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Year: 1877

The wife of a man living near To-
poka, Kan, reached Detroit on her
way home from the East a few days
ago, finding herself short of funds,
having lost S85 at the Niagra falls
She went to a hotel and telegraphed
her husband to forward her $50 at
once, He isn't the kind of man to
rush hcadlong into any financial en-
terprise, and he stopped to find out
the cost of tclegRphing money
When he had ascertained he waited
till highland sent a half-rate mes
sage saying that he would send the
money by mail, This wasn't entire
ly satisfactory to lady paying IS
pcrday for board, but she had to wait
In about three days the looked-for let.
ter arrived and the wife was so mad
she came near swallowing her front
teeth. The husband had enclosed
the three ono-half portions of three
different ten dollar bills and explain.
ed in his letter.


"If these reach YOU safely will
forward the other halves upon receipt
of a telegram"


The way that little woman busted
over to tho telegraph office and sent
him bowic-knives and daggers and
bullets made the stoical operator
wonder ifshc was not some escaped
lunatic. Over half the money will
be used up for board by the time she
gets it, and how is she to reach home
on the balance is what puzzles her.
Year: 1877

In the year 1928. Landamman Kasper,
Branberg, the newly chosen governor of
Bellenz, was riding over the St. Gothard
from Zug, accompanied by his servant and
faithful dog. At the top of the pass he
and his servant were buried by an avail
The Tha gh hielh sloSs dessSsnded Snnde from the Lurendo
first to extricate his master But
when he he could not succeed in
doing this. he fastened back to the
hospice, and there by pitiful bowling and
whining, announced that an accident had
happened The landlord and his servants
set out Immediately with shovels and pick
axes, and followed the dog, which ran
quickly along in front of them They
soon reached the place where the avalanche
had fallen Here the faithful dog stopped
suddenly, plunged his face in the snow,
and begun to scratch it up, barking aud
whining The men set to work at once,
and after long and difficult labor, succeed
ed in extricating the Landamman, and soon
after his servant They were both alive,
after spending thirty-six fearful hours
beneath the snow, oppressed by the most
painful thoughts They had heard the
howling and the barking Of the dog quite
plainly aud had noticed his sudden depart
ure, and the arrival of their deliverers
they had heard them talking and working
without being able to move or utter a sound.
The Landamman's will ordained that an
image of the faithful dog should be sculp-
tured at his feet on his tomb. This monu-
mcnt was seen till lately in Saint Oswald S
Church, at Zug.
Year: 1877

Americans who dine with tho Chincse
are surprised at the perfection to which
they have carried their cooking During
a recent banquet at San francisco an or
Tie orange itself sdornol like ,5y ofber
orange, but on being cut open was found
to contain within the rind five kinds Of
delecate jcllies One was at first puzzled
to know how the jclhes got in, and giving
up the chain of reflection, was in a worse
quandary to know how the pulpy part of
the orannge got out Colorod eggs were
also served, in the inside of which were
found nuts, jellies, meats and confectionery.
When one of the Americans asked the
Interpreter to explain this legcrlemain of
cookery he expanded his mouth in hearty
laugh and shook his head and said :
Mclean man heap smart why he not
inlc9 out z
Year: 1877

"What kind of house will we play -
asked one little girl of another. oh,
play calling" replied the other Mary,
here she can be Mrs Brown and sit on
the step, and me and Julia will call ON her
and ask how she is, and how her husband
is, and if the baby's got over the measles,
and tell her how nice she looks in her new
wrapper and hope it won't hurt her much
when She has that tooth filled And then
we'll say Good bye. Mrs Brown, come
and see US some time or other, ami bring
the children and your sewing, and you're
such stranger, we don't see half enough
of you" And then me and julia we'll
courtesy aud walk off piece, and III say
to Julia, "Did you ever see such horrid
old fright as she looks in that wrapper
And then Julia she'll say, "The idear OF
anybody having false teeth filled And
then III say. Yes, and what homely lot
of dirty little brats them young ones of
hcr'n IS" Let's play it what do you say =
Year: 1877

Our girls are the boldcst of all, part be-
ing the boldness Of innocence and part the
boldness of impudicity but from whatever
it comes, it does not sit well on a young
woman. She is often under the impression
that her fast ways, her slang, and her froe-
dom with man is what he admires and this
is her mistake, for even the rake feels the
charm of a modest woman, and when he
selects his life partner she is his choice IN
word, the man passes his time with the
fast person for his amusement, but when it
comes to the serious business of life, such
as marriage c'cst une autre paire de man
ches


The ''Be what you seem or seem what
you be, of the foreigner, addressed to the
forward miss by the way of explanation for
3 3, natural ,, mistake which he made in res.azs
lesson by all young women like her.


For the mother to remain in an upper
room yawning and talking with other chap
crons, while her daughter, with laisseT.
aller manner at three or four o'clock in the
morning, is whirling around in the Boston
with young man heated with wine, can
hardly be called serious chaperoning, for if
there is any time at which the mother
should be with her daughter, it is at that
time; it is then at that time she assredly
needs her Ordinarily the mother who
chapcroncs as she calls it, separates from
her charge at the ballroom and does not
her until the twain depart from the house.


In France there are two rows of chairs
around the sides of the dancing-ro0m ; the
daughters sitting in front and their resPce-
tive mothers behind them on the back row.
The daughter goes forth to the salutation
with the maternal approval, and at its con-
cuson she is Immediately conducted back
to her place before the mother. 1t would
perhaps be too much to expect American
mothers and daughters to comply with such
rigid rules in their dancing entertain
ments. but they might at least remain in
the same room, whore the young would be
under the eye Of the elders. -zHe Gatary.
Year: 1877

The Inaugural Address of the new President may be found in to-day's paper. It is a plainly worded document of no great length, and will be read with much interest by the people of the south. If Mr. Hayes follows up the policy which he has foreshad owed in his inaugural, the great est fear winch we have had of his administraiion,-the fear that he would be lead and controlled by the same men who have been such bitter enemies to a peaceabie South during Grants Administra- tion,-may be laid aside; for his promises and pledges in regard to the Southern policy are certainly as fair and candid as we expected from him.

 Let Mir. Hayes be held square ly and closely to the line of policy laid down in his address. The country will watch him closely and will demand of him a faithfu compliance with the fair promises with which he sets ont. If hS
Year: 1877

We know it is human nature to be selfish, and we know that this element of human nature is so strong in some mems minds, or natures, that it is no use to appeal to them to discard it. But we cannot refrain, now that we see a chance for our country to make a great stride forward if our people will be public spirited and hospit able to those who are coming among us, from entreating our people to beware of the evil effects of a mean selfishness and spirit of greed and avariciousness. We appeal to our people to be noble, generous, hospitablc and friendly to all the strangers who are com ing among us. We can afford to be at some pains, and expense, i too, to induce new capital and additional population to seek our county, for without more people and more money in our country i than we now have we are power less to utilize the vast resources which are heaped up around us in such rich profuslon. It will pay our people to lay aside all selfishness and jealousy Tn this matter. If you see a chance to induce capitalists to come to oui county and establish manufacto

 ries don't be jealous if they don't build their shops in your town or on your land, but offer taem all the encouragement and aid you can, let them locate where they may. Our interests are all mu tual and co. extensive with oul county and State, and because one section tion is improving and building up faster than another is no cause for any jealousy or envy to othel sections. Let us all work togeth

 CT honestly, energetically and il good faith, and there is no dan

 ger but what we will all be bene

 fitted and built up and made tC

 prosper.
Year: 1877

 To the Editor of the DEMOCRAT:

 While I sat carelessly retros- pecting the past, meditating upon the many vicissitudes that we American people have passed through during the last decade, my mind was irresistably brought to a contemplation of the future.

 I am led to ask the question 'sHow are we to retrieve our los

 esp That we have lost, in many respects, is quite apparent, and that it behooves us to set our

 selves to work in earnest to re trieve those losses is also appar ent. In the first place, we as [ national political party, might sa, that we have lost our political all which we must, beyond all doubt endeavor to our utmost ability ts redeem, but how we can or mus do this is a question that must bt solved by those who are mucl

 wiser than myself; but, l, in m, ignorance, will presume to say

 that it must be done by improve
Year: 1877

We entreat the citizens of our county, especially the more prom inent ones, and all those who pre- fess to have any public spirit about them to remember that on Saturday, March 24th, there is to be an important meeting at Rus sellville, and we urge a full at tendance on that day. Come, and let us infuse life and aruour in this matter which will show that we are in earnest and mean to have our country developed and improved. Pluck and ener- gy tells in all things, and there is no danger but that it will tell in this matter. We are confident in the highest degree that if our people will wake up and do their duty during the next four years there will be a wonderful out 'come Tn our country.

 Come to the meeting, gentle men, on the 24th inst, and let's commence the work.
Year: 1877

The above are head lines under which the New York Herald of Sunday March 4th. gave a column and a half of reading matter, de- tailing the way and feeling with which Mir. Hayes inauguration was received in the various large cities of the United States. Onr purpose in alluding to them is simply to show that there is a feeling of distrust, uneasiness and apprehension throughout the country, atthe manner in which Mir. Hayes got the office. l he existence of such a feeling will be a drawback to the vigorous prosperity of the country, and will also detract much from the success of M.. Hayes administra-

 

 tion, unless it is allayed at the very outstart. Mir. Hayes is the only maa who can allay this un- easy feeling and restore that healthful confidence and feeling oi security which is necesfaiy to give the country season of prosperi- ty and vigorous growth during his administration. If MT. Hayes will adopt and carry out the pledg- es he made to give the whole country a good government, te make us all feel that we are common people having equal rights, and to assure us of the South that we are to be allowed to manage our own affairs without the tyrannical federal interference which Grant kept up during his term, all of this feeling ofdistrust will be allayed. The first stel necessary is for Mir. Hayes to set tie the matter emphatically that the South shall be let severely alone. As first step let him al once recognize Hampton anc Nichols.
Year: 1877

The first duty which confronts Mir. Hayes, and one which he has no right to ignore or attempt to postpone, is to give his prompt and emphatic recognition to the Hampton government m south Carolina, and the Nichols govern ment.in Louisiana. MT. Hayes has said a good deal about his intended fairness toward the South, about the inessimable blessings of a peaceable, local, self government, and about his desire to see once more a united country, all enjoying equal and full rights. If Mir. Hayes is sin eere in his declarations he must now prove it by placing South Carolina and Louisiana upon equal footing with other States. He must call off the usurping pre- tenders who are endeavoring to gain control of those States over the men whom the people have chosen. It is Mr. Hayes sworn duty to act in this matter at once, and for him to stand off in feaI of disturbing the statu quo which his predecessor left, IS q great dereliction of duty on his part His acton in this matter will be taken as a test of the manner ot administration which may be ex pected of him. If he yields tC the wishes of his partisan advis CTS to sustain the carpet bag gov ernments in Louisiana and Soutf Carolina, he will Joe regarded a: a weak tool for the worst men ii his party. We shall see how much stability he has about hin very soon.
Year: 1877

have timber, the finest in the world, for the mechanic and the manufacturer of wooden goods. We have coal fields and coal mines which call for miners. We have water power, in different portions of the country, equal to any we have ever seen.

 There is, in short, a chance for all, and those who come now will have an opportunity to grow up with new country whose prog ress in the next ten years Is go ing to be wonderful.
Year: 1877

goes honestly forward to the task before him, as he has pledged himself to do, there should be no foolish opposition to his admins tration~from disappointed poll ticiaLs on either side.
Year: 1877

Matthew Dorm, the monster-headed
boy, is dead. He was fifteen years of
age, and was certainly a curiosity; if
not monstrosity, so far as his head
was concerned. 1t is said that it was
four feet in circumference, and weighed
almost eight pounds. He was of Irish
parentage. When six weeks old his
head began growing much more rapidly
than his body, and continued to grow
up to within few weeks of his death.
He was never able to sit up, but could
move his head from right to left while
lying ON his pillow. During the Cen
tennial exhibition at Philadelphia he
was taken there by speculative persons,
but the undertaking did not prove sue
cessful there or in Albany, where he
was subsequently exhibited for few
days. His body at the time of his death
weighed about one-half rs much as his
head.
Year: 1877

There is man in this town between
fifty and sixty years of age who has
steadily worked for his father until the
present day; never had dollar in his
pocket, never went to church, wedding
or funeral; never was ON car; never to
a party; never spoke to girl except to
ask where his mother was; never had a
holiday; and yet had his poll-tax abated
his year, on account of poverty, while
his fathers estate is estimated at from
hirty to fifty thousand dollars. South
ington Conn., Sentinel.
Year: 1877

All communications intended for
publication must be accompanied by ohe
name of the writer, not for publication,
but as a guaranty of good faith. al
communications written on both sides
of the paper or unaccompanied by the
writer's name will be HrO'Cn into the
tDdSte basket.
Year: 1877

The immense and constantly increas-
ing immigration to the new gold fields
of the north is destined to completely
overflow the Black Hills, and before the
close of III or early in '7s, at the far
thest, the cry of "On to Big Horn" will
be heard in the land and the myriads of
gold seekers will pass thither. Here
with we give with as great accuracy as
possible table of distances from


CHEYENNE TO BIG HORN MOUNTAINS
Year: 1877

the foreyard Of a merchant vessel ABOUT
leaving port. and continued its structure
as it had opportunity to go on shore 1or
materials It lays from six to eight eggs
and has been known to bring out as
MANY as five broods in one season, which
fact will not only account tor their un>
paralelled multiplication, but 1t SOUNDS
the death knell to vast numbers OF other
less aggressive and pugilistic species,
which disappear like the dew before this
invincible. The numbers and gregari-
Gus habits make them Oftentimes terror
to the agrculturlst until he learns their
value in the obstruction of insects and
worm detrimental to his interests. To
illustrate "A single pair Of these birds, ="
saws Que who is the best OF authority
have been watched during a whole day,
and were seen TO convey to their young
no less than forty grubs per hour, making
an average OF over three thousand 10 the
course Of the week. Multiply these NUM-
berSsby the conjectured numbers OF pro-
liHc pairs and what will be the result on
bthe chronological fauna OF an agrlcultu-
raj district.


1t may be that the sparrow will IN
time multiply at such rate as to be-
come nuisance to the agriculturalist
but at present he is just what we want
to fight the grasshoppers. If he ex>
tends his "waye of sparrow life" into
the vast plains at the base of the Roche
Mountains he will hold the insect pest IN
check in its native breeding>places.


In the meantime we would advise our
readers to treat the little foreigner
, handsomely, and see that he is not Ge'
stroyed by men or boys. He will prove
"hopperdozer" OF the first magnitude
and he will not ask q bounty Of dollar :
| bushel.
Year: 1877

At this writing the House OF Repre-
sentatives of the Minnesota Legislature
has defeated our usury bill.


Il il most remarkable that body OF
men coming right frona the people should
be hoodwinked by the agents OF the
money sharks.


we nope Representative Child will
call up the bill again, and take the ayes
and noes, so that the people can see just
who are on their side and who are not.


1t il discouraging TO work for the
welfare Of q people who can elect such q
House Of Representatives.
Year: 1877

The last State Grange appointsda committee,
to attend the legislature and work In favor OF
the passage OF a blll to reduce the price OF
school text books. In accordance with this
resolution Messrs. Laird, hayhew and Garfield
have been in attendance on the Legislature and
have performed efficient work IN behalf o.
that great reform.


We cannot refrain from expressing our great
satisfaction at this practical eS nibition OF the
power and capacity Of the grange for useful
ness. Nothing viii 50 endssr the order to th'
neonle as such evidences as this OF determi-
nation to Tighten their burdens.


We hope next fall they will consider othel
important matters Of legislation and throw
their large influence into the scale en- the sid'
OF the right.
Year: 1877




We have hitherto alluded to the rapid
decrease of timber on the Atlantic sea-
board. fact which is abuniantly at
tested by the inferior quality of the
spars and deck plsnss of Eastern yes.
sells arriving here. The truth is that
the good timber has been nearly all OK
hausted along the Eastern coast of this
continent. The oak vessels built at the
East in the past ten years have been of
very inferior quality. Take. for ex-
ample. the steamships Nebraska and
Arizona, both of which were built in
1868 and are now so rotten that it will
not pay to repair them. Everything
betokens the scarcity of timber there or
such inferior quality of stuff would not
be used


The latest thing in exports of lumber
is shipment of redwood shingles TO
New York from San Francisco, 12S, 900
in ALL This is indeed change of
front. In 1850. lumber of all sorts, to-
ge,her with ready made houses. were
shipped to San Francisco from Eastern
ports. They were sold for heavy sums
at first, given away afterwards. The
subsequent growth and development of
the Pacific Coast. especially of Puget
Sound. is matter of history. For some
years past there has been a constant ex-
port of California laurel 10 the Eastern
States, where it is made up into billiard
tables, sewing machines and pianos. Il
will net be long before redwood will be
shipped IN large quantities. because it
can be laid down cheaper by sea than
pine can be carried from Michigan by
railroad. This is turn of the tide.


1t will never pay to ship to Eastern
yards the heavy timbers required in
ship-builling. Far cheaper will it be
to bring hither the men with adzes and
plauoS anu let tu6u IuOulu Tue uudSSltc
tin,bers into stately ships that shall
whiten every sea With their dove-like
wings as they go forth on their peace-
full errands of brotherly love and good
will unto men. Our land locked sea
has many bay where the din of indus
try is yet unheard. which soon shall
echo with the droning of the great saw
as it FLASHES its greedy fangs into the
log; while the sharp strokes of the spike
maui and caulking-iron. shall tell of
another ocean castle born into the world
of commerce. The East is ont of timber
or she would not import redwood from
California. And how soon she will
send carpenters TO Puget Sound to
build her ships for her. depends upon a
decrease in the tariff on iron to afford
some margin of profit that is now cut
off under the specious plea of protec-
ton.
Year: 1877

An attempt is being made in Ari-
zona to have Gen. Kautz removed
from the command of that depart
ment. He is an Indian fighter of
the old school, like Crook and
Wright, hence we hope to see him
kept there. The only sort of COM
manders for that section are those
who believe the good Indians are all
dead, and act accordingly.
Year: 1877

The united effort of the national
banks to have the tax of one per
cent. per annum removed, shows
how the money power of the cor
porations throughout the land is
being centralized, to make the rich
man richer and the poor man poorer.
While every foreign-made article is
being taxed to a prohibitory degree
for the benefit of home manufac-
lures, the bankers gold must go
untaxed. It used to be the fashion
to ask charity for the poor ; nova
days it has become the style to
crave it for the rich.