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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-06-20
$l.OO PER YEAR.

year will find vast herds of cattle graz
ing on the prairies Of Stutsman and sd-
joining counties. The grazing here has
been proven as good as that of the Yell
lowstone Valley, in Montana, with the
advantage of being five hundred miles
nearer market, which is matter Of i'm
portant consideration With the stock
raiser and shipper. In view of the fore.
going facts, which are understated rather
than exaggerated, we do not think it
claiming too much to say that James
town and its tributary country offers su-.
perior inducements for the investment Of
capital IN any of the business enterprises
aud Industries named,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-06-20

The attorneys for Governor Ordway
knocked the bottom out of the Yanktou
scheme of in(lict,ng him for bribery in q
certain county organization. In their
zeal for justice they seem to haye over.
stepped the bounds of jurisdiction. United
States Attorney Campbell cost the gov
ernment several thousand dollars, per-
haps, In procuring evidence in the mat
ter before the grand jury, which has all
gone for naught. THIS Ordway persccu-
ton ought to stop now, for the people
are anxious Tor rest on that programme.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-06-20

WHILE the determination Of Mr.. Til
den to renouncc politics and political
nomin stlons has been asserted aud given
to the press time aud again by his lnti-
mate personal friends, the further an
nouncement OF that purpose over his
own signature this week was a message
Of disappointment 10 the party through
out the country. Of this document the
Chicago Times says. "The democrats of
the country will be grlevously dlsap-
pointed and sadly discouraged by the
delermin at,cn of Hon. Samue: J. Tlltlen
not to be their candidate for the presi-
dency. While there are many able men
in the party, it IS certain that no enc of
them can possibly command the conf
dence Of the country IN the fHll degree it
has been held by Mr.. Tilden, and no
other name could awaken the enthusiasm
that would have been evoked by his. The
party has now but few days IN which
to consider the situation and determine
what is to be done. The national con-
vent,on, which meets less than month
hence, will be largely made up Of dele
gates pledged and instructed to vote for
Mr.. Tildcn. The latter's withdraw from
the field forces these delegates to decide
for whom their votes will be cast, with
out the time for deliberation and for con-
sulting their constituents that would
have been desirable. 1t IS not extrava-
CANT TO say that the publication Of Mr..
Tilden's letter must very greatly reduce
the party's chance Of success in the pend
ing canvass" .Ea- d.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-06-20

The handy legged, clothes pin proper
toned Carl Schurz, who was secretary of
of the lntericr department in the cabinet
Of Mrs. Hayes husband, is making him.
self conspicuous as member of the po-
litlcal firm OF Curtis, Puck & Co. now
doing snide political business under the
fictitious style of Independent Party with
principal Offices in Boston and New York.
This side show OF sacrificing patri OTIS and
| chronic kickers will furnish considerable
amusement during the campaign, as they
did in 1872 when they perpetrated the
great practical joke on the democratic
party of inveigllng the mossbacks into
endorsing Greeley as their candidate.
without stopping to inquire whether IN
doing so they were going to Greeley or he
coming to them.
We do not believe the demscratic party
has ever quite forgiven Carl Schurz for
that practical joke, and if it had the fact
of his going into the cabinet of the man
whom they claimed usurped the Office to
which Tilden was elected would make
them shy of him now. There is nots
democrat in the nation whose memory is
as long as from the present year of our
Lord back to ~ but what in his heart Of
hearts thinks ''d-n Carl Schurz."
THIS same independent tail is now try
ing 10 wag the democratic dog as IN 1872,
only on different tack Then these in
dependents, who called themselves liberal
republicans, took the lead by making the
nomination and entrapping the demo
cratic party into its support. They saw
that the democrats we're 80 lean and hun
cry and gaunt that they had to wear cor
sets to make shadow and with the
crumbs which Carl Schurz offered them
he could make the bourbons swallow the
name republican modified by the sugar
coating ''liberap' which they did with
apparent relish, and with one accord be.
gan to throw up their hats and shout
"Great is Carl Schurz.''
The medicine cured the disease but it
killed the patient When the prescrlp-
ton come to be analyzed at the election
it was found to be nothing but disgust
Ing dish of crow. After that there was Q
GOODNESS between the democratic party
and Carl Schurz, and their paths widely
diverged. Now the lapse of time and OBJ
llvion of forgetfulncss has emboldened
the willy German politician to try cold
deck on the bourbon party again. He is
too shrewd to apply the same tactics as
before, that is to make nomination and
lead the democratic party by the ear into
its support, but he offers the mossbacks
the privilege of making the nomination
providing they allow HIM and his firm to
dictate the candidate, different means
of reaching precisely the same object, and
1t remains to be seen how far the suscep-
tlble bourbons will be Influenced at the
national convention by the Establishments
Of this same Carl Schurz who gave them
such a nauseating dish of crow twelve
years ago.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-06-20
The Middleton Rank 9taal

WASHINGTON, June 1S-The Star refer
ring to the failure of Middleton s. Co., !,
bankers of this city, says ono of the latest
developments Of the way in which their
customers we're plundered is shown in the
case of Hon. Jas. H. McKenney, clerk of
The supreme court of the United States.
Mckenney had been a close friend from
boyhood Of y. w. Middleton, Jr., aud
succeeded Middleton Sen. as clerk of the
court and his confidence therefore was
unbounded in Middleton Jr. His deposits
in securities and money with the firm
amounted to the large sum of S6l ,OO0, },
every dollar of which is lest. They net
only took his money in general default
but cut open envelopes in which he had
placed his securities such as bonds aud
stocks for safe keeping and sold them.
Mckenney has nothing but plundered
envelopes to show for the savings of .
life time. Nor did they spare their own
families. In another instance slO, 600 in
trust bonds have disappeared in the
whirlpool. There is still another aggra-
waited case. They had power of attorney
from a gentleman absent from the city to
attend to his business here and lad the
key to his safe. On hearing Of their fail
ure he hurried to the city to look after his
own securities. He found every one had
been sold. This safe was not in Middle
tons bank.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-06-20

THIS is gala week with Dubuque,
Iowa, and the Hawkeyes are making the
most of it. The grand encampmcnt of
warriors with many OF the old generals
whose names were household words all
over the country, and for whom fond
mothers named their infant boys, will be
sion
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-06-20

BLAINE and Logan will no doubt feel
very much encouraged by the meeting of
republican boilers and kickers held in
Massachusetts, as this the hest possible
service they could do the party.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-06-20

THE Blame and Logan ratification
meetings being held IN various parts of
the country arr not such as will cnconr-
age the &. William Curtis soreheads in
New York and Massachusetts. These
kickers will find out when the votes are
counted next November what an inslgnifi-
cant faction Of the republican party
they are,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-06-20

THE proposition OF Gov. Ordway to
United States Attorney Campbell, at
Yaukton, to go into a joint investiga ton
of each others official conduct, Is more
than fair on the part OF the Governor, as
he IS now not under any charges. Mr..
Campbell is already under investigation
by special agents of the department Of
justice, aud it would in no way preju-
dice his standing before the department
or before the people to have the Governor
voluntarily submit himself to i:vestiga-
tion of like nature at the same time.
The Governor is evidently in earnest
about the matter of his vlndication be.
fore the people by having all the facts
brought out, and his proposition TO give
the bringing out OF these facts against
him into the hands Of his most inveterate
enemy and prosecutor shows that he is
not afraid Of the worst. 1t IS about
time for the Yapkton crowd to put up or
shut up. They have been howllng cor
ruptien and charging bribery against Gov.
Ordway for over a year, and now when
he walks into their own den and offers
voluntarily 10 submit to an investigation
which their leader, who "fcars God and
takes his own part,'' Is involuntarily un-
dergoing from the federal head of the de-
partment of justice, they seem to shrink
from 1t. They evidently prefer to trv
him in the Press and Dakota,an office
during his absence when and where there
will be no cross examination of witness es
or any evidence for the defense.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-06-20
"A Woman Found Dead.

CINCINNATI, June lS-Princetown, Ind:
The body OF Mrs. ThOs. Skelton was
fouad IN her residence near Owensville
last evening. Two wounds on the back
of her head Indicated that she he'd been.
killed with an axe. The woman's hus>
band had left her tan days ago after ..
quarrel. No arrests.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-11-14

Every permanent state of mind is largely
the effect of habit. just as we can perform
an action so continually that it comes to be
habitual, so we can encourage conditions of
mind till they, too, come to be habits of think
ing and even of feeling. Every thoughtful
parent or teacher recognizes this in the train
ing of youth. The child constantly thwarted
or scolded or rdiculed has constantly aroused
within him feelings of resentment or discour-
agement or misery, and these grow to be ha-
bitual, and character for ill-temper or mo.
roseness or dependency is formed. On the
other hand, the child who is wisely treated,
whose faculties are brought into action, who
is encouraged to do we'll, who is surrounded
with cheerful faces and orderly arrangements,
becomes accustomed to corresponding habits
of thought and feeling. The exercise of self
CONTROL of truthfulness, of honesty, and other
essential qualities, not only result in habitusl
actions of the same nature, but in habitual
feelings or states of mind that induce those
actions So the condition which we call hap
piness is likewise acquired to a considerable
degree. 1t involves within it many things,
but they are not impossible to secure, and
when We have discovered them it rests with
us to encourage or to discourage them. Hap
piness is not only privilege, but duty, not
a mere outward good that may perhaps come
to us, but an inward possession which we are
bound to attain. When we remember the
contagious character of happiness, the
strength, courage and hope it exoites by its
very presence and the power for good it ex.
erts in every direction, we cannot doubt our
obligation to attain as much of it az is posi-
BILE. philadelphia Ledger.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-11-14

1 shall bdy little place there ia TO Watertown,
or il could get good mortgage cheap
enough, might put IL in that"
"a mortgage That's Jest what the trade
we talked would amount to. l s'posed you
meant to give il outright to 'Sper' ence, but II
you don't why don't you buy the mortgage,
and let him pay you intrestT
''Its too big more'n the place is wutb,
twice over"
mo sech thing The farms worth every
cent I've got on it,"
"If you look at IL that way, we cant trade,
that's all !" and Seraph gathered her reins.
How much would ye give Come, now,
make an Offer" urged the Squire, desperate
ly az he saw bis chance at the money vanish.
ing.
"Wa'al," replied Seraph, With increasing
deliberation, "you'd be we'll paid il you got
a thousand dollars out ont, but consid'rin'
that got the money easy, l don't know but
I'd give you twelve hundred
''Shucks Ye don't mean to buy, that's
ALL"
~ don't mean to pay no more'n it's wuth,
you may rely" she retorted. Now, Square,
I'll tell ye what I'll do, an it's the last
cent 'oW do. II you'll bring that mortgage,
an all the notes, an' everything you hold
'gainst Sper enoe, down to Counblor Smith
to Watertown, Wednesday, an sign papers
givin' 'em all up to me, Iii pay ye fourteen
hundred dollars, cash down"
Course l won't! Think Tm fool 2" re-
piled the Squire, angrily turning back.
" I'll be TO WateTtOwn Wednesday with the
money" she called over her shoulder after
him as she drove away. She stopped mo-
ment at the house and called out Juliana
Don't you an 'Sper'ence be one bit cast
down, Julany I'll have the mortgage We'd
nesday, an I'll burn it right before Square
Sprague's nose, see IL don't shall have
little O. SANG money left that wouldn't
keep from ye one mnnit il could trust
'Spet enoe not TO be wheedled out ont by the
Square. But guess can shingle the house
an fix II up so It'll be like folks, an the
Square can't tech IT,"
"Oh, Seraph, can your l should so like
to live in white house, with green blinds
fore die !"
Spragues horse had never been viii pped
so mercilessly as it was for shying on the way
home, and 1t was years before the Squire
could pass the neat white cottage with its vine
fringed porch and large cool dairy room, in
to which Seraph's money transformed the
Canary farm no use, without grinding his
teeth and uttering something about the mean.
n sss Of women -Hdrper's Bdzdr
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-11-14
The Deaf and DumII In AD,,ou,,y.

The ancients had the greatest horror of all
that was feeble and intirm; with them power
ty WAS despicable and suffering a scandal. 1t
is no wonder, then, that among the beauty
and pleasure loving Greeks the deaf mute was
looked upon as a disgrace to humanity, and
under the barbarous laws of Lycurgus they
were exposed to die. Nor was highly cultured
Athens less cruel than Sparta towards these
unfortunate ere Itures. Dsaf-mute children
we're pitilessly sacrificed without voice be-
ing raised on their behalf. Tue first who
seems to have seriously occupied himself with
this phenomenon of deaf mutism was the
philosopher Aristotle, and he declared con-
genital deaf mutes to be incapable Of instruc
ton, and this was the universal opinion OF
classical antiquity. The Romans treated
these unfortunAtes with the same cruelty as
the Greeks. As soon a. a child was found to
be deaf and dumb it was sacrificed to the Tt
Der. Only those escaped whom the waves
washed back to the shore, or whom the natu.
raj love of their parents kept hidden from
the eyes of the world. Yet in the centuries
Immediately preceding the Christian era there
was a sensible diminution In the number of
victims of these barbarous laws, although
about so years b. c. the poet Lucretius pro-
nounced himself in favor of Aristotles opin-
ions regarding deaf Dlutes But in the course
of time certain rights were granted to those
deaf-mutes who gave proofs of sbility-such
as had been brought up secretly by their par
ents showing some signs of intellect this
gradually dissipated the horrible prejudice
with which their brethren in misfortune had
hitherto been regarded. Pliny mentions a
congenital deaf mute, called Quintus Pedius,
who distinguished himself as an artist. He
was grandson of the consul OF the same
name, who hourished in the reign of Angus
tus. II is also probable that deaf -mutes were
employed as pantomimists when psutomime
was one of the favorite amusements of the Ro.
mans. NJ. t. Muller gives to the Egyptians
the credit of first instructing desf-mutes.
They, as well as the Persians, always respect
ed persons thus afflicted, and their hierogly-
phic mode of writing was especially suited
for their education. 1t is doubtless something
more than mere coincidence that their better
treatment by the Romans dates from the time
of the incorporation of Egypt as a Roman
province The Nineteenth Century.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-11-14
A Summer Pastoral.

woman stood at garden gate,
Sing hey for the distant spreading saill
Sing hey for the dog that hurried by
With kettle tied TO his tall
Her neighbors dog was ecru cur,
All me! and the kettle was new and bright;
And the woman laughed in a ripping key.
Sing hey, twas 4 mirthful sight.
snow why such haste, good neighbor 2" she cried
"Why after the cur of the ochre tint ?"
But the good man ran, and the language be used
Was entirely unht for print.
Aud youth stood by as the good dame aughed
Aud the twain together made mirth the while.
"Oh, isn't It funny 2" she said, she said.
He answered: "Wel, should smile"
Then the STRIPPING wandered . space apart,
And dropped his eye ere be turned and hed,
(The dog aud his burden we're leagues away:
"The kettle is your'n, - he said.
(The poetry after Browning; the kettle after thl
og; the woman after the boz. .)-Ihe Rambler.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-11-14
Miscellany.
Love the Mighty.

Care came and laid his hand upon her shoulder;
And Sorrow came, her lids with salt tears wet
And Pain, with features marred and white aud aet
Pressed TO her side and then, ttern-visaRed gaunt
Frightening her shaken soul Implying Want
Stared In her face; and then, grown boder
BY all these ills, Temptation, smiling, fair,
Spread for her weary feet a charmed snare,
with tender, cruel hand. 30 cold the wOrld
All her weak soul in a strange tempest whlrled,
With whitened lips, aud sad, implOring breath,
She stretches out her helpless hands to Death.
Then lol one came, before whose radiant grace
Sorrow grew dumb and grim Care hid his face.
Before whose presence, radiant as the day,
Temptation, yeXed and beaten, fed away
For whose dear sake she trembed at the thought
OF Death, whose pallid kiss she erst had sought.
With a strange rapture, holy, restful, sweet,
Against her own she felt true heart beat.
o Liiel she cried, no III Of thine can hold me,
Since Love, the mighty, 10 his arms doth hold me,
--CdriOfta PERU.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-11-14
Drugs ann Mtnictnts.
CARD from IN. THORN.
TO THE PUBLIC OF Brat
TLEBORO and Ttcintty:
PATRONS OF PAST 26 YEARS {:

HAVING SOLD MY ENTIRE DRUG BUSINESS
Of this town, all prescriptions, formulas aud trade-
marks, including COMPOUND EXTRACT HOPS,
SYRUP sARsAPARILLA, &C., to G. M. CoLBURN &
CO., would here state have had personal acquain-
tance with Mr. O. NJ Colburn for over thirteen years.
and know him to be gentleman of honor and integ-
rity, and heartily recommend him to the public as
such.
My son and former partner, Edwin G. Thorn, has
charge Of the prescription department. aud assure
the public accur acy and safety.
Thanking the public for their ong.continued pat.
ronuge, would bespeak the continuance Of same for
the Arm Of @. NJ. Colburn l. Co. In, THORN.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-11-14

"Well, hubby, how did you enjoy the ser.
vice this morning?" ITO tell the truth, dar-
ling, didn't take much interest in it. could
hardly hear a word of the sermon" "Why,
heard it perfectly. What was the matter Z"
"well, don't know. 1t may have been be-
cause your new bonnet was 80 loud" And
then silence fell on the dinner table, so in.
tense that you could hear the ice cream.-AL
6any Journal.
In 1873 sixteen madens signed a petition
to the Governor OF South Carolina in which
they said "We, the humble petitioners, are
at present in a very melancholy condition Of
mind, considering how all the bachelors are
blindly captured by widows, and we are there.
by neglected In consequence OF this our re-
quest is that your eKoeilenoy will, for the fu-
ture order that no widow presume to marry
any young man until the maids are provided
for, or else to pay each Of them fne for sat
isfaotion of invading our liberties, and like
wise a fine to be levied on all bachelors as
shall be married to widows. The great dis
advantage 1t is TO us maids ia that the widows,
by their forward carriage, do snap up the
young men and have the vanity to think their
merits beyond ours, which is a great imposi-
tion to u.s. who ought TO have the preference, "
The document is on file in the state archives.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-11-14

By relying on testimonials written In vivid glowing
language Of some remarkable cures made by some
largely pufed up doctor patent medicine has has
tened thousands to their graves the readers having
almost insane faith that the miracle WI: be per-
formed on them, that these testimonials mention,
while the so called medicine is all the time Fastening
them to their graves. Although we have
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-11-14
Thousands upon ThOnsandsi!!

OF testimonials Of the most wonderful cures volunta
ry sent us, we do not publish them, they do not
make the cures. 1t is medicine Hop Btters, that
makes the cures It has never failed and never can
We will give reference to anyone for any disease sim
liar to their II desired, will refer to any neigh
Dor, as there is not a neighborhood in the known
world but can show its cures by Hop Bltters.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-11-14

A prominent physician OF Pttsburg said to a lady
patient who complaining of her continued III
health, and of his inability to her. jokingly said:
"TTy Hop Bttersl" The lady took it in earnest and
used the Bitters from which she obtained permanent
health. She now laughs at the doctor for his joke,
but he is not well pleased with It, as it cost him
good patient.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-11-14

SIS 1t possible that Mr. Godfrey is up and at work,
and cured by simple remedy?
81 you 1t is true that he is entirely cnred and
with nothing but Hop Bters, and only ten days ago
his doctors gave him up and said he must die, from
Kidney and Liver troubled"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-11-14

tD-NOne genuine without bunch of green Hops
the white label. Shun all the vile, poisonous stun
with "Hop"o or "Hops" in their name
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-11-14

Call and see our line of FINE
HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS.
All OdOrs, from the popular manu-
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g. HAYDON, London, Eng, AL
FRED WRIGHT, COLGATE, and
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Full line COIgate's Toilet Water
and Soaps. Pears'S Toilet Soaps.
Imported Bay Rum. English and
American Hair, Tooth and Nail
Brushes, Chest Protectors, Cha
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-11-14

WHAT IL vR0ETIsEf It is a compound extract from
harks roots and herbs. II is Natures remedy.