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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-10-29
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Upon this testimony the committee made
the following unanimous report (see page of
report)
"The facts in regard to Mr.. Garfield, as
found by the committee, are identical with
the case of Mr. Kelley. to the point of recep-
ton of the check for 1929. He agreed with
Mr.. Ames to take ten shares ofCredit Mobil-
Ter stock, but did not pay for the same. Mr.
Ames received the so per cent dividend in
bonds, and sold them for 81 per cent, and al
so received the 60 per cent. cash dividend,
which together puid the price of the stock
and interest and left a balance of S329.-
This sum was paid over to Mr.. Garfield by a
check on the Sergeant-at-Arms, and Mr..
Garfield then understood this sum was the
balance of dividends after paying for the
stock"
Commenting upon the above testimony,
the N. Y. Tribune (Rep.) of February 10, 1878,
says:
flames A. Garfield, of Ohio, had ten shares,
never paid dollar; received 1929, which Of
ter the investigation began he was anxious
to have considered rs loan from Mr.. Ames
to himself" ...
The N. Y. Times Rep } ofthe same date,
says:
"Messrs. Kelley and Garfield present most
distressing figure. Their participation in the
Credit Mobilier affair is complicated by the
most unfortunate contradictions of testimo-
ny"
The N. Y. Herald Qnd) of December 8,
1878, says:
"The reputation of these men is SO soiled
and besmeared, that to hear Dawes and Gar
field talking is much like listening to the
Evil One counselling sinners to pursue the
straight, narrow path"
Tho PyUooe Pecord lRen of March 1879
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Pnetiea1.
GEN. HANCOCK'S POLITICS.

my politics are of the practical knd-the inte-
gritty of my country, the supremacy of my FEEDER
al Government. and an honorable peace or none
at all. Gen. Hancock. ..t
What do you know of Hancock p the politician
Unto the honest voter, and wisely waggeh his
"what does ne know of State affairs, of questions
deep and grave,
Whose life has all been spent in war; though gal
liant he and brave2"
"what dol know of Hancock ?" the voter made
And arched his forehead oddly, twinkle in his
"What do know of Hancock just what you'd
like to know
About u certain candidate who halls from Ohio
81 know he got his title by valiant battles won.
That no State Governor fixed his stars for service
never DONE
That from his first hot battle he did not swift re-
coil,
TO pose before the. galleries and speculate in OIL
HE did his fighting on the field where men were
often hurt,
And so has no temptation now to wave the bloody
Shirt
He sees the men who stacked their arms salute
the Stripes and Stars,
And speeds the household gods who hide the
bloody tracks of Mars.
"I know he carries scars to-day that tell tale to
OF purer reverence for the flag than eny civic
The blood he shed at Gettysburg still holds his
heart and head,
And pleads for peace and unity by all the sacred
dead.
1T know his speech is homely, though plain to UNI
derstand,
And that there is some knowledge he has not just
at hand;
7 truly doubt if catechized he could sincerely say
He understood De Golyer or Credit Moblier.
.'Hc has old fashioned notions the fathers counted
just,
And thinks official salaries impose official trust;
He would not sell his influence for any protfered
fee,
And smirch his country's credit for base mon
opoly.
"IIis politics are plain enough, an honorable
peace,
Such peace as Lincoln promised when he heard
the cannon cease:
With State to State, and heart to heart, and char
ity DER all,
The banner of the Union set by every hearth and
hall.
"His politics are practical, his politics are just.
And so, like Andrew Jackson, we take him now
on trust;
And following his leadership wen march, both
Blue and Gray,
To rich and ripe prosperity, to peace and love for
ave..
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On Sunday morning last the buildings side
walks, fences, ETC., in our borough appeared
covered with the mystic figures, 329.
What do these figures, 329, spread not on
ly over our own town, but from Maine to
Texas, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific
mean? and why does the sight of 800 cause
such excitement and anger among our Rcpub-
lican statesmen ?-have been current ques-
tions on our streets.
Let the record answer.
In 1873 Congressional committee, COM
posed of Luke p. Poland, of Vermont; N. p.
Banks, of Massachusetts; G. w. McCreary,
of Iowa-Republcans and W. Z. Niblack,
of Indiana, and W. NJ. Merrick, of Maryland
-Democrats-was appointed to investigate
the Credit Mobilier fraud.
On January IA, 1873, Gen James A. Gar
field, of Ohio, appeared before the committee
and testified under oath that-"I never own
ed, received or agreed to receive any stock of
the Credit Mobilier or of the Union Pacific
Railroad, nor any dividends or profits arising
from either of them"
Before the same committee Cakes Ames, of
Massachusetts,, on January %, 1873 testified
under oath as follows:
II got for Mr. Garfield ten shares of the
Credit Mobiler stock for which he paid par
and interest. \ Mr.. Garfield did not
pay me any money. Isold the bonds belong
ing to his 81 900 ofstock at $97. making $776
In June received dividend in cash on his
stock of 5000, which left balance due him
of 1929, which paid him. That is all the
transaction between us"
In confirmation of his statement Mr.. Ames
produced his famous memorandum-bo book, in
which the following statement of his account
with Mr.. Garfield appeared:
1868. j. A. G. DR..
To 10 shares stock Credit Mobilier
ofA..........................S1,OOO .O
To interest. 400
June 10, to cash. ............... $4,000
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-10-29
Gather the Leaves,

Forest leaves are excellent to supply the
stable yards, and where straw is scarce also
the cow stables and hog pens. They can be
most conveniently gathered just after falling,
when there is some weight in them, or after
the first snow and before the wintry blasts
have scattered them. They then lay compact
ly and being moist or heavy can be handled
with greater facility. A cart with few stand
ards stuck in the sides will hold considerable
quantity; and the best thing 10 gather them
or load them with is wooden mandrake;
wooden four. tined straw fork is also very
handy when the leaves are moist. Leaves alb
sorb large quantities of the liquid manure and
are an excellent fertilizer in the spring. They
can be gathered too when other labor about
the farm is slack.-G emantooch Telegraph.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-10-29

"A gentleman just returned from India
tells about the Incidence of the natives and
the great number of their servants. II myself
kept four servants" said he. "When l want
ed to smoke the first brought my pipe, the
second filed it, the third lighted it -" And
the fourthp" "The fourth Oh, he smoked
it, Can't bear the taste of tobacco"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-10-29

ton of the Presidential Office by the election
of James A. Garfield, who accepted bride
of $500 and committed perjury to screen him
self ...1
The people of this country are not so de-
based as to allow one guilty of the double
crime of bribery and perjury to occupy the
chair once filled by Washington ~
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-10-29
Ear,mcrs' Column.
"Speed the PIOaU.o

I'VE would be pleased to have, every week, for
this column, articles, of practical nature from
the frmers of the county
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ga boy will go in swimming and fool
around the water for hours together; but
when told to wash his face he win have al
most llydrophobic dread of half pint of
water in the basin.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-10-29

1868.
BY dividend bonds Union Pacific
Railroad, 81 900, at so per cent.
less 3 per cent. ...............S
June II, by dividend collected for
your account. ..............
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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-25
HUMOROUS.

A DANBURY young man bought an
ACCORDION and took lessons. A month
later his wife presented him with an
heir. Not being able to hold its own.
the ACCORDION is offered for sale.-Ddn-
bury NeUS.
MEN whose names are seen oftenest
in the public prints are the writers who
make certificates of what wonderful
things conservative pills or DIR. Tapes
vermifuge has done for their constitu-
tions.-N o. Picayune.
WHEN Vermont farmer came in
and said he had been hooked by the
bull, he didn't seem to appreciate his
wife's sympathetic inquiry: "Oh.
John, did he tear your nice new
papts?" for he replied: "No, dunn ye;
l wish it was the pants that he hurt" y
Boston Post
EVERY other man you meet these
mornings has fish-pole and all other
angling accOuterments, and is hurriedly
walking toward the good fishing
places. The singular thing about it is
that you never meet man coming
from the fishing ground. They always
suttk Huillc Dl SOlue CTOss rOdu. Anu
yet the elastic fish story rolls easily
from their tongues the next day.-NeU
Hare:: Register.
"IN closin' dis meetin'," said Brother
Gardner. as the usual hour was marked
by the clock, ..let ebery one o yer
bar in mind dat BLOWN up bladder
doan' make a bar'l. Git it as full of
wind as you may an its muffin but
bladder. De Lawd made each one fur
a speshul purpose, an de chap who was
created to use a shovel will git busted
cherry time he believes DAT he was cut
out fur statesman. We will now be
scattered. Detroit Free Press.
Cousin EMILY (whose young man sits
opposite in dreamy contemplation of
his inamorata)-"D you like your new
doll. Bertha?'' Bertha" Et, tuzzin
Emily; loves it veal lots. all but one
fingr Cousin Emily" Why, what is
that. Bertha?" Bertha" Dolly's hair
will come off; but, tuzzin Emily, she
isn't truly lady, 90 know. cause her
toofins wont come out all in a bunch,
like oours does. 90 know" Which was
more than Emily's young man ever
dreamed of.-Boston Transcript.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-25
Personal AND LITERARY.

MARX TWAIN fathers three books and
five children. - L.
W. II. SINGERLY, of the Philadelphia
Record. has fallen heir to 100000.
REPRESENTATIVE ALEXANDER II.
STEPHENs is reported TO be now in
better health than at any time for years
past.
SALvINI will speak Italian during his
tour next winter in this country. while
the subordinate parts in Skakespeare's
tragedies will be in English.
Mr.. ARTHUR SULLIVAN. the COM
poser, has written and sent TO the Mar
quis of Lorne, Governor-Generai Of the
Dominion, al Canadian National hymn.
A RECENT photograph of Mrs. Au-
gusta Evans Wilson, taken by a Mobile
artist, represents that Lady in the plain
est of black dresses, with quaint little
white cap on her head.
Miss GERTRUDE GRIswoLD, a niece
of Bret Harte, has won this year the
chief honor in the concours de chant of
the Paris Conservatoire-the frs. in
stance of IFS being accorded to an En-
glish-speaking person
The Rev. S. +. Smith. who wrote
"My Country lis of Thee is still
living in Newton. Mass. He says he
wrote the verses on a waste scrap OF
paper one dismal day in February,
1882, while at Andover Seminary.
EDWIN BoorH is to act at the new
Princess Theater. London. The delay
in his appearance was caused by his
refusal to play Iago to the Othello of
Charles Warner, which would in a
measure subordinate him to popular
English star.
WILLIAM NJ SHrPMAN, of Fair Ha-
ven, Conn, the oldest printer in the
State, who assisted in setting up the
first Webster's Dictionary. and who
could set type in Greek, Hebrew and
Arabic, died recently at the age of sew
enty-six years.
Miss BOOTH, the editor of Harper's
Bazar, who gets 5000 year salary,
believes in women as workers, but finds
that the great majority attempt what
they have not fitted themselves for, and
consequently make dismal failures. re
firing disheartened and ready to rail at
the injustice of men.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-25
Ones Own Possessions.

THERE are certain articles of personal
property which ought in every house,
hold to be recognized and guarded as
belonging to the individual, and re-
spected accordingly. Among these,
not the least important is the umbrella.
In sunny weather an umbrella is almost
universally regarded as an incum-
brance, and nine out of ten people in
the community if the prospects are
doubtful, prefer to think that the skies
will clear, and leave the umbrella at
home. But once let the rain pour down
in earnest, and the independent, the
envied, the happy person is the person
who is provided against the storm. 1t
is droll to observe the furry and fuss
which rainy morning causes in some
improvident circles. Father and the
boys, who must go to business, march
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-25
How a Juggler Came TO Grief.

A NEGRO juggler recently came to
grief in England. He was exhibiting
his skill TO an admiring crowd on a
stand in the market place at Leighton
Buzzard, licking red-hot iron. bending
heated pokers with his naked foot,
burning tow in his mouth. and the like.
At last he filed his mouth with benzo-
line. saying that he would burn it as he
allowed it to escape. He had no sooner
applied a lighted match to his lips than
the whole mouthful of spirit took fire,
and before it was consumed the man
was burned in frightful manner. the
blazing spirit running all over his face,
neck and chest as he dashed from his
stand and raced about like a mailman,
tearing his clothing from him and howl
ing in most intense agony. A portion
of the spirit was swallowed. and the in
side of his mouth was also terribly
burned. He was taken into chemists
shop and oils were administered and
applied; but afterward, in agonizing
frenzy, he escaped in a state almost
of nudity from lodging house. and
was captured by the police and taken to
the workhouse infirmary in dreadful
condition.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-25

off with their own special umbrellas.
but pretty Susie, delicate little Fred,
and careless viii, having none which
they can respectively claim, are re-
duced to the state of explorers and
beggars. A corner in the lower hall,
from remote and prehistoric times, has
been occupied by umbrellas in various
states of dilapidation. 1t is dim and
Evolutionary spot. Cook has frequently
complained of the umbrellas as rubbish.
but they have been considered by the
authorities too good to throw away.
and now they are sought for as for hid
den treasure. Alas! as one superannu-
ated, faded, rickety wreck after another
is exposed in the light of the dining
room, it is evident that they have seen
their best days. and are no more to be
trusted for defense and comfort. The
older boy trudges off sturdily between
the drops, and the little brother and
sister find refuge under the reluctantly
lent, fragile, silver plated, much-prized
silken umbrella of the mother, who
would fain have kept it from
school-room perils. The ordinary and
easily taken care. which gives every
member of the family his or her special
boots and gloves, should extend equally
TO the umbrella, which in our change
full climate is necessity and not 4 lux
ury. Much Inconvenience, many SQUAD
bles and great deal of undignified
fretting, would be prevented if each
person likely TO have outdoor business
of any kind were always properly
equipped to encounter the weather.
Sisters are frequently careless about
having their own collars and cuffs,
brushes and toilet necessities. One
uses another's, perhaps without the
ceremony of asking. The result is
that the neat and systematic girl is
trespassed upon by the disorderly and
untidv one. Matilda. who saves her
things. whose handkerchiefs are not all
in the wash at once, whose ruiiles are
iiuted. her laces in place, her collars
unfrayed, is used as a convenience by
the giddy Miss Patty, whose bureau
drawers are generally in confusion, and
whose things are astray here and there
about the house. Some free and-easy
families carry this state OF affairs even
farther, and wear dresses and bonnets
in common, so that Lettie is seen in
Sarah's gown. and Maria appears as
often as Ethel In the latters hat. In
this way all the individuality of costume
is lost, and something is sacrificed of
the sacredness of personal rights.
Mother is, in such family as this, the
amiable victim of her daughters. and
the chances are that she never has the
means for complete toilet ready to her
hand on the rare occasions when she
wants TO 90 out.
1t is every way better to be somewhat
disobliging in such matters as these
than to be too weakly submissive. Well
bred people should be careful to give as
little annoyance and trouble in the
world as possible, and to that end they
must learn to say "No" to themselves
if they are tempted to needless borrow
ing, and to the host of careless borrow
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-25

The first lighthouse in America was
built at Brant Point, the entrance to
Nantucket Harbor, in 1746, and light
was maintained there for forty-five
years. through private subscriptions OF
the merchants of the town, before it
passed, in 1871, into tine hands of the
United States Lighthouse Board.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-25
AMID THE GRASSES!

All in the golden nuturnu weather..
All in the CRUISES and gray leaves together.
Aud see hoy eyes shine out from far young
In genIians blue. that catch the thistle's
feather:
Come. breathe and live,
For here grow sweet all gracious things to
give.
Here noddeth fine
NJ LADY Cplumhinc:
Jacket aad Breeches some do call her.
Oh, naughty name. she is my Lady Column
bnel
Oh. hither come and hide!
Here IN the arIsses nestle, nestle deep Win
Here with my bounteous Love and me
abide,
Sweet Nature, Queen Of all green things that
he,
For over all
With vnporous form and golden dropping hair,
Breathes through the drpwsy skies
The mello~-,iHted midsummer air
And offers sacrifice!
All! what's 81 sweet
As the tripping. twinklinv feet
OF the brookiet meath the willowss
And what, All what's so fair
And The lark high Ip 10 It's fleecy billows7
Add here in the Taeadnw-and far below
We can listen and catch the streamlet's How,
And hear the lark till he's out of sight
In tue breezy blue above the hill.
And watch the sunbeams drop aud iii
Each little fiower-cup with delight:
For here The shadows are SOFT ana sun
Hist, be hushed as a startled mole
Curled in It's cradle: for over the knoll
see the soft brown twitching ear
OF the shy gray rabbit peeping.
He thinks that we are sleeping
Nature and |! Ha, ha.
And soon more near
Hen crouch his form and crop the hillside
tender:
And if the winds blow by.
He kncws them knows them Just ms wei rs ],
Nor fears their shrilf prles slender.
Hear how aloft the old crow, caw,-
Cal cal
wickei black crows that I'LL their NAV
Her, one thu, hriIt his nest close by,
Last summer and the grasses lie
TrInrliei by the path he came.
ossos nm, .u,os,
ferns. ~.
And meadow-fre that burns:
OR Crpid's cup. If maidens pluck and gather.
Here's Indisn-pipe the fairies smoke:
They Iigh, II by the meadow-fire.
And here the magic ring they broke
When dancing TO their cricket choir.
And here are spicy minis.
OF tooihsome elves. and prints
Of winding pathways thro' the reedy grasses>
Where, hurryIng wild, the emmets army
passes;
Here dainty roads,
Where shining soft. the velvet-coated toads.
Crushing the heritage pant when rain is over.
Hopping to meet their loves in musky clover:
And here tae held-mouse comes,
Stealing sweet Natures crumhs-
Seeds that she plants Tor mice and pirds uil-
Needed;
Far from the cark OF men
She stores he, wealth of grain
Way-side farms 10y walls, brier-grown and
over-weeied.
Here, here watch them come
The wild bee with his drum:
The tittinv dragon-tiy with azure wing;
The painted moths; and 10. .-
With his sharp wiry bow,
The eilsows-l grsisshopper, with sudden spring
Setiing the thicsets brown IN wild connection;
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-08
TOWN TRUSTEES.
Regular Meeting OF she Board Last
Evsning.

A regular meeting Of the Board Of
Trustees OF the Town Of Gold Hill was
held last evening. President Fox in
the chair. Present-Trustses Mercer,
Daushy, Lemsry snd McCurdy.
The different standing committees
reported everything working we'll.
The regular monthly bills were or.
dered paid, amounting to S908 "a.
The following bills were referred to
the Finance COMMITTEES: Geo. Emmett,
50 80; VIM. Hall, 50; Thos. Gallagher,
50 rs.
The election Of Town Attorney being
the next business In order. Edward
Miles and J. b. FlAnnineham were placed
In nomination. On the fnt ballot
Flannineham received four votes and
Niles me-. Fianningham VA declared
duly elected Town Attorney for the On.
suing year. with bonds hxsd at $4,000.
@. B. Hotelling and J. B. Brown
wanted the position a. roadman. On
the frst ballot Hotslling received two
votes and Brown received three. Brown
was declared the choice Of the Board.
On motion II VA ordered that ordi.
nance No. 116 30 passed - read.
There being no other business, the
meeting adjourned.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-08
THE COUNTY JAIL.
The Cost or the Iros Lining sind
ths Bsoue Floor.

The laying Of the stone floor In the
County Jail was completed yesterday and
the Jail is being cleared Of Its rubbish
today. The jail Is now supposed to be
proof against attacks from without or
within. It certainly ought to DO, for IL
has cost enough.
After Red Mike. Mark Brown and the
rest Of that gang broke through the
Jail last winter the County Commission.
ers were awakened to the fact that their
jail was worse than q sieve, out OF which
prisoners could 60 whenever II pleased
their convenience. They therefore very
properly set about to devise plans Tor
making II NOR secure.
It was finally decided that the proper
thing would be to line the entire jail
with heavy sheet iron. and Mr.. Taylor
was given the contract for the sum Of
$500. The cutting OF Q door and other
extra work raised Mr.. Tsylor's bill $500,
making 1t $500 In full.
A stone floor for the jail was also
thought necessary. and the contract for
laying the Same was awarded to Mr..
Nowlan. The bill for the work. which
he has just presented, amounts to
s2079 So, the entire cost Of repairing the
jail. .,,,
A News reporter visited the jail this
morning and made an inspection Of the
premises. The work seems to have
been done in good style, and when the
key Of Storey oounty's Jail Ii now
turned on o prisoner the chances arc
greatly in favor Of his staying there
until called for by tho turnkey.