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The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09
DAVIES WOOING.

80 Jennie, cease your merry song,
And stay your busy spinging;
Ye ken that I've been wooing long,
And yet Pm but beginning;
For aye something or ither's wrong,
And sets me back in winning.
off I We're just some bonnie flower
Upon vonr breast rncli";""
maybe yeu'd ken in some bright hour
That / for yon was pining;
NJ aybe I'd find some unkent power
My heart with yours combining.
"Or, if was some bonnie bird,
Say Just cushat cooling.
Or if a summer breeze that stlrr'd
Whatever You was doing,
l think perhaps l might be heard,
And make some speed in wooing.
30 lassie, if only knew
The ways of ither's willing,
What bonnie bird or flower might do
In loves most sweet beguiling,
Perhaps then when l came to WOO
l, too, might find you smiling"
"Deed, Davie lad, you're much mista'e1
For bird or hawer to tarry;
l hate to gle body pain,
If you your plea would carry,
Come as yourself, and say out plain,
Jennie, when shall We marry 2"
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09
Death at the Bridal Altar.

In the midst OF the great events
of the war such incidents as the
following We're comparatively un-
noticed, and left to be long after
wards related in print. Miss
Annie Plckens, daughter of the
Governor of South Carolina, was
to be married April %, 1868, in
Charleston, to Lieut.. Andrew
DeRochelle. The wedding party
was assembled in the Pickens
residence, and the clergyman
was asking the bride if she was
ready, when she'll from Union
gun in the harbor broke fnto tie
room and burst. Nine persons
were hurt, but only Miss Pick
ems wound proved fatal. She
bore tie pain with wonderful
fortitude, and was unmoved
when informed that she had only
an hour or two to live. DeRo-
chelle said that he would like to
have her die his wife, and the
poor girl smiled sadly in assent
The guests remember the scene
as far more pitiful than they can
describe. The bride lay on a
sofa, her white dress dabbled in
blood and her hair disheveled
while her pailed face was Sc
wrung with agony that her efforts
to smile became futile. The cer-
emony was hurriedly performed.
though the brides Yes was in
a faint, labored whisper, and her
lips hardly moved in response to
her husbands kiss. She died
Immediately afterward.-[Nash-
Vile American.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09
s. 2. BUATT,
ORAL SURGEON,

Offers to the public his professional
experience of thirty years in the above
speciality for the treatment OF all dis
eases peculiar to the mouth and preser-
walton of its natural organs, the teeth.
Charges for all dental services graded
by quality and character desired. to suit
the times. For dental substitutes, from
SIS, 500. s75, $l00, $500, up to Buatt's
celebrated improved gold plate, $3.50 for
full sets, recommended as healthy, and
to perform the functions of mastication
satisfactorily as to kind selected.
Without previous arrangements, cash
is invariably expected.
Moved to new office, near the Baptist
Church.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09

He bad started in good faith to
reprint the old cbap-boo!S, bnt
finding nothing in it applicable
to modern times, be had set his
own wits at work to supply the
omission. We have given this
at some length, as portions of
these literary forger es gre still
soiu5 .l,7 lunud, II sA7 press us
veritable antiques.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09

DR.. J. r. Graves, tho eloquent
Baptist Minister, preached in
Minden week before last on the
subject of spiritualism. The Tri-
bune reviews the Doctors speech
in a racy, piquant, trenchant cd
itorial, in which we find a good
deal of doubt expressed as,to,the
correctness of Mr.. Graves posi-
ton.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09

Never sit down and brood
over trouble of any kind. IT you
are vexed with yourself or the
world this is no way to obtain
satisfaction. Find yourself EN-.
ployment that will keep your
mind active, and, depend upon
it, this will force out unwelcome
thoughts.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09

An enterprising and charita-
BILE firm in Now Orleans have
three Brahma chickens, which
they propose to rattle off and
give the proceeds to the suffer-
ing poor Of Ireland. Nearly ev-
erybody in the city takes a
chance.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09

The editor of the Baton Rouge
Capitolian, according to his own
assertion, can certainly beat any
man We ever read of to "mix
drinks in order to get his nerves
steady. We should like to see
the color of his nose.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09

lsat: -'-s-slaT II ~ - ,s:.s1se 1 y
will use all of it's powers and in-
fuence for the reelection of
Gen. King this fall. The Jour
nal "knows when it has a good
thing" Now We. want the Tele-
graph and aBulIetinito fall il line
with King boomers.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09
The Case Of Senator Hill.

The Washington correspon-
dents, with whom Senator Ben.
Hill, of Gaorgia, seems to be no
favorite, are pursuing a most dis
honorable course as to the scan
dial sought to be fastened upon
him. The woman Raymond is
not only a well-known black
mailer. but self-convicted per-
jurer, who has put herself be-
yond the pale Of decent fecogni-
ton or belief. She is repre-
sented as q foul, disgusting wo-
man Of the town. L is impossi-
bic to conceive her as any man s
paramour. On the face Of it, her
personal aspect gives the lie TO
her story. But her story itself
is preposterous. First she swore
Hill to be the father Of her child.
Next she swore he was not. Now
she swears he was not. Now she
swears that he is, and declaring
that she received thirty dollars
for recanting her first statement,
she reasserts because he refuses
to give more. This latter is as
improbable as the rest. Senator
Hill is a man of fortune, who has
alwa ~ .-..aen Eliharal -with bis
money, and it is Incredible that
if he were guilty, he would un-
dergo so much persecution, when
he could have rid himself of it
for SO little. But it is urged that
the female lawyer, Belva Lock
wood, has made specific charges
and de6ed Hill to come into
court and meet them, and that
the failure of Hill to d. so is a
confession of guilt. is it so?
Must we always accept the gage
of nasty battle under pain Of
conviction? This Lockwood wo-
man charged that Hill had se-
duced a sizteen-year-old girl;
that he got the father of the girl
a place in the Post-ofice De-
partment; that he had one Of her
brothers appointed to the Signal
Service and another brother
made a page in the Senate; and
that he gave the girl herself a
watch. Now the Postmaster
General denies the first state
ment, the chief of the Signal Ser
vice the second, and the Ser
geant-at-Arms of the Senate the
third. What more would reason
able people have? Senator Hill
is fifty-seven years Of age. He
is a sober, hard working man.
No man can be said 20 be, IN a
general way, above suspicion; but
it is simply incredible that a
man of so much discretion, to
say nothing else of him or for
him, should compromise himself
with a sixteen-year-old girl. We
don't believe word of it, and
we are amazed that a case which
rests upon no foundation at all
no more than the widow Oliver's s
against Simon Cameron, which
might with equal propriety have
been brought against anybody
eIse-should rest for moment
in the public mind. That there
is conspiracy is obvious, and
we suspect that certain Wash
ington correspondents, who have
hitherto borne a character for
decency, know more about this
than they are ready to admit
[Courier Journal,
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09

Nothing makes a woman so
mad as to go to a shoe-store to
buy a pair of cheap slippers for
her husband, and have clerk
to sell her the Identical pair she
has just worked for a Christmas
present for her minister.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09

A quarrel arose between Jacob
Frey and his wife in st, Louis
the other day about money mat
ters, and Jacob, whose age is 60,
cut his wife's throat and then
cut his own. Both died.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09

Will make regular weekly trips in the
BAYOU during the entire season, connect
ing regularly at Trenton with the Nam
moth sidewheel Weekly Packet FRED
A. BLANKS, of 600 bales capacity. No
danger of any delays in your shipment.
Rates same as other boats and guarantee
to land freight at Pt: Pleasant THREE
DAYS from time of shipment from New
Orleans, water permitting. Freights
shipped from New Orleans Wednesday
will be landed at Point Pleasant Satur-
day evening
Steamer Willie passes Point Pleasant,
going up, Saturday eveing; going down,
Friday morning of every week.
For further particulars inquire of
JOHN A. MEEK, Agent,
feb2O-6m Point Pleasant.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09

A negro woman, 70 years old,
accidently fell in the fire in Don.
aIdsonville last week and was so
badly burned as to cause her
death.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09

Science is advancing every
day. A German professor has
discovered that cat can be made
to have the whooping cough.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09

Life is too short to nurse ones
misery. Hurry them across the
lowland, that you may linger
longer on the mountain tops.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09

The Telegraph says that boat
loads Of corn and bacon are
passing up the Ouachita as
profits on cotton that went down:
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09
COME AND SEE,

Mr.. A. CURTIS is offering his best
brick for TEN DOLLARS PER THOU
SAND. Now is the best time to repair
yonr sidewalks and under-pin your
houses. Call and examine the brick.
A. CURTIS.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09

The indications are that
bloody war is pending between
China and Russia. IF those two
countries collide, terrible
struggle will ensue. 'nf
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09

Minden has organized an
Irish Relief Fund Association" !"
The Democrats editor was
"strapped' when appealed to
for money.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09
Geo. D. .Narabte, ~. I'D
BASTROP, LA.

hereby tender my professional services
to the people of Bastrop and Morehouse
parish. When not professionally engaged,
can be found at my residence one mile
cas- ortown at night, and at the Drug
Store of DR.. A. l.. Bussey during the day
feb9-y
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09
Iother Shipton's Prophecies.
[Vicksburg Herald.

marked at the time that they
were a fraud as matter o.
u'----5~; s4.," ~. ii dnnht
been cut from whole cloth or hac
been revised to SUR the occasion
Our prophecy has proved cor
rect, though we claim no credit
for predicating what every intel
llgent person whose mind was
not early tainted With suspicion
| must have known. The follow
| ing article from the New York
Journal of Commerce pricks the
| bubble, and We hope to hear nc
| moro of Mother Shiptcn
"Mother Shipton was q versa
tile character who lived more
than three hundred years ago,
and uttered a nnmber OF so.
called prophecies,
"They were, for the most part,
vague, unmeaning tumble nt
seeming predictions applicable
to no special event, and without
point or general interest, In
164l a pamphlet containing a
medley of this sort, chiefly in
halting verse, Was printed IN
London, and her Life and Curl
Gus Prophecies were given to
the public in 1877.
"In 1862 Mr.. Chas. Hendley,
of Brighton, England, issued
what purported to be an exact
report of ga Chap-book version
of Mother Shipton's Prophecies,
from the edition of l446.' In
this, for the first = tlreess y ere
were point and pith, aud special
application. All modern dIscov-
cries were plainly described, and
one prophecy which began.
"Carriages without horses shall CO."
and set forth the railroads., tele.
graphs, steamers, and other mod.
ern inventions, wound up with
"The world to an end shall come
In eighteen hundred and eighty one
"This, of course, quite startled
the public. If all other impor-
tant events of the nineteenth cen
tury had been SO aptly described,
why should not the last pre-
| diction be fulfilled We copy
the prophecy. and without know
ing anything of its source, de-
nounced it as forgery. An En-
glish paper replied that it was
an exact reprint of the old edi-
tion for nearly 259 years on file
in the British Museum. We
sent our correspondent to the
Museum and learned that there
| was a chap-book of that title
bearing date 1641; another OF
1642 containing what purported
to be Mother Symptoms portrait;
other curious prophecies dated
164S, 1862, 1867; and Mother
Shipton's Life and Curious
Prophecies complete in an oc-
tavo edition Of 1897. We then
purchased the reprint and sent
to have them compared. This
proved that a fraud had been
committed. The old prophecies
were a vague jumble of local
predictions that might have been
fulfilled at any and every decade
since their date. All the pointed
and interesting predictions in the
new issue We're not in the Old
| book; and were either interlinea.
tions, interpretations, or entirely
new fragments, evidently writer
after the events they were sup
posed to predict. We pressed
the point and the secret ther
came out. In the spring Of 1873
Mr.. HendIey wrote letter con
Tossing that he had fabricated
the prophecy above quoted ano
ten others, in order to rem
der his little book salable
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09
Dentistry.
IN ALL IT'S BRANCHES, BY
DIP N NASAENGIII

Gold filings from 81 to s.; silver fill
ings from 81 to So; full upper and lower
set artificial teeth $40. Extracting teeth
speciality. Having had my office
newly fitted up, | Will take pleasure in
serving all persons wishing work in my
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09

There were three weddings On
the same day in Winnsboro last
week.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09
nR. ~. g. GRGH,
BAsTROP, La.

BAsTROP, La.
Offers his professional services to the
eople of Bastrop and vicinity. Can be
found at his residence, or at the drug store
of DR.. A. l.. Bussey. when not profess
onally enpaged. feb9-y
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09
COTTON SEED 4!

A few bushels of pure African Cotton
Seed for sale. Apply to the Publishers
Of the Clarion. Price 81 per bushel-
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09

The Steamer "Wm. Pagan" will enter
the bayou on the first rise and will con-
tinue her trips, throughout the season.
Thankful for the liberal patronage ex-
tended to the old boat, the "Bastrop,"
the owners of the Steamer SWIM. Fagan'
would respectfully solicit for the new
boat continuance of the same.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09
Regular ssayOu Esarsao2
OFsseW Packet.

Will leave New Orleans every ten days
throughout the season for Lind Grove,
Plantersvilie, Point Pleasant, and all
way landings on Bayou Bartholomew,
the fast, fine and AL passenger steamer
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-09
- s. : e"WM. FAGAN.' -

built expressly for the trade.
CTS HODGE, Master
J.. ?. DELAIOUSSAYE. Clerk
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-11

A RAscALLY LAwYER.--Charles
Jones of Starksboro, q Frenchman,
who went to Colorado a few years
since, has died at Leadsville alter be-
coming third owner OF mine re-
ported to be worth 81 100000. and
on which $1,000 in mortgages had
been foolishly saddled. lie leaves Il
sister and several relatives in Yer
mont who are very poor and know
nothing of the value Of his possession.
A certain Vergennes attorney, who
had formally been states attorney of
the county, is said to have received a
letter directed to that official and by
this means came to a knowledge Of the
property, and after learning its value,
proceeded to these heirs aud bought
their claims for a $1,000. In his ay-
aricious haste he LEFT a flaw in the pa
pers, and the parties at Leadsville,
learning his action, discovered the
address OF the heirs, and warned them
not to sign any more papers. A suit
is now pending in the matter. Tes-
timony in this case was taken recent
~ ct Starkboro from u part of the
heirs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-11

Of Columbia, The principal object
sought by the leaders 10 greater inhur
epee IN national affairs, while the
smaller Ivy hunger for tho erumbs Of
local Offices, Citizens OF this District
arc not citizens Of the United States
In one sense, as they have no yota or
voice IN controlling tho affairs Of gov
erament, And considering tho con-
dition Of society existing here, the
better class DO not want The ballot,
The experiences Of a few years ago,
when The worst ela's ii ignorant,
shlltless negroes aud bummers con-
trolled tho local government, led 10
the establishment Of our present ays-
tom, and all las'paying, o'der'lovlng
citizens have 10 wish 10 90 back, We
have Ia this city the largest element
Of degraded eolored population 10 be
found 10 any city Of IL sizo, Tho
most revolving aud brutal gIades Of
crime Oro more prevalent here than In
any other city, Cold bloodtd muir
der, rape, aud Ill sorts u assault, are
Of daily occurrence, yet Tor some rea'
son justice " very slow and punish-
ment very rae, 20 that lh5 people
have come 10 feel yery ,uVoh like
those Of q border settlement, where
Judge Lynch presldes, lecanse OF
this, four negro brptcS, who murdered
an inoilcnsivc young man IN cold
blood oGe nlght recently came very
near being hanged without trial or
Jury. No less than illeen murders
have been committed during my resi-
dcnce il Washington, aud not one OF
tho murdercrs has yel been hang,
One trouble j. the negroes on our
jurics. This class Of population Is
bad enough now, II is infinitely
worse with the ballot in It's hands. for
the ballot gives them greater inhu-
ence. with the INSCRIPTIONS politicians,
who use them Tor their own ends,
PnoNO.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-11

At Ottawa, Canada, the other day
q smallpox patient came very near
being buried alive, After the coffin
had been lowered into the grave the
noise Of the first two OF three shovel
iala Of earth on the lid aroused the
supposed dead man and caused him to
kick Justify. The coffin was hastily
drawn out aud The lid unscrewed, The
supposed corpse aat up and exclaimed
"My God have | had such a narrow
escape" lie was NJ once lii>cd ont
and IN ovcfcoat thrown over his
shoulders, and removed TO the hospi'
,al, where he Ia doing well aud w'll
recover.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-11

Edward Young OF Georgia was
frozen to death on the lake, Sunday.
lie and six others went out on the ice
fishing. When the gale came up they
started for the shore, but became be-
wildered and lost their way. Six OF
them succeeded in getting hor'e, but
Young was missing; and search be-
ing made, he was found Monday night,
dead, some two or three miles from
Georgia shore.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-11

The Rev. Mr.. Wales Of Biddetord,
Me-, who was discharged from his
pastorate by the Republican mem
bers of his church for political reasons
is nov the pastor of the Second Uni
versalist Church, a new and flourish.
ing organization. His audience each
Sanday is very large, and the society
bids fair to start on long career of
prosperity.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-11
-
DEATHS.

In Woodstock, Feb. IL, very suddenly
of heart disease, Oliver Trask, aged GO
years.
In Springfield, Feb. 3. Dora Hale, aged
Is years; also, Feb. 1, Mrs. w. Burgess,
aged 70 years.
In Detroit, Mich, Frank L., son of L..
L. Whitcomb, of Springfield, vt.
In Weston, Jan. 81, Mr.. James T. Peck !,
aged IS years. lie was one Of the )blest
works of God. S. L. C.
In Upper Falls, Feb. l, Lavina Gassett,
wife of Joseph Ellison, aged G2 years,
8 months and "a days.
In PerkinSville, Feb. 2. Mr.. Willard a..
Paine, aged IS years and months.
In Felchville, Feb. s, of consumption,
Miss Nettie Townsend, aged about "a yrs.
In Barnard, Feb. 10, DR.. Lucian Clark,
aged about 50 years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-11

The New York Herald has opened
q subscription Tor The relief Of the des,
tllutlon Of Ireland, giving The magni'
dCeni sam Of 100000, and soliclls
contributions irom mher people 10
proportion 10 then willingness and
their means, Suns ~ sMail ~ tweR'
ty'dye eeals will ho received and duly
acknowledged,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-11

Alas how many persons tremble az the
sound Of the word Seroflla, aud how
many rejoice when they think how they
and their friends have been cured Of this
terrible disease by Hoods Saraparila,
Ny friend II you or relative or u friend
have Scrofula about you, II IL your duty
10 90 At once aud get this medicine, use
| I then y0n yin be sure TO send them, its
success depends wholly upon ils merritt
aud that has been proven, Sold by drug.
gIsts, Hoods Cook hook sent free, G,
|. Hood & Co.. Lowell, Mass.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-11

Alexander q, Wells, nominated 10
be surveyor Of New Orleans, Is q Son
Of the present incumbent, Madison
Wells of Retaining Board tame, and
|. said TO ben chip OF the old block
Ifhe Ia confirmed II will simply be
tho old man acting by proxy. The
Democratic Senate ought 10 block that
little game.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-02-11
MARRIAGES..

In Royalton. Jan. 80, by Rev. s. W.
Dixie, Ira b. Spaulding Of Royalton and
Abbie +. Bailey of Corinth.
In Bethel, Jan. a. by Rev. S. 4. Park
cr; Lewis Hall Abbott of Topeka, Kansas,
and Louisa Lorett Jones, Prcceptress Of
the State Normal School at Randolph.
In Royalton, Jan. "a, by Rev. S. w.
Dixie, William c. Cutter and Jennie e.
Parker, both Of Gaysyille.