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Year: 1879

| served on his staff for nearly a year
and on one occasion was assigned to duty
as judge advocate of general court mar
tial before which private soldier of &
Michigan regiment was brought charged
with desertion. The evidence showed that
the prisoner had deserted three times, on
the last occasion lin the face of the enc.
my" The court-martial sentenced him to
be shot. and the record of his trial and
conviction was forwarded to Gen. Hooker
for his approval. A short time subse-
quently General Hooker came to my quar-
tiers. which adjoined his own, and said:
Bond, in this case against private -
what do you think had better be done
Are there no extenuating circumstances ~
None that know OF, General. He has
deserted three times.''


Isn't there something in the case upon
which you could base Recommendation
of mercy?''


Not thing. The proof against him
was positive and not denied. and the Wit
nesses say further that when he was with
his regiment he was worthless fellow
and constitutional coward"


''rtat is just the thing" said the Cen
eral. positively. ''The man ia constitu-
tionally a coward, and you recommend
him to mercy on that ground. I'll tell
you what's the matter, Bond; his mother
is at my quarters begging for her sons
lite, and l want to spare him.


In accordance with this suggestion. Tire
for leniency was written,
and few minutes thereafter a feeble old
lady with silver gray lair and fearful
face was bowed out of the Generals door
BY the brave old hero, and turning away
she exclaimed, with uplifted hands, God
less you, General Hooker.'


LEWIS H. BOND.
Year: 1879

THE New York Tribune has this to say
about the alleged conspiracy in Maine: We
are sure the Republicans of Maine will act
with prudence and discretion in any exi-
gency in which they may be placed. Ii the
threatened fraud shall exhaust itself in the
silly vaporings of inconsiderate partisans,
and still more inconsiderate newspapers, the
effect may in the end be good. Should it
assume the more serious and menacing
shape of deliberate purpose of the Govern
or and Council lin which purpose we repeat
our disbelief), it will then devolve on the
Republicans Of Maine to see to it that the
fraud shall not be successful. Successful
once, its repetition would be attempted; and
if only once, its evil effects would be mo-
mentous and lasting.
Year: 1879

information reaches the PRESS from
Augusta that the little nest of conspirators
of which Senator Pillsbury is the head, have
their arrangements all completed for grand
coup d'etdt on the seventeenth of this
month 1t is alleged that the votes have
already been counted and certificates made
ont to seventeen Democratic Senators and a
majority of Democratic Representatives.
But little is left to do but to send out these
certificates to the men whose names they bear.
When the Council meet on the seventeenth,
it is said they will go through the form of
deciding who is elected, though the decision
will have been already made up, and that
any protests on the part of the Republicans
will be treated very lightly.


1t is almost impossible to believe that the
gentlemen who compose the Council are
ready to perpetrale such a highhanded out
rage, but many well informed people believe
that such is the case. The sentiment of the
respectable Democrats all over the State, is
understood to beopposed to the programme,
but Mr.. Pillsbury seems to have firm hold
of the machine and to be working it to
suit his own purposes and those of little
ring oe Office holders who are afraid of losing
their bread and butter unless the Democrats
can seize the State government These
men feel that they have no future and
are ready for any scheme which promises to
put money in the shape Of official salaries in
to their pockets


1t is understood that the ground on which
Republican Senators and Representatives
are to be thrown out and their opponents
counted in is the existence of informalities
in the election returns, and that this resort
to technalities will be defended on ground
that it is necessary in order to do substan-
tial justice, as the Council are not permitted
to inquire into the bribery charges which
they profess to believe are well founded and
would unseat Republicans if they could be
examined


In spite of these accumulating proofs tha
party mean revolution and have laid their
plans to bring it about, we still believe that
the revolution intended will not be at
tempted. We believe that the able and hon
orable Democrats throughout the State re-
gard the scheme with contempt" Ito quote
the words of one of them as uttered to a
Bangor Commercial reporter), and that they
will make their opinions felt in such way
that the conspirators will be driven to aban-
don their designs.
Year: 1879

Wonder if they have anything like an Elec-
toral College in that ''other country where
President stealers finally land? If they do,
that old chap who is commonly pictured with
a pitchfork and cast iron shoes, better look
sharp or some stalwart statesman will be occu-
pying his chair of state ere he knows it.--Ar-
gus.


THIS is the elimination of the Argus's at
tacks upon the late Senator Chandler. Its
assaults upon his life and character were dis
graceful, but we supposed it would be de-
cent enough to leave him at the grave. We
are sorry to be obliged to confess that we
were mistaken. Henceforth no amount Of
indecency in its columns will surprise us.
Year: 1879

SAYS the New York Tribune The far
sighted Democratic prophets, who are so
sure Tilden is dead, should pause in their
rapid deliverance of forecasts long enough
to consider the probable effect of Kelly's be-
now and the Spring of 1880. 1t is evident
from the outgivings of Tilden's organs that
his next still-hunt will be for the possession
of Tammany Hall, in order to present him
self at the National Convention with the un-
divided support of his party. John Kelly
won't be of much force in that convention
if he goes there without Tammany to back
him
Year: 1879

The New Era is pitching into the Leader
because it contained an article last week
with some common sense in it. The Lead
will never be able to convict the New Era OF
a similar offense.
Year: 1879

A CORRESPONDENT of the Leader suggests
Mr.. Turner for Congressman. He thinks
the country at large could produce no man
as his superior. Now the New Era ought to
do the square thing and suggest Col. Mont
gomery.
Year: 1879

A DIsCoNsoLATE contributor to the Lead
er who calls himself 'Plain Truth has this
information and advice for the rising gener-
alton: ''The great men of the past have all
been enemies Of the People; the great men
of the present are the Peoples enemies; and
if you wish to be great man in the future,
you, too, must join the Peoples enemies,
and then the People will laud you to the
sIries y
Year: 1879

The Belfast Age quotes the Hon. M. P.
Frank as saying that he saw no reason why
the Governor and Council should not take
evidence of bribery and follow the precedent
in the Madigan case. Mr.. Frank said no
such thing, and the Age probably knew he
did nnt
Year: 1879

The Argus says it knows very well that
there is no law in Maine authorizing the
stealing of a single seat iu the Legislature.
So do the conspirators. They propose to
steal a score of them, however, if they can
do so and escape punishment.
Year: 1879

OVER in the New Era Office they are fear
full of revolution next year which may de
velop into an armed conflict, fraught with
great loss of blood and sacrifice of property.
Springer probably has the nightmare.
Year: 1879

THE Camden Herald pronounces the
Greenback party of the United States to be
men of principle and good standing as a
whole. OF course the Herald excepts the
blackmailers who belong to it.
Year: 1879

Rome Sentinel: Editors are generally poor
ly Off for clothing. When you hear of one of
them having two suits, you can calculate that
one is the suit he wears every Cay and Sun
days too, and the other is libel suit.
Year: 1879

Boston Post: The Western lady who read in
newspaper that baking powder was good
thing, thought she'd bake some, and her old
man ON arriving where the cabin had stood
said he wouldn't mind the affair so much if
she'd let the dog out before blowing herself
and the property to glory in that style.
Year: 1879

It is a common subject Of marvel that
criminals in the presence of immediate
execution are usually scif-posscssed, and
often exhibit singular eomposure, says the
London Lancet The doomed creature
sleeps through the night previous to his
violent death, and rises composed to pass
the ordeal; the exceptions to this rule are
few, and there is no reason to suppose
that the individuals who display great
emotion, or who are prostrated by the
agonizing prospect of death, feel their po-
sltlOn more acutely than those who pre-
serve control Of their demeanor. 1t is
prevalent but groundless error to suppose
the state of mind in which most capital
offenders met their doom is one of scare
or paralyzing amazement. They retain
every faculty, taste, consideration, and
even fancy. They frequently give tokens
of especial thoughtfulness, and are pune
tlllous IN the observance of rules and the
adoption OF measures to diminish their
own pain and the trouble and sympathetic
sutlerings of those by whom they are sur
rounded, or who will be left burdened
with their memories. Mentally and phys
ically, the criminal, during the last few



ence OF a cruel death, is self-pOssessed and
tranquil. His pulse is even Tess disturbed
than those of the officials who are COM
PEELED 10 take part in the execution.
Why is this? The answer will be obvious
on reflection. The mind has reached
what may be designated dead point
IN Its tension. The excitement is over,
the agony of anticipation, the trembling
doubt between hope and fear of escape,
has exhausted the irritabiiity of the mind,
and there is, as it We're, a pause, and in
terval Of passive endurance between the
end Of the struggle for life and the bit
terness Of remOrse and agony OF disap-
pointment which may begin at death.
In this interval the mind is released from
the tension OF its effort for sclf-preServa-
ton, and almost rebounds with the sense
Of relief that comes with certainty, even
though the assurance be that OF impend-
ing death. In the pause there is time
and opportunity for the recognition Of
surrounding circumstances, which has
been, as it were, overlooked in the yearn-
ing for life. heclearness Of mental vision,
the recognizance of detail, displayed at
such moment, are remarkable, not only
on account OF the strange circumstances
under which they occur, but in degree.
Men and women who have for some time
previously exhibited no trace of delicacy
or refinement, exhibit characteristic traits
of thoughtfulness. They are, so to say,
lifted out of themselves, and placed in
new conditions calculated to awaken feel
ings Of curiosity, which seldom fail to
respond. The mental state of criminal
during the hours preceding execution
presents features Of intense interest to the
Psychologist and, rightly comprehended,
it is to be feared they would throw new
light on the supposed preparation these
unfortunate persons evince for fate
which, being inevitable, they at the final
moment are able to meet with compos-
ure in which hypocrisy or self-deception
finds the amplest scope.
Year: 1879

The tide at last is turning, and after all
these years there is demand for farms
where the desire used to be to sell them.
1t is one OF the sureSt symptoms of return
ing health to the industrial and social svs-
tenn. Ever since the panic of 1878 and
the hard times succeeding, there has been
a surplus of farms in the market-there
has been more supply than demand. We
observe, by way of illustrating the sudden
turn in the tide. that more farms in some
Eastern States have changed hands during
the last nine months together than in two
hundred years; that of course ought to be
true OF the first century, and perhaps
part of the second; but 10y any measure
of comparison whatever, 1t assures US OF
the fact of change, and for the better


Real estate agents at central points are
now recalling their advertisements headed
Farms for Sale, and putting III their place
the welcome caption of Farms Wanted
1t is a complete reversal of the market
and for that reason is well calculated to
inspire genuine satisfaction. We are en-
couraged by such an outlook to hope for
better times. We see by it that the times
are certain to become better when agricul-
ture is relied on, as it should ever be, as
the mainstay of all other interests and in
dustries Trade is unsatisfactory and un-
certain at the best; the soil makes sure
and generous returns to those who cult
vate it. Finance is unreliable; but even
when it is at its worst, It cannot take the
food and shelter from the man who raises
the one and owns the other People have
become familiar by sad experience with
the lesson that production is still the pri-
mary duty of all.


The signs are certainly propitious.
Population is sitting out again and dis
tributing itself more thinly, Agriculture
is claiming its own and steadily getting
it. When our farms are again occupied
with thriving and energetic men, with
their families coming up around them,
the face of the country will have under
gone a complete change. 1t will be an
unmixed delight to travel across the coun-
try and see the smiling homesteads scat
tered along the roads. Large barns well
filled, stock-yards all occupied, cattle and
sheep sprinkled upon the pastures and the
meadows, acres of waving corn and nour-
ishing roots, thrift, plenty and content
mcnt everywhere-tha is the rural pic
turc we wait impatiently to see, and greet
the sipnS OF its reality.
Year: 1879

The following naval story reveals the
amusing ignorance of senior officer in
matters outside of his profession. A lieu
tenant on board one Of the guard-ships
applied to his captain for leave to go on
shore. 1t was refused. He asked again
the same answer, more peremptory
than before. He repeated his request, and
asked the reason of refusal. Both were
still obstinately withheld.


''But sir" he expostulated, eff ask for
leave, and you refuse it, without giving
me any reasons, shall walk about the
deck with stigma upon my back"


"By George, sir" cried the irate and
unreasonable captain, "if 1. catch you
walking up and down her majesty's deck
with anything but her majestys uniform
on your back, I'll have you tried by court
martial?n
Year: 1879

There is no power of love so hard to
get and keep as kind voice. A kind
hand is deaf and dumb. 1t may be rough
in flesh and blood, yet do the work of q
soft heart and do it with q soft touch
But there is no one thing that love so
much needs as a sweet voice to tell what
it means and feels; and it is hard to get
and keep it in the right tone. One must
star in youth and be on the watch night
ana day, at work and play, to get and
keep voice that shall speak at all times
the thoughts of kind heart. But this is
the time when sharp voice is apt to be
got. You often hear boys and girls say
words at play with quick, sharp tone.
as il it We're the snap Of a whip. When
one Of them gets veXed you will hear a
voice that sounds as if it were made up of
a snarl, a whine and bark. Such a
voice often speaks worse than the heart
feels. 1t shows more ill-will in the tone
than in the words. 1t is often in mirth
that one gets a voice or tone that sticks
to him through life, and stirs up ill-will
and grief, and falls like a drop Of gall on
the sweet joys Of home. Such as these
get q sharp home voice for use and keep
their best voice for those they meet else
where, just as they would save their best
cakes and pics for guests and all their
sour food for their own board. I would
say to all boys and girls: use your own
guest voice at home Watch it dav by
day, as pearl of great price, for it will
be worth more to you in days to come
than the best pearl hid in the sea. A
kind voice is iOy like @ lark's SONG TO
hearth and home. 1t is to the heart what
light is to the eye. 1t is a light that sings
as well as shines. Train it to sweet tones
now, and it will keep in tune through
life.n
Year: 1879




We have received a poem by "Ophelia"
which places Us in a rather embarrassing
position. Ophelia says: kiss no one but
me, and I VOW, as 1 live, I'll kiss no one
but thee" The proposition is fair enough,
certainly; but we have never seen Ophelia.
Her lines are not accompanied by her
photograph as a guarantee Of good faith.
She may have red hair, celestial nose
and poor teeth. We might be hugely
sold if we were to swear off indulging in
osculatory exercises with the fair sex in
general, and kiss no one but Ophelia.
Besides, we are married, and our wife
would probably not give her consent to
such an arrangement. Opheha had bet
ter apply to some other shop.
Year: 1879

On Sunday morning, April Goth, at
about six o'clock, "A man by the name of
Joe. leighton, for some time a resident
Of this place was found dead in his room
at the Snohomish Exchange. 1t is sup
posed he died OF heart disease. He was
dressed and had evidently slept in his
bed the night before and suddenly drop.
ped dead on the floor just after dressing
himself that morning.
Year: 1879

During the first two weeks of this
month we were absent on n trip from
Stilhcoom to Seattle via the kuyallup
valley and the upper White and Green
river settlements The pressure OF other
business prevents the writing up the
details OF this trip until succeeding ic
sues, when it will probably appear at
length.
Year: 1879

1t is thought the fishing business this
season will he attended with consider
able loss to the owners Of fisheries
About one-third of them will be CLOSED
during the season. as the owners have
determinrd not to take the chances Of
loss.
Year: 1879

Now that the election has passed
and majority of the voters have de-
cided to aid the Little Falls & Dakota
Railroad, there is not much for us to
say in regard to the matter. except
that we candidly and honestly believe
that our county will be the gamer by
the operation, and that we will never
have occasion to regret the step taken.


It is but question of time ere this
section of country is covered with a
network of railroads, which will cen~
ire at either Duluth or ST. Paul, and
we certainly think that it will be df.
rectly to our advantage to be on two
orthree lines of road, instead of having
them cut us off on every side. This
country is developing rapidly; capital


is seeking investment, and judging from
the past, it is not human nature to al.
low one man, or set of men, to monop.
olize the trade and reap all the profits.
There is always. sooner or later. com,
! petition, and healthy competition is 4
Year: 1879

Satterlee came near being elected
governcr-within about twenty thous.
and votes. This was a narrow escape
and should be warning to him. Right
here we might ask what kind of non-
sense and damfoolism is this farce of
Prohibition party. All the forms are
gone through with, and candidates are
nominated, but not one town or village
out of a hundred, nor ten counties in
the state were supplied with election
tickets. Ifthe temperance people ever
expect to accomplish anything in poll
tics they must organize and work.
Year: 1879

The Anoka Herald says: GA youth
applied to the Clerk of Court last week
for license to marry, giving the name
of girl known to be too young to EN-
ter the bonds Of matrimony; and upon
the clerk refusing to issue the required
document, remarked, Well, give me
license to marry her sister then, she
is two years older, and amt particu.
lar He was accommodated after OBJ
tanning the consent Of the girls mother
to the proceeding.
Year: 1879

The st. Paul Globe says: ''The
official announcement that 'all men are
liars received somewhat novel illus
tration at the Opera House yesterday
afternoon. Major Whittle called upon
every man in the house who was a
praying man to arise to his feet, and
though the house was full every man
present promptly arose except one who
was too infirm to stand. Either a
promiscuouS st. Paul audience is very
good or the response verified the adage
quoted.
Year: 1879

We think the last election will have
the effect of strengthening, purifying
and inyigoratiDg the Republican party
in this county. 1t has been perhaps
severe lesson to some, but it cannot
fail to teach all those who break
through party lines, split, bolt and
form combinations, that the people,
the voters, will not tolerate this whole.
sale fast end loose boy play. If a par
ty nomination is worth seeking, the
support of that party is worth retain
ing; if its endorsement means anything
it implies support. The egotistical
idea that enters into the heads of some
people that they are the only ones
qualified to represent party, or fill
an Office, is as silly as it is presumptive.
This notion must possess the minds of
those to whom we allude-else why dc
they after being fairly beaten in CON.
vention, run independent, or why, il
beaten at the polls, do they not cheer.
fully submit to the decision and voice
of the people. The result in this coun
ty, if it means anything means this


If you are member of party and q
candidate of that party, stick to it,
work for its interest and for the inter.
est of your party candidates. In nj
other manner can you hope to win.
Year: 1879

AS the great Presidential campaign of 1880 ap
approaches-a campaign which is TO decide the
DO itical destiny Of the Republic for decades, if
rot for centuries, to come, sense of the import
ance Of the struggle begins to impress itself upor
the minds Of all patriotic citizens. The menacing
dangers to popular government and the rights of
humanity which have been wildly brought to no.
ticc by the present ascendency Of the Confedero
Democratic party in the Legislative branch Of the
government, have admonished Republicans of the
supreme necessity of preventing the consumma-
ton of the gigantic conspiracy against Liberty,
which aims ut untrammeled control of the other
branches. party spirit has been thereby aroused.
which is destined to make next years struggle for
the Presidency the most eventful the most memo
rable, perhaps the most bitter on record. During
that coming struggle
Year: 1879

Will give no uncertain sound. The only Repu6li-
can newspaper at the Capital of the State; the
recognized organ of the dominant party in Minne-
sofa; owned and controlled by an organization of
stockholders embracing about forty of tire leading
representative Republicans of the State; frank,
fearless and independent in its utterances; ac-
knowledged and endorsed and quoted and march
ing in line with the Republican press of Minnsso-
ta, as recent events have shown.
Year: 1879

Health In tho Flat Woods is good.


Corn ia laid by and looks well.


The trustees Of the school in this
district have not yet employed q
teacher. We advise them to employ
cne who is qualified in every sense
of the word, even If they have to pay
q little more for his services. The
truth Is no man who has made special
preparations for the business, can af-
ford to teach for mere pittance.
The citadel Of Satan, located in the
vicinity of Long Hollow, Is now in a
state Of complete demolition. This
damaging work has been accom-
plished by gospel bombshells, thrown
from long ranged cultured mortars
However we advise these gospel tin.
clads to be careful how they sal
about on the voxed sea of modern
theology, or their crafts will sinh
precipitately to the bottom.


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