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The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21

The fact That aluost ercn editor |
in the State has bscn suggested for |
some onee In the canvass TO De made |
This years seems 10 have atu yea
attention A friend wiring o. us
from Nalohez. treats ibe subject 10
thc following humorous style:
NArcurz Miss. April llih, 81
Mg Dear Frant-I ana % day On
receipt 81 The MEssGNGEn 81 last week
and have read that tremendous ! am
not clear rs to the correctness Of The
photography ofihe last word bat it
doesn't maierl hooslv0u have given
my friend. the Hon Tom. towards
the presidency of The Senate, and ]
must say v0n are rather iukcwarm.
Perhaps v0u are not aware that The
Eliior of the Enterprise Courier IS
also an aspirant for Che same office,
with which I observe your name Is
connected. ard that De has offered me
ono years subscription 20 Bis ''yal-
liable psper" az an iudueemcnt Tor
me % throw my immense influence
into the canvass in bis behalf p. PR
sonally I feel kindly towards The en-
tire newspaper Fraternity because
believe them TO be real consorvators
Of good morals, good government
and the rights Of men, hut this Tact
/ doesn't justify them 90 becoming can
didates for al The Offices 20 be had
Besides there Is nOtcponQh Offices q
goround ifevery editor In the state i
70 have one. Hence II YOU increase
/ the size Of vour boom for the Hon
Tom / shall decline MeGee's propo
sition with thanks S.ee writln,
my FIRST letter have learned that m.
, venerable and valued ffierd Maj0
Thos Grafton, who Is also an editor
, would not object to being Governor
which constraius me to somewha
modify my original proposition {
allow Won 20 suit yourself ia The mat
ter OF Governor by rcqgiring you D
? these presents 10 the event Of Uncl
, Toms. candidacy before the Con
= teution to give him your un3iyide
support
There IS 10 my mind. but one IA
y in the excellence &c our politic
y economy and that Is the paucity Z
l. the Offices there not h,iaa nearl
enough IA - round an 2 ~ each asr
ian, have one have no use for M
A., Yates (heinr myselfs COLI either
mfii Nv 81 civil lie. l,uce would
y amend aur form of aavarnm NJ ,n
.h evsrg msle on arriving al the ave
y. puberty D. ull De Invested with d
IN rank dimiv ana emoltmrrts of
. Corporal IA military and a Ra7oe.
= civil life promotion 10 desen q,
a clusieelv On capacity withou. repa.
s. TO merit Bv this litde arrangeme
<. We would avoid the annual grabs 4
ar office and The consequent loss Of tim
money and tomper incident 10
n politiual campaigns since writii
rs The above I have learned chat or
er mutual friend q II X ofthis city
r.. an aspi-ant for On, place now held
n, Lamar Personally IhaYe Che hiehe
!. regard Cor the ability and statcsma
!. shin of Senator l. but under o.
n 60, - ..e.,,rr,,, ..,,et;1,, Il, sos
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21


"Swamper, a Mississippi CORES
pendent Of the Memphis Appeal
makes an ass Of himself by asserting
that large majority Of the Demo
cratic party leaders Of the State
endorsed Acorn in 1873, and dis
banded the Democratic party in
Meridian in bis favor There is not
a word Of truth in the statement
The party leaders did not endorse
Alcorn, neither did they disband ID
his favor At the time that conven
ton was held a large number OF our
white population was DISTINGUISHED.
aud the negroes, who were lead by
the carpet baggers, had a majority
Of forty or fifty thousand in tho State
They we're almost unit for Adelben
Ames as against any Democrat that
could be nominated We had been
fighting them year after year, and
were beaten in every battle MANY
of cur people we're discouraged. and
thought it useless to be wasteing
lime and money IN q useless endeavor
to defeat Ames. The question OF
making no nominations, and letting
the election go by default was fully
discussed before the oonvnlion as
sembled, and we favored putting a
ticket in the Geld aud making another
fight, though we had no hope oil
winning When the convention met
il was found that about four iifths OF
the delegates were opposed to putting
a ticket in the field e. be beaten, and /
The convention decided not TO do It /
We acquiesced in that decision, aud /
the results have proven that the
was right Alcorn, and /
those Rep, bhcaHs opposed to the
carpet baggers generally, called
convention at Jackson, and put on
anti Ames ticket in the Geld, and /
thereby diyided the Republican party. /
md enabled the Democrats 10 defeat
{ 81 the next election. A great
many Democrats voted for Aloorn as
ehoiec Of evils, but they did
lot thereby endorse him Brandon
2epnb ican
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21


TuF Rrv T GRAHAM, I've sup.
pose that's the name) Ia 6 lengthy
Article in the Wiastoa Sigzal which
he designs 70 be caustc and witty.
wade into the MrssENoER editor in
a style which would mark the writer
as bully and q rough rather than a
follower Of the meek aud lowly Jesus.
judging from the way he garbles ex
tracts 10 order TO place the writer
in this paper in false attitude The
Reverend gentleman has mistaken bis
calling. He would make a better
pot house politician than preacher.
His article indicates that he IS one o.
those lamb like individuals, who to
give himselfa little notoriety you'd
rush into q newspaper controversy
with a stranger, who, up TO the date
TOT j. T. G's first appearance in print,
vas totally oblivious OF that gentle
mans oxisteueo,) insult him By the
use Of such epithets as "imperti-
nence,~ ''insolenoe," etc, and then
vhine Ike a whipped spaniel, when
be is treated with q dose of his own
physic. He don't ika to be called o
"bigoted pafson" or a "rampent
critic" and he says he viii let such a
anopsirosiiya as we are alone in the
future. We are glad Of it and wish
he had formed that very sensible con
clnsion before he chose TO Insult Us
By harsh criticisms, instead Of writing
an. article, (if write be must,) thai
wopld have been becoming in a dig.
nlaed minister Of Christ.
Ii parting, We suggest TO y. T.
g that he viii find most editors in
this country qmonstrosities" il he
undertakes to thrust .'impertinenoe1
liz their faces, every time they write
something which does not accord
with his preconeeived notions Of
theology, and We advise him to per.
nit hls resolve concerning ns-viz !:
let us alohe''LexteDd to the whole
fraternity q. 7. G." may be a
proper person to visit q condemned
criminals cell and inspire hopes
which he, IN So unguarded moment,
declared he did not believe vas ever
realized he may be filling his appro.
pirate sphere, when with mock sympa
thy and hypoaritical mien, he con
slitates She Fious { p portion Of a
hangman'5 procession; be NAV sue
coed 10 aropsing 8 congeDiai element
IN nniures similar 70 his own by
an exhibition Of himself on
The scaaold, singing psalms and be-
secchihg just God To receive a
tlllsla 10 HeaYen, who Is unworthy
10 live o. EaFlhs and be nay per-
haps receive The thanks Of the clergy
lor his vehement maintenance Of the
.ighs y DE- 81 these things; I've |
.aa'tot course SPEAK positiyely,l but
i enc thipg - ere assured: News
ape antisgisnott } HG's.7 forte.
Ina dues not develop the intellectual
ide qfbls character, lif he has such
sHle, aud ilsimnediate diseontin-
anne il The NOS sensible thing he
an 10 %
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21

SENATOR BECK Says RiddlebelgeF
will never be elected seEgeant-nt
AIMS 81 the Senate Rather tbsn
permit bis election. TIE Democrats
win present Conservative Rerubli
can, such a. Gen. Stevenson, OF 81.
Lonis. g Union soldier, who served
under hogan aad vote for him
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21
MmIDIas vas vlsIIgd by aleTI6l1

1IE1I0T4N vs. VI9TI0I D . T0TTI0I1
couhagfatiou on The night % the
18th Inst The entire block OF build
ings fronting the n d o. 1. R. ex-
cept Che Hotel building and the
grocery house Of Breach Bros was
destroyed. The stock Of goods be
logging TO the drm mentioned Kas
badly damaged.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21

* SENATOR BEUcR displayed
more political saeacity and sound
comnoH sense by declining the Bra
lillian Mission than ala The Fresidenr
10 masking the nomination Bruce'l
good traits Of character do no
eminate from want liability t
do harm. and The man who rates hir
as a fool or knaye does him injus-
to-
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21

Inf Rernhafat romfsny has taken
III turing the season Just closed
$4,000, half of which bolonga 40
Sallie A pretty good price 20 be
paid for fros-eatiug jafson, ahd 'ex-
cessive lcanness.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21

4 Correction.

Under The head of 'Peaees or no
Fences in last We KS MrssENGea.
after making ancsiimate ofcost under
The township fence law, ard fading
a total 81 el4,4O0, Tho .nlenco.
"leayiuQ eff fire cost Of I'm e W.
SAVE twenty-fou hundred dollar.
annually. , should he, ie wing of FIRST
cost OF fence wo have twenty four
hundred loilals annually e an
annual expense ~ twenty four hun
bred dollars Then leaving of inter
est on amount invested 10 fence we
hove twelve hundred dollars per
annum IS au approxim1 re estimate
OF cost 81 repairs, being equal to
eight and one lhiri inllafs per bee
ton j. 5. II.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21
Asspcsial % he New Orleans
TImes ave-


Aaspceial % The New Orleans
Timts says
sDdring III heavy storm last Fri
TAI, liebniag struck the new two
story fesDleHce 81 Captain Jones.
aiil9f ofthe AdtsHea. on the top Of
tie roof. followed rafter to The
plate. aud lhen down lhe corner post
= Gle second aa0g plate, and thence
lr the chimney, coming through The
plasteriue. and rah 81 around the
room % q gilt moulding. smoking
ne sall black. thence down tie
chimney bursting tie clock Eide
0nen ana making 8 round hole IN the
maHtN % two places Ten persons
Mere b TIE house but none hart
DaHage o the building slight
Tie Comet eoaelades. ir5m this
circumstance tbat jones has no show
Iafile Office 81 Secretary Of State.
I'm fipars ID Wisconsin are vsrf
hIgh and great aamage . properly
is the result.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21

Akron, Ohio. has been successfully
Illuminated bY electricity. Tie
Brush islt isusaa. iaur lamps. each
equal to 4000 cardle power being
placed. in one case II q tower go
feet and in the other on q mast forty
eight feet lu height erected on the
top Of she Buohtel college building.
These lights, equal to $4,000 oand g
tower, light up the loWn 60 that DE
TINE may Be told from 4 small valch
lalf mile away,
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21

nigAl last which destroyed q 'arge
amoant e property. Sarelyi mis-
fortunes utTer come single handed
pptn city auy more than All ndi.
fllrs
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21

THE exercises at the A. q NJ. COL
iege during the last week Of the first
collegiate year beginning with Dthe
commencement sermon on Sunday
July Srd and closing with the annual
address by Senator Lamar. Wednes-
day July 6tb, win no doubt prove Of
much interest," 70 the people Of lhe
State We hope leading men rom
every portion Of Che State viii De
present on Hai occasion.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21
Danger Of an Outbreak BY che
gges.

DENVER, April I3.-rhe News had
au interview with a prominent citizen
who hos asst returned nom the I'M
eompahgre agency He says that
all Indications point t. a Ute out
break a Az early day. Settlers have
their cabins loopholed and sleep Oh
their arms ~ anticipation OF an out
break Theio ore about seventy
families IN tho Uneanpahgre country
aad only 100 soldiers at 0anl0n
meni, shie The Utes can muster 700
warriors. The settlers have petit
TONED the governor fur protection.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21

J. 81 Buchanan Of Okoiona. wGu
Il now travelling 10 Europe, writes
90 occasional letter 20 the Oko'oua
MESSENGER, which we aad very in-
lerestlng Macon Sun
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21

We have beer expecting II fo,
one ume. We mean that We have
Teen expecting some q Our friends
70 suggest om peealiar fitness for
ne office Of secretary ofstate Not
because We merit thedistinciion, but
because almost every other newspa-
per man in the State has been eng
gested for that Office, and We. are 8
member Of that fraternity. ami sure
enough, the Clarion Informs ms TIE
deed is done Il is clear to. cur
Mid that newspaper man mus
have The Office 81 Secretary Of State.
Nobody else has been, Or is Likely %
hePqt forward for that posiiiop, and
~ all our contemporaries. who have
bad Tho start o. rs. iufhe way % "a.
nouneemeht should, with the tbsrl
aatefistio modesty ofthe press, de-
tlineto be nominsted, snd no other
newspaper man better able to make
the sacrifice than ourselves cau Be
found, we'll take It just to msnifesi
our patriotism. aud---to kocp some
"phellow Who knows nothing OF
"rule Of ease, form 81 chase ont ii
the cold
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21
READ THIS!
GREAT OPPORTUNITY
TO BUY
GOODS5GROCERIES
CHEAP for GA$H8
The undersigned, having purchased from

TIC underslSned u having purchased rom
p. Il. GILLIAN g. CO..
Their entire Stock of Goods and Groceries accounts and
notes. and intending to close out this Stock without delay
offers these goods to the public at GREARLY REDUCED
PRICES FOR CASH at the old stand Of P T. Gillian &
Co.
you wish to money examine these Goods and Prices
before buying Those indebted to said firm specially
quesed to call soon and settle up prompt closing up
this business is positive necessity.
ELON EZELL.
April ti--a
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21

The talk Of an extra session hes
again bsen revived.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-21

FNoUR Senior as & member Of the
hoard Of Ifustees Of The a a. n
College visited lhat institution on
Monday last ani is pleased 10 rcrtort
ihe College 10 quite prosperous
coadition. q number or Students.
who we're in stteadqace earlier 10 TIE
session, went home when ihe pauie
occssloned by The desth on two Of
'qe 'n9eY l1m Weopeitis. 90
CURED 8at RaFy a ibem have re-.
turned Thegc aso now as many
s1a#ehis present. IS the College
authorities can conveniently accom-
modate, and everything appoars 10
be moving sarmard harmonioasIv
Much credit is due tde omcers and
faculty ion their patient endurance
aadlaborioqseaorls, wisely diracied.
which have dome so much towards
maldng the Institution what It h
destined 70 be-a GROWING success
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-07
Setting Apple Trees In the FalI.

Spring is SO busy season on New Eng
land farms that many good plans formed in
the winter have to be put aside when the
time for their execution comes, on account
OF the press of work. Almost every owner
of an orchardless farm purposes at some
time to set an orchard, yet he puts it off from
year to year on account of the pressure of
"springs work."
This is totally unnecessary. The popular
idea that spring is the best time to set out
apple trees we have proved by long trial to
be wrong. As rule we have found fall set
trees to do the best, provided they are
good trees, well set out and early enough to
make fair amount of rootgrowth before
the ground freezes up A good many OF
our friends who have lately been setting out
orchards (and there are scores of them), not
exactly feeling satisfied with our statements
in regard to fall setting, have tried few
trees that way, and the unanimous verdict
is that the fall set trees did the best.
But, to ensure this, the trees must be set
by the middle of October at the latest, the
roots be saved as much as possible, spread
at length in an ample hole, and the earth
tamped firmly to each one with the fingers
Then heavy mulch of old straw, manure
leaves, or saw-dust should be applied and
laths two feet long tied around the trees To
protect them from mice. Thus set out, the
trees become rooted in the fall, and start as
strongly in the spring as though they had
not been moved.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-07
DO what Pays the Best.

1t is related of John Jacob Astor that in
one of his earlier real.estate operations in
New York, he remarked to a downtown
merchant that he had that morning sold ten
city lots for twenty thousand dollars--a
handsome advance on the price originally
paid. "But," said the merchant, "those
lots were rising in value. In a year or two
you could have readily sold them for thirty
thousand, which you might readily have
made. 1t is great pity" "Not so fast, u
replied the far-seeing Astor al have sold
these lots to get the money to buy cheaper
uptown property, and this will be worth
eighty thousand before the other will sell
for thirty The result justified the predic-
ton. All farming operations illustrate the
moral of this little story. With certain
force to work with, there is a limit to what
can be done. Not everything that promises
(or even is certain) to pay should be at
tempted, but only what pays best.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-07
Chemistry and Agriculture.

Mr.. j. b. Lawes, the distinguished agri-
culturist of Rothamsted, England, lately
visited Scotland, where he delivered lee
ture before the farmers of the Lothians at
Haddington, on Chemistry in its relation
TO agriculture" In conclusion Mr.. Lawes
made the following points as a summary Of
what he had said, and the result ofexperi-
ments; C) That mineral superphosphate
of lime has given considerable increase'in
each crop Of a rotation, although used with
out any other manure, for a period Of thirty
years. (2) That in consequence Of grain
containing large quantities of nitrogen and
phosphoric acid and small quantities of
potash, manures containing soluble phos-
phoric acid and soluble nitrogen, as. am
monia or nitric acid, are especially applica-
BILE for these crops. (3) That where crops
containing large quantities of potash, such
as roots, potatoes, hay, are sold off the farm,
manures containing potash, such as pur-
chased dung, appear to be more suite n
(f That although potash, phosphoric acid
and nitrogen are the chief manure ingredi-
ents in farm-yard dung, the manure from
artificial foods, are in artificial mauures,
still the difference in form in which these
substances are met with greatly affect their
value; the present method of analyzing
manures does not properly recognize these
distinctions, and the valuation founded upon
these analyses are altogether false and
erroneous.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-07
" Is He Sound 2o


The definition of what constitutes sound
ness in horse has puzzled courts and law
yers as much as sellers and buyers, but it
has by various decisions been boiled down
to common-sense meaning, and is as ap-
plicable to cattle as to the equines. II at
the time of sale the animal has any disease
which actually does diminish its natural
usefulness, or which, in its ordinary progress
will diminish such usefulness, or if the ami.
NAL has, either from disease or accident
undergone any alteration of structure that
either actually does at the time or in its or
dinary effects will diminish its natural use
fulness, such au animal is unsound. But
the seller is not held answerable for the
! soundness Of the animal unless he expressly
warrants it to be so by some written or yer
bal statement made at the time. If an ami
NAL is purchased to be used in given way
or for special purpose, the word sound il
bill of sale or verbally means that the ami
NAL is useful for that purpose. So soon az
the purchaser discovers that there has beer
breach of warranty, he should give notice
offer to return the animal, and demand hi
money back, if he desires to be renstate {
in the position he occupied before the sale.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-07
A Good Mothers Plan.

lady gave us rule not long since by
which she had succeeded in interesting her
lively, fun-loving boys, so that they preferred
to stay at home evenings instead Of seeking
amusement elsewhere. She said 81 re-
member that children are children and must
have amusements. fear that the abhor.
renee with which some good parents regard
any play for children is the reason why chill
dren go away for pleasure. Husband and
used to read some history, and at the end
OF each chapter ask some questions requir-
ing the answer to be looked up if not an
swered correctly. We follow similar plan
with the children. Sometimes we play one
game and sometimes another, always plan
ming with books, stories, plays or treats of
some kind to make the evenings at home
more attractive than they can be made
abroad | dislike to think that any one
could make my children happier than | can,
so always try to be at leisure in the even
ing and arrange something entertaining.
When there is a good concert, lecture or en-
tertainment, we all go together to attend it.,
for whatever is worth the price of admission
for us older people is equally valuable to the
children, and we spare no expense where it
is to their advantage to be out of an even
ing. But the greater number of our even
ings are spent quietly at home. Sometimes
it requires quite an effort TO sit quietly
talking and playing with them, when my
work-basket is filled with unfinished work,
and books and papers lay unread on the
table, but as the years go by, and see my
boys and girls growing into home-loving,
modest young men and maidens, am glad
that it was my rule to give the best of my
self TO my family. y."--Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-07
Christianity and Skepticism.

Philosophy has sometimes forgotten God !;
great people never did. The skepticism
OF the eighteenth century could not uproot
Christianity, because it lived in the hearts
OF the millions. Do you think that infdel-
ity is spreading? Christianity never lived
in the hearts of so many millions as at this
moment. The forms under which it is pro-
fessed may decay, for they, like all that is
the work of mans hands, are subj oct to the
changes and chances of mortal being, but
the spirit of truth is incorruptible; it may
be developed, illustrated and applied; it can
never die; it can never decline. No truth
can perish. No truth can pass away. The
flame is undying though generations disap-
pear Whenever moral truth has started
into being humanity claims and guards the
bequest. Each generation gathers together
the imperishable children of the past and
increases them by the new sons of the light,
alike radiant with immortality.--Selected
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-09-07
American Jerseys.

Richard Goodman, an experienced farmer
OF Western Massachusetts,, gives his opinion
of American Jerseys, as follows al. The
best Jersey COWS living to-day are in
America. .. The best COWS in America
have the longest lines of American-bred
ancestors behind them. B. We may expect
to go on improving our American Jerseys
generation after generation in the future,
because we can see in the past steady rate
of improvement over the imported founda-
tion stock, as in Jersey Bell of Scituate, who
was bred TO 700 pounds of butter from three
crosses of grandson of Flora, who gave
400 pounds. Eurotas who was bred TO
nearly 800 pounds of butter from the blood
rendered prepotent by in-breeding, of AL
phea. The blood of the grandson of Flora is
twice strongly bred into grandsires OF Jersey
Queen of Barnet. A. A dash of entirely
fresh blood is valuable, as in the case or
ltioter 2, the sire of Eurotas Pansy s. one
of the granddams of Pansey 1913; Fannie
1898, one of the granddams of Jersey Bell
of Sctuate, and Dazzle $40, one of the
grandnams of Jersey Queen of Barnet. But
a good line must first be well established by
close bleeding before we attempt to partici
pate, as the chemists say, by the introduc
I tion of new substance, the gold ii. Q. but
te) in the solution we have at first formed
and Jersey cattle are now 80 well spread