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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-03
A BackWOOds Adventure.

1t was IN the winter of 1888 that l
am to tell you of. was then about
thirteen years old, and as rugged and
strong as most of the young men of
twenty are in these times. All through
the autumn the catamount and the
black-snake had bothered the men cut
ting timber for home use. Several of
the villagers had been badly hurt, and
one old man was killed by the tricky
animal. The boys always helped in
hauling the logs and pieces of timber,
driving the buck wagons from the
woods to the house where it was to be
dumped. After old Uncle Simeon was
killed, the women became badly
scared, and made the men go armed,
and wouldn't let us youngsters go on
the teams. No more trouble occurred,
however until the winter set in. Every
thing was quiet then, and the fright
caused by accidents of the fall had
passed away.
One day terrific snow-storm set in.
The flakes came down so thick that we
couldn't see from our windows across
the road to Sam Briggs house. By
dark it had become three feet deep,
and we could hardly get to the barn to
feed the stock. About seven o'clock it
stopped showing, and began to blow
very hard. 1t grew very cold also. We
heaped great logs on the fire, and had
the blaze roaring up the chimney. The
old man was resting quietly in the cor
ner, smoking his pipe and seemed not
tn care ahOut wha t was uoiuu IN mboy,
suddenly we heard long, deep growl
coming from the woods. The old man
knew what was meant, and so did some
of my older brothers. The catamounts
maddened by hunger, and prevented
by the storm from getting anything to
eat, were coming in body to they'll
lage. In minute all were astir. Two
of the boys started for the barn to see
that the door was fast so that the cata-
mounts could not destroy the cattle.
The rest of us were told to fasten the
windows and hunt up the guns which
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-03
Taking Home Oysters.

A First Ward man was told by his
wife to bring home quart of oysters to
fry for supper. He drank a few pre-
scriptions of egg-nogg, and then took a
paper bag full of selects and started for
home. He stopped at two or three sa-
looms and the bag began to melt, and
when he left the last saloon the bottom
fell out of the bag and the oysters were
on the sidewalk. We will leave the
man there, gazing upon the wreck, and
take the reader to the residence where
he is expected. A red-faced woman is
putting the finishing touches to the sup
per table and wondering why her hus-
band does not come with the oysters.
Presently noise as OF lead pencil in
the key-hole salutes her ear, and she
goes to the door and opens it and finds
him taking the pencil out of the key
hole. Not seeing any oysters she asks
him if he has forgotten the oysters.
6 Forgotten noth-(hic) ing" says
he. He walks up to the table and asks
for plate, which is given by the I'M
suspicious wife. Funniest accident
you ever (hic) see," said the truly old
man, as he brought his hand out of his
overcoat pocket with four oysters, lit
tie smoking tobacco and piece of
cigar stub. " Slipprysoystery (hic) er
was,' said he, as he run his hands down
in the other pocket, bringing up five
oysters, piece of envelope and piece
of wire that was used as a bail to
the pail. "Got all my p(hic) ockets
full" said he, as he took large oyster
out of his vest pocket. Then he began
to go down in his pants pocket, and
finding hole in it he said: "Six big
(hic) sters gone down my trousers leg.
Sposi'll find them in my boot" and he
sat down to pull off his boot, when the
lady took the plate of oysters and other
stuff into the kitchen and threw them
in the swill, and then she put him to
bed, and all the time he was trying to
tell her how the bag busted just as he
was in front of "All Saints Ca (hic) the
dral. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-03
A Child Bitten by a Balloon.

Two little girls, one of them Flora
Glatz, four years old, were playing
yesterday noon on the stairway of 3
tenement house at No. 10 Chrystie
street, when large, dog faced baboon
came down the stairway of an upper
story, seized Flora by the shoulders
and chartered in her face, frightening
both children into loud outcries. The
baboon changed its hold, seized the girl
by the cheeks and bit off her nose. The
child fell down insensible with the
fright and pain, and the baboon escaped
to the roof. Flora's mother raised an
cutlery and alarmed the neighbors, who,
conjecturing that dog had bitten the
girl, began crusade on the neighbour
hood ours. Finally the girl who had
been playing with Flora became suffi-
GENTLY composed TO tell what she had
seen, and the streets around the house
were soon filed with operatives from
neighboring factories and others who
had heard that an orang outang had
escaped from a Bowery museum and
had been killing a number of people.
Men armed with pistols and shotguns
and miscellaneous weapons surrounded
the house. A squad of police under
roundsman Mcguire also turned out
and search was made for the baboon.
Two or three thousand people emptied
themselves into the street from the
adjacent buildings, but when one cried,
There he is!' there was an immediate
scattering among the crowd to places
where he wouldn't be likely to be. The
police and a number of volunteers went
to the roof of the tenement Roundsman
Mcguire caught glimpse of the baboon
perched on the top of a chimney. A
number of shots were fred without
effect, and the chase slid down a water
spout to the yard. The policemen
hurried down by another way and found
the baboon chattering near corner of
the fence. He was again made target
for the policemen's pistols, and one of
the shots struck him in the thigh. He
tried to limp away, but q mechanic
from one of the factories struck him on
the head with an iron bar and killed
him. The baboon measured over three
feet and is supposed to have been part
OF the assets of some Bowery museum.
Inc person in charge of a museum in
the rear of the tenement houses denied
the ownership of him, and the corpse
awaits a claimant
The injuries of Flora Glatz, though
serious, are not necessarily fatal. She
is dlshgured for life.-M Y. World,
March 5.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-03

The girls went to work on tbei,
grammar lesson. but soon got back 70
the kettle. Every body's thoughts snnO
around that black, Kissing object inst
now. They talked a good deal about
it, but Joe did not appear to be listen
ing. The steam had stopped entirely
and he was carrying lighted shaving
with trembling hands toward the Spout
of the kettle. A brilliant blaze sud,
denly lighted up the house.
"Hurrahr' cried Joe. "Sell vour
box OF candles and buy yourself new
gown, mother. Hurrah for school and
shingles all winter! Hurrahr'
"Why, joel" cried his mother. some.
thing sparkling in her eyes, "why, Joe.
| didn't think it would burn so; but il
does, and am glad of it, too.'
Little Moses and Judith skinned
about from one corner to another,
laughing to know that something was
not hid there to catch them every time
they ventured into the darkness. Joel
came in just then, to James great sat-
isfaction, though, perhaps, he did not
help to correct grammar recitation on
Monday. Notwithstanding his pres.
ence, she did not seem very seriously
alarmed for Joe's reputation. Joel
looked on the blazing tea kettle in
amazement, and with some trepidation.
MAY be it's bewitchedr' said he to
Jane.
80, l don't know what Joe's been
doing to it, I'm sure" said the promis.
ing girl; " butt guess it is light enough
to see to play cats cradle" and SO they
tried it.
Why, Joe, you're a genius, instead
of Ounce, do declared cried Debbv.
" This is an invention, and no mis-
take.''
You are acting like a parcel of
ounces" declared their father, prepar-
ing to 60 to bed. faint no great
wonder that birch. bark should burn
after it's got afire, if it is in an old tea
kettle. TN all burn out in ten min
utes.''
No, Debby, I'm only Ounce" Joe
replied; &" but you will soon see that it
will burn all the evening""
And it did. At bedtime the tea-kettle
was taken from the crane and the blaze
eAUluS ulSuou. Inc next evening IL was
hung on again-this time without oppo-
sition-and lighted after it got hot, no
time being lost in waiting for steam to
dry off. Joe split his shingles now
without delay, and never was there a
more diligent and happy fellow To-
ward the end of the week the crust
burned off the cracks in the kettle,
whereupon the light became more bril-
liant than ever, for it streamed out
from every crack as well as from the
spout, and the black old tea kettle was
clothed in a mantle of Pickering fire.
But Joe was afraid the shattered con-
stitution of his favorite would hardly
hold together under so much excite
ment. So, on Saturday, he plastered
the cracks over anew, this time with
clay, and filled it with q new stock OF
irch-bark.
And thus he worked by his tea-kettle
light all winter, and got his schooling,
too.
Here endeth the true history of the
first of all the gas factories.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-03
Effects OF Smoking.

The London Lancet prints the follow
ing letter from the late Professor Parks,
to an inquiring friend on the subject of
the effect of smoking:
My DEAR Mr.. PRATT--I think my
state of mind as regards tobacco is very
much what yours seems to be. have
honestly tried to collect evidence from
moderate smokers, both medical men
and others, and when tolerance has
been established have never been able
to make out any symptoms which i'm
piled injury. In the case of many med
ical men whom have asked to study
their own condition, the answer has al
ways been the same, viz, they could
see no harm or disturbance of any func-
ton. Even in some cases of enormous
smokers g., men who rarely were
without pipe or cigar-l could learn
of no injsry.
On the other hand, i have seen, like
us all, men complaining OF dyspepsia,
nervousness, palpitation, ETC., and who
we're much better for leaving off smok-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-03
Qnr nom,,a s0olks.
RIDING ON TIE RAIL.

Chekety, clackety, how the wheels rum
Crickety, crackety. isn't it fun
flushing through bridges and over the streams
Seeing the country like SO many dreams!
Bumpity, bumpity, bang, on each rail!
How the car shivers through mountain and vale
Now on the hillside, and now on the plain,
Running the same in the sunshine or rain.
Clunkety, chunkety, chunkety, chunk.
Bandbox and passenger, bundle and trunk,
All on the single train speeding away
Faster than antelopes bounding in play.
Jigglety, jogglety, bumpitv, bump.
Crick ety, crackety. humpity, hump,
Rattlety, battlety, clickety, clang,
Whistlety, ringity, here we stop. bang!
n. f. Rinq, in ST. Nicholas
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-03

BERNARD BIGLIN went home from q
carousal at Vernon Hill, Nebraska, ex.
pressiiy Ito have some fun with the old
man. his father. He began by pulling
ms aged parent out of bed and compel
ing MN to dance jig barefooted on
tne cold floor. Then he commanded
his father to stand on his head, but the
Ieat was beyond the old mans power,
ana the son had begun to whip him for
railing. when his mother, a stalwart
sort OF woman, bounded out with a
cnalr and knocked him senseless. Ber-
nard's skull was broken, and he came
near dying.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-03

WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT, of New
York, has all along been investing his
hard earned savings in United States
bonds, until he had 1926, 200, 900 in reg
istered four per cents. Now he comes
over again and has So, 100000 more
bonds registered in his name the same
way. The, investment is in $4,000
bonds, and Mr.. Vanderbilt could carry
them all in his coat pocket without in
convenience. Upon these bonds Van
derbilt will draw over $500, 900 interest
every ninety days. - Philadelphia Times.
Two seasons there are which we have
to regret, season for payment and a
seizin' for debt.-Toro1ato Grip.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-04-03

a MARATHON young man has COM
1 menced exercises in drawing. He sits
oown by his girl and draws her head
over on his shoulder. - Marathon hide
pendent
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-16

IMPORTANT CASE ABOUT TO BE TRIED.-A
well.informed friend writes US that the case
OF Hartman Us. Gree1how, on the docket OF
the Supreme Court OF The United States,
will probably be called and argued in that
court towards the end OF this week. This
is test case carried there to have tue States
liability 20 redeem her tax-receiyable con-
pons az par decided. Mr.. WILLIAM l..
RoYALL has been employed by the holders
OF Virginia bonds to argue 1t for their side,
and the Attorney-Ge will argue il upon
the other side. The decision OF the Su-
preme Court In this case may have some ef.
feet upon the position OF parties Ia vir-
ginia. The exemption OF the bonds from
taxation was an unpopular feature OF the
funding bills OF 1871 and 1879. This suit
was brought TO have 1t decided by the Su.
premc Court OF the United States whether
the coupons OF uon-taxable bonds are taxa
bic, as Is now provided by law.
The publIc.debt question is an everlast-
ing trouble. Let US get rid Of our elephant,
Surely there Is craftsmanship enough in
Virginia 70 solve The financial problem
which has so long puzzled the brains Of cur
legislators.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-16
DEATHS.

n,ed. December 9Th, at the residence of his son.
Colonel Normaud smith in Henrico county VIII
LIAM MATTHEWS SMITH, IN the eghty-iirst
year Of his age. -
Funeral at his late residence AZ O'Clock THIS
Thursday AFTERNOON.
AT The resiGence OF his lalbcr-n law, J9stnh r.
Powell, ESQ, CHARLES WESLEY ANDERSON,
I'm The thirly-ihird year OF his age.
The funeral will take place from his late resi-
dence. 200 south Pine street, on FRIDAY MORN
ING at 1 o'cloc.. Friends and acquaintance are
respectfully invited TO attend.
Died, at his late residence. No. 703 north Fourth
street on the morning of he Ism Instant, aG u
quarter of 1 O'Clock. Mr. AN DGt W CLARKE.
His funeral will take place THIS EVENING nom
81. Peters Calht drdl at q o'clock. Friends and
acquanlaEces invited to attend.
Died, in Baltimore December 18th. twenty mill
utes before q AM. Mrs \. G.. MORGAN, widow
Of The late COOnel C.. :. Morgan. in the seventeen
year Of neT age.
Funeral services O-DAY at II O'Clock NJ. at ST..
PJuis church.
The remains arrived last night from Baltimore
a the residence of her son-in-!aw, Mr. John Enders
Robinson.
Died. on Saturday, December 1lth. AZ twenty.
nine minutes past II O'Clock. GOLDiE MAUD,
youngest laughter ~ John y. and Noble W. Abern !;
aged two years Owe months and twenty days.
Farewell darling GOLDIE; thy spirit hath 'wn
To the band OF he biest-'O yOn happy nome
Where the saviour IN beauty is waiting above
To jCiR with the angels I'm 81 ging Gods love.
Then weep not, foud pareuts her suferings are
DER:
She is SAT. with her Saviour on Heavens bright
shore
Live in hope aud love--when your trials are past
You shall meet little COLLIDE m heaven AT last.
Washington, New orleans, aud salisbury ~. c.
papers please copy.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-16
What Shall Be Done?

A gentleman OF this city wrote to dis
tinguished Democratic leader residing in
the country, requesting his opinion as to
what the Democrats OF Virginia could or
should DO next year in order to save the
Democratic party and at the same time pre-.
vent the Reputation OF twelve millions OF
the public debt. The following is the reply.
We regret that we have not permission to
give the name Of the writer, iuasmuch as
that Would add weight to his suggestions
The reader will see that he i0dulges in no
unnecessary words. He says:
Ninety six thousand nine hundred and
twelve men in Virginia really desired to see
Hancock the next President OF the United
States, and so laying aside all past differ
euces, voted together TO accomplish such
puraose. II Is Tie duty Of the same patriots
10 stand in the same ranks again when the
best interests OF State are IN danger.
The next Democratic Conservative Con-
yeDtion should be called at the regular
time and by The regular method. Delegates
from each city aud county should be select
ed from tae ranks OF the Democratic Re-
adius;ers, The Democratic Conservatives,
and from all other Democrats-the relative
proportion Of each 10 be determined by q
conference Of committees representing
each aud every such organization 10
be held within their respective cities
or counties, and the whole num3er OF
delegates TO be cquitably proportioned
TO the number Of votes cast for Hancock
and English electors within said city
or county. A convention so formed should
make mutual concessions TO the material
differences ia the views of their constitu-
ents, and construct platform broad enough
TO securely hold compromise plan for the
final settlement of the debt question which
would be acceptable 10 all Democrats and
TO the creditors OF the State, and would rub
out anv line now running between Demo
cratic ReadIusiers, Democratic Conserya'
tiyes. and all other Democrats, on local con-
Germs, thus uniting them In State as they
ale for the most part united IN nationa! mat'
ters. The union Of these forces having
been once more resstablished as far as pos.
sible. the party so formed should be called
the Democratic party OF Virginia, whose
common weapon would be aimed al the
overthrow OF all OF its enemies.
VICTORY.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-16
Mr.. Kellogg.

Mr.. SALISBURY, one OF tue senators ifvo'
Delaware, Is determined man. He Is pen'
upon having Mr.. KELLOGG turned out OF
the United states Senate. Tic honestly thinks
that KELLOGG was never lawfully elected 10
the Senate, that be Is unit TO be 10 IL; aud
that /, is the duty OF that august body 10
turn him out, let the conss quences be what
they may. Mr.. BAyARD, on the contrary,
holds that the ease Is res adjudicdtd. He
would regard II as a bad precedent to un'
seat for defect in his title senator who
had once been seated by vote OF the SEN
ate. or course senator may at any Time
be expelled for conduct unbecoming
his high position, but 1t would DC
a very dangerous example for the De-
mocrats 10 place before such party
as the Republican party for them to I'M
seat a senator after his term bad bali ex-
pired because OF a reason which was within
the knowledge OF the Senate when 1t de-
cided to admit'bim into the body. itwouid
be better to allow Louisiana to be m'srep-
resented for a year or two longer than 10
ADOPT q scheme which may not only return
TO pague the Inventor but seems to us 10
be wrong IL itself. There is atime in every
contesied.election case when contention
ought 10 cease; and il strikes us that That
time has come when senator Is seated by
a formal vote Of the Senate.
We do not pretend 10 say that Mr.. KEEL
LOCO Ought ever TO have been seated. But
we we'll remember that when he was seated
we thought IL fair compromise ms setween
the Democrats and the Republicans that he
and Senator BUTLER were admitted stimuli
taneously, or as Learly so as was practical
BILE, seeing that The roll OF the Senate had
to be twice called. The Republicans accuse
the Democrats OF acting IL bad faith IN now
attempting 10 repudiate The terms OF what
they claim was an understanding between
the tao sides of the Senate. Whether
the Democrats are obnoxious TO this charge
or not. we will not undertake to'say; but
we are inclined TO think that there is foun-
dation enough for the charge to make II APP
pear 10 be true one to many Republicans
and 10 some Democrats.
On the whole, ii might be wise for the
Senate 10 put up with Dir. BELLoGG's CON-
pauy for year or two longer. IL cannot do
much harm 10 be exceedingly liberal to bin.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-16
LEXINGTON.

RAILROAD PROsPECTS-wORKGNG AND SUR
yEYIXG PARTIES-THE ICE-HARyEsT-MAR-
RAGE OF A CADET.
correspondence of the Richmond Dspatch.l
DECEMBER IA, 1880,
For some days past Lexington has been
full OF railroad rumors, and II there be
truth in the saying "where there IS 50
much smoke there must be some fire."
we can congrat nlate ourselves on having
two, il not three, railroads in the very near
future.
The corps OF engineers of the Shenan-
doah Valley Railroad Company have CON-
pleted their preliminary survey from
Waynesboro' to South river on the North
River branch OF the Richmond and Ale
ghany railroad, and ii is stated that the Sec
ton between these two points VIII De placed
under contract in the early spring. The
North River branch OF the Richmond and
Allegheny railroad has been ordered 10 con-
tract, aud detachment Of engineers is ex-
pecied up the line this week. All this sec
tion OF country is naturally tributary to
Richmond, and with these improved facili-
lies for transportation, your merchants will
OF cour.e improve their opportunity to Sc
cure this valuable trade.
Hon. w. A. Anderson, who is now in
Georgia ON private business, has received
letters from capitalists and businessmen OF
Pittsburg aud other cities In the North and
Northwest fayoring the extension OF the
Richmond and Allegheny road TO Pitts
burg. More interest than ever seems to be
taken In the scheme. and II will be pushed
through before many OF the s0-caied wide
awakes" are aware that 1t Is even in serious
contemplation.
The weather last week was very cold, and
a good many ice-bouses were filled. The
ice on the river to-day Is from two to three
inches thick, but IS rapidly melting away.
IL tue weather-prophets are 10 be relied ON,
we will have many more opportunities this
winter for harvesting this desirable article.
Cadet Haskins, Of The first class, was
married this morning to Miss Matte Gfa-
ham ut the residence OF the brides mother,
in this place. The groom Is son OF Dr..
Il. r.. Haskins. OF Lunenburp, and q bro
Their OF Meade Haskins. OF Richmond. Tue
happy couple left for Starnton In private
conveyance, where they will take the train
for tbeif future home. PETgEPoSs.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-16

Where so many have concurred IN The com.
mission OF an offence n " hard 10 believe
that tbey were not selected for ils perpetra.
ton. When lie shall have been informed oil
these h1grant and open violations OF the
laws OF The ommonweaILh, enacted In the
interest Of free and fair eIscticns,--as he can
be without trouble N he will only indicate
willingness 10 receive 1.-THE viii then
have subject upon which he may wax
warm and grow eloquent. JUSTICE.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-16
Value of Lands In Augusta.
TStaunion Srectator.l


The books of the assessors for Beverly
Manor, Pastures, and Rlyerheads distfic's
have been left at the county Office, coul-
pleted. The books for the other three dls-
tricts are mol yet finished.
Pastures district, reissessed by g. w.
McCuchen, shows a total valuation of SG32,
654 60 against the previous assessment CT
1852, 1854, on 136.7044 acres and buildings,
on which the tax at fifty cents on Si00 was
1854. The decrease III valuation under the
present assessment is $1,000 81, and a de-
crease in faxes OF S6jl.
Beverly Manor. reissessed By Jacob Bow
man, has q total valuation under the pew
assessment OF S1,344,574 81 against 81 49,
4O5 q, showing decrease 10 valuation Of OF
S9l, 731.23 ND a corresponding reduction
OF taxes to the amount OF S45S 30.
Riverhcads-The previous valuation OF
this district. containing 96,4233 acres, was
$3.50. 232 SO, Oh which the tax was
81, 701.7 49, The rea-scssment made by j. y.
Larew now shows valuation in the district
OF g. 395, 6i9.01--a decrease OF Sl4l, 592.02,
causing a reduction Of S722 30 in taxation.
Any person feeling bimsetf agerieyed by
the assessment Of bis land or lots may,
upon giving notice 10 the assessor, apply to
the County Court at the first, second, or
third term after such assessment Is made.
and not after, 10 have the assessment OF his
land or loI corrected; which notice hall be
in writing, aud shall have appended thereto
an affidavit that in the opinion OF the afiiant
the assessment Of his land or lots is erro-
neous, for reasons given.