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Year: 1877

Among our crew was one Dan
Price, tall, stalwart fellow, who
much prided himself upon his
strength and physique.


Dan was a good fellow, or rather
a well-meaning fellow, but could
not resist the temptation to parade
his poacer upon all occasions.


He would catch poor fellow by
the legs and swing him over his
head, and then, setting the scared
man down on deck, laugh bolster
ously in his face.


Or, at another time, suddenly
seize a man and lay him fiat upon
the deck before the victim had an
opportunity to object to such pro-
ceeding.


When demonstrated with, Dan
would laugh and say it was all .tia',
and so it was to him; but others,
and particularly his victims, very
strongly disapproved of such PrankS,
and agreed among themselves that
Dan must be paid off at the next
port or they would demand their
own discharges.


Upon our arrival all hands went
aft and stated their case to Captain
Grindle.


Either Dan must go ashore or they
would.


Captain Grindle requested them
to repair aft on the next morning
and he would attend to it.


During the day Captain Bow
ridge, of the "Catawba," came
aboard to dine, and to him our skip
per explained the trouble which ex-
listed. He did not want to lose Dan,
as he was one of the best and most
courageous seamen aboard.


The two shippers discussed the
matter over their cigars and wine.


"By George Grindle, I'll solve the
problem" said Captain Bowridge,
suddenly taking his legs off the Ia
bic.


Captain Grindle eyed his compan-
ion curiously.


w have nigger who can take the
starch out of your critter, and you
may take him in exchange for any
good man you have but only for
your homeward trip, for | can't
abide to part with him."


Captain Grindle shook his head.


won't do, tell you, Bowridge;. ;.
no two niggers could get away with
my man, and | guess must get
Year: 1877

life to higher standard.


And to this end l, too, have something
to say from my school of experience-my
diary of dress-making. Now don't look
disgusted, dear reader because I'm not
professional gentleman or a lady lecturer.
or somebody who is something to the world
at large if nobody at home, as is the case
sometimes even with notables. If my avO-
cation in life is humble and unobtrusive,
it has called me to take part in the most
momentOus and responsible scenes that oc-
cur in the best regulated or worst goveren-
ed households. Do 1 magnify my calling?
Not when you consider that my life's his
tory since the dawn Of womapbood. has
been made up and interviewer with the
lives of hundreds of families; under every
conceivable circumstance and event has nv
skill and aid been required, from the era
die to the grave. Speaking of the former
receptacle, I have thought, as helped to
make and fashion costly, tiny robes for
expected angels, that they know as little
beforehand of the world they are to enter,
as do we of the heavenly home we talk so
knowing and solemnly about As mar
riages are next in. order after births. on
family records, so I will mention that
have made so many bridal dresses that the
vision comes back to me like the splendor
Of the whiteness which John the Revelator
saw when sepaking of those (which came
out of great tribulation.7 I do not mean
by the comparison that marriage and trib-
ulation are synonymous terms, at all, and
please don't bet your last dollar that I'm
spinster for the allusion. .-


But ''it is better to go the house of
mourning than to the house Of feasting,
for that is the end of all men; and the Iv-
ing will lay it to his heart" Ifever ieel
the first intimation or glow Of sympathy
for the charity 50 tenderly and forcibly de-
seribed by st. Paul in the 18th chapter Of
first Corinthians, it is when Lam making
garments ito robel some sleeper for the
lowly bed in the bosom of our common
mother, Earth. 1t IS then / tread the
ground more softly, for I, too, am of the
earth, earthly. 1t is then that all I can say
of the Lords Prayer is "Our Father" for
my soul is filed with the fatherhood of
God and the brotherhood Of man. Sol
Come to look upon Death as great hu-
manizer; and whatever may have been the
life of the HfeIess ones, 1 would cover them
with the broad mantle of that charity
which faileth not, and always and ever I
involuntarily pronounce this benediction
over their remains, ITO die is gain"


Having thus made my Introductory OBJ
servations to the public, would say that
hope hereafter to give them as much pleas
ure and profit as have received in the
many mansions whereunto my labor and
art has recommended me. SUE SMITH
Year: 1877

When ministers, doctors and lawyers
have anything to say about family life
peoples of all classes, grades and conditions
listen with attention; for these gentlemen
do have, in their respective professions,
ample opportunity Of seeing great deal
Of human nature as exhibited in the high
est, happiest form of civilization rendered
sacred by the name of home; and the va
rious Characterization of individual and
family life is often by them repeated and
portrayed to the world in such a manner
as to be the means of greatly improving
our homes, and elevatiug family and social
Year: 1877

bo mentioned the grasshopper devasta.
tions in tho whoatgrowing States Of
the northwest. But il is beyond denial
that the culturoof wheat in the United
States has not by any means made
such progress as the capacity Of the
country and the adaptiveness Of. the
soil, climate and population should
have warranted.


In fact, although our country has
been and still is immensely devoted to
grain culture Is given to wheat an
Year: 1877

In the remarkable scarcity of wheat
developed by the European war panic,
we have a new illustration Of the fact
that we cannot devote too much OF the
area Of our country 10 those food pro
duets which afford human sustenance
oil over the civilized world. Accord.
ing TO the United States Agricultural
Bureau, the outbreak of the European
war finds us with a stock Of wheat not
half equal TO that Of the corresponding
period in the last calendar year. Much
Of this Of course, must be attributed
TO natural causes, among which may
Year: 1877

we get bills on bonds, which we won't use.
and that will make money scarce, so that
we will get seven per cent. again. Money is
now too cheap"


Cheap money!


Yes money is too cheap, Messieurs Bank
ers You are the advocates and abettors of
financial policy which has destroyed the
uses for the only money there is-viz the
legal-tenders-or for even your debt certi-
ficates, called national bank notes. You
have influenced all the legislation of the
land to play into the hands of British mag
mates and aristocrats the bankers of Lom-
bard street, and the money sharps of Wall
street. You have sought to increase the
money-buying power of British gold by
shrinking all the values of your own
country, and by the impoverish-
ment of the masses. Your time of
reckoning, however, is close at hand.
Loaded up now with deprecated securities,
your banks have so lost the confidence of the
people that your bank debt certificates will
be powerless to raise values, now that you
have depressed them. Your scoop game of
gathering in all the property of the country
at low prices and then letting out the paper
of your insolvent banks will not work.
You have got to go into liquidation like
every one else who is in debt. The most
that can be done to save you now is the re-
peal of the resumption act, which will stop
the further shrinkage of the securities (?)
with which you are loaded, and save your
customers from bankruptcy. B. BEE.
Year: 1877




SIR am glad to see you come out and
define your position on the most important
of all questions to the people, viz. the finan-
cial question. 1t is the duty of newspaper
editors to enlighten the people on matters of
such vital importance. don see why it Is
that every newspaper in the land does not
denounce the Hayes and Sherman suicidal
financial policy when everybody can see
that it is paralyzing business, bankrupting
thousands of honest business men, throwing
millions of men out of employment and
driving thousands to want, beggary and
crime. Laborers, skilled and unskilled
abound. varily seeking to sell their labor to
children. Thousands of millions of capital
invested in coal mines, iron works, factories
and railroads are idle, yielding nothing to
their owners. Every where mortgages are
being forclosed, and the unfortunate debtor
turned adrift, seeks in vain for lodging for
either wife or child. And all this to furnish
few cormorants and idle aristocrats with
and grow fat on the labor of others; our gov
ernment converted. our free money, our
life blood, our tools of trade and production.
into gold interest bearing debt, and sus-
pended it to our necks. BY this we are
stripped of the means of producing wealth;
our property is deprecated in value and
our energies and industries crippled, while
all the profits Of our shops and farms are alb
sorbed in paying interest upon debt created
through treachery and rascality, and not
from necessity. For my part have firmly
resolved to support no newspaper that does
not honestly and earnestly defend the green
back, the peoples money; and If the editors
will come into the country and talk with
the farmers and the people generally, they
will find hundreds of others who have
formed similar resolutions. It's my opinion
that the hard money organs OF the country
will have to change their tactics soon go
to the wall, for il the people find they are
working against their interest they should
not, and will not patronize them


Yours for the right,
ANTI -REsUMPTIoHIsT.
Windfall, Upton county, June 8.
Year: 1877

do not mourn, sweet wife Of mine'
Because those ruby lips Of thine


That marble brow
Were kissed by one who might have oeen'
Had not CHANGED to step between,


Thy husband now
l do not grieye because thy heart
Ere Cupid touched it with my dart,


For him would beat:
Nor that the hand which owns my ring
Once wore his gift, a & Mizpah" thing


1t was but meet.
I sigh not thai his arms were placed
Some score Of time around your waist


So sweet and slim.
Ah no, my love the woe you see
l. mine because you welded me


Instead Of him
Year: 1877

vitude. Is this doctrine ever before
heard of in our history If it shall pre-
vail its consequences will not long be
confined to South Carolina or Louisi-
ana. BY the action of the President
no court Of this state has Jurisdiction
to pass upon the title to my office; no
lawful legislature can be convened ex-
cept upon my call. If the use of these
powers promised ultimate success to
our cause, should not shrink from any
sacrifices which might confront me. 1t is
cause in which, by the light of rea-
son and conscience, man might well
lay down his life; but to my mind my
present responsibility involves the con-
sideration Of the effect of my action
upon those whose representative 1 am.
l have hitherto been willing to ask you
Republicans of South Carolina to risk
all the dangers and endure all the hard
ships until relief should come from the
government of the United States. That
relief will never come. I cannot ask
you to follow me further. In my judg-
ment can no longer serve you by fur
ther resistance to impending calamity.
With gratitude to God for the measure
of endurance with which he has hith-
erto inspired me, with gratitude to u
for your boundless confidence in
me, with profound admiration for
your matchless fidelity to the
cause in which we have struggled,
1 now announce to you and to the
people of the state that shall no longer
actively assert my right to the office of
governor of South Carolina. The mo-
tives and purposes of the President of
the United States in the policy which
compels me to pursue my present
course are unquestionably hon.
orable and patriotic. l devoutly
pray that events may vindicate the
wisdom of his action, and that peace,
justice, freedom and prosperity may
hereafter be the portion of every citi-
zen of South Carolina.


TSignedl D. II. CHAMBERLAIN,


Governor of South Carolina.
Year: 1877

Mr.. Morton was instrume ntal in hav.
ing the Senate repeal the twenty-third
rule. He no doubt did this designedly
The effect of this is now felt in the want
of mode for counting the electoral
votes. The twenty-third joint rule re-
quired the attendance of the Senate in
the House and under it member of
either House could object to vote when
it was read; nor could the vote be count
ed if either House refused its assent
Hence an election or failure to elect
must have ensued under that rule. If a
failure occurred the House Immediately
elected the President and the Senate the
Vice-President, as the constitution di-
reefs. The whole difficulty therefore re-
suits from this fact. The Return Boards
in the Southern States were also fixed up
to meet the case, and every arrangement
made that could be thought of, to defeat
the fairly expressed will of the people,
and to prevent their choosing aPresident
that would expose the corruption and
rascality which has been permitted to go
unpunished for so many years in the De-
partments at Washington, and at other
places throughout the country.
Year: 1877

NOTICE is hereby given that intend TO
~ apply TO the Legislature of the state OF
Delaware at its present session for the pas
sage of an act to divorce me from the bonds
of matrimony from my husband George
A. Walt FAN SUSAN WALT.
jan20- WIN xN
Year: 1877

SENATORS WHYTE and ANTHONY
were, yesterday, appointed committee
to wait upon HAYES and INTERN him
that if he had no further communication
to make to the Senate, it was ready to
adjourn without day. In reply, HAYES
said that he would not require the at.
tendance of the Senate longer than Sat-
urday or Tuesday next at farthest. This
settles the Senate's action in the Louisi-
ana and South Carolina cases. They
will be left to the intrigues and bar
gains of the occupant of the White
House.
Year: 1877

Miss Jennie Frost, Of Council Bluffs,
Iowa, who had marvellous escape from
the train that was wrecked recently On
the Rock Island road, relates that one
woman heroically rescued her six chill
dren and then went to the rescue Of 9th
er sufferers, while another lady was ter
ribly exercised over the loss Of her
satchel, and could think of nothing else
One lady, who was in agony from bro
ken wrist and a compound fracture of
one Of her legs, would not consent to
have morphine injected into her arm be-
cause she feared it might hurt her. An
other lady who was severely injured was
offered glass Of brandy, but refused to
swallow it, stating that she was a strict
ly temperate woman, and meant to stand
by her principles, if she died in the at
tempt. A little child clung to a window
sill, and kept her head above the surging
waters until she was saved. A little girl
lay for four hours with only her face
out Of the water, the corpse of a man
being stretched across her little body.
It was thought that she, too, was dead,
but the man who was chopping out the
wounded thought he saw the little ones
limbs tremble. She was taken out COW
cred with blood, her little stockings as
red as if they had been dyed, and in a
few hours she was as lively as cricket,
asking if anybody had seen her doll
Year: 1877

A gentleman from the West recently
took his wife to Newport for holiday
Going to livery stable near the Ocean
House, he engaged horse for ride in
the afternoon. AS he left the stable he
caught glimpse of a small boy with
blue trousers, red suspenders; a dirty
shirt and straw hat At the appoint
ed hour the gentleman saw fine horse
standing in front of the hotel with the
rains in the hands of small boy with
blue trousers, red suspenders, a dirty
shirt and straw hat. You have my
horse, l sec" said he to the lad, and,
after fetching his wife from the parlor,
started off for his drive The western
gentleman had had many ride in his
w-going city, but never had he sat be-
hind such splended creature as that
horse. They rode for three hours,
knocking the seconds out of every
mile, passing everything on the road,
the horse distancing every animal that
attempted to rival his PAGES. 81 never
saw such a horse before" said the as
tonished husband to his mate. Yes,
he is very FAST" was the response
but why does everybody stare at us p
After the ride was ended, the gentleman
dropped his wife at the hotel and drove
to the stable, where he thanked the
livery man for the courtesy which he
had shown to stranger. THAT amt
my horse" was the gruff response
MY boy, Bill, waited for you over an
hour this afternoon, and then drove back
to the stable" Why, whose horse is
this p asked the gentleman, all agape
''That horse is General IS" (namine
a well-known New York broker, who
has the best trotters every season al
Newport). The gentleman returned to
the hotel and told his wife that there
were two boys in Newport who had blue
trousers, red suspenders, dirty shirts
and straw hats.
Year: 1877

Glade Springs, in this county, was on
Monday thronged from all parts of the
surrounding country to witness the bal
loon ascension. According to announce


lent, the travelling show of Prof Hoff-
man made its appearance and prepared
for exhibition. Their large iron fur
mace was put to work, and the balloon
hoisted over it by means of two poles
on either side, forty feet high. The bal
loon was inflated by means Of wood and
lerosene oil, with small quantity of
gasoline added. When it was filled as
usual, Mr. Hainur, the aeronaut, was
informed, but he said, L want more gas
this time" Two pints more of oil were
put in, and, when exhausted, the damper
of the furnace was shut down. Then
he jumped into his position, and like
an arrow the great air-ship shot upward,
carrying its human freight dangling
at its end, 1t had ascended some
300 feet, and while the actor was per-
forming on horizontal bar, hanging by
his feet with his head down, waving
handkerchief to the nervous audience
below, the patched and dilapidated can
vas split from bottom to top with re-
port that was heard miles away. No
sooner had the gas escaped than the
balloon collapsed and came shooting
down as swiftly as it had darted up.
The aeronaut saw his situation, and
quick as lightning turned himself up
and regained his hand holt, and began a
maneuver to dodge telegraph wire and
post toward which he was falling. This
he succeeded in doing, striking the
ground with terrible force, which bounc-
ed him up, to be caught and pressed
down by the balloon, All of this was
the work of moment. The crowd was
literally paralyzed, women sickening
and fainting and men unable, in their
horror, to move The companions of
the unfortunate man stood riveted to
the ground, and not until some citizen
undertook to move the canvass did they
stir. The man was found to be alive
and conscious, but dreadfully bruised
and mangled He was, through it all,
calm and cool, and described his feel
ings, as, descending, he saw and felt death
staring him in the face He was taken
to the hotel, where both Mr.. and Mrs.
Thompson did all in their power to re-
lieye his sutferings. With all the aid
nothing could be accomplished, and at
1l:30 p N. he paid the penalty of death
for his recklessness. His name was
Frank Hainur, from Warren, ..
Year: 1877

One thing that gives interest to the
battle Of Bennington is the fact that it
was the first land victory gained un-
der the stars and stripes as the Ma
tional flag. This flag had been adopted
by Congress on the 14th of June of that
year. primarily for the navy, but the
army had already received it as their
emblem also; and the Continental regi-
ment of Seth Warner carried it in their
fight on the 7th of July, at Hubbard
town, Vt, with the advanced guard of
Burgoynes army the only battle of
civilized men ever fought on the soil Of
Vermont-but Warmers men were re-
pulsed only to appear five weeks later,
under the same flag, in the very nick Of
time to help win the battle Of Benning-
ton, which was fought, as almost every
body knows, not on Vermont, but on
New York soil The flag has been our
flag for one hundred years Long may
If waya -
Year: 1877

The committee on Judicial Claims con
tinued their report. On motion the Board
concurred in the report of the committee.


The Board ordered that the bonds of
County and Township officers elect, be
given in the following sums:
Year: 1877

TIE spur track, leading from the main road to the bank of tie river at the foot of Main St., Was finished on Saturday and on Monday cars were run down and left stand ing there-perhaps for the qualification of the natives. It is just as Crawford said: the cars loom up so high on top of the obs truction across our principal street, that We can't lead d mule to water over 'em, nor can we drive team onto the ferry boat over 'cm.
Year: 1877

WHILE appropriations are Tn order for improving navigation in other pal ts of the United States, Congress might turn is at tentiOn to the Colorado river. Its naviga- ton above Hardyville, as far as Fl Dorado, might be made practicable for the entire year by an expenditure nf S25O0O. There is plenty Of water at uli seasons txcept upon a few bars. These are formed en- tirely Of loose boulders, cemented together by sand and fine gravel. A heavy drag, drawn by steamboat, would quickly scoop out channel through th"m which the cur rent would afterward keep clear. It has taken ages to form these bars and it would take nearly as long for them to choke up again. They are in no respect like the sediment bars of thc river lower down. Our delegate is welcome to the hint.
Year: 1877

FRESH fish can readily be enjoyed by our citizens now that cod weather has come By making arrangements with some tishe men of San Pedlo bay, fresh fish can be put upon the train leaving Wilmington at one o'clock p. m., and delivered here the following morning at eight o'clock Any one making the venture would find d ready sale for the ti~h, or the object could be se cured by the clubbing together of d number of citizens.
Year: 1877

FRElGHTS Into -irIzona are increasing rapidly. Last week over 90 tons were ship ped up river and on the 18th were taken S3 tons more and still there is a barge load left here. Goods for the interior are being shipped as fast as teams can be found to take them, yet every place is full of them There seem to be blows enough here to cultivate the whole territory and with them are other implements in proportion. Sev- eral large through shipments from New York of dry goods indicate that Tucson merchants are tired Of New Mexico OK teams and are falling pack on the bloated railroad monopoly" Liquors are being shipped in quantities that indicate d pull pose |" take advantage of easy money un- der the coming appropriations.
Year: 1877

A man, who tried to beat his way out here on the cars, was put off the train at ColtOu. When the train reached Dos PalmaS the conductor, ill passing aroud the loco motive, Was hor. r.or-stricken by tht sight of a human foot sticking out through tic up- per bars of the cOw-catcher lie thought he had corpse, sure. But closer examination showed that his 'dead thing crawled and that it was the same man put off at Colton. He had crawled under the COW. catcher and wedged himself into it with his head in tie fore peak of it, not over four inches from the railroad ties, and his feet poked through the upper bars nearest the engine. Lying there, back down, and holding his body up by catching his elbows upon the lower ba:s, had this Arizonomanac come the en- tire distance from Colton. Of course, he was invited to get out of that. 4 man with Arizona on the brain as bad as that ought to be presented with 8 free pass out here.
Year: 1877

great chunks came in this week from the Cadmus mine, of the Haskins company, in Globe district. It goes to San Francisco for test as to whether it shall be worked on the company's ground for silver only or for both copper and silver. From person. al inspection of their mine, we can say that it carries that kind of ore in practically quantity.
Year: 1877

CARGA MUCuACHO advices are excellent Ten men are employed in sinking on the shaft is now down 63 feet and on the Madrc s. Both sh its are in ore and no waste rock is taken out This week the ere has improved very much in quality d finer before. Nearly 9J0 tons are now on tine dump. Some fifty tons have been shipped to San Francisco and ran through the mill. A c!ean up is to be made to-dLy d d next