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Year: 1871

The citizens of Batesville, Pamela
county, have held meeting and appoin-
ted committee composed of Messrs.
Thomas P. Brown, Simpson Lester and
w. G. Nelms, to Investigate and report
upon the false and slanderous publication
of U. Ozanne, the carpet-bag Sheriff of
the county, in relation to the shooting
and arrest of John Murdoch The COM
mittee do not justify Murdock, but they
have cited abundant facts to show that
Ozanne acted in a most cowardly and
unofficer-like manner throughout and that
he has attempted to save himself from
merited infamy by unblushing falsehood.
We regret that our limited space will not
permit us to comply with the request of
the meeting to publish the proceedings
in full. The following extract from the
report of the Committee will show the
conclusion arrived at and the estimate
placed upon the statements and conduct
of the disreputable wretch, Ozanne:


The foregoing is full and correct state
ment of this affair as it occurred, and is
given by eye witnesses.


OZanne says he came very near being
mobbed in our town. That is a base false
hood. There was not the least Indication
of any such thing. He also asserts that Ii
took great caution to prevent repetition
of the Meridian affair. There was not the
least indication of such thing, except in
his own distorted, base. black, imagination.
The whites and negroes in this section are
on as friendly terms as citizens could be.
lie also states that posse OF blacks are the
only ones that he can rely on and that they
have no arms. This is a wilful and base
lie, for there are great many more arms
among the negroes in this section than
among the whites. There are many blacks
who witnessed this affair, and not one devil
ates from the statement here made.


In conclusion, we would say that the let
ter of OZanne is, i'm a great measure a acilfaL
base and malicious LEI We do nor pretend
to shield Murdock in violating the laws of
our State, but We do, as law-abiding citizens
earnestly protest against any man, or set Of
men. clothed with official authority, coming
into our town and shooting indiscriminate-
ly into the Houses of our citizens and there
by endangering their lives when there was
not the least necessity for It. and when the
party they are trying to arrest is so drunk
that he can be arrested by a ten year old
boy without any shooting, which was the
case in the Murdock affair.


We now. as peaceful and law-abiding cit
izens, call upon Governor Alcorn to give US
that protection to which we are entitled by
law. and not to permit officers of his ap-
pointment to outrage, and endanger the
lives of our people, and disturb the quiet
ness of our towT.


Finally, we would state. that the man
who wrote the the letter which has called
forth this reply. lOzanne), is a character too
destitute of truth and the common attlib-
utes of gentleman, that the most degraded
vagabond is respectable when compared
with him.


THOs. p. BRowN.)


SIMPSON LEsTER,} Committee,


w. G. NELMs.


The meeting resolved to send a copy
Year: 1871

How infamous in Repuhlic should the
the party be held that eonfers upon its can
didate for President the power in time of
peace 70 suspend the writ of habeas corpus,
and declare martial law over the whole or
any part of the county at his own viii and
pleasure to be the sole judge of the time,
occasion and necessity. Grant has been put
in possession of despotie powers with the
army and navy placed abehis control to en-
force his DEGREES and all for the purpose Of
enabling him to re-elect himself.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Year: 1871

ENDlOSiOn anu


burned TO Death.


JERSEY CITY, August l4.-About
halfpast II o'clock this morning dull
and heavy explosion, followed mo-
ment later by another slight one, oc-
Cured at the corner OF Emehight and
Montgomery streets. The building in
which it occurred is an old, dry, frame
structure, used as a liquor store by
Thomas Durnchey. The upper floor
was occupied by two families. AT the
instant OF the explosion fire broke out
in the lower floor and within a minute
the flames had seized upon the whole
house. The fire department were soon
on hand, but before single stream
could be thrown on the fire the whole
building tell with a loud crash. In the
confusion it was impossible to ascertain
how many OF the inmates had escaped,
but it is certain that one man and boy
are burned. The dead body of a SER
want woman employed in the house was
taken out about one o'clock this morn
ing. Several other buildings in the
neighborhood were also burned. Loss
probably $4,000.


JERSEY CITY, August l4-Evening.-
Three persons are now known to have
been burned by the fire here at mid,
night. They are the wife, niece and
son OF Henry Smith, who occupied the
building over the liquor store where the
explosion occurred.
Year: 1871

have forborne thus much, but it seemed 10
me too great an evil to pass unnoticed.-
That respectable and influential men should
sign these applications for license will, no
doubt surprise every moral and upright
citizen in this community. Ill.
Year: 1871

In twelve years testing and observation,
have arrived at the conclusion that the
common treatment given to the tomato is
detrimental to its growth, flavor, and nSur-
ishing principles, and that there are ad-
vantages in training up the stalk and lop-
ping off the supertluous branches. The
three rules to follow in the cultivation of
the tomato are:


/. Secure the seed of fruit acclimated to
the section where it is to be grown.


2. Free use of liquid manure during the
season.


3. Looping off the superfuous branches,
and training the stock of the plant over
trellises, and up the sides of fences and
houses, to its full length and capacity.


The tomato is too sensitive for the plant
grown in a northern latitude to succeed
south at the first trial, or for the seed of
the south to flourish in the north, until it
is acclimated Acclimation is essential
before pronouncing judgment on its mer-
its. Select the smOothest, roundest and
heaviest, adapted for table consumption,
during its natural season, and a medium
size, grown and adapted expressly for can
ming purposes. Secure the plant that is
adapted to your climate and wants; keep
that seed pure, and study to acclimate it to
the section and soil, and improve its size,
color, and flavor each year. Then you
will never leave home for a good tomato.


To prepare the ground, mix with the
soil equal parts of hen, chip and sand
manure. Heap the dirt in hills not less
than two feet high; at the base and around
these hills set the strongest and stoutest
plants. Then apply soap-suds, dish-water,
etc, over the hill end let it run down and
feed the plant during the season. Draw
the earth from. this hill around the glow
ing plants every two weeks, spreading the
same about over the roots until the ele-
waited earth is consumed in feeding the
wants of the vine.


1t is interesting and important to train
and cut away the surplus unbearing limbs
from the first to the last spreading branch
young shoot springs from the crotch
this infant sprig must be plucked out on
all occasions. On the side of the main
stalk the flower. stem shoots out; these
bear the blossom and fruit. Near these a
very heavy and large branch grows, as
large as the original stem, with big leaves;
that is fruitless and burdensOme. All these
should be cut off with sharp knife, so as
to leave the main stalk and flower stem
exposed to light and air. The blossom
branch will often double its capacity in
fruit bearing. The surplus should be re-
duced so that the remainder will come to
early and perfect maturity. The vine will
commence bearing at about twelve inches
from the ground, and under this treatment
continue to bear fruit at every twelve and
fifteen inches, to the extreme end of the
tree.-C0r. Country Gentleman.
Year: 1871

A remarkable case, showing the danger


of trusting implicitly to circumstantial evi-


dence, has just been concluded in Toledo.


Nearly three years ago Robert Sharp was


found dead, with shot and slugs in his


brain. Aman named Harrington, who had


been on. intimate terms with deceased, was


arrested for the murder. The testimony


was wholly circumstantial, but so skill


fully" worked up" by the detectives that


Harrington was convicted and sent to the


Penitentiary. His lawyers had become in


terested in the case, and, although Har-


rington was poor man, they determined


to fight his cause TO the end After long


and arduous struggle through the Dis


trict and Supreme Courts, an order for a


new trial was obtained, and that trial has
just closed. The main points in the evi-


dence on which he was convicted were


the apparent correspondence of the shot
IN the body of the dead man with that in


the shot-bag belonging to Harrington; the


correspondence of pieces of newspaper


found near the scene of the supposed


murder, and assumed TO be part of the
gun wadding, with torn paper in Har-
rington residence, and piece in his vest
pocket, and that the motive for the murder
was to be found in the alleged fact of
Sharp having come to Toledo with several
hundred dollars of money, which Har


rington knew, and that no one else
was 50 intimate with Sharp. On
the second trial it was rendered
doubtful whether there was a
similarity in the shot 1t was clearly
proven that the pieces of paper alleged to
have been picked up at the scene of the
murder were not there at the time of the
finding of the body, nor for a day
or two afterward, and the inference was
unavoidable that they were put there by
the detectives to aid them in working
up ?" the case against Harrington. 1t was
further proven that Sharp was destitute
when he arrived in Toledo, and that Har-
ungton was doing his best to aid him in
procuring employment. To crown all, an
abb was satisfactorily proven. Harring-
ton was declared innocent, and the jury
voluntarily gave him a letter, signed by
every member, repeating, In emphatic |
terms, their belief in his entire innocence
of any knowledge of the supposed murder,
and bearing testimony to his uni
form good character. The public SEN
timent unanimously coincided with !
this verdict. The former employer
of Harrington Immediately took him |
back into his service. 1t causes an |
unpleasant shudder to reflect that a per
fectly innocent man, of good character, |
suffered two years Of degrading punish
ment, and narrowly escaped an ignO-
minious death, for crime of which he
knew nothing. 1t is another warning of |
implicit trust in wholly circumstantial evil |
dence, and protest against the detectives
in " working ups case against one they |
choose to suspect Cle0eLaRd Herald.
Year: 1871

In the lower part of the body of the
spider are from four to six little cells con-
tanning kind of gummy fluid like soft
glue, or l might say she has little bag
with six cells or pockets filed with gum.
When she wants to build herself house
she draws the material from her own
body.


Connecting with each of the pockets is
a sort of spindle arrangement that spins
the gummy substance out into exceedingly
fine threads, too fine to be seen without the
aid of the microscopeI Each of these
spinnerets or .spindles is supplied with q
great many tubes uniting with the pockets,
and it is through these tubes that the fluid
passes to and from the thread.


The spider has the power Of throwing
Year: 1871

THEY tell a good story of an old-fash-
ioned miser. He was never known to
have anything in the line of new apparel
but once; then he was going on jour
ney, and had to purchase new pair Of
boots. The stage left before day, and so
he got ready and went to the hotel to stop
for the night Among whole row OF
boots, in the morning, he could not md
the old familiar pair. He had forgotten
the new ones; he hunted and hunted IN
vain. The stage was ready, and SO ne
looked carefully round to see that ne was
not observed, put on nice pair that htted
him, called the waiter and told him the
circumstance, giving him ten shillings for
the owner. The owner never calledi The
miser bought his own boOtsl
Year: 1871

THE Boston Post has the following re-
tort: :" The person who sent us a copy of
the Boston Post with 'Jackass' written
upon the margin. is requested to inform us
at what stable he can be found"
Year: 1871


Those who seek to please eusry6Odv please no


body"
IT happened, once upon q time,
man, whose age was forty-nine,
All Of sudden, thought his life
Would be more cheerful with wife.
So he began to "look around"
To see what maiden could be found
Worthy TO share his home and heart,
And faithful prove till life depart.
But finding taoo that pleased his eyes,
BE thought, Now each would be prize;
III court them both, one at time;
Whichever,s best, she shall be mine"
should have mentioned, by the way,
The man already was quite gray;
And for the ladies, one was young,
And fair as poet ever sung.
The other, old and sour and thin;
But whist of that! She had the "in."
80 each ne sought with equal zest,
Ill tune should settle which was best.
1t happened that the elder maid
OF one thing found herself afraid:
Her mirror told her that she seemed
lder than he she so esteemed.
And, having formed novel plan, ~ .
she went to work upon the man;
Whene'er he came to urge his suit ~
She plucked each black hair by the root,
The younger one, ashamed to wed
a man who had so gray a head 1F
While be would sit and talk of love-
She tried each gray hair to remove.
And he submitted, nothing loath,- p +. ~.
50 anxious was he to please both;
Until, before his choice was made
He'd no hair left upon his headl
Then neither maid the man would wed.
Because he had so bald a head.
Thus with his hair he lost by this
All his fond hopes of welded bliss.
Thus does it always prove with those
Who would please al; whate'er they lose.
They'll surely find that in the end,
They have not gained one faith Tii friend


-Oliper OJlfcis NI0qzias
Year: 1871

And with sigh Farmer Jenkins arose,
lifted the kettle of boiling water from the
fire and marched out to the barn. His wis
dom had been learned. by experience.
That is a costly school. Get yours more
easily-6y the experience Of others YOUTHS
Companion.
Year: 1871

From the Superior tWis Times, Jan. II


Every man who desires to keep well posted IN re-
gard to the AFFAIRS Of the world should take
more OF our metropolitan journals, The HERALD is
one OF the best papers published In New York city,
interesting alike to the business man. the mechanic,
the farmer and the family CIRCLE It's enterprise In
publishing early news from the seat OF war IN Eu-
rOpe ~ remarkable.
Year: 1871

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAiLRoAD.-In the Sacra-
mento Union, of the 4th inst, we find the fol-
lowing in regard to this important railroad and
the action of Congress thereon;


The conference report of the committee on
the subject of the S. p R. r. bill was adopted
In the House yesterday by vote of l24 yeas
to 81 nays. This report changed the title of the
company to that of the Texas Pacific Railroad
The Senate agrees to the House substitute with
two additional sections in regard to lands. In
the Senate Howard from the conference commit
tee on the same subject submitted bill, as pro-
posed to be amended, being substantially the
House bill with the addition of two branches at
the eastern end within extremities of the main
trunk, known as the N. o. Branch and Southern
Pacific Railroad of California, both of which
we're provided for in the Senate bill. The
length of the Latter road as now provided is
some 200 miles less than was described in the
original Senate bill The bill awaits the sigma
ture of the President only to become a law.
Year: 1871

In her bathroom in her drawing her boudor in
her carriage the ball OPERA the promenade every
where lady requires the of refined enjoyment
and fashionable luxury the fragrant of the genuine
Murray Lanman's Florida Water.


As there worthless counterets always ask the
Florida Water prepared by the proretors anman Kemp,
New York. ass
Year: 1871

For evening toilets, white gloves
are still n vogue, but those of the
most delicate tint of straw color,
which appear white by gasight, are
the most tdistingue.


Misses with handsome hair wear
it in two long braids, tied with rib
bon bows A stylish arrangement
is to separate the braids into two
strands near the ends, and form two
curls, pendant from each braid.


Evening trains are much shorter,
for which the ladies should be CRATE
full, as few can carry them graceful
ly, and tits always an incumbrance
in a crowded assembly or dance.


White linen collars, of the verita-
BILE nautical shape, are foretold, so
wide at the back as to resemble lit
tie capes. They are to be support
ed in front by a navy knot of crepe
de chine, or ribbon. The vast ex-
panse of linen will hardly be becom-
ing to the small shoulders of our
bellies.
Year: 1871

It is a wondrous advantage to a
man, in every pursuit or avocation,
to secure an adviser in a sensible
woman. In woman there is at once
a subtle-delicacy of tact and plain
soundness of judgement which are
rarely combined to an equal degree
in man. A woman, if she really be
your friend, will have a sensitive re
gard for your character, honor and
repute. She never eounsels you to
do an imprudent thing. A mans
best female friend is a wife Of good
sense and heart whom he loves and
who loves him. But supposing the
man to be without such an help
mate, female friendship he must still
have or his intellect will be without
a garden, and there viii be many an
unheeded gap even in its strongest
fence. Better and safer Of course,
are such friendships where dispari-
tY of years or of circumstances put
the idea Of love out of the question.
Middle life has rarely this advan-
tage youth and old age have. We
may have female friendships with
those much older, and those much
younger, than ourselves. Female
friendships are to a man the bull
wark, and sweetness the ornament
of his existence.
Year: 1871

"How do you manage your hus-
band, Mrs. Croaker? Such a job as
I have of it with Smith"


Easiest thing in the world, my
dear; give him a twitch backward
when you want him to go for
ward. For instance you see to-day
/ had loaf of cake to make. Well,
do you suppose because my body is
in the pastry room that my soul
need be there too? Not a bit Of it.
/ am thinking of all sorts Of celesti-
al things the while.


"Now Croaker has a way of tag
ging round at my heels, and cring-
ing me plump down, in the midst of
my aerial flights, by asking me the
price of the sugar I am using.


sFWeH you see, this drives me fran
tic! and yhen / woke up this morn
ing and saw the furious storm ra-
ging, I knew I had him on my
hands for the day unless I man
aged right, so I told him that I ho-
ped he wouldn't 60 out to catch his
death such weather: that if he was
not capable oftaking care of him
self I should do it for him; that it
was a lonesome, rainy day-and l
wanted him to stay at home with
me; at any rate, he mustn't go ont;
and 1 hid his umbrella and India
rubbers. Well Of course he was
right end up Gust as I expected)
and IN less time than ten minutes,
was streaking down the street at the
fearful rate Of ten knots an hour.


ssYou see there nothing like un-
derstanding human nature. 1t is a
womn's 5 place to post herselfin this
branch Of her education"


Firmness is q most sterling quail
ity. Happy those who cultivate it.
Year: 1871

The Judge that Would not Get


Mad or Swear.


Not long since a dignifed Ken
lucky Judge heard his friend Jones
cursing and ranting in a crowd
The Judge told him that he was as
tonished to hear him go on at such
a rate. Jones replied that no liv-
ing man could keep from it, having
the cause that he had for so doing.
The Judge replied that nothing
could N IKE him get mad or swear,
whereupon Jones proposed betting
him ten dollars that if he remained
in that crowd fifteen minutes he
would both get mad and swear
The Judge replied that his dignity
as an officer of the law forbid him
betting but he would undergo the
ordeal, remarking to the crowd that
he would show them what manly
forbearance was. Thereupon the
crowd began to use all manner of
means to throw the Judge out of
level. They spit upon him, cursed
him, threw guilds of tobacco in his
facial to no purpose. At last,
some fellow struck him full in the
face with arotten egg. The Judge
took out his handkerchief and qui-
city wiped it of, then taking out
his watch and looking at it said
Gentlemen, / have just two min
utes longer to play the christian
martyr for the fun of this crowd
Then, I viii be constitutionally
G-d-nd if I don't whip the d-n
scoundreI that hit me with that rot
ten eggr' Jones roared with laugh
ter and left, but he does not know
whether the Judge whipped that
man or not. One thing he does
know, however: the Judge never
played martyr again. WoLFoRT.
Year: 1871

The jury in the case of Laura D.
Fair, the murderess of A. 2. Crit
tenden, of San Francisco, remained
out forty minutes when they return
ed a eerdict of murder in the first
degree. The prisoner appeared pa
Ter than usual, when taken from the
court room, but was otherwise un-
moved. The verdict was not believ-
ed possible within the past week,
nearly every body expecting the tri
al to prove a perfect farce, ending in
the acquittal of the prisoner or a
disagreement of the jury. Nine
tenths of the community regard the
verdict as a just and proper vindi-
cation of the law, and a merited re-
buke to the shameful doctrines of
free love which were put forth in
the defense of the case.
Year: 1871




We sometimes go to public lee
lures or other places Of amusement
and the announcement is made that
the seats are all occupied and there
is no room. How sad viii it be to
US if it is announced when we come
to die that heaven is full--aH the
seats are occupied-there is no
room! But we feel thankful to
God that there is room in heaven
for all of earth's billions. Millions
have been invited, have accepted,
and now sing the song Of redemp-
tion at the right hand of God on
high. Yet there is still ROOM
There are seats yet unoceupied;
green fields yet unexplored, and
bright harps for other hands to
strike. There is room for all. Let
friend say to friend 'there is roomT
Let the husband say to the wife,
and the wife to the husband, "there
is roomr' Let the teacher say to
the class "there is room2" Let the
minister say to the world "there is
roomr Oh, that the words might
be whispered in the ears of all of
earth's inhabitants that all might
seek to enter that capacious man
sion. May we all strive to enter,
that the seats may be occupied and
that heaven may be filed with hap
py, rejoicing christians. If there
is any vacant spot in all the uni
verse may it be the dark world of
DeSOairi CuTRES
Year: 1871

To keep pace with the growing interest in practi"
cal Horticulture and to give information of prac'
tcal character on the subject we have engaged MI.
p T. QUINN to write on the Management OF Small
Farms, Fruit and Vegetable Culture, and how 70
make them pay.