The Arizona sentinel., 1882-01-28

I
 happy in their bare feet. How
 are those for climate? Apr1p0s
 of the weather, Eastern weather
 prophets say the wild duo and
 other fowl have an uuusuai
 amount of down this fall, and
 predict therefrOm hard winter
 For my part, 1 do not doubt their
 infallible CD signs; and fur fur
 ther proof in the premise will
 state that my pig has double
 twist in his tail and exhibit 0th-
 CT eccentI icities which are said,
 by the "knowing ones," to be
 ''gOod indications"
 1 Here IS an item ] wish nailed
 before that fiend Of St. Jacob Oil
 gets it within his terrible grasD.
 It is new, else it has not made
 the grand rounds: "Ben Hillard
 of Washington county. Georgia,
 is perhaps the greates. sufferer
 in the world. He has heen thir- ty- three years in his bed, endur-
 ing the most excruciating agony
 from rheumatism, unable 10 move any part of his body, ex- cept his lower jaw, and to slight ly shrug his shoulders. For all those long years of suffering his joints have been as stiff as if grown together solid"
 l read the above excerpt, in- wardly smiling at the "prufes- sional honor," and supposed sim plicity of the fraud, thinking 1 would most assuredIy "strike Uil' further down. After reading the papagraph I was dumfound ed blank me, if wasn't. IrubHed
 my peppers and re-read it Still there it was, with not word about St. Jake, or his infallible oil
 The SENTINEL of December 24 brought to this part the news of the discovery of the Jeannette. Being somewhat enthused over tl.e item, and innocen!ly suppns- ing others would be likewise, I | rushed out, and, meeting a citi' zen, informed him of the fact. ]" We'll" said he, "I've been l thre>hiDg for the last two mouths. and haven't had no time to read the papers. Didn't know | it was lost. Who lost it?" 1 was thoroughly diSgusted, ant "thOught this think": Where is the use of getting excited over such matters. Here was a We'll | to do citizen who didn't care a cu-s whether or not | the Northwest plssage was ever discOverad:-fuOd for reflection. The birth-place of Homer and of ''the man who struck Billy Pat terson," as also the site of Troy aud of StratU'S Tower, are mat ters of the merest conjecture ts people of the 19,h century Such rnOmentous facts should never be let in doubt and uncertainty: therefore, the writer hereof will state, (with all due mnlesty), for the benefit of future historians, that HE Was born in the great state of Indiana, U. 5. A., AnO Dom., 1S43 A certain sage says: "If a man walks into d public bar and takes drink, and the press should chronicle that fact, he, and the public, might call it maliciOus on the part of the press; but if he le d in prayer mee ing, and stands at the StreeI corners crying, see how holy am,' the Case is different" If he captures the innocent @ 3it,le lam bkins of his flock under the cloak of re- Iigion it is then in the interest of veracity that he be shown up hy the press. On the other hand, if he makes no preientions to pi- ety or morality, aud gets away with an occasional "inuOcent," where is the sense of crying Wolf?
 There is certain amount of respect due a pirate, who hOists [ flag of his calling at the mast head, and nails 1t there; for he in fact says: "Yes. am pirate. 1 do not sail under false cOIOr-. Capture and hang me If you can." Where would be the sense in !