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Year: 1867

We are not aware that any effort has
ever been made in this Territory to have
a law enacted prohibiting prize fighting.
Certain it is that no law except for a
breach of the peace now exists on the
statute books to prevent these most dis
gusting exhibitions. 1t being impossi-
BILE to have an enactment before the late
encounter, we have remained silent !;
more than that, witnessed it; and with
large majority of those who did, are of
the opinion that it is the duty of the
coming legislature to pass law prohib-
iting prize fights in the Territory of
Montana. This last fight was not severe
enough to be the basis of any very
strong objections, so far as the punish
ment of the men is concerned. After
paying FIVE dollars each for an opportu-
nifty to see two men, reputedly game
pugilists and heavy strikers, pummel
each other, those in attendance were dis
appointed in seeing half dozen such
rounds as can be witnessed in the street
for nothing, and then stay three or four
hours to witness two men without shirts,
shivering with cold, and keeping out of
each others way, until nightfall. All
prize fights pander to the lowest pas
sions of mankind. Their encourage
ment has a tendency to deprave the
tastes of the people and vitiate their
morals. There is a law against duelling.
1t is by odds the most respectable and
least dangerous amusement of the two.
If prize fighting is sanctioned, duelling
should be. For the credit of the Terri
tory in Difference to the opinion of the
civilized world; to prevent the cultiva-
tion of depravity, and discourage brutal
exhibitions, let us have a law against
prize fighting. Montana has had enough
of it.
Year: 1867

Ir is the result of every days experience
that steady attention to matters of detail lies
at the root Of human progress, and that dill
gence, above all, is the mother of good luck
Accuracy is also Of much importance, and an
inyariable mark of good training
Year: 1867

Kansas Legfslaturs.


TopEKA, Kansas, Feb. 8.
The Senate passed bill to organize six
regiments Of State militia, four Of Cavalry,
two of Infantry, and two companies Of Light
Artillery.


The House joint resolution to amend the
Constitution so as to strike out the word
white was amened so as to allow the electors
to vote in favor Of striking out the word
white. Also to make intelligence the basis
of suffrage, by vote Is TO u.


The House will probably not concur.
Year: 1867

man on either line, then the ERE is con.
centrated for considerable distance
upon those whom they know must be re-
moving him. Glory and ambition will
cause some to risk their lives in great
battle, with the apparent reckless daring
Of a nadman, more especially when the
eye OF their superior is upon their backs,
and promotion nowhere but in the front,
Then, if fall they must, they have
the consolation of knowing that
they fall midst the "pemp and circum-
stances" of a great battle But iii only
the true patriot and devout lover OF his
country (of his gravel that could he
found in such places at midnight, vol
UNFAIRLY risking his life for the good OF
his country, for like others he might have
been satisfied with the report OF his
major generals. On the field Of battle
his courage was eclipsed by none Of his
rank, to the truth Of which the records
of Shiloh, Chickamauga and all the
boodiest battles of the Southwest will
abundantly testify; but during the Geor-
gia campaign, a personal inspection
of the line of works was attended with
far greater risks to the person Of lieu.
tenant general than his position upon
the field of battle exposed him to, owing
to the close and deadly fire Of the skir-
mish line when the object was visible. |
think may venture to say, that in the
performance of this duty he had equal
Of his own rank in the army of Tennes.
see. This desire to be an eye witness Of
everything Of Importance in connection
with his duty cost him his life; he was
killed by ball from the enemy's bat
teries whilst reconnoitering their works.
The announcement of his death spread
a gloom over all hearts, for no general
in the army was more universally be-
loved. think this little incident in the
military career of one of the South's
most devoted lovers and noblest soldiers
is worthy of record-not alone for the
true courage displayed, but from such
little incidents as those in the careers Of
our upper men close observer can Sc
leet the true patriots from those who
we're actuated by ambition alone.


Memphis, June 18th. J.fC.
Year: 1867

before him, and prompt to decide accord
ing to the well established rules of law
and evidence, he has shown himself a
sound, clear and practical Judge, whose
decisions and opinions have been as sell
dom reversed by the Supreme Court as
those of any other Judge of any interior
Court in the State. These opinions, many
of which have found place in our legal
reports, are sound and lucid expositions
of the law of the case before him. They
always possess the merit of adhesion to
the question at issue of clearness and
brevity. He never wanders from the
point involved, and never seeks to inject
his own notion of law or ethics into the
decisions of the courts which ought never
to be faithful interpretations of constitu-
tions and laws as they are. He is not a
judicial law maker many of whom, to the
grief of the profession we have, but ju-
dicial law expounder, leaving the making
of the laws to those whose business it is
In his charges to the jury, he lays down
the law of the case with great clearness
and leaves all questions of fact fairly to
their determination.


Judge Williams is emphatically an
honest, impartial and just Judge. He
cannot be turned hairs breadth by pre-
judice, by favor, or by interest, from
what he believes to be the justice of the
cause before him. So well is his stern
integrity as Judge understood in this
community, that no counsel or suitor ever
undertook to influence him in the decis-
ion of a cause pending before him, save
by legal argument.


Judge Williams is a Christian gen
tlemen, ripe scholar, a sound and we'll
read lawyer, and just Judge, to whom
the celebrated lines of the opening of the
third ode of Horace will apply with as
much force and truth as to any other
man:


"' 'Justum &C tenacem propositi virum,


Non civium ardor prava jubentium,


Non vultus instantis tyranni,


Mente quatt solida.


With such a candidate and in cause
so worthy, our own and the other coun-
ties of the western part of the State will
vie with Philadelphia and her sister coun-
ties of the east in raising the banner of
Freedom and the Union still higher, and
inuagurating campaign for free prnci-
pies and united, peaceful and prosper
Gus country, which shall culminate in the
glorious victories of 1868, under the lead
ership of Thomas, Sheridan, Sher-
man or n Grant
Year: 1867

1t is not generally known that among
the most valuable mineral productions
of our State is nickel the metal so large
y used in the coinage of cents. Four
teen miles from lancaster are the Gap
mines and smelling works. The mines
were discovered many years ago, aud
about the time of the revolutionary war
were worked for copper, but were soon
abandoned, the crude machinery of that
period being i'll adapted to working them
profitably. Two generations had passed
away, and the circumstance had been for
gotten, when about fifteen years ago the
mines were reopened by company of
capitalists from Philadelphia, since which
they have been steadily worked. They
were re opened with the view of obtain
ing copper, but the ore was soon discov-
cred to be richer in nickel, more valu-
able mineral, and since then they have
been worked for that metal exclusively
The introduction Of nickel cents by the
government, and the war, which render
ed small change so scarce, gave great i'm
petus to these works. The final working
of the nickel ore is done in Camden. In
all about one hundred and fifty men are
employed at the mines and smelling
works.
Year: 1867

One of those annoying yet ludicrous
accidents which will happen in the best
of families occurred on Sunday not over a
thousand miles from Chicago. A dry
goods clerk had an engagement to take
his lady love out buggy riding Early in
the morning, he appeared befor her
fathers door with one of those spider-like
vehicles which are probably constructed
with view of ascertaining how light a
buggy can be made and at the same time
| be seryiceable.


The lady is sweet sixteen, beautiful,
and little bit of what is termed "fast."
She is full of life, fun and frolic, and is
decidedly combonpoint. As the young
gentleman drove up, his lady-love was
standing on the top step at the front door
with her venerable father, who had his
gold specs elevated on his forehead, in
order to get distant view of his future
SON. in law.


Adonis jumped out of the buggy, pre-
paratory to assisting the young lady in,
but she suddenly took one of those strange
freaks to which the dear sex are all sub
ject. The buggy was standing-about four
feet from the steps, and considerably be-
low the step upon which stood the young
lady. She probably wanted to convince
her lover that she was not clumsy if she
was fat, and thought this would be a
good time to show her agility. BE that
as it may, she gave jump and landed in
the centre of the buggy. If she had
stopped there all would have been well ;
but alas the thin boards of the bottom of
the buggy, unable to stand the pressure,
gave way, and the young lady continued
her descent.


There was piercing scream plung-
him; bundle of muslin in the buggy, and
two little gaiter boots pointing to within
six inches of the ground under it. Pater-
familas rushed to the rescue and detach
ed the horse from the buggy. He then
got up on one side, and the young man
on the other, and they attempted to raise
the young lady up. 80, stop, STOP you
are killing me" she cried.


The boards had broken in the centre,
and the long, sharp splinters extended
downwards, and when they attempted to
raise the young lady out of her pre-
dicament these sharp splinters would
catch. Did you ever see wire mouse
trap7 If not, go and get one, stick your
finger through the entrance tunnel and
try to pull it out. You will then under
stand the sad fix that our young lady was
in on Sunday morning.


The old man comprehended the situa-
tion in a moment. He told the young
man to get down and break the splinters
off. Young lady screamed 40, don't
aud young man didn't. At this stage of
the proceeding a practical neighbor come
up with hatchet, and the young lady.
was soon extricated from her unpleasant
situation, and soon disappeared behind
the front door.


We don't know whether the young
lady sustained any serious injury or not,
and we are not going to ask any questions
Iof that young man. Chicago Republican
Year: 1867

We cut from an exchange the follow


ing recipe To pint of water add thirty
drops (about half teaspoonfuD of liquor
of chloride of lime. Wash in this two
and half pounds of rancid butter
every particle of the butter has come in
contact with the water, let it stand an
hour or two, then wash the butter well
again in pure water The butter is then
left without any odor, and has the sweet
ness of fresh butter. These preparations
of lime have nothing injurious in them.
Here is fact worth a years subscription
to paper "-Ienth Legion Democrat.
Year: 1867

a boat maker of Troy has lately con-
structed one thirty feet long, which weighs
but forty pounds and is In every respect
superior to boats made Of wood 1t is
thin, lighter than wooden boat, is rem
dered impervious to water by coating of
oil and other compounds, and It claimed
to be more durable, and that it will stand
shocks that would destroy wooden she'll.
Such boat cannot be split or broken,
but if a hole be made in it by accident,
the perforation will be no longer than
the size of the object piercing it and
could be easily mended it will not swell
nor crack, requires no caulking or pitch
ing, and, above all, the cost is much less
than wooden boat,
Year: 1867

A lady trampled on dogs tail the
other day, and the animal bit her leg
The blood did not flow, however, only
sawdust flew. lie did not go deep enough
for blood. This is the most useful pur-
pose we have ever heard Of . false calf
serving
Year: 1867

How VIcToRY WAS SEcURED.-The Demo-
Gratis of Ohio, says the Pittsburg Post. have
secured their great gains by the force of
work through an effective organization. They
organized the doubtful counties with view
of carrying the Legislature, aud in scarcely
one of those counties did that fail Of success.
Through their organization they got mn ont
to hear the truth from the stump, and 10 the
polls on election day Their gain Of Az Oo0
10 the State is attributable To the c'mpiete
manner in which they we're organized for
the tampsign. The result should constitute
a lesson for Democrat. everywhere-teaeh'
ing them the importance of that vigilance
which is the prizes of liberty.
Year: 1867

NEVER whine over what you may suppose
to be the loss of opportunities. A great
many have good early opportunities without
learning much; every man may educate
himself tha. wishes to. 1t is the will that
makes the way. Many servant that want
ed knowledge has listened while bis masters s
children were saying their letters; and put
ting them together, to form easy words, has
thus caught the first elements of spelling
If any one has strong thirst for knoWledge,
we do not care where he is put, be will be-
come an educated man. The first step to-
wards sell improvement is to leave Oh Whin
ing over the past, and bend every energy to
the improvement Of the present.
Year: 1867

WHEN DESorO discovered the Mississippi
he found that there was a civilized people in
what is now Tennessee, who were governed
by a queen, who sat on thr0 Nor were
the people at all like the aborigines. Among
the great variety of beautiful crops which
they raised he noticed TIE sun flower had
great prominence, the prodnct of which was
used Tor butter, lard, dressing z leather, and
for lamps. having some qualities as olive oil.
A quarter of an acre would make Prodi-
gious yield, 1t is preferred by poultry to
corn, as it is in some drgr. ananIaIzed and
it can be made into cake suitable for feeding
horses aud cattle
Year: 1867

Do RIsHr.-Find out what is right and then
act it out and leave the result to Providence.
Do not be afraid that any evil can possibly come
of your doing right, either to yourself or coun>
Year: 1867

cURGEON AND HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN


- special attention will be gwen to the cure OF dis
sases of long standing Office and residence opposite
and west of the Public School House, Cedar Falls,
Oh
Year: 1867

THE Detroit Free Press, of the 9th
inst, gives the following singular ac-
count of a case of hydrophobia: Six
teen years ago last Wednesday. James
Bay. then a resident of Pontiac, was
bitten by a rabid dog, but experienced
no serious effect from the bite until one
year from that day on which he was bit
ten. He then felt some symptoms Of the
terrible disease, which soon developed
into a most frightful attack. For six
weeks he was a raving maniac, and all
hope of his recovery was abandoned, but
an iron constitution and careful nursing
brought him out from the shadow of
death, and he rallied, the disease finally
passing off. He pursued the even tenor
of his way until the second anniversary,
when he was again attacked, but with
| less severity than on the first occasion.
The twenty-sixth day Of June in each


year has been the occasion of a hydro
phobic fit, the last of which attacked


him one week ago yesterday, at Sand
which, where he was employed as a
brickmaker. The usual symptoms were
felt during the early part of the day, and


Bay requested some of his friends to tie


him, in order to prevent personal injury.
Being frightened by his peculiar appear


ance, they refused to do so, and he con-
tinuod at his work all day, and until


midnight, his time for quitting. Going
to neighboring barn, he tried to sleep
off the dreadful attack. After a while
/ his companions heard a noise in the barn,
and fearing it was as Bay had declared,
went to his aid An appalling sight
greeted them. The poor victim was
foaming at the mouth, biting at various
objects, and to all appearances suffering


the most horrible agony. As soon as he
caught sight of them, with eyes glowing
like freballs, and uttering an unearthly
veil, he made q rush for them. The
party at once retreated, leaving Bay
alone in the gloomy hayloft wrought up


to the highest pitch of maniacal frenzy,
and battling with an enemy that no NOR
tai man can subdue. In one of his con-


vulsions he lifted a portion of the roof
completely of, which evidently exhaust


ed him, as nothing more was heard, and


when his friends finally ventured to look


after him, be was found in a sound sleep.
He was at once secured and taken to a


snfo place, where he was kept for sever
al hours, and when he awoke nearly all
traces of the previous nights awful ex-
perience had disappeared, and, with the
exception of the exhaustion produced by
his great suferings, was as we'll as usual
Year: 1867

from the Atlanta CGa.) IntelIigencer.l
We make the following extracts from
the letter of a gentleman residing in
Houston, Texas, to his brother in thi:
city. 1t will be found emphatically
rich:


"a negro man had hired himself tC
Mr.. A. for SIS per month-and at the
expiration of ten months sued Mr.. A. for
Sl5O. A. admitted the contract as al
legged by the negro, and admitted that he
(the negro) had worked for him the
length of time for which the negro claim
ed wages. The case was submitted to
the negro jury, under the charge of the
court and to the astonishment Of all pre-
sent, they brought in a verdict in favor
of the plaintiff for S110. The Judge
told them he did not see how they could
render such a verdict; that the negro
plaintiff was clearly entitled, by the ad-
mission of Mr.. A, to $3.50. A large.
dirty, greasy negro juryman raised up in
jury box, and with much gravity inform
ed his Honor thatS1l per month was all
the negro services were worth that he
knew the plaintiff to be a triding, lazy
scoundrel, and that the jury would not
allow him any more Otempora O
nsoresi The white man (NIr. A.) of
course had no cause for complaint at the
verdict. But this is a sample of their
ideas of law and facts. God protect me
from such juries


"At the close Of the first week Of
court in Houston, the negro jury were
paid off at the rate of 81 per day for
their services as jurors. and on the
Monday morning following, when court
opened, the negloes literally boseiged
the courthouse to get upon the jury
One old crippled negro stopped the
Judge on his way to court and begged
for place on the jury, urging his Grip
pied and almost helpless condition as a
reason why he should be selected; and
further, proposed to take the job Of sit
ting on the jury by the year. When
the Judge informed him that the court
would be in session only three Or four
weeks, he seemed to think this was only
an artfuI dodge Of his Honor to avoid
closing the contract, and ingeniously
proposed to take the job by tie gear and al
one dollar per dag! This IS the pure
and undefIed channel through which
verdicts now flow"
Year: 1867

We know a number of prominent Re.
publicans in this county who are oppos.
to giving the Negroes the right of 7Ot.
ing in Ohio, and will therefore vote
against the Negro Suffrage Amendment
to the Constitution, but say they will
vote the Republican ticket.


Let US examine the question a moment
and see if it would be consistent to vote
against the one and for the other.


Every candidate on the Republican
ticket, from the highest to the lowest, IS
pledged by the platform of his party to
sustain and support that proposition.


Now, let US imagine We see an honest
conservative Republican go up to the
polls and deposit his ballot as follows.


For Governor, R. B. Hayes, pledged
to Negro Suffrage and Negro Equality a:


For Lieutenant Governor, John C.
Lee, pledged to Negro Suffrage, &c.
And so with all the other candidates
on the ticket. Thus, our Republican
friends will have voted sixteen times to
indorse the doctrine Of Negro Suffrage
and Social Equality as represented in the
candidates, but when they come to the
last line on the ticket, they vote, Con-
stitutional Amendment, "No'" Who
would believe such men to be honest; OF,
if honest, that they have sufficient ca
pacity to do without a guardian?


If you are opposed to negro suffrage,
as every white man ought to be, then it
is your duty to vote against its aiders
and abetters.


But you will vote against the Amend
ment, will you? With the same consis-
tency you might say that you could
have been a good Union man, while you
were voluntarily fighting in the Confed-
crate army to destroy the Union, as to
say you are opposed to negro suffrage in
Ohio, when you vote and act with the
party that is making every effort to os-
tablish it.
Year: 1867

Chief JUSTICE PARSONS was one Of
the ablest men that Massachusetts, ever
produced. His power with jury vas
extraordinary. He avoided, from prin-
oiple, all attempts at oratory, being con-
vinoed, as was often said Of Mr.. Ohoate,


that reputation for eloquenoe was a
formidable obstacle to success. He talk
ed directly to a jury in simple language,
with great oonoiseuess, putting the case
with earnestness, pressing it with strong
logic, and making them feel that they
had no doubt they must agreo With him.
His most elaborate argument did not eX-
oeed an hour, and rarely went beyond


half an hour. An eminent lawyer tells
an amusing story CT one of his earliest
pleas. The case was an important one,
and Parsons was unknown to most per-
sons outside the bar. When he began
his argument he leaned one foot on a
chair, and one elbow on his knee, and


began to talk as if he were explaining
the matter to a company Of neighbOrs,
and there could be no doubt about his
version of it, The lawyer saw at once
that he was winding the jury around his


finger, but they were unconscious Of the
process, for when they had given him the
verdict one of them came to the lawyer
and said, Daively: Who is this Mr..
Parsons2 He is not much of q lawyer,
and don't look or talk as if be would ev-
er be one; but he seems to be q real good
sort Of q man"
Year: 1867

EFFECT OF PROHIBITION-The tenn
peTance fanatics can never learn that
their interference with the right Of indi-
vidual judgment does more harm than
good, and all the teachings Of experience
are therefore only thrown away upon
them. This is again illustrated in New
York, where the license law seems to act
as an incentive to drunkenness, for the
forbidden fruit has always been sweetest
to men since Eve eat the apple. Ever
since the bar-rooms we're closed in the
city, so-called Sunday clubs" have
been established. A dozen or more
Young men form a club and purchase as
much liquor as they think they can drink
during the Sabbath. They assemble in
their meeting room in tho morning and
pass thus the day in dissipation. Each
member may bring in a friend and give
him one drink, but the rule fOrbids per-
sons who are not members receiving more.
This scheme to evade the Sunday law Is
working very successfully, and the or
ganization Of Sunday social clubs is 60
ing on at a rapid rate. We would like
to know how many confirmed drunkards
this secret drinking will make ?-Ds'T0it
Free Press.