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Year: 1877

WhiIeOak TIP. and Hts Trade


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Until our recent visits to White
oak tp., we must admit we had nc
adequate idea of the generally excel
lent quality Of the land in that sec
ton of our county, or of the many
well-improved and fertile farms with
which it abounds. In the neighbor.
hood of Mourytown and Taylorsville
and on the roads leading from those
pretty and thriving villages to Dan
vile and Newmarket, there are many
large and handsome residences, both
of brick and frame, with capacious
barns, thrifty young orchards, and
every other evidence of prosperity
and comfort surrounding them. The
country is generally level, or but
slightly rolling, and the soil pro
duces good crops. This year the
wheat, oats and hay crops have been
especially abundant, corn is prOmis
ing, and the farmers are blest with
an unusual return for their labors.


Heretofore, our town has enjoyed
the rich trade of all that region al
most without a rival, but by the re
cent completion of the new railroad
from Cincinnati to Sardinia, running
within 2 miles of nearly the entire
southern line of Whiteoak and
Clay tps., the farmers Of that section
have now a new and much nearer
outlet for their produce than Hills,
boro affords them, and it is but nat
ural that they should avail them,
selves of this advantage. Instead
of bringing their wheat, hogs and
other produce to Hillsboro, as here
tofore, they are now beginning to &c
to Sardinia, Mt. Oreb and other
points on the new railroad, where
buyers are ready to pay them as
good prices for their produce as they
could get here, and stores are spring
ing up, to supply them with grOce
ries, hardware, dry goods, and al
other commodities they need.


Our merchants are already begin.
ming to feel the loss of this valuable
trade, and unless something is
speedily done to retain it, in a few
years the great bulk of it will bc
lost to HilIsboro forever.


There is but one way to avert this
calamity, and that is, to build the
proposed narrow gauge railroad
from here to Sardinia, as a link IL
the Columbus & MaysvilIe road
Our business men, by subscribing
literally to this enterprise, and rails
ing the small amount of stock still
needed to complete the road to Sar
dinia, can retain most of the trade
of the whole region from Hillsborc
to the southern line of our county
There is, however, no time to be lost
If done at all, it must be done quick
ly-without delay-for if we lose tn,
present opportunity, it is not likel!
another will ever present itself I
we do not build the line to Sardinia
other lines will be built to the cas-
or west of us, which will take from
US the remainder of our trade, anC
leave us to repent of our folly whel
it is too late.


Let US rouse ourselves TO the dut7
of the hour, and make one NOR
united effort to raise the amour
still needed to build the road to Sar
dinia, and in a few months we cal
rejoice over the completion of th,
enterprise, and the assured futur,
prosperity of our town and county.
Year: 1877

Ex-senator Wade says he will sup
port the Republican ticket, but he
reserves the right to disagree with
the Presidents Southern policy
Other Republicans who don't like
the policy will no doubt follow his
avamnle.
Year: 1877

A Western woman having been
spoken Of as ''having one foot in the
grave, a wicked journalist remarked
that there must be a big hole out
there somewhere Elk.


If the lady has had her foot in it,
we don't believe there is much of a
hole left after all Brown Co. News,


Especially if she is a Brown coun-
ty lady, and the Cermont Courier
tells the truth about their pedal ex-
tremities.
Year: 1877

A fashionable lady is one who has
been brought up in the habits, prac-
tices and pursuits of that portion of So
ciety whose aim and end is to please
and to be pleased. The first element of
fashionable life is to abstain from all
useful labor. A fashionable lady will
not do anything in the kitchen, because
it would be accounted labor; but she
will spend twice that amount of actual
labor in the arrangement of her draw
ing room or bOudOir. To be seen for a
few hours in the occupation of mend
ing stockings would be an unspeakable
disgrace, while to be engaged for weeks
in curious netting, working lace, or en-
broidery, is matter of proud satisfac-
tion, and certainly cOmmendable OBJ
ject of ambition. To paint or whitewash
her home would be a degradation never
to be recovered from; but the painting
of flowers, persons, or fruit is an art
sought after with all the energy of a
search for gold. She cannot walk a
short distance to visit a suffering neigh
Dor, for it is too great tax on her
strength, but she can spend hours in
promenading Broadway from no
stronger motive than desire to show
off her expensive clothes. Her nerves
are altogether too sensitive to allow her
to watch for single night besides a
sick friend, but she can spend night
after night at party or dance. She
looks with disdain upon those of her
own sex who do aught for their support
and would shrink with horror from the
idea of exerting her ingenuity to assist
her father in providing for his family,
but does not hesitate to rob his purse to
crafty her eXtravagant wishes. A fine
appearance and gorgeous apparel are a
sure passport to her favor, while she
would not associate with one who was
awkward In appearance or coarsely
dressed, forgetting that rich and fash
ionable dress may clothe villain,
while poorly clad man may be one Of
natures noblemen.


Fashionable society is made up of
wealth, pretension, and display. A
lady of fashion must attend the opera,
visit Niagara, wear expensive shawls
and diamonds, keep carriage, and
make, in all things, az elegant appear
ance. Thus life is spent in the vain
pursuit of pleasure and adornment of
the body, while the soul, dwarfed by
this constant devotion to trilles, is made
the slave of that which was intended to
be its servant.
Year: 1877

There is a great difference between
grandmothers of to day and those OF
thirty years ago. Then grandmother
was a quiet old lady, slightly rheumatic,
If not more so; much given to snuff
and the pipe, simple in tastes, and
altogether home and knitting-work
like. Her dress must be comfortable,
with plenty of cloth taken in at the
seams, and tuck or two above the hem,
to allow for making over. She had one
little vanity, and that was her cap,
which must be snowy white, with a
proper nice frill about the face. In
those days grandmother's silks, satlns,
laces and jewelry were relics of young
er days, upon which her grandchildren
delighted to feast their eyes and imagine
the wrinkles all smoothed away from
her withered face, and grandame dress
ed up for the ball where she. first cap
tured grandfather.


Grandmother's heart was set on things
above and beyond this tinsel and var
nish Of earth which tarnisheth In an
hour. With eyes ever heavenward, she
strived so to live that she might soon
reap the reward of the faithful worker
through the long day, unto the sunset,
in thevineyard of life.


Dear blessed grandmothers of those
days, the car of change has moved on
and on since the green grass waved
over your graves, and 1t is well the
dead return not again to flesh, for now
there is no place for you. The grand
mother nowadays is another sort of
creature altogether. Her sphere is in
active busy life. To her the comforting
old clay pipe is total stranger, A
Irritation or negotiation for second
marriage would be more in her line.
Sewing for the poor societies, church
fund associations, orphan schools, edu-
cation of negroes, evening schools for
the working classes-all these efforts
for the public engross her time and
attention.


She wears the rich dresses, laces, and
diamonds, while the young ones wait
for their splurge in the good time
coming, the order of things being thus
reversed since lang syne, But the
misses do not wait long, for girls become
women of responsibility, mothers, and
grandmothers in an astonishing few
years. Married at fifteen many young
er. Daughter at sixteen, who grows
up, marries, and has a baby at sixteen
or seventeen, making.grandmother of
fine elegant woman of thirty-three or
four years just in her prime. Not
quite an appropriate figure for a snug
corner at home, smoking knitting, or
darning stockings, telling of the long
ago when she was girl-only
caricature of the real old-time grand
mtoher. A few veterans are tagging
behind, living beyond the allotted
three-score and ten, stray landmarks
which the storms of a few more seasons
will fully erase, Then the new grand
mother will be thoroughly inaugurated,
settled testimony of the fast age in
which we live.
Year: 1877

The inhabitants of Volo, Thessaly,
have narrowly escaped serious explo-
sion. For long time past Turk and
his wife have lived within two castle
walls, and were looked upon by their
neighbors as honest and "highly re-
spectacle" people. All the houses are
closely built together, having only one
main wall between each second build
Ing. The Turkish couple, takiug advan-
tage of the absence of wealthy neigh
Dor who lived in the house adjoining
their own, devised an ingenious plan
for relieving him from the burden of
his property. Opening a hole in the
wall they distracted from his house all
the valuables they could lay their hands
on, and then, having saturated some
divans and other articles of furniture
with petroleum, set fire to them and
retreated through the hole to their own
humble dwelling. When they thought
the fire had burned sufficiently to
remove all traces Of their guilt they
gave an alarm and the house was brok-
en- open. To their dlsmay, however
the mattresses, being old, had merely
smouldered, giving plenty of smoke
but doing no great damage, and the
whole plot was revealed. The shock to
nerves was intense; but had their
scheme proved a success they would
perhaps have been even more shocked.
for the next house was the powder
magazine, with only the ordinary wall
between, and but for the eincombustibil-
ity of the mattresses the fire would
have caused the explosion of 100000
okes of powder. The recklessness dis
played by the Turk and his wife in
carrying out their plan without refer
ence to public convenience has entirely
destroyed any sympathy that might
otherwise have been felt for them under
their Disappointment; moreover, all kinds
of stolen property have been found In
their house, besides, 1t is said, nearly
1900 lras. The woman, with the tact
for which 80 many of her sex are
remarkable, has turned evidence against
her husband, who by latest accounts is
likely to be hanged. .-PdU Nall Gazette
Year: 1877

down, when the ropes and sinew girth
prevented his going down entirely.
The old fellow stamped about and
howled fearfully, and declared, 81 will
swallow Little Wolf" Taking long
breath, he made huge effort-the
girth was broken, and down went poor
Little Wolf. After resting a short
time, he made tour of the belly of the
old fellow and found all kinds of ami
mails and reptiles therein, which had
been carrying on kind of internal
war among themselves. Feeling some
what angry, Little Wolf takes one of
his knives, and cuts piece of fat from
the heart of the beast, and warming il
with ignited tinder, devours it, and
then cOunsels obedience among the
other inhabitants, and promises speedy
deliverance from their prison. He then
cooks meal for his fellow prisoners
and takes a piece of fat from ~ heart
of the beast and rubs tLj 5res and
wounds of his fellow (which heals
them. He then says to them, "You
are my subjects, and it is now time to
get out of here. In taking the fat from
around his heart have struck the old
fellow a death blow" Proceeding
with his work he caused the old man
to howl tremendously. He writhed
and kicked and tried to throw up his
"supper," and they came from his nose,
ears and mouth; all fled out but Little
Wolf.


The old fellow tried to rid himself of
him, but Little Wolf did not propose to
leave until his mission was accom-
plished. The old fellow declared he
would eject him, but, failing in the at
tempt, rolled over and gave mp the
ghost. Little Wolf, after the old fellow
died, walked out and collected his COM
panions to help skin the beast and cut
him into pieces. They took the meat
from the bones and had right hearty
meal. They then divided the skin be-
tween each other. The bones were
then taken and scattered to the utter
most parts of the earth, and an allot-
ment of land was made to each of the
delivered ones, which they were to take
as their country, and they would all be
changed in the twinkling of an eye,
and they would find that race of peo-
pie would spring up from the bones of
the beast in all respects like unto them.


But" said the fox, "you have re-
served nothing for yourself"


Little Wolf called for water. His
paws were yet dripping with the blood
of the beast. He dipped his paws in
the water and scattered the blood and
water all over the country occupied by
the Nez Perces, saying:


"FrOm this shall spring a people to
inhabit this land with me-"


Little Wolf became transformed into
Nez Perces chief, and tribe sprang
up around him. Little Wolf had come
from behind the mountains and fought
this great fight, and effected this great
deliverance on the grounds between the
south fork of Clearwater river and the
Camas prairie.


The Nez Perces being somewhat di-
minutive in size is accounted for by
reason of their coming from the leav-
ings created out Of the fag ends of the
beast; but what they lack in statue
they claim they more than make up in
intelligence and cunning, taking after
their illustrious progenitor, Little
Wolf. Thus ends the tradition. n.-IdahO
Year: 1877

awful separation is keen as ever within
her tortured heart. So must 1t be till
the end of life shall come.


Reader, If 1t is with you as with her,
oh hasten to amend your error while
there is yet time. For fearful is the
power which the dead have over the
living, and bitter beyond measure is
the consolation of forgiveness which
Is spoken from gravel
Year: 1877

EDITORS MEETING-A number of Kansas ed
itors met at Topeka, last week, and passed reso-
lutions in favor of just prices for work, and
against being compelled to enter into ruinous
competition with irresponsible adventurers, hav-
ing no fixed habitation, and no permanent inter-
est in the community. There is an oppoItun
for them to act as well as to resolre There at
least two bills in some stage of progress in the
Legislature, not only reducing printers fees for
legal work one-half but one of them actually
proposes to allow them to charge for only one
half to two-thirds of the matter they are requir-
ed to publish. Those editors who have any in
fuence with members of the Legislature, had
better look to this matter. They will find that
the men who have been the most active in en-
deavoring to throw open the door to any amount
of interest the money-loaner had the conscience
to ask, who have endesvored to relieve the mort
cages of the money y-shark from taxation, and
who have sought to remove all safeguards
against the creditor selling the debtor out of
house and home, are the very men who are en-
gineering this scheme to reduce the printers fees
one-half for advertising the delinquent lands Of
the nonresident speculator, and the foreclosure
and sale notices of mortgaged premises, when
the money shark 10 ready to shut down on the
men who can no longer pay their exorbitant in
terest.
Year: 1877

Ed. CuIEF:-As you invite discussion upon the herd
law question, would like the liberty to reply to my
friend of Pumpkin Greek. In the first place, am
satisfied he does not Represent the feelings of but few
of his neighbors upon this subject But we mnsf
make n good deal allowance when take in consid=
Grafton tine surrounding circumstances. There Is 3
small piece of uninclosed Land lying north Of him. and
my friend tby the way. l will just say that M


Henshall, I believe, to be q particular friend Of
mine and know hold the same feelings toward
him. Of the mated valley above msntiope, has sx or
seven head Of milk cows. Question: what win be
come Of his cows, his own land l. all under cuifva-
ton besides his cows are not entirely free from dam
ger If allowed to large for the railroad track
Year: 1877

n Is the editor Of the Wathena Reporter re-
lapsing into second childhoodf He now devotes
his time chiefly to picking ont and exposing lit
tie errors of grammar aud orthography in his ex-
changes. He recently found fault because We
put an extra Q in Waverley, and now he objects
to our leaving off the at the end Of Osborn.
Let him put the surplus whore we omitted it,
and call it even. He has also fairly demolished
the Topeka Capital on grammar, and read the
Commonwealth lesson that it will remember,
when it gets the thing through its wool. A pet
ty critic Of this character is generally regarded
as very Insignificant insect. But as long as
the Reporters columns are speckled with errors,
it should avoid correcting proof for its cotempora
ries
Year: 1877

INDIAN REsERyTAIoNs.-SenatorW Williams, of
this County, has introduced Senate Concurrent
Resolution No. Is, as follows:


Resored By the Senate, the House eoneUrriRg heren,
That joint committee consisting Of two members of
the Senate and three from the House, be appointed
whose duty it shall be to aseertan and report at
early day may be practicable the number of In
dian reservations lying wholly part within this State
together with the number of Of land belonging
and of Indians occupying each reservation. Also
to the advsabty of requesting Congress to take such
steps will tend to the removal of all Indian tribes
from the State and of any farther action they may
deem necessary upon the part Of the Legislature Of
Kansas to bring about that result


This is . movement toward removing the In
dians from the Reservation in the north eastern
corner of this County, adjoining White Cloud,
and opening tho lands for settlement and
improvement. The existence Of this Res
ervation has long been a nuisance in that
community, and an actual drawback to the town,
by keeping a considerable area of fine land ad-
joins the town uuoccupied and waste.


Senator Willimas has been appointed men,
Der of the. committee provided for by the resolu-
tion, on the part of the Senate. .-s
Year: 1877

Seventy-fve years ago, the New Eng
land people were more thoroughly and
purely religious than were an equal
number ot people in any other quarter OF
the world. Their manners were not what
may be called refined they were not so
cOurtly as those OF Virginia, for the New
Enganders had learned TO distrust courts
aud all that pertained to them; but their
manners were exceedingly kind, gentle
and deferential, and carefully toned with
delicate consideration for the rights and
feelings OF others. Such was the security
for personal rights in those days, that
houses or store-rooms were seldom locked;
people on Sundays often left their win
dows open in summer, while absent at
church a young lady might 90 anywhere
by herself alone and the traveller was
frequently, if not generally, saluted by q
bow or courtesy from children.


These manners and customs were due
to the religious training of the people.
Almost everybody went to church, and
the Bible was Il reading book in the schools
and not there alone; the youth was taught
TO read it every day, and IL was hardly re-
spectacle not TO have read it through by
the age of manhood. The effect of such
training upon manners could not have
failed 10 be OF the most benignant kind.
Nowhere in all the teachings of mtn
from the days OF Lord Chesterfield, when
even the English had no formed manners.
down to the present day, has there ever
| been any treatise on good manners equal
| to that which may be found in the letters
| of St. Paul to that of his friend Timothy.
In these letters all the experience of the
then past, OF Greek, Hebrew and Roman.
were combined with the elevating and
soItening influences of Christian faith.


But things have greatly changed in New
England from what they were seventy
five years ago. Probably not over one in
five OF the people there habitually attend
church; and il the Bible is still read in
the schools there, it is rather from the
lingering traces of an early habit than
from any decided attachment to the books
as a school reader. In some schools per-
haps the tustian, spread-eagle speeches of
politicians, or the lucubrations OF low hu-
morsts, would be considered preferable to
1t, especially for acquiring elocution, TO
which great Importance is attached.


Yet regard the district school. as the
only true source OF good manners In
America. Without the school house, even
religion would become corrupt among us.
1t is only in the early school days of life
that good manners can be taught as an
abiding influence. AS the youth grows
up to manhood, religion mast step in to
improve and preserve these manners; but
ii manners are neglected until they are
fashioned by the preacher alone. they can


never be as good as if taught early. in the
| first days OF school-going.


| The church and the school house must
go together; and the chool house must be
put first III this matter. The work to be
done to teach children practical religion,
practical love Tor each other, is by their


learning, as the first OF lessons, especially
in Il Republic, to respect the rights OF 9TH
ers before insisting ON their OWN. Y.
O6strUer.
Year: 1877

1t is a great misfortune to have fret
full disposition. 1t takes the fragrance
out of ones life, and leaves only weeds
where cheerful disposition would cause
flowers to bloom. The habit of fretting
is one that grows rapidly unless it be
sternly repressed, and the best way to
overcome it is to try always to look on
the cheerful side of things.
Year: 1877

Tue work Of laying pipes Tor tho conveyance Of oil
from the Devos and standard Works al Long Island
City, across Nowown Creek, the East River, and
dcrground through New York to the North River. 10
about completed Storage tanks will bo but sixty.
nnh street. New York, aud all the shipping will bo
done IRON that point instead OF tho works.
Year: 1877

You see him on the street while he ramblos
from point to point, and you regard him ~
one without money or brains. He reads the
signs and peers in at every shop window With
the unsophisticatedness of verdant youth, but
beneath his greenness is an importune that
smacks of dignity. He may look like some
belated straggler from a flock Of sheep, bat
upon his broad, generous shoulder has leaped
many IN obscure individual into the halls Of
legislation and Congress. 1t was his ink
soiled fingers that placed in solemn lines the
type that recouated his virtues and sent forth
10 the world his fitness and qualifications for
Office within the gift of the people, and yet
the poor medium by which his ambition
found strength and his aspiration success, re-
ceives only thanks, and off times not that
much reward


We love to shake the hand Of country
editor. We find in him the true working
man of the land. He works not only with
his hands, but with his brain. Under his
magic work towns grow into cities, black
smith shops grow into foupdries and the little
bunch of cottages are transformed into palatiaf
mansions. These changing scenes go on, and
yet the country editor tolls on as he did when
his village was in its infancy There il no
reward for his work other than the satisfac-
ton of knowing that he aud be alone wrought
the glorious improvement.


Few know the trials and troubles Of
country editor. He lives, like the preacher.
upon the charities Of his patrons. One day
he may revel in the luxuriance Of load of
wood, and the next day sbiver in the absence
of food. He tolls on, nevertheless. he goes
on building his town. electing ungrsteful as
pirauts to office, and gives each aud every
citizen shove mp the hill of life, down which
he is allowed to tumble.


Therefore when Col. Tooster comes into
our sanctum. we feel as if We were more hons
ored than if Ben Hill or Chief. Justice Brad
ley had visited US. We love the country ed
itor. And although he is but q trife worse
off in this worlds goods than the poor scribe
of the city, we feel as if he was one of the
noblest works Of God. in that he does moro
for his fellowmen and is paid less for il than
any other creature on earth.


Bridges Smiths Paper.


Charleston groaDs under the heavy tread