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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-02

LITTLE JOHNNY DESCRIBES HIM IN MS CoMro-
sIT1oN.
One time there was Il man wich had tag
ger, and the tagger 1t was a sho and the man
he tuke the money for to get in. The man
he had big paper naild onto tho tagger's
den, and the paper it sed, the paper did:
The
Roll BENGoL TAGGEB,
some times cald
THE MoNNERK OF THE JUNGLE,
HANDS OF
No TETCHIN THE TAGdERl
The monnork of the jungle il was always q
layin down with its nose tween its poz, and
the foxes wich had paid for TO get in thay
was mad cos it wudent wock, and rore like
dissent thunder. But the sho man he sed
''Thats oil rite wen git the new cage DONE
but this is the same cage wich the ofile fel-
low broke out of in Oregon, time he ct up
them seventeen men and their families"
Then the foxes they wude ol stand back
and took in wispers vile the tagger slep. But
one day Teller wich wos drunk he tuke to
punchn the tagger with the mast he'd of his
umbrellor, wich stampeeded the oddience
wild and the wimmen foxes thay stude onto
chairs and hollcred like it was a mouse but
the drunk chap he kop jobbin the monnork
of tho jungle crewel. Pretty sune the mon
nerk it bellered ofllc, and riggled, but the
foller kep pokn like he was fireman to
steam engin. Bimeby the monnerk it jumpt
onto its hine foots, and shucked itsellef out
of its skin, and rolled up its sllefs and spit
onto its hands, and spoke up and sed II
bedam If l can't Jest whollip the pea green
stufin out O the galoot wich has been prod
in this ere taggor!'
Aud the oddience thay was n stonish!
San Francisco ArgOHdUt.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-02

DEATH OF THE FIRST DIsoovERER OF GOLD
IN CALFoRNIA.-John Augustus Sutter, the
first dscoverer of gold in California, died in
Washington, Friday night. Mr.. Sutter was
born at Kandern, Baden February l5 1903.
Emigrating to America in 1884 he became
trader at Santa Fe in New Mexico. In 1888,
ho crossed to the Pacific coast, visited the
Sandwich Islands, whence he returned to
Alaska, and while voyaging down the coast
was stranded in what is now known rs the
Bay of San Francisco. This was in the Sum
mer of 1889. Making his way into the inte-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-02

About year before his death some one
sent William Cullen Bryant picture of ap-
pie blossoms In acknowledging il he wrote;
''They do not exactly suit the last days OF
life's December, but they agree chRrmingly
with that new springtime of existence, my en-
trance TO which cannot be far of, and where
full blossom"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-02

Kissing by telephone is about as satisfacto-
ry as scratching your head with a sunbeam.
Il Whitehall Times.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-02

PITCHERS CASTORIAisnot
Narcotic. Children grow fat
upon, Mothers like, and Physi-
clans recommend CASTORIA.
1t regulates the Bowels, cures
Wind Collie, allays Fcvcrishncss,
and destroys Worms.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-02
BRADFORD ACADEMY,

IOT UUIN H4lIUIFHs
Building unsurpassed in arrangements for comfort
and health of pupils. twenty-five acres Of ground,
twelve in woOd-lot laid out in pleasant walks the
mAindeT adorned with shTubbory and trees Definite
classical aud general course Of study Also prepara-
tory department Provision made for optional course.
Full corps OF competent teachers. Year commences
sent a. 1880. For circulars and admission apply to
Miss ANNIE II. JOHNSON, Principal,
MAY 10, 1880 2l-2e Bradford, AAsa.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06
How the Next President Shall be
Elected.

WASHINGTON, February 25.-Mr.
Ricknell, from the Committee on the
Election Commission, to- day sub-
mitted joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the Constitution CT
the United States, together with a
long report. The proposed amend
ment provides that the President of
the United States shall be elected by
the people of the several states. The
machinery Of an election under the
proposed amendment is to be the
same as now in all general TEXTURES.
A wide departure is that which pre-
scribes that "the electoral votes and
fractions thereof of each person voted
for as President in any state shall be
ascertained by multiplying his entire
popular vote therein by the number
of the states electoral vote, and di-
vide the product by the sum of all
the votes, cast in the state, and the
'quotient will be the required nuns
ber." When the returns have been
sent to the President of the Senate,
they shall be counted by that officer
in the presence of both houses, sitting
in the Hall of Representatives, and
it shall require the concurrence of
both houses to reject. The report is
very long, and goes into the history
of the different presidential elections
in some detail. The present system
was adopted at the birth Of the re-
public, aud was far from being popu.
lar then. 1t has never been consid.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06

cred safe by thinking men, and the
events of the last electoral count
amply demonstrated this danger. This
system, the report says, was based on
distrust of the people. 1t has shown
that the electoral vote does not neces-
sarily represent the peoples will, and
when honestly cast, is but partially
an expression of the popular vote.
"The electoral system,' continues
the report, SIS not merely useless 1t
is full of danger and difficulty. is
peculiarly open to treachery and
fraud, and has brought the nation to
the verge of anarS by and ruin. the
effect has been to increase the relative
power of the large states. 1t has
happened that the vote of New York.
cast solid by general ticket, has de-
cided the entire presidential election
by few thousand majority, In the
election of 1876. eleven contiguous
states might have decided the elec.
tion with an aggregate majority of
not more than 1000 votes, against an
aggregate majority of half million
votes in twenty seven ether states.
Where the parties in state are near.
ly equal successful fraud may car
ry the entire state, and settle the
question for all the states" This
system has become "peculiarly obi
Gus to the American people," and
five times in the last sixty years
propositions looking to a direct elec-
ton Of the President by the people,
have passed the Senate. Andrew
Jackson urged a reform in this direc-
ton in his eight annual messages.
General Jackson said: "The evils
which can be clearly traced to the,
organic defect in the Constitution of
the United States ought n to be
overlooked, through 100 scrupulous
yeneration of the work of our ances-
tors" The report advocates an cleo
tion by plurality vote, rather than
majority one, for the reason that by
this system an election would rarely
be sent to the House. AS the law,
now stands, an election by the House
might result in the choice of the can
didate VINO had the least number of
votes. This committee have had
this subject under consideration for "a
long time, and the amendment pro-
posed seems on the face of it to be a
very fair one. 1t is hy no means
certain. however, that it will be con-
sidered by the House at this session,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE LESSON
SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 1880.
THE SAyIOUR'S GOLDEN RULE.
GENERAL STATEMENT.

The great Teacher now gives precepts con-
cerning our relations to our fellow-men, ou<
heavenly Father, and our eternal salvation>
Concerning men around us he bids us cherisH
kindly, generous sentiments, remembrin4
that high standards of Judgment concerning
others will only render us the more account-
able before God ". l, p and those who unf
dertake the delicate task of correcting the
faults of others themselves need to be free
from blame. ". 1, 5.) Yet this liberality q
opinion must not weaken into laXity; since
we need to know who are worthy and who
un W orthy to receive the truth, else both the
word may be wasted and the worker suffer
wrong. ". 81 And, If we lack wisdom, or any
other endowment or need there is OneiOi
whom, awe have but to ask and to receive. ~.
z, 81 For, II men love their little ones. and
will grant their requests without deceivfss
them, all the more will God bestow blessings
upon his children, who have cast themselves
upon his bounty, and grant them whatever
is good. ". H. And, since God deals With
us in love, so should we. his followers. deal
with our fellow-men, measuring our actions,
not by what we receive from Others, hut by
what we would desire of them. ". I2Y This
conduct may, indeed, be sef-denyiIg, and
not according to worldly usage, but i is the
narrow way by which alone we can eater the
kingdom Of eternal life. ". l3, AZ
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06
Unwilling the Maine Conspiracy.


If Garcelon is wise he will follow
Plllsbury'sexample and leave Maine.
The first glance at those recently dis
covered election returns reveals one
case OF fraud sufficient to ruin what
little reputation the baffied conspira.
tors have left. The Legislative In.
vestigating Committee. with Eugene
Hale at its head, began work Tues
day, and proved case of forgery at
its first meeting. The Republican
candidate for senatorin Lincoln coun-
ty, Andrew r. G. Smith, was connt
ed out on the familiar ground of de-
tectiye ballots. He had clear ma
lority of 1853. Garcelon threw out the
entire vote of the town of Nobleboro,
l40, because the ballots We're printed
Andrew II. G. Smith. But this left
% majority. to be got rid of, and to
accomplish this fraud the vote of an.
other town had to be wiped out. The
Town Clerk Of S. merville testified
that he sent a certificate, made up i'm
open town meeting, giving Smith y
votes, legally cast for him that he
received from Augusta, about the
middle of December, a letter written
on the official paper of the Secretary
of States Office, inclosing a blank
certificate instructing him to fill it
out. giving the 72 votes to Andrew
A. r. Smith instead of to Andrew
X. G. Smith, ,as in the first certificate.
He confessed that he made out this
false certificate and signed the names
of all the selectmen to it, tho none
of them were present or knew of the
transaction. On this false certificate
Smith was deprived of his seat, and
Fusion senator put in it. The forg-
ing clerk says he has "mislaid" the
letter of instruction, but the forged
certificate is among the papers, and
in the tabuIated returns the Y votes
of Somerville were first put down to
Smith, and afterward erased.
This is revelation No. l. More are
to follow, and by the time the com
mittee is through with its labors the
country will have an edifying list of
the things Garcelon was so proud of
when he retired from office. There is
no possible defence for him and his
council to make. They cannot plead
ignorance, for they tabulated the re-
turns and they made the erasure
which they bear to- day. They made
up the tabulation first, giving the
vote of SomerYille to Smith, and
they were the guilty persons who,
carrying out the conspiracy, altered
them on the strength of the forged
certificate which they alone could IN
spire. since no one else knew the
number of votes necessary to defeat
Smith. They held the forged certifi-
cate and destroyed the original one,
of whose existence there are several
witnesses. 1t is announced in Angus
ia that this is only beginning OF the
disclosures which are to come. If
this is sample Of their enormity it
is impossible to feel even partisan
satisfaction in having them made.
They are disgrace to the American
name, and libel upon us as IA people
capable of self government, Yet if
the making of them shall serve to
call the attention of the people once
more to the desperate energy with
which the Democratic party is seek
ing to obtain by foul means that
power which it cannot obtain by the
ballot, we shall not be Inundated in
vain.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06

|. Weare required to Judge Others with the
same kindness and leniency that we judge
ourselves.
2. Weare required to purify our lives, that
we may clarity our judgment Of others.
3. We are required to be careful and dis
eliminating IN our use of TRUTH suitng our
message TO mems capacity Of oom orehend-
ing and appreciatng 1t.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06

For some years after the war il
used to be favorite trick of organ
grinders and professional beggars to
get themselves up in old uniforms of
Union soldiers in order to appeal to.
the charitable feelings of patriotic
citizens. This old trick has been re-
viyed in Congress, and demagogues
are doing their best to present the.
veterans of the Union army in the
light of beggars, always hat in hand
to receive aims from the nation.
There is no time when Congress
shows such weakness and cowardice
in its action when it. comes to deal
with something as affecting as "the
soldier vote" Congress once passed
by large majority in each house a
bill for the equalization of bounties,
which General Grant promptly de-
feated by his veto, The Democratic
Congress passed the Pension Arrear-
ages bill but the opprobrium of that
lob must be also borne by the Repub-,
lican party, as the majority of both
parties supported it, and President
Hayes was weak enough to sign it.
The demagOgues and the army of
claim agents are now at work push
ing a bill appropriating $500, 100000
to pay all the privates, nOn-commis-
stoned officers, teamsters, sailors and
musicians who served during the war
the difference IN value between
greenbackers and gold, with interest
at six per cent. on the amount of this
difference. The bill is as sound in
principle as the Equalization of
Bounties bill and the Penson Ar
rearages bill but congressman begin
to realize that the nation is sick of
this sort of demagoguery, and that
it makes honorable veterans indig-
nant that they are set down as inn
Fortunate beggars, always whining
for aims ana so they are trying their
best to suppress the latest soldier bill.
We hope that Mr.. Weaver will never
relax his efforts until he puts all the
members on the Record, so that the
nation may he able to see whether
the demagogues aud claim agents
have more weight with Congress
than the interests of the taxpayers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06

The Democrats in Congress are
kept so busy lodging the questions
they raised at the extra session last
summer, and fighting shy of all 9TH
er impc rtant issues, that they have
not yet found time to pass an appro.
priation bill to pay the United States
Marshals, who have had no salary for
eight months, and have been de-
fgaying the expenses Of t..eir offices
out of their own pockets. No doubt
the Representatives Of moonshiuing
districts in the South take special
pleasure inannoying the Nlarshals ir
This unmanly way,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-03
A HAND TO HAND STRUGGLE WITH
A GRIZZLY.
fYolo (Csl.) Mail.I

NSsA'I AAalA.
Alfred Ross, q Mississippian, reach Cd
San Francisco in 1850. In short time
after landing had fight forced on him
BY well known desperate. They
fought with knives, Ross killed his man.
That gave him notristy, and he was
looked upsn - brave, and skilled with
the terrible bowie. From San Francisco
hs and . man named Woolf went to ths
mines above Oroville. Not liking things
there. they went back to San Francisco
and frsm there went to Lower California
Dy water. There they purchased horses
and mules and went into the interior.
One day they attended bull and bear
Aght. and Ross, whose opinion of Mexi-
can grit wns not very high, asked them
why some OF them did not fight the griz-
ely instez3 Of putting the bull into the
ring. Finally Ross agreed that for the
sum of $4,000 he would fight the worst
grizzly bear they could And. Ross made
q bowie knife for himself. It weighed
four and half pounds, and was lust A.
keen a. q razor. The day of the fight.
which had been published all over the
the country for two months, 10000
people were assembled to see the sport,
and they were charged 81 each for ad-
mission to the place whore the combat
Was to take place. They had enlarged
their bear and bull pen, and increased its
depth 80 that it would be impossible for
a bear to climb out, and the whole place
was fixed 81 as to accommodate many
Thousands of spectators. About tive
O'Clock Ross. who had received the BAL
ance OF tho $4,000 and given it to Woolf,
made his appearance with the manager,
who was also the Alolade Of the town.
For tive hours OF more the people who
crowded the pen were wild. Bets, three
and four to one. were offered that NO
American could be found, who, armed
only with knife. would enter the ring
with the beast. "Soms Spanish fighter
who had made . record in the arena at
Madrid and had been blessed BY priests,
snd had presents and praises shswersd
on him, even by Qaeen Isabella herself,
might do 1t, but . hereto and Gringo
Amsrsoano, never" And. if he did.
Ave to one WAS freely offered that tho
bear would get the best OF the man.
Three thousand dollars and what other
money the Americans had was put up
BY Woolf. Wrapping 4 shawl about his
left arm till Is was swathsd to the
shoulder, Ross went into tho crowd and
cooly asked . ysung and pretty girl to
tie 1t for him. She gladly did so, using
her own handsome scarf for tho purpose,
Rsss took diamond ring from his An.
ger and gave 1t to her. Returning to his
ulaffoYrn ha rirksA ~ ~. .>.a 80
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-03

Il life worth living? or, is il worth
while to live forty-fve years in dull
little tewn. rising every morning with
the lark. and going to bed with the
chickens. attending church every Sun
day in old.style clothes and squeaky
boots. just to have tho paper say. when
at last one turns his weary toes up to the
daisies; "We have lost one OF eur oldest
and most respected oitizsns?" Toledo
Blade.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-03

TNHE ANNUAL MERTING OF THE STOCK
i HOLDERS Of the Msynower Silver Mining
Company will be held at the once Of thu Com
pany. Room 10, No. $40 Pine street, San. Fran
cisco, California, on Wednesday, the 7lth dsy Of
books close Saturday. the 18th day Of DeesnheR,
at II o'clock n. s1. Il ,'',..a .n,'.''''',''
dsis-td Nv. PEW, sscsstary.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-03

A household magazine says q little
whisky and water will give rich polish
to furniture. II doesn't say how you
apply It, but we suppose you rinse your
throat with the water, drink the whisky,
and rub the furniture with flannel suit,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-03

JOB WORK.
Done at the R1CoxD ofdoe in the best atyie
Known to ths art; and must be paid for on as .
livery. unless persons having the work don
nave standing accounts with the ONCE. Ne a.
Walton from this rule.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-03
The Arst Winter after tho erection Of

The first Winter after the erection Of q
telegraph line on the coast of Antrim,
Ireland. Numbers Of starlings migrsting
from Seotland were found dsad or
|woundsd on the roadside, they having,
evidently, in their flight in the dusky
morning, struck against the wires.
Strange to say. during the following and
uccesding Winters hardly Q death 90.
arred among tho 6tarlings on their
rival. The inferanos drawn from all
Ehis by writer in Mature is shat "ths
Pirds were deeply Impressed, and under
STOOD the cause Of the fatal accidents
enong their fellow travellers. that pre-.
lvious year, and hence carefully avoided
lthe telegraph wires; not only 10. bat the
|yeune birds must also have acquired
this knowledge and psrpstustsd it--a
knowledge which they could not have
acquired by experience or even by in.
l.tinot, unless tie instinct was really in
neritsd memory derived from tho parents
whose brains were first impressed BY it.'.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-03

!hs earnings Of the Central Pacific
RAILROAD for October were $50. 5000 IN
sxcess OF the same nsnth last year. The
|so!si son ior the first teE months ID $14, 800. !.
oV, an ineresss Of S236, 400 ovsr 1873.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-03

On an average, each immigrant last
year brought to this country $40, the
total amount being $22, 600, 900. They
think the aggregate sum received for 1879
will BE- much larger, a. some Of the i'm.
migrants bring with them from 81 900 to
5000.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-03

~ persons having business with this once sre
requested to address the RECORD PUBLISHING
CoMPANY. We have no authorized Agents.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-03

Hillside MIL 4 Mining Company.-
Locstion Of principal place Of business, San
Francisco, California; location Of works, Bristol
District, Lincoln county, Nevada. Notice IL
hereby given, that at meeting Of the Directors,
an assessment mo. y Of Fifty Cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock Of the cor
poration. payable Immediately In United Gtates
gold coin, to the Secretary, at the ofHcs Of TIE
Company, Rooms 2S, No. $50 Pine street, San
Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shsll
remain unpaid ON the twenty fourth day Of Dsl
cember, 1879, will be delinquent, and adya.
tised for sale at public auction, and unless pay
mont is made before, will be sold'on the THik-
TEkNTH day Of January, 1850, to- pay the de-
linQuent assessment, together with the costs of
advertising and expenses Of sale. ~ vTrT
+. .FRANKANTHAL, Eecretary.
OMce-No. $50 Pine street, Room %, Ban
Francisco. California. nc59yA
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-03
None Forwarded till paid for.
THE RECORD

delivered In Piocho and Bullionvills at ~
cents per week, payable to the Carriers.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-03

JOE WORK ds.e .t Lew R.ass.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-02-27
Possibilities

The intimate friends OF Gen. Grant as
sert that il lie is not offered the nomina-
tion for fhe Presidency by the unanimous
voice Of the Republican Convention. he
will not accept. If this be trne, and we
are Inclined to think it Is, the discussion Of
the matter Is Useless waste of time. for
Gen. Grant viii hot be the unanimous
choice OF the Convention and we are fii-
clthcd to think, from the way events are
shaping. that he will not have a majority
OF the votes in that body. Blaine seems
to be In the lead at present. bit wc shall
not be snrprisad, for reasons stated In our
last weeks issiie. to see Mr.. Washburne
come In ahead OF all competitors, although
he has positively asserted that he is not a
candidate, but |. In favor OF Grant.