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Year: 1877

10 this duel it is plain to be seen from q
careful consideration Of the circumstances a.
boye narrated, though the truth does not ap-
pear to have reached the apprehension Of Cen
eral jackson : biographer, that Dickinson was
outwitted By bis older and more experienced
antagonist. Advantage was taken Of the very
fact Of bis being dead shot," and Of bis
perfect confidence in lis skill with the pistol.
His ayowed purpose was to shoot jackson
through the heart, and be felt absolutely sure
Of doing this. 10 what manner his object
was defeated Mr. Parton uncopsciously dis
Year: 1877

The Humboldt papers get after the
business men of that town for not sup
porting their home journals, and says
they actually send eff to have work
done. Our Milan merchants do little
better than that; they have their work
done at home; but, to judge by our
advertising columns, one would think
there were not half dozen merchants
in town. Gentlemen, property own
els, if there is not more advertising
done, people at distance will think
Milan is only a little way station. We
copy the following from an exchange;


Nothing is more characteristic of
our our modern life, than the extent
to which advertising is used as medi-
UNI between individuals and the pub
lie. A stranger in a town, large or
small, by looking over the advertise
ments of the local paper, can form a
very correct idea of the place. If the
advertisements are few, and have the
appearance of being standing he is
quite safe in concluding that he is in
one of those slow-going, dead-and-alive
places, that were finished some years
ago, and that the people are of a kind
that know little about change, whether
social or financial. On the other
hand, if the advertisements appear
fresh, brief, and snappy, if it only be
to announce the fresh arrival of salt,
fish, or new invoice of clOthes>pins,
it is fair to infer that the paper is pub
lished in wide-awake community.
1t is not necessary to enlarge upon
the advantages-to the individual who
speaks, and to the many who are
o,D,l,o, RI
Year: 1877

On the margin of your paper mdi-
Gates that your time is out, or Will ex,
pire with the next paper. Remember
our rule-CAsH ALWAYS N ADVANCE.
If not renewed, we take it for granted
you do not want the paper any longer,
and your name will be dropped from
our list. We intend to publish the
best paper in West Tennessee, and
the more subscribers we get, the bel
ter We can make the paper. Let eve
ry one renew and bring another with
him.
Year: 1877

A REMARKABLY MILD FALL SEASON. The
weather was very much cooler on satur-
day, and late in the evening gave indica-
tions OF heavy frost during the succeed
ing night. We have had in this immediate
vicinity as yet no killing frost, which is
very remarkable circumstances An obser-
want citizen, but not the coolest inhabit-
ant" remarked On Saturday that this had
been an exceptional fall in that respect.
He had never before seen vegetation un-
hurt as late as the Sd Of November.
Year: 1877

The carnival will bo inaugurated this evening
at the Academy Of Music by tho Csrcle Francais do
LHarmonie which gives It's twelfth grand fancy
bail Many Of the attractions Of the occasion will be
as novel as they will be attractive The ball will be
opened by grand centennial march, during which the
music will be furnished by grand orchestra Of 100
musicians under the direction Of Max Schwab. "I4a
famc Carou" have been specially engaged for and
will indulge their comic dances People who think
there Is no hereafter will doubtless be as,onshed to
learn Of the Of the occasion will bo
a grand quadrie internal. The 'steps'' 10 DC taken
BY In this dance said 10 have been
taught Uy u special agent who received his lessons
direct from Headquarters.
Year: 1877

Dr. Palmer, who became famous during tho recent
campaign through his canvassing South Carolina in
the interest OF the republican party viii tell about the
interior condition VI that state from his stand
point in the lecture OF Plymouth church, Brook


yn. Friday evening next ator the prayer meeting
Year: 1877

On account OF the threatening weather
this morning the picnic announced by
Kirkup Lodge and walnut Hills En.
campment at Mt. Lookout Park TOR to.
day was postponed till tomorrow. There
Will be music and dancing and a good
time generally.
Year: 1877

A few weeks ago large amounts. OF gold
flowed into this country from abroad, but now
a reauent move OF some sort is carrying It
back. Half million goes froln New York
too and almost every steamer is taking
more or less--Pioneer-Press.


When gold flowed into this country
andlits price in the New York market
fell. the Pioneer Press argued that
we were coming at once to specie pay
ments, and that the policy OF con
traction was a success. viii the Pho
ueeY- Press now admit that we are going
steadily away from specie payments,
and that the policy Of contraction is q
failure! 1t is poor rule that won
work both ways.
Year: 1877

Gold continues to rise under the influence
Of war rprospects.--Evening News.


Please observe that neither greenbacks nor
"inHation" in the United States had any
thing to do with that rise. se.-Indianapolis Sun
Precisely; it was for long time a
standard argument, with the hard.
money men, that the premium on gold
was simply evidence that there was
too much paper money in the country.
Yet here we have gold rising three per
cent in the face Of steady contrac
of the currency. Thus the shallow
arguments Of the humbugs are day by
day exploded
Year: 1877

sion that those who are rifiing the pockets OF
the victims must have set ire TO the edllice


Pity they couldn't throw the blame
on the Changers. But the Grangers
have got scared and have gone out OF
the busidess and all their mighty
enthusiasm is now spent on oyster
suppers and pic-nics.
Year: 1877

Some Of the Northern papers are a good
deal exercised because the Southern Baptist
Convention took no notice of DIR. Stone and
the Leland University in New Orleans. We
might retort by saying that DIR. Stone and the
Leland University took no particular notice of
Us. That makes Us even, and as the Doctor
has been better raised than we, and, Of
course. knew better what the occasion called
for, we think the Northern press ought 10 have
commenced with him first. But letting that
pass. We thiuk every thing went OIL just as ii
should. The Doctor Will be remembered as
the man who lectured oven the South some
time since and received from such men as
Gordon and Walne words OF commentator.
aud then went North and published political
letters misrepresentin. the South. lf we are
tire people that DR.. Stone represented US to be,
and he is a good man, we are too bad for HIM
to associate With but if we are not as he
repre- senied us, the boot is on the other leg
he is too bad for us.-Mississippi Baptist
Record.


Perfectly correct, Brother GanbrelI, and
well put. The Doctor could not certainly
have felt complimented by any notice from
those whom heeonsdered such hard set
Year: 1877

SUDDEN DEATH.-Yesterday afternoon
Miss Maggie McMonigal; while on her
way to visit her sister on west Front
street, was suddenly taken violently i'll
with what appeared to be cramps, at the
corner of Second and Market streets. She
fell to the pavement and was assisted to
her feet, and taken to the residence of a
lady living in the rear of L. w. Palmer's
cabinet store on Shipley street, above
Front where she died this morning.
After arriving at the above place Drs
Kane and Springer were summoned and
after consultation pronounced that death
ensued from congestion of the brain.


She had been in the employ of Edwin
Pusey, on Market street, below Tenth
for number of years, and was well
tn ought of by the family.
Year: 1877

Belchertown was highly excited last
week over an almost tragical wedding of
Amherst parties, who spell their names
Fry and Boil, who came near-getting into
a stew. The girls father didn't want her
to marry the man, and so the latter took
her to the place where her sister was EN-
ployed till the wedding could be arranged.
The sister, however, was opposed to the
match, being attacked by the green-eyed
NOR ster, because the same fellow had
previously made love to her, and so she
locked the bride expectant into her
room. After nights incarceration she
jumped from the window and Joined her
lover at the hotel. The clerk of the house
drove off furiously for clergyman, and
the Methodist pastor was just beginning
the ceremony when the sister appeared at
the window to forbid the bans. The GER
tifcate was all right, however, and the
minister concluded to 60 on, but In his
excitement he read most of the baptismal
service, beginning: Whereas all men
are born in sin,'' and repeated the names
of the couple he last married. The clerk
held the door so the sister couldn't come
in. On Sunday the girls father came to
the church door and called the minister
from his Sunday-School class to demand
of him why he married his daughter, at
the. same time admitting her legal age.
Meanwhile the groom has lost his place
at Amherst, and left for parts unknown,
to the grief Of lis creditors. Id
csrtfser.
Year: 1877

The name of Hugh Miller is we'll
known. He devoted himself early to a
life of hard labor as a Quarryman and a
mason, and, by the steady exercise of the
powers which God had given him, arose to
position of much usefulness and honor.
This story has been often told, to show
what can be done by the earnest use of
common means.


The father Of this celebrated man was
Master of sloOp belonging to Scotland,
which was lost in a fearful tempest. In
consequence of this bereavement, the
widow had to work late into the night, as
a seamstress, to provide for the family.
Hugh used TO frequent the harbor and
watch the shipping, sadly missing the fa-
mll1ar vessel, the return of which used to
be the cause of such joy to him. He
would also climb, day after day, grassy
knoll of the coast, close behind his moth
er's house, which commanded a wide
view OF the Moray Firth, and look wist-
fully out, long after every one else had
ceased to hope, for the sloop with the two
stripes of white, and the two square top
sails, commanded by his father. But they
never appeared again.


He learned the letters of the alphabet
by studying the sign-posts; he afterward
attended small school, and persevered
in his lessons till he rose to the highest
form, and became member of the Bible
class. The story of Joseph aroused his
interest, and he became diligent reader
Of all the Scripture stories. Hugh then
began TO collect library in a birch bark
box about nine inches square, which was
found large enough to contain all his
books.


He has described in his cold Red
Sandstone " the feelings with which he
began work, and the happiness he found
in it. "To be sure, my hands were lit
tie sore, and | felt nearly as much fatigued
as If | had been climbing among the
rocks; but had wrought and been useful
and had yet enjoyed the day fully as much
as usual. | was as light of heart next
morning as any of my brother workmen."
After describing the landscape, he says.
:" returned to the quarry, convinced that
very exquisite pleasure may be very
cheap one, and that the busiest employ
ments may afford leisure enough to en-
joy it,"


Various wonders soon disclosed them
selves in the rocks; marks of burrows, as
of an ebbing tide, and leaves of plants
Almost erery day opened new discoveries
to his curious eye, and awakened deeper
interest. And thus began that course of
observation and study which made him
famous as geOlogist, and enabled him to
render valuable help in the progress of
science.


His first year of labor came to close,
and he found that "the amount of mis-
happiness had not been less than in the
last of his boyhood. The additional ex-
perience of twenty years, he adds, g has
not shown me that there is any necessary
connection between a life of toll and life
of Wretchedness.


" My ADVICE says Hugh Miller, to
young workingmen desirous Of bettering
their circumstances, and adding to the
Year: 1877

The habit of saving is a good one, but
the results are sometimes simply ridicu
lous. have known people fairly poor, in
odd and ends, that they had saved, that
were worse than nothing.


When an old man marries young wife,
the love in the transaction is always on
one side, but the folly is about equally
divided.


To avoid all trouble of lawsuits from
heirs and others, have concluded to ad-
minister upon my own estate by spending
1t as go along. sita


There are men who can keep a secret,
but they are the very ones who never will
take one to keep if they can help it.


good talker is a pleasant acquisition
to any company, but to be very agreeable
a man must at times be good listener.


The Office of true wit is to discover truth
and to show it up in a new and concise
manner.


In a forlorn hope woman's wit is
worth more thar mans judgment.


The friendships that exist between those
who give and those who receive is in
yariably ON the side of those who give; if
we give gifts that can be repaid we have
made debtor and lost a friend.


L don't know that philosophy makes a
I1du dDy WlStI VI CfCH udDD1Cl, Ii Slll-
ply makes him more satisfied with what
he cannot help.


Laziness has been mistaken for adversi-
ty, and has conquered more persons than
adversely ever has.


If man is perfectly honest he does not
need much brains to run his machine sue
cessfully, but if he is not he ha2 got to
have a head full.


There is no man needs watching 50
much as the one who is all the time watch
ing some one else.


l never knew drunken, lazy vagrant
yet, but what was always complaining of
his bad luck.


1t is great deal easier to cheat cum
ming man than an honest one, especially
if you trade twice with him.


Avarice is not economy, any more than
generosity is justice.


The great mass cf people go through
life as the bubbles float on the surface of
the river, with no desire or power to go
only where the current leads.


True courage never picks its time and
place; like the conscience, it is always at
its post, ready for the encounter,


The most ridiculous sight l know of is
a sheep in VOLTS clothing.-N. 7. Weekly.
Year: 1877

Now we are not in sympathy with that
rigid economy which would impose on
girls the wearing of calico on Commence
ment Day. Calico is too plebeian to suit
our ideas Of the fitness in that relation.
1t is suitable for the laundry, the kitchen
and the everyday business of the house
hold. She who sweeps, she who bakes,
she who goes to a picnic, she who sits on
the verandah with her mending of sum-
mer morning, is neatly and appropriately
dressed in calico gown. Elaine, in her
faded silk, was not SO pretty or SO pictur-
Year: 1877

cook to carry him into the house, and he
has informed the doctor who is attending
him, that as soon as he can cultivate
enough skin to cover the burned pieces,
he's going to move to climate where it
don't freeze once in a billion years. His
wife thinks she has read of such place in
LuG BIUIEs
Year: 1877

The miners sweetheart had Tilted him.
He loaded his six-shooter and wrote to his
landlady this little missiye Il am tire
Of life, and will blow out my brains in the
cemetery tonight. Ny rent is paid up to
the 6th. I do this because life has become
a burden to me-" He then set out for the
cemetery which he had fixed upon as the
scene Of blood. On his way he took a
short cut across a chicken ranch, and was
attacked BY savage bulldog. Thinking
that he had enough in his six barrels for
self and dog, he opened fire on the animal,
but in the tWinkling Of an eye the owner Of
the ranch covered him with shotgun
He fell On his knees, begged for life, and
made the most ahjeet apologies FOR bis
presence there. His life was spared. III.
stead Of fastening to the cemetery and
blowing out his brains, he returned to the
city, and after Iunching on beer and sand.
wiches, told his landlady that he had chang
ed his mind, and then took another girl to
a Virginia City theatre.


The millennium Of common sense is at
hand Fashionable waman ara vroar;,, !,
Year: 1877

A Detroit husband and wife recently
agreed to learn a verse of Scripture every
evening and repeat It to each other, for
mutual improvement. The first night, how
ever, the quotation happened to be, "Am
I not thy ruler?" and bis was to the effect
that he'd be hanged if she was. And the


only resultof The plan 10 far has been that


he has taken to drink, and exhibits a vii
lingness to sleep IN the Woodshed nights.
Year: 1877




The following is the farewell address
of ex-President Grant, made while
steaming down the Delaware on the 18th,
en- route for Europe:


MI DEAR FRIENDs-I was not aware that
we would have so much speech making here,
OF that 1t would be necessary for me to say
any more to you. But feel that the COM
pliments you have shoWered upon me were
not altogether deserved. They should not
all be paid to me, either as a soldier or civil
officer. AS General your praises do not all
belong to me; as Executive of the nation
they were not due TO me. There is no man
that can fill both or either of these positions
without the help of good men. / selected
my heutenants when was in both positions,
and they were men, believe, who could
have filled my place often better
than l did. never fiattered myself
that was entitled to the place you gave me-
My lieutenants could have acted perhaps
better than l. Had an opportunity presented
itself, Sherman could have taken my place
as soldier or In the civil service, and so
could Sheridan and others might name.
am sure II this country ever comes TO this
need again there will be men for the work
There will be men born for every emergency.
Again thank you and again / bid you good
by, and once again say that II had failed,
Sherman, or Sheridan, or some of my other
heutenants would have succeeded.
Year: 1877

-Ex-Treasurer Spinner is the most
successful fisherman in Florida. The
secret OF his success is said to lie In the
fact that he uses his autograph for bait,
and the fish imagine il is new kind of
worm.- BrOOkViIIs JsferSOnian.
Year: 1877

QUrrE thrilling story reached
town yesterday morning from Sur
vey, near Dodgevills. Two broth
ers named Palskill, and men old
enough to know better, had a fight
with knives and clubs, that resulted
in terrible aspect Of both, and
likely tho death OF one. These men
came to this county from Illinois
about two years ago, and are not
generally known in this place; are
between thirty or forty years Of age,
and farm for livelihood. The
real cause Of their quarrel is un-
known, but rumor states that the
mother gave one sum of money
while the other received nothing,
whereat the man who was cast off
without o penny, raised o rumpus
which terminated as above stated.
For the correctness Of this we do
not vouch, only giving it as heard
on the street.
Year: 1877

Dear Friend The many rumors
Of Indian raids that have found cir
culation in the papers have undoubt-
edly made you anxious for letter
from me. | arrived in this place two
days ago, so you see have not de-
layed long in writing. am quite
well, Notwithstanding the perils in.
|cident to burning steamship on the
upper Missouri. Many will remem-
Der the cry Of fire on that dismal
night; each man armed himself with
tin cups, frying-pans, Sc, and made
tracks as fast as possible, caring very
little which direction we took so
long as we got on dry ground, for I
will assure you it is much more
pleasant to read thrilling tale than
to be participant OF such n calam-
ity. Next day we were fortunate
enough to be ovcrtaken by another
boat, and in due time we arrived at
our destination on the river. We
then had two hundred miles to travel
before reaching this place, and l tell
you if there was any fun it was al
ways ahead, and so We poor fellows
pushed on, stimulated by the great
piles of shining dust that in our i'm
agination we could see ourselves the
owners of, as matter of course,
away ahead. And now we are at
Deadwood, and propose to do some
thing. There are plenty Of men
here waiting for something to turn
up. My stay here has been short
and therefore my information is sec
ond-hand, but as floating seeds in-
dicate the force of the currrnt, 80 do
mems countenances indicate to o
great extent. the working Of the
mind. Here is good field for the
student of human nature. All classes
and conditions are hero represented;
they may be classed as hope and de-
spondency, the former being mostly
new comers, who arc full of expect
alton, but, alas, their hopes receive
a check. Provisions are high, as in
all new countries, and unless they
have good supply Of native pluck
backed by U s. promises to pay,
they settle down in despondcncy
and soon take the back track, which
very many are doing, and for the
present, in my opinion, it j. safe to
say, stay at home, at least until the
country is more fully developed.
| intend to buy in with some party,
and should / get sold rs many have
been, yon may depend | shall not
s1uem When | write you again /
will try and give you some more in
formation than | can give you at
present. In the meantime, nfteu.
Year: 1877

For the husband who has been
asked and tormented by his better
half to get her a sewing machine,
there is some comfort to be had from
the fact that a good family machine
can now be bought for $35 or $40.
So much gained by the recent act
of congress in refusing to renew the
right of patents on sewing machines.
Year: 1877

READ TuIs,-The other day there
was young man discharged from
his place because he bought goods
from Hughes q league. This
young man is good judge of goods,
and he buys where he gets the best
goods. And when asking this young
man to take his place back again,
he asked for more wages, SO you all
see that by buying your goods from
Hughes d league you are sure to
make money, so try them. Their
store is opposite PuIford's drugstore
They have large stock on hand
and take produce in exchange at the
highest prices. 2l-tf.
Year: 1877

LAST Thursday evening, while
Miss Jennie Oates was leisurely
strolling on the sidewalk near
her home, in the southern part
of this city, she was attacked by a
vicious COW that was grazing near
by, and roughly handled for q
few moments. Her body was Sc
verely bruised, but fortunately no
bones were broken, and some
clothes torn off her person. This is
not the first time that the animal has
made attacks upon women and chill
dren in that neighborhood, and it is
high time she should be made into
mince meat.
Year: 1877

THE third coucert of the Musical
Association Of Mineral Point was
given at the City Hall last night in
presence of large and appreciative
audience, as repeated applause tes-
tilted. These entertainments are
rich, mirthful treats and the organi'
zation of such an association will
no doubt prove a benefit to large
portion of the musical class of our
city.
Year: 1877

The first thing for the afternoon work Of the
Institute was an address by President Runkle, Of
the Institute of Technology, Boston, ON the Rus
sian System OF Art Education AZ Applied at the
Institution OF Technology" The speaker had with
him set Of charts by which he illustrated certain
portions OF his address--which, by the way was
most entertaining aud instructive, treating as it
did of u system entirely new to his audience lie
said he was glad OF the opportunity to bring before
the teachers subject that was ever near his heart


Mrs. H. NJ. Miller, OF Concord, N. H., was then
introduced and read paper on Modern Read
ing" This paper was most excellent one, and
urged greater attention the part OF teachers to
this matter Of reading.


that young ladies whoh come to her and sought
instruction in reading 10 rs TO be able to read a
"few pieces" were 80 deficient as not to be able
To read single English sentence correctly There
are some, maybe, in this hall now who are trained
for public life, as teachers; circumstances may
seem to demand that this kind of labor shall be
their iie-work II is proper for them, II they take
II up In womanly way. See To it that you use
your talent with good taste.


This paper was followed by an address ON the
"Rights Of the Taught, by Professor W Nj. Bar
bour, D. d., OF Bangor Theological Seminary