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Year: 1877

In the matter Of Grove Kennedy


the Louisville Erning Ne'rs hits the


nail on the head in this wise:


1t is complained by some that the
newspapers Of the city are making a
hero OF Grove Kennedy, the com.
plants coming principally from thuse
who know none Of the particulars Of
the charges against him, and who
brand him as q murderer before he
has had a trial. There is no denying
the fact that Grove Kennedy has
killed a man. but il will be time
enough to call him n murderer when
a jury of his counlrymen has found
him guilty. The newspapers Of the
city have all sent members Of their
staff to interview the noted person who
has gained some noteriety Of late he.
cause he had a wholesome dislike to
lying in Jail, preferring his freedom
to confinement.


These newspaper men met him
singly at different times, and il is a
fact that they are all agreed that Ken
nedy has the air of geniecl farmer,
and nothing of the desperado about
his appearance, and this they have
said. Only this and nothing more.
II Grove Kennedy is a murderer let
him be punished, say all the newspa-
pers, but let it he done in the name Of
Justice, and not to crafty a public
Dutcry as senseless as il is uninformed.
Year: 1877

A fancy preacher in Louisville was
discoursing on the fall of man, and
thus pictured the scene which took
place in the Garden Of Eden; "And
they recognized the fact of their ma
kedness, and went and made Them
selves of Gg-leaves- miserable shift !"
Being guiltless of any intention to
make a pun, he was astonished to see
how the congregation laughed.
Year: 1877

A Kentucky man who went to the
Black Hills wrote back to local pa
per, saying; "Oner a premium at
our coming Iair for the biggest fool in
the country. and I'll try and get there
ia time"
Year: 1877

The young man whose heart stood
still every time through the long sum
mer he thought of ice-cream at fifteen
cents plate, is now ready to lie down
and die as he smells oysters at fifty
cents dish in the distance.
Year: 1877

A woman in California had a patch
of her scalp as large as her hand torn


off by her husband in quarrel. She
had him arrested and tried before a
Justice of the Peace. She herself
appeared at the trial, took the bloody
scalp out OF her market basket and
showed it to the jury, and pictured the
horrible cruelty of her husband SO
wildly that the Judge was greatly
wrought up, and fined the brutal hus-
band 500. The woman took the
money out of her pocket, paid the fine
and walked off with her husband.
There never was a woman who was
more like a woman than that woman.
Year: 1877

One lady begs that mothers make con-
fidantes Of their daughters. What neces-
sary information has mother TO impart
aside from the laws of her daughters
health? None! But 1t should be her duty
to guard and preserve the innocence and
purity of her daughter, and she will have
the satisfaction of seeing that she is as
pure woman as she was girl, and not
that the effort to appear innocent while a
young lady was such a task that she halls
marriage as a happy release. The mask
falls of, and the woman sinks all the ef-
fort which that mask cost her. And these
are the characteristics of three-fourths Of
our young girls and married ladies. Other
knowledge will come with the need. II
the mother cannot be with her to give IL,
the only other person to accept it from i.
her family physician. "W hatr' says
some one, s'would not you rather friend
would talk on such matters than doctor.
No, ma'am. When consult him / pay
him tor it, and whenever meet him
again he does not presume upon that con-
sultation, dragging such subjects into the
conversation. Besides, physicians treat
such matters with delicacy which
should suggest itself to those women who
scatter scandal as profusely as the former
scatters seeds. Another writer introduc-
es her hobby in such an independent
manner that one might use it In writing
a recipe of some wholesome dish. But
behold! She is telling us that she parted
from reserve and modesty s'long before
she was out of her teens" also giving her
experience in that "old, old fashion"
which originated with Adam and Eve
Home Corner. Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1877

The subscriber having determined to
quit farming, will sell at Public Sale at
his residence in Mill Creek Hundred! on
tne road leading from Red Clay Creek
Church, TO Mendenhalps Mill,
Year: 1877

Macon Sun: Nature seems
to be doing her best to help
the people of this country out
Of their financial troubles
The blessed rain falls in suf.
ficlent quantities and at the
time; the generous soil
teens with vegetable life, e,and
the plentiful crops cheer the
farmers heart and invite the
suffering million to hope for
better times. The harvest of
grain is abundant aud most
opportune. There will befin
consequence of the war in
the East, an extraordinary
European demand tor the
bread -stuffs of America. ALL
this must bring money into
our markets, encourage trade,
and put life into the indus
trial system. We are, per-
haps, approaching the turn
ing of the lane OF misfortune;
we have come to the dark
hour before the dawn, and
may look to see sunshine
Year: 1877

very soon. AT this crisis,
therefore, when it is to be be-
lieyed that we are at the
treshold of a change for tho
better, it becomes more obi
gatory upon all classes to be
patient and forbearing. The
stern, sharp rules of business
intercourse should not be too
strictly maintained, but, on
the contrary, a general spirit
of indulgence should prevail,
and a disposition on the part
OF those who touch bottom to
throw a plank to those who
have lost their foothold and
are going under. Matters are
bad enough as they are. but
they would be much worse if
eyesy man should incase him
self in the armor of his self
ishness and insist upon the
pound Of flesh that is nomi-
mated in the bond. Full of
wisdom and humanity IN
these days of industrial troub-
le is the good proverb: "Lire
and let live"
Year: 1877

The Courier-Jou rhal Says
Don't sitdownand say Damn
the Dutch Do like they do.
Get up and go to work. If
things aih't lively enough,
put your shoulder to the
wheelsof commerce and trade E,
aud aid in getting the road
wagon of old Fogyism out of, i,
the mire. Hitch the mule
of energy in the shafts, take
the whip of enterprise in your
hand, and make the dust fly
along the road Of progress,
Get up, dod blast your lazy
hides,a s,advertise your business,
let people throughout the,
country know who you are
and what you've got to sell,
and our word for it you'll
have something else to do
and think about this fall
than to sit around and wait
for business to come to you
and "cuss the Dutch"
Year: 1877

A young mans interest
and duty both dictate that he
should make himself in
dlspcnsable to his employ
ers. He should be SO in
dnstrious, prompt and care
full that the accident Of his
temporary absence should be
noticed by his being missed.
A Young man should make
his employer his friend by
doing faithfully and minutes
ly all that is entrusted to
him. 1t is a great mistake
to be overnice or fastldious
about work. Pitch ir readi-
ly and your willingness will
be appreciated, while the
Enlightened" young man who
quibbles about what it is and
what it is not his duty to do,
Will get the cold shoulder.
There is a story that George
Washington once helped to
roll a log that one of his COR
porals would not handle, and
the greatest emperor of Rus
sia worked as a shlpwright
in England tolearn that bus
mess. That is just what you
want to do. Be energetic,
look and act with alacrity,
take an interest in your en-
ployers success; work as tho
the business was your own,
and let your employer know
that he may place absolute
reliance on your act. BE
mindful; have your mind on
your business, because it is
that which is going to help
you, not those outside attrac-
tions which some ofthe boys
are thinking about. Take a
pleasure in your work; do
not 6" about in a listless, for
NAL manner, but with alac-
rity and cheerfulness, and
remember that while work
ing thus for others You are
laying the foundation of your
own success in life.
Year: 1877

We are. very apt to seek
some far-fetched cure for our
bodily ailments, and to over
look the simpler remedies,
quito as effective it may. be,
which are to be found even
in the humblest household.
Common salt is one of the
specifics for various diseases,
which many lose the benefit
of, because they are not aware
Of its value.


For sore or lnflaned eyes
Wash them in a weak soln>
tion of salt and warm water.
This is also useful to remove
the inflammation caused by ex-
traneous substances of the
eye.


For sore throat and a hack
ing cough-Take cne salt
spoon of salt, two teaspoons
of vinegar, to half a goblet
of cold water (iee- water pre-
ferable,, sip this frequently,
and relief will be felt at once.
the same preparation will re-
move nausea and settle the
weakest stomach. It is also
beneficial in attacks of collie.


Nothing is more useful IN
sickness than a small flannel
bag filled with salt. For
toothache, collie or any dis>
ease requiring warm applica-
tions it il invaluable, as it
retains its heat a long time,
and it is greatly to be pre-
ferred TO hot, wet emollients,
which so soon get cold and
uncomfortable. The bag and
all can he put on a tin pan
and warmed in the oven, but
it is better to rip a small
hole in the bag, and empty
the salt out into the pan to
heat. After it is hot it can
be put back with a large
spoon, and the hole sewed
up in a moment. We have
recommended this to several
of our friends while they were
suffering severe pain, and we
have had the satisfaction of
knowing that they expert
enced almost immediate re-
lief from it. Qua family ply
sician prescribed it years ago
for a case of severe colic.-
The effect was magical, and
ever since the salt bag has
held an honored place in our
domestic pharmacy.


A mixture of ice and salt,
in the proportion of one to
one half, applied to the head
frequently gives instant re-
lief from acute headache. II
should be tied up in a small
linen cloth, like a pad, and
held as near as possible to
the seat Of the pain.-Chris-
tian Intelligencer.
Year: 1877

While growing at her hus-
band the other day, q New
York woman was strnck BY
lightning and instantly kill
ed. If YOU wish your wife
to see this paragraph, cut 1t
out and paste it on a looking
glass.
Year: 1877

AN alteration took place this morn
ing in front Of the Court house between
Walter Cox, son Of Judge Cox, ana a
lawyer Collins, Of Fourth and Main
streets. The difficulty arose from an
item i'll the Commercial ofto.day reflsct-
ing on the actions of Judge Cox. rhe
affair ended by HnllIns being knocAed
down.
Year: 1877

the desire Of the Government to have
Minister Noyes repair to his post at as
early day as possible. His instruc-
contingencies which might arise not
only in connection with the uneasiness
now prevailing in France, but in view Of
an European war. Governor Noyes Will
leave for his post during the mouth OF


Vul
Year: 1877

A novel question recently came up in an
Iowa court. In February 1875, meteor
and fragment fell on land
owned by the Amans Society, a band of
in Iowa county. A man
passing along the road running through
the farm saw the fragment lying by the
wayside. He took it up and brought it
to the store owned by the society. where
they held it as their property. The lind.
er appealed to the courts; he was the dis
co 7erer and there was no previous earth
ly owner, he said. The society put in the
plea of accretion; The mineral fell on
their land and this gave thshi vested
right in it. Il was troublesome ques>
ton, for there were no precedents estab
lished The court wrestled with it for 9
time and finally concluded that the title
lay in the society. The ruling was tha
all accretlons from earth, air, or sea by
natural causes become part of the realty
unless prior to such change of position
they are the actual property of another
The society having triumphed, presented
the stone to the State University
Year: 1877

A gigantic blue racer, twenty feet
eight and three-fourth inches in length
and ten inches in circumference in
the largest place, was killed in the
southwestern part of the township of
Cannon by a citizen of good repute.
He had terrible encounter with it.
On going from. his work to neigh
boring spring to get drink of water
he saw the grass wave few rods
from him, when 10! the blue devil
came toward him with lightning We
locity and head uplifted about three
or four feet high from the ground.
When within about ten feet from the
man he halted, as if to look his prev
over. He ventured nearer and nearer.
and finally attacked the man. The
snake twined itself several times
around the mans legs, and felled him
TO the ground. The man took his
knife cut of his pocket, and with a
few desperate strokes completely
severed the monsters head from it's
body, 1t had previously been hurt,
or it probably would have crushed
the man, there being a large bunch
on its side. Since then the man 8
hair has turned gray.-Grand Rapids
mich. Eagle.
Year: 1877

A girl who makes herself too cheap
is one to be avoided. No young man,
not even the worst, excepting for a
base purpose, wants anything to do
with a cheap young lady. For wife
none but fool or rascal will approach
such woman. Cheap jewelry no.
body viii touch, if he can get any
better. Cheap girls are nothing but
a refuse, and the young men know it,
and they look in every other direction
for a lifelong friend and companion
before they will give glance at the
pinckback stuff, stuff that twinkles at
every turn for fascinating the eye
of any that will look. You think it
quite the ''correct thing to talk very
loud and coarse, be boisterous and
hoydenish in all public places; to
make yourself so bold, and forward,
and commonplace, everywhere that
people wonder If you ever hau either
a father or mother, or a home, or any
thing to do. So be it. You will
probably be taken for what you are
worth, and one of these years if you do
not make worse than shipwreck of
yourself, you will begin to wonder
where the charms are that once you
thought yourself possessed of, and
what evil spirit could have so befooled
you. Go on, but remember, cheap
girls attract nobody but fools and ras


calls.
Year: 1877

SURRENDER, TAKE THE OATH OF ALLIE


GLANCE AND KEEP TT.


White Sulphur Cor. N. Y. Times.


When the rebellion had exhausted
itself, and General Lee had surrend-
cred TO General Grant, an engineer
of the Confederacy, friend of the
writer, who had fought it out to the
bitter end, and only gave up when
jefferson Davis and his party were
finally brought to a surrender in the
State of Geargia, presented to Lee for
advice. 81 have" said the defeated
general and engineer, g profession
and offers to go to Russia; ] cannot
well bear the misfortune of defeat !;
but what would you advise me to do!
The answer vas worthy alike of true
American and one of the foremost of
the sons of Virginia: A"


.'Do as / have done. Surrender to
the Union torces, Take the oath of
allegiance, keep the oath, and en-
deayor in good faith to build up what
four years civil war has pulled down.
l have pleged my word to do this,
and intend to keep it!''


And Lee, from the hour of his pain
full surrender, which was not until
over quarter of q million of Union
troops closed upon thirty or forty
thousand Of broken-spirited Confed-
crates, never hesitated to either
counsel or to work for the restoration
of the Union. Everywhere therefore,
the name of Lee at the South is q
talismanic word. In almost every
house there is portrait of the South
ern leader, and his name and exam
pie, which in 1861 was an inspiration
for resistance, became inSlS65 both
the revelation and reason for submis-
mission. In 1865 the South was not
only exhausted in all its material
wealth-the land excepted-but il
needed the example of men like Gen
eral Lee to reereate the Southern
country. Slavery was gone, and al
organized labor for time went witt
it. The railroad power was exhaust.
ed, and the horses and cattle and ma
chinery were almost totally destroyed
Year: 1877

The following is from Moor's Ru-
ral New Yorker:


''We often hear the remark, what
dull life farming must bel or who
would live in the country, where
there are no opportunities for fun!'
Well, then, if you want to know what
genuine fun is, just pitch in and help
break pair of three year old steers.
First you catch a steer and tie him
up by the head to a post in the yard.
Then you catch the other one and
put rope round his horns. Then
your dad gets the yoke and between
you two and the hired man you get it
fastened on their necks! Then the
old man tells you to unite the rope
gently, while he and the hired man
hold the critters, Just as you slip
the knot, away 30 the steers with a
bawl and bellow-or rather pair
of bellows--and there arises before
your vision confused mixture of
horns, heels, tails, ropes, dad, hired
man, and curses ON your stupidity
that reminds you of the picture of
volcanic eruption in the old geog-
raphies. And that's oMly the begin
ming of the fun, Ry-and-by dad gets
hold of one rope and the hised man
gets hold of the other, and run races
down the lane--the steers meek and
neck, and the old man performing
the course of the serpent. Then there
is time in haying, whom dad un-
dertakes to show you how to NOV
over a bumhle-bees' nest. He amt
afraid o. these bees nest, nor needn't
be-iest go right along-they never
sting unless you fight 'em;' and then
'wish!' get out of the way! and then
dads swath comes to sudden stop
and he departs for the house and
hartshorn on dead run, at the bus
iness end of a dozen yellow legged
Rumble bees, Oh, no! there isn't nc
fun on farm"
Year: 1877

There is thoroughness in following the


prescription copied from an agricultural


exchange which strikes US very fayora


bly,. Parasites are not 20 easily exter


minated rs many believe; and all -hsuld


try to make thorough work, whether


cleaning a poultry house, killing the


germs of chlls and fever, or those OF


murrain and horse distemper:


will tell him how at the time got


rid OF lice in my poultry house and on


my poultry, pretty edectually, but ! had
10 keep at them, and ! thought at one
time that ! should never be able to sue
ceed. ! did not despair, however, but
kept at it and was finally successful.


First take every fowl and rub well into
its feathers a quantity of powdered sui.
phur, and then, having previously mixed
q quantity of kerosene and carbolic acid
Gn proportion of quart of kerosene to a
gill of carbolic acid), thickened with
sulphur TO about the thickness of -four
paste, give each fowl a daubing under
the wings, on top of the head and around
the vent. Put them out of the fowl
house as fast as they are treated. Sec
OHul1, tth' ~ Iuhh,ity VI Niu'N oui Ph",
and resin and place in an old kettle and
thoroughly fumigate the house. Thirdly,
take quantity of lime (that you think
is sufficient to go over the space) and
slake in hot water, and to a common wa.
ter pail nearly full of the wash add
half pint of kerosene and about gill of
carbolic acid, and then thoroughly wash
the inside of the house with whitewash
brush or a sponge, being sure to get it
well into the cracks and crevices and on
the roosts. Make new nests and sprinkle
powdered sulphur through the straw or
whatever material may be used to make
the nests. and otherwise cleanse the
house as it may need, and then return
the poultry after it is dry.


Repeat the dose if it is needed; or any
part of it that you think advisable.
Prepare for the fowls dust bath of
sifted coal or leached wood ashes, and to
a bushel of the ashes add one quart of
sulphur. II this is followed up, do not
think that you will be troubled with
parasites any longer.
Year: 1877

without any bad results, but sooner or
later the supply Of food upon which the
lime works will I've exhausted, and the
damage done will be beyond repair. He
who lines heavily without correspond
ing application of organic matter, is
using borrowed money 10 pay interest,
and the result in the end is the same.
In few cases, liberal applications Of
lime have produced good results, which
could not be attributed TO its action
upon organic matter. In such eases il
will usually be found that the soil is
rich in compounds of potash in form
not available for plant-foed. This use
less $50 far as food for plants is con-
cerned) compound is broken up, the pot
ash released, and food furnished in the
proper iorm.- -PLbaielphia Times.
Year: 1877

From the Nashua IN. H. Telegraph.


Recently a young man in this city
fell desperately in love with young
woman. The young woman was cold


and reserved. She didn't take to hin.


The young man continued his plead


ing to keep her company, and, as a


last resort, gave her gold ring of


the value of $40 upon condition that


she ego with him one week." he be-


ing confident that she would find out


that he was bona fide gentleman
and learn to love him. The woman
accepted, and kept her pledge. At
the end of the week she "did not
like him." He then gave her a silk
dress of the value of $35, she to try
him month. She accepted the sit
uation. During the month he gave
her another ring. She tried very
hard to love him, but did not sue
ceed. She told him so, and return
ed TO the embrace of her former low
er. The giver was angry. He hur-
ried to a lawyers Office, explained
his grief, and caused tee young wom-
an to be notified to call Immediately.
She called. The lawyer explained
her crime, made some remarks about
the Jail, and demanded the gold
rings and silk dress. The young
woman was frightened. She said she
would see her sister. The sister in
puired about the matter of an officer.
The statutes were searched. 4
laugh was enjoyed, and the young
woman was told to hold on to the
property. She will stick.
Year: 1877

Justice BRADLEy's name will go down
in history as belonging TO man who,
guided by the principles Of equity and JUS
tice, delivered his country and the black
race from species Of bondage which
threatened their very existence. LINCOLN
freed the slave-BRADLEY delivered those
freedmen from virtual enslavement
from bondage worse.t than absolute slavery
The Democracy, influenced by the prompt.
ings malice and the chagrin of defeat,
will call him partisan. Future genera
tions, relieved from the influence of the
political associat ions Of the present, will
call him the champion of constitu-
tional rights and the true hero of the
great Tribunal. We could have said this
of any other Republican member of the
Commission had he been placed in Justice
BRADLEY's position. But as fate would
have It, Justice BRADLEY became the fifth
man, the observ ed of all observers, the
mighty settler Of the great political muddle,
and he has done his work with unflinching
courage in the face OF an avalanche OF
abuse from the opposition. He has been
the chief target for the spleen. shafts of the
violent, peppery headed Dem ocracy, but
time will show how these sha ifs do him
nomore harm than puf.balls hurled against
the iron sides OF ship of war.
Year: 1877

DREAMING Eminent philosophers
declare that there is no such thing as
dreain!ess sleep. They hold That it is
he body which sleeps, The soul that
dreames, that the former needs rest,
and the latter does not, that, while
physically fetiered, the souls natural
expression i in dream. The soul be
ing immortal, incapable, independent
of stay CT stop, must necessarily and
perpetuaiiy dream. sBecanse we 60
not remember or dreams IS 10 proof
that we do not have them. Persons
on waking may feel confident that
they have not dreamed, and vet dur
ing the day some outward happening
or passing thought will by force Of as
socialiun recall She dream they had
entirely forgotten. 1t is even question
able if dreams 90 entirely out Of the
memory. They may not be reccol
iected for a week, a month or a year,
bat they are some time, though in SO
vague and shadowy a manner as to
lose their identity.