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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-03
A Canine EmbeZZler.

But if you are looking for downright
Intellect call on the pointer dog. It is
safe to assert that the pointer has mind
enough for anything. He is far more
human than the monkey, and, we
cheerfully acknowledge, far worthier
of the relationship. Why, look at
Jef--everybody knows Jeff-Dr.
Mattaner's liver-colored pointer. The
dog carries notes, goes for the horse
and buggy, goes for beef and fetches
ice regularly. Besides all this, jeff
has many accomplishments that make
him finished dog. Would anybody
deny Jeff's intellect Hardly. Why,
last week jeff was sent for ice, and
what did he do? He started with
towel, in one corner of which the nickel
was tied up. jeff saw that nickel put
in, and Immediately temptation assail-
ed him. He could buy ice on credit,
and beef was always cash. Now watch
the dog. He reasoned. He labored
under the temptation until he reached
Huff corner, near the old house, and
then he yielded. Down in the dirt he
crouched, and after russell got the
knot united. What next ? It would
never do to carry that nickel, into
Corput's. He reasoned again. He
buried the nickel, carried the towel in,
received the ice and came out not for
the nickel. Oh, no; he had studied that
out too. The doctor must be left
under the impression that the nickel
had gone for ice, and he was. The ice
was carried to the Office, and Jeff came
back like a fash, secured his cash,
galloped onward to the beef stand, and
in a few moments was observed home
ward bound with his dinner. He was
not afraid to carry it home. He
reasoned that the doctor would suppose
some one had given it to him. This is
vouched for by three witnesses. Ma
conf Ga.) Telegraph.
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Mrs. Blanks Pigs Head

Last Monday, says the Salt Lake
Tribune, a lady of Zion commenced
thinking of family economies, and the
more she thought the more evident
it. became that her girl, who had
hitherto done the marketing, wasex-
travagant, grossly extravaganza. There
was no reason in the world why a few
cents should not be saved each day,
and in a few years, when dark clouds
OF disaster lowered above the horizon,
or words to that affect, nice little
sum would be saved for her and her
Johnny to live upon. There was a
lrm determination in her eyes when
she announced her purpose to here
after look after the purchasing Of
provisions. She stalked down the
street like a woman with fixidity Of
purpose, and shot into popular meat
shop with the inquiry:
"Mr. Mammal, what do you sell your
pigs heads at?''
Ten cents, Mrs Blank.
swell, send me one"
':Do you wish a large or small one?''
"a big one, ofseourse- the biggest
you have, she replied, determined not
to be cheated.
That night when the husband went
home he was dumbfounded. Head
cheese was everywhere. No chair
could be.used for it's proper purpose
head cheese on it; refrigerator, tables,
piano, barrels, all had head-cheese on
them. The wife had triumphant
airing spell, and then explained:
Bargain of mine, Johnny. Bought
a splendid head for ten cents from
Mr.. Fannal. Didn't pay either 7; told
him to send in the bill at once.''
On the following day the bill came.
The husbands eyes were like saucers
as he showed his consort the paper
bless me!' she exclaimed. what
an old fraud he is, and I just won't
stand it, now! I made special bar
gain with him for ten cents, and he
has the impotence to send in his bill
for $3.50. I'll go and see him right
away and give him my opinion, now
you see if don't!'
! A few minutes later she was face
to face with the butcher.
Didn't I make a special bargain
with you yesterday for that pigs
head?'
| I don't know, I am sure but if
you say SO, admit 1t.
! We'll, ] do =; I bought it for ten
cents.
'Yes that's right; that's what we
sell them at. You wanted the biggest
) one, and sent one from 1,000-pound
porker, which weighed ninety-fve
pounds, and at ten cents pound
ooh, bother the pounds. I said
nothing about pounds!'
Did you expect to get ninty five
pounds of pork for ten cents!'
: Don't say anything of this to my
husband. Let him pay the ten cents
and I'll pay the rest
I WON'T replied the butcher, 'bnt
there is a Tribune fellow coming
: here often for items, and I'll tel
: him.
, If you do, I'll kill you and him, too.
D the Wretch!'
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Oh, I wish wish this snow were fall

Oh, / wish-I wish this snow were fall
ing on my gravel
We'll, Evelyn, = said her mother
then, severely, ssif you are going to con-
tinue feeling this way, the sooner you
put an end to things the better. / will
see Mr. Bryce myself this very day.
No. My word is given. / shall
not break it. He is very kind, she
sobbed. ell know I shall be all
right in time, only II cannot help =
And, without finishing her sentence,
she thrust her head, where the hair
was always breaking into sunny little
rings, out into the falling snow to cool
and hide her face.
To cool her face? What sudden
flames we're those that swept up over
throat and cheek and forehead9 What
was it, who was il, she saw below
thereg Why did she spring back, and
dart from the room, and take the stairs
at a bound, to throw open the front door
and be clasped in a shower of snow
and the embrace Of a great dark fellow
who would not let her go?
'sOh, Pierre! Pierre! - she was whis-
pering, clinging to the stranger.
sAnd the ring WASH t for you after
all, my darling! She wrote and told
me-Mrs. Grey, the trump! What a
wretch I was! What "a Bless my
soul what's this g.
She had sprung from him, and was
wringing her hands at a safe distance.
ooh, / mustn't! you mustn't! Ican't
II mean-oh,I mean, Pierre! Pierre!'
she cried, ssthat am going to marry
Mr.. Bryce!' -
ssssNot now!''
eyes, yes; I have promised
"Mail!'' cried the postman at the
open door, in which the snow was
driving, and which they had both for
gotten, and a letter fell at her feet.
Pierre picked it up. "a valentine, I
suppose" he bitterly said. :s'Proba-
bly, from your Mr.. Bryce. Evelyn
Evelyn! do you mean that I have
come home to emptiness. to desola-
ton, to
She had opened the letter mechani-
cally. and had run her eyes over it, not
really quite conscious of what she did.
She whirled it toward him. "Seer'
she said. with a wide staring gaze,
'sRead it p! / don't believe I can under
stand it, Perhaps I ana ittle--out
of my head y And he read aloud:
MY DEAR know you will not
feel badly when set you free from
your obligation to me by telling you
what I have not had the courage to do
before, that by your advice, shall
marry my cousin Kate this evening
but married Or single, shall ever re-
main your friend,
| WALTER BRYCE"
The letter fell to the floor, for Eve
Ign was under the cape Of that great
coat; held close to the beating hear
there. s'Where's your cloak e Pierre
was whispering. 'Where's the little
mother? Here's the carriage at thu
door. They are going to be married
this evening. Let us get the start O.
them by being married this morning
Who ever in all time before had such ;
glorious valentine?'' Horper's Bazaar
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A Street Crowd.

Inc OGueE mOIuluS TWO SenCl6men
were looking out of the window Of a
house on Market street, when they
observed cabbage roll off market
wagon that was passing. Instantly
over dozen we'll dressed and apparent
ly sane persons began yelling after the
wagon as though the vegetable had
been a gold watch or thousand dollar
bill. The driver stopped about half a
square off, looked back at the cabbage,
yawned, and drove on.
"What an absurd fuss people in the
street make over trivial occurrences, :"
said one of the gentlemen. IS Now, I'll
bet a silk hat that I could get crowd
Of FIVE hundred persons around that
cabbage inside of thirty minutes, and
yet not leave this room.''
pulling out watch. 'sAre you ready 90
eyes; give the word.''
cit is now 1880. COP
The proposer Of the wager led his
friend to the window, threw up the
sash, and taking cane pointed earnest
ly at the mudcovered cabbage with a
terrified expression. Presently a hack
driver noticed the action and began to
stare at the vegetable from the curb
stone; then bootblack stopped; then
a bill poster, a messenger boy and a
| merchant.
whats the matter?'' inquired a
German approaching the innocent base
of his national dish.
Don't toutch it! Look out there!
Stand back!' shouted the gentleman
at the window. AT his horror strick
en- tones the crowd fell back precipi
lately and formed dense circle around
the innocent cabbage. Hundreds
came running up and the excitement
increased rapidly.
"Look out there!'' frantically
screamed the better, waving his cane.
ssTake that dog away, quick!''
Several stones were thrown at a Gu
that was shifting around the cabbage.
ssTake care!' said car driver to
policeman. who was shouldering hi
| way through the mass.
cts an internal machine, nitro-gly
cerine-Or something's.
4 Meanwhile the sidewalk was block
ed, the street became impossible, won
|, en- screamed and rushed into shops
duu d SCOIohctptl uuuSlltdGu UtSttu y
tie a bucket on the end of a long pol
with which to pour water on the devil
: ish invention. The crowd by thi
} time mbering over a thousand tn
two gentlemen moved away from tn
window and sat down. In few min
utes there was a hurried tap at til
; door, and there appeared man VIII
, had been sent as delegate from tn
} mass meeting outside.
Il should like to know, gentlemen,
he said, 'swhat the facts are?''
"What facts!''
, "Why, what there is peculiar abor
that cabbage out there?''
: Nothing in the world,'' was tn
. soft reply, except that it seems to /
} surrounded by about thousand of tt
biggest fools in town. Do anythin
3 else for you!''
8 The man reflected a moment, said I
l "guessed not and retired. Before
4 handed in his report, however, Cap
Shorts watch had dispersed the mo
r and dubbed two hundred and eleve
9 separate persons for creating distur
/ ance.-Sd1 Francisco Post.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-03
The Crushed Serenader.

Young Bilkins went to serenade his
girl on Van Ness avenue. The mate
an orchestra, Of which he is a mem
Der, had hardly squelched out the first
two bars Of 'Come Where my Love
Lies Dreaming when the second
story window went up and old Boggs,
Aanelia's father, stuck his head out
and remarked:
els there no way Of compromising
this thing
'sWhat-w-what?'' gasped Bilkins.
81 say, can't we make some arrange
ments to get out of this matter? How
does four dollars and an old gas stove
strike you e.
s'Why, this--this--is a serenade!'
exclaimed Bilkins.
Exactly so see. Now, suppose
I were to stand the beer and car-fare
all round, wouldn't you 60 out in the
suburbs somewhere and work off the
rest of it in front of some deaf and
dumb asylum or otheri''
"Well, I'm blowed!'' CALCULATED the
crushed lover.
ST should think you would be, hitch.
ed to the end of that big trombone.
Don't point it this way, for heavens
sake! 1t might go off,
"Come down here and say that like
man!' roared the big drum, who was
full of Budweiser and fury. "You
bald headed old pelican, come down
here!''
Ill think we had better-bettel
go, as it were, boys,'' murmured the
mortified Bilkins, and the Disguised
band walked sadly off, scornfully ig
noring Boggs' parting injunction tt
reform and lead better dives, after the
| thing blew over.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-02-03
IHELUCKY HORSESHOE.

A farmer travelling with his load
Picked up horseshoe on the road,
And nailed it fast to his barn door,
That Luck might down upon him pour;
That every blessing known in life
Might crown his homestead and his wife,
And never any kind of harm
Descend upon his growing farm.
But dire ill-fortune soon began
To visit the astOunded man.
His hens declined to lay their eggs;
His bacon tumbled from the pegs,
And rats devoured the fallen legs;
His corn, that never failed before,
widowed and rotted on the floor:
His grass refused to end in hay;
His cattle died, or went astray;
In short, all went the crooked way.
Next spring great draft baked the SOD,
And roasted every pea in pod;
The beans declared they could not grow
SO long as nature acted SO.
Redundant insects reared their brood
To starve for lack of juicy food;
The slaves from barrel sides went Off
AS if they had the hopping cough,
And nothing of the youthful kind
TO hold together felt inclined;
In short, it was no use to try,
While all the land was in fry.
One morn, demoralized with grief,
The farmer clamored for relief;
And prayed right hard to understand
What witchcraft now possessed his land;
Why house and farm in misery grew
Since he nailed up that "lucky'' shoe.
While thus dismayed DER matters wrong,
An old man CHANGED to trudge along,
TO whom he told, with NORWOOD tears,
I III fF,s IN
And what desperate state of things
A picked up horseshoe sometimes brings.
The stranger asked to see the shoe
The farmer brought it into view
But when the old man raised his head,
He laughed outright, and quickly said,
"No wonder skies upon you frown-
You've nailed your horseshoe upside down
Just turn it round, and soon you'll see
How you and Fortune will agreed"
The farmer turned the horseshoe round,
And showers began to swell the ground;
The sunshine laughed among his grain,
And heaps on heaps piled up the vain;
The loft his hay could hardly hold,
His cattle did as they were told;
His fruit trees needed sturdy props
To hold the gathering apple crops;
His turnip and potato fields
Astonished all men by their yields
Folks never saw such ears Of corn
AS on his smiling hills were born;
His barn was full of bursting bins,
His wife presented him with twins;
His neighbors marveled more and more
To see the increase in his store.
And now the merry farmer sings,
"There are two ways of doing things;
And when for good luck you would pray,
Nail up your horseshoe the right way"
James r. Fields, in HGrper's MagasimeJo'
December.
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hours. Two warmers are thereafter tax
en- from [l' the compartments and placed
II IN q stove, where the crystals Of soda
acetate are re-dissolyed, and they are
then ready for fresh use. The adj
yantages claimed for this system are:
No necessity Of changing warmers
every two or three hours, or Of main
tanning numerous employees to attend
to them, also economy in cost Of heat
ing, etc.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-11
Harmless Shouting

mere was apretty lively time for while
on Live Oak street the other evening. l,
seems that a Mr.. John Bsuchmsn had bse,
e',cu'S"ng reports about Mrs. Donnelly
wn'cn were not at ali calculated to raise her
IL the estimation of her Heigbbors, Mr.
lonely was not disposed to raise dis.
tu1oance shout 1t 50 long as Bauchmsn
question the maligner of Mrs. Donpelly 90,
uhdertae Influence of liquor and vert 10 6or
h9uee, and began to tell her husband
Wnst sort of wife he had. Mr. DonnelIy
ana ms wife both seized pistol at the same
Time aud they fired three shots each at ,be
lneorla'ed sslanderer, who beat an inglorious
reIres'' ana went to get his pistol He was
arrested, however, before he got 10 nae il
lie was fined $25 in the mayors court for
carrying concealed weapons, and So for
using abusive language.
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A Noble AcI

Ass as q switch engine Ga The ia, &
iI aI,uc = road was backing cut fr1 ,hs
ualon depot las, evening two little ri,Is .s saa
spps,en'ly about five summers each st, ssSi
s.. the track in front Of the engine Thsu
50 saw the engine coming jus, as thew S.d 5S aS,
vn .ne track, and in their hast w.
wy wges SIt OF the way, both fell down. TSs
yves yves Oh The .bystsnder were turned on ,hsm
r m'm emo tons of horror, expecting in a
moment NJ, me to see their mangled bodies ,xi, .
un toe track, for the engine was bu, a tag
s yasIs ou' AT this ethical iuncture savio,
suddenly appeared and succeeded !, ,h baV,ur
ing lng eo.n children of the track, but fell him
I m.r me engine passed on and he sross
, nsSllns fallen on the outside of ''t tae
m ', one wheel of the or
passed over his coat sleeve. TINS
was y Il. NJ. Baldwin, a brakeman il the Tarss
~ ~, rsGihc yard. Acts like this demons,r strata
what lies within man, what makes The SsSo
on me battlefield and the reliable chsrsc, .r
tnas = trus to every trust in auy of life's
departments. They should NEE, their ~" ,s'
wsrd oy that appreciation which 6njs il,
oppression IN promotion TO those hisher
spnSres where the field of duty is more ex.
'ehued and service better paid.
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MARKETS ny TELEGRAPH.

New York Juno 10 = Money $685..
Stock, dan.
Ex hange long, ASK; short iS,S.
Government bonds 1T ady
| State bonus dull.
Coffee firm and n ore active.
sugar nrm and IN fair demsnd; fair 10
good refining 1h@S; prime So; refined
dull ana lower; stand nd A 10.
| w 'ol In good d mand; domestic leere 3ig
w pulled sO93'i unwashed l2@S!; Texas II
| New Orleans, June 10 Flour quiet and
steady; superhne ., xxiA9iH; xxx 5@5A;
higher graoes 81 ct6N.
| Corn easier at 51D62
| Oats quiet at aiS@i5.
Pork gu OF at l1A.
| La d steady; tlerce Tx; key llk.
Dry salt meats-market bare OF shoulders
| and sides.
Bacon quiet; shouldcm', clear rib oxa9.;
II ms in fnir demand, choice susar-cured
canyessd loyal
Whisky 05@l 10.
Coffee strong; cargoes OF ordinary TO prime
Sugar strong, common to good common
7Sgsi fair TO fully fair SKI prime 10
| choice sx@ski yellow clarified gs
Molssses dull; common 20W2s, fair 276ey,
prime 35Cdt0, fernientlng eO13O
Rice duh and nominal; ordinary to prime
Sights 1 bSSl 80 premium.
ste ling BANK tsi.
| Consols OK.
81 Louis. June lo.-Flour steady and un.
| chs-gpd.
| Wheat higher, No, . red fall sl i1X@l TX
casn, llx June, lOh@l llx July.
| Corn higher m iS@i5x cash, iJi@i5
Oats hlsher a. se@ssg cash, Soesox June;
S3ll@t3,iz July.
| WI akv steady, ate.
Pork quiet; Jobnlng IL %.
LAID firm, 10 So asked.
| Bu'k mrais steaty, and demand arm; shoul.
d re- 4 Us, ribs \ 20; eides 60I large sales OF
winter clear rib for smoking, on private
terms.
bacon firm and unchanged,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-11

Mr. Joseph Dean, of Grand Prairie, pur.
chased of Bowser & Lemon se,f-s,ee,;r,
steam road engine. L. is a sixteen. borss
power engine, and is designed to be operated
In all sorts of work on the farm, running
machinery and pulling plows. Before leays
ing tho city MIR. Dean steamed up and drovo
about the slrests, aud then started out On Tho
road for his farm. Several farmers have
neen looking at the engine and all agree ,bs,
1t would BIO II good thing on the farm, '
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The FrOshiuu Societv

AT meeting of the Froshim society on
thursday night, steps were taken to bring
ABOUT Appointment organization to prepare
Tor the coming s@ngerfest. There was a large
auulehce OF members present, and among
tnem were several prominent American
.l"zens. A committee of FIVE was appointed
70 arrange ways and means to make the
coming s@ngerfest the grsndest ever held In
the state, or anywhere else. The committee
HI,cemposed OF thu following men: S. O.
heme,anway, David Goslng, l.. Knepny, 81.
mon Mayer end E. &, Guilds. This society
now mas over one hundred members and is
receiving acquisitions all the time.
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mss n,ed several high positions in Iliuoi,
ssd Missouri, snd lastly as princins,
0tthe law school at Tehuscsro collsrs
Ieiss. These are titles enough 10 iSs
tnespec' Oh me country. Mrs Rhes had no sons,
W. oas !n,ee da1shte One II these dsush.
@ @, Is Mrs. Robert w. Forbes, lately Of
Uslias; but now Of Galveston, the mother Of
4, MRS VIM. j. Sterrett and Mrs w. j
= Another is the wife Of George
4 FIniay. A third one is the wife OF john
". Glenn. Of Austin; and the Youngest
Jessie, Is the wife of Mr.. Evans. formerlv
marshal Of the ~ of Austin. It's manifest
tTpere'1re. that Mrs. Rhea, the daughter of
rims EWING was a connecting link be,
tween three gene ations in the southwest
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The Grand Jury .

Tho grand jury have been grinding three
days now, and have found true bills against
the following persons: Dan Currie for rob :.
bling A. X. johnson short time ago, at the
Long Branch; Willie Robinson, a colored
boy, for stealing $50 from Capt A. Hsr.
wood; WIN. Scott and Frank O'Brien, two
variety showmen. for asssultipg and robbing
one Il. A. Forester about ten DAYS ago.
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An Unmerciful Man

John johnson, coored teamsler, while
driving his wagon along Ross avenue in the
vicinity of Alderman Billiards. residence,
without the slightest provocstion, began to
sdHilI ls'er a series of cruel blows to his
horses which SO enlisted the sympathy of
mat gentleman that he came out and asked
him to stop. He informed Mr.. Ballard that
theteam belonged 10 him, and that he would
D. at them as much as he pleased. He was
arrested and fiaed Eve dollars for cruelty 10
animals. ~
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A Fis niuC pnrIy-

John Kay aud Frank Caulhorn, accou,red
with tackle rods and bsit, repaired to Cedar
spring lake yesterday afternoon, to indulge in
a four hours recrealian and sport, expecting
AZ the same tim % blend a little prof, with
their pleasure Tbcy were gone but few
hours until they re urned with a fine string
one In numhrr Nv
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SeuerOus Neighbors

"hs'ever may be said against Texas, the
,olowlng viii challenge the admiration o,
poop'e EVERYWHERE; A man named Russell
came 70 Texas in the spring and rcntei n
piece oil lsrd near Mosquito. He was not we'll
gu IN worldly goods, as tho phrase goes but
try, and a., ""' I wv, 'oun-
snu epiaren s'l-.,s -.h l. he field One
usy isst week when II were all AT
work IN The field some distance from tho
mouse, the house. took ire and eysry,b;rc
they had was reduced to a heap of smonI.
derlng ruins. In two days the peoplt Of tho
nieiShborhooa had donated them thipes nv nv
FIRE, '""h oo'ore inc
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-11
Billiards extraordinary

The match game at billiards for the
"lank" Adams gold medal and cue will
come oil tonight at s o'clock, at the Board
Of Trade saloon billiard room, between
Messrs, ID. Calm and Frank Mum. The
game will be one hundred points no, tue
three ball French csrom-. game. Both these
gentlemen are foe ameteur billisrdists, and
they will make the game very exciting and
entertaining.
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Reading via tho Memphis and Charleston
railroad (Ch'ckssaw roule) are now on sale
at principal coupon ticket offices to Cbatta.
neogs, knoxvi Ia, Bristol, Lynchburg, Nor
folk, charlottesville ard White Sulphu,
springs. These tickets are good to return
until Oct 3ls'. First class coaches run with,
out change by this line from Little X ok Ia
Chattanooga and sleeping cars arc attached
to all night trains. Maps, time tables, prices
OF tickets, and guide books giving full dis.
crlption OF the public and private summer
resorts of East Tennessee and Virginia will
DO forwarded on application to the under
signed. ~
las TIE. 's'"' ~"
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Local 0ptiou.

H.. every one who knows Chris. Rintleman, go.
n MAJ, popular, wholo.soulod Chris, is in favor
E o. Patron,z'ng his Local Option" saloon G in
" rof' worth. And those who don't know u,
MN should make his acquaintance ;mmaS S"
SS.e,y on srivlng there for he keeps the has,
handmade sour mash Monarch whisky n S hs
'ound IN the south. He also makes snec;s, ts
Oh Improvement Cigars" which ara withon,
asuper,or IN the state. DON'T forget 10 call
on inc Local Option, and you will bs harny
prosperous. and die respected and lamonts aa'