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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
How a Master Of Ceremonies Got
Even With Miserly Guests.

Major Devlin, U. S. A., had for sew
eral years been stationed at San
Antonio, as depot quartermaster.
He was a most amiable gentleman
and had made himself very popular
amoug the citizens by many acts of
courtesy. 1t was therefore with regret
that the citizens learned Colonel Devlin
had been ordered to Portland, Ore.
AS soon as the date OF his departure
was made known, several prominent
citizens made up their minds to tender
Colonel Devlin a farewell banquet. A
meeting was privately called for the
purpose OF soliciting subscriptions,
and this matter as we'll as the other
arrangements were placed in the hands
Of Fritz Bender, German resident,
who went around with subscription
list.
'How are you coming on with the
banquet" asked Sam Bennett, one of
the committee.
II vas disgoosted," replied Bender.
''Dose rich PEBBLE vat should pay five
tollars, dey comes NIT one tollars.
But never mind. I gets even NIT dose
misers. Shoost wait" and Fritz wink
ed in a myst ,rious manner.
The comJ imentary banquet was q
grand affair. The wealth and fashion
OF the Alamo City was present. The
banquet consisted of eight courses.
When the third course, which consist
ed OF fish and oysters, was brought on,
Fritz Bender got up, and in his deep
voice said: :.
':Dose schentlemen vich has sub
scribed one dollar to dis compliment
tary banquet to dot Kernel Devlin will
please go away and not come pack any
more. Dose schentlemen vothas sub
scribed two dollars can keep on eating
till l dells ,em to wipe off their chins
and clear dot banquet hall out. Dose
heightened schentlemen vot has paid
five tollars can stay r;ghd here, and
eat so much as dey wants."
tits needless to add that this was
positively the last occasion that Fritz
Bender was asked to oMciate as mas
ter of ceremonies.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
The Hessians as They We're.

The diary OF Capt. Pausch, com
mander Of Burgoyne's Haynau Ar
tillery 9 manuscript Of ITO pages,
found in the State Library at Cassel.
and q copy recently secured by Col.
Stone, on which treasure trove The
Nation OF October Is has three
column editorial. Capt. Pausch's
Journal is naturally most copious III
describing the three battles in which
he and his famous battery bore an
active part; namely, the nava'1 -s.17tion
against Arnold ...xamDlain.
and the battles on the 10th Of Sep
TENDER and the 7th Of October, which
resulted in the surrender OF Burgoyne.
1t, however, dwells freely on the per-
sonal experiences of this officer
and his men, and one gets glimpses
into the private life of these exc
Grated Hessian soldiers, which makes
one lament their hard and unhonored
fate. The author says naively that,
when on detached service with an Eng
llsh force who were ignorant of Ger
man, as he was Of Eng lish, he felt, with
David, "like a pelican in the wilder
ness" His men, in their hard voyage
over, in q. a. ship which had been a.
Gu.nea-slaver, '"never forgot to sing
devotional hymns morning and even
lng-the Offering due to their Mighty
Protector" Arrived here, many of
them were in hospitable from diarrhea,
"and their homesick talk, night and
day, as long as their breath held out,
was OF brides and wives, fathers,
mothers, brothers, sisters and other
relatives left behind in their beloved
Haynau." It was hard lines for
them indeed. The shame of their
being here was not theirs, but the
caitiff kings who sold them to the
English, to fight against the liberties
OF brave young nation.
"Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs but to do, or die"
Both officers and men were cavalier
ly treated by their English comrades,
which sank deep into their martial
souls. English officers could command
Germans; but German officers could
have no authority over English SOL
diers: and an attempt Was made to
deprive Capt. Pausch's men Of side
arm when off duty Pausch 5estifes
to the Yankees, or ''rebels,," rs he calls
them, firing so we'll at Va]cour Island,
under Arnold, as to sink one OF his
vessels, and firing when their own were
sinking. How bravely, in this single
line, does one see these comrades OF
our gallant forefathers disappearing
from mortal sight to people the realm
of impelishable renown!
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
She Was WatchinriBiu,
Atlanta (Ga.) Corresp ndence al Maco1
E:sE s& E3sS TELEGRAPH.

,zt Telegraph s.s5 s:@s 5a
1t was in the gallery Of the house.
The legislature was in session and the
railroad bill was up for discussio n
Two old country ladies edged down,
and after much wrigggling got seats.
One was stout and prim. There was
a look of defiance in her pale eyes.
Every feature seemed to be on the Of
fensive. Without speaking a word,
she seemed to say from head to foot,
eyes, lam here, and have never been
here before. Now, what have you got
to say about it?" 1H&. II 4:
The other was long and angular.
She seemed to move in the magic cir
Gle of the visible authority exercised by
her companion. There was a meek,
accommodating look in her tired
brown eyes, and the althea snuff stick
thrust between her lips barely culver
ed, she chewed so gently upon it. She
did not gaze about her much, but fixed
her eyes upon the throng Of legislators
below. Herfaded shawl dropped back,
revealing faded calico dress, and a.
battered reticule of ancient date was
clasped in her hand. "Lah, Sal, she
suddenly exclaimed in a whisper, eff
there amt our Bill down thar!" "And
why not?" said the priln lady aloud,
twisting around and facing the people
on the other side. civilian Toddle-
k'ns was elected ter speak for Snapdoo-
die county" A dozen pairs OF eyes
were fixed upon her. She reiterated:
~ say, why not? William Toddlekins
was elected to speak for Snapdoodle
county. Why shouldn't he be here?"
The faded woman went down into her
satchel for another dip, and said:
"But who'd er tho't Bill T6ddlekins
would ever er got in the legislature
What's he goin' ter do anyhow.
''Do? Why gracious alive, Mrs. Bet
tie, he's goin' ter give them railroad
men fits" Again the prim lady faced
the surrounding company and bobbed
her head defantly.
.What'us Bill know bout railroad::"
asked the faded lady, putting the cover
back on her snuff box and closing her
satchel without even snap. "Las'
timeI saw i'm he couldn' drive a. steer
'round the post Office corner. Bet he
couldn'tgo round q railroad bend an
find his way back.
Further conversation was shut off,
for just then Bill rose to his feet, and
combing his name more or less graceful
ly with his left hand, "sai]ed into the
railroads." He stamped, he raved, in
voked the constitution, hefoamed ov-
er 'tinalienable rights" and moaned
when he spoke Of an oppressed and
down-trodden people. And every time
his good right arm sawed the air, the
priln lady bounced around end gazed
defiart1y upon the assembled compa-
ny. But the faded lady merely chew
ed upon her althea mop, and said
nothing. She was watching Bill.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
a Poem on Essbioa.

Babies! The world Is full 81 babiesl
There are $, 600 IN Atlanta il there is
one. They are little but they are
mighty important. Did you ever no.
tice how they disappear in rainy
weather? The babies come and 90.
with the sunshine. Let 8 balmy day
happen along and the green lawns are
dotted over with babies. Their club
by legs trudge the streets, or they ride,
and their wise, thoughtful faces look.
out from under very red hoods and
and seem to rebuke the world for being
so bad. -. !. s. ss.s s:
Did you ever see a, woman pass D
baby without giving it asecondglan
Did you ever see an inexperienced man
try to make peace with an noffensiva
and inontfending baby? Did you ever
see a baby that didn't know gentle
man when he saw one? Did You ever
hear any eloquence like a baby won.
derful words? And how clear and sill
very is the voice of a little girl! Her
laughter is like a ripping shower Of
music from the skies <-Es #
There is no doubt abont it, the
babies are the salt Of thu earth. A
man is not full grown urtil he owns
one. A being who can lean over the
side OF his sleeping baby and not be
AS brave as q lion IS not good for
much this side of tne .cemetary, nor
the other side either. for that matter.
Did you ever notice the little peak
ed-faced babies that look out of the
dark damp rooms that fall to the lot
OF the poor? They breathe the very
dust that the rafting drays throw
against their low windows. There is
a little child on a back street in the
business part Of Atlanta who may
be taken as a specimen Of that class
OF babies who arc without sunshine.
There is no yard to the house, no cor
ner where even 'frog houses can be
made. No mud pies ever bake on fire.
less ranges, and no red painted toys
ever tell the passer-by that q little
child lives there. But a, small, pale
face, ever so meek, presses against
the dusty panes, and sad little eyes look
out on the ever-moving stream OF
days and people. 1t is a companion
less child. 1t ron1ps with no children,
it rides no fiery, unframed tricycle.. A
vel fed dog dashing by is a diversion,
and a hook and ladder truck en- route
to a fire amounts to circus
A rosy-faced baby, with happy
home. sleeps in the folds of its cradle!
Hardly day and the little cheeks are
as white as the pillow upon which it
rests. Did you ever notice how light
a baby looks when it is dead? There
is hardly enough of the little form to
turn zephyr. A weeping mother
said one day:
ut is so hard to leave my baby
away off in the cemetery. 1t is so
hard to shut the door and know nv
baby is on the outside. Atlanta Con-
stitution.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
A Funeral Wreath.

"Adeaconi in a Western town recent
ly ied"says the New York Comercial-
Advertiser. ellis pastor soon paida-
visit OF coincidence to the bereaved wild
ow. She asked the minister if he would
like to see the funeral wreath. He as
sented. She led him to the much
priced memento and pointed out it's
peculiarities. In a broken voice she
said: The red flowers were made of
his red hannels; the white ones of his
white hannels. The stamens were
made of the coffin shavings and the
pistils' OF his beard. The berries and
buds were made of the pills that were
left when he died, and the feathery
part was made of the feathers of the
last chicken dear James killed before
he was taken ill., All this she said
without a pause for breath, and end
ed her chastity description of the
treasured wreath by imploring the
bewildered clergyman to lead in pray
er, = 80 s,s,:.:,.- -Iae&s@.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
EDO You Slide?o

Tobogganing grows faster than ivy,
and is fast superseding roller skating.
1t is a jolly sport and only those who
have participated in it can form any
idea of it's exhilaration. We have
whizzed down steep slides, and felt
fearful for our life at times, but the
run was always exciting, and we new
er lost more than finger nail in g.
flight. Truthful James" comes out
of the West and thus describes his first
toboggan slide: 81 have been tobog-
gaming and don't you forget it, my
reader. promise you won't, sat
down on the innocent looking cushion
ed board on the top ofthe hill. There,
was handsome young woman sitting
in front Of me on the same board.
Cad, had no sooner settled down
than she picked up my feet and legs Il
wear number nine boots), and tucked
them under her dainty arms. It was
a new sensation to me. Ihave Rugged
beautiful girls, and been Rugged, but
never from that end. I rather liked
it after my surprise had worn a
little threadbare. But while she was
holding my feet and a tingling electric
sensation was rapidly absorbing my
system in consequence thereof, an un-
feeling brute showed us of the top of
the hill, and we fell, think, 10, 1000
feet in a second. 1 think Of Ella
Wheeler Wilcox dropping down to
sweet hell and wondered if she had to-
bogganed before she wrote that pas
toral sketch. It don't take long to
link if you. are scared into it by the
imminent fear Of death. / thong hit of
everything I had ever done that was
wrong and everything had ever done
right. If I could HAYS controlled my
mind and confined to the latter I
should have had time to spare, even
to the toboggan slide, but1 couldn't.
I kept on thinking like a house on
fire and shivering on an Arctic gale
until we reached the level and went
scooting across the prairie like an ex-s
press train. Then felt better, T saw
life before me again. yelled and
shouted like mad. I whooped and
halloed as though tobogganing was
something funny. The man at the
wheel lost control of themachine, and
it began to wobble, and l iell into A.
trance from sheer dizziness. 1 must
have been unconscious three seconds,
for I was awakened by sensation as
of my legs being thrown around the
corner Of q building and me trying to
follow them. Iopened my eyes and
saw that the handsome young woman
had cast me off and was walking up
the slide / picked up my legs and
hurried after. It was my first trip on
81 toboggan. shall never forget it..
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12
A Remarkable Clock.

There is a clock at Brussels which
comes about as near being perpet-
nal motion as can beinvented, for the
sun does the winding. A shaft ex-
posed to the solar rays causes an up
draught Of air which sets a fan IN mo-
ton The fan actuates mechanism
which raises the weight Of the clock
until it reaches the top, ard then puts
q break on the fan until the weight
has gone down a little, when the ian
IS again liberated and proeeedes to act
as before. AS long as the sun shines
frequently enough and the machinery
does not wear out. the clock S prac-
tically q perpetual motion machine.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-12


you have been SLEEPING there all night
on the heart rug? You deserve to
die"
"Why, I have been dead!' said.
"Where is Mary, doctor? I think"
Then tainted away. .',..,
OF course the doctor put me to bed
and restored me finally to conscious
ness, grumbling the while about the
plgheadness of omepeople that would
not do as they We're told.
ut was all the fault of that book,
DOCTOR I said, pointing to the vol
ume OF Herbert Spencer that lay on
the floor in the sunshine. 81 had been
reading about queer ideas Of death
and another life, and that I suppose
occasioned my falling to sleep and
dreaming was dead and attending
my own flner al. Ifairly shudder at the
recollection" ~. ::
"Well, you certainly looked more
dead than alive. when I found you
there, ;, said the doctor, "and you gave
shrek as Icame in-sucha Shrek =
Never mind, DOCTOR" said trying
to laugh 'when am well again / in
tent to write out that dream and cali
it The Black Camel for as Abd-el-
Kader says, Death is a black camel
that kneels at the gates Of all Ger
tainly the black camel has knelt at
my gate. Z =.
'sAllI can say is this remarked
the doctor severely, that # ever I
catch YOU at any such thing again, I'll
Il III .#5
The doctor did not say what he
would do, for at that instant there
was o knock at the door and q mes
|senger handed me . bouquet OF roses
from Mary
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-12-23

connection between the mines and the
furnaces, and to bring to these furnaces
whatever furl and ore they may need.
Norailr' 9d accountant is needed TO prove
that the earnings of the road which has
this traffic will be enormous, and that
too, without estimating receipts from any
other business than that furnished by ths
blast furnaces. That there will be more
Is easy TO see. Camel and spint Goals
marble, lumber and farm products will
help to swell the volume of freights.
Sparsely settled as is the back country
now, It's exports reach considerable
figure. a statement recently prepared
tor the National Bureau OF Statistics
gives In detail the value of all mel chand-
ise carried from this country by boats on
the Big Sandy from July lst, 1885, TO
July LIST, 1886, the total being $3.50, 600,
and this does not include what passed out
by railroad. From this should be de-
Quoted the fares paid by steamboat pas.
sengers, $33 ,527 ,50-leaving the total ex-
ports at 81, s3l ,4G2,50. The weight of
o. this mlscellane1us freight was 1890
tons-logs, lumber, coal and live stock
not being Included. Among The most
valuable OF the foregoing were feathers,
worth So, 1884; ginseng, 1854; 5,l68
barrels ofsorgum syrup, worth Sll,344;
wool $3.50, 44o pounds worth Sl7B,5S2,
and 4,o9l cases of eggs, worth $iB,5eo.
Timber and lumber are RATED down
stream. Among the logs we're 17b,ooo
poplars, valued ut S774, 400, and 10 ,532
black walnut, worth 215, 37s dollars. OF
lumber there were / ASH ,5oo feet of pop
lar and colo, 900 oak slaves. The live
stock included 1924 head OF cattle, 81
Loo chickens, 1927 hogs; 1895 sheep,
besides horses, myles, turkeys, ducks and
geese. These exports, taken frorii list
of nearly three-score articles, show very
fairly what the agriculture and industries
of that section are, and also what they
may be when the country is opered tit
to settlement and its vareous rcsdurce:
are developed.
Th,re is htpossifi'ily Of more ilian on.
road ey'r bling cohs,fut'ei tlfohsblhis set
ton on the .ns ,.l Charlest,i Il, Cincr
natl s Chicago Kafr.7d will follow, f,r tn,
weakH Of tile Cumberland Mountains art
the Conformation Of the county on boti
sides Of them will make it impossible tc
build parallel. Neither viii this road b,
compelled to haul long trains Of empty car
fiom Ashland back TO Cranberry, for I'll
same that carry ore and cole down to AL.
land will be filed with fuel for the blast ldf:
naces at the Besemere ore beds and The h, ma
tite mines OF Burke county, N. c., or foi
thu consumers al along the line between. tl'e
TennessFg border and C.isrleslon. Looking
atthe future business Of til, road from
bha,ever standpoint ! can see nothing to PIE
vent Il from becoming the grea'-i 'ftight
carrier Of the whole soathert country,
ESP
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-12-23

AT the regular meeting of the
Chautauqua Circle of Louisa, held
Dec. 18th, 1886, the following reso-
ation-was offered and unanimous
ly adopted:
Resolved, That We deeply regret
the departure Of Mrs. and Miss
Pierson from Louisa, as in
their removal the "White Rose
loses two ofits valued members.
That we hope their residence in
Washington City is only Temporal
ny, and that our Circle will again
bo favored with the presence OF
those accomplished and intelligent
ladies'.
That the Secretary be directed to
furnish a copy ofthese resolutions
TO the Bro SANDY News for publ
cation. G.W.WRoTEN, Pres.
MAGGIE HATCHER, Sec'y.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-12-23
i Great Iron Center.
Especial Correspondence Manufacturers
Record.


Record.
AsilLASD, KY., December 8, 1856.
We Have finished our jotiriitS aetoss
the c6lintry from the East Tennessee;
Virginia 4 Georgia Railroad at Johnson
City to this irbh manufacturing town on
the banss OF the ohio FLYER. We have
passed thtoiigh a country whose natural
wealth cannot be described in figures,
which needs but railroad lind thb cap
ltai lnStcste,i In Development that would
certainly follow It's construction to make
this one OF the buslcst and tlchest sections
in the United States. dare not give
the figure, tiiat pur experts have made
OF tie Sslic of these resources if deyel-
opGd. for tlseif iiilmenslty would lead
your ishdsrs to think 1had been taking
Lessons from Baron Munchausen. AT
present all this vast wealth is as useless
to the wbtld as gold would be to starv-
Ing castaway on barren uninhabited
ishhd. It il where Il was put by nature
in thai iipheaved period of the worlds
history When great coal measures we're
lilted ifbh unknown depths and held
rock bound until needed for human use
More than half the surface of Scott coun-
ty and all of Wise and Dickinson counties,
Virginia, cover coal seams. It Is tn.
sane With Pike county, Kentucky, and
and fot 40 miles down the Big Sandy
river, splinh coking and camel. Goals
in veins varying from to II feet in
thltkness crop out at such an elevation
atoyc that riser and other watercoiirses
as to reduce the cost Thinning to 4 mini
mu'h, While. their qualities have Been
proven, both by chemical anslysls apd
by practical tests OF a large scale, to be
the equal ofany found elsewhere.
At present this vast region Is undefel-
oped between Pikevllle and the Tcpnes-
see line The marbles found at Estillyills
in inexhaustible quantities, the hard
Wood and poplar forests OF all That tesloa,
apd the fossilifcrous red hemetite ores
OF Scott county, are without value be-
catae obey cannot be used. The steamers
Oh The Big Sandy buy coal as they need il
from the mines on the Banks, taking 1t
from barges moored below the mouth Of
the inises. All the work done In. these
from Pikeyllle to the Chdtiaroi rqiiroad
at Richardson has been superficial. 40
long entries haye been made, for the far
mers on whose lands these veins are have
few customers other than The boats that
ply ppand down when the water is deep
enough, From Richardson freight trains
run TO- Ashland daily carrying about 300
tons Of coal daily for steam and domestic
use, and some little camel for local and
Cincinnati customers, but as Richardson
Is 10 miles from the workable seams Of
camel, the traffic at present isIisht
I The Charleston, Cincinnati & Chicago
Co. has purchased the Chattaroi railway
ane has a force. Of men employed on this
a0-mile extension. As soon as 10 miles
ofthis are compictcdan immense traffic
will begin. This 20 mile ,extentlon viii
pass BY bells Of rlch hematite ores and
through tho nearest Of the cannc coal
fislis. Tie steel rmlsto be laid are ofthc
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-12-23

Rev. DR.. Joseph Warder, of Lott
iSville, the head of the Missionary
work as operated by Kentucky Bap-
lists, spent last Saturday and Sun
day In Louisa. DE- Wattief Preach
ed in the Hall Sunday morning,and
by invitation he Irea6hed Ii the
South Churbh in the evening. He
Ind large congregations and made
a most favorable impression Upon
all who heard him.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-12-23

Fashion nay change in soInae
things but an old 3and well tried
remedy is grappled with hooks Of
steel. Such is Whites Cream Yer
mlifuge, which has larger sale than
any so-called remedy, because il
never fails to expel worms from a
child who is their victim, There
fore do not defer it's use, but relieve
your child as speedily, as possible
by q dose Of Whites Cream Yer
mifuge.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-12-23

Grandfathers' clock Is an object
Of reverence among the modern
things Of beauty and uso in, every
complete, home, and ., home il
scarcely deemed complete without &
bottle Of Coussen's Hofey of Tar /,
to use when any of the home circle
are afflicted with coughs, cold ., ,oT
diseases of throat and lungs. It's
popularity, achieved by merit, III,
creases day by day.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-12-23

Noease or comfort can Be found
by the sufferer with pills. until he
procures a bottle ofTabiets Buckeye
Pile Ointment, and receive speedy
and permanent relief always afford
ed by that excellent remedy. In
fact there Is no other preparation
that will effect lasting cure, and
we cordially endorse and recon
mend IL TO all Sufferers with the
Piles.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-12-23

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The three churches ofLouisa will
have union Christmas tree or trees
in the Court House. zach Sunday
School last Sunday appointed a
committee on arrangements, and
the several committees met at Mr.,
r. 7. Burns law office Monday
morning, wherBthey agreed on ar
rangements. as
LATER.-Since writing the above
We have been informed that the use
OF the Court House would have
caused Dissatisfaction, and that for
that reason it was decided Ia have
q Christmas tree 81 each OF the