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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-29
Kansas Letter.

From the Shield and Banner, of Mans
field, Ohio, we clip the following very
interesting letter, written by Col. L.
Swigart, Of Newbern township. The
letter doesn't overrate our county the
least bit; if any fault can be found with
it, we should say that it was in it's great
modesty. The Col. is evidently in love
with Dickinson county; she has wooed
and won him, and he wouldn't 90 back
to Ohio for all the rock-ribbed, hilly
farms of that State. But he has a
Buckeyes love for his native State, for
all that, and he even wants the next
President to be an Ohio man. Here is
the letter:--EDs.
ABILENE, KANs., Nov. 16, 'S3.
MT. EditOr:-Through your courtesy.
I will through the columns of your pa
per express few thoughts to my old
friends in Richland county. In 1878
we reluctantly left the county of Rich
land, to which we had become much at
tached, to take up our abode on the
great plain of what we once knew as
the ''Great American Desert When
we arrived here the outlook was not
very encouraging; the country was not
thickly settled, and those that were
here were living in very poor houses,
and, in fact, in rather hard circum-
stances. Land was worth from So to
$40 an acre; and it was hard to find a
landowner who was not anxious to
sell. Notwithstanding all this, 1 be-
ieve that all of the Richland colony.
composed of about forty families, have
stuck to it and are now doing well.
The first year that we were here we
had very fair crops, but for the next
three years they were light; for the last
two years, however, we have had an
of everything. The least
crop of wheat that l have had in any
year here was 900 bushels.
Dickinson county, where 1 live, had.
In 1882, an average of % bushels of
wheat per acre. This year the average
is about % bu. Corn is yielding from
40 to 100 bu., oats, about so bu.; and
barley about 80 bu. per acre. Potatoes, |
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-29
The Harmonizer.

The Denver NeacS is trying to work
up big boom for ex-senator Chaffee
as being the most available nominee OF
the Republican national convention fol-
President. The Neacs says that although
efforts are being made to reconcile the
Grant and Blaine factions of the party.
the result will be unsatisfactory. Oil
will not quiet the troubled waters. and
Grant and Blaine will never kiss and
make up. Therefore, man must be
nominated who would be acceptable to
both factions, and ex-senator Chaffee
Is pre-eminently this man. Besides be-
Ing the warm, personal friend of both
Grant and Blaine, the.ex-Senator is able
to advance campaign slush-fund 1.-THE
largest in the history of American poll
tics" This is good reading, and seems
to intimate that the Republicans must
again depend upon money for success.
Not wishing to spoil the pleasure of an
tlcIpatlon we remark, in a foot note or
side parenthesis, as it were, that the
republicans may nominate whom they
please. The democrats will have the
responsibility of electing the next pres
ident.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-29

beets, cabbage, etc., have done exceed
ingly WELL
This is a great fruit country, but the
most Of our orchards are quite young.
There are a great many good bearing
orchards in our county, however. Mr..
Shepherd, one of my neighbOrs, had
lover 1000 bushels of the finest kind of
apples this year.
L do not wish to eulOgiZe this coun-
try too highly, but will say, that after
being in nearly One-half the states of
the Union, think this is the greatest
country l have yet seen. must tell
you that / have no inclination to farm
the hills 1 once farmed; and l would
not return to my old farm in Richland
county to live if it were made a present
to me. The fact is, that am so woOed
to this country that could not be in
duced to leave it. We 60 Out~with our
sulky ploWs and go to work without
having to first grub out the roots and
haul away the stones. Our harvest is
much earlier than yours. Six men with
a header will cut and put twenty acres
of wheat in the stack in day. When
our wheat is cut it is stacked and ready
to thresh. We can 60 to our other
work. The truth is that farm work
here is not attended with half the
trouble that it is in the east.
This country has made a wonderful
development since we came here. Land
has increased in value until it now really
sells from $40 to 500 an acre. Good
buildings have gone up, farms imprOv-
ed, and the raw prairie has changed in
to beautiful homes. We have good
churches, good schools and good society,
and everything looks prosperous. We
do not say this to entice persons here.
While we should be glad to welcome
any of our Ohio friends, we would not
advise them to come here to locate I'M
til they have first seen the country; and
l will say right here that the latch string
is always out. Come and see us.
must not close this letter without
first complimenting you over the recent
grand result in my old State. watched
with much anxiety the Ohio campaign
and nothing could have given me more
pleasure than the result. Ohio now
shakes hands with bleeding Kansas.
We hope that the Ohio Legislature will
elect Senator without pulling hair. We
are now upon the threshold of nation
al campaign and we cannot afford to
have any division in the ranks.
Permit me before closing to say that
we would be pleased to see Judge Thur
man, my old tried and true friend NOM
mated for President. He is one of the
best men in America, and, may l say,
the father of our country; and we would
but do well to honor him with the high |
est Office in the gift of the American
people. With Judge Thurman for
President, and G. w. Click, of Kansas,
for Vice-President, we will march for
ward to the grandest victory ever
achieved by any political party.
Mr.. Editor, had not expected to
write so much. You will please excuse
an old subscriber for taking so much of
your valuable space. l subscribed for
the Shield and Banner in 1916, and
through all those 81 years 1 have re-
ceived every number. 1 look upon it
as my old ''Stand-by," and hope to read
it as long as l am permitted to read any
thing.
Expressing my regards to the Shield
md Banner and its many friends, am,
Yours truly,
Col. l.. SwIGART.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-29
Beecher and Protection.

Henry Ward Beecher presided at a
WatterSOnian free trade meeting in New
York, last week, and in presenting Hen
ry Watterson, the speaker, Mr.. Beecher
said:
''As to the charge that I am repub-
ican, 1 do not deny it, but they do not
own me. Every citizen must do what
he can do to further the ends of the
government, and he can only do this by
working with one of the great political
parties. L am also clergyman, but only
by courtesy. am citizen, and 1 am
here to perform my duties as SUCH"
Beecher went on to say he believed
the protecting system was a grinding
oppression on the poor men of the coun-
try. If it was right to tax clothes, and
books and pictures and iron, it could
not be wrong to tax ministers, and yet
he did not intend a tax should be put
upon such men as DR.. Taylor and DR..
Hall. 1t was perfectly consistent with
the theory of protectionists.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-29

anything, but one or two breaks in the
political horizon let in a great deal OF
light and showed where the democrats
stood. Perhaps it would be useless to
call to mind the whisky frauds and dis
graceful rings which were exposed and
broken by the democratic Congress of
1872. No doubt it would be equally flu
tile to speak of the Credit Mobilier and
Central Pacific land grants and boun-
ties, the most disgraceful events of the
century, which were shown up by a
democratic Congress. Coming down to
a later period we have the electoral steal
of 1876, which the democrats had moth
ing to do with. 1t might be folly to
point to the republican corruption fund
of 1880; the treasury steals and the log
rolling schemes; the fraud and thieving
of the interior department and other
evils too numerous to mention which
the democrats have exposed to the light.
And it would be very unkind to refer
to the gallant and effective fight which
Gov. Click is waging against the rail-
road land frauds of this State, whereby
a million acres of land have been res
tored to market, an excess of certified
lands to the roads in other instances
has been proved, and the railroads
forced to take out patents and pay tax
es on lands which have been for years
freed from taxation. And yet, ''every-
time the Democratic party has been
tried it has failed"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-29
Congress.

Congress will meet next Tuesday, and
the eyes of the country will eagerly
watch for the result of the election for
Speaker of the House. The people are
clearly aware of the great Importance of
this struggle. There is more in it than
mere sectional lines. 1t is a fight be-
tween oppressive monopolies on the one
side and the producing classes on the
other, and it is almost impossible to
guess at the result,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-29
A Harmless Diversion.

Republican papers, as rule, are tax
ing great deal of trouble lately in find
ing the right kind of a man for the dem.
ocrats to nominate for president next
year. This solicitous kindness is wholly
gratuitOus, however, and truth compels
us to state that republican advice to
democrats is very rarely followed. But
republican papers should not be forbid
den the pleasure of specializing in dem
ocratic political futures. The democrats
will elect the next president, and our
republican friends deserve the con-
sideratiOn of amused kindness, at least.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-29
Give Us An Easy One.

What has the Democratic party done
for the country?-Gazette.
Owing to peculiar condition of
things which has existed in this coun-
Try tor the last twenty years, the Dem
ocratic party has had little chance to do
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-11-29
Do Not Satisfy.

The postal notes have proved fail
ure and no business man will regret it.
The demand for them has steadily fall
len off of late, and it is probable their
issue will be discontinued by the next
congress. The money order system can
be made to cover all the needs Of the
country for small remittances by mail.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-03
African Rabies

One word for the black babies, writes a
London Telegraph correspondent from
the Stanley expedition on the Congo.
They are endowed with plentiful crops
of hair, which is finer in quality and less
curly than that of their parents. They
squat terribly, and often, I fear, from
= pure cussedness. When mother
can stand it no longer, she takes the
child, and, givingit a preliminary shake,
demands to know if it is going to be
good. This is the first time of asking,
and 10 infant with spirit would yield so
soon, SO its reply is generally defiant.
Then it is again shaken well, but now
its strangled sobs and agitation prevent
an intelligent reply to the repeated
question. A terrific p-and-down shak-
ing follows, ard the apoplectic babe can
only give an inarticulate gurgIe to it's
indignant mothor's thricerepeated in
quiry. Thereupon it is solen1nly and
abunduntly spanked, to the satisfaction
and ultimate tranquilltyo thelookers-
on. Baby nature and the methods of ma
ternal education are much the same all
the world over.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-03

we had come within a half mile of the
hospital when all at once the horse be-
gan to pull up and soon fell into a gen
tie trot. | tried to make him go faster
by clucking to him and striking him
gently with the whip, bat it was of no
use.s / couldn't understand what had
come over him until happened to turn
around and look at the poor fellow
lying IL the Ambulance. Tneu | knew
the reason-the mau was dead, That's
Lot the only case have had Ia which
my horse has discovered that the pa
tient was dead before we reached the
hospital.
: "How does he find it out? Blamed
if l know. He. beats all the horses l
ever saw. Itried to fool him one day.
The man in the wagon was dead when
we started, but being in 8 hurry to get
in as soon as possible whispered TO my
horse, struck him with the whip and en-
deaVored to make him think we had an
urgent case on board. It want no use.
He saw through it all and wouldn't
bulge out of slow trot. All I wish is
that he could talk. He'd make good
surgeon, he would.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-03
An Intelligent Horse.
From the New York Tribune.

tfrom the new 4ork tribune
The driver of Bellevue ambulance
stood on the pavement patting the
horses neck. The animal seemed to
enjoy the attention paid by the driver
and looked around In an intelligent way
as If to say, " We understand each 9th
er, don't we ?" 81 don't believe there's
a smarter horse IN New York than this
one" said the driver, passing his hand
over the smooth and shining coat of his
favorite. 81 have driven him for five
years and therefore know what / am
talking about. That horse can tell every
time when I have a stiff in the wag-
on and governs his pace accordingly. [
remember while ago of taking along a
man who had been injured on the ele-
waited road The fellow was all smashed
up when we started for the hospital, but
1 thought he might pull through If we
could only get in before death came.
That horse seemed to realize the impor-
Eance of reaching the hospital as soon
as possible. and tore down the street
like mad. All lad to do was to hang
on to the lines and ring the bell. Well.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-03
LIVING Curiosity.
(From the Rails County Record.I

lEEOul Tue halls COuuly hrCOEusl
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar EIzea, OF near
Mexico, No., the parents of the wonder
full limbless child, are visiting Mrs.
EIzea's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John L.
Brown, on Bush Breek. five miles south
of this city O Tuesday evening we went
out with Dr. Hendrix to see this great.
est living curiosity. The child is just
year old, robust and healthy with a
splendid shaped head and fine pair of
bright and intelligent. He is perfectly
formed except as to arms and legs.
Legs he has none, whatever His arms
are developed to half an inch beyond
the elbew. the elbow dimple being plain
ly visible near the end. They terminate
in smooth, round end, on one of which
there is awarty-looking growth, evident
ly an attempt of nature to form finger.
The little fellow has remarkably good
use of himself, and seems as light-hearted
and happy as bird. With the stubs of
arms he can turn a chicken bone
about in his mouth till the meat is
cleaned from it. If small coin is placed
upon the floor, he will roll himself to it.
and. pick it up in his mouth with the
greatest dexterity. The parents are
rather sensitive concerning their chlld's
incomplete development, and protest
that they will never consent to place
him upon exhibition, though they have
already received several tempting offers.
Mr.. Elzea has sold his farm In Audr8in,
and talks of settling in this county.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-03
BURGLARS at Peterhof.

The cars residences do not seem to
be as well guarded as formerly. The st.
Petersburg Viedomosti reports that IN
spite of the elaborate precautions that
have been taken the summer palace at
Peterhof was few nights ago entered
by burglars, who successfully eluded
the vigilance of the spies, detectives,
soldiers, servants and dogs employed to
guard the building, and, having broken
open doors, safes, cupboards and boxes,
made off with vast quantity of very
valuable booty. Among the vaJuables
stolen are number Of gold and sill
yer medals, an immense amount of Jew
elry belonging to the empress, and the
curious dishes in which the peasants
brought bread and salt to the late czar
at the time of the emancipation of the
serfs. The police have since arrested
about a score OF suspicious persons,
but it appears to be tolerably certain
that the thieves are still at large.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-03
"Cad . on His Travels.
fFrom the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal. ]


The New York Tribune ventures tC
name one of the g beats " of the English
aristocracy who managed to load them
selves on Uncle Rufus Hatch and Presi.
dent Willard. His shame is Lord Ouslow.
He begged an invitation, to beklu with,
and when he had fastened himself 90
his un inspected ho-r, 10 whom 81 lord
was lord aud 10 questions asked, he
madelt hot all around. He demanded
and got special car all for himself and
his suit This Car, owing TO his unpopu-
larity with his English fellows guests,
was hitched on to the rear of the train,
being the last but one, the baggage, be
ing in the very last car. He would per-
nit no one to pass through his car to
getto the bag gage, aud they all had to
wait till they reached a station aud then
travel round if they wanted access to
their baggage. He cost his hosts
81, 600 to haul him across the con-
tient and keep him IN grub wine and
cigars, and the mOuey YVES worse than
thrown away, because be was anuisance
and ignored as cad by the whole party.
Onslow was not, however the lord
that ordered the bill for his under clothes
sent to Uncle Rufe. That was another
one.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-03
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.


Under date of May 8, 1885, Col. s. F. TIBBIrTs, o
Dover, N. H. sends us the following s'WhiIe o n
duty in the army of the Potomac, in the swaDps o
the Chickahominy, contracted complication Of
diseases that eliminated in spinal trouble paralys
on one side, and severe disease of the kidneys an
bladder, and great urina weakness. FOR long tim
was under the treatment of the best oh ysiclan p
and tried many of the so-caIed remedies. but re
ceiVed no permanent benefit. When [ was in tn e
drug business in Boston heard favorable accounts
Of the efficacy CT Hunts Remedy for diseases of tn
kidneys and urinary organs, and having decided to
give it trial, purchased at Wingate's drug
store, Dover, N. H, and have received great relief
from using it. The severe pains in my back are re-
moved, and am able to sleep Goundly and obtain
rest at night-which for long time could not do
aud the weakness in the urinary gans has been
lieyed, and greatly regret that did not test the
great merits of Hunts Remedy when Was irt taken
sick. as am confident it would have saved from
feveral years of suffering and inlre strongly
convinced of this after hearing of che most remark
able cures effected by Huni's Remedy in of
Brights Disease h in midst in Dover. after
the patient had beeh pronounced incurlble by cee-
brated pbysicians."s -. ~
Mr.. Tibbitts is a retired druggist, formerly To-
Gated in Boston, and is thoroughly reliable citizen
Cor. ED,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-03
A Prayer OuicklY answered.
(From the New York Trlbune.I


An old sea captain who was converted
to faith in religion, and who earns liv-
ing by peddling patent medicines, yes
terday spoke of Jay Gould's account of
his praying for help when in trouble.
The old man added: 81 used to be
about as wicked as you make 'em,
lost my ship and was for a long time
sick and destitute. But turned to the
Lord. One day L was walkin' these
streets and was half-starved. l stood
still moment in front of block of
brown stone houses and put my hand
over my eyes and prayed God to help
nae. When I opened my eyes [ saw
futtering before me a dollar bill. 1t
must have been thrown out or have
blown out of some window. I looked
up and could see no one, so concluded
that the Lord had sent it to me, and I
was thankful. I have never been In
actual want since"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-03
Society Note.
From Texas siftings j


An old bachelor, who lives in the sub
urbs of Austin, hires colored man of
about Is to clean up his room, fill the lamp,
and perform like services. A few days
ago the colored domestic, who had been
using his employers blacking, said-
Boss, our blackin' am done ont.
"What do you mean,' growled the
sordid employer; everything belongs
to me and nothing belongs to you. L
want you to understand that nothing be-
longs to you"
The terrified darkey promised to com
ply with the request. On the following
Sunday the boss happened to meet the
colored mental, accompanied by a cho-
colate- colored female pushing a buggy.
"W Was that your baby in that car
riage?" he asked next day, quite num-
Der of his friends being present.
No, boss, OATS not our chile; OATS
your chile. Pse nebber gwine to say
muffin belongs to me, no NOAH.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-03
Hasn't the Chance of a Doc.

IFrOm Jne ArAansaW IraYeIer.J
Why don't you feed that dog 2" was
asked of an old negro. ''Why doan [
teed him?' Yes: why don't you
feed him?" "Why doan I feed my
seq Use as hungry as de dog is, an
sides dat he's got de advantage OBJ me.
He can go out an pick up piece OBJ
meat, an go bout his business an de
white folks doan say nuthin', but eff [
picks up suthin ter eat da wants ter slap
me in Jail, sab A niger amt got the
chance OBJ dog, nOhow.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-03


The animal fluids of the body when poorly ndAT shed,
become vitiated and eruptons appear on the
skin They Objectionable from their dist gurement
and vary in character from constant, uneasy sensa
ton to pos tive distress and severe pain Hoods
Sarsapaa co1rect the arrangement of the functions
enrches the fluids purlfes TIE blood and changes the
diseased condition to one of health aud vigor t.s
PimpIes.
HALFoRD FLYNN, of New FORK, had so many pImples
and bIotches his face that he ashamed He tried
various remedies without effect Hoods SarsapariIa
purified his blood, and all blemshes disappeared
RingwOrm.
My brother s victim to a humor which brings ring
worms all his face. He using Hoods Sarsapar
Ia and already is much benefited that his eyes are
longer affected He will continue its till
fully cured-L. f. HOWARD. Temple, n. H. r
Rheum.
My little boy so badly afflicted with humor that
we had to mitten his hands to keep him from rubbing
the Sores which itched and DISCHARGED watery mat
ter Before he had finished bottle of Hoods Sarsa-
para the were healed-B. j. CLEMENT. Mer-
chant, Warner n. II. rs-..
HOODS SarsaparilIa
Sold by Druggists 81 six for So Prepared only by
@. /. HOOD d CO., ADothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-03
The Cigarette Must Go.

[Fromthe New York Commercial Advertiser.I
Many young gentlemen in this city
and Brooklyn who pollute the fading
summer air with the bacteria exciting
cigarette are interested in the case of
Ann Woods, lady who recently died at
1O3 years. Ann began smoking of a
pipe about the year 1895, and kept it up
to The last year of her life. It is of
course pleasing to sensible people to
note that Ann despised a cigarette.
The cigarette must go.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-03

MENsMAN Peptorszed Beef Tonic, the only
preparation of beef containing its entire nutrj-
tious properties. 1t contains blood-mak ng,
force-generating and life sustaining properties;
Invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
proStration and all forms of general debility;
also, in all enfeebled conditions whether the
work of exhaustion, nervous prostratlon, over
work or acute disc particularly if resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard
q Co., proprietors, New York. Sold by druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-03
HIS FIRST HIGH HAT.

1 met him in the crowded street
Twas on a Sabbath morn
and on the gentle breezes sweet,
Rapentant, erriug man to greet,
The sound of bells wac borne.
He passed me with averted eyes
and stony downcast face;
His mien was cold, his look was shy,
His Vision bore a crimson dye,
And he quickened his tardy pace.
What was il. you ask, that made him so?
All! l can tell you that
1t was not coldness, you must know,
But woe, dear readeA mental woe;
He had on hif tirskhigh hat Puck.