rendered Mr.. Woodward $500, which he
refused, saying: Zone hundred and
seventy-five dollars will pay for the
mules, and that is all / want.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25
1T is reported that Lord Dufftrin will

Iris reported that Lord Dufferin will
shortly be appointed ambassador at
! Constantinople. Mr.. Goshen's health,
never very robust, has been much i'm
paired by the worries and anNieties in
separable from contact with Ottoman
intrigue, and nothing but loyalty to
duty prevented his return to England
long ago. Lord Dufferin is not enamored
of St. Petersburg, though diplomatical-
ly success there, and his nomination
to the Pera appointment would give
great satisfaction.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25
Hsn.,,,,sxeA 4 Axa,..

/ saw 50 much said about the meKits
of Hop Bltters, and my wife who was
always doctoring, and never well, teased
me SO urgently to get her some, con-
cluded to be humbugged again; and I
am glad did, for in less than two
months use of the Bitters my wife was
cured and she has remained SO for
eighteen months since. l like such
humbugging.-H. T., st. Paul. Pho
neer Prees.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25

THAT the hardest steel is not the
most durable for railroads appears
from an examination of the. wear of
the steal rails on the Great Northern
line in England. Seven Of the rails, which
lay side by side on this road, were
taken up and tested, and it was found
in one instance that hard rail had
been worn away one-sixteenth of an
inch by traffic amounting to 5,251 600
tons, while a soft rail for the same
amount of wear had withstood S,4O2,-
600 tons; to another instance, the
total was 5,531 900 tons for the hard
rail and 81, ,O61 900 tons for the soft
rail, the wear being the same-one-
sixteenth of an inch Analysis showed
this last rail to consist of 99.475 per
cent. of iron, and minute quantities
OF carbon, phosphorus, silicon, man.
ganese, sulphur, and copper.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25

ACCORDING to the register Of Gov
Bradford, the first duel fought in New
England was in 1880, between Edward
Doty and Edward Lester. Both were
wounded-the one in the head, the
other in the thigh. They were ad
Judged to have their head and feet tied
together, and SO to lie for twenty-four
hours without food. After remaining
in this painful plight for an hour, they
we're, "because Of their great pains
on solemn promise of good behavior
released by the governor. Probably
had this penalty beenrigorously infiict'
ed in all cases, duelling would soon have
ceased.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25
Penalties.

The penalty Of popularity is envy.
The penalty of thin shoes is a cold.
The penaly of a tight boot is corns.
The penalty ofmarrying isa mother
in-law. The penalty of a pretty cook is
an empty larder The penalty of a god
father is silver knife, fork and spoon.
The penalty of ofkissing the baby is 80
cents Isl if you are liberaD to thenurse.
The penalty of interfering between
man and wife is abuse, frequently ac-
companied with blows from both The
penalty of buying cheap clothes is like
going to law-the certainty Of losing
your suit, and having to pay for it The
penalty of remaining single is having no
one who cares button for you, as
abundantly proved by the state Of your
shirts
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25

THAT trouble in the French cabinet
has been "fxed up" After having
rendered their designations, the min
isters discovered that it was all mis-
take. Queer people, those. French
men
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25

HUNDREDS of the people in New AL
bany are afflicted with a disease that,
in all symptoms, closely resemble cpl
zootic. A number of persons, are
confined to their beds from the dis
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25

COUNT Won MoLTKE has just passed
his eighty-hrst birthday, which was
celebrated by visits from the imperial
family, the king Of Bavaria and other
German sovereigns. The old soldier
is said to be marvelously active.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25

\ soAP-EATING MATCH was diversion
at Springfield, O. The quickest de-
vourer of a bar of yellow soap got a
prize of s.. The winner performed
the feat in less than-sn hour. but was
much longer in the hands of "a physi
clan, because the lye poisoned him.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25

For the first ten months of this year
ll7OOOOOO bushels of wheat were ship
ped from New York to Europe, and
the shipments for November and De-
cember will be larger than ever before:
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25

BALTIMORE is troubled With grain
blockade, the elevators being full and
the railroad tracks crowded with I'M
loaded cars
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25

THE loss by damage and destruction
of property by the earthquake in South
ern Austria is estimated at overa mil
~Eon of dollars
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25

A NAN committed suicide at Colum-
bia, KY, by tying handkerchief
around his neck and tightening it with
a itane.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25

A HORRIBLE disaster is reported from
- Bradford, Pa. Eight men perish
ed in q burning house.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25

Prince Roland Bonaparte, the son Of
Prince Pierre, and the young man who
is about to marry the wealthy Mile.
Blanc, who is sdescribed as youth Of
"noble sentiments and ststsle-like
beauty, six feet high, and never known
to laugh since his country was over
run BY German invaders"
.An Iowa weekly having $50 circula-
ton feels its perfect right to begin m
editorial with: GAS We advised him
last week, Gladstone il shaping out >
new policy"
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25
COM MENTS.

The situation in Ireland is becoming
hourly more threatening
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-11-25

The Queer of England likes to ride
in an open carriage in the cold.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-02
WITH GARFIELD LEADING WE ARE
MARCHING ON.

Tune johnny Comes Marching Home.
Through all the land a cry is heard,
HurrGh hurrah
The nations heart once more is stirred,
Hurrah hurrah
From State to State the order flies;
Republicans, awake arise
With Garfield leading we are marching on.
The Democrats are in the field,
Hurrah hurrah
But We viii make their forces yield,
Hurrah hnrrah!
Hancock, like Tiden, will go down,
Beneath the nations righteous frown,
With Garfield leading we are marching on.
The object of our foes is known,
Hurrah hurrah
Their schemes Shall all be overthrown,
Hurrah hurrah
The men who stood by freedoms cause,
Shall still administer our laws,
With Garfield leading we are marching on.
We must have equal rights for all,
Hurrah hurrah,
BY this we e Their stand or fall,
Hurrah hurrah
Free schools free speech, free thought, free press
We viii have these,and nothing less,
With Garfield leading we are marching on.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-02
Answers to Correspondents and Correct
Solutions.

Answers to Correspondents and Correct
Solutions.
H. E. P. says 50 think my answer to
776 was not properly given. My first, NJ
made Adam the second my second, A
made dam the last. And the pm was
when the lonely young man introduced
himself to the lady thus : Madam,
Tm-Adam. >" 3 4 re eves7 "a -
Utah-Sl5, SIG, S17, SIS, $40, S2l (no).
Ora and Carrie-Manuscript fled.
H. Z. ?. answers-Sl5, SIG, SIT, $40, S2l
NEARLY.
Trinity the answer to Behead-
ings and curtailings for Amy" You
omitted it.
iEsC. D.-4SI5, SIG, ST., $40, $40, 81
almost practically right. "a
f. NJ. S.-Sl5, SIG, Sl7, SIS, $40, $40
(no) #. M. S., with remarkable facetious-
ness, says that the tangle 797, by FIN. s.,
was in competition for the prize, and thinks
the Quiet Hour may be mistaken as to the
sex of F. NJ. S., and adds with merriment,
in claiming the prize, that if we will give
the name and address of the winner of the
prize, F. NJ S. will call and get it. Will
he, or she? Indeed Too thin, too thin
to descend to slang. You can't bride
us to- give away any of our contributors
in that style, albeit the lady is one you
might well be proud to call upon.
Trinity-S15, SIC, 8l7 (no), sis, $40.
Elsie Bee-SI6, $40. Ms. filed. Glad
to welcome you to the Quiet Hours corner
but one ever SO social.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-02
he has mattar enouob offered

she has matter enough offered, if
it were all accepted, to publish the
magazine for fully two years.
Its Illustrations are capital, and nothing
is spared to render them all that they
should be. Little people like pictures, and
they enjoy these immensely, as happened
to observe more than once-that is when /
have been where children were, and escape
was impossible OF the contents of st.
Nicholas do not feel competent to speak,
except through the testimony of others /;
for among all my vices, fondness for chill
dren of from two months to fourteen years
of age, of either sex, cannot be reckoned.
CHAUBERT
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-02

Miss Griswold, the young American
who1s studying singing in the Paris Con-
servatoire, and who, feeling last year that
she deserved first prize, refused to take
the inferior honor awarded to her, has just
received that coveted first prize. The quar-.
rel was smoothed over, as the Conserva-
toire, it is limited, did not care to lose so
promising pupil. Miss Griswold is said
to be niece Of Bret Harte, and her voice
and her face are described as beautiful.
She is said, too, to have an elegant and
noble presence, matching the dramatic ex-
preston of her tones.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-02
THE QUIET HOUR.
THE TANGLER's" PARADISE OF CHA
RADEs. ENIeMAs, ETc

Contributions to this department should be ad-
dressed "Quiet Hour" RECORD. UNION. Write
upon but one side OF the sheet. Accompany ali
contributions with the answers, the true name,
aud postoffce address. Contributors will receive
advice and assistance and are privileged TO engage
IN courteous criticism OF the productions pub
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-02

Chicago has new industry, hospital
for diseased and orphan birds. Mrs. A. f.
NOR is the chief physician and matron of
the institution, and is also head nurse and
instructor. il. chief to young birds. There
are medical, surgical, and obstetric wards,
an asylum for the blind, and an orphan de-
partment.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-02

Mr.. Bradlaugh, with his accustomed dis
regard for les convennances, has repub-
lished one of his pamphlets and dedicated
it to Lord Randolph Churchill and Sir
Henry Drummond Wolfe as some slight
acknowledgment Of the effectual advertise
ment they gave to the sixth edition" Not
a bad piece of irony.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-02
answers to september 18th.

After weeks holiday at the State Fair,
in which there was no quiet hour for the
busting, busy Capital city. the Tanglers
will be anxious to have the RECORD
UNIONS ''Quiet Hour" disclose the an
swers to the tanglers OF September 18th,
the prize charades:
SIS. Music.
SIC. Noah Webster.
Sl7. G. A. r. Field.
SIS. Pan Do Ra's Box.
6l9 Rubicon
$50. Hypothesis.
SOL. Second thoughts best.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-02
ninsrent Rraeds Of Cattle.

A considerable feeling has existed among
breeders of Jersey, AYRSHIRE, Guernsey and
other classes of thoroughbred cattle, in conse-
ouence of the dropping of the second pre-
miums on all classes except the short-horns
bv the State Board of Agriculture when max
ing out their last premium list. The breed
ers of other classes of stock conteuded that an
association that existed for the purpose Of
giving breeders an opportunity to bring their
cattle to its fairs and submitting their merits
to a discriminating public, should not itself
attempt to decide in advance the questions it
submitted to the public. In other words, the
Court should not decide the question of facts,
but submit them fairly and without prejudice
to the jury. In this we fully agree with the
breeders. individuals and individual mem
bers of the Board of Agriculture may have
and should have their own opinions as. to the
merits of the different breeds of stock, and
as individuals they have the undisputed right
to express those opinions, but as board, ii
they express in any manner this opinion they
20 beyond their power, and do injustice to
those interested. The short-horns are doubt
less at the head of beef-producing cattle of
the world but when we say this we also rec
oenize the fact that the Hefefords in Eng
land and in some Of the Mississippi valley
States are contesting Il is question very
closely, and it is in no ways certain that they
will not in time wrest the first place from
those who now proudly hold it. The Ayre-
shires. Jerseys and GuernseYs do not pretend
to beef-making, but they do claim that for
the dairy they are superior breeds to either
the short-horns or Herefords. They
also claim that the dairy interest in
California is in no sense a less i'm
portant interest than the beef interest.
In this we agree with them also. This propo-
sition being admitted, it follows that all these
classes of thoroughbred cattle should receive
from the boards of agriculture the same con
sideration and encouragement, and that no
distinction should be made in the premiums
offered. The herds OF the same classes
should be required to compete against each
other and not breeds of different classes
against one another. This is the request of
the breeders of the dairy cattle, and we I'M.
derstand the breeders Of the beef-making
breeds generally concede it.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-02

A Brighter Day for Wheat in California.
The price of wheat in California depends
in the first instance on the demand in Eu-
rope. and in the next instance on the cost Of
transportation from the place of production
to the place of consumption. At present
there is but one means OF transportation, and
but one route-by ships around the Horn and
across the Atlantic When we have large
crops as this year, a scarcity of ships and high
freights are the rule. and farmers have
to accept low prices in proportion. This is
the situation at present. The country is full
Of wheat. and purchasers are limiting their
purchases and offering low rates because they
cannot send the wheat forward as rapidly as
it is offered-hence stagnation and dizziness
in the market, and the farmers are the suffer-
ers. This state of things has occurred many
times in the history of the State, and has
been a great loss to all the people
indirectly, and great loss to the wheat
farmers directly. ANY change that will
bring constant supply Of means for moving
the wheat crops of the State forward to mar
ket at fair rates will be one of the greatest
benefits that can be conferred upon our
people generally, and upon the wheat
growers directly. An overland route TO the
Gulf of Mexico, and from thence a
short sea voyage across the Atlantic is the
promise of the near future. The Southern
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-02
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION FOR THE
FARMER AND THE oRCHARDIsT.

,,,.,- ,,,.,+,rs,4 Il nrensred for the SACRAMENTO
aus ITaT Nv it, Agricultural Editor All
matter relating to the agricultural interest," WIZ DC
found under this head
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-02

BERrAuD's IsFAnIrBLE INJECTION. The famous
French remedy for gonorrhea gleet etc. NJ. S.
Hammer, Sacramento, agent for Pacific coast. Sent
G. o. d. to any address.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-02

HAMMERS GIYcERoIE TAR The most perfect
cough extant. Hundreds testify to its good
effects
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-02
THE AWARD.

1t has been matter OF great difficulty to
decide which of these ladies Compel
ing for the prize should receive it. Con-
scientiously the decision hung upon the
incest judgment of merit. Between four
of the seven 1.-THE merit-was evenly bal
anced, but the three literary gentlemen
called upon to make choice, perplexed
between the desire to declare all four
worthy of the prize and the order to award
to but one, finally agreed to and submitted
this report:
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-02

DIR. UxaARs LIQUOR ASTTDoTE. carefully prepared
of the best Quill Bark by NJ. S Hammer, druggist,
Sacramento. CThe celebrated cure for drunkenness)
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-02

We may add that Polly is young lady,
the daughter of well known citizen, and
that the prize charade was her first con-
tribution to the Quiet Hour, to whose edi-
tors she is personally unknown and of
whose identity the committee had no
knowledge. The prize offered, DR.. Sozin-
skey's neat little volume on So Personal
Appearance and the Culture of Beauty"
has been forwarded tc Polly.