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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-25

THESE ARE ONLY A FEW OF THE MANY
i choice bargains have to offer, besides the
bargains have near and adjacent to the Northern
Pacific shops; and, in fact every part of the city
Call and see my list. ]. w. Edsall. room g. Ma.
honal German-American Bank Building corner
Fourth and Robert streets.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-25
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
Removal.

&Q60 WILL BUY FRAME HOUSE, BARN
@OcO ETC., full lot, etc. in Oakville Park ad.
dition. ]. w. Edsall, room 81. corner Fourth and
Robert
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-25

ep .OOO corner lot, barn, well, etc., on Mar
shall avenue; snap. J. w. Edsall, room 81, Ma
uonal German-American Bank Building
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-25

&7 E00 WILL BUY FINE LOT ON AURORA
.WIsOOO avenue, near Rice street, cheap. j.
=.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-25

TENTS, awnings wagoncovers for sale cheap at
L j NJ Rossell & Co., 1870 East Fifth street.
137-50*
VTTANTED-Purchaser for No. farm, half mile
w from fourishing village, five churches, six
schools, society rst-class Box 6. st. Paul. (Capi-
tol) 1872
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-25

EfOR SALE-A choice stock farm of 500 acres.
modern improvements, fine spring. plenty of tim
Der. Apply to Lewis Fuiks, Lansing Iowa Il
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-25

HOUSE with twelve rooms and two lots (very fine
4 location) for sale, on corner Exchange and
Smith streets. G Leue. 4
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-26
A Welsh Classic.

An unlettered clergyman wanting place
CHis manners were genial and pleasant his
face)
Received a kind letter inviting him down
To preach to a church in a large country town.
The town was uncultured, old-fashioned and
plain:
The principal business was harvesting grain.
And none of the church members ventured to
speak
word of the Hebrew or Latin, or Greek.
For this very reason they wished all the more
A A scholar well grounded in classical lore;
"hlle candidate might just as well stay
away
If he didn't quote Hebrew at least once day
The divine about whom this odd story was
BY the Times of Manhattan. was cunning and
bold,
And knowing they wished for classical man.
though he didn't know Latin, he hit on
plan-
For he thought, 1--WE shall see how much
shrewdneSs availS.
Though l cannot read Greek, I'm n native of
Wales;
If few Welsh expressions cautiously use.
1t may rival the Hebrew in pleasing the pews."
On the critical day, with exceptional grace,
With .wellatuned voice, and wellcontrolled
face,
He read from the Bible a passage or two.
And remarked. MY dear friends this transla-
ton won't do.
To be sure It's correct, but if beauty you seek,
Hear the rythmical sound of original GreekI'
Then boldly medley of Welsh he recited,
And marked the effect on his hearers be-
nighted.
The children gazed up with wondering stare,
Their mothers assumed an intelligent air,
While the deaeons all nodded, as much as to
say
That Greek was nv for tho moro axaaIlay,+ WOW
A still holder venture he hazarded next.
BY curious way of announcing his text:
These words, as my hearers have noticed, OF
Have lost nearly all their original force.
In the Hebrew how clearly the thought flashes
And more of his Welsh he proceeded to spout;
When what was his horror to spy near the
door,
A jolly old welshman, just ready to roar!
Overcome with remorse foreseeing the shame
Exposure would bring to his reverend name,
The preachers mad impulse at first was TO
But the welshman's round face, so trimming
with fun,
Suggested possible plan of escape,
Which none but a terrified parSon could shape:
He bravely confronted that dangerous smile,
And cooly continued his sermon awhile,
Till at length, without showing the least agi-
tatiOn,
He rallied himself for a final quotation.
1.-THE rendering here is decidedly wrong,
Quite different thoughts to the Chaldee be.
long,"
Then Weshman in pulpit to weshman in pew,
IN the barbarOus dialect they alone knew
Cried: Friend! By the land of our fathers. I
pray,
AS you hope for salvation, don't give me
awayr'
The joke was so rich the OLD Welshman kept
STILL
And the classical parsOn is preaching thera
STILL
BY III. II. Ballard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-26
At the Fall.


o, Tom, how could you treat me so?
You know me haShful, coy and shy:
You knew, or surely ought to know;
Twas wrong to kiss me on sly;
And yet, at Mrs. ElSmOreS ball,
When by the curtains we were ND,
You kissed me trice ere l could call
You did, you rogue, you know you qua.
And then, all through the waltz quadrille.
You squeezed my hand and pressed my
waist.
The more blushed, the harder still,
Till really, / felt quite disgraced.
And when / sternly looked at you,
AS though such license to forbid,
You winked, and all the bolder grew
You did, you scamp, you know you did.
But, worse than all. when once alone,
You whispered lOve-wOrds in my ear,
in passionate and tender tone,
Till, Oh! | felt extremely queer.
I tried to laugh, but had TO cry.
My tears fell fast the flowers amid;
And in your arms you made me lie
You did, bad boy, you know you did.
And then you held me, oh! SO fast
Till Mrs. Elsmore came to see
What kept us; for an hour had past
Upon the mOonlit balcony.
You said: "My birdie have Gagged"
The while my burning face hid;
"Pm pleased and proud, for were en-
gagged
You did, dear Tom, you know you did.
-Somerville Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-26
The Bell of the Highlands.

The mysterious ringing of bell in
the vicinity of the Highlands, on the
Hudson River, is thus accounted for by
an old boatman:
was worriedin my mind for a month
before Saturday night. Almost every
night when we passed through the
Highlands, near the Storm King, we
would hear a bell ring. Sometimes it
seemed to come from the mountain top,
sometimes near the base, and now and
then we would hear the tinkle over
head. We compared notes and couldn' t
decide on the cause of it, but the mys-
terry has been cleared up. Somebody
has lost a big American eagle. The bird
flew through the streets of Cornwall
last Saturday with steel collar around
its neck, to which was attached a good
sized bell, and the bell rang every time
the eagle swooped out of its course.
The hunters are trying to catch the
bird alive. They wouldn't kill it for
the world, because they are supersti-
tious, and believe if they should shoot
it there would be no luck in the future.
l have no doubt lots of boatmen have
heard that bell in the night, the same
as | have.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-26
Thought Himself q Devil.

There has just died in the city, writes
New York correspondent of the AL
bany Journal, a man who fxedly be-
ieVed that he was the devil. His name
was Goldberg, and he was a performer
of sleights. He was a magician, ac-
cording to both the show-bills and his
own cOnceit. He had marvellous deX-
terity in the deceptive handling of
cards, and his tricks with them were
far better than those of any of the
more celebrated Snowman whom have
ever seen; but he was not equally ex-
pert in deyising or handling such me-
chanism as made the fame of Ander-
son, the wizard, nor was he the enter
tanning talker which we remember Hell
Ter to have been. The consequence
was that Goldberg gained little pros
perity and remained a mere card-man-
ipulator until his mental vagaries
brought him to lunatic asylum.
remember that during the last sum-
mer in which he was sufficiently sane
to be left at large he gave exhibitions
in the hotel parlors at country resorts.
While at Long Branch, the gamblers
who run the great bells there became
acquainted with his straightforward
abilities. None of them, however,
though they were in the dishonest man
ipulation of cards, could either initiate
or understand the tricks which he
showed them. Charley Reed, man
ager of one of the club-houses, took
him aside and said to him: Goldberg,
how much did you make out of the
show you gave in the Ocean house par
lor to-day?" ooh, the collection
amounted to $16, about" was the re-
ply. You ought to be ashamed of it, !"
the gambler retorted. whats the
use of running yourself as sort of
pass-the-hat show when you could turn
your talent to more profitable account
Now, I'll give you 5000 cash down if
you'll teach me to do that trick with
the four aces" 81 couldn't" was the
sober reply, eff you paid two millions.
[ don't know how do it.
The truth was that the trick, which
consisted in dealing four aces at will
from an apparently well-shuffied pack,
depended chiefly on that dextrous hand
ling of the cards called palming, but
the demented Goldberg was convinced
that, being himself the personal devil,
it was purely supernatural. All the
while that he was practicing the most
delicate and most deceptive manipula-
ton, he was unaware that the results
were obtained by trickery and skill
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-26
Gold Excitement in Georgia.

The revival of the Georgia gold in
terest is attracting many practical min
ers from the west and southwest, where
the fever has somewhat subsidized, and
marvellous stories are being told of the
richness of the ores found in many To-
calities in the northern part of the
state. Dahlonega has long been fam
Gus for its mines. The state agricul-
tural school is situated there, and after
a hard rain the boys flock into the
streets to pick up nuggets that have
been washed out of the sand. Mines
are being discovered everywhere, and
old traditions are revived by white
haired settlers which incite men, young
and old, to join in the hunt for the veins
they tell of.
Near Gainesville an aged farmer
tells the story of an Indian chief which
has aroused the interest of the neigh
borhood to fever heat. When Gov.
Troup drove out the Cherokee tribe
and settled it in the west, this chief re-
turned to old haunts in Barlow county,
and gathering all his white friends
about him, assembled a little mound sur
rounded by an ampitheater of hills.
He turned himself slowly round three
times, saying in his native tongue:
'From where stand / see mine that
would buy the richest kingdom in the
world" He disappeared suddenly,
and was never seen again. Some say
he spoke of silver mine, others be-
lieve he meant gold one, but what
ever it was diligent search has been
made throughout the neighborhood.
Rich mines of manganese and gray iron
ore have been found by those in search
of the gold and silver; copper has been
discovered in large quantities, plum
bago and mica and yellow ochre I'M
earthed, as it were, by ACCIDENTAL show
ing the marvellous mineral wealth of
this section. Numerous old shafts
have been found, shafts which must
have been worked from half to three
quarters of a century ago. In exca-
waiting an eighty-foot cut on the Gin
cinnati and Georgia railroad square
hewn timbers in an excellent state of
preservation were removed from the
roadbed. No outlet to the shaft through
which they must have been lowered
there was ever discovered.
A murder or accident of forty years
back was unearthed a short time ago
by the discovery of an old shaft, at the
bottom of which the skeleton of the
victim was found.
Fort Mountain, in Murray county, is,
celebrated for a wonderful spring which.
boils up from its very top. Near the
spring are the remains of a fort, from
which the mountain takes its name,
built, it is said, by De Soto to guard
against the attacks of the Indians while
his men worked the rich gold mines of
the range Of which this mountain is
spur.
Miners are prospecting in the neigh
borhood with great diligence, and as
much excitement prevails there as char
acterized the recent strike in the Co
huttah mountains, of which the Tri-
dasaae spoke the other day.-Neao York
Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-26

yards below them was poor Indian Mep
now dazed and blinded by the heavy
rolling, dense blue smoke from the
burning brush scarcely fifty yards be-
hind her, hugging her baby to her
breast and rushing aimlessly hither
and thither among the masses of chap
arral she could no longer see her way
out OF, but still untiring in her efforts
to escape.
''Durn me eff | kin stand that"
shouted Long Jim with an oath, MAX
ing dash, Ratchet in hand, for dense
thicket some fifty feet in advance of the
cracking flames. Follow me, pards.
an see eff we can't get to Indian Meg
afore the fire. Burn the stuff right
ahead O We. Let tbe bull burned canon
go to blazeS. And so saying the
woodman disappeared among the blind
ing smoke. His comrades were not
slow to follow him.
A quarter of an hour later, when the
party which was beating out the fire
from the bottom of the canon up the
slope came upon one of those little open
areas, or blue patches, which occur at
intervals among the chaparral, they en-
countered a sorrowful spectacle.
They came upon the charred and
blackened body of Indian Meg, lying
face down upon the ground, every YES
tige OF scanty clothing burned away;
beside her stood Long Jim, his face the
color OF charcoal, not a hair of his
beard or on his scalp left, his shirt and
overalls in blackened tatterS, his boots
yellow and cracked his hands and arms
blstered to a Jelly, but nevertheless
holding Meg's baby, which smiled mer-
rily upon the surrounding group.
Il wuz too late, said Long Jim. in
explanation, Ito save the poor critter
The flames he'd passed over her afore l
come. Thar she wuz, jest as We see her
now, but the papoose was below her,
an she died keepin' off the smoke from
its little lungs"
1t was only an Indian squaw burned
and an Indian baby saved. TWAS only
handful of rough woodmen engaged
In lighting few hundred acres of burn
ing brush upon a Mendocino hillside;
but 1t may be doubted whether the ma
terial instinct could have been more
forcibly exhibited by any representative
OF the more civilized races, or whether
more disinterested heroism could have
been shown in fire or battle than on
this occasion by simple logger of the
Gualala in an effort to save an Indian
woman and her baby.-Robert Duncan
MGtf1e IN the AT1OnQut
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-26

Alexander Mason, a well-known man
about town, a particularly frequent
lounger about the Morton House, New
York, was coming out of his residence
few evenings ago when he met half
a dozen friends who were about to en-
ter in a body. They started back on
seeing him. He asked for an explana-
ton, and they read to him the death
notice of Alexander Mason at house
just two doors away. And it was not
a fictitious notice either. But the
strange part of it was that the dead
man of that name was utterly unknown
to Mr.. Mason. He had been his neigh
Dor for years, yet he had never seen or
heard of him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-26

as Aunt Jane entered my room. ..Chris
is proposing to Nell. y
''Well," said my aunt, 'that is an
old story"
But she has accepted him. 1 said
exultantly, as family stole up to me-
eyes, dear Chris; know now YOU
are the only man I could ever love-
'.Ahem!" said Aunt Jane, .'You
and /, Belle, will be the old maids OF
the family, after all. :"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-26

A Presbyterian doctor of divinity
once said to me at a general assembly,
says writer IN the st. Paul Pioneer
Press: ''You newspaper men must have
queer views of things. You are always
looking on and never taking part.
Your knowledge and habits of thought
must be very circumferential and sup
CRITICAL. | suppose, now, your idea of
the day of Judgment is that you will
have table off at one side and report
the proceedings for the morning pa
per-"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-26

The Glasgow Herald thinks that il
Americans would substitute oatmeal
for pies and hot cakes they would be
calmer, less lively, less speculative, less
bonlbastic, and happier.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-26

According to the Cleveland Herald,
''the Ohio penitentiary only needs col
ored walters, an elevator and a pretty
clerk to make it a first-class hotel on
the American plan"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-26

There is no use denying that the con-
duct of the railroads in maintaining high
freights west of Chicago is to-day the
uppermost topic from Illinois to the
Rocky Mountains and from Manitoba to
Texas. Minneapolis Tribune.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-09
REST.
The OBSERVER.

He sees when their footsteps falter,
When their hearts grow weak and fain
Remarks when their strength is falling,
And listens to each complaint.
He bids them rest for a season,
For the pathway has grown too steep,
And folded in fair green pastures,
He giveth His loved ones sleep.
Like weary and WORKOUT children,
That sigh for the daylight's close,
He knows that they oft are longing
For home and its sweet repose.
So He calls them in from their labors,
Ere the shadows round them creep,
And silently watching DER them,
He giveth His loved ones sleep.
He giveth it, oh, so gently,
AS mother will hush to rest
The babe that she softly pillows
So tenderly on her breast.
Forgotten are now the trials
And sorrows that made them weep,
For with many soothing promise
He giveth His loved ones sleep.
He giveth it. Friends the dearest
Can never this boon bestow,
But He touches ihe dropping eyelids,
And placid the features grow.
Their foes may gather about them,
And storms may round them sweep,
Bat guarding them from danger,
He giveth His loved ones sleep.
All dread of the distant future,
All fears that Cypress to-day,
Like mists that clear in the sunlight
Have noiselessly passed away.
No all nor elamor can rouse them
From slumbers SO pure and deep,
For only His voice can reach them
Who giveth His loved ones sleep.
Weep not that their tolls are over,
Weep not that their race is RIM,
God grant we may rest as calmly
When our work like theirs is done.
Till then W should yield with pleasure
Our trea - to Him to keep,
And rest in the sweet assurance
He giveth His loved ones sleep.
MARY f. PEABODY. Died. Jan. 10, ISs
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-09
COLUMBIA COLLEGE,

formerly Kings, one of our richest col
leges, has an income of high character.
Its fortune and prestige make ii "high
toned" institution, and most of its stu
dents are sons of wealthy business men
OF this city and Brooklyn. II l am
rightly Informed in regard to its wealth
(Which l dare not state)I can assign no
reason why the course should be so ex-
pensive unless it be that, were it less
so, il would seem to lower the stand
ard of its dignity and some of its dudes
would 60 where higher price is set on
the ben efits of its curriculum. Fortu-
nately for young men, with limited
means, who wish to obtain a thorough
collegiate education, in this city, for
the minimum of expense, there is no.
BILE University here which offers the
opportunity. OF this | may speak at
some future time.
AT this point in my letter news comes
that Gen. Grant is fast growing weak
er. Perhaps before this letter shall go
to the press the old hero will have join
ed that division of the army that laid
down arms forever in the great strug-
gle to preserve the Union. Perhaps
no one is better able than a New York
err to see the strong hold Gen. Grant
has on the hearts of the people. Should
he linger long between life and death
the press will keep the people Informed
as to his condition by extra editions.
Very few men are too busy to stop for
short time to learn of the hero's final
battle. The banker in Wall street, the
clergyman in his study, the loafer on
the corner and even the ragged news.
boy who shouts extra" until he is
hoarse will eagerly sean the report. 1t
is matter of regret that his last days
should be somewhat sadened by finan.
cial misfortune, but the fortitude with
which he endures it commands the pro-
found admiration of
THE OBSERVER.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-09
General News.-Sifted.

Gen, Grant is bravely fighting his
last battle. He rallied from his low
condition of week ago, but is at this
time again sinking with prospect OF
only few more days with this world.
He passed last night, comparatively
comfortable.
The election in Michigan for Judge
of Supreme court and University Re-
gents, resulted in Democratic victory.
The Chicago election, of last Mon
day was close. Carter Harrison, Dem
ocrat, probably elected mayor.
The mail train due last night at s:45,
did not arrive until :07 this morning,
owing to a slide just this side of Will
Evansville Station and big rock on the
track below Pratt's bridge.
Ex-Secretary Frelinghuysen is very
sick.
The severe flood in the Susquehana,
is subsiding.
Last Sunday Mayor Parsons of Glon-
cester, Mass, ordered all intoxicated
persons to be arrested-the lookup was
soon filled.
A reunion of those who fought at
Gettysburgh it to occur at that place,
May 4.
The burning of freight depot at
Watertown, N y. Sunday, entailed a
loss of $4,000.
The President sent to the Senate l73
nominations. OF these l59 We're con-
tirmed, rejected and II left Enacted
upon.
Geo. Nicohols has been elected a
vice president of Norwich university
to fill the place made vacant by the
death of Col. f. V. Randall.
The locating committee of the YER
mout colony are to leave Royalton for
Dakota in a few days to select site
for the town the colony is to build.
At the fourth annual shcaring of the
Vermont Merino Sheep Shearing asso-
citation at Middlebury last week the
ram DUR" owned by j. L. Buttolph
& Son of Middlebury, sheared 50 lbs.
and IS ounces. beating the best previ-
Gus authenticated record by two ounces,
and taking the prize for the heaviest
shcaring ram of any age. l.. S. Bur-
well Bridport got the prize for heav-
lest shcaring lamb, the fleece weighing
2G pounds and ounces. The prize for
the heaviest shearing eve goes to Hen
~ C. Burwell of Bridport, the fleece
weighing q lbs. and o., and the prize
for the heaviest shearing eve lamb
went to j. B. Hamlin & Son of Corn
wall, the weight of the fleece being 10
lbs and ) OF. The prizes for the best
six shearers were awarded without
preference to G. NJ. Clark of Addison,
George II. Burwell Of Bridport, c. F.
Pond of Shoreham, James Freeguard
of Addison, Geo. Williamson of Mid
dlebury and Julius Baldwin of Shore
ham.
DR.. c. W. Brown, claiming to be a
botanic physician of Boston, was ar
rested Monday, at Tmbribge, for
criminal assault upon young girl, the
ward of rich citizen.