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Year: 1878

We have been informed by reliable
gentlemen that club has been formed.
near Pclahtchie, in this county, tho
members of which pledge themselves
not 10 take less than 25 cents per
pound for their cotton in the payment
of old debts, nor less than Is cents per
pound in payment of debts contracted.
this year, aud TO shoot down any man
who attempts to take their cotton.
from them by force of law, under tho
deeds of trust they have given. They
have even gone so far as to threaten
to burn up and plunder the town OF
Brandon if any attempt is made by
by the merchants to collect their
dues by due course Of law. When the.
club was orgunized-some time last
spring-it was resolved that every
thing should be kept profound secret
until the first OF September. SO as to
enable the members to get oil they.
could out of the merchants during.
the summer, but an effort to force.
several honest men to join the club
led to their exposure. We will
not give the names of the parties
belonging to the organization at pres
ent, as our informants may be mis-.
taken as to some of them. We will
simply advise theIh to go slow aud be-
careful. or they may share the fate of
Buck Smith. The names of the lead
ers are known, and they will be close.
ly watched. We advise our citizens 10
keep their double barreled guns load
ed and covenient, and if an attempt
should be made to carry their villain.
Gus threats into execution, use them
to the best advantage.


We hope the reports concerning
this organization have been exaser-
ated, and if so, we will cheerfully
give the officers Of the organization o
chance to vindicate themselves
through our columns.-Brandon Re-
mtblican.
Year: 1878

The first romance of the season in a lovely
Vermont village has curled up at the edges
and been turned to sbrcds like an Old circus
bill on a country fence. A few weeks ago
young man, we'll educated, good look ins +,
rich-at least he said lie was-and
the son of an English baron, arrived
in TIE village in search of a quiet resort
where his parents and their numerous atten-
dants might spend the summer. The hotel
pleased him, and he engaged Il large number of
rooms for his fathers family. Now there
CHANGED to board and lodge a, that hotel wild.
ow and a charming daughter Of nineteen sum
mers also beautiful. 2aceful and accomplished
and romantic. A correspondent of the Troy
Press tells what happened. The sweet girl
willingly accepted the young mans invitation
to ride, and walk, and visit the
hill side, the grove, TO linser by
the brook>sdc, as the water came
fresh and cool ard ran among tue leaves
aud moses. There he would stimulate her
imagination with the beauties Of his lovely
home The yonng lady became the ailianced,
of the barons sou. The young man went to
tke pastor Of one Of the churches and said the
baron would be there on certain Sabbath,
and was fond of good reaching. The son
engaged a band OF muslc to escort the baron
from the depot to the hotel, borrowed consid-
cradle money Of the landlord, which with
the livery and board bill made pretty penny
He received a telegram stating that his father
would arrive on certain day. On the day
before the great event he drove TO neisl,bor-
ing town to be absent for two hours, in order
to leave two gold watches at a jewellers 10 he
repaired. These timepieces belonged to his
moiher-in.law and bride elect, whom he had
kisseds with particular fervor when he had
started on his ride. He did not return
The Laron did not arrve. Who. will pay
the little bills-bills-bills! Some other
man.
Year: 1878

buIlta throne and crowned a king, His reign was short; stores Of love and homage bring, Beholding naught. I built castle with great care,

 Supposed 1t strong; It tquickly vanished in the air

 Like breath Of song. I raised a tower to the sky,

 Looked down to earth, Some trace Of it to find I try,

 But all Is dearth. greatly wished of kindly deeds To make a mound; Found when twas made that tangled W Did most abound. sought al pinnacle Of fame Joy tO my sOIl; Weary and worn and limbs quite lame Preached the goal; Found at the point Ia dizzy height And not secure), That wha: I thought diamond bright Was paste impure. And now Instead of aiming high drop my eyes, Finding, when least thought to try. To my surprise Directly at my feet hath shone A precious gem, Equal to castle, tower, throne, Or diadem.
Year: 1878

\ quiet miner called upon us yester- day, one whom we have missed for several months, and told Us briefly that he had been wandering around a little since we saw him last. He said he had been down in that section of Ne vada which lies partly in Lander, part ly in Nye, partly in Churchill and part ly in Esmeralda counties. In answer tO a question he said sentenuOusly, The country there is full of mineral, '' and then he went on to tell Us that a man who, four or five years ago, was reckOned a millionaire, but who short ly afterward lost his property, went in- tO that region last summer, bonded a mine for S60,000, and went to work. He had no money, but he did have a little credit and world of pluck. He commenced Co dig and ship the ore. He has, so far, paid for the mine, lift ed a mortgage of $l0,0O0 from some property in California, and his mine IS growing in value daily. This incident shows the possibilities of Nevada. When a man fails in the Eastern States, especially an old man, there is not much more hope for him. Here was an old man who six months ago, Jeff home with hls homestead mOrtgaged for S40,00O, and now his property is cleared and he knows he has a fortune under his feet.-Virginia Enterprise.

 Substantially the same thing has been done by several men in Pinal county All cannot and many do not, but the opportunities to do SO are nowhere bet ter for such luck than in Pinal county, Arizona.
Year: 1878

CHICAGO, January 1j.-The Times Washington special says: The report of Secretary SchurZ's Commissioners, who last Fall examined the section of the Southern Pacific Railroal south of COltOn, have been ready for six weeks to report, and it is understood that ihe report will be highly favorable to the general character of the road. The Secretary has been unexpectedly delay ed by a protest from the Texas Pacific Company that the Southern Pacific crosses its line two thousand feet from the Colorado river, and has no right tO a land grant beyond that point of pur- chase. The Southern Pacific is given a land grant for the construction of the road tO the Texas Pacific at some point near the Colorado River, but when En- giueer Grey came to lay the Southern Pacific road he found that the Texas Pacific exists only in an incomplete survey of it's line, and he therefore built his road to the most convenient place for crossing the Colorado river, and bridged it. lis company there fore claims the construction of the road and the grant annexed. On Sat urdav, the Vice President of the Texas Pacific addressed a letter tO the Secre- tary, claiming that the Southern Pacif- ic had crossed his line, accompanying his letter with an illustration map. The Secretary has referred the matter to the Southern Pacific, and until an answer is received, no decision will be rendered. The land along the Cobra do river is quite available, winch makes the question one of importance.
Year: 1878

< KENTUCKY man who went to the Black Hills wrote back to a local paper. saying: Offer d premium al your coming fair for the biggest fool in the country, and I'll try and gel there in tlme."
Year: 1878

Washington, Sept. 1O-An atmosphere Of deep
and ll.perVading gloom has prevailed in the de-
partmelts to-day The occasion for this melan.
choly was the result OF the election in Maine. The
victory Of the Greenbackers affected the spirits of
the Secretary of the Treasury He found partial
consolation, however, In the fall Of the premium
on gold to one.elghth of per cent. AT the Re.
publican Congressional Com mittee rooms grief
was everywhere apparent. The star spangled
Banner which floats daily from the roof as a sig
nal for the clerks to pay political assessments was
hauled down. All of the committees rooms, ex-
cept the reading room were closed and the labor.
ers given a days holiday out Of respect to the
memory Of Mr.. Hale Chairman of the Committee,
who was defeated for Congress by MurCh, the
Greenbsck candidate. EX-SeeretGry Robson
waited in the hall for two hours in the hope of OBJ
tanning some cheering news but, on the other
hand, his fears Of the worst were confirmed
1--WE shouldn't have minded 1t so much" said
one OF the committees clerks "if it had not been
for the loss Of all of those Republican sOf.mOney
speeches sent TO Maine, which he might have
used to some advantage in the West. We thought
we could get the Maine Greenbackers to vote our
ticket by giving them a little soft money sawder"
No dispatches were received at the Democratic
Congressional Committee rooms from Maine and
the members ofthe committee are all out of town.
All interest here In the election seemed to be
centered on Hale. The defeat Of the principal
whipper.in of the Republican party was entirely
unexpected, and 1t produced a great cOmmotOn
in the ranks. It is thought that his re election to
private life will cost the Republican committee
several thousand dollars which otherwise would
have been collected from department clerks who
have withheld subscriptions in order to learn
which way the political current is drifting Hales
defeat will break Blaine organization on the Re.
publican side Of the House,
Year: 1878

Some practical jokes act on the
joker like rusty gun. One night
Il smart young man, who lives in
a certain city, found toad hop
ping around in the garden. and
thought it would be a capital ike


to put it in the table drawer and
let it hop out suddenly and fright
Ell his wife. Before he closed
the drawer be was called into an
ajoiuirg room, and forgot oil a


bout the toad. which, during the
night, hoped out upon the h)or,
and, crawling into vacant boot,


passed pleasant night in it. The
ut xt morning the household was
Mortified by shrieks OF masculine
distress, and an old woman Oh the
other side of the street, going
home from market, was knocked
nearly senseless by flying boot
that came crashing through the
front window. The smart man
said this custom of playing prac~
tical jokes on people was as dan
gerous as it was foolish, and if he
ever caught anybody tooiing


round his boots again with toaGs,
or anything else, he would teach
them a salutary lesson.
Year: 1878

| Que way to manage dog that
bounces at youby daylight, is to look
sharp ct him and tell him 10 take
care Then to one he's a cow-
ard, or SO well trained as to mind,
a mastery order. Another way,
that friend was telling me just
now, was the practical idea of one
icf our school maams down South


when fierce hound sprang at her


She punched her steel parasol
down the dogs throat and let him
run off with it. The plan has
one otjection-it costs parasol
every time. Acotber way for u
person with some nerve, is to seize
the dog that means to hurt you
by the under jaw, with stiff
thumb under his tongue. He'll
call for bis pen and ink then, says
my informant, and you may pound
the breath out of him at your
leisure, for there's no chance of
his biting. If u dog jumps at
your throat with open mouth, re
ceive him ty j4mming your elbow
with all the force you can master
between his jaws, bringing the
blow upon the lower one; it is eas
lily dislocated. Commit these
things to memory,fo we are keep
ing a good many imprudent dogs
now 10 drown the noise Of our
neighbor's pups.
Year: 1878

A hard old customer was
Badge. He Was never known
to attend church, and was con-
sidered the wickedest man in
the small town in which he
he lived. One night his old COW


was prowling about the house
seeking what she might deyour,
and stuck her head in the swill
barrel. AT the time the barrel
was empty, her head was so far
in that she made a blind rush 10


free herself from the incum-
b-ance. As luck would have
it, che struck a bee-line for the
house, and directly for the front
door.


The old man was sitting in
side telling his family all about
a great murder trial, when the
COW gave frightful below,
which was prolonged BY the
empty barrel into an unearthly
roar. At the same time the
front door crashed from its hin
ges, and the COW with her un-
common head gear, bolted into
the room. "Old Wickedness"
gave one agonizing look at the
frightful demon which con-
fronted him; each separate and
hair stood on end; a
shiyering feeling crawled mp and
down his back; his eyes pro-
truded from his head; altogether
he was picture of AFFECTED ter
ror. Suddenly bis tongue loos-
ened and he screamed, "For
heavens sake take Mary! She's
better prepared than | am"


Since that eventlul night the
man has joined an easy-going
church, which is one step pro-
gressiye, and he only swears
now when he sees old Brindle
or the swill barrel. The cid
COW "fetched him."
Year: 1878

Some of the San Francisco
reporters sto,e a copy of the
Governors message, and pub
lished it before its delivery to
the Legislature. This fact made
it unnecessary for the clerk to
read it, and the document was
referred to appropriate commit
tees without being read.
Year: 1878

A base, ignoble brute Of Oil
City says that when he sees wo-
man neither fat nor fair, but for
ty, with cardinal red plume on
her hat, il suggests to him life
and death struggle between ma
ture and art. with art on top with a
large majority.
Year: 1878

Matrimony among deaf mutes
has its disadvantages as we'll as
its sweets-at least so thinks the
husband in Lafayette, Ind, who,
returning home late, found his
door locked against him. No
amount of pounding was loud
enough to arouse his sleeping
spouse, and he was forced TO
smash a window and crawl into
his dwelling.
Year: 1878

John Bright said, lately, that
"you might almost as well ask a
spider TO give up weaving his web,
or to destroy that he had woven,
as to ask the great body Of law
yers to consent to simplicity and
puri6cation of the law"
Year: 1878

They have dreadfully severe
Judges in Bcooklyn. 0ne of them
recently sent a man to Jail Tor six
months for getting fat. He wa:
getting It out Of a butter store
when a policeman arrested him
Year: 1878

A lassie wrote to young man
she had taken a fancy to. Come
and meet me in the cleaning,
john" and when time came John
wasn't there. He subsequently,
explained that he couldn't find
such a place.
Year: 1878

THE real sentiment and purposes of the
Democratic party find expression in their
newspapers. The newspapers do not make
the studied attempts to conceal their mean
ing by ambiguous language that Mr.. Potter
does. Under the heading "What we Intend
to Do", the Washington Post, the national
organ of the Democracy, says;


"We have no hesitation in avowing the fact
that the Democratic party, with q majority of
$50, 900 on the popular vote and with the actual
or virtual control of both Branches means to
assert its rights to the title of the government
as a whole as soon as possible, by legal and
peaceful means. The yell of revolution was
tried in 1S76-1S77, and worked well, 1t is not
usual however, to scare child twice with the
same bugaboo, and we doubt if the Democracy
has less courage than the average child The
radicals succeeded in soaring the Democrats
into the Electoral Commission in 1876 n be-
cause they then had firm grip on the main
machinery of the government, and they
| told US we couldn't seat the President whom we
had elected without fight. 1t happened at
that time that we had a leader who mistOok the
beating of gongs by the enemy for the roar of
artillery, and ordered retreat. Now, however
we have other leaders, who are not to be scared
out of their boots by any such Chinese strategy
and consequently we say with confidence that
the Democrats will go straight ahead to obtain
by peaceful and legal means the government
paid to the radical yell of Revolution Revo-
luton means shooting and throat cutting. We
propose nothing of this order except in self
defence. Again we assert. the Democratic
party is entitled, in law, equity and morals, to
the control Of the government, and means to
have it. That ought to be an intelligble declar-
alton. 1t certainly is a pacific declaration, and
one we shall stand to-
Year: 1878

A SIGNIFICANT and alarming threat was
made by Senator Morgan of Alabama in the
Senate Monday while bill was under dis.
cussion providing for the appointment of an
additional Judge in the seventh circuit. He
intimated that as soon as the Democrats got
the power they would proceed to reorganize
the federal Judiciary, and said he saw time
coming when the federal Judiciary could be
reorganized with justice to all parties and to
all sections. This is another warning of the
destructive plans of the Democratic party if
they should ever get the power to 10 as they
would.
Year: 1878

we 90 not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
Dut as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve CON-
munications that are not used,
Year: 1878

The editor OF the MARSHALL Iowa)
Statesman says that after considering the
question all winter, he comesto the con-
clusion every spring the circus is I'M
moral; but the bill poster comes along
with the big pictures, and his mind
changes as follows: As we gaze at the
lions, tigers, and monkeys, and think
that nature made all of them, we are
not so sure. And when we look at the
beautiful young lady, with nothing on
but a blue ribbon round her waist, with
one leg pointing to six o'clock and the
other to high noon, and think that ma
ture made her, too, just as she was, ex-
cspt the ribbon, we begin to lean up to
the circus. But when the brass band
begins to play and the elephants go
round, we rush for front seat to get IN
ahead of the ministers, who always
wear stove-pipe hats and won't sit down
In front
Year: 1878

Another famine in Ireland is threaten
ed by the failure of the potato crop
The Boston Plot states that the present
season has been almost repetition OF
that Of 1847, in which and the preceding
year there were half million deaths
from famine in ireland. The potatoes
of last year were almost dead loss, the
yield in some cases not paying tenth
the cost of planting, and now from
many sections come reports Of blight to
the haulms find taint in the tubers.
Year: 1878

All dried fruits sell principally by


color, which should be bright, aud to
obtain the same in apples and peach,


es they should be prepared for dry


ing before fully ripe. Sliced ap.
Piles, if not bright, do not pay for
the trouble of slicing, and the finest
qualities should be packed in new
barrels. top and bottom lined with
paper. Bright quartered apples.
we'll colored, uniform in cut, are al


ways more or less in fair demand,
and more attention should be given
to them. Peeled peaches should be
sliced or cut in eighths, and invari.
ably of a bright color. Dark quail
ties rule low. and slow of sale. I'M
peeled peaches should be selected
for halves. size being a considera-
ton in them. while the smaller fruit
Is full desirable to be cut for quar-
ters. They should be kept entirely
separate, as when mixed they will
not generally sell at over the price
of quarters. Blaekberries should be
particularly well dried, or they are
liable to sweat or sonr, and pack
only in new barrels.-Kdn Farmer.
Year: 1878




supposed from the weight of the


animal, greater, 7 am sure, in pro-


portion to the weight than those


drawn by horses or mules bnt they


are usually employed only as auxil.


liaries, one dog being harnessed un-


der cart the shafts of which are


held and guided by the owner. The


axle of the cart is arched In the


middle in order to enable the ami


NAL to stand erect. Harnessed


with simple round padded leather


collar, a pair of traces. and a back


band, the assistance he gives his


master. who does little more, ex-


eept on ascending ground, than guide


the cart, is very great. Usually not


more than one dog is attached to


cart, but have seen as many as


three. and the American Consul


told me that he had seen six and


eight to one wagon. driven in from
the country. loaded with wood, with
the driver on top. In Brussels there
are many shops for the manufac-
ture and sale of dog harness, and in
them you may buy a plain set or one
ornamented with polished brass.
There is a dog market held every
Sunday in this city. and here every
variety of dos is bought and sold.
the buyers and sellers being usual
ly market and milk women. / was
particular to inquire of the Ameri-
can Consul in relation to the species
of dog preferred, but it seems that
they have no particular breed. and
that no systematic effort has been
made to improve the breed. I OBJ
served that the dogs in most common
use were ours, of medium size, and
of allcolors- They seem to be very
enthusiastic pullers. moving at the
speed of brisk walk for man, and
they never balk but the moment
the wagon stops the dog lies down
he is always tired. or has been
taught the wisdom of conserving
his strength. q ~


To all appearances the dogs of
Brussels lead but a dogs life, and
all of them have a dropping tail,
and a detected hang-dog air; but
how much better it is for them. for
their country, and for their prosperi.
ty. to be engaged in some respec-
table employment, earning an hon
est livelihood, than to be killing
sheep. gnawing bones, baying the
moon, or rushing about the streets
with a tin pan to their tails, as is
the custom of too many of our free
dogs.


In Paris the white woody spaniel
is indispensable to fine ladies toll
ct. The fair Partsienne. whether
she be of the beau monde or denoi.
monde, must have her dog, and she
leads him by small chain when she
promenades. or takes him in her
carriage when she drives. She
would no more omit the little beast
than she would forget her boots.
There are dog BARRIERS in Paris who
earn a livelihood by trimming these
little pets the style FOR dogs this
season is to leave a girdle of hair
around the body and arouud each
leg above The knee. ***
Year: 1878

l see the fields where cattle Craze,
The hills soft meshed in silver haze,
The gold brown brook and ancient bridge,
And old red mill beneath the ridge,
And dim lights on the orchard side,
With moss grown trees low branching VIDE
The hamlet nestled in the glade
A drowsy nook that loves the shade:
The dusty highway long and brown,
Slow creeping out beyond the town
To breast the hill side in its strength,
A silent treeless mile in length,
Far to the hanging woods on high
That with their Verdure SOOthe the eye
With myriads dyes of dusky green
That wear September's richest sheen.
Der old stone wall the blackberry twines,
Inlaced with wantOn gadding vines,
The clematis and wild fox grape,
The slad bush and the feathered brake,
And W0odblne curled in cedar spire
That soon shall glow a line of fire;
1Sqrker could the elder gleam


uitage dipped in stySian stream.


I'd sSlashed with guiltless blood.


along the wOOd


It's lonely stand


re land,


IT'S voice is heard


vwOrd,


coated friar -


e and brier
Year: 1878

Tho commission of engineers appointed to ex-
anime and report upon the manner in which the
Riverside Park improvements are being carried out is
hard at work. EARLY yesterday morning Mr.. Haswoll
and his associates Messrs. Bogart and Worthen,
visited Superintending Engineer Franklin on the
ground and shown by him the original plans
and the detail drawings by which the work being
executed Then they started from 130th street and
spent the remainder of the day walking down the
entire length of the drive to Seventy second street.
carefully inspecting the roadbed, tagging. retaining
and parapet walls and other features OF the improve
ment They were accompanied by stenographer
whom they supplied with profuse notes upon the
progress and general character of the work. The
suits of their examination they will not dvulge until
they are ready to report finally.