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Huntsville gazette., 1881-06-18

HE city Of Quebec, Canada, was
visited by most destructive conflagration
on lfe night Of The Sh, which originated at
the corner Of st. John and Oliver Streets and
spread so rapidly that the Fire Department
was unable to check its progress until the
ehIfe quarter of the city known as the st.
John suburbs, lying midway between st.
hochs and the Upper Town, had been
swept away. The greatest confusion reioned
anu property spared by the flames was freely
piuhdered by thieves. Several persons are
Nno"h 10 have perished in the flames. Prob
@ois ooO buildings were destroyed, among
mem Il. Johns Catholic Church. the finest
cnurcn edifice in the city. The total loss
's estimated at 81 900, 900. The Legislative
assembly voted 100000 for the relief of suf-
IsielS' l.' ana large private subscriptions are
Huntsville gazette., 1881-06-18

Toledo has skewer factory which
ide and sold 45,000,000 skewers last
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-12-24

The great value which the meD'
bers of the Mississippi State Grass'
place upon the services OF THE
IRON, as indicated by the resolutlUD'
adopted at the recent session ano y
the remarks of Worthy Master Da''
den and Bros. E. P. Stanley, hep''
Christmas, I. G. Woodward, baA''.
Wilson, T. A. Dodson and Others
very gratifying and encourag'ns
us. If all the members OF thai oor.
will now carry out the spirit OF ~ n
resolutions in earnest, they
have no cause to complain OF wv
paper-it.will come up to tne"
mands and expectations 10 s''''
particular.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-12-24
ADDRESS Of WELCOME BY HON. j

ADDRESS Of WELCOME BY HON. j.
G. HAMILTON, OF DURANT.
Worthy Patrohs: In bidding you
hearty welcome, we not only feel
it a pleasure but also an honor; an
honor, because of the sterling prin
ciples set forth and constantly adj
vocated by your Order; pleasure,
because of the quiet and peaceable
nature of your meetings. Unlike
the average convocation, with fierce
and bitter war against like partisan
gatherings, but fraught with patient
in crest for the amelioration of
mankind, advocating enlarged
practice OF useful sciences, giving
protection to the weak and enabling
them to see and feel that there are
effective voices and potent infuen~
ces in their behalf, encouraging the
humble to put forth greater efforts
in obtaining life's blessings.
We welcome you. not as strangers
but as brothers, bound by the
strong ties of our Order and
cemented by the friendship OF a
common interest. And though this
has been adjndged the Banner
County of the State" (Which we
modestly accept, honoring the bold
efforts Of sister counties) yet we
need your counsel and the inspira-
ton of :your presence: you who
have met here for exalted purposes;
met to consider the best means of
reducing to practice the various
measures for good, that barren
ways may become fruitful, weary
brain and tired hands find rest, the
laborer respected, the weak pro-
tected and "honest toll receive
honest pay"
But, Worthy Patrons, it would
be useless consumption of time to
enumerate the purposes for which
you have assembled. Well do you
know that although much has been
done, yet much remaineth to be
done. The land teens with benefi-
cent inventions, scientific improve.
ments and labor saving machines,
expositions of wonderful magni-
tude with their varied lessons of
industries and economy are before
you, your task is great and de
mands the greatest prudence and
wisdom. Monopolies of unprece
denied power, casting the shadow
OF death upon small capitalists, are
but admonitions of the grave re-
spoDsibilities resting upon you.
We say grave responsibilities for
we believe the assertion not extrav-
agant when we say, in a temper al
sense, you are the hope of the land.
The anchor that secures the Ship
Of State, which gives we'll grounded
faith that even though the vessel
be driven by storm and tossed by
waves, yet she will outrlde the
rough sea.
May wisdom characterize your
deliberations and Heaven bless the
results.
RESPONSE BY WORTHY LECTURER j.
B. BAILEY, OF THE STATE GRANGE.
Worthy Brother: In behalf of the
State Grange of Mississippi permit
me to assure you that the cordial
and unreserved welcome you bave
extended us on this occasion is
properly appreciated. Coming, as
it does, from an eloquent represeta-
tive of noble band of veterans id
our Order who, even amid our
darkest period, held orr Grange
banner aloft and proudly proclaim
ed our principles imperishable and
4 4 l. 4
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-12-24

OFFICERS.
Master--Put. Darden.
Lecturer-Baxter Wilson.
Steward. B. Bailey.
Assistant Steward-N. NJ. Woods.
Secretary--Mrs Helen A. Ably.
Treasurer-H. o. Dixon.
Flora-Mrs. NJ. !. Smith.
Executive Committee-T. ]. Ably, L. F.
Afford, ]. B. Bailey. ---
DELEGATES.
Alfalfa county--A. I. Middlebrook.
Calhoun. A. Harter.
Carroll-W. T. Stone, Saml McCrary,
H. r. Reynolds.
Chickasaw-W. D. Couch.
Choctaw-W. A. DobbS, ]. A. R. Shan
non, S. w. Asten.
Claiborne-R. w. Magruder --r--l
Copiah-W. M. Kethley, E. B. Conn.
DeSoto-T. A. Dodson.
Jasper-F. NJ. Moseley.
Jefferson-T. L. Darden.
Holmes-J. M. McCaleb, E. P. Stanley,
Henry Christmas.
Kemper-I. R. Robinson.
Lafayette-G. w. Gill, ]. A. Bigger, F.
Webster, ]. B. Hamblet.
Leake-F. ]. Spruill.
Lincoln-Isaac Smith.
Lowndes-A. 6. Easley
Madison-W. B. J. Barnett and wife.
Marshall-T. c. Stone
Montgomery-B. B. Taylor, ]. w.
Armstrong, ] w. McCorkle.
Newton-J. B. Bailey and wife.
Oktibbeha-Isaiah Nicely, L. V. Wyrick
Panola-T. ]. Tucker, G. F. Scott
Pontotoc-B. D. Terrell.
Scotia c. Farmer.
Union-J. w. S. Tate.
Warren-D. H. Alverson, Samuel P.
Jones.
Winston-I. G. Woodward, w. E. w
Estes.
Yalobusha-N. NJ. Woods
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-12-24
Mississippi State Change,
Eleventh SESSION,

Was held at Durant, Holmes coun-
ty, commencing on Tuesday, Dec.
Is, 1881, and closing on the follow
ing Friday evening.
We give below the names of the
officers and delegates present, the
address of welcome and the re-
spouse. and the annual reports of
the Worthy Master and Secretary.
The full report of the proceedings
will appear in our columns as soon
as they can be prepared for publica-
ton:
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-12-24

makes thread of all numbers,nza.. <eenx,
FIFTY PER CENT STRONGER,
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-12-24

The Declaration of Purposes adopted
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-12-24

10 Inese mems are yepto
be aided hrnkarage. exchange. Waste,
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-12-24

= product, eco pounds OF yarns
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-12-24

- not DC long c0HlIuB. otEIu your sud-
cfiptions to T. Carver as heretofore.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-12-24

sissippi State Grange. These 9ooetii'le'
re r,,l,;;sh..s :..st;,lI in this issue Of Tia
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-12-24

Fson county, july 9.
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Owed to spring-The frogs ability
to get over the ground. SOmervils
Journal.
When young man wants to pro-
tect young lady he naturally puts his
armor round her. Boston Globe.
The gouty man is generally looked
upon as a high liver-too high to be
reached by a liver pad.-New Orleans
Picayune.
Too long courtships are not alwuss
judicious. The partys often tire out
skoreing fore the trot begins Josh
Billings.
The man who woke up one bitterly
cold night and found he had kicked all
the clothes off was surprised, but he
quickly recovered. Boston Post.
"A Russian sigh-Siberia. - Cincir-
natl Saturday Night A Western sigh
Cyclone. Cambridge Tribune. An un-
welcome sigh-Sciatica. Boston Globe.
An Eastern sigh-Siam. Detroit Free
Press.
Eyes," said Pendleton, swellingly,
"what l am can truly say that my
wife made me-" "Notvery compliment
ary to Mrs. Pendleton," remarked
Blunt in stage whisper. .-BoSton Tran
script.
Mother Shipton has strapped on her
liver pad, bought a set of ten dollar
teeth, row of bangs and bottle Of
"bloom of youth" and has concluded
to live down her prcphecies.-NeO
HaUen Register
The wise man looketh at the bottom
of the column to see if the story is to be
continued in the - --, but the fool
takes IA Leap in the Dark" reads on
and concludes with the use of profanity.
OIL City Derrick.
The Russian Nihilists were very
foolish to kill the Gar with a bomb.
They might have dispatched him much
more genteely, if not as expedltiously,
by sending for an American book agent
to talk him to death.-Rome Sentinel.
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23
Hotel Life in Mexico.

A correspondent writes as follows
concerning hotel in the City of Mexico:
The force of the hotel consists of sad
looking clerk who writes the names Of
the guests in chalk on a blackboard, a
melancholy custodian of the keys, two
barefooted Comanche boys for general
utility, and two walters on each floor.
1t is owned by the Iturbides, who are
the richest family in Mexico. They
pau 910U,UUU IOr Une property, "anu
make $4,000 or $50, 900 year from it.
They own the whole block, the Hotel
Bazaar, the Hotel San Carlos. and whole
blocks of the best property in Mexico.
There are two of them, and their prop
erty is estimated at S20,000,000 apiece.
Some day there will be all American
hotel there, and an American clerk with
a headlight pin, an American dining
room, ice-water, an elevator, walters, a
city directory, cocktails at the bar, and
all the luxuries of modern life. There's
millions in it and it would pay, too.
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23
An Artistic Heaven.

A retired manufacturer, one OF the
practical sort of men, who had more OF
the love of display than aesthetic taste
to properly sustain it strOlled into the
studio of a New Haven artist a few
years ago, and after examining some OF
the paintings thrust his thumb into the
armholes of his vest, and clearing his
throat, said to the artist:
"Aheml | have thought for some
time that l would give you an order fol
picture"
"Should be happy" replied the art.
ist modestly.
What l should like would be pict-
ure representing child at prayer, with
an angel lowering over it, and view
of Heaven in the distance. Could you
paint picture like that?'
"Y-e-es, l think So" was the rejoin'
der.
Every well, you can paint it. | care
nothing about the expense if it only
suits me. I'll pay one hundred and
fifty dollars for it.
Now the artist was trihe perplexed
as to the detail of the work before him.
The child at prayer and the lowering
angel were simple enough; any dabstel
with brush could paint those. But the
"Heaven in the distance" was not SC
easily overcome. Calling in friend he
consulted with him. "How do you
suppose Heaven looks, anyhow"
"Well" said the friend, waggishly,
81 suppose it looks something like the
first view of the city of Albany, the
great dome of the capitol in the center
-and-n
"Thats the idea," exclaimed the
artist, 81 see l will paint the figures,
and sky full of clouds with d hole in
the center, and put Albany in for the
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23
pEssLuISTn S LAMENT.

en. br, pESSIMISTn S LAMENT.
L;1.. div. let me sit and die
olllty 10 ono resource for weary souls
hatV, lcreatIOn seems aWry, 80,
o looi earth is fiattened at the pOleS.
lglngS- avs of nature are the most
reathin, graceful that ever knew;
20 ALWAYS petting in the way,
VI What re's nothing that they let one 90.
months ~
,ar IL, MT sit upou the beach,
~, uedl m NV sickening sorrows muse,
lghtleS ,at grim moon must needs be there
has hsJ Irag the ocean Ger my snoeS'
ny; she's not Jump from off cliff,
work. 7 nount a horse hardly dare,
n - grayitation glOating by, >,
L. mash me with its inverse square.
l didn't ''''7A 4ir ~
vhv mn ,othing wear the old earth outT
Wl these sad ages ne 'er be past?
Won mountains granite peaks;
y herr look as though they meant to laSt'
rass is green, the sky is blue,
taste displayed very bad;
4. GLOW sunsets vulgar hue
xes me too angry to be sad
4u OOull scOnf, thoughts, Will not ue;
Frank on't be mixed with dirt and stoneS'
With ID planet simply isn't fit
,.'n A mold my philosophlc bones.
er DAYS e is me! To pc PC, man ~ stale and fat
<, | an can't Uy',,uob one be az dodo rare,
are still cen a tortoise-shell tOmcatr
hen at least one might be stuffed,
re vii a gazed at by the public eye,
ring all j fear to lose
mother genuine iinnlor'"'''''
he giant me and Space are stupid things,
,avan,, a SOS Existence as a whole.
~ ure | Should be happier far.
monster void of body and Of soul.
uncea-
hen if Things are so perverSe,
haps Nothng'S rotten at the, core,
laginar7 should find, Of course too late
Ivionc +, nentity hOrrid bore.
,' tp3ft -Hdrper'S Bazdr.
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23

William L. Black, on dying at Hal
flax, year ago, left his entire estate,
his.--11Eldn1LL-
" u . q
though it was known that he had at one
time intended to cut her off with as little
as possible. +. H. Baker claims to have
effected the change of mind, and he
now sues her for 100000, the sum
which he says she agreed to give him
for his services if successful.
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23

A pictorial sketch of Albaay was i'm
mediately sent for, the artist finished
the picture with that ancient city OF
the Dutch as the distant Heaven, the
patron of art was delighted, paid the
bill, and the picture hung in his parlor
in this city for long time. Neg
HaUeB Register.
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23

IL don't so much mind, " said Mr..
Henpeck-"I don't so much MIND
woman's having mind of her own' eX-
cept that in such case she usually
takes charge Of her husbands also.
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23

Poor people are never troubled
about finding places where they can
spend their money during the summer.
~ o. PiCdUltne.
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23

4en?'' be
all alone
Look At
5 reprOOi
red face
ID KATY,
Sharp County record., 1881-06-23

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Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07
The Ownership of WatermelOns.

The Louisville Journal, tells this story: Who ever heard of any ono being pun ished for stealing watermelon? It was tried once in Tennessee, three or four years ago. Good old Judge Frazier, of the Davidson and Rutherford circuit, was presiding; an unlucky negro was the prisoner; very young lawyer was defending him; twelve good men and true were in the box. There was no doubt the prisoner had stolen the melon; the proof against him was clear as noon- day. The attorney called no witnesses whatever, but simply arose and said: "May it please your Honor and gentle men of the jury, my client is charged with stealing 8 watermelon. He does not deny it. But this is new crime for our courts. I have stolen water melons myself; the chances are that your Honor has stolen watermelons; and, gentlemen, I'll agree to set 'em up if there is man on that jury who hasn't stolen watermelon P The Judge jerked up his head, took off his spectacles, and looked up with startled but smiling stare upon the young scamp; the jurors nudged each other and snickered the spectators guffawed; but it is needless to say the brief argument for tue defend ant was a successful one with the honest iurymen.
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07
The Lawyers Fee.

There is 8 good story which illus trates the advantage of being skilled in reading faces. An Englishman who could speak no language but his own, boasted that he had travelled through Europe without courier, and had not not been cheated one farthing. He was a good physiognomist, and filled his pockets with the small coins of the country in which he was travelling. Whenever called to make 8 payment to a man, he would begin by slowly drop ping into the mans hand several of these coins, looking him keenly in the face. The moment he saw by 8 gleam of the eye, or twitching of the mouth, that he had dropped the amount of the bill, he stopped. ....
 A cotton speculator who once paid a fee several times greater than his lawyer expected, was not so shrewd man. Soon after the fall of Vicksburg, he be- came involved with the authorities, who charged him with fraud. His cotton, which was worth large sum of money, being seized, he sought the aid of MT. Geiger, an influential Ohio lawyer, then visiting the city.
 The lawyer in one day satisfied the authorities that there was no fraud, an6 secured the release of the cotton. The speculator was gratified, and informed Mir. Geiger that he would see him the next morning after he had finished load ing his cotton on steamboat. The lawyer retired, but not to sleep He was debating with himself what he should charge his client. The amount involved was large, the speculatol would make @ handsome fortune, an6 Geiger thought five hundred dollars would not be an unreasonable fee fol his services. But in the morning, the sum seemed so great for one days work that he feared to ask it.
 In this frame of mind, while walking out toward the steamer which was tc carry off the cotton, he met the specu. lator.
 "Well, MT. Geiger, that was 8 good days work you did for me yesterday, J said the client, taking from his pocket a large roll of bank notes.
 Holding up one knee, he thereon counted off four five hundred dollar bills, and without looking up at the law yer, asked, "Is that enough:"
 Geiger looked on speeches. for mo ment, but recovering himself said, witl the habitual coolness of 8 lawyer:
 "I guess you had better lay on an other P
 It was laid on, and Geiger, putting the two thousand five hundred dollar in his pocket, said, "Good-by, sir"
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07
IN THE CROWDED CITY STREET"

 In the crowded city street,
 Unrewarded and neglected, t Mid the rush of hurrying feet Solitary, sad, dejected, Stands with violin in hand
 One by fame and fortune sighted, One of Orpheus' scattered band Scattered, but in heart united. Now, with tears, he turns away; When passing stranger fingers, Begs his violin to play
 Sways the chords with jeweled fingers. While the thrilling tones that rise Stop the teeming tide of traffic, As the genius in disguise
 Moves their souls with sounds seraphic. And the scorned one, scorned so long, Reaps, with gratitude and gladness, All the harvest that the throng Shower in storms of gleeful madness. An sometimes, too. when the bard, Silent, sad, is slowly turning From the world, whose cold regard Wears his heart with wasted yearning; From the realm of greater souls Flies, to touch the lips that falter, Some bright seraph, with the coals Caueht from an immortal altar. So commissioned, so inspired, An! what eyes with rapture glisten, As he sings, with genius fired, All the world stands still to listen.
 WILFRED H. WooLLAM.
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07
Didn't Appreciate Home Comforts.

A Ayoung man advertised for private boarding house where he would be treated as one of the family. He got it. But after he had stayed home fourteen nights in succession, to take care of the baby, had been utilized cold mornings to build the fire, found himsalf minus towels eight or nine times, on which oc- casions he wiped his hands and face on his night shirt, and several other things not worth mentioning, he became dis couraged and left, while the rest of the family sagely agreed that some people so deteriorate by contact with the world that they are unable to appreciate home com mforts. .-OH City Derrick.
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07
Poisonous Rabbits.

The Territorial Enterprise, says:- A man, by the nameaof Otis, living on Horse Greek, Cal, was bitten by a rabbit in September, from, the effects of which he almost lost his life, He was trying to catch the rabbit for his littlet boy, when the animal bit him on the thumb; but he took little notice of it at the time About an hour afterward his thumb began to pain him severely and swell rapidly, so that he sent for a physician, who thought he must have been bitten by a rattlesnake. The doctor at first could not believe that it was the bite of the rabbit that caused the trouble So, to satlsfy himself, be had several rabbits caught, with. which he experimepted. ,,., He found; that the upper jaw contained hollow tooth, from which he extracted very poison ous fluid. He ascertained that two drops of this fluid administered to a lamb would kill it in an hour.
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07

Then she turned to me, with the light upon her face by which shall know her when meet her among the angels, "Cahwy, Cahwyr" ...
 It was the old childish name when she could not speak plainly-the name by which she had adopted me when she and were only four years old-and as it crossed her lips sudden ray of dawn, ing struck them, for
 "The morn of the nativity had just begun to
 break"
 With that dawning Grace was born into another world than ours. The lips which the first sunbeam kissed were al- ready cold. ...a a aa'.
 They buried her, as she had request ed, with my Christmas gift upon her heart. My face went down with her into the silence below the grass and the snow. A--a.. .e.s
 I have never laid aside her last gift, the little silver locket with the forget me-not on it's cover. If there is any good in me at all, if I have striven ever so feebly to uproot from my heart the evil weeds of jealousy and injustice, God only knows how much of it I owe to this my talisman, my silent monitor.
 Especially do look at it every Christmas morning, and think of her on whose frozen beauty that Christmas morning of long ago looked in. And still, though so many years have passed. do miss her sorely.
 Does she miss me also, in her far blessed home, and bend to listen to the chant in which souls that aspire or earth and souls that rejoice in heaver alike may join" Glory to God in th' highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men,?
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-07
-USttJ ftl IyItlftJ .'a t-E .1-' (aStOEia Dose.

So CentS.- A A-@MOCnerS remedy for sleepless and irritable Children. The Recipe of Old D~. Pitcher, Free from Morphine, and not Narcotic. Formula published with each bottle. For Flatulency, assimilating the food, Sour Stomach, Feverishness, Worms, and Disor- dered Bowels, CastOria has the larg- est sale of any article dispensed by Druggists.