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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.


FARMEE's PuDp1xa. One cup Of ln-
dian meal, one half cup Of Aour. ono
half cup Of sugar, moisten with little
milk. Boil three pints Of milk, pour
slowly on the meal, and stir until quite
thick !; add one-half cup Of molasses and
Q little salt. Bake in an earthen dish
two hours. ss.st "
FRrRD APPLES AND BAcoN.-Pare
some good-favored tart apples and slice
them round. Fry thin slices Of bacon
crisp and brown, take out the meat and
keep it warm while you fry the apples
In the same fat. Arrange the slices Of
apples on hot platter, and the bacon
over them, and serve hot.
To SETTLE COFFEE. settle coffee
without eggssput the ground coffee
two table-spoonfuls or more, according
to the size Of the family-to soak over
night in a teacup Of water. In the
morning add more water, and put it on
to boil, boiling fifteen or twenty min
utes then fill in what water is neces-
sary, and pnt tn sas sspot on the
stnEa- Iu f:teon ma.aeasit will be as
clear as amber.
HosuNY CRoouErTrs. Mix / table
spoonful OF melted butter with pint Of
fine, cold, boiled hominy. Add tea
spoonful each of salt and sugar and two
beaten eggs Beat until smooth then
make into small cakes or balls, flour
each one well, ami fry in butter or drip
ping, or both. They will be nicer if
dipped In beaten egg, rolled in fine
cracker crumbs, and fried like dough-
nuts. Drain and serve hot. p.
FRENCH RoLLs.-Mix quart Of luke
warm milk with quart of -four. q spoon
full of melted butter, teaspoonful Of
salt and half cup of yeast: keep it
warm till risen, then work in -four 10
make sufficiently stiff to mold, then
rise again, then roll out and cut into
small pieces and mold into small rolls
let them remain in the pans few min
utes before baking in quick oven.
LIGHT BLANKETS. is q good
deal of sense in the following advice :
Never use anything but light blankets
to cover the sick. The heavy, impervi-
GUS counterpane is bad, for the reason
that it keeps the exhalations from the
pores Of the sick person. while the
blanket allows them to pass through.
Weak persons are invariably distressed
by great weight Of bed clothes, which
often prevent their getting any sound
sleep whatever.
BEETs. Ono Of the most satisfactory
ways to cook beets is to bake them !:
when boiled, even if their jackets are
left on, a great deal Of the best part of
the beet is dissolved and 90 lost. It
will, Of course, take a little longer to
bake than to boil them, but this IL no
objection; allow from fifteen to twenty
minutes more baking; slice them and
heat them ss you would if they boiled.
One nice way to serve them is to chop
them fine. After they are cooked. sea-
son with pepper, salt and bntsAr. r
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
BROOKHAyEN. MISS. THuRsDAY NOVEMBER 8, 1882.
sHERIpAg,s EAAoUs RIDE.

S8sfafEksE q
In very short time everything and
everybody was in confusion, each one
asking of the other what III was all
about. Cavalry coils iwesa heard in
every direction. while the long roll Of
the infantry on our left was plainly
s1dibles IN was, indeed, " most COM
plete surprise to every one, particularly
to the infantry camps on the extreme
front, many Of the men being shot or
bayoneted in their beds No one thought
Gen. Early any nearer than Staunton
at least. Saddles were hastily packed and
horses led into iine nwaiting the order
to mount, while those Of orir men who
had made such elaborate preparations
for spending the winter at this camp
showed their disgust and disappoint-
ment by sayaga-growls and language
which is not found in any book OF
pious nature. ia sbe fog slowly lifted,
there began rush, scramble, stampede,
or by whatever name it may be called.
They passed us on tho iltn. singly and
in Squads many with. onls thare under
nlnthin- on. Other .,4i .y>r 1:ed, while
very few carried t.tlr nh,sh' Is. Sur
prise and fear seemed to mol,opolize all
their faculties Their sons thought was
to get to the rear and get their quickly.
As daylight increased TIE firing became
louder, and the flash OF artillery added
to the general confusion. Most of the
fugitives belonged - tie Eighth corps,
and amid the ex, :a,' panI, stricken
crowd their o''ia"r- salnly begged,
threatened and roiun ',d"d them to halt
and form. Appeal were il, Ta:a every
man seemed intcHt upoa securing his
own personal safety by fight, and 60
ing on the old maxim: every fellow
for himself, and the devil take the hind
most"
1t was at this time, when every one
felt sure our army would be either
captured or cut to pieces, that Sheridan
himself appeared on the field. Mount
cd on large black horse, he came on q
gallop with his hat in hand, his every
appearance denoting anger and excite
ment. As he passed us he shouted:
"Steady, lads, we'll give 'em - yet
This wouldn't have happened if I had
been here" AS he continued the men
gave him cheer after cheer. Every one
felt the inspiration of his presence, and
we all felt that somehow or other he
would bring us safely through. Army
trains were turned into the fields and
parked and many stragglers ran back
voluntarily TO the front. Sheridan's
staff, unable to keep up with him, came
galloping by, one by one. Firing grad
ually ceased altogether, our lines were
withdrawn short distance and re-
formed, while the cavalry were massed
and took position on the fanks, Custer
on the right and Merritt on the left.
Before sundown our victory was COM
plete.- W. +. Mackay, ia Philadelphia
Weekly Times. , ..ff.r-. .s r...
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
WHY BEES PREFER TO FORK IN
DARKNESS.

We all know the appearance of honey,
and we know that after it has been
strained it will crystalline and become
practically sugar. An experiment has
recently been made to ascertain the rea-
son of this change, and this experiment
has led up to the discovery why bees
work in the dark. It had heretofore
been suspected that the change in the
appearance and consistency of honey
was owing to Photographic action -
that is, to the same agency which af-
fectA the iodide IF silver ON the plate in
photography. Mr.. Scheiber's expert
ment confirms this view. This gentle
man inclosed some honey in TASKS well
corked some Of the bottles he excluded
from the light. The honey in the TASKS
exposed to light soon crystallizod; that
in the bottles in darkness underwent no
change and continued liquid. Now, as
the existence of young bees depends
upon the liquidity of the food, the in.
stinct OF the bee is made manifest in ex-
cluding the light, and this is the reason
why bees work in the dark-d they did
not obscure their hive windows the food
would be useless.
! ~ kYsA fkk 2 ~ g. q
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
"DON'T YOU KNOW HOUR OWN
JOHNNY?n es

A South Carolina man, named John
Dorsey, accompanied by his wife, whose
name was Sac, went out foon-hd Ating.
At last coon was treed, and John said.
"Sue. I'll climb up the tree and shake
him down, and you club him." So up
be went and began shaking utinstead
Of dislodging The 'cvon he shook himself
down. and his wife, perhaps not discov-
ering the mistake. belabored him sound
", and only stopped when her uniortu-
nate husband yelled out. s Don't you
know your own Johnny" 1853 w
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
KATsE,s ANSWER.

Y
Ooh, KAt,e's rogue, It 10 true,
Dut her eyes, like the sky, arc 10 blue,
An her dimp.es 10 swate.
An hsr ankles so nate,
ehe dsssd, and she bothered me, too.
TIN one murnin' We whit for ridc,
Mhin, demure rs bride, by my side,
The darant, she sst, sSta
Wild the wickeisst hat
z 'Neefh pursy gtrlb chin ever lied. a
An my heart, arrah thin how Il hs,ef
For my Kate looked 20 temptn an swste.
Wild checks like the roses
An I'll tho red posies va
That grow IN her garden SO nats
Bat rat Just o. mute ~ the dead,
TIL she said, w:d a t,ss Of her head:
:" II I'd known that to-day
Ye'd h,ya ut lin. t, sty,
I'D have gone wild my cousin, instead" 81
Thin fe't myxef grow yery bowld,
Fer knew she'd not scold II / towid
Nv the love In my heart
That wanij niyer depart, -
Though lived to be wr.ak,ed and old.
. An I raid "If dared To do no,
I'D lit go nv the bahtc, an I'd throw
Both arms round yer waist
An be stclin' taste
Nv thin ps that are coGxin' me So" ~
Thir she b,urhea q more Elegant red,
An she raid, xidout rsisln her head,
An her eyes loosin down
Meath her lntheA NO brown: -
Would You like me to dariye, Misther Ted 2"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
NAUxxcAL.

Husband Gokingly) =" Oh, I'm. the
mainstay Of the family. " Wife. Yes,
and the jibboom and the-and the
Small boy arom experienced -" And the
spanker, too, mamma" ''S ~ goa
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
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In the Rgi.isi; navy Ulcers aud men
mayweer oil ttr~fscesha;v they can grow,
but in the ai,ny except on foreign SER
vice, boards are tibeoed. In most Of
the continental armies similar restric-
tons are in force, but in Belgium they
are more liberal, and during the present
month the Minister Of War has issued q
general order to the effect that, mas
much as he hears that in some cases
boards have been prohibited, he must
remind oil commanding officers that, by
. Ministerial decision Of 1870, all men
in the army may wear their faee-hair
just as they please: In France we,ters
are vigorously prohibited ffom wearing
! fnustache, and the came rulcl atiainsin
leading restaurants In New Tork. "A
gentleman lately got y young man
placs IN one Of these establishments,
but, though very anxious TO SO, no
loved his mustach better than lucre, and
declined the place. -Nes0 York Sun.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09

A FRENca artist gaso his las
porter to convey to the salA
careful, be careful" said he,
ureis scarcely dry" "Oh, never M--4,.,
exclaimed the porter; "my clothes are
old - s.%
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-11-09
A JUVENILE RIDDLE.

The family were telling riddles one
evening, and the 5-year-old told this:
Four little hopper-toads sat on tree;
Two hoped of, and then there were three.
Nobody could guess it. "Well," sh.
explained, Zone Of them hoped right
back again"
"Who told you that riddle ?" askea
mamma.
Nobody" replied the little O,
thunk it up myself"
Huntsville gazette., 1882-07-08
Liberals In North Carolina.

WAsHINGroN, June 25.-Mr. Hubbs, the
one Republican Representative from North
Carolina, has returned from the Republi-
can Convention in that State and gives the
most encouraging report of the prospects
of the Coalition movement. He said to
Tribune correspondent: ''Thc situation in
North Carolina is exactly Shat | predicted
in talk with you some months ago. The
Republicans and Liberal Democrats have
ioined hands, and have nominated COM
plete ticket, and if the election should be
held to-day. would. believe, carry the
State by "a majority of 25,000. The Bour-
bons will make desperate fight: they will
beg, threaten and bully, and at the last
they will set up the cry of a whit7 mans
government. They will either gain on US
little or they will go all to pieces. In
either case their defeat seems inevitable.
The nominations on the Coalition ticket
have been divided most evenly between the
Republicans and Liberal Democrats, The
candidate for Congressman at large Dock
cry, is Republican, and George N. Folk,
the candidate for Justice of the Supreme
Court, is Democrat, Confederate colo
mel of cavalry. His previous standing in
the party is shown by the fact that it was
he who placed Gov. Jarvis in nomina-
ton at the time he was nominated. He
has been one Of the counsellors of the par
ty.
"Three of the six nominees for judges of
the Superior Court are Democrats, and two
are stlaight Republicans, and one, w. A.
Guthrie, in the Fourth district, was a Han
cock Republican, very able and indie
pendent man. F. H. Darby, the candidate
for Judge of the Superior Court for the
Third district, is young man, who is now
city attorney of Wilmington. He resigned
the craftsmanship of the Democratic Com
mittee in that county in order to accept
this nomination. 1t is formidable ticket.
The men on it are mostly from forty to
fifty years of aga; men who have developed
since the war. And in that class lies the
hope of the South. Eleven Democratic
papers in the State, out of about forty, sup
port the new movement. The Lib eral
Democratic Convention was not mass
meeting. 1t was body Of $50 delegates
elected by county organizations. The par
ty is fully organized. The Republican
Convention was the largest and most en-
thusiastic ever seen in the State. Both
parties have complete organizations, and
will cooperate at every point" Speaking
of the Congressional delegation, Mr.. Hubbs
said "North Carolina will, in my opinion,
surely have four Republican Congressman
in the next House, and perhaps five, be-
ides the candidate for Congressman at
arge."
Huntsville gazette., 1882-07-08
COIored journal,

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and fair play for all men in the race Of
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highest aud noblest attributes of the intel
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appeal and demand for him an equal chance
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and the affairs of life generally, is hign
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Huntsville gazette., 1882-07-08
PERSONAL.

Our Editor, Chas. Hendley Jr, in
company with Messrs. A. w. McCul.
lough, Sandy Bynum, Henry Binford,
Joe Burton and Geo. l.. Davis left
on the 9Th, inst, to attend the Repub
hcan State Conyention at Montgom-
cry.
MIR. Chas E. Harris, made flying
trip to Tuscumbia and Nashville this
week.
Percy Ware, has returned from Bir
mingham.
Mr. searcy McCally has returned
from Chattanooga.
Mlss Lucy D. Jones is teaching the
YAK Hlll School near Pearsoa's Mills.
Mrs. Kate Peasants lett on Monday
night for Nashville.
nrs' Ella Drift of Chattanooga is
hu the city visiting friends.
Miss Kate Taylor is visiting friends
In Nashville.
~ d, j. W. Raines. Deputy Revenue
.Olector' from Montgomery, spent a
i
'sS days with his family.
MAJ. J. H. sloss, attended the
"'eenoack and Independent Confer
',e at Birmingham on the 9TH INST.
On Mf' Sidney Pentecost and P. Nc.
aud many other Huntsvillians
:" ,' among tho excursionists to Nash
vile.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-07-08

from eleven TO ten hours, threatening
the lives of any Of their number who
return to work.
Birmingham complains of a scarcity
of poultry and eggs.
A Mobile righteous? judge sentenced
a coiored girl to twenty days on the
chain gang for stealing a bottle of
pickle. '~'"
Cullman has the Marriage Insurance
craze liko a number of its more pre-
tentions sister cities.
: The tide of immigration seems to
have set in this direction at last. The
South h-bound train, Sund y, brought
sixty two immigrants direct from Sax
ony. Germany. They are farmers,
some with capital, and most of them
with means to render them self-sus-
tanning for one year. They are hard
v looking set, and just such men as
needed to open up and develop new
country. They have Brass Band and
make good music. They are now
!, respecting for homef in the country
and the Messrs. Cullman are exert
ing themselves to get them properly 10
Gated AS many more are looked for
in about eight days. Let them come,
we have room enough for thousands.
- .Cnlizoan L1amigyane.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-07-08
STATE NEWS.

Scott, a young colored graduate of
Limestone Co., secured clerkship in
Washington by Col. loves influence.
L. M. P. Watkins, of Courtland, has
a $1,000 clerkship i'll Washington.
The peach crop is the largest for
years.
Blount Springs had its opening ball
on the night of the Fourth.
Paul Ravesies has been nominated U /.
S. Consul at Tuxpan.
Jere Haralson is being pushed for
Congress in the Fourth District.
Trinity school at Athens, has been
taught by Mrs. Wells for IL years
Decatur proposes to build college
for its youth.
Emerson Institute. at Mobile, is be-
ing rebuilt at cost of $1,000.
A Baptist protracted meeting at Bir-
mingham resnlted in ~ converts.
j. M. Collier, of Gadsden, has take n
out patent for grinding mill.
A colored boy was thrown and in
stantly killed by mule at Montevallo
last week.
Arthur w. Ashley the printer who
killed j. j. Lyons, IA editor aud coun-
ty judge, at Dilmer, Texas, April 7th,
was arrested in the Selma Times office
Monday.
Ben F. Tingle is running as an In
dependent candidate for the legislature
in Walker county
No county conventions will be held
in Jefferson, Calhoun, Bibb, DeKalb,
and some otner counties.
The Pratt coal mines have over 500
miners employed and mine over 100
tons of coal per day.
Nearly 40 colored miners employed
by the Sloss iron mines near Clanton
have struck for the shOrteningOf hours
Huntsville gazette., 1882-07-08
A Foolish Mistake.

Don't make the mistake of confoun-
ding a remedy of merit with quack
medicines. Wespeak from experience
when we say that Parker's Ginger
Tonic is a sterling health restorative
which will do all that is claimed for it
We have used it ourselves with the
happiest results for Rheumatism and
when worn out by work. See adv
ZINES.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-07-08
The Democratic County Con-
yentiOn.

i
! ventiOn.
| From the AdOocate.
Col. L. H. Scruggs Chairman,
called the Democratic County Con-
vention to order, at noon Monday.
Nominations for State Senator
were declared in order, and the fol-
owing names were presented, John
d. Brandon Esq, (by Anderson
)ouglass) Judge E. G, Belts, (by
oteptoe Pickett) Hon. Francisco
lice, Ex-senator, (by Dr. r, A. Pet
tv,) DIR. Rice declined to allow his
name to be used, and it was with
drawn. The result of the first ballot
was, Brandon, 72B, Belts, 35B, w, L.
Clay, | Is, necessary to a choice, 755.
Before the second ballot, Mr. Pickett
Withdrew the name of Hon. E. G.
Betts,and Capt. Brandon was nomi-
uateu Dy acclamaL1On.
Candidates for the Legislature
We're then put in nomination as fol-
lows, DR.. VIM. F. Jordan Maysville,
Nathan Rowe, Triana, A. Whited,
New Hope, DR.. G. r. Sullivan, Mad
ison, I. B. Kelley, Cluttsville, B.
G. Lanier, Lanier's. Messrs. Rowe,
and Jordan, were nominated on the
first ballot. After the 2ad ballot
the names of Messrs. Sullivan and
Lanier were withdrawn. and Mr..
Kelley was nominated by acclama-
ton. The Convention adjourned
after selecting the following dele
gates to the Congressional Conven-
ton in August.
Huntsville and New Hope-Princi-
pals, VIM. Richardson, Daniel Cole
man, George Butler. Alternates L.
FL. Scruggs, S. j. Mayhem, J. B. White
Hayes Store and Madison X Roads,
=. M. JOHcS dllcIHato, LII. IL. "A.
Petty.
Meri lianville and Wells. Geo. G..
Saunders; alternate, Newman Jones
Curleysville and Owens X Roads,
T. B. Connally; altern lte, Chas. Pike.
| New Market and Plevna, DR.. Fran
cisco Rice; alternate, w. b. Jones.
Whitesburg, w. F. Garduer; alter
nate, w. ID. Collins.
| n al
nate, o. C. Davis.
Poplar Ridge and Golfers, JnO. I'll.
Atchley; alternate, w. j. Spivey.
Triana and Lanier's, B, G.. Lanier
Sr.; alternate, Harris Toney
Cluttsville and Clouds Cove, w. M
Douglass alternate, j no. A. Turner.
Madison, Sttptoe Pickett; alternate,
j. r. SpraginS.
Maysville, II. P. Bone; alternate, r.
p. Whitman.
No resolutions or platform OF
any kind were adopted. The Con
vention, assembled for the pur
pose of fixing up the offices and
Court House business, and having
done so, adjourned. Not one ques-
ton of interest to the people was
even discussed. The election laws,
the Public Schools, the County
Court, the Convict system, Immi
gration,- nothing for the relief of
the people was limited at by this
wire pulling, and wire pulled Court
House crowd, called Democratic
Convention.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-07-08
FINE HEAR ES,
Notice for Publication
Land Office at Huntsville, Ala,
1000

Land Office at Huntsville, Ala,
June Il, lSS2.l
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settler has filed notice of
his intention to make final proof in sup
port of his claim, and secure final entry
thereof and that said proof will be made
before G. G. Mckay, Clerk OF Circuit
Court of Marion Co., on the 10Th July
1882. Homestead 40SS for West-half
Northeast-querter, Southeast-quarter
NoItheast-quarter and Northeast-quar-
ter Southeast-quarter Section 30 Town
ships Range IL West-Thos. J. Bur-
nett-To prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation of said tract and
names the following as his witnesses,
viz: Jesse Cole, VIM. Norris, Barney
Brock and Josh Hill, All of Ark, Win
ston Co., Ala.
June 17-5-w. JNO. M. CROSS,
Register.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-07-08
TAa Huntsville Gazette,
FOR 1882.
THE PEOPLES PAPER.

THE GAZETTE lives because it is neces-
sity. The peculiar state of affairs which
called it into existence mapped out its
course and decided its policy and prinei-
pies. Steadfast and fixed in these, its
growth in circulation and influence has
continued since its establishment in No
vember, 1879, until to-day, it is known
and read in the remotest parts of the Union.
While in Alabama it has become house,
hold word in nearly every colored family,
finding its way to fresides visited by no
other journal 1t goes on its weekly mis-
sion not only throughout our own State,
but to hundreds Of eager readers in adjoin-
ing States.
In its distinctive field as
Huntsville gazette., 1882-07-08
Leading Republican journal

of Alabama, again renews its faith in Re-
publican principles, having a conviction
that those principles, If enforced in prae-
tice, are better calculated to bring peace
and prosperity to the country, and equal
rights and fair play to it's citizens 1t re-
serves the right, as Republican journal.
to independent criticism of measures and
men within the party, whenever. in its
judgment, such criticism is due to the good
of the country.
While adhering to Republican princi-
Piles, it recognizes the political condition
in Alabama, and shall advocate
A Fair Election and an honest Count,
Free schools, Economy I'm Public Ex.
Fenditures- The Repeal of the present
Election Law, and a wiping out OF the
present Inhu Convict System.
1t will join hands with all elements
in favor of these reforms and just public
measures for their accomplishment
Those in search of a reliable, chaste,
and useful weekly newspaper for family
reading, will find the GAZETTE q valuable
visitor,