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Year: 1876

A slim gentlemen of rather seedy ap-
pearance, with q bag in his hand, called
at Danbury bank on Saturday, and
asked to see the cashier. The boy took
a good look at the party, whom he saw
to be travelling agent of some kind, and
then went into the back room with in
formation. He returned and said the
cashier was very busy just now. The
stranger set his bag down, and, leaning
against the wall, prepared to wait.


He'll have a good time II he waits
till Mr.. C comes out here" whis-
pered the boy to the teller.


"You bet," replied the teller with q
jocular wink.


But the man waited. Years of expe-
rience, perhaps, had taught him the
wonderful sublimity Of waiting. Once
the cashier appeared in the door, but
seeing the bore still there he precipitate-
ly retreated. Shortly after he fed over
to the other bank to tell the cashier of
the way he had outwitted the book
fiend. He had been there but minute
or two when the slim man appeared and
asked for the cashier. The official OF
that bank was obliged to admit his pres
ence.


CT want to make deposit of S5, ,000,"
said the slim man. "I was going to
take it to the other bank, but got tired
waiting for the cashier to come in"


The cashier for whom he bad waited
shot back to his own institution, and
when he got hold of that boy he gave
him clearer idea of singing sounds
than he ever had before or will, perhaps,
ever have again. Danbuyy Neaos.
Year: 1876

JIM CRow, an old man, and Turk Tur-
ner, were found killed by gunshot
wounds, the other day in Lee county,
Texas. Turner was covered by fresh
beef hide. Two beeves had been killed;
part Of the carcass of each was found
in q wagon IN which Grow and Turner
were supposed to be ridingat the time of
the tragedy.
Year: 1876

It is said that much more feasible route for Darien ship canal has been discovered. This is stupendous engine ering enterprise, but the joining of the two oceans and the enormous saving on the present route around Cape Horn wonld be worth very heavy expenditure.
Year: 1876

To avoid the danger of infection, the linen of persons suffering from Skin dis eases of contagious nature should be washed with Glenn's Sulphur Soap, which is not only a remedy but disinfectant.

 Hills Instantaneous Hair Dye contains no metallic poison.
Year: 1876

Through the kindnes of q friend,
(by the way gentleman of almost
worldwide travel and thorough SOL
entif1c knowledge) handed US the fol-
lowing quotation taken from the An
nudI Record of Science and Indust,y
for 1875, published by Harper & Bros.
The important forward step on the
part of the United States Commission
ers has been the importation Of large
number of young carp from approved
ponds in Germany. The want has


long been felt of a fish that will
thrive in the warmer waters of the
United States, where trout and other
similar kinds cannot be sustained. In
the carp we have q fish capable Of
withst anding any reasonable eleva-
ton of temperature, and one that be-
ing vegetable feeder will find susie
nance and grow rapidly in ponds and
other limited bodies of water.
Throughout Europe this fish occupies
among the finny tribe the position OF
poultry among birds, and is easily
kept; and when the supply obtained
by the U. S. Commissioners is large.
enough for distribution there is no
doubt that it will be- eagerly sought
for. We have recently received .
long and very encouraging letter from
one of the leading Fish Commission
ers of this State, and have been re-
ferred by him to gentlemen of one Of
the upper counties where young carp
can be obtained. Carp that were also
brought from the carp lakes OF Ger
many. In few days we expect an
answer, and doubtless shall be able to
stock about ten ponds throughout
the county. The Introduction OF this
special fish would be little less than o
God-send to this portion of the State.
We have. placed ourselves-the under
signed and whom he represents--in
communication with the q. 8.
Fish Commissioners. and shall be
prepared to come in for goOdly share
of the carp mentioned above when
they are ready for distribution by that
bay. The U. s. Commissioners are
very kindly disposed to father all fish
culture in California. We beg leave
to call the attention of all the Journals
of Southern California to this exceed
ingly valuable department of human
industry-and when ready for and on
the table-a luxury never thereafter
to be dispensed with. All persons
owning water in their own right, have
that which is far more certain than an
orange orchard, than hennery, than
gold mine. The carp has been known
to live over one hundred years. At
six months it weighs five pounds. 1t
spawns as often as three times per
annum; here certainly two spawns
conld be counted on. Being herbever-
Gus, nearly all the spawn would come
to maturity.


WILLIAM MCPHERSON.
Year: 1876

In June men neverg get drunk. 1t is
called sun-stroke.


In June the only really happy
man is he that owns q beer cave.


In June dog is knocked on the
head if he holds out his tongue.


In June the annual eruption of
schools essays and orations takes
place.


In June people suffer from indi-
gestion, combined with stawberry
festivals.


In June ravishing tenor solos exc
cuted by mosquitoes incline one to
systematic profanity.


In June boys run away from
sunday school to go swimming and
every single mothers son of them
gets drownded.


In June all that young man can
earn that will he give to satisfy
his "love's longing for ice cream.n


In June a woman who is too fra
gile to lift a needle and thread
will operate fan for fourteen
hours consecutively.


In June green apples are bought.
AS the apples go in at the back
door, the doctor comes in at. the
front door with a stomach pump.


In June the mower goes forth to
mow. Presently the rattling ma
chine gathers him in. They bear
the slices to the weeping widow.


In June it takes two men to keep a
street car horse in motion. One beats
him with hoop-pole and the other
sops his brow with ice water.


In June it is too hot to work, but
almost any honest, earnest, devout
America will sit whole afternoon
in the sun to see base ball match


In June timorous people live on
Graham bread and rare beef, and die
of the cholera; but bold people grow
fat on cucumbers, watermelons and
green corn.


In June the good mother blisters
her fat face putting up fruit, while
the pale, intellectual daughter fulfills
her destiny by reading novel in the
darkened parlor.
Year: 1876

While Crooks column was engaged
In the perilous work of dislodging the
savages from the 'slava bedn near
Slim Buttes, Baptiste Fourier perform
cd an act Of thrilling daring. Crawl
ing up the narrow. oozy bottom. while
his comrades were firing over his head,
he drew himself close to breastwork
Of mud on the other side Of which lay
an Indian buck with cooked rifle. The
Indian rose to fire into the crowd who
were blazing away at him, and before
he had subsidized was struck dead by a
bullet. Baptiste peered over the breast
works. and an Indian higher up the ra-
vine, behind another breastwork. lev
eled his rifle with deadly aim at his
head. Just when it might have been
expected that the dusky figure was
pulling the trigger, the red d-headed Bap-
tiste lodged and the bullet whistled
past him. In an instant more he had
scalped the dead Indian, who lay be-
fore him. and whirling the bloody hair
over his head, was performing half
squatting war dance between the muz-
zles Of the guns pointed inward and the
savages lying among their squaws and
papooses who were grimly counting the
cost Of their lives. Blptiste found him
s-lf suddenly encompassed by the arms
Of squaw and her boy, who begged
him not to kill them, and he pushed
them roughly out of the hell before him.
In pressing the desperate savages back
toward the head of the ravine the be-
siegers climbed up the steep bank,
which enclosed the little valley on one
side, and over its edge they endeavored
to catch glimpse of the bucks who lay
under the shrubbery.


A scout known as Buffalo White. who
has long been a friend, an ardent ad-
dent admirer of Buffalo Bill. was one of
the most eager and daring Of those who
ventured to wait for an opportunity to
fire. Suddenly, ami6 the roar Of rites,
sharp thud was heard by those next
to White, and the blood spurted from
his breast. He fell backward, with the
cry, "Oh, God, boysl Oh, Godl" and
rolled to the foot of the bank. The
savage who tried to kill Baptiste had
fred across bend in the ravine, shoot
ing poor White through the heart. The
firing for time ceased and another
squaw came out, bearing wounded
papoose. 1t was then renewed, the In
dams replying but seldom. At length
the old squaw volunteered to go into
the ravine and advise the bucks to sur
render. There remained only three,
one of whom was horribly wounded in
the abdomen. The errand proved
successful, and the ravine was carried.
The crowd rushed in and found there
the mangled bodies of three dead squaws
and one brave.
Year: 1876

Children don't like fat meat, so give
them good bread and butter, and allow
them plenty of sugar. A chemist will
tell you that both fatty and saccharine or
sweet substances are eventually oxidized
in the body. Sugar is the form to which
many other things have to be reduced
before they are available as a heat
making food and the formation of sugar
is carried on in the body. 1t has been
proved that the liver is factory in
which other constituents of food are
transformed into sugar: Now, it is prob
able that your children really need sugar
to keep them well. and it is fortunate
that most children are fond of vegetable
acids. A saucer of berries, or a ripe
apple, Is often a better corrective for
children's ailments than dose of med
icine; yet the majority of parents give
the nauseous dose in preference over
the fruit. 1t does seem sometimes as if
parents were occupied more in denying
than in gratifying their children's appe-
tites. This is neither necessary nor
fair. They get as tired OF bread and
milk as you would. And what comes
of it? Simply, that as soon as they have
an opportunity, they indulge their love
for fruits and sweets to excess.
Year: 1876

We have speculated great deal on
We have seen young and
beautiful women, the pride of gay cir
Some have moved into their costly
houses, and their friends have all come
and looked at their furniture and their
splendid home for happiness, and have
gone away and committed them to their
sunny homes, cheerfully and without
fear. 1t is natural to be sanguine for
them, as the young are sometimes car
ried away with similar feelings.


We love 70 get unobserved into cor
ner, and watch the bride in her white
attire, and with her sunny, smiling face,
and soft eyes meeting us in the pride OF
life, weave waking dream of future
happiness, and persuade ourselves that
1t will be true. We think how they
will sit upon the luxuriant sofa as the
twilight falls, and build gay hopes, and
murmur in low tones the not now for
hidden tenderness, and how thrilling
the allowed kiss and beautiful endear-
ments of welded life will make even
parting their joy; and how gladly they
will come back from the crowded and
empty mirth Of the gay to each others
quiet company.


We can picture to ourselves that
young creature, who bushes even now
at his hesitating caresses, listening ca
gerly tor his footsteps as the night steals
on, wishing he would come, and when
he enters at last, with an affection as
undying as his pulse, nesting upon his
bosom. We can feel the tide that goes
flowing through the heart, and gaze with
him upon the graceful form as she moves
about in the kind offices of affection,
soothing all his unquiet cares. and
making him even forget himself in her
young and unshadowed beauty.


We go forward tor years, and see her
luxuriant halr put soberly away from
her brow, and her girlish graces resign
ed into dignity and loveliness, chastened
with the gentle meekness of maternal
affection. Her husband looks on with q
proud eye, and shows the same fervent
love and delicate attentions which first
won her, and the fair children grow
about them, and they look on, full of
honor and untroubled years, and are
remembered when they die.
Year: 1876

Hereafter the name of no per-
SON will be placed upon our
subscription list without pay.
ment in advance, and after the
lapse Of a reasonable time for
payment Of delinquent sub
scriPtiOn, the names of those
DersDms owing will be llrOnDed.
Year: 1876

1t has just been decided in New York, in
case where damages were claimed from the city
for injuries sustained by the plaintiff by the
falling upon him OF an insecure awning, that
the municipality is responsible for the condition
of awnings projecting over the highways, and
as such liable for damages arising out of their
:, defective condition. In the In question the
jury awarded the plaintiff SIS 1885 damages.
Year: 1876

An Interesting discovery is reported from
Europe, to the effect that short way to China
had been found around Sweden and Russia.
This discovery, If true, is all the more singular
since the hope of getting to China and India
this way has been long since abandoned AS a
dream. after the loss of the lives OF many en-
inent navigators. and the waste of vast numbr rs
of vessels and materials. But the great resi- Its
of this discovery upon the commerce of the
world, if the news be confirmed, can scarcely
be estimated.
Year: 1876

Nothing of this kind should ever be allowed to
come between husband and wife: A Troy mar
ried couple, seated on the river bank the other
evening, were startled by cannon ball. which
fred from the opposite shore, passed directly be-
tween their heads, and knocked spots out of a
board fence and brick pile just behind them.
Year: 1876

An exchange uttcrs this solemn fact: ''It il
true of newspapers as of churches. that those
who contribute the least to their support, crit-
else and find the most fault with their manage
Year: 1876

The United States Supreme court, by major
ity of one decides that policy OF life insurance
is made void by on-payment of premium, even
if payment was made impossible by war but
in that case the insured is entitled to recover
from the company the equitable value of its
policy at the time OF the default.
Year: 1876

How strangely our ideas of growing
old change as we get on in life. To the
girl in her teens, the ripper maiden of %
seems quite aged. Twenty-Five thinks
thirty-tive ian old thing" Thirty-five
breads forty, but congratulates herself
that there may still remain some ground
to he possessed in the fifteen years be-
fore the halt century shall be attained.
But fifty does not by any means give up
the ballot of life 1t feels middle-aged
and vigorous, and thinks old age long
way in the future. Sixty remembers
those who have done great things at
three-score; and one doubts it Parr.
when he was married at one hundred
and twenty, had at all begun to feel
himself an old man. 1t is the desire of
life in us which makes US feel young So
long.
Year: 1876

Is very complete. ahd to those intending purchas- ing can offer great bargains in sPECTACLES ana E k GLASSES. have a full line, and can warrant perfect 1t and satisfaction at prices lower than ever before offered.
Year: 1876

NoHAvR MAILs.-We have made inquiry

 and such investigation as we might, into the

 matter of the Mohave mails, of which much

 just complaint has been made, and are con-

 vinced that the fault does not lie with the

 office here. The care and particularity

 with which our local mails are handled

 lead us to believe that Mir Otis is correct in

 what he tells us with reference to his agency

 in sending the mails to Mohave County.

 He says there are always tour packages put up,-one for the postoffice at Walnut Greek, one for the Park, one for Cerbat and one for

 Hardyville and beyond; and that besides these there is usually lot of loose mail Tn the bags which he has not time to arrange and put into the respective packages, and which he expects each postmaster on the route to overhaul and take his own, just as he has to do here, and if anything has gone by the Park, as charged by the Enterprise, 1t has been loose in the bag, and overlooked by the postmaster, and not in the Hardy vile package. Of this he has been SO care. ful that he feels he cannot be mistaken. and his habit of exactness in everything pertain ing to the duties of his office here faycrs this conclusion. No one wonders that the people of Mohsve should feel sore about their want of proper mail facilities; but neither the people of Prescott, nor the post master here should be held responsible for . condition of things that they have had no hand in bringing about. We know nothing about the personal ill feeling, or the cause of it that the editor of the Enterprise mani Tests towards Postmaster Otis, other than it exhibits itself in his paper. Yet it appears from certain expressions, in which the right | of religious belief and practice is questioned, l that the editor of the Enterprise is little | 'of" on right guaraffeed to everybody in 'his country-the right to worship as he please, or let it alone if he choose. 'Paalm:sipging" is allowable, provided the inger dpes not disturb his neighbor.
Year: 1876

JUDGE BELL declared, in his Fourth of
July speech, that the time had come, rs be
had just said it in private conversation with
AN old Confederate soldier, when We must
go to work and reproduce the Union as it
was and should be, when sectional strife
shall have no existence. The declaration
was properly greeted with loud and pro-
longed applause. Judge Bell was as hon
est and earnest in his Unionism as We in
Confederation, and if his partisan friends
were like him, there would be none to
doubt the perpetuity and perfect BILE. sed-
ness of the Union or the election of Tilden
and injection of honesty and ngid econo-
my into the administration of the Federal
government
Year: 1876

The Western Senators and Representa-
tives have good show of reason for op
posing the general incorporation act, but it
is believed they will support a measure of
this sort in the end. A failure to pass such
bill will place every community in Texas
at the mercy of corporations already oper-
ating in the State. No matter how great
may be the need of any community, and
how great the desire of its people to invest
money in a railroad enterprise, they will be
required, in the event such u bill be not
passed, to pay tribute to men hold
ing charters Tor the right to carry on
works of internal improvement. Should
Austin, San Antonio, Dallas or ary
other community desire to have rail
ways leading towards the rich agricultural
lands in reach of them, and there is no gen
er,tl incorporation act in force, they will
be approached by parties simply holding
charters, and they will be forced to pay eX-
orbitant sums for the mere privilege OF
spending money necessary for their advance
ment and protection. Men without dol
lar, having charters. will demand one, two,
three, four, or even five thousand dollars
per mile for the use of them, and the masses
will be subjected to more terrible
monopoly than has ever had or assumed the
protection of law. Certainly the Legisla-
ture cannot fail to pass this necessary bill,
contemplated, and even marked out 10y the
CunstltutiCn
Year: 1876

WHEN Tilden went into office in New
York the States annual expenses were tif-
teen millions per annum. He reduced this
to eight millions, and is the man for the
times, as every toiling citizen of the cour :
try must confess. He will have almost the
solid vote of Texas.
Year: 1876

If the Legislature will not enact code
that will suppress theft and murder, the
people of Gonzaleas county, at least, pre-
pose to take care of themselves. There
at least knaves will be exterminated, but
Legislature would do Well to heed the les
son involved
Year: 1876

THE female voters of Idaho and Wyoming
are solid for Hayes and Wheeler because
the latter is supposed to have invented a
sewing machine, and straw mattresses are
made out of the other fellow.
Year: 1876

mercy of a mereiless generation of
the commonest fools. A great deal
more might be said in this connec-
tion, but I forbear.


And now last, but not the least
important, I with pleasure refer to
the Martin Female College, which
Institution I've had the honor as
well as the pleasure of visiting, and
was conducted through its spacious
halls by its genial President. This
College is now in a prosperous con
dition. and certainly bids fair soon
to become one among the leading
institutions of learning in the eoun-
try. 1t is under the dh ect super
vision of Rev. R. H. Rivers, d. D.,
a man whose reputation, both as a
divine and educator, is almost world
wide. His long experience in the
school room and at the head of Col
leges gives him advantages a-d
qualifications that few others have.


Additional wings to the main
College building are now in progress
of erection, and when completed
will render it a magnificent edifee-
a mammoth arrangement-and in
deed such a building as may be
considered not only an ornament
but an honor to the great State in
which it is located. To say more
with reference to the Martin College
and its renowned President would
be appropriate, but really it seems
unnecessary, as it is clearly evident
to every thinking mind that sue
cess must crown the efforts of such
men as DR.. Rivers as President of
the institution and its distinguished
board of Trustees. r. NJ. G.


Cedar Hill, Dec. 14th, 1875.
Year: 1876

Senator Cooper demanded the
previous question on a bill giving a
pension to a North Carolina negro
the other day. Wise craftsmanship
will make itself felt. Who would
have thought of such a wise stroke
but the great Cooper, as he rose in
majestic dignity and recognizing
the awful solemnity of the hour,
gave to his speech a vigor that can
only be amassed by four years of
stentorian silence (at $500 year,
and defantly hurled his demand into
the very teeth of radicalism, and
rings, and corruption in high places,
and sich like. o for a pelcil made
out of the eedars of Lebanon, lead
ed with ore vulcanized by Pluto Tor
some other good blacksmith sharp
ened with the cimeter of the Major
of the 37th Louisiana Colored Vol
unteers, that we might record his
praises so the printer could read il
Year: 1876

A cOuntryman once heard that if
you sew a mules ears together at
the tips that the mule couldn't kick.
He sewed pair and then stepped
around to the rear and twisted the
mules tail. He now has the spirit
photograph Of pair of mule shoes
in his stomach, and when he catches
his breath he'll more fully explain.
Year: 1876

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus) mean thai your sub
seription is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested to pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure in extending
credit to our friends and patrons. but
cash alone viii yay cur expenses, and
we are forced TO adhere TO a strict cash
rule. We hope you win comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such a
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


EZ We enter no new names ON our
books without the money in advance.
Year: 1876

regret, which resulted from a party
of our viilageites being little late,
failed to reach the church until the
door was closed, but sought shelter
near by. Sorry shey were not in
tima
Year: 1876

It's q stunning blow to the doe
trine Of foreordination-the state
ment that IL buck-w heat cakes had
been foreseen from tie beginning
the human arm and hand would
have been so formed that man could
easily scratch his own back between
the blades,
Year: 1876

"Sleeping 1 dreamed love" was
the language of a fond youthful
heart, not long since. We have
heard of persons who talked in their
sleep, and of others who walked in
their sleep, but it was reserved for
Pulaski to develop the young man,
who in the exuberance of his
abounding affections and forgetting
that he was asleep laid seige to the
lips of his bed fellow, nor did he
give any quarter until he had i'm
printed many buxom buss upon
the hirsuit labials of his wrathtul
victim. What nice young clerk
likes to be aroused from pleasant
slumbers by the osculatory saluta-
tions Of a fellow clerk. The strug-
ole was a fierce one, but after it
was over it is surmised that the
smaller Ed of the two slept on the
floor the remainder of the night.