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Year: 1877

Gentlemen of the Senate and House Of


Representatives:


1t is proper that should, before
entering into discussion of the grave
questions which will come bet ore you,
give the reasons that impelled me to
call the General Assembly together
at q time so unusual and incOnveni-
ent to it's members. recognize and
appreciate fully the great personal
sacrifice demanded of the call which
brings them here; but the critical
condition of public affairs and the
welfare of the State made it impera-
tive that | should invoke the aid OF
the legislative branch Of the govern
cut 10 assist in the great work of
reform before us, and | felt confident
that the patriotism of those compri-
sing this branch Of the State gov
ernment would inspire them to meet
cheertully all sacrifices required for
the interests Of tie State. Your
presence proves that have not been
disappointed in this hope; and I cher
ish the additional hope that you will
forget the animosities engcndered by
political strife, rise superior to the
petty consideration of partisanship,
and devoting yourselves with patri,
otic z:al to the service of your State,
and that you will strive earnestly to
restore it's lost prosperity, to revive
itS wasted industries, to reform all
abuses in it's government, and to pro
mote peace, harmony, good will and
justice among all classes and parties.
To the accomplishment of these noble
aimsI pledge my constant, unwearied
and earnest efforts; and in this pa
triotic work I invoke your aid, gen
tlemen of the Senate and House of
Representatives, not alone as mem
bers OF the Legislature, but as patriots
and Carolinians.


The anomalous condition of affairs
during the past few months, while
it has entailed the necessity of con-
vening the General Assembly has
precluded me from laying before this
body such full and accurate intorma.
tion as is desirable, or making pre-
else and definite recommendation on
particular measures which will de-
mand ycur attention. Circumstances
with which yoa are all familiar have
prevented my access to the books and
records of the various departments
Of the State government, and hence
! can neither speak authoritatively
oflhe exact financial condition of the
State, nor make sneh particular sng
gestions as, under the ordinary con.
dition Of public Matters it would
have been my pleasure, no less than
my duty, to have done. At present
! can, therefore, only call your at
tention in general terms to few
subjects which require immediate
action on yoHr part, and / must ask
tor your indulgence if / am unable TO
do more than 10 indicate the broad
Year: 1877

One hundred and fifty bushels OF
gTasshopers, is the lowest estimate we
heard reliable men, who were there,
place upon the amount destroyed last
week in the southwest portion of Ne
mRha precinct by one set of laborers.
This immense number or quantity OF
hoppers was killed on ground where
cattle had been herded last summer
and fall-on the rolling prairie
the grass being eaten off close
and the ground pretty well
tramped, the area of the herding
ground, about 600 acres, was just the
genial spot for the hoppers to resort TO
to deposit their eggs. There were
engaged in this terrible slaughter of
the miserable pest from twenty to
thirty men who used the common
coal oil and coal tar drag pans. They
had two pans, one sixteen and the
other eighteen feet long, dragged by
horses; and eight or ten six foot pans
dragged by the men. The "medi-
cine" used was coal tar and coal oil
and after working awhile they dis
covered that a mixture of the two sub
stances was just the thiug-was eff
fectual and cheaper than when used
separate. The coal oil served to cut
and thin the coal tar 10 Il better consis-
tency, and made it more surely a
deadly "dope'-as the boys called 1t.
This is quite a grasshopper story-one
We would doubt did it not come from
parties of veracity and good judg-
ment. We have no doubt of It's
truth.


We will add In this connection, In
order that true impression may be
made regarding the precinct and lc-
cality, that about all the hoppers OF
any consequence in that precinct was
upon this herdlng ground. They, OF
course were upon some fields of wheat
contiguous thereto, but the farmers


were confident IN their ability TO de-
stroy the hoppers and save their crops


AS yet no damage had been done. II


is gratifying that The people have fl.


nally become masters Of even the grass
| hopper situation.
Year: 1877

WRITTEN FOR TIE ADYERTIsER.l
Were this instant an angel, possessed
or the glory and peace that are given the


blessed,
1 would fling my white robes unrepIningly


down,
And tear from my forehead its beautiful


crown,
To nestle once more in that heaven of rest,
With your lips upon mine and my head on


your breast.
'Twere delicious to die, II my heart could


grow cold
While your arms wrapped mo round with


that passionate fold.
And these are the questions 1 ask day and


night
Must my life taste but once such exquisite


delight?
Would you care II your breast were my


shelter as then?
And If you wero here would you kiss me


again? E.
Year: 1877

We this week have new item
izer from Bratton. We hope ne will
send US items every week, as we are
desirous OF making our "Neighbor-
hood News" Il prominent feature Ofou
paper. We want items from every
neigh borhood in the county, as they
assist lis in making THE ADVERTISER
county newspaper.
Year: 1877

Have we an ordinance for protec-
tion against rabbld dogs in the city ?
If We have, now is the time for Its
strict enforcement. Mad dogs recent
ly made tiieir appearance in Ham
burg and Eea7snworth.
Year: 1877

- Owing to q press of matter, and
from our desire to furnish the readers
OF TIE ADVERTISER with all the lat
est news, we are compelled to crowd
out two full columns of paying ad-
vertisements,
Year: 1877

This memorable day, that shall live
green in story till some great wave of
monarchial government shall over
power the free sons of liberty, will be
celebrated as before stated at the Har-
mon grove on the Nemaha. Prepara-
tions are now being made, and will
be made. for the jubilee up to that
very day. Everybody is coming.
Why? Because the grove is spacious
and pleasant, and easy to get at from
all parts of the county. and to see
their friends, to hear the orations
which will be delivered by the best
orators In the county, and to witness
the grand fireworks which will go up
at night like a conglOmerated mass of
Hlmbus rays, till they become to the
vision of mortal man superhuman.
Everything will be previously ar
ranged for the convenience of the at
tending public. The grounds will be
well supplied with Adams ale, so
sparkling, pure and bright, twill
cheer the heart and thrill the soul,
but twill not make you tight.


P0sEY.
Year: 1877

The work of the commission charged
with devising plan for the reorganiza-
tion of the army has apparently come to
a dead lock, the last meeting having been
held some three weeks ago. The differ
ence OF the commission turns upon the
adoption of the German principle of a
Large company Of two hundred and fifty
men as the unit, which brought up to a
war footing, enables the war department
to double or treble the size of the army
without increasing the number Of regi-
ments or impairing its efficiency, and a
combination of the present system under
which the number of men is very small
IN proportion to the number of officers,
and the cost of the army on a peace foot
ing made very great. Most of the DEM
ocrats favor the former plan, and most of
! the republicans the latter,
Year: 1877

phere, and when the body of the seal is


long distance from the vessel, the hunt


ers are often benighted when storms
arise and open channel in the ice which
separates them from their craft Some
times the vessel has to bear away for
safety, and many of the crew perish from
cold and hunger unless luckily picked up
by some other vessel. At other times,
when the ice grows weak, they remain
for hours together immersed to the
knees, or perhaps to the middle of the
body, on frail cakes ice. If they should
survive this dreadful torture and be res.
cued the evil of frost.burn
and at the close of the homeward voyage
their limbs are at the mercy of the sur
geon's knife,-H, Louis RcpuJlicaa.
Year: 1877

Light, which travels with amazing
velocity, required eight minutes to
reach the earth. Sound would require
fourteen years to travel from the sun to
the earth, 50 that five saw an explosion
at its surface it would be fourteen years
before we could hear il. But it we
could place a rod of iron from
the earth to the sun and then strike it
with hammer on one end the sound would
reach the opposite end in about eleven
months. But perhaps the most sing ular
illustration of the suns distance was
drawn from the human economy. SEN
aatiOn took a certain time to travel to
the nerve centres, and il we could imag-
inc a human infant with an arm long
enough to reach the sun it would take
one hundred and City years for the sen.
sation to reach him after burning his
fingers; in other words, he would be
dead several years before the sensation
of burning could reach him. The sun:
distance was so inconceivable that it was
only by making such comparisons that
we could form any idea of it at all
Professor IouRg's Lecture.
Year: 1877

The Journal of Commerce publishes it's annual statement of the foreign com merce of the port, and the editor, com menting upon the past year, says :: There has not been a season for many years when the want of confidence has been so widespread, and has 80 com pletely permeated all classes and condi- tions of society. Real estate has so lit tie marketable value that large pro- portion of first mortgages could not be forcibly collected if the holders desired. The most staple articles of produce, next in permanent value to the soil itself, have been low in price without exciting any fever of speculation. The great ma jority of textile fabrics, and general merchandise of every description, have hung like dead weights on dropping market. The rise in the raw material gave an upward turn to silk goods, but without producing any visible excite ment; and the inviting fields of the world are now beckoning to commercial enterprise with their waving harvests, and fail utterly to call forth as of old time the quick response of the busy reapers. The heart and courage have gone out of business circles. There was time last fall when the spirit of trade seemed about to revive, and it is com monly believed that if the results of the election had been settled, as at first an- nounced, there would have been at least partial return of the old activity.
Year: 1877

The Cleveland Herald says: The fol- lowing description of the scene at Ashta- bulG on the night of the railroad disaster is from an eyewitness, who, at the mo- ment of the crash, was at the railroad stationy having come across the fated bridge only short time before the in terrupted passage of i" No. D." The wind was blowing so at the time that the crash was not heard at the station. The first alarm was some ones shouting: |" No. 5 IS over the bridgeI" Rushing at once to the river the narrator was present just as thP wreck was beginning to burn. To borrow his, own words "As I looked down, I couldn't see more than four or i've cars at first, they were so buried under each other. They had just started to burn. The Socrates had stopped about 150 feet from the edge, and as I came along the engineer said to me: Great God the train is over the bridge-all but us. rushed right down, and almost the first one met was the fireman. He was walking about and seemed stunned and dazed. He said he was cold and wanted some one to take care of him. carried him up the hill to the switch shanty, and then the cars were all in a blaze. The sky was all lighted up and the snow was just coming down from the heavens in waves. You could look right down in there and see them writhing with the horrible agony like worms, and fighting the fire, and oh, that moaning -I can't describe it-it was like a long Oh-o-o-o in such fearful vail, the sound rising and falling, and every once in a while a fearful shriek and desperate cry for help. Women were swooning, and this moaning cry kept up for-oh, I can't tell how long, but it seemed good while. It seemed to me that fifty people must have passed me up the bank, some climbing, and others being pulled or car ried up. It was burning for a long time in the night, but nothing could be done. Oh,. it was awful ! and I can't remember what I did down there on the ice, or how long it lasted. "
Year: 1877

The Bennett-May difficulty is one of the most mysterious that has afflicted New York for years. It was known that q duel was fought, but whether any body was hurt or not, or whether the pistols were loaded with ball or not was the mystery. Bennett has sailed for Europe or he has not sailed, it is not known which, and May was dangerously injured or he was not injured at all and hes gone to South America, or is in Baltimore, it is not known which.
Year: 1877

It reads little strange, but it is @ literal fact that Western paper, where hay is cheap and coal and wood very scarce, congratulates its readers upon the solution of the fuel problem by the dis covery of cheap machines for twisting hay into compact sticks for convenience in handling.
Year: 1877

When you go to New York check your bag gage for the Grand Central Hotel. The rooms are large, airy and elegantly furnished the table unexceptionable, and when you leave the bill is made at $2.5O and B per day-prices having been reduced from $4 per day. It is the largest hotel in New York.
Year: 1877

For those who suffer cough to ''run on " until bronchial tubes become hopelessly diseased ; but for all who resort to -Hale's Honey of Hore- hound and Tar in the early stages there is im- mediate relief, and the absolute certainty of s permanent cure. Sold by all druggists.

 Pike's Toothache Drops cure in one minute
Year: 1877

We received very pleasant letter of return home, for bottle of Johnson's Anodyne Lininent which we gave him, and which he says has entirely cured him of the troublesome and dangerous cough he had when here.
Year: 1877

Few people in the civilized world to-day, among those who are. interested in music and the forms of musical expression, have not heard of the Estey Organ, and smaller still is the number of those who do not, after practical acquaintance with the superior merits of that noble instrument, cheerfully concede the proud claim of it's makers that
Year: 1877

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


am glad 10 sec that through the 'sComplaino
Book" the public giving vent to their just indg
nation at tho managers OF tho New York Elevated
Railroad fulfilling their promises In regard to
The running OF nght trains By starting trains from
eacn end OF the road every half hour alter soven
O'Clock +. NJ. they would confor boon on great
number people who compelled take the horse
cars alter the above mentioned hour. T. w.
To TIE EDITOR THE HERALD:-


Why ia It that the New York Elevated Railroad
Company do not gvc Us cvcning trainsf They GER
tainly havo promised them to tho public time and
time again. but like most Of the railroads their
promises ara all get. Tho street cars though
slow run frequent intervals during the night
nearly all OF the steam trains running into the city
from the surrounding towns. As It Is person Can
from Newark ana speud tho evening this city
ana return home as quickly more comfortably and
with very ttlo moro EXPENSE than one who lives at
Sxtoth street can 60 to the neighborhood Of Canal
street and Broadway and pass the evening If ono
wishes to spend few hours IN Brooklyn nc must pass
the OF the night in reaching his home 1t seems
10 be penny wlso ami pound foolish system that this
road Is working under, for II tney would look
into the matter they would roaiiy see that the more
frequent the trains IN on any road the moro passen.
gers that road Will draw 10 II, because tho public gee
10 know that there they can get tho accommodated
" any time ana 60 out OF their way 70 get II. w.
Year: 1877

To EDITOR THE HERALD:-


Please call the attention Of tho Elevated Railroad
Company to the steps leading to tho Forty-sscond
street station. No lady Can descend them without
certain amount OF exposure. W.
Year: 1877

following in course which must lead TO
their certain destruction. Capital will al
ways yield sure rewards to soberness, in
dustry and economy in country like ours,
in which labor is protected by equal and
just laws When the workingmen come to
consider this truth, enforced as it will be
by bitter experience, we believe that large
number of them will gladly recruit the
ranks Of those citizens who are now organ
izing to maintain the cause of law and Or
der.


Such are some of the considerations which
should appeal to the strikers themselves to
induce them to array themselves on the side
of law and order It is, of course of the
first importance that all good citizens should
present united front to this evil. We are
not disposed to exaggerate the importance
of this movement, but there are many cir
cumstances which indicate that although
the troubles may be suppressed now, they
will be liable to recur in the future unless
the subject is treated with great wisdom by
Congress and the Legislatures of the several
States, We think it is very fortunate,
therefore, that the country is now SO
free from faction and party spirit,
for the subject will be far more
likely to receive calm and dispassion-
ate consideration than If bitter partisan
feelings prevailed. But remedies for any
wrongs the strikers may have suffered can
not he considered until the supremacy Of
the law has been everywhere established
This fact should be impressed upon them
from every quarter If they continue the
appeal to the sword, they will inevitably
perish by the sword, for the people will not
suffer this great nation to be causelossly
DESTROYED
Year: 1877

Every farmer should have bis patch OF
turnips. New ground lately cleared OF
the forest is best for them, as it has but
few weeds. But almost any ground
freshly plowed. and the seed sown Just
before rain. will give good yield. II
the ground Is allowed 10 lay some time
after blowing. the weeds get such start
that the turnips will get smothertd and
will not amount to much.


Turnips are kept in good condition by
being pulled and put in small heaps and
we'll covered with soil. They do not
keep we'll in cellar, unless we'll covered
with fresh earth to keep of the air. Most
kinds OF stock eat turnips with avidity
and benefit. 1t being a crop so easily
produced. every farmer should get his
seed and SOW at once. 1t is healthy
article OF food. and It is an important ad-
junct 10 the table, especially when pota.
toes are scarce.
Year: 1877

Think moment OF the value OF cheer
falness.


Addison tells us that ''cheerfuness Is
that which keeps up kind of daylight
in the mind. and fills it with steady and
perpetual serenity"


For the man himself there can be no
moro valuable endowment. 1t enthrones
man in sclf-mastery. The joy OF the
Spirit indicates its strength says Emer-
son. II one be in cheerful temper, the
faculties work well and easy; the imagi-
nation is clear; the judgment Is quick
and strong; there are no huge distorted
shadows OF iorebodings; the evils OF life
but spot it here and there, like shades OF
clouds flung down upon q landscape In
some day in summer, but constantly
overcome by the stronger sunshine. So
the soul is masteriul. "Be of good
cheer" Paul said TO the shipwrecked
mariners, and with PauIs good cheer
within their hearts, they were mightier
than the tempest. A man brayely cheer
ful conpels the clangor OF external cir
cumstances into chime with his own
strong and ordered heart.


Bat when you look at man in his re-
lationS 10 others. such inward daylight
gains an added value. There is no help
like its help. A sunny heart is like The
sun. light itself and shedding light. "A
merry heart doeth good like a medicine"
says the proverb. All of US have met
people whose simple presence was inspi-
ration and benediction. They changed
the blues to brightness. When they
came tho east wind would veer around
into refreshing west wind. How sunny
such sunny heart makes a home |! You
may have the most elegant home posi-
BILE, you may make it enIicing with all
luxury, but you cannot keep your boys
ont OF the streets and from going To the
bad, unless you somehow light up in thai
home OF yours a genial cheer. There is
no such home magnet as cheerful heait.
| remember brilliant woman, taseinAt-
ing in company, but at home moody and
pining and glum with discomfort, and
the result an alienated husband and
shattered home.


And there is many Il wife working
away with dull heart and listless hands
at the long routine OF household care,
whose home and duty have become
kind of prison. chill and damp. because
the husband brings but ashes 10 the
household hearth instead OF glowing
cheer. A lew thoughtful. appreciatiye
words from kindly heart with q loving
cheer would change that prison 10 pal
ace. Cheerfulness is ike Christ, it can
not help going about aud doing good.
And when you think of man not alone
in himself, nor only as he stands towards
others, but also as he stands tOUard God,
this bright cheer OF heart gains an added
value still. For cheerfulness toward God
is thankfulness. II is habitual gratitude.
/, is contentment with the divine allot-
ment and thanksgiving for it. 1t Is in
possible to be thankful unless the heart
be cheerful with the faith that what God
does is right and best and wise.


Let US, every one, try 10 move toward
this inward daylight - cheerfulness -
Baptist Weekly.
Year: 1877

As writer in the London Lancet re-
marks, few people know the value OF
lemon Juice, A piece of lemon bound
upon corn will cure it in a few daysI;
it should be renewed night and morning.
A free use of lemon juice and sugar will
always relieve cough. Most people
feel poorly in the spring, but if they
would eat lemon before breakfast
every day for week-with or without
sugar, as they Gke-they would find it
better than any medicine. Lemon
juice used according to this recipe will
sometimes cure consumption Put a
dozen lemons into cold water and slowly
bring to boil boil slowly until the
lemons are soft, then squeeze until all
the juice is extracted add sugar to
your taste and drink. In this way use
one dozen lemons q day. If they
cause pain, lessen the quantity and only
use five or six day until you are better,
and then begin again with dozen a
day. After using five or six dozen the
patient will begin to gain flesh and en-
JOY food Hold on to the lemons, and
still use them very freely for several
weeks more. Another use for lemons
is for refreshing drink in summer, or
in sickness at any time. Prepare as di-
rected above and add water and sugar.
But in order to have this keep we'll,
after boiling the lemons, squeeze and
strain carefully; then to every half pint
of juice add one pound of loaf OF crushed
sugar, boil and stir few minutes moro
until the sugar is dissolved, skim care
fully and bottle. You will get more
juice from the lemons by boiling them,
and the preparation keeps better.