davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-29
And all their spits are turning.
Without the door let sorrow lie,
And II for cold Il hap to die,
Wen bury IL in q Christmas pie,

And N tOr cold IL hap 70 die,
Wen bury IL In q Christmas pie,
And evermore be merry.
In the houses OF the mobiles, the
greatest state was observed; and the
principal feature of the festival was
the bringing of the boar's head. No
Christmas dinner there, was considered
complete without this famous dish.
The preparation and adorning of the
boaTs head tasked the head-cook's ut
most skill; each chef tried to outdo his
rival. each strove 10 excel his former
triumphs. 1t was an age when spices
were used in preparing food, to an ex-
tent utterly unknown now. Almost
the only dish that has descended, un-
impaired, from those times, Is the
Christmas mince-pie. What 1t is to
other pies, all dishes, at that period,
were to modern dishes. The boar's
head was a marvel of spices, and was
served up decked with holly, and with
an apple In its mouth. a servitor Of
distinction. attired In his best, and pre-
ceded by heralds blowing trumpets,
the jester Leading all, carried in the
dish; while minstrels, overlooking the
apartment, played on the violin, harp,
and other instruments.
The apartment is not unlike the
banquet room, in Haddon Hall, where
such revels were held for generation
after generation. The old place is de-
serted now and desolate. The knights
who fought at Crecy and Agincourt,
and who kept their Christmas at Had
don afterwards. have been in their
graves for centuries. No longer are
their feastings in kitchen or solar; gay
laughter is heard no more beneath holly
and ivy; the long gallery echoes not to
the feet Of the dancers. But we have
been there when in the fading twi-
light, everything assumed shape so
shadowy, that, for a moment, the an
tique rooms seemed TO be peopled
again, and we almost fancied we could
hear the light step of Dorothy Vernon,
as she lifted the tapestry and stole out
Of the little postern door, to elope with
her forest lover, who was of the Man
ners family, since Dukes Of Rutland, a
squire" as she found afterwards, of
hAhh 0ObACCg III NtoBhAo
At this dinner each one had a place
in keeping with his rank; for dis
tinction of caste was, in those days
scrupulously observed. The head of
the household sat at the upper end of
the board, often on a raised platform
called a ddiS; while interiors were
placed at the lower end and below the
salt. A Lord of Misrule, chosen an
nually for the twelve days of the
Christmas festivities, was always pres
ent, with his assistants. and they jested
mimicked, cut antics, and often danced
the famous Dance of Fools. Practical
jokes were greeted with roars of laugh
ter. The food, like the fun, was rath-
er coarse. Beef, mutton, boar's meat
and wild fowl were the dishes. 1t was
a jovial, merry age, but not a refined
one. Yet never since, has any people,
perhaps, so heartily kept Christmas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-29
Sayings of Eminent Men.

1 have found more benefit from an
inch ad. in the columns of the local
paper than from all the adulation that
is offered at the shrine of imperial
power.-Napoleon Bonaparte.
A well written and well displayed
advertisement, kept constantly before
the public eye, will bring more trade
to a merchant than a million of hand
bills.-Last words of Henry Nv. OF
France.
When Charles the First was about
to Law his head on the block, he sighed
and murmured: "This comes OF not
advertising in the local paper."-Eng-
lish History.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-29

In Cincinnati daily we notice that
Mr.. Tim Gleeson, ex-member of the
Council from the Fourth Ward of that
city, says he suffered terribly with
rheumatism all last winter and spring.
He tried all kinds Of Iniments and
medicines without any benefit until he
used st. Jacobs on, the first applica-
tion Of which insured full nights re-
pose, and its subsequent use entirely
cured him. 1t is a great remedy
Akron (OhiO) Beacon.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-29
Scenes in the New York Exchange.

Scenes In the New York Exchange.
.Gath.- - In the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Stock Exchange here employs a
regular firm Of attorneys to clean out
bogus brokers, and are just now after
a firm, one Of the several that rope in
country speculators, assuring them of
profits, and finally plundering them.
If you want to feast your eyes on a
horrible scene, stand some time for an
hour in the rear of the New Yorh
Stock Exchange. and see the ruined,
Incorporate, almost insane people,
wearing the vestiges of former fine
clothing, and nervously pulling their
long mustaches, as they wait for some
body to come past and give them a
drink or a point or anything to take up
the time. Almost all of them were
once men of business habits, accom-
plished in something. Some were mu-
sicians, some physicians, book-keepers,
and others young merchants. Unable
to be satisfied with regular profits, they
set aside little sum to gamble in Wall
street, and for q while found it so easy
and so fast that they began to look
with disdain ON their plain avocation,
and confederated with few like them
selves, and spent all day in the back
part of the brokers' Office, studying up
a scheme, listening to rumors and jour
neying to the neighboring saloons. In
evitably a crisis came. Bad fortune
heightened out and crippled their re-
sources, and perhaps they borrowed a
stake from their partner or employer,
and, losing, were also found out and
then thrown upon the world without
recommendation.
There they stand, pulling their long,
gray nustaches, already past the me-
ridian of life, their feet nearly on the
ground, their hands nervous when they
watch the Stock Exchange, as if they
had some idea that it would be honest
presently and throw back to them the
money, the health, the happiness it has
swallowed up. The roar of the brok-
ers inside sounds like that of the wild
beast to the Christians approaching the
Coliseum. In this narrow street, all
kinds of peddlers are going up and
down, crying lead-pencils, shawls,
tooth-picks. illustrated papers; but
there is no illustration in any of them
like the ruined sucker around the
Stock Exchange, pulling his mustache
in New street, walking down town Of
ten in the rain, without the money to
ride, and walking back again, still pull
ing the once elegant mustache.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-29

A Philadelphia court has decided
that a bequest to fit a young man for
the ministry is a gift for a religious
purpose, and to be valid must be made
at least thirty days before the testator's
death. The law requiring this lapse of
time in gifts Of the kind was intended
to prevent persons from doing injus-
tice to those having natural claims up
ON them by disposing Of their property
when at the point of death in a man
ner intended to propitiate Deity.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-29

One OF the sons OF the late president
the second oldest, has teen offered an APP
pointment ut either West Point OF the
Naval academy, as he might decide He
has declined both, saying that he preferred
TO earn his living in his own way, and not
be looked upon as an orphan Of the coun-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-29

and soft as yours, said lady TO her friend
You can easily make Ii so,S answered the
friend. ~HowP" inquired the first iadv.
by using Hop Bitters, that makes nnTe
rich blood and blooming health. III did n
tor me; as you observe" Read Of It.-Cdiro
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-29
Habitual costivenes.

Is the bane OF nearly every American wo-
man. Every woman owes Il TO herself and
TO her family 10 use that celebrated med
icine, Kidney-Wort. II Is the sure remedy
the kidneys and liver. Try Il now. ellher
dry or liquid ,-Nc,cs and Courier.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-29

At a meeting at Westminster abbey. IL
was resolved to place 9 recumbent efiey
Of Dean Stanley near the grave Of his wife.
The prince Of Wales was appointed to re-
receive subscriptions. Minister Lowell
participated In the proceedings, and ex-
pressed the hope that the American people
would be allowed to contribute to the fund.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-29

A statue is likely to be erected to the
memory Of Etienne Dolet, the poet and
printer, on the spot where he was burnt
alive I'm the Place Maubert, on the Sd OF
August, 15A8.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-29

Rev. j. Ransom Hall, Of Painesville, o.,
was called out on his porch and given a
mortal blow by man named Button
whose wife was recently received into the
church.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-29

Williamsport (Pa) Breakfast Table:
Bob ingersoll doesn't believe In anything.
BE absolutely and stubbornly refuses to
believe In God. II he should see God with
his own eyes be would call himself liar.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-29

Gen. and Mrs. Grant will visit Mr.. Ar
thur at the white house about New Years
day. They win remain month.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-29

Senator Voorhees, son persist in his
theatrical aspirations. Next spring he
will take the road with q company of his
own. Hamlet Is the young mans fsvorite
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-29

Philosophical doubt is not an end. but .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-20
EXTRA!
12:l5 O'CLOCK p. M.
A NATION IN TEARS.
THE DEAD PRESIDENT
HIS LAST HOURS.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
THE FEELING IN WASHINGTON.

The President died at 1895 o'clock last night
The announcement of his death came with a
shock. as the public, encouraged by the favor
able tenor of the dispatches received during the
evening, were unprepared for such news. The
excitement of the day had died out, and people
were disposed to believe that the President
would overcome the pending crisis, even
if he sAumbed to succeeding ones.
Many who have hoped against hope through
the darkest hours of the President s
brave struggle for life We're encouraged
by the evening bulletin to believe that he had
new chance for life. Most of the people had
retired tor the night. When the news came,
sudden and terrible. it stirred the whole city as
nothing ever stirred it before The toling bells
summoned the sleeper from his bed. and the
NJ mournful musical, solemn tones breaking the
silence of midnight. penetrated to the cell of
the assassin, like summons to Judgment
The news, so unexpected, though every
one believed he was prepared for the worst,
gave shock as fearful as the report of the
assassin's pistol on the fatal Saturday, nearly
three months ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-20
0W HE WAS SWORN In.

WHERE GUITEAU WILL BE TRIED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-20
Tie Last Moments.

BIZ ATTORNEY GENERAL. AscvEAGH.
A dispatch frem Elberon, dated at 1l:2o p m.
aid: Attorney General Maeveagh just cane 10
the Eiberon Hotel from the Franc,lyn cottage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-20

and made the following statement Il sent my
dispatch to Minister Lowell at 10 pm. Shortly
before that DR.. Bliss had seen the President
and found his pulse at 106 beats per minute,
and all the conditions were then promising
quiet night. The doctor asked the President
if he was feeling uncomfortable i'm any way. The
President answered Not at all. and shortly
afterward fell asleep. and DR.. Bliss returned
to his room across the hall from that Occu-
pied by the President Coils. Swain and Rock
well remained with the President About fif-
teen minutes after ten the President awakened
and remarked to Col. Swain that he was suffer-
ing great nain, and placed his hand over his
heart. Dr. Bliss was summoned, and when he
entered the room he found the President sub
stanffally without pulse and the action of the
heart was almost indistinguishable. He said at
once that the President was dying, and directed
that Mrs Garfield be called; also the doctors
The President remained in dying condition
until O:35, when he was pronounced dead He
died of some trouble Of the heart, supposed to
be neuralgia"
THE FIRsr DIspATcH
In answer to an inquiry, last night, the Attor-
ney General said that the first dispatch after the
death occurred was sent to the late Presidents
TWO sons at Williams college, and afterward dis
patches were sent to the other relatives.
The Final Bulletin.
HOW THE DOCTORS MADE THE MOURNFUL AN
NOUNCEMENT.
The last of the famous "official bulletins was
issued at LIS o'clock this morning. and made
the mournful announcement that the end had
come, in the following words:
ELBERoN, N. J. Sept. 49, 11:30 p. m.-The Pre-
sident died at 1875. After the bulletin was
issued at half-past five this evening the Presi-
dent continued in much the same condition as
during the afternoon, the pulse varying from
1U2 to 106, with rather increased force and vol
ume. After taking nOurishment he fell into
quiet sleep about thrty-five minutes before his
death. and while asleep his pulse rose to 12O.
and was somewhat more feeble. At ten min
utes after ten O'Clock he awoke. complaining of
severe pain over the region of the heart and
almost immediately became unconscious, and
ceased to breathe at 1885
ID. W. BLISS.
FRANK n HANII TON
Omaha daily bee., 1881-09-05
or Fyrl1IAs.
OMAHA LODG ES.

Monday evening August %, Planet
Lodge No. 4, had work in the second
degree, and will have worA III the
third, next Monday evening.
Last Monday evening the Endow.
ment Rank met, and added another
to its membership.
Planet has also a new applicant
awaiting invitation.
Omaha Lodge L. D.. is booming and
its members work like beavers for the
advancement of the order.
At the meeting of Nebraska Lodge
No. /, on next Wednesday evening
matters of considerable interest to
the lodg4 and the order at large will
be considered, and u large attendance
is expected.
The work of organizing a new AM
erican Lodge is actively progressing.
A DECIDED CONTRAST.
The annual reports of the grand
Jurisdictions received up to this date
by the Supreme Keeper of Records
and Seals, show that the following
have increased their membership dur.
inc 1880:
Omaha daily bee., 1881-09-05
LINKS.

Texas reports a revivalin the Order
Odd Fellows Hall, of New Eorl
City, has been sold to Robert Hoe
Jr., for $50, 600. 1t cost $1,000
The rituals have been printed in tn,
French languauge.
Missouri reports an increase o
LOO members.
Indiana lost 1863 during 1880.
The twenty Lodges in New Zealand
report 79l members.
Several of the eastern Jurisdictions
are complaining that their Grand
Lodges are becoming unwieldly, and
tn I for the dispatch of business, rs
veil rs saving of expense, representa-.
ton should be reduced.
The "Homo for Aged and INDECENT
Odd Fellows in Pennsylvania is pro
crossing favorably. A year @ it
vas paying & per cent On a mortgage
of 10000. Now it owes but 50, 600
and is paying out 4 cent ON that. 1t
is expected that the whole debt will
pe cancelled Oy next january. Assets
are reported at S37 ,0S3.
A revision of the Degree of Re-
bekah will be presented at the next
session of the Grand Lodge, and
although it may seem somewhat pre-
mature to make the announcement,
its absolute ''retir ment' may be
counted upon rs a toregonc conclusion.
Indeed, the gray wisdom of the order
asserts that n few more Improve
monts'' only are required to retire
the entire degree.
The Odd Fellows hall in New York
was recently sold for $50 200. 1t was
considered one of the finest Odd Eel
low buildings in the United States,
and brought about fifty per cent of
its supposed value.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-09-05
THE TRIPLE LINK.
THE FREMONT ODD FELLOWS


The members of Centennial Lodge
No. 80, |. q. o. +. of Fremont are
justly indignant over the treatment
which they received from the Union
Pacific on the occasion of their recent
picnic to Grand Island. At n late
meeting of the lodge the following
resolutions were passed, which the
editor of the Lodges copies by request.
At the meeting OF Centennial lodge,
No. 80, /. O. O. F. held Friday even
ing, August Goth, the following vas
unanimously adopted:
Resolved, "That the thanks of this
lodge be voted
LIST, $50 the citizens of Fremont
and North Bend and Others who ac-
%companied the excursion to Grand
Island, for the considerate and good
natured manner in which they put up
with the dirty and uncomfortable con-
yeyance furnished MS by the L. Z. r..
II. Co., after we had contracted and
paid for hrst-class passenger coaches"
I'd. $40 Odd Fellows and citizens
OF Grand Island for their generous re-
ception and the many c~ourtesies
shown us while in their city,"
Bird. ITO the Herald and Tribune
of this city, and the Bulletin of North
Bend, for favors received through
their columns"
4th, "To Mr., Frank Stouffer, of
North Bend, for his voluntary and
generous efforts in assisting to make
our excursion a SUCCESS"
9th, $50 conductor S. Nj. Goddard
and the train men for extra exertions
in making the miserable quarters fur
nished us by the U. p. r.. r.. Co.,
as comfortable as possible and for their
uniform kindness during our trip"
iii ORDER AT LARGE.
The Louisville Argus has been max.
ing up a table of statistics, which is
presented here: Gin numerical
strength the largest jurisdiction in
Odd.fellowship is in Pennsylvania,
9O5 Lodges and 74,47G members. The
next rank is Ohio, which is the ban
ner state of the west, having "A, 5G2
members in its GI2 Lodges. Illinois
ranks fourth, with 25,032 members
distributed in 586 Lodges. New York
is the third jurisdiction in member.
ship, having 1891 in 48l Lodges.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-09-05
THE LODGES.
Echoes From the Guarded
Doors of Temples of
My terry.
Masonic Miscellany.-The Growth
of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Excursion. Knightly
Phythians.
THE FREE
REGULARS.

The opening of the month brings
with it the regular communications of
the various Masonic bodies in this
city.
st. Johns lodge No. %, A. +. Il
A. NJ, held their regular on Thursday
evening. In the absence of w. NJ.
Jas. II. Bruner the s. W. Isaac
Thompsett presided. Considerable
business was transacted.
The regular monthly conclaye of
Mt. Calvary ~Commandory X. T. No.
| was held ON Friday evening at their
asylum.
Capitol lodge holds its regular
monthly meeting on Monday, the
Chapter on Tuesday, and Covert on
Wednesday II week.
THE DUTCH FREE MASoNs.
At the annual meeting of the CIR.
Orient of the Order of Free Masons
in Holland, which was held at The
Hague on the 10Th ult., under the
presidency of the CIR. Master, his
Royal Highness Prince Frederick, a
motion was unanimously adopted,
amidst loud applause, in which the
hope was entertained that Jews would
no longer be excluded from some of
the lodges in Germany and Sweden.
The resolution also contained an ex-
preston of regret that Freemasonry
IN Germany had not exerted itself 20
counteract the proceedings of the an
ti-Jewish faction in That country
Jewi h Chronicle.
INSTITUTION.
The officers of the Grand Comman-
derry on Tuesday instituteda new Com.
mandery at Tecumseh in this state.
The growth of the Templar order in
Nebraska is steady and satisfactory.
Within the past year three comman-
deries have been instituted.
GOAT HAIRS.
New York State claims eighty thous-
and active members.
The Louisville Temple Theatre is
being remOdeled.
Masonry is claimed to be the oldest
organized institution in the world.
M~issourl's Grand Lodge will meet
in thirty-siXth annual session in st.
Louis October 9th.
The Masonic hall at Dunedin, New
Zealand, burned recently, destroying
the Grand lodge regalia.
SIS the power of restoration from
expulsion vested in the lodge or the
Grand lodge, or both unitedly!" is
the question now being agitated by
our New York brethren.
Masonry will soou flourish in Spain,
where, not many years ago, it's follow
ers were imprisoned and prosecuted.
Senior Segasta, the present Prime
Minister, is Grand Master.
In regard to Masonic funerals, "Di-
gest of Masonic Jurisprudence" says:
"a Masonic funeral is conducted by
Masons only. No other society can
be allowed to take part in a Masonic
ceremony. Lodges are not allowed to
make arrangements with any other
society to have a joint or mixed flu
neral"
The elaborate ritual Of Masonry is
deserving OF both a careful study and
rendering by members of the craft.
The ceremony connected with the i'm
parting of the several degrees must be
rigidly observed in all its parts if a
due impression is to be made on the
mind OF the candidate. Masonry is
more than a system, and it's power
depends upon the character of it's
members rather than upon their ritu-
alistlc requirements. depository.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-09-05
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE MONDAY SEPTEMBER s., 1881.

Then comes Indisna, with 5tl Lodges
and 26. 541 members. Massachusetts
is the sixth in rank IN membership,
has 156 Lodges and 1865 members,
a very large average per Lodge. The
seventh in rank is California, having
21,4GS members and 27l lodges.
Kentucky ranks about tcuth, having
203 Lodges, with 5000 menbers.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-09-05
Bucklin's Arnica Salve.

The best salve inthe world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum,
fever sores, letter, chapped hands,
chillblains, corns ard all kinds OF
skin eruptions. This salve is guar.
anteed to give perfect satisfaction i'll
every case or money refunded. Price,
25c per box. For sale by
IsH q MCNIAHoN, Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-09-05

who will be employed is yariousiy es-
tlmated at from four hundred to two
thousand, and it is doubtful if anyone
knows. Certain it is that the shops in
Omaha are being almost doubled in
number while those at Grand Island
are going up, and hence some new de-
p%arture must DE in view, OF course
the vast enterprises now being ma
tured will require more facilities for
work and more workmen. There is
the new route to the Pacific, which
will make the u. p. independent of
the Central; then there is The Yellow
stone Park K. R., and again the St.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-09-05

WIN. Mccartney, IS Lloyd street Bufa.
10, n. y, fell and sprained his ankle.
His employer, n. Anderson, "a Main
street, procured some of Thomas Electric
Oh, and he says that a few applications
enabled him to go to work as usual.
sepjeOdlw