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Year: 1868

1t does ones heart good to seea merry, round
faced farmer SO independent and yet So free
from vanity and pride. So rich and yet so in
dustrious; 50 patient and pcrsevering in his call
ing and yet so kind, social, and obliglng. There
are Il thousand noble traits about him which light
up his character. He is generally hospitable;
eat aud drink with him. and he wont set marx
Oh you, and sweat it out Of you with double
compound interest at another time; you are
welcome. He will do you kindness without
expecting return by way OF compensation it g
not 50 with everybody lie is generally more
honest and sincere less disposed to deal in a
low and undcrhand cunning than any could
name He gives to society its best support. he
is the edificc Of government and the lords of ma
ture Look at him in honespnn and gray back,
gentlemen; laugh, if you will-but, believe lne,
he can laugh back if he pleases.


THE CoTToN WoRM-It has been suggested
| that the worm is worse since "trcedom came,


and that the reason of is the late period Of the
| year which farm work commences. In slave
| time considerable proportion Of land was asturncd
over with the plow before Christmas and this
early working is said to have been the planter $
safeguard against the perpetual recurrence Of the


ravayes of the worm Those who hold this


opinion say considerable proportion Of the


worms. large or small, according to the character
! Of the season burrow some three or four nchc.
! iii the ground, where the insect makes for itse


resting place. coating it round with gummy
! fluid which exules from its mouth. In short


time it changes to the chrysals state, and - Re


mains till spring calls it forth in the form OF I
| fly to propagate its species. During the summer


this process is several times repeated, but utinStcat


of working into the ground on each of these oc


ctsons, the worm rolls itself in ii leaf. The


warmth Of the summer prevents the necessity o
hiding in the earth, which nature bids it do 10
| winter Gu{rcSt0n .Ntws.
Year: 1868

Mitchell county, they being engaged in the
affair, and no unbiased jury could be found
in that county"


General Sibley makes no further re marks
which relate to this riot, but simply sub
mits the affidavits. together with private
letter from an officer in that county, who
makes special request that it be not pub
lished.


and England are diligently engaged on
naturalization treaty.


The local elections in Delaware resulted
favorably to the Democrats.


Chase will take no active part in politics.
Year: 1868

ROLLER SKATINd.-This is an
amusement which is becoming..''all
the rage in many portions OF the
West. The skates have four small
wheels instead of runners, and are
wood instead of rubber. Persons
who have learned upon the ordinary
ice skate always experience some
difficulty in the management ofthese
skates, butafter little persevering
practice all the various movements
can be performed more gracefully
than upon the steel runners. One
agreeable feature about them is that
no swing or jerk of the body forces
them from their regular course. The
best appointed rink for the sport in
the country is at Cincinnati, where
the champion skater, Frank Swift,
is in charge of the institution, and
gives instructions without charge to
all who are dcsirous to learn the art.
Ladies and children can practice this
delightful amusement without dam
ger from contusions from falls, or
fear of a warm spell of weather put
ting an end the sport, as it does not
depend on the smiles or the frowns
of the frost king in any degree. At
the above named rink few days
since, Eugine II. S. Cair, the same
who made the hundred miles in elev-
Ell hours, last February at one of the
Western rinks, made the remarkable
time of one mile in four and a quar-
ter minutes on the rollers. We trust
to see the sport inauguaated in all
our cities.
Year: 1868

At about halfpast eleven O'Clock last night John
Sherman, OF No. 81 James street, accosted officer
Herman, of the Fourth precinct and told him that
he thought his wife Mary was in dying condition
and that he did not know what was the matter with
her. The oficer went into the house and found the
woman lying on the noor dead and with a very sus-
picious looking wound near the left eye.
The body of the woman was still warm,
showing thus that she was dead but short time.
The officer arrested Sherman and he was locked
up to await the result OF the Coroners inquest At
one O'Clock this morning the appearance OF the de-
ceased and the room In which she lay was most mis-
cradle. The tenement portion of the building Is
reached through an aeyway not more than three
feet wide and up flight OF wooden steps erected at
the back of the house, The deceased was stretched
miserable looking bed on the moor in one corner
of scantily furnished room and surrounded by dele
cations from the females Of the neighborhOod These
latter were unanimous In their assertions that
Mrs. Sherman was woman Of exceed
ingly Incorporate habits and that her hus-
band was quiet industrious man. Some said thae
early in the evening Sherman was looking for his
wife and complained that he could not get into hts
room and others said that during the evening they
heard some quarreing between the parties but none
Of them knew Of the death until informed by ofi1cer
bloated. the left eye purple and swollen. and the
wound above mentioned semi-circular In shape and
located Just between the temple and the eyeball.
No instrument Of any kind with which such wound
could be indicted was discovered by the Oicer who
made strict search. The affair Ia. to say the least,
mysterious but an Intelligent jury may be able to
clear tt up. d s .s-U
Year: 1868

But when the people of this State shall
no longer he deprived Of their just politi,
cal rights by force and fraud, and shall
come to abolish or reform the present
constitution, whether they will continue
TO the colorcd men VII the civil and polit.
ical rights and privileges granted to them
by the present constitution, depends very
much upon their conduct in the mean


time II they permit themselves to be
marched TO the polls by designing men,in
companies, like docks Of sheep, aud to be
used as mere voting machincs--if they al


low themselves TO be made TO do the dis


honest work Of voting repeatedly at thu
same clcction--as they have heretofore
recently done, they will prove themselves
unit and unworthy to be entrusted will
the elective franchise, and !, for one, ,shal
Year: 1868

YELLOW FEVER.-The first deaths by vel.
low fever reported last year were three
for the week ending June SO. One of these
occurred at the Charity hospital on the
goth of June. Three other deaths by the
same disease were reported for the week
ending July 10. The first death by yellow
fever reported this year occurred on the
fourth of June at the Charity hospital. We
mention these facts to correct a statement
made yesterday by q contemporary. There
are no indications that yellow fever will
become epidemic this year, though there
may be occasionally sporadic case.
Year: 1868

A correspondent of the Iberville South is
too busy to handle his pen just now. He
has to pump and pump to keep his fields free
from Transportation water coming from the
back overflow.
Year: 1868

The season closed Saturday evening, but
there was a special entertainment Last even
ing for. the benefit of Miss Jennie EngeL A
full house to witness programme full Of
interest attested the sincerity of the patrons
Of the Academy who profess TO be friends of
this lady as an accomplished artist Amuse-
ment seekers will regret the close Of this
popular theatre, and the public generally
viii have no place to go to cool OF.
Year: 1868

On general principles like young
men. All young ladies' do. But there
Is great variety Of the species I pro.
pose to describe that variety which 7
most admire. The youth who, before he
gets out Of his short jacket, is an adept
at proiane swearing-who struts and
swaggers about the streets in all the
glory and strength Of young manhood
clothed in fine raimcnt at the expense Of
his fathers hard earned dollars-or still
better at the cost Of some poor tailor, who
ID to be paid next week-who is familiar
with the names and tastes Of all the mn.
mcrous fancy beverages of the gildcd "a.
loon-Whose boon companions are heroes
OF the e.house-Bho boasts Of never
doing days. work-whose literary IA.
voritcs are "The Life of John A. Mur.
rel" and kindred works-who goes TO
church TO cgle and stare at tho girls. and
leave delightful little pool Of tobacco
saliva upon the floor of his pew. and
when he leaves the house of God axes
his position very near the church door to
observe the ladies rs they make their
exit, and spends the balance of Tho hoIv
day in driving fast horses at rapid rate
through The principal streets, with CT.
gar in his lovely lips, or lounges about
street corners and other public places
such young man is an object of nv
special admiration, for he is certain TO
mako b great man! When he comes
near my heart is in futter, for / know
that he will speak such fatterine words
IN my car, and his breath will gmell-oh.
so sweet for the mixed odors Of tobacco
fumes, whisky and cloves, is the very
nectar which is the food Of love. -
Such young man is certain TO make a
love Of lover and delightful and re-
ircshing husband. Having become satcd
with dissipation Of life, when he narries
nc viii suddenly forsake all his former
habits and devote himself exclusively to
his wife and business, with his mind well
stored with the literary gems which have
been gathered from his favorite books
1t will be an unspeakable luxury to listen
for hours TO his conversation around the
family hresidc. Then his habits of life
have been such that he will immediately
enter upon brilliant business career.
which will IN few years secure a hand.
some fortune Such young man can
win my young susceptible heart in an
indeseribably short time; and such an
one ! am determined TO marry or spend
my life sin maiden meditation. fancy
free"
Year: 1868

JOSH BILLINGS ON RATs.-Rats orig
inally cum from Norway, and wish they
had originally stayed thar.


They are as uncalled for as pain in
the small of the back


They can be domestieated dreadful easy
that is as far as getting in cupboards and
eating cheese and knawing pie is con-
cerned.


The best way to domesticate them that
I ever saw is to surround them gently
with steel trap, you can reason with
them then to great advantage.


Rats are migratorious they migrate
when eyer they have mind to.


Pizen is also good for rats; it softens
their nature.


Rats hate cats-and cats hate rats
and who don't?


I suppose that there are bctween fifty
and sixty million of rats in America
I quote now only from memory-and /
don't suppose there is single necessary
rat in the whole lot. This shows at q
glance how many waste rats there is
Rats enhance in number faster than
shoe pegs do by machinery. One pair of
healthy rats is all that any man wants to
start the business with, and in ninety
days, without any outlay he will begin to
have rats to turn off.


Rats, viewed from any platform that
you can build, are unspeakably cussid.
Year: 1868

Be satisfied TO commence on q small
scale. It is too common for young house
Keepers to begin where their mothers end
ed Buy all that is necessary to work
skillfully with; render it comfortable
Do not look at richer homes, and covet
their costly furniture. If secret dissatis.
faction is ready to spring up, go step
further, and visit the home of the suffer
ing poor behold dark, cheerless apart
ments, insufficient clothing, and absence
of all the comforts and refinement of so.
cial life, and then return to your own
with a joyful spirit. You will then be
prepared to meet your husband with a
grateful heart. and be ready to appreciate
the toll Of selfdenial which he has endur-
ed in the business world to surround you
with the delights of home; and you will
cooperate cheerfully with him in SO ar
ranging your expenses, that his mind will
not be constantly harassed lest his fami-
ly expenditures may encroach upon pub
lie payments.


Be independent; a young housekeeper
never needed greater moral courage than
she docs now, to resist the arrogance OF
fashion. Do not let the AS and B.'s
decide what you shall have, neither let
them hold the string of your purse. You
know best what you can and ought to af-
ford. 1t matters but little what people
think, provided you are true to yourself,
to right and duty, and keep your ex-
penses within your means Exchange
Year: 1868

A California adventure was to get back
to San Francisco from the mines, where
he had worked and searched without sue.
cess until bis means were exhausted
lie came to river, but the ferryman
asked dollar TO take him across. The
adventurer said =


"Then I must walk up the stream until
| can ford it, | have not dollar in the
world"


"If that is So" said the ferryman,
Jump in | never refuse to take a clever
man across because he is broke"


When they had reached the opposite
shore the ferrynan, who had eyed the ad-
vcnturer very closely on the way, said


us not your name Jones Z"


at is, replied the adveuturer.


"And your father used to live in
Street, New York 7"


"He did, replied the adventurer, with
astonishment to find himself recognized.


Thcreupon the ferryman drew from
his pocket and commenced counting out
gold pieces:


Il have made FIVE hundred dollars by
ferrying passengers; hore are three hun
dred of them for you. You can pay me
when you are flush, or if that don't hap
pen, all right. When was q little boy
aud my mother poor widow, many q
inc aid your father visit cur home, and
when he had gone, some where about the
room we would find money for a barrel
Of flour or to pay the rent, when we knew
not before where it was to come from
and as long as l live if have crust,
when find one of his sons in want, be
shall get the biggest half"


The loan was gratefully accepted. BY
its aid the traveller was able to reach San
Francisco, earn enough to repay his ben.
efactor, and return safely to his home,' y
Year: 1868

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS pilgrimage
to the radical party must have been
good deal like man in Western Ponnsly-
vania, who inquired of boy whether he
knew where Jake Kleinfolter lived. The
boy said he did. Says he Can you tell
me? "Yes, sir" said tho boy. Do
you see our barn down there I" eyes"
says he eco to that. About three
hundred yards beyond the barn you will
find lane. Take that lane and follow
along for about mile and half. Then
you will como to a branch. Go up the
branch about quarter of mile, and
then you will come to slippery elm log.
You be mighty keerful, stranger, about
gong on that log you may get into the
branch; and then you go up until you
get to the brow of hill, and there the
roads prevaricate, and you take the left
hand road and keep that until you get
into big plum thicket; and when you
got there, Why then-then-then-."
+" What then ?" "Then, stranger, I'll
be damned if you amt lost"
Year: 1868

expatriation and the imperative duty of
the Government to protect it's citizens
at home and abroad, firm declaration
should and will be made. Besides these
the Convention will probably indicate
the policy of the party on Financial, In
dustrial and other measures that will
meet with the heartiest approval of
those who have for the last seven, and
will for many more years, control the
destinies of this nation those who have
saved it from destruction. given il an
onward impetus in the direction of true
liberal, humane republicaDism, and
made it thrice glorious and worthy.
While the destroyers howl and spit their
Accumulated but harmless venom from
mouths. the dangerous fangs have
been extracted from by Springfield bay
onets long ago, may harmony, good
will and generous emulation in striving
to do the greatest good for the entire
country, be the marked characteristics
of the Chicago Republican Convention.
Year: 1868

We know not who may be the coming man
whether Hancock, Pendleton or one of the
Seymours, but whoever he may be, from the
North or from the South, from the East or
from the West, If he is thoroughly imbued
with true Democratic principles, and viii un
reseryedly endorse and faithfully execute the
principles of the platform that shall be adop-
ted on the 18th of July next, at New York,
we pledge our support and know that success
awaits us.-Gazette, Thursday.


The Gazette invokes an impossibility.
Il would be just as reasonable to expect
Wendell Phillips to advocate slavery as
to anticipate that any man, "imbued
with true Democratic principles" would
entertain for moment any such treason
TO his conscience as an endorsal of the
so>called Democracy of to-day. Democ-
racy, as it was in its purity, was some
thing to respect; something to claim the
affection and support of an honest Amer
lean citizen AS it is now, it is a thing
to loathe and despise. 1t is the offals
of rebellion, a stencil in the nostrils of
the nation, that should be buried with
the carcass and bones, lest it spread the
fatal infection of disloyalty throughout
the land The Democratic platform of
1868. as it promises now, will be Phe-
nix from the ashes of all the ordinances
of secession that were destroy
ed in the crucible of war, and
will have only one redeeming
feature-it will contain the active ele-
ments of its own destruction. That
there should be less than two great par
ties in this Government is neither pos
sible or desirable. and the nearer evenly
divided they are the better, but the
Democratic party, without n thorough
reorganization, a looping off of it's pres
ent disloyal branches, change from
negative 10 positive, and return to
first principles, can never be one of
them again. These facts are as patent
to nine-tenths of the Democracy as they
are to us. and the success" predicted by
the Gazette is an igRUS JdtUus, that will
flicker out and leave them next autumn
inextricably stuck in the muck and mire
Of humiliating defeat
Year: 1868

The Herald "Fadladeen" thinks we
cannot make good our defense of Gen1
Sherman, and cites his report adverse
to the Montana militia vouchers as evil
dence of his guilty completely with the
Indians. Don't you think the less you
say about that the better, or do you de-
sire history of Montana militia vouch-
ers? If so, we can give one that will
prove highly interesting to many
readers" We said but that of General
Sherman which we are thoroughly i'm
pressed was true and due to him, as a
man and good soldier of the Republic


Our views on the Indian question have
been pretty plainly expressed. We have
nothing to gain by vindicating General
Sherman except the satisfaction of deal
ing Justly to the best of our knowledge
and in such case, it would matter not {
farthing if the press from Maine to Ore
gon raised the war-whoop about US. i


is an open question. Come on
Year: 1868

The dispatches of Sunday announced
ihat the Peace Commissioners had con-
sumated treaties with several of the
tribes and bands ranging through Da-
aota and eastern Montana. The stipu-
lations doubtless are that they are to go
on the reservations and be supplied with
all the material requisite to wage MUIR
derous warfare on the whites whenever
their treacherous hearts incites them to
blOodshed or plunder. 1t is not stated
how many millions are to be expended
in straw hats, glass beads, powder, pis-
tolls and lead, as presents for the kindness
Of a few hundred squaws quatting down
in the presence of the Commissioners
and deferentially making equals of
few double and triple starred Generals,
while q few thousand of the bands are
,heiving and Staying those whom as
commanding officers of military dis
tricts it is their duty to protect. The
:act that treaties are concluded with
The Indians, may appear on the face a
gratifying fact, but is in reality an ar
rant piece of knavery and humbug.
Il involves two evils of Importance
Ist. These tribes have never been known
70 observe a treaty; whether because a
swindIing gang of agents cheat them OF
their annuities, or because provided
with arms and munition, their barbar-
Gus instincts urge them to the war path,
does not matter. 1t is one or the other,
and neither will be better in the future
than il has been in the past. treaty


is nothing more than a warning to set
tiers that the evil day of savage depre-
dations is made darker and nearer 2d.
The reservation upon which these tribes
are to be located is on and within the
borders of Montana, barrier across our
best emigrant highway, and upon the
line of the proposed Northern Railroad.
We had better take chances with the
Indians ten times over, than consent tC
either Red Cloud will not make 9
peace or listen TO any terms that does no'
give up to his band the Powder River
Big Horn and Yellowstone country; ant
this treaty is double dealt dead
" blow at Montana, and th
North Pacific Railroad. We ar
powerless, 1t is true, TO prevent 1t, bu
in the name of Montana we enter on
most solemn protest to this infamou
conspiracy against US and in the interes
of the Central Road We may say her
Tor Gen. sherman that while he is mad
To bear the burden of this crime we be
lieve he is the least guilty. His indi
vidual views are in complete harmony
we are informed on reliable authority
with the Western people, and II was
the kno wledge of this and that all oplr
ions might be represented in the Com
mission, he was placed upon it. Untol
Junately, although the ranking officer
he is in the minority. His vote count
but the same as that of any other OF th
corrupt or visionary ninnies who are o.
The Commission, and with too high


sense of honor TO disclaim the actions {
the body of which he is member, he
the scape goat, bearing the sins ot


rascslly or strangely stupid <cmmls
sion. ..r
Year: 1868

The greater portion of the wealth which Is
expected from Montana during the present
year will be the product of quartz.-Cheyenne
Leader.


The above is embodied in an article
lauding the Sweetwater mines as a
quartz country and recommending it to
immigrants. If the wealth of the
Sweetwater quartz, as asserted by the
Leader, is as far wide of the mark as its
estimate of the quartz product of Mon
tana. il is not very reliable. Ii is be~
lieved $2O,OOOOOO were produced in
Montana last year, of which not exceed
ing 100000 was produced from quartz,
the remainder being the product of the
placers. If the water is sufficient for
placer mining this season the placer
product will be larger than last year
while the quartz yield will probably APP
proximate to $1,5O0OOO, o. one-thir-
teenth of the entire yield. We appre
hend the statement OF the Il sader, thai
the placer mines of California are ex
hausted and given up to Cinnamon, il
about on par with the Montana state
ment Placer mining is reduced L
system there carried on successful,
by immense companies hydraulicinG
bars that many years will not exhaust,
and however well Montana quartz MAJ
yield il only needs the appliances Of
capital, enterprise and systematic work
ing to treble the placer yield and opeI
up bars, now untouched, that will giv'
a permanent stream of wealth from th'
inexhaustible placers whose extent ar
treasured by thousands OF acres, -f