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Year: 1873

Inc lOlLOWluS resolutions were duOpGSu
at the State Editorial Convention


ReSoLved That this meeting of editors
request our Representatives and Sena-
tors in Congress to favor and support the
amendment to the present postal law
graduating the rates of newspaper post
age-namely, q rate within the county
where the newspaper is published; a rate
within the congressional district, and
outside of the county; and a rate within
the State, and outside of the county,
and rate of the State where published; !;
and also to amend the postal laws so as
to prevent evasion of postage on news
papers by means of express carriage


ReSoloed, That this convention request
the concurrence of the editors and pub
fishers of the several States in securing
the adoption of such measure as is pro-
posed in the above resolution.


ReSoired, That the editors and publish
ers of Ohio regard as passed the abolition
of the franking priviledge at the hands
of the general government


ReSolued, That the Secretary of this
convention be directed to forward copy
of the above resolutions to each of the
Senators and Representatives in Con-
gress from Ohio and to the Postmaster
General.
Year: 1873

A writer declares that the Clearfeld
Fair consisted of calf,.a goose, and a
pumpkin. 1t rained so hard the first
night that the goose SWAN off, the calf
broke loose and ate the pumpkin, and a
thief prowling around stole the calf, and
that ended the Fair.
Year: 1873

A well-llnown clergyman was recently
asked his opinion of young lady much
afflicted with the "Grecian bend" He
replied that she reminded him of a wo-
man mentioned in the Scripture, who
had spirit of infirmity and could in no
wise lift up herself"
Year: 1873

Some idea can be formed of the char
acter of the Pike county Republicans by
the fact that they instructed their dele
gates to the late Republican State Con-
vention to vote for John 7, Wilson for
Governor Vest Union Defender.
Year: 1873

A graphic reporter says of woman who
died suddenly, that she died without
medical assistance" This remark
causes the average mind to pause and
wonder how much medical assistance one
needs in dying
Year: 1873

The Hon" John 7. Wilson was in
town last week. He is not the same man
that he was before he cabbaged the extra
pay 1t used to be that the people would
run across the street to greet him and
would shake his hand like they meant it..
There was none of that this time. His
glory has Departed West Union Defender.
Year: 1873

LAWS OF THE RoAD.-The new Code
prescribes stringent regulations in regard
to driving vehicles used for carrying pas
sengers. No person must employ to drive
any vehicle for the conveyance of pas
sengers upon public Highways a person
addicted to drunkenness, under penalty
of five dollars for every day such person
is in his employment. If any driver,
whilst actually employed in driving any
such vehicle is intoxicated to such a de
gree as to endanger the safety Of his pas
sengers, the owner on receiving from any
such passenger written notice of the
fact verified by his oath, must forthwith
discharge such driver and if he has such
driver in his service within six months
after such notice, he incurs like penalty.
The driver Of vehicle used to convey
passengers must not leave the horses at
tached thereto while passengers remain
in the same without first securely fasten-
ing the horses or placing the lines in the
hands Of some other person, SO as to pre-
vent their running, under a penalty of
twenty dollars for each offense.
Year: 1873

THE elder girls of the Portland (Me.)
High School have started very sensible
reform in dress. The movement was en-
tirely spontaneous on their part, and is
certainly worthy of imitation. They
have drawn up a set of resolutions which
they are circulating for signatures. The
object is to introduce general planness
of dress for school, and also to do away
with the usual full dress parade on exam
ination day, the dress for that day being
the same as the ordinary dress. The
style of dress is to be plain, becoming and
convenient; if any color, to be relieved
by gold plated buttons and fancy belt,
having upon the buckle the date of grad
uation, like that upon the boys caps.
Jewelry is to be limited and lace and such
like ornaments strictly prohibited.
Year: 1873

Well-yes. He can do it about
well about four times out Of five"


knew the little rascal was lying, but |
never said anything. l never told him
SO. He was not of Il disposition, to invite
confidence of that kind, so l let the mat
ter rest. But it was comfort to see
these people look sick, and see their un-
der-jaws drop when Steve made these
statements. They went off and got Lord
and took him home; and when we got
home, half an hour later, there was
note saying that MIR. Lord peremptorily
declined


1t was narrow escape. We found out
afterwards that Lord hit his mark thir-
teen times in eighteen shots. Ii he had
put those thirteen bullets through me- it
would have narrowed my sphere of Use
fulneSs good deal-would have well
nigh closed it, in fact. Truc, they could
have put pegs in the holes, and used me
for hat-rack but what is n hat-racl to
Il man who feels that he has intellectual
powers? | would scorn such position


have written this true incident of my
personal history for one purpose, and one
purpose only-to warn the youth of the
day against the pernicious practice of
duelling, and to plead with them to war
against it. If the remarks and sugges-
tions | am making can be Of any use to
Sunday school teachers, and papers in
tere,tcd in the moral progress of society,
they are at liberty to use them, and |
shall oven be grateful to have them wido-
ly disseminated, so they may do as much
good rs possible. was young and fool
ish when | challenged that gentleman,
and thought it was very fine and very
grand to be II duellst, and stand upon
I the "ield Of honor" But | am older
and more experienced now, and am in
ilcXibly opposed to the dreadful custom.
! am glad, indeed, to be ablo to lit up
my voice against it. think it is bad,
immoral thing, | always do now dis
courage it upon every occasion.


If "A man were to challenge me now
now that can fully appreciate the iniqui-
ty Of that practice would go to that
man, and take him by the hand, and lend
him to quiet retired room and kill
him. Tom Hood'S connie IH1udi.
Year: 1873

a NICE BIT OF Irony Here is very
nicely prepared little cap that any man
could wear with impunity: The lone
somcness of some married men when
their wives are away, said a simple mind
ed lady, speaking of the Summer flights,
is awful. There now is Mr.. Jimmeny.
lie is so cast down that he never comes
home except with latch key, End then
he pounds his poor lone hands on the gate
for an hour, before he cnn got in, and his
voice is SO lost in the gloom that all his
words run together and nobody can un-
derstnnd what he says this time Of night,
and then too, he goes down to the lNke
with n lady in the buggy to console him
for the absence of his wife, and he don't
get back-it takes so long to mollify a
lone husband you know until the soda
water shops are all shut. Then too he
comes home with three or four married
men whose wives are gone Summcrin'
and he turns ON the gas in his house to
make it look cheerful, and they all put
their legs over the front Of the gallery,
just to cure their terrible loneliness, and
then they sing-oh, such songs-if | did
not know their wives were gone and that
they were really tryin' to kin melancholy
| should think they had drank drop too
much; but know that can't be so, for
their wives don'tikc it, and they wouldn't
do anything when their wives were gone
that they scofned to do when they were
here
Year: 1873

THERE is something dreadfully annoy
ing in watching person doing simple
thing in bungling manner. A Cherry
street man thought neighbor wasn't
Harvesting mule as he ought to, and
took hold to help, and Immediately ex-
changed the role of a Samaritan for a
roll in the mud. lie says no man need
look for perfect happiness in this world
Dd,tJaIy NeOS.
Year: 1873

A WAsHINGToN man heard that coal
oil was good for epizootic, and so bathed
his horse in it, 1t gave promise of a cure
but cheap boy that he hired to hold the
candle got too near, and that was the last
of the epizoot and the horse.
Year: 1873

Suppose the little cowslip Should hang it's golden cup, And say, "Tm such a tiny flower I'd better not grow up; ;"- How many weary traveller

 Would mss its fragrant smell, How many little child would grieve To lose it from the dell. Suppose the glistening dew drop Upon the grass should say, "What can little dewdrop do?

 "Pd better roll away; The blade on which it rested

 Before the day was done, Without drop to mOisten it.,

 Would Wither in the sun. Suppose the little breeZes,

 Upon summers day, Should think themselves too small to coo

 The traveller on his way; Who would not miss the smallest

 And softest ones that blow, And think they made great mistake

 That heard them talking SO? How many deeds of kindness

 A little child may do; Although it has so little strength

 And little wisdom too. It wants loving spirit,

 Much more than strength, to prove How many things child may do

 For others by its love.
Year: 1873

JOHN DIVINE, (alias the Chicken) was hung in San Francisco may 14. He is said to have died "game" and at the same time happy in the belief that his sins were all forgiven, and he firmly expected to be received by his Savior on the other side in the land of the blessed. After all per maps his fate was not so bad as that of many who appeared to be more favored and who had lived honorable lives with their fellow-men but were hurled into eternity without gospel privileges. An eminent divine once sad that the future was all guess, and according to our guess this way of disposing of the human family does not look exactly fair.
Year: 1873

THE Alta says that five companies of the First Cavalry, which have been serving with General Crook in Arizona, have been ordered to the Modoc country, and are now en route to the Lava Beds. Three of these companies will probably reach there by the first of June. The other two companies, having to march some dis tance overland, will not be likely to reach the Lava Beds before the latter part of June. The companies mum Der in the aggregate 392 men.
Year: 1873

WE are in receipt of several let ters making the following inquiries ::

 What business pays ill Arizona am anxious to go there if the advantages will warrant, am an honest young man of good habits, would like 8 paying office or some easy job; an early answer will be appreciated, as many of my acquaintances are anx- ious to hear about Arizona. To the first question we will answer that we have about fifteen thousand people in Arizona investigating that subject, each one striving in one business and another and as soon as they settle the question definitely we will make public the best paying kind of busi- ness. As to the qualifications of the young man we fear he will not do for this country. It IS well known that 8 young man was unmercifully kicked recently for picking up pins and returning them to the supposed owner; besides we would not trust g. man or boy who boasts of his honesty any sooner than we would an Indian reservation sharp. As for offices we do not have any good ones in Arizona; we prefer to pay our debts without heavily taxing the people. rather than spend the money in supporting honest young men. Henry Ward Beecher once said that there was but one easy place and that was the grave. Through all our years of experience as man and boy, we have found this to be true; so young man rather than disgrace your parents, select a little spot six by four, where you can have an easy time, and sleep on for ever more, for we assure you that we never knew any one who only looked for an easy time in this world who was of any service to himself or others.
Year: 1873

WE learn that the Tularosa Apa- ches have left that reservation, pro- bably to set up business on their own account again. They have been con- ing and going for some time past to and from the Chiricahua reservation. They are intermarried with Chirica- hua Apaches. and a strong bond of friendship exists between them. We were told by Jefferd's, some time ago that they desired to come to his res ervation to live, and it is possible that a portion of them may be there now. It seems to us than when the govern ment furnishes them with board and clothes free, and supports them in lndolence, that it ought to have some little direction as to where they shall live, but if they will not go to scalp raising we shall be content.
Year: 1873

WE have been informed that the board of officers ordered from Arizona to purchase horses in California for the Fifth Cavalry have been ordered to San Francisco to purchase horses for the First Cavalry, instead, the First having turned their horses over to the Fifth on leaving the Territory.
Year: 1873

The Farmers Association of Greene
County, Illinois, has adopted Platform
and Constitution characterized by good
sense and business sagacity. They evil
IDENTIFY do not think that if all the world
were dead, they could do big business
keeping tavern. Two articles OF their
Platform read thus:


We will encourage all kinds OF manu-
featuring in our midst, believing that in
so doing we bring market to US and
save the cost of transportation to both
producer and consumer.


Our chief object throughout shall be
to benefit ourselves and not to injure
any railroad or other corporation, or any
class of tradesmen, only ceasing to deal
with such as receive our money without
giving fair return for it.


The second article of the Constitution
says:


The object shall be the promotion of
the moral, intellectual, social and pecu-
MARY welfare of the farmers of Greene
County, and any topic of general interest
may be discussed in its meetings, but the
association shall not use its influence in
favor of any political party or individual,
or conspire to injure any home trader or
dealer, but to encourage manufactures
and internal Improvements, and by &C
tive and cordial cooperation with like
organizations, to carry to successful
issue the objects of the State Associa-
iton.
Year: 1873

Notwithstanding the shout of triumph
raised by the copperhead Democracy
over the election of antediluvian Allen
as Governor of Ohio, he lacked nineteen
thousand of majority of all the votes
polled, and received smaller vote than
any Democratic candidate since 1865. He
is, therefore, q minority candidate, and
was elected not because he was the choice
of the people, but because the majority
opposed to him were not united. Many
of them foolishly threw away their votes
upon candidates that had not the shadow
of chance to be elected. The chief aim
of all these voters, except those who di-
rectly supported Allen, was to defeat
him. And yet they took the very best
course to.secure his election by voting
for third candidate, or not voting at
all. But the Cincinnati Gazette says that
now defeat has come and the course pur-
sued has brought about what none of
them desired, there will probably be an
exhibition of common sense that will re-
suit at the next election in a union of all
who are honestly opposed to restoring
the old Democratic party to power.
Then, it says, they will carry Cincinnati,
Hamilton county, and the State of Ohio
by a sweeping majority 1t should be
mentioned that the Gasette says in anoth-
er article that the general resultin the
State should be taken as a notice to Con-
gress and the Administration that the
lack of healthy opposition party does
not suspend the activity of the Republic
can mind, and that it is quite as severe q
Judge of its own party as of the Demo-
cratic.-Nelo National Era. c A-o
Year: 1873

We would impress it upon our mem
bers of Congress, soon to assemble, that
the country is sustaining daily an ire
parable loss in the enforced cessation of
productive industry The brokers and
speculators of Wall street might ruin
each other every day by betting on the
price of stocks or gold, and the country
would be no poorer, but the moment that
the wheels of the mill and factory stop,
and workingmen are idle, there is a real
loss, which draws many other injuries in
its train. Our manufacturers and work
men are in no way to blame for the pres
ent financial troubles, from which they
are likely to be the worst sufferers. They
have displayed such skill and energy in
their labors, and such economy of man
agement, as to win the reluctant COM
mendation of their foreign rivals. and
our country was rapidly assuming lead
ership in all the great industries which
minister to the wants of civilized society,
when the financial panic and general
stoppage of circulation brought them
suddenly to stand.


For the loss of days labor there is no
possible compensation. 1t is as real a
loss as the destruction effected by fires
or floods Optimists think that the f.
nancial storm will clear the atmosphere





or see in it golden opportunity for car
rying their theories into effect, but we
insist that the one evil thing from which
no good can come, is the enforced idle
ness of the workingman. Nothing that
does not reach this wrong will be an
effective remedy.


We hope that our legislators will study
the financial problem from this point of
view. and that, if they cannot make op-
portunity for the resumption of labor,
they will do nothing to render it more
difficult. Something will be accomplish
ed. if the country can be made to feel
that Congress understands and sympa-
thizes with its hurts, and has the wish,
if it has not the power, to aid in healing
them. If Congress cannot help our pros
trate industries to rise, it can prevent
them from being struck while they are
down, and its attitude of assured friend
illness will inspire them with hope and
renew their strength. They are not
unsound, and have not been improvi-
dent. Their growth has been healthful,
they have reason to be proud of their
achievements, and they anxiously await
the opportunity of resuming their benifi-
cent activities.
Year: 1873

man loves their father, how is it possible
that she should not have in them quick
vital interest, should not be instinctively
and jealously alive to their comfort, their
welfare, their happiness? Suppose the
children are very trying, peevish, imperi-
Gus, quarrelsome, or even false? Still
they are the children of her husband
his body and soul, and though she can
not have for them the very mothers s
love, it would seem that her love for him
should overshadow and embrace all that
are his Sometimes it is an aunt, or a
sister, or a cousin, who feeds the flames
of revolt in the younger members. In
that case let the step-mother ruthlessly
and promptly trample aunt, sister, or
cousin under foot. A bad woman will do
it for the sake of abusing her step-chil-
dren with impunity. Shall good wo-
man hesitate to do it for the sake of
training them to harmony and amiabili-
ty and virtue and grace2 Whoever
comes between a woman and her hus-
band or her children should be sacrificed.
If she cannot be converted, she should
be banished. And when a woman has
the whole field to herself, with all the
sway which love gives her over her hus-
band, and which superiority of education,
position, and wisdom gives her over the
children, it would seem that heart of
ordinary sensibility, and head of ordi-
nary sense might conquer even their
prejudice, secure their allegiance, and
command the situation.


But the situation is no joke, nor is any
foolish talking or jesting convenient con-
cerning it. There is much badinage
about marriage and its preliminaries
which is not too delicate or too seemly
but in the hey-day of life, when the
young man and maiden have not yet
passed out of their frolicsome and buoy
ant youth, or eaten of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil, much may
be pardoned, much condoned, and much
may even be allowed to foam and sparkle
away in merry banter But / know
nothing more undignifed, indecorous, |
may say indecent and repulsive, than for
the husband of dead wife, or the wife
of dead husband, to be indulging in
joke or repartee, and trivial talking
about prospective or possible match-mak
ing. Thoughtless friends will sometimes
do it, but the iron is not supposed to
have entered into their souls. The sur
viving partner of sundered marriage is,
in truth, what the old gravestones grim
ly record-a relict. Never do l hear
them speaking lightly of fresh ties, but l
see dead face, white and fixed. stark
form cold under coffin-lid. This is a
silent partner who may not be consult
ed, but who cannot be forgotten, and
whose shadowy presence should Danish
frivolity. l say not that the second mar
riage may not be as real as the first, may
not even be more real, more complete,
the only perfect union. But even so, the
way to it lay through the gates of the
grave, which silence and reverence be-
seem.
Year: 1873

There may be differences of opinion as
to what is the precise lesson to be learned
from the November elections by the party
of the Administration. We judge from
the comments of the organs that there
are, and very wide ones. Some of the
organs which discoursed serenely upon
the prospects before the elections, de-
nouncing as ISLANDERS and calumnies
whatever intimations were abroad that
the Administration and the party had
not acted with perfect wisdom and hon
esty in all things, are quite free now to
say that the November results are a
warning to the Republican party against
future Salary Grabs and Credit Mobiller
speculations; some of them which were
disposed to close the doors of the party
against all who voted against Grant last
year, have learned a short lesson in the
matter of closing doors before the house
is full; and some others, notably one at
Washin gton-who believe that the Adj
ministration has fee simple of the party
talk about it as though the disaster
was occasioned by the forgetfulness and
neglect of voters whom the Administra-
ton owned, and the only lesson they
see in it all is to "lukewarm Republi-
cans who have deserved this defeat, and
will probably take warning from it to
come out and vote next time.


Out of all the comments, however, one
thing, is made reasonably clear; that is,
that the Administration and the party
behind it have had their large ears cuff
ed; cuffed with distinctness and en-
phasis in the face and eyes of the world
| OF the fact there is no doubt, however
much the organs may differ as to causes
J and reasons; and we venture to add thai
! the results of these elections have one


meaning not difficult of Interpretation
| one cause which will DO admitted on o.