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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-12-01
Afraid TO Swear Alone.

The wicked practice of swearing, which is
so common as TO offend the ear in every
hotel and almost in every street, is often
mere bravado. Boys think it sounds manly
to be profane, and men think it gives force
and character to their sayings. Unlike
most other vices, it is done openly, and is
intended by the swearer for other peoples
ears. 1t is public sin against God, and a
public insult to all good men. The boldest
blasphmers are often the greatest towards.
al will give you ten dollars" said man to
profane swearer, " If you will go into the
village graveyard at twelve o'clock tonight
and swear the same oaths you have uttered
when you are alone with God" "Agreed p
said the man an easy way to make ten
dollars" "Well, come tomorrow and say
you have done it, and you shall have the
money" Midnight came. 1t was night
of great darkness. As he entered the GEM
etery not a sound was heard; all was still as
death. Then came the gentleman's words
to his mind. 9" All alone with God !" rang
in his ears. He did not dare to utter an
oath, but fled from the place crying d" God
be merciful TO me, siunerl"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-12-01

MUcH has been said from time to time in
the agricultural papers Of the country urg
ing the necessity Of farmers keeping strict
account Of their business, but any one know
ing the vast number of agriculturists who
keep no record whatever of their work would
certainly think too much has not been said
of the matter. Indeed, it is somewhat sur
prising that so many thorough farmers art
content with keeping the run of their busi
ness in memory only, when little additiona
work would enable them to tell at glance
whether the years work had been profitable
| or otherwise.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-12-01

THE Rural Nep Yorker says !: " Now that
the election is over, we presume all good
farmers-whatever interest they may have
taken in it during the latter part of the
contest-will give themselves up to promot
ing the interests Of the farm. Here is enough
to engage our best thoughts-our unremit
ting labor. The outlook for farmers has
never been more encouraging in the history
of this country. But let us not rest upon
our oars. Let us work hardest while it pay
best, and then IN the dismal times of the fu
ture, which are sure to come sooner or later
we may enjoy the results of having provided
for a rainy day."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-12-01

THE CABBAGE WoRM.-To save his cab
bages and as an experiment, Mr.. Howard
tells the Fruit Record that he mixed four
quarts of air-slaked lime, one quart of fine
salt, and quarter of pound each of
red and black pepper When the dew was
on he applied this mixture by means of a
large sized tin pepper box to four hun
dred cabbages, that were doubtless as
wormy lot as could be found. lie gave
them but one dose, but it did its work SC
effectually that there has been no further
trouble ON account of these destructive
pests.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-12-01
Questions from Canada.

G. b. Jenkins, Smiths Mills, Quebec,
enquiries ~ "Would sawdust make a
good mulch for fruit trees 7 (2) Would
it be safe to cover strawberry plants with
s,wdust or fine manure2 Would they be
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-12-01
Aqrirnlfnal Deparf'reh
t. II. HosKuNs, Agricultural Editor.
1T MAY NOT BE.


II may not be our lot TO WELD
The sickle in the ripened neld
Not ours to hear on summer ewes,
The rcaper's song among the sheaves.
Yet where our duty's task Ia wrought
In unison with Gods great thought,
The near and future blend In one,
And whaaoe'er Ia willed is done.
And ours the grateful service whence
Comes day by day the recompense;
The hope the trust, the purpose stayed,
The fountain, and the MONDAY shade
And were this life the utmost span,
The only end and aim OF man,
Better the toll OF fields like these,
Than waking dreams and slothfui ease.
But nfe though falling like our grain.
Like that revivee and springs again
And early called, how blest are they,
who walt in heaven their harvest day
John q. Whittier.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-12-01

IT is no more possible for an idle man to
keep together a certain stock of knowledge,
than it Is possible to keep together certain
stock of ice exposed to the meridian sun.
Every day destroys fact, relation, or an
inference; and the only method OF preserv-
ing the bulk and value of the pile is by con-
stantly adding TO It.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-12-01

TEMPTATION is a fearful word. 1t indi-
Gates the beginning of possible series of
infinite evils. 1t is the ringing Of an alarm
bell whose melancholy sounds may rever-
berate through eternity. Like the sudden,
sharp cry Of lire in the night, it should rouse
us to instantaneous activity, and brace every
muscle TO its highest tension.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-12-01

ExPoRTABLE ApPLEs.--In England small,
handsome apples are preferred to large
specimens by the better class of buyers.
The Fameuse sent from Montreal are very
popular, and we have no doubt that our
Canadian friends will find the Wealthy and
the Canada Baldwin equally valuable as
apples for export. The Fameuse Lucree,
shipped as soon as fully colored in Septem-
Der, would keep month after reaching
England, and would, we think, create a
furor among lovers of fine fruit.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-12-01

DHOTO VISITING CARDs.-A perfect Photo
u graph ~ yourself and your name neatly printed on
I2 Round-c nered dtedsed Cards for S. oenta post.
pad 30 for so. send your photo with order and it viii
be returned with cards, Sample cents. Address
est UNION CARD co.. Montpelier. W.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-12-01

The Mosr PROFITABLE ORcHARD.--John
j. Thomas, the horticultural editor of the
Country Gentleman, says; "The most profit
able orchard that we ever saw, over twenty
years old, was on very fine piece of land,
with deep and well drained soil, cultivated
and regularly and moderately manured. 1t
occupied seven acres, and from it the owner
paid the heavy debt on his hundred-acre
farm, and placed several thousand dollars at
interest He could not have done this on a
rugged hillside"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-12-01

PouTENEss pays large dividends, and yet
how few have any Of the stock.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-12-01

n IBERATION.-This is 10 certify that have this
day gwen my son, Norman Johns, his time during the
remainder Of his minority aud shall claim OF his earn
ngs and pay debts Of his contracting after this date
MRS. Lorraine KEYES
IfiddisseI, November a. iso. 67es
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-12-01

FARMERS have learned that il takes the
best OF soil 10 raise mortgage.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-12-01

Numerous inquiries are made by CORE.
spondents in regard to the farming lands in
Maine described by us in recent article
As we are unable to answer them all by
mail we take the following letter as cover
ing most of the points on which information
is asked
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-02-06
Notice to co-owner.
HEMAN JONES. BUSINESS MANAGER.

-, 10 - Crawford: You are hereby notified
da Iat we. David Knight and John Dickson. have
e e"e the full amount of work required by the law
a. A. congress of 1872 and the amendments thereto.
on IN ae Yellow Jacket quartz ledge, situated about
pshaf mile above Quartzbrrg in Placer District,
noiss county. /. t. for the years 1874, 1885, 1875,
,ol and 1878, and your are indebted to for your
pss.oportlon of said labor and Improvements on
an,l ,u nine; and you are hereby notified and re-
sied ssnd to pay all assessments against you on the
s; and for the publication of this notie, within
,e'y days FIR m the date hereof, or forfeit all
VAN, r right, title and claim in, to and upon said
ac,nn ,3W Jacket quartz ledge, as provided by tho
As' above specified DAVID KNIGHT,
JOHN DICKSON.
Oct. :. 1879 pod.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-02-06

ANOTHER revolution has braken out
in San Domiugo.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-02-06

-
We reached the village Of Menapa-
ruti late at night, after very long
days walk, and once more slnng our
hammocks in the fine open shed. Here
we rested a day, in order TO obtain
supply Of cassava, which the VII
layers prepared for us in abundance
They had no fresh meat, 50 q hunting
party went off to the woods in search
Of game. All they brought back was
a small maam, and large striped
coatamnndi. whose flesh was 50 pun
gent that it completely spoiled the
bird which was cooking in the same
pot. We. were much amused BY .
number Of children who used continu-
ally to pass our house on the way to
the river Slowly. in single file, they
marched past, the tallest leading, and
the sizes diminishing until the last was
not the hight Of his bow. They never
smiled, and were SO grave that they
impressed one with the idea that they
were little old men starting on some
dangerous expedition. Once we fol-
lowed them, and directly the small
troop was out Of sight Of the houses,
its members changed Immediately into
children. They shouted and laughed.
pushed each other into the river,
jumped into the tiny canoes and raced
one against the other, swan about,
and were as happy as schoolboys on a
half holiday. After their fun had last
ed some time they all crossed the riv-
er, resumed their solemn air, and dis
appeared in single file up forest path
on a shooting foray. About an hour
afterward they returned triumphantly
dragging another coatamundi, which
the little imps had managed to kill,
probably with poisoned arrow. From
childhood TO old age male Indians ale
seldom without bow or hiowpipe
in their hands, peccaries, pnmas, and
panis falling as easy prey TO man as
toucans, pigeons and small birds to
the boy. TO get food is their princi-
pal object in life. They have few
pass-times, bnt enjoy dance or the
"ha-ha' game. In some tribes, when
a youth wishes to show his courage
and powers Of endurance Of pain, he
is shaken up by his friends, in bag
filled With Monouri ants, which are the
most dangerous of their kind, the
sting of one being sufficient to cause
fever. This is almost their only
amusement.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1880-02-06
Hiram Ulysses Catechism.
Council Buns Buglo.

Council Bluffs Bugls.
What is the chief end of the Repub-
lican party?
Grant.
Who was the father of the Repub-
lican party?
Grant.
Who first discovered that the world
was round?
Grant
Wlo died on thousand battle fields
during the war?
Grant
Who found Moses in the bullrushes?
Grant.
Who was the first mani
Grant
Who first sailed round the whisky
ring?
Grant
Who wrote the Declaration of Inde-
pendence?
Grant.
Who was the first tanner?
Grant.
Who first discovered the Quakers?
Grant.
Who the HI is Grant.
Grant.
ANOTHER revolution has braken out
In Can Dnminrn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
THE SCOT THAT WILL NOT OUT.

That General Garfield is an able
man and a great leader in his party
no one will deny. The war gave him
an opportunity, and he has kept alive
and rode on its prejudices ever
since. Not many years ago hesaid he
would never shake hands across any
bloody chasm however, narrow or
shallow, with any man who took part
in the rebellion. That is his feeling to-
day. He would keep up sectionalism.
There is a stain upon his character
which nothing on earth can remove.
Whitewash will not conceal it or
alchemy take it out. The transaction
was not a large one, but it is an index
to the mans real nature, and may be
but n of many greater acts by which
he secretly enriched himself by virtue
of his official facilities for so doing.
Here is an extract from his record
made by the republican party:
From Garfeld's own wor testi-
mony before the Poland committee,
January II, 1873:
l never owned, received, or agreed
to receive any stock Of the Credit
Mobilier or Of the Union Pacific rail
road, nor any dividends or profits
arising from them.
From Judge Poland's report. Feb
ruary IS, 1873; GarGeld's testimony
perjured:
The facts in regard to Mr.. Garfield.
as found by the committee, are that he
agreed with Mr.. Ames to take ten
shares ofCredit Mobilier stock, but did
not pay for the same. Mr.. Ames re-
celved the eighty per cent dividend in
bonds and sold them for ninety-seven
per cent and also received the sixty
per cent cash dividends, which to-
gether with the price and interest.
left a balance Of 1929. The sum vas
paid over to Mr.. Garfield by a check
on the sergeant-at-arms and Mr.. Gar
field then understood this sum was
the balance Of dividends after paying
for the stock.
This has never been denied, and all
attempts at explaining it away have
only made matters worse. Some say
he was an innocent man and was in
weighed into an innocent looking spee-
ulation. Others claim that he needed
money and had to have something
more than his salary to live on. and
thought there was no harm in such a
mode Of raising it. 1t is not likelv
that Garfield was either green o,
troubled with a tender conscience
He was merely ambitious, shrewd anC
a~varicious. He now affects a loft,
contempt for these charges and say
they we're answered once, and that h
viii take no further notice Of them
There was a time when he notice,
them, when he wrote a pamphlet il
self-defense, when his constituent
noticed them and his majority. fell il
two years from Over nine thousand Il
two thousand majority.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
Machine Politics.
N. Y. Herald.l

N. Y. Herald.l
The national conventions of this
year will quiet ap%prehensions on an
other score. Next to the incipient
Imperialism which we have so fortu-
nately escaped, the greatest danger
which beset our institutions was the
ascendancy Of what is called machine
politics, or the control of political
action by trained and d~exterous
sehemers, who are long. headed enough
to lay their" plans for a distant future,
and are skilled in all the arts of Gre
ating a Fictitious public sentiment.
1t is a good omen for our institutions
that all the plans Of such schemers 10
both parties have been foiled. Every
presidential aspirant who has indus
~triOusly intrigued for a nomination has
been taught a s%alutary, though morti-
fying lesson. Their ways that are
dark and tricks that are vain" have
never before been quite so slgnally
exposed to public derision as in the
memorable June conventions of
the present year. All the expert
intriguers for a nomination in
both parties, have been sadly humili-
ated. This is a gratifying proof Of
the resistless power of public opinion.
There has never been, in the course
of our political history, quite so graft
flying a proof that although profes-
sional politicians may propose the
people, dispose in questions of this
kind. The power Of the people to
make themselves heard through the
public press, which gives voice to
their real sentiments, in opposition to
the sham sentiment which gathers
around noted party leaders, illustrates
the impotence of cliques and machines
to make effectual Roadway against the
will Of the people.
How vain were the efforts of the
powerful Grant syndicate How pow
erless vas the imposing Blaine booml
How weak and Intellectual was the
Sherman demonstration, although sup
ported by an interruptions use of fed
eral patronage 1t is a resplendent
victory for popular sentiment that all
the leading candidates for the Chicago
nomination were set aside. 1t will
teach future aspirants the vanity Of
attempts to capture a presidential
nomination In advance.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
Trustee,H SALE

Under and by virtue of q certain do.d
trust, executed to me as trustee. beSr;na1
date the 4th day Of January, 1873 dnIyv recordass
90 IN book No, 104, page 525, offRe Reristnr5.
once OF Shelby county, Tennessee. dosonlt
having been made therein. will, o n
tuesday, the 18th day of July, 1880.
at the southwest corner of Main and Madison
streets, in the Taxing District of SSsISv.
county, Tennessee, late city of Mompbis. az
~ O'Clock, noon, sell at public auction tn tbs
highest bidder for cash, a certain lot of isrS
IN the city of Memphis, now Taxing Distri"t
Of Shelby, county, Tenn, commeneine sta
point on the north line Of Carolina street M
tsst east Of the intersection Of Carolina and
Ninth streets and running thence east WITH
the north line Of Carolina street 60 feet. tbSnoa
az right angles with Carolina street ana nerng
lei WITH, Ninth street $50 feet north, thennS
west and parallel with Carolina street IA fsegt
70 ITO the east line of 4 lof beretoto y
SohlNyegea D. John Q, Saint to Lindauer, Ar
noid z Vo.i theAee south with the line 90
shiu 10y i2o tset to the beginning, being a nor
tlon Of bIoek No. 80 in that norton ~ III
city OF Memphis heretofore known AZ FFout
ElekeElng and the same conveyed n T'nrHS
Tghe 6y John Thumbs. " HOu
EQUITY q redemption waived. Title ho-
ileved 10 DO good, but / will only convov !.
June llth. 1880. ' trustee:
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
Attachment Notice.

Before J.. 7. Elliott, j. P. for Shelby county.
Ienn.-S. Mansfield x Co. We. j. G. Nc,
Manus.
N this cause an attachment having been
4 sued out under section 1856 Of the Code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
property Of the defendant, and affidavit hay-
ing been made that d~efendaLtis indebted TO
the plaintiff IN the sun of S14.70 due BY &c.
count. and that the claim is Just, and
that the defendant is a nonresident of
the State Of Tennessee, it is therefore ordered
that said defendant make his personal ap-
p%earanee before me on the 9th day of July,
1880, at my office, No: 3l3 Second street,
Memphis, Tenn, and defend said attach,
ment suit within the time prescribed BY law,
or the same will be proceeded with ~ex-parte,
and that a copy of this order be published
once a week for four weeks in the PUBLIC
LEDGER,
This the 18th day Of June, 1880.
o,u,,. JOHN 7. ELLIOTT, j. P.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
Attachment N0nce.

Before G.. r. Egnew. justice Of tho peace
for Shelby, county, Tenn.-Henry Good VS..
Henry Williams.
N this cause an attachment having been
i sued out under section 1855 Of the code Of
Tennessee, and returned levied upon the
ing been made that defendant Is indebted 10
the plaintiff in the sum of $3.50, due BY
account, and that the claim is just, and that
the defendant is a nonresident ofthe State of
Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that said
defendant make his personal appearance be-
at my office, No. - street, In
the city Of Memphis, Tennessee, and defend
said attachment suit within the time pre-
scribed by law, or the same will be proceeded
with ex-parte; and that q copy Of this order
Public Ledger.
This the 6th day Of Juno, 1880.
81 % 80 los G, r. EGNEW, j. P.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
Trustees Sale.

Rfr virtue Of a trust deed made M w
Y. Sherrod and Amanda Sherroa' SS.MS
Sune agth, 1873 and recorded I'm tbe P sa :
aers once Of Desha county, Arkansas VgL \.
record book No. 4, pages 1888, etc. and haI, IN
9nder the provision Of the said trnsi A. uaattlng
duly appointed by Schoolfeid. Hspor ' oesn
the agent to make sale, / will, on " 70
Monday, July 6tIl, 1850.
At 10 TO y o'clock in the day, AZ tho s0n,L.
corner, OF Main and Madison straits 'yutnnWest
phig. Tenn, sell for cash al public ou IN Mem
following real estate conveyed tbersp.,y the
Nlt; Lying In the counties Of Iincaiy' 70,
pesnas IN the State of Arkansas, INV ana
vest quarter Of section n, less x s sce seuths
sam Mitchelli the southeast guaytsr n sold
tlon rs tho north half Of section AZ, ~ ~ see
easl quarter Of section 80; the wesi b a sopt1-
northwest quarter Of section a, ~ nSd Of he
OF ne northeast quarter OF s%eotioon VIZ ~ .half
n4rtn q ne southwest quarter 81. M The
~ IN t9wpship : south, in rnnFe 4 'vouon W
w nostn nalt Of section Z, and the wsss' and,
q tns northwest quarter OF %section gssg half
shap sogtn' In range 3 west. ~ town.
q rights and equities az Aocw
stead waived and r~ellnquishSS 'aho nome~
20 100 JOHN X. LOCKWOOD.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-30
"Our Future


Detroit Free PresSl
AS soon as the meeting was fairly
under way, Brother Gardner announce
ed that Judge Afidavy Martin, late Of
Alabama, but now travelling in the
north as the agent of a patent fish
hook, was present and desired to
address the.club on the subject named
above. 1t was voted to hear the
address, and after being received in
due form and introduced, the Judge
stood upon the platform and began:
We mus not look in de past fur our
tuchuE No mar kin tell what de mex
hun'erd Vars will bring 10th by
lookin' ober dc fence at old grave
yards. What I'M our fuchur? Who
kin tell what dis nashun will amount
to fit keeps on in the way it hez be-
gun? If any one had told you twenty
years ago dat tonight | would stan
befo' you wild a paper collah on my
neck, you would have set him down as
an assassin. Yet de march of i'm
provement has accomplished chen mo
dan dat. For de sum of fifty cents
you kan have a brass watch. chain
fixed up so nigh like gold dat you kin
work it on a boss trade for $50. IF
anybody had told George Washington
dat de day would come when shirts
would button behind, what would dat
great man have said? Dis kentry am
a mighty clock. Ebery time de
pendulum swings a child am bon.
Ebery time de minit-hand takes a
jump somebody comes to de front wild
a new sort O stomach bitters or an
improved rat-trap. Ebery hour licked
off am a mile O railroad built, a bridge
laid down, a hill leveled or a forest
cleared. Such Of us as kin remember
back a hun'erd Vars realize de change
mo dan de young folks. Sich of us
as lib a hun'erd Vars in de fuehur
will not be surprised to see jugs wild
free handles, coffee-pots dat shet up
like a jack-knife, rat-traps dat illu-
inmate de house, an rockin- chars
dat sail arroun' on wheels" The
speaker closed amid cheers and ap-
plause, and for the remainder of the
evening was given the seat Of honor
under the bear-trap.