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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-05-05
THURlOW WEED.
A New Story Concerning the "Priam Of the
Press.v

re~story concerning the "Prtam or the
Press"
The late Thurlow Weed, who was
sometimes called THE Priam of the
Press" because he was the father of SO
many newspapers, once told me an in,
teresting incident of his life which has
been inadvertently omitted from his
memoirs. 1t was during the war OF
1872, when he was living in Coopers-
town, N. Y, the home of the vet un,
fedged novelist, and was setting type
as a journeyman printer. Il was
nineteen years old and / fell in love
with Cathrine Ostrander, my landlady's
daughter, two years younger than ]
was. Her folks objected, very prop,
eriy, to her marrying a strolline
printer, without money or anything
else, and agreed to wait.
about this time / cot into a bad
scrape. /, with three other young fell
lows, who were rather hard lot, was
arrested on complaint of four girls
whom we met at a prayer meeting. I
had never seen them before, but we
walked home with them, and thew
made charge of improper conduct
against us all. The others got bail.
but L had no rich relatives and pre-
pared to go to Jail. At the examina-
ton told the Justice that / had no
lawyer and no money to pay one, when
to my great surprise leading ATTORNEY
of the town, whom had never spoken
with and did not know, stepped for
ward and gave bail for. me and offered
to defend me. 1t was Ambrose l.. Jor,
Dan. L was delighted. L did
not 60 to Jail, and at the trial
the girls voluntarily declared
that / was not party to the offensive
transaction. l left town for while,
but came back in year or two and
Catherine OStrander accepted me and
We were married. never forgot Jor
dan.
Some fifteen years after that, when
/ was in Albany in a position of some
influence, we were making up the
Wing State ticket in convention. The
principal officers had been placed in
when somebody said:
Now for Acknowledgement. We must
have q man down in the middle of the
State
Il named Ambrose L. Jordan and
he was made our candidate and elected.
"Wben he came up to Albany he
said to me: Il have some conscientious
scruples about accepting this office.
You gave it to me because / defended
you in Cooperstown when you wanted
q friend
IN entirely or exactly / said. Il
merely reasoned that the man who |
would come to- the rescue of an I'M
known and penniless youth for the |
sake of seeing justice done had the
right ideas to make good Attorney
General
Well be said. Il am not entitled |
to the credit you give me for either
or right feeling. gave bail
for you and defended you because |
Catherine Ostrander came and made a |
fuss about you and wouldn't give me |
any peace till did it. Better appoint
your wife Attoraey-Generaln
cit was the first I knew of her
agency in the matter. She had never |
told me during all these happy married |
years. ~. A. Crofuts Letter.
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BILL ARP ON FARMING.
A Profession Giving Freedom, Latitude ant
Variety Of Employment.

Variety Of Employment.
I like farmin. 1t is an honest quiet
life, and it does me so much good to
work and get all over in sweat of
perspiration. enjoy my humble food
and repose, and get up every mornin
renewed and rejuvenated like an eagle
in his flight. or words to that effect. i
know 1 shall like it more and more,
for we have already passed over the
Rubycon, and are beginnin to reap the
rewards of industry. Spring chickens
have got ripe. and the hens keep
bloomin on. Over two hundred now
respond to my old 'oman's call every
mornin, as she totes sroun the bread
tray a singin teheeky, teheeky, teheeky.
/ tell you. she watches those birds
close, for she knows the value of 'em.
She was raised Methodist, she was,
and many a time has watched through
the crack of the door sadly, and seen
the preachers helped to the last gizzard
in the dish. There was fifty-four
chickens, seven ducks, five goslins.
twelve turkeys and seven pigs hatched
out last week, and Daisy had a calf
and Mollie colt, besides. This looks
like bisness, don't ftp This is what I
call successful farmin - multiplying
and replenishing according to Scripter.
Then we had plenty of peas and pota-
toes, and other garden verbs, which
helps apoor man out, and by the fourth
of July will have wheat bread and bis
kit and blackberry pie and pass regu-
lar declaration Of independence.
/ like farnin. / like latitude and
longitude. When we were penned up
in town my children couldn't have Q
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sling shot. or a bow and arrow, nor a
chicken fight in the back yard, nor
sick dog on another dog, nor let of
big Injun whoop, without some
neighbor making fuss about it. And
then, again, there was q
show, or q dance, or a
bazaar, or a missionary meeting
most every night, and it look like the
children were just obleeged 10 90. or the
world would come to an end. 1t was
money. money, money all the time,
but now there isn't store or a milli-
ner shop within five miles of us, and
we do our own work, and have learned
what IL Is costs 10 MAKE a Uusnei oI
corn and a barrel of flour, and by the
time Mrs. Arp has nursed and raised a
so much of 'em she don't want us to
kill 'em, and they are heep better
and fatter than any we used to buy.
We've got great big fireplace in the
family room, and can boil the coffee or
heat kettle of water on the hearth if
we want to, for we are not on the look
out for company all the time like wa
used to be. We don't cook half as
much as we used to, nor waste whole
parcel every day on the darkey, and
we eat what is set before Us, and are
thankful.
It's wonder to me that everybody
don't 90 to farming. Lawyers and
doctors have to set about town and
play checkers. and talk politics, and
wait for somebody to quarrel or fight
or get sick; clerks and bookkeepers
figure and multiply and count until
they get TO counting the stars, and
the flies on the ceiling, and the peas in
the dish. and the flowers on the paper
ing; the jeweler sits by his window all
the year round, working on little
wheels. and the mechanic strikes the
same kind of lick every day.
These people do not belong to
themselves; they are all penned
up like convicts in a chain gang;
they can't take day nor an hour for
recreation, for they are the servants of
their employers. There is no profess
sion that gives a man such freedom,
such latitude, and such a variety of en-
ployment as farming.-AtIdRta Con-
StitutiOn.
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POTATOES.
Wisdom In Relation to This Universally
Used Esculent.

Wisdom In Relation to This Universally
Used Esculent.
Potatoes are three-fourths water.
The solid matter consists largely of
starch, with small quantity of albu-
men and mineral matter held in sOlu-
ton in the juice. The quantity of
starch increases during autumn and re-
mains stationary during the winter.
The sprouts in potatoes should be re-
moved as soon as they appear, since if
they are allowed to grow they exhaust
the starch and render the potatoes unfit
for food. Potatoes should be kept in q
dry. cool cellar. Potatoes belong to
the same poisonous order as tobacco
and nightshsde, and contain an acid
juice which is unpleasant to the taste
and often renders them indigestible.
This lies in and near the rind of the po-
tato, and is drawn out BY the heat.
When the potatoes are baked 10 escapes
in the stream if they are opened at
once, and when they are boiled it is alb
sorbed by the water. Potatoes when
first peeled are white, but turn brown
Ou cAROSukC LlkO TUX bulS KCd-
son they should be covered with cold
water as soon as they are peeled. New
potatoes are watery, as the starch is
not fully formed and they have very
thin skin. which may be rubbed or
scraped of. Boiled potatoes should be
served as soon as they are soft, and
should be served the moment the heat
bursts all the starch grains-which
may easily be determined by their soft
texture when pierced with fork-else
the starch will absorb water, and the
potatoes become pasty and unwhole-
some. To prepare the potatoes q la
neige select potatoes of a uniform size;
wash them and scrub them with brush
kept for the purpose; pare them, and
put them Immediately in cold water.
Put them into boiling sailed water, al
lowing one quart of water and one
teaspoonful of salt for six large pota-
toes. Cook half an hour, or until soft,
but not until broken: drain off every
drop of water. When they are well
drained and mealy beat them thor
oughly with fork, add salt to taste,
and serve at once piled lightly on q hot
dish.-Bosto1s Advertiser.
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THE WHITE LEGION.
An Organization Whose Avowed Objects
Are Entirely Praiseworthy.

Are Entirely Praiseworthy.
An organization with the above title
has been effected in New York, and
will soon have branches in all the
leading cities of the country. Its OBJ
ject is q noble one, for it aims to incul-
cate purity of life, thought and speech
among men. A similar organization
has had a most beneficial effect on the
social life of England. The White Lee
gion demands of its subscribers that
they should apply the same rules of
conduct and conversation TO men that
have always been demanded of women.
This organization does not pretend to
be religious in its aims; only ethical.
Its object is to create greater reverence
for the female sex. 1t would have all
men regard all women as they would
their mothers, their sisters or their
wives. The White Legion intends, if
possible. to stamp as ungentlemanly
and unbecoming loose and indelicate
conversation among men. All it asks
of women is that they shall pass as
stern a judgment upon men whose lives
are immoral as It now does on members
of their own sex who have disregarded
the higher canons of conduct. Of
course it is easy to ridicule the objects
of q society of this kind, but all good
men and women should in every way
encourage it. Branches of the White
Legion will be established among the
young men in our colleges. Herding
together in their dormitories, and away
from the refining influences of their
female relations, young collegians are
apt to become coarse in their converse
ton and immoral in their conduct, hence
they need some standards of behavior to
save them from giving way to their
lower natures. 1t is always well TO
keep before the young man knowl-
edge of the dual aspects of love be-
tween the sexes. In one view the sp-
petite is that experienced by the tiger.
the goat, or the hyena, but this same
brute impulse becomes, under the
manipulation Of humanizing agencies,
the inspirer of all that is noble in life.
The romance, the chivalry, the self
sacrifice involved in the higher rela-
tons of the sexes is what makes this
life endurable, and stimulates all the
sentiments that center about the family
and the home. These higher senti-
ments are q matter of cultivation, and
hence the value of refined society, good
books, inspiring poetry, religious en-
thusiasm and influences such as can DO
brought to bear by organizations such
as the White Legion.
In a new play by Alexander Dumas,
called DENISE" one of the characters
enunciates the following sentiment.
which should be written in letters Of
gold: "Do you want to know what is
absolute truth? 1t is to respect the
first woman you have known and loved
your mother-in all the other women
you may meet hereafter. 1t is not to
make them fall If they stand high-not
to drag them lower if they are debased
already; il is to associate yourself for
life with only one woman, your wife,
and to have but one motive in mar
riage-love. This is truth. All that
borrows the name and is not this, has
been invented to suit society which is
at once elegant and dissolute. Dem
oreSfs Monthly.
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PREPARE FOR FAILURE.

This Preparation Best Secured by Obtain
ing . Good Education.
A good old teacher used to say that
he did not try to prepare boys for
success in lfe," but for failure. His
opinion was that success" in the or.
binary sense of the term, depends upon
natural gifts which Q school can not
create. or else upon favorable circum-
stances, such as a rich father and infu-
entail friends. Hence, his position.
often expounded, that the chief Office
of education is to enable men and
women to do without success" Al
most any one of good habits, he
thought, could enjoy existence upon
twenty thousand dollars a year. The
difficult problem is to be happy upon
ten dollars a week. That requires gen.
uine manhood. high motive, knowl-
edge, taste, virtue, good sense, and,
indeed, all the rare qualities of civilized
men.
The rich can possess picture of
sunrise by the fashionable artist of the
day, and he eau keenly enjoy the dis
'tinction which its possession gives him.
There are men in considerable numbers
among us who, as they stroll cheerily
along to their work in the morning,
have caste and feeling enough to enjoy
the sunrise itself, with all its accom-
paniments of glorious color and rap
turous song.
A wealthy man can have a gorgeous
library. On library table we saw the
other day twenty thousand dollars
worth of art books, seldom looked at
by the owner, or by any of his family.
The family had kind of languid pride
in the possession of the great square
volumes in their bindings of crushed"
something or other. A visitor could
not be long in the room without being
told how much some of them cost.
Success, as it is called, can procure
such library for o small family; but
it is education alone that can enable
them either to use or to enjoy it Alright,
and we live at time when a mechanic
or q clerk can have access to better
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A Good:Chance for a Mil.

/ will sell the grist mill at L bette cit,
ksnsss, at bargain. if sold on, or Def %
May LIST. 1885.
Frsme building, 8 stories, 25x35, ensin.
room, 1870, nearly two scres Of grour d
IL feet of side track, 12x24, Silk Il
Davis" engine. Two corn burrs and she'll
running every day. Wheat machinery 9
the mill not set up. will either sell 20 '
good Miller, one half or all of this lr"l'e''.
/ de- not understand the business myss'f
Will sell to responsible psrty OF in
This is a rare chance to The right mo.
| ID. HiGHLsYMA
Box 17s, Chetops, Kan 3-l7~4
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AN ECCENTRIC CHANCELLOR.
The Personal Appearance and PeculiarIties
of Noted Kentuckian.

OF Noted hentuckian.
Chancellor George NJ Bib. of Ken
lucky, twice Senator from that State,
and Secretary of the Treasury in Mr..
Tyler's administration, was known in
Washington as .'the last of the small
clothes" Until his death he wore a
broad brimmed hat, fine linen, long
waist-coat, knee breeches, black silk
hose and low shoes with silver buckles.
The Chancellor personal appearance
and manners proclaimed him a gentle
man of the old school-dignified, high
toned, and courteous to everybody.
Even the BOYS, knowing that he took
snuff, would often stop him in the
streets with:
please, sir. give US pinch OF
SNUFF The Chancellor. with an air
that would have become Louis XIV.
himself, would at once offer his snuff
box to the little fellow.
A lawyer, while pleading before him
in Kentucky, introduced the name of
the Apostle Paul, saying that with all
his learning, st. Paul was long time
in approaching the truths of Christian
ity.
"St. Paul was a giant, sir!'' ex-
claimed the Chancellor, rising from
the bench. ut took a stroke of
lightning to make him understand; but
when he did understand he talked like
thunderr'
One day, the Chancellor met in
Washington a friend from Kentucky.
and inquired particularly about the
gentleman's family-his SON and his
sons children.
His youngest" said the friend, lis
uamed for you and for one of the
Biblical characters, George Nehemiah"
That's right" replied the Chancel-
lor. 1.-The taU and the prophets should
always 90 together"
The Chancellor fondness for angling
amounted to a passion. Whether the
fish "bit' or not, he would sit for hours
on the bank of stream, with rod and
line, waiting for nibble. A story IL
Illustrative Of his reputation as the most
patient of anglers, used to be told in
Washington circles.
A gentleman, seeing that the Chan
cellor had been sitting on the wharf
for several hours, watching his float.
strolled down to him, and asked:
"What luck?"
"None," replied the Chancellor. al
thought 1 had bite two or three hours
ago, but apparently there is not fish
now here"
"What is your baitr'
"a live, plump, young frog, hooked
through the feshy part of the leg"
''Look there, CHANCELLOR" said the
friend, bursting into alaugh and point
ing to log partly out of the water.
The Chancellor looked, and saw his
bait summing itself on log.-Youth's
Companion.
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UuI1uI1uuuuuuuuIu

Tel the children 10 cut out and save the connie
silhouette pictures "a they appear from issue 10
issue Thsy win be pleased with the COLLECTION
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Ut Lske. Utah, April 30.-Angus M.
{ mon. broth-r of congressional deIegate
';eo ge G. Cannon, has been convicted of
u | wful cohsbitation. Sentence is de-
ed i'll May 9th. The proffer to prove
no exu / commerce wss ruled ont Judge
=: held Twin. with thr women repre-
e1 to the world IS wives constituted
rhine OF cobibstition. Bishop ] 'mes
VI milton has ben arrested on charge
vg my.
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Near Richmond, Va, Is farm
house with some of the first window.
panes brought to America They are
iOxl2 in size and were already In the
sash when brought here. At that time
the use of putty was not known fol
glazing. and the lights were held in
place by strips of wood tackled against
them. The cost of each light in In.
gland was about three dollsrA
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This space Is owned by
BIIACKWELL'S BULL.
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Neutre l Turkey.

Paris, April 3O.-Essad Pssha, Turkish
ambassador to Frauce, in an interview to-
day said in his opinion il wss 20 the inter
est of Turkey to remain neutral in the
event of war between Rnssis and England.
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The Mirror

is no aatterer. Would you
make it tell a sweeter tale2
Magnolia Balm is the charm
er that almost cheats the
looking-glass.
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library than that, besides possessing
collection of his own that shall include
most of his favorite books.
Doubtless, then, our venerated
teacher was not wrong when he advised
his pupils to get an education which
would enable them to live contented
and dignified life upon narrow means.
Happily, the noolest pleasures are free
to all who are capable of enjoying
them Youths COn1pnnion
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-24
Mortgage sale,

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nEFAULT having been made In the payment
- Of the sum Of Seven Hundred and six and
hfty-fve one hundredths dollars (S7O6, 65) which
10 claimed 10 be due at the date Of this notice
9P0n certain mortgage, duly executed and
delivered e!s:s ~ lanes Urquhart and Mary A. his
gage Company. Qimited) bearing date the 18th
day OF May 4. D. 1881, and duly recorded In the
office OF RegtsterOf Deeds In and for the County
OF Pembtna and Territory of Dakota, on the 18th
day OF May A. D. 1881, at 1910 o'clock A. M, in
book OF mortgages, on pages 28and "a.
wise having been instituted to recover the debt
secured BY said mortgage, or any part thereof;
Now therefore, notice is hereby given, that bg
virtue OF q power Of sale contained In said mort
gage and pursuant to the statue In such case
made and provided, the said mortgage will be
foreclosed, and the premises described in and
quarter (s.e.N of section number twenty eight
!Sl In township number one hundred and sixty
four (l6ll north, in range number fifty two (5J)
west Of the 5th'P. N. containing one hundred
and sixty acres according to the government
survey thereof, in Pembina County, and Terri
tory Of Dakota, with the hereditaments and
to the highest bidder for cash, to pay said debt
and interest. and the taxes. IL any. on said
premises, and fifty dollars attorneys fee as stip.
uIated in and by said mortgage in case Of fore
closure and the disbursements allowed by law;
which sale will be made by the sheriff OF said
town of Pembina in said county and Territory,
on Tuesday the 5th day Of May A. D. 1886 at 10
O'Clock q. m, OF that day, subject to redemption
at any time within one year from the day Of
sale, US provided by law.
Dated Pembina ID. T: March I'd, A. D, 1885.
A.V' EAsT E.,!,s, SMilmaited) Mortgage.
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Mortgage Sale.

nEFAULT having been made In the paymen,
iof the sum of three hundred and forty-three
and sixty one-hundredths dollars 6O)which Is
claimed to be due at the date of this notice upon
By Jesse Crosby and Elizabeth. Ills Wife 10 TSe
Colonial and United States Mortgage COMPANY
lLimlted) bearing date the 18th day Of March A.
y. 1SS2, and duly recorded in the Office of the
Register OF Deeds, In and for the county of Fem.
pima and Territory of Dakota, on the 10th day OF
March A. d. 1852, at 30 o'clock a. M in book Of
mortgages. on page 81, and no action or proceed.
ing at law or otherwise having been instituted to
recover the debt seCuredby said mortgage or
any part thereof
virtue of power Of sale containined in said mort
gage and pursuant to the statute in such Gaze
made and provided, the said mortgage will he
forec.Osed. and the premises described In and
covered by said Mortgage, viz: The west half OF
me me, northeast quarter w 4ne and the east
section number twenty three (as) In township one
hundred and eixtytwo Q62) north in range num-
Der fifty -four 90 west. of the 5th p. NJ, contain.
ing one hundred and sixty acres according 10
government survey, in Pembina county, and
appnrtenances will be sold at public auction, to
the highest bidder for cash, to pay sald debt and
interest. and the taxes, If any, on said premises.
and iifty dollars attorneys fee. as stipulated in
and by said mortgage in case of foreclosure, and
will be made by the sheriff Of said Pembins
county, at the front door of the court house, in
the town of Pembina in said county and Terri
tory, on Tuesday the 9Th day of May A. d. 1856
At 10 o'clock a. m Of that day, subject to redemp.
tion az any time within ono year from the day Of
Dated Pembina, D. T.. March I'd, A. D. 1885,
THE COLONIAL AND U, 8. MORTGAGE Co.,
A. EASTMAN, (Limited) Mortgage.
Attorney. a489