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Year: 1874

Near the track of a railroad newly laid,
A farmer leaned on his earth-worn spade,
While his taxes were high and his crops were


slim,


The charge for freight played the deuce with him,
So he growled growl at the train sharp din
"Pll gather you in; I'll gather you in |"
GIVE born you long and here vow
Your railroads 10 beat, some way, or how;
will get up law by the great horned owl
Ts cut down your profit and make you howl,
And but little or nothing I'll slip from bin
OF boarded corn till have gathered you in
eve will raise in our oranges, bed and free,
And Down with the freights shall our war-cry


be;


Not partisan crow nor party hack,
Shall help us to gain our birthright back
For the battle is eurs, to lose or win
Wen gather them in We Il gather them in !! "
Now gaunt politician came that way,
O'erheard the old mans angry say;
And he gave to his head a knowing screw,
And he said to the granger " count me in too,"
With thought to himself, replete with a grin,
'Pll gather you in; III gather you in | ;"
Then twist in his eye, to seem acute
" The farmers tongue has too long been mute,
] am just your man, if it suits your mood,
So place me where can do most GOOD;
If an office fit you will help me wiu
Well gather them in !; we'll gather them in u
Touching hand in hand in warm exchange,
They take walk to the farmers grange,
Where the stranger speaks with his rural air,
And sprinkles hayseed in his hair;
Let the railroads quail when our blows begin,
Well gather them in we'll gather them in "
So they vote for him at the coming polls,
Those simple, honest, rural souls


Never dreaming that they of the iron horse
Are voting too, for the man of course;
As on him alone their faith to pin,
To gather them in 10 gather them in.
When election is over, the railroads run
A score of trains where they once had one;
Where ditch by the track is found to hold
A poor old granger, s.ark and cold;
For the chap he d helped to Office win
Had gathered them in had gathered them in.
Year: 1874

All, So FAIR "A Nashville paper
describes the d" only young man" in Fay
ettesville as follows y" He was young, he
was fair, and parted his hair, like the
average beau, in the middle; he was
proud, be was bold, but the truth must be
told, he played like fend on the fiddle.


But, aside from this vice, he was every
thing nice, and his heart was so loving
and tender, that he always turned pale
when he trod on the tail Of the cat lying
down by the fender. He clerkcd in a
store and the way that he tore off calico,
jeans and brown shceting, would have
tickled calf and made the brute laugh in
the face of quarterly meeting. He cut
quite a dash with a darling mustache,
which he learned to adore and cherish
for one girl had said, as she dropped her
proud head, that 'twould kill her to see
the thing perish. On Sunday he'd search
the straight road to the church. unheeding
the voice of the scorner; and demurely he
sat, like young tabby cat. with the
saints in the far amen corner. He sang
like bird, and his sweet voice was heard
tuggiug away at long metre; and we
speak but the truth when we say that this
youth could outsing a hungry mosquito.
Year: 1874

A Baltimore woman has taken time by
the forelock A few days since she
brought to the Register of Wills in that
city a will made by her husband, and
which she desired to lie for Probate.
q When did he die?" inquired the SYM
pathetic clerk to whom the document was
handed. Why, bless you." responded
the woman, I" he amt dead yet, but he
gave me that" (pointing to the wilD
and he drinks quart of liquor every
day. and guess, ;" continued she, with a
laugh, [" he'll play out in about three
months" The officer had no more to
say, and quietly filed away the will
Year: 1874

Soliloquy by an old topper: g They say
whiskey is curse And they say brandy
is curse. And they say tobacco is
another curse Well, | wish all those
curses would come home to roost, and low
at that, so as could pull 'em down when
ever | wanted 'em."
Year: 1874

An old Scotch lady had an evening par
ty where a young man was present who
was about to leave for an appointment in
China. AS be was exceedingly extrava-
giant in his conversation about himself, the
old lady said when he was leaving {:
TAX guide care o yourself when ye are
ava; for, mind ye, they eat puppies in
Chena."
Year: 1874

dreadful moment, were unable to undo the
fastenings of their doors.


To add TO the horror of the situation II was
discovered that the flames had crept through
the southern sleeping-rooms, and, following
the draft along the corridor, had cut off the
servants escape from the attic.


Between prayers and shrieks and groans the
scene was now too much for human hearts.
Knowing their utter inability to render aid,
many turned away from the sickenlng scene
they found it as difficult to endure as to re-
lieve.


Some Of the girls had courage and presence
OF mind to turn their drapery over their heads
for protection and rush through the sheet Of
flame, and thus some escaped. Others rushed
back TO the north side and cast themselves
from the windows upon the roof Of the
adjoining building, whence they were
| rescued. Others sank bewildered In the
suffocating smoke, and, like some of the
guests on the floor below, yielded without
a struggle to the terrible death before them.
The climax Of horror had not been reached
till Nelly McCarty, one Of the dining-room
girls, appeared at the southern attic window,
and proposed to cast herself to the ground,
forty feet below. "A warning cry arose from
the crowd, but the poor girl would not
retreat. Death was behind her, and with a
wild cry of despair she cast herself forward
and fell, pitiful mass of broken bones, on the
pavement.


The fire extended to the adjoining buildings,
and before 1t was extinguished large portion
of the village was laid in ruins. 1t is esti'
mated that the loss by the fire exceeded
$3.50, 900, and that 100 families were rendered
homeless. The estimated loss of life was
| seven
Year: 1874

ANOTHER curious case of "Enoch Arden"
is related. Twenty-Five years oayoung
married man of CaZenovia, n. Y, lett his
wife and young daughter, and started ON
a prospecting tour out West. lie went TO
Iowa and pitched his tent, it seems, far
out of the way of the usual mail routes OF
that day. He wrote to his wife in Gaze
novia regularly for some months, and
never got any replies to his letters. AT
length he quit writing and buried him
self in the wilderness, sad and solitary
man. Not hearing from his wife at all
as the years rolled on, he supposed her to
be dead, and finally quit writing or max
ing any further inquiries about her. Late


ly he had business East, and was return
ing on the New York Central Railroad.
In the car he became an object OF interest
to q lady of middle age, who was with
another much younger woman plainly
| from their likeness mother and daughter.
These two got into animated conversation
of which he was the subject At length
the lady accosted him, asking his name,
excusing herself in the usual way for the
| liberty she was taking with stranger. IL


was he; she knew it all the time, and yet


she could scarcely credit her own senses


it was her husband of twenty-five years


ago. And her He recognized his wife,


and she introduced him to his daughter,


who was now married and had growing


family. Explanations followed by which
it appeared that both had been the victims


ofthe imperfect postal system OF the back


woods. Neither had ever heard word


from the other since they had separated


in Cazenovia lifetime before, and each


had supposed the other long since dead.


A confidential conversation of great inter-


est to all three of that scattered family en-


sued. The lady had removed from Gaze


novia and married again. She was very


comfortably situated in life, and was rear
ing an interesting family with her other
mate. He is very glad to hear that she is
happy, and tells her that he still lives


alone in his cabin in the wild woods. lie


has been true to her memory. There Is


no time to weep over the situation. The
: train arrives at the station which IS hel
. home. The carriage will be in waiting
; Will he get off and see the folksg No, he
: cannot do that, as his baggage is checked
2 through and he wants TO keep up with 1t


Besides, he bethinks that he might be al
unpleasant visitor, and does not want U
e Ak himself in the other mans memory
} like a ghost. He believes his preeecesso
I dead; let him think so still and 1t wa
n agreed between them that this strang
4 meeting should never be mentioned in tina
8 happy home circle. The carriage wa
/. there, and the train rolled away West
a 81. Louis Republican.
Year: 1874

On Sunday afternoon young man
named George Falk swallowed, as he
stated, three ounces of laudanum and five
grains of morphia, in order to end his
life. There was but one way of saving
him, and that was to keep him in motion.


After relieving him as far as possible,
his physician ordered that he be walked
until he was out of danger. At halEpast
two o'clock Sunday afternoon he was put
upon his tramp for life, and was forced to
walk in the open air as rapidly as he
could His father kept by him for long
time, and friend or policeman as
sisted. After some hours the father gave
out, and finally officers and friends grew
tired. At last officers had TO be taken
from their beats and made to do duty in
saving the life of the would-be suicide.
When the walk commenced it was with
great difficulty that he could be kept
going, and so great was his stupor that al
times he would almost fall like stick
Frequently 1t was necessary TO catch him
and move him on. He reeled at times
like drunken man, and then again ht
would revive considerably. The dreary
monotonous walk was kept up withou
intermission until halfpast six O'Clock
yesterday morning, when the physician
consented that he should be allowed Il
take rest. The life of the young man wa
saved, but the struggle for freedom from
the effects of the drugs was a severe one
To have stopped three minutes woul'
have been fatal.-BaItimOre Gazette.
Year: 1874

There was falling off last fall in the
champagne importation of 364, 1868 bottles.
Whether this is an indication of progress
Of the temperance cause or the progress
oil the national fondness for Bourbon is
not stated
Year: 1874

The BOHEMIAN GIRL AT THE THEATRE
LAST NIGHT. Seldom have we witnessed so
brilliant scene in our Theatre as that pre-
sented there last evening, the occasion beng
the presentltion OF BaIfe's charu lag opera OF
the Bohemian Girl by the Richmond AM
teur Opera Troupe.


From the first rising of tine curtain to the
last falling thereof the greatest Interest and
satisfaction were shown throughout the
house, and the performance certainly war
ranted such manifestation.


The principal female characters were per-
feclly sustained by Mrs. Burwell and Mrs.
Word, and we regret that we are confined to
such generalities Of expression by the late
ness OF the hour and the crowded condition
of our columns. The performance was
worthy of professionals, and reflected great
credit upon the musical talent of Richmond.


THIS afternoon at O'Clock the perform
ance will be repeated for the benefit OF the
Lee Memorial Fund. This fund was one OF
the pet objects of the late Mrs. General Lees
life, and among her last requests was that
the Generals soldiers and people would
never neglect the accomplishment OF its OBJ
ipct
Year: 1874

Some time ago says the Smithport
Miner. respectable young girl of
Reading, was induced By commercial
drummer to elopc with him, and after
a long search by her friends she was
found in disreputable house in Har-
risburg. This was all the result OF
street Irritation, which many addle
headed young girls think is SO NICE
The drummer is one Of a class OF vii
lains who infest cities and country
towns, and who by means Of their
good clothes, cheeky manners and
superficial slnartness, turn the heads
of well-meaning but silly girls. We
do not mean to include all commercial
travellers in this class, for there are
among them many respectable men,
neither is this class Of scamps to be
found only among commercial drum
mcrs. It may be safely concluded
that any stranger WHO seeks acquaint-
ance with a young lady in 4 clandes-
tine way is either fool or Il villain.
And any young lady who looks upon
the advance of a stranger in any other
light than downright insult is SO
sadly devoid Of intellect as to need the
closest watching.
Year: 1874

Time is money and many people
pay their debts with it.


Ignorance is the wet nurse Of pref.
u1ice.


Half the discomfort Of life is the
result of getting tired Of ourselves.


Benevolence is the cream on the
milk of human kindness.


People of good sense are those whose
opinions agree with ours.


Style is everything for sinner, and
little of it will not hurta saint.


Men nowadays are divided into
slow Christians and wide-awake sim
ners.


There are people who expect to
escape hell because Of the crowd
going there.


Most people are like eggs--too full
Of themselves to hold anything else.


A mule is a bad pun on horse.


Health is loan at call,


Necessity is the mother Ct inven-
tion, but Patent Right is the father OF
it.


Beware of the man with hali-saut
eyes. He's not dreaming


Man was built after ali ether
things were .aaie and pronounced
good If not, h. would have insisted
,on giving his orders as to the rest Of
the job.


Nice fatten slowly in church.
They can't live on religion any more
:han ministers car.
Year: 1874

\ HAsTY man, with lis arms fult
Of his wife $ Baggage, thought he WAS
left by the train last night, and run
ming rapidly across the platform, fell
over a truck. lie straldleu Oue of
the handles and rode it for a second.
Iunged forward and got his leas
tangled up in the crosspieces, when
the malicious thing reared up and
slid forward just enough to throw the
man oil his balance aud get him down.
lie blacked his eye and broke his spec
tacles against the handle, and ran
over his foot with the wheels, ana
even after he got away from it and
was seated in the car, he says th.
truck ran after iIim and kicked hin.
twice in the ribs before the br,sAsmaa
could take It away from hilu.
Year: 1874

Tie contest in the Massachusetts
Legislature over q successor to Nr
Simmer, in the United States Senate,
draGs lts slow length along. So far
the loyal Republicans, who have such
q large majority on joint ballot, are
unable to agree in their choice of a
candidate and seem to be just about
as near an election as they wsro when
the balloting first commenced. Judge
Curtis, the Democratic nominee, still
carries with him the full vote Of his
side OF the house, and this, too, in the
face Of tbe many intriGues attempted
by the Republicans to lure them into
voting Tor Dawes or Hoar. What the
end may be it will probably take some
days yetto determine.
Year: 1874

had so many lectures on humbuggery the
past winter, ii might be supposed that
he would not have any dupes here-but,
alas. are prone to be deceived. for some
did bite ut the bait, even on High Prai-
rie. Farther east they 'bit" to a fear
full rate, even those that ought to know
better. Their suspicious have been
aroused, and there is very strong talk at
Island City of going tonight to King
City and get their notes back or mob
CDR. Dodge" But understand that
Dodge went to Albany. and has already
cashed the notes, and will completely
give them the dodge. 1t is only the
more surprising that Dodge could he so
successful, from the fact that he Is not
fluent talker and makes a bnngling fail
ure in his lecture. would, in particu-
lar, warn all Changers to beware of this
humbug Dodge, and let him dodge on
without their assistance. This, through
the columns of your valuable paper, may
arrest swindle on the people.


OCCIDENTAL.
Year: 1874

nave Deen Dcl1eVeU 10 nave been written
by the editor i'm chief of that department.
If it We're not for the hard hits he makes
in reference to pedigree, coat, vest, hat.
mustache, beard, hair, style, breeding,
manners, and so forth, we would still
believe that gentleman to be the author.
But when we consider his very kind and
c0nciliatOry character, we can hardly
give him credit for such plainness of
speech. That somebody will think
these articles of wearing apparel made
and intended for their special benefit, !
have no doubt 1t is to \ few assertions
made by the writer that wish to call
the attention of the readers of toe Re-
teachers are more abused, harder
worked, and less appreciated for their
success, than any other class, and that
by the term teacher. he wishes only to
include those persons whose heart
is in the work. who make every effort
success, and who teach for the good it
will accomplish, rather than for the
money it will pay them. Now, Mr.. Ed
itor, if III. G. Twill give me the name
of man who has made every effort at
teaching success. will show him u
man who has never been without en-
ployment at a reasonable compensation :;
and if he will add to this the qualifica-
ton of making the money he is to re-
ceive wholly matter of secondary con-
sideratiOn, l will show him a specimen
of humanity so rare that Barnum would
pay premium for him as natural Gu
riosity. That the true teacher Gas de-
fined by III. G. J.") will be appreciated
and find employment, is as certain as
that pure gold will command Il market
value. That Il great majority Of those
persons who have received certificates
authorizing them to teach, and to whom
the public fund has been paid for pre-
tending to teach. have been better paid
in proportion to the service rendered
than any other class of persons. is a fact
with which the people of Missouri have
become very amply impressed. What
portion of the teachers of the common
schools have been out OF the county for
their education? And how tar will their
education exceed that of the common
laboring classes. who work from ten to
fourteen hours for day. and twenty-six
days for month, while the teacher
works only six hours per day and TWEEN
ty days for month; the former re-
ceiving forty and the latter twenty dol
lars per month? The law of supply
and demand has regulated the wages
of common school teachers in Missouri
Superintendent inform us that they are
under the positive necessity of giving
certificates to persons not qualified u
teach. in order to furnish the supply and
il this is true, let their wages be in pro-
portion to the service rendered.


A. 4. G.
Year: 1874

4 correspondent of the st. Louis
Repa61icaa describes the following
scene, which he says he witnessed on
recent voyage to China:


One day l was putting on a new
hook, about the size of boat hook
when the man at the wheel saw Il huge
shark under our stern. As soon as he
told me about it | got Il large piece u!
fat pork, three or four pounds, for II
bait and dropped it ovcrbCard. His
sharkshiD saw it and came slowly
toward it. The water was nice and
clear. He felt the bait with his nose
and turned over on his side, opened
his ponderous mouth and took in bait.
hook ard all, then started. Il fairly
made the woodwork smoke as the
heavy line played out overit. We soon
stopped him by taking II round turn
ON IL Delaying Iin. and we brought
most Strai9h,cned out the huge iron
hook. 1t took three men to haul him
ON deck, and he made things lively for
Il while, sure. He ilounred and
bounced around the poop deck into
the e-Scuppcrs. The cook went for
him with carving knife, and the first
lick he made at him he missed him.
The shark made bounce, striking the
cook with his tail behind both legs.
The deck being slippery, the cook 5
legs flew from under him and he
dropped on the broad of his back as
fiat as a founder. The cook, nothing
daunted, Went for the shark again, and
this time cut him clean open. That
didn't take the fight out of him. /,
took two men, with Il board across his
tail, to hold him down to the deck,
while two men held the line with the
hook in his mouth, SO he could not do
any more damage,


The shark is the sailors greatest
enemy at sea. Jack hates him worse
than poison. They took the insidcS
out of the fellow. His heart beat for two
hcur> and twenty minutes aftcrward,
by the watch. We pitched him over
board, and he kept Hopping about as
if he wanted souicthing; So we threw
him his insideS, minus the heart,
which he no sooner saw than he gob-
bled them up and started off; but they
fell out again through the slit the cook
made in him. He kept picking them
upand dropping them so often he must
have got tired OF that job, for he final
lv took them in his teeth and made Il
dive below out of sight.
Year: 1874

I had confidently hoped at this time
to be able to announce the arrangement
of some of the important questions be-
tween this government and that of
Spain, but the negotiations have been
protracte1. The unhappy internal dis
sensions of Spain command our pro
found sympathy and must be accepted
as perhaps cause of some delay. An
early settlement, in part at least, of the
questions between the governments is
hoped. In the meantime awaiting the
results of Immediately pending negoti-
ations. defer a further and full COM
munication on the subject of the rela-
tions of this country and Spain.


THE RIGHT OF REPATRIATION.


have again to call the attention OF
Year: 1874

further interference on the part of the gen
eral government to protect citizens within a
state where the state authorities fail to give
protection. This is a great mistake. While
remain the executive all the laws of congress
and the provisions of the constitution. includ-
ing the amendments added thereto, will be en-
forced with rigor but with regret that they
should have added one jot or title to execu-
tive duties and powers, let there be fairness in
the discussion of southern questions, the ad
vocates of both or all political parties giving
honest, truthful reports of occurrences, con-
demniug the wrong and upholding the right,
and sOon all will ba we'll
Year: 1874

The strife in the Argentine republic is
to be deplOred, both on account of the
parties thereto and from the probable
effects on the interests of those in the
trade in that quarter, of whom the Uni
ted States are among the principal. As
yet, so far as I am aware, there has been
no violation of our neutrality rights,
which, as we'll as our duties in that res
pect, it shall be my endeavor to main
tain and observe.
Year: 1874

The report of the secretary of war, herewith
attached. and forming part of this message,
gives all the information concerning all the
operations, wants and necessities, and con-
tains many suggestions and recommendations
which l commend to your special attention
There is no class of COVE rnment employees who
are harder worked than the army officers and
men. none who perform their tasks more
cheerfully and more efficiently, and under cir
cumstances of greater privatiOn and hardships.
Legislation is desired to render more efficient
this branch of the public service. All the re-
concentrations of the secretary Of war l re-
gard as judiclous, and l especially commend
to your att tention the following


BELKNAP's RECOMMENDATIONS.


The consolidation of government arsenals
mileage to officers travelling under orders the
exemption of money received from the sale of
subsistence stores from being converted into
the treasury; the use of appropriations for
the purpose of subsistence stores, without
waiting for the beginning of the fiscal year for
which the appropriation is made; for addition
al appropriations for the collection Of torpedo
material; for increased appropriations for the
manufacture of arms for relieving the vari-
Gus states for Indebtedness for arms charged
to them during the rebellion; for dropping
officers from the rolls of the army without
trial for the offense Of drawing pay more than
once for the same period; for the discourage
ment Of the plan to pay soldiers by checks,