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Anti-gaettibone EgcsoIue.ons.

NJ r. Deakins was called to the chair.
On motion Of A. B. Bowman, Hon. ].
a, West was elected secretary. The
chairman stated the object of the
meeting to be the organization Of
Central Congressional Bl0ino and Lo-
gan and Anii-pcttihene club. Onm
ton tbc Districts were called and all
were represented but three. AS the
Districts were called, FIVE minutes was
ALLOWED each for speeches. Nearly six
LOT the Districts responded with enthu-
siastic Republican speeches, rledging
.hyir support to Che National State
and County tickets, and Withdrawing
theiuupport from a. II. Pettibonc.
a. B. Bowman offered the following
resolutions which were unanimously
adopted
WHrRTAs .ho Republican party Of
this Congressional Districts hopeless
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a'>''t''' 7ye''lasy ANA eeVo'ed hePuHH-
e"''S' ''0 "i'l go as lar as 'he lar
'''ies' 10 Seci''o 'He general sue
'gSS oi 'u7 party whenever ana
Wherever ouIy dIctaIeS' honor leads
"n' p"yIloJ'Sh ana 'eal'S command.
DN = Fi'soh'fD' th"l VIZ mostheart-
~ endorse 'le nomination OF Hon. J.
w. Di'J'ie ana JIl9' A. Logan, ior Tres
loeht ana we ffoaldent' OF Judge
pfanN y ileia lor Governor OF lion.
JIio' SimeriN Tor the state Senate OF
non H. j. bu'ier ior iioaIer, and .,
a. bfaoSol ior county Representative,
ana that Wehereby Icdgeourconstant
ana unyiedlns efforts to secure their
election
BE n RESOLVED, That IN viowoi the
TACT that the leading and influential
friends Of Maj, a. y. Pettibou author
lied soto do, made the solemn and vol-
untary promise at the Greeneville Con
gre*sionai Conycntionin 1882 chat Maj.
PettibQne would not be a candidate for
reelection IN 1884 and that Hon.
A. A. Taylor should have clear
lack:l In view Of the fact that this
solemn and voluntary pledge became
the understanding and will Of the par
) ty, and that Mr.. Pettibone frequently
~ - ~ q, Nv o'.'l'I'''e' II III view VI
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-25
GOsasTT SPARKS.


d. Va d.
Though round his breast the rolling clouds
arc spread
Internal smstrokes strike upon his head.
AT HIS ZENITH.
The campaign liar.
NEARLY EXHAUSTED.
The stock Of campaign humor,
TOO Much BUsTLE IN THE CAMPAIGN.
Mrs. Belya Lockwood should retire.
SHOCKING.
The Hooking Valley district vote to
the Blaine managers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-25
SHOCKING.
AT THE BALLOT ROX.

The only place in the United States
where Ben Buffers name is not
heard.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-25
A CIVIL RIGHTS ITEM.

A male negro thief dressed in girls
clothes was arrested last week in
Frankfort, KY.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-25
ABsURDITY ON A BENDER,

We heard fellow say that he
thought Reid would be Che next Coy
hrnor OF Tennessee.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21
LAST JULY.

She's barely twenty, and her eyes
Are very soft and very blue;
Her lips seem made for sweet replies
Perhaps they're made for kisses, too;
Her little teeth are white as PEARL
Her nose aspires to the sky.
She really is charming girl
And adored her-last July.
We danced and swan and bowled and walked
She let me squeeze her fnger-tips,
Entranced listened when she talked,
And trash seemed wisdom from her lips.
sent her roses till my purse
Was drained, found, completely dry;
| longed TO sing her charms in verse
But all Of this was last July
OF course at last we had to part;
saw a tear-drop on her cheek;
| left her with an aching heart,
And dreamt about her for week.
But out of sight is out of mind,
And somehow, as the time went by,
Much fainter began TO find
The memory Of last July.
july has come again at last;
With summer gowns the rocks are gay;
1t seemed an echo OF the past
To meet her on the beach to-day.
She's even fairer than of yore,
And yet, could not tell you why,
find the girl an awful bore
So long ii is since last July.
Sophie ST. q. Laurence, IN July Century.
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alone. Why, sir, 1t is as much as can
do to keep from going out on the
street and making a speech. have
tuck it inter my head to 60 to a night
school and learn low to read in earn
est"
Probably you may become a poet" y"
said the boy.
"No, that'll never be. 1 can make
cat an hat rhyme, but nobody wants
that sort of poetry. Lemme tell you
what to do. Old man Boyd, what
lives out on the turnpike amt got no
children. Now if you wuster strike
him, he might take fancy to you an
send you to college. S'pozen you 60
rite out there an see him?"
my father might not like it. y
"He wouldn't care, for l told him
the other day that you ought to be in
school but he said that he couldn't af-
ford to let you 60. He meant that he
couldn't support you. Now you 60
out and see old man Boyd"
"I'll go," the boy exclaimed, arising
and throwing his apron aside. ''I'll
tell him that want to be a poet and 1t
may open his heart"
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tell MN tnat L want 10 De poet anu III
may open his heart"
CHAPTER III.
Old man Boyd was sitting in his
library, nursing a gouty foot when a
sharp rap at the door startled him.
Come inn'
Another sharp rap.
Come in!' he yelled.
Still another rap.
"Confound your devilish picture,
come in or 90 away"
Young Arthur Jelleman entered,
bowed awkwardly, made embarrassed
motions with his hands and sank down
into an armchair. The chair was so
deep that his heels were lifted from
the floor, and the cushions were so
"stuffy," as an Englishman would say,
that the little fellow was almost hidden
from the gouty old mans view.
well, what do you want?" de-
manded Mr.. Boyd rather severely
Il want to be a poet
1.-The devil you dor'
"Yes, sir, if you please
"Oh, have nothing to do with it.
If you want to be poet, 90 on and be
one. Hand me that tumbler of
water"
The boy scrambled from the chair
and brought the water, but, in the eX-
ercise of great care, overlooked the
main point, and stepped on old man
Boyd's embodiment of gout. The old
man flew into the air like piece of
whalebone, and for time the excited
boy despaired Of ever again enjoying
good health.
"What made you do that?" thunder
ed the old man. "Confound it, do
you take me for a step-ladder?'
mo, SIR
"Think I'm a path through corn
field? Want to be a poet, eh! Hand
me that bottle of liniment, and if you
climb on me again | will eXterminate
you"
The boy took up the bottle, but in ap-
preaching the old man, stumbled and
fell. The bottle struck Mr.. Boyd S
foot, and was then smashed against
the leg of the chair. Again the old
man left his chair and went up. The
boy could see nothing but an agonized
expression, but he soon heard some
thing, for the old man poured out a
flood of profanity and, selling a chair,
he shook it until the windows ratified.
"I-I-didn't go to do it, sir.''
"Of course not, you rapscalliOn.
You only came to do it. You have
murdered me-"
II hope not"
"No, you don't. You only hope that
you have. You came hither to murder
me-"
did not
IL say you did"
look here, old gentleman, I am in
your house"
"Yes, | know you are"
Il say that | am in your house, and
don't want any trouble with you, but
you mustn't say that | want to hurt
you. | won't stand it, and drawing
himself up, he glared at the old man
Mr.. Boyd smiled. He rather liked the
exhibition of spirit, and arising, nc
walked across the room without q
limp. Hello he suddenly exclaimed
''the gout's gone. Why, my dear
young man, you are physician. Tel
me something about yourself" press.
ing his foot on the floor. "WhO sent
youP"
"Mr. Horner, the shoemaker. MY
name is Arthur Jellyman. Mr.. HorneI
told me to come here and see you, and
that you having no children might
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21
ARTHUR JELLEMAN.
CHAPTER l.

CHAPTER l.
Mr.. Arthur Jelleman had written
poor verses for obscure publications
until he had gained the unenviable
name of poet. Whenever he visited a
neighboring village the local publica-
ton spoke of him as the poet. The
rude stones in neighboring grave
yards bore much of his literary work
mortal addresses to immortality. In
early boyhood he was apprenticed to a
shoemaker, but shortly afterwards
having met the bright-eyed little
dughter of the tin smith, the jingling
feet of measured words instead of the
feet of the human family claimed his
attention. His first production was
scribbled in spraddling letters on an
old slate, one side of which was covered
with the names of ''tough customers.
When the simple-minded shoemaker
spelled the words and ar
rived at an understanding of their i'm
port, he turned to the boy and said:'
"Arthur, if l was in your place, I
wouldn't hump myself over old shoes.
You are poet. 1t is said that poets
are born, and after readin' this here
artickle, hanged if l haven't come to
the conclusion that you must have
been born"
Il was BORN" replied the boy with
enthusiasm. II was born out at the
old Raine's place"
That SOP" exclaimed the shoemak-
er, as though the boy, having proved
that he was born, verified his own as
sertion. After rejecting for moment,
the shoemaker slowly shook his head,
and taking piece of leather from a
tub of water, began to pound it and to
whistle in that tuneless way character
istic of the profession. Then, taking
up an old boot, he pressed it on his
knee with a leather strap which he
passed over the boot and under his
foot. Wouldn't ketch me whittlin'
luther if l could write po'try. My
brother was poet, an if he hadn't
died, he would have been"
"Livin' yetP" suggested the boy.
"What did l tell youp" the shoe
maker exclaimed. Nobody but a
poet would have thought of sayin'
that. There's money an good clothes
waitin' for you in this world"
II hope they won't wait very long y
"They won't if you only act in time.
Don't you recollect what Shakespeare
said about takin' the bull by the
horns? | forget the exact words, but
| have heard my brother git 'em of
many time. Let me see: There is
fortune in the affairs of man when he
takes the bull by the horns. That is
fine piece of writin' an don't doubt
in the least that you can say some
thin just as good after awhile
II have notion to stop shoe-mak
ing" said the boy, half musing, fear
full that any outburst on his part
would bespeak lack of well-balanced
judgement.
''Of course you have
'But / couldn't make poetry pay al
the start, you know. / must study
and at the same time do something tc
support myself"
"Yes, know that, but il must not
be shoemakin'. Shoemakers get to be
big politicians but they don't run much
to poetry, SO, if you want to keep out
] Of politics, you must let shoemakin
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FORT WORTH, Tex, is a rustling
town. 1t has white elephant, a cat
tie exchange, variety show of beauti-
full blonds, gambling saloon, and five
hundred gin mills. There is some talk
of building church.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21

INVESTIGATION into the financial af-
fairs of Chautauqua county, New York,
shows that the shortage of the missing
treasurer is over $4,000.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21

In Zacatlan, Mexico, a Peddler's
Protective association is being formed.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21

CGUR D'ALENE mining-camp is al
ready showing signs of weakness.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21

IT costs not less than S33, 900, 900 an
nually to support the dogs of the
United States.
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THE spongers have done good
business at the bars down in Florida.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21
take me and send me to school SO /

take me and send me to school SO
could learn to write poetry.
"Can you curry horseP'
Eyes, sir, and saddle him, too"
"Are you sure thatyo would nOtp
the saddle on hind part in frontP"
"If | did, | could turn it around
"a very sensible remark, young fell
low. Do you think if / were to take
you that you could refrain from COM
ing to my bed at night and belaboring
me with a poleP"
Il don't understand you, sir"
"Well, no matter. Come tomorrow
and we will make arrangements.
Hand me that-never mind.
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THE hotel business in New York is
overdone.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21

NEW YORK dressmakers predict very
few extravagant and costly toilets at
the watering places.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21

On account of the scarcity of water
some of the cigar factories in Key
West have stopped.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21

THERE are 500 miles of streets in
Brooklyn.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21

AN EastOn, Pa, woman was commit
ted to jail for three hours the other day
for stealing ring.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21

THREE hundred pounds of honey was
obtained from bee-tree recently cut
near Chehalis, Montana.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21

A VIRGINIA cat is reported to be
rearing two young foxes along with her
litter of kittens.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21

MONTANA sheep are selling at S5 a
head and cattle at'S35 to $40 in the
herd.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21

THE Irish Land league, which is in
session at Dublin, has received e., 900
from America.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21

FIVE women are on the grand jury
in the Third judicial district of Wash
ington territory.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21

A BRADFORD county, Florida, farmer
has sixty acres of cotton waist high
and full of blooms.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21

WALLA WALLA, Washington terri
tory, is shipping Strawberries at the
rate Of 5000 pounds day.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21

A KENTUCKY town which was named
Hayesville in honor of President Hayes
has been rechristened Andersonville.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21

THE Georgia state temperance con-
vention will be held in Atlanta on July
"a.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21

low Do you think if | were to take
you that you could refrain from COM
ing to my bed at night and belaboring
me with a pole?"
81 don't understand you, sir"
"Well, no matter. Come tomorrow
and we will make arrangements.
Hand me that-never mind. y"
CHATTER III.
Arthur found himself agreeably situ-
ated. He attended neighboring insti-
tuition of learning and made rapid pro-
gress. Mr.. Boyd, who had met with
an early disappointment in literature
and who had become severe critic,
discouraged the boys poetic efforts,
employing his influence in favor of
of the shoemaker were fresh in the
boys memory, ringing in encourage
ment and telling him that he was born.
Horner, the shoemaker, emigrated,
and went the boy knew not whittier.
The tin-smith's daughter, though she
had inspired the youth to lofty flights,
was soon forgotten by him, and this
forgetfulness of former love, was the
only evidence that Arthur possessed
the talent of poesy. The girl took not
the affair to heart, but soon fell in love
with boy who worked in a livery
stable. This lad, brawny young fell
low, having learned that his "sweet-
heart had been sighted by Arthur,
sought the young rhymer and cut a
few fancy scallops over his eyes-a just
punishment for faithlessness.
AS time dragged itself along, young
Arthur's manuscripts increased in vol
ume. He felt much anxiety concern
ing publisher. Old Boyd told him to
put his stuff away, and let it come
out as a posthumous publication. No,
the poet wanted the fame while he
lived. if he waited until he died some
one might steal the credit. At last,
after paying high price-money for
which he had labOred-a publisher con-
sented to issue the volume. The work
was beautifully bound, and was
adorned with a picture of the author.
The poet didn't understand how any
one could refuse to buy a book so at
tractive, yet, somehow, people did re-
fuse. OF the one hundred and fifty
copies composing the edition, six vol
umes were sold, and the rest were
given away. Even in the gratuitous dis
posal, the poet experienced trouble,
for the practical men and unsenti-
mental women of his neighborhood
cared nothing for poetry" AT last,
after writing for the village papers,
and leaving the imprint of his poetic
claw on many gravestone, Mr.. Arthur
Jelleman decided to take up his abode
in Arkansaw, where he would open a
school of refined learning, where
poetry and philosophy should be taught.
CHAPTER ~.
The people of the Buck Snort district
, were startled. A report to the effect
that a poet-teacher was coming to
: "take up" school was quite enough to
astonish any one. The Buck Snorters
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21
CHAPTER ~.

The people of the Buck Snort district
were startled A report to the effect
that a poet-teacher was coming to
"take up" school was quite enough to
astonish any one. The Buck Snorters
were acquainted with many kinds of
school teachers, none too intimately il
is true, but still they were acquainted
with many kinds. They knew the old
bachelor, the old maid, the widow and
the young lady whose relatives had
been swept away by yellow fever; they
knew the Irishman and the man who
lost a leg during the war, but a poet
teacher was one that they had never
seen. Some of the more intelligent
declared that he was only an ordinary
man, while others affirmed that he
was half human and half animal. At
any rate, every one was anxious to see
Mr.. Arthur Jelleman, and when the
school opening~day arrived, large
crowd of anxious visitors filled the
school house to OveItlowing. They
were much disappointed to see an ordi-
nary young man with stiff hair and
mustache of bristles. The girls shifted
their noses at him and the young men
muttered revenge. When the visitors
departed, the arrangement of classes
was begun. There were no two books
alike, and in fact there was no uni
formity except in greasy states and
bottles of pokeberry ink. The first day
passed without an incident. The sec
ond day was not so quiet. John Plum
mer, large, "raw-boned" fellow who
lived lover the bayou" had from the
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Brand Advertisements IS Per Year.

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made known on application.
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Il the only Paper published within
radius of O hundred miles.
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Subscription, ,$l.00Per Year, IN Advance,
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CURRENT TOPICS.

THE hotel business in New York is
overdone.
THERE are 500 miles of streets in
Brooklyn.
CEUR D'ALENE mining-camp is al
ready showing signs of weakness.
- ------
In Zacatlan, Mexico, Peddler's
Protective association is being formed
-------
THE spongers have done good
business at the bars down in Florida.
=------------
THE Georgia state temperance con-
vention will be held in Atlanta on July
"a.
MONTANA sheep are selling at S5
head and cattle at'S35 to $40 in the
herd.
IT costs not less than S33, 900, 900 an
nually to support the dogs of the
United States.
THE Irish Land league, which is in
session at Dublin, has received f1 900
from America.
A VIRGINIA cat is reported to be
rearing two young foxes along with her
litter of kittens.
FIVE women are on the grand jury
in the Third judicial district of Wash
ington territory.
AN Easton, Pa, woman was commit
ted to jail for three hours the other day
for stealing ring.
=------
A BRADFORD county, Florida, farmer
has sixty acres of cotton waist high
and full of blooms.
On account of the scarcity of water
some of the cigar factories in Key
West have stopped.
New YORK dressmakers predict very
few extravagant and costly toilets at
the watering places.
THREE hundred pounds of honey was
obtained from bee-tree recently cut
near Chehalis, Montana.
------------
WALLA WALLA, Washington terri
tory, is shipping Strawberries at the
rate of 5000 pounds day.
A KENTUCKY town which was named
Hayesville in honor of President Hayes
has been rechristened Andersonville.
---------------
INVESTIGATION into the financial af-
fairs of Chautauqua county, New York,
shows that the shortage of the missing
treasurer is over $4,000.
-----------------------
FORT WORTH, Tex, is rustling
town. 1t has white elephant, a cat
tie exchange, a variety show of beauti-
full blonds, gambling saloon, and five
hundred gin mills. There is some talk
of building church.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-07-21
CHAPTER III.

Old man Boyd was sitting in his
library, nursing gouty foot when a
sharp rap at the door startled him.
aaCnn,nn IN ~
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-05
Pe~0nRu.

More than three thousand bright British
young women competed In the recent
Cambridge University examination, but
Miss Beatrice Parsons. OF London, won
The highest honors.
Mrs. Carlislc's social cxactioas are said
10 be more onerOus than the duties OF the
Speaker himself. She has returned al
ready $50 calls this season and has several
hundred more TO make.
10. A. Ward has nearly dnished clay
model OF his heroic statue OF New Eng
land colonist, which Is TO be put in bronze
for the New England Society OF New York
and erected IN Madison Square or Central
Park.
NJ. Gounod having ascertained that Mrs.
Black. the original "Maid OF Athens"
was living in poverty in a London suburb,
took Byron's poem and composed song,
the proceeds OF which are 10 be sent to
Mrs. Black.
Professor Cyrus Nortbrop has finally de-
cided to leave Yale College 10 accept the
presidency OF the Minnesota State Univer-
sity. He has attained his professional ma
iority, for he has filed the chair OF English
literature at Yale for exactly twenty-one
years, and has also filled an enviable place
in the social regard Of New Haven.
Edmond About is now estimated to be
worth about one million dollars, and is
said to have accumulated the whole OF 1t
from his novels, essays, newspapers, and
judicious Investments OF his profits His
wife brought him dowry OF $4,000,
with which he wisely bought the house in
the Rue de Douai, in which no still lives.
The late Benjamin Fitch left about
S250,GS0 to the Charity Organization So
cicty OF Buffalo and abort $780, to rela-
tiycs, chief among whom is bis nephew,
Frank S. Fitch. Of Norriton, Conn.
Buffalo people do not like the burden OF 4
rumor that some OF the relatives propose
to contest the will.
President Arthur lately honored the
memory of his wife's father, William
Lewis Herndon, by memorial window in
st. Johns church, Washington, and since
then he has had prepared for him from the
Navy Department records history OF the
heroic conduct OF Herndon, who lost his
life In 1867 while in command OF the mail
steamship Central America.