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Year: 1872

Horace Greedy and others liberal
republicans of New York have called
formally for the sending of delegates
to the Cincinnati Convention. They
state as the ground of their opposi.
ton to the radicals that the political
power Of the country has fallen into
the hands of those who use it for
personal purposes. The Washington
Chronicle sounds note of sorrow and
alarm at the now fixed and settled
detection Of these men.
Year: 1872

hour. she sitting on a nail keg with
the light on the counter, and the door
unlocked, when George returned he
remarked that he "had PLAYED hell go
ing off and leaving the door unlocked.
what if some person had come in and
found you sitting here, and Joe Mason
dead IN the house, you would have
been in "hell of fix,n that after get
ting what goods they wanted they
came out, George said "here is good
saddle will need it to night" that
he intended stealing horse from Mrs.
Brown, or Neal Harden, and ride all
night tying in the woods in day light
until he got to the Lodge in Jcfer-
son County," After she had got home
George tapped on her window telling
her to give him drink of water, she
told him to go round to the tub and
get him a drink, he then told her that
he was going away and stay until
every thing blowed over" for her to
keep her lips sealed'' and not to dis
turb the goods, (he having buried them
in her lot that when he came back
they would take them up and divide
them, she says she did not see George
after this-upOn being questioned
about the Lodge" above referred to;
she says George called it the "black
lodge" she knows nothing about it; she
most positively declares that Joe Car
ter, knew nothing of the murder. Mr..
Kerbaugh, who was robbed last sum-
mer, visited her cell this week, she
talked very freely to him telling him
where his property was as far as she
could remember. The unfortunate
woman seems to realize her awful con-
ditiOn having little or no hope of "the
life that now is, or that which is to
come" Rev. Mr.. Holtsinger, by re-
quest visited her in her cell. 1.-THE
way of the transgression is indeed
hard. "-GreencUiIe Sentinel.
Year: 1872

By DR.. THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH.
find a brown jug with hole in the bottom,
Dropt hero on the ground-what a story it


tells!
The spirits it held, though the soft earth has


got 'em.


Their nature reveals to the party that
smells.
Cidor-brandy, and doubtless distilled since


since October
The scent of the apple still fingers around;
From earth it first came in shape rather
sober,


And then, changed in form,it went back


to the ground.
Brown jug, you're an old one l know By this


token


The string round your neck is unsightly


and frayed;
And l found one more fact that ia just as out


spoken


A stopple of corn-cOb some owner has made.
Well, perhaps you have aided in giving hlm


comfort


While reeling along On the highway to woe;
Though bliss must be rare when TO brandy or


rum for It.


desperate creature will recklessly go.
Here tied to the string is a haif-blotted label
Bob Salter u might have known that


by the cob;
Corr, fitted too firmly and closely and stable;
To pull a loose cob out was easier for Bob.
How often Bob glued his dry lips to yeur


muzzle


The shrewdest of reckoners never could tell;
How many such Jugs he has cmptied 'twOuld


puzzle


4 mathematician to calculate well.
That hole in the bottom no mischief created;
The hole in the top is the yent whence


there came
The demon who dwells in a house desolated,
And brings in his company ruin and shame.
Through the neck where the cOrn-cOb is


resting in quiet
f0Or BOD 3 lDIlncT dCTts nave IHetNcu dhl1i
Through that came the fend that with laugh


ter and riot
s Senthis manhood and nice sensc of honor


Sstray.
You'll never hold liquor again. broken YES


sci


In the matter Of mischief your work has


been done;
To the wretch's racAed bosom you'll never


more nestle
Why, bless me that's Bob, lying promo in


the sun.
Poor fellow face downward, in summer heat


seething-
Let me turn him, and shade him, and pill


low his head;
What's this cold and pallid no pulse-beat


no breathing
Poor drunkard Heaven pardon his sins


be is dead
Year: 1872

lie stole from its nest in my golden hair


A knot Of riband blue
He placed on my hand jewel rare,
and whispered soft. as he held it there


Tender and true-adieu, adiue!
The almond was bending with blossoms white,


The roses blushed through the dew;
The violet smiled in the glowing light,
And life was happy, and hope was bright,


Tender and true-adieu, adieu!
They brought my soldier home TO me.


And my knot Of riband blue;
But the cruel wound on the brow was hid
By the flag dropped over the coffin lid.


Tender and true-adieu, adieu!
The almond flowers in the breezes shake,


The roses still blush through the dew,
But the spring time of hope will never awake
And the lone, lone heart wall till it break.


Tender and true-adieu, adicu!
Year: 1872




mend the Courier Journal.


Col. Boyers, of the Gallatin Exami-
ner, copies the above, and gives the
following reasons for so doing:


We do so because the Courier-Jour-
nal deserves the notice, while it so well
expresses our own opinion of that pa
per. We regard it, altogether, the
most complete newspaper In the coun-
try; for every department is managed
with consummate thoroughness and
ability. And we make no exception
in favor OF the great Northern dailies,
for critical examination will show
that, with inferior facilities for the col
lection of news, and located in q tenth
rate city in point of population, it is
more completely map of " this busy
world and its vast concerns than any
other journal on the continent. We
will risk our printers's judgment upon
this assertion. And we may add that
in literary ability its editorial articles
are always scholarly and elegant in
style.


So it will be seen that we are not
alone in the opinion expressed last
week that the COurier-JOurnal is " the
best newspaper i'll America" Speci-
mems may be seen at this office.
Year: 1872

1t will be seen that the Tennessee
Legislature refuse TO admit that the
boundary line between Tennessee and
Virginia is subject for settlement.
We presume the matter will yet 60 to
the Supreme Court and the sooner
the matter is definitely decided the
better it must be for all concerned.
Year: 1872

In order to crafty the general curl
osity to see the political complexion of
our new Congressional Districts, we
append the vote in the first, Second
and Third Districts, as appears from
the returns of the election of 1870, when
John G.. Brown was elected Governor.
We also give the voting population in
each county, as shown by the last
State census:
Year: 1872

\ Busy SCENE.-Work on the Dan
VILE railroad within the city IS well
under way. The scene Of operations
is at the junction of Jefferson street
with the Va. and Tenn. railroad. a
large number OF hands are engaged in
eXeavating along the street and i'm rear
ofthe high wall, portion Of which will
he removed. The track will cross the
creek above the present transfer bridge
and will form a junction with the Or
ange d Alex. road in rear of the depot
OF that road. 1t is understood that a
union depot will be built across Black
water. The work on the tunnel will
ne commenced in few days, and hur-
Iled through a completion. The work
on Jefferson street below 9th will be
iight.-LyachbUrg Virginida.
Year: 1872

A COOP GARDENING work pays better
than work in the garden. 1t pays in money.
it pays in comfort, and it pays in health. It
should have little attention, leisure half
hour, every day and the more taste in its lay
ing out, and the larger the variety of itspro-
ducts, the more interest there will be in it,
and generally the more profit from it: -


It should be made before the fields are
touched, so that whatever is planted in II
may be early, as we'll as abundant and
Thorough trenching, or its substitute, deep
plOughing, with an abundance of barn-yard
manure or other enriching substance, is
essential. The laying out is a matter Of
taste, but should be Of such a character as
will give the finest out look whom the crops
arc growing-the lowest vegetables near the
paths. and the tailor ones in the back
ground. -"


Put brain into the garden as well as turnip
seed and green corl, and it will be a source
Of delight the summer through. -,
Year: 1872

SOME OF TIE RESULTS OF PoLITENEss -
Down in Wilmington, some time ago, an
old man who was very feeble was helped
across q crowded street by youth oftwenty
A month afterwards the old man died, and as
an expression of his gratitude he left the
youth forty thousand dollars. And now no
old mans life is safe in Wilmington. All
the young fellows have had their ambition
excited, and as soon as any venerable man
appears on the sidewalk half a dozen chaps
rush at him, grab him hv the coat an the
collar, and the back hair, and try to carry
him across tho street whether he wants to
20 or not. When he gets there lot more
fasten on to him and set him back again, and
then present their cards. So the old men in
Wilmington are having lively time now,
and they have to tack up tho street whenever
they 90 out for walk. Thus far very little
money has been evolved, but all the young
men study the obituary advertisements care
fully, and when they see the words Sat the
age of seventy six" or ''sixty-six," or any
where in that ueighborhood, they hurry
down to the Office of the Register Of Wills
and pore over the last testament OF the de-
ceased. All this goes to show how much
distress one inconsiderate act will cause. IT
that first old man had left us that forty thous-
and dollars this foolishness mig ght have been
revented.-lKaz Adeler,
Year: 1872

To DEVELOP TALHNT.-Place man in q
position that will Rarfully tax him and try
him position that will often bring the
blush to his cheek and the sweat to his brow.
a position that will oyermaster him at9all
times. and cause him to rack his brain for
resources. Place him in a position like this.
But every time he trips go to his rescue; 60
not with words OF blame or censure. but 60
with mauful words of encouragement; look
him boldly in the eye. and speak them with
soul and emphasis. This is the way to make
man of boy, giant of man. If man


has pluck and talent, no matter whether ne
ever filled given position or not, put him
in it, if worthy, and he will soon not only
gill it, but outgrow it. But put one in q Pc
sition with faint heart. This is the way
to kill him. Put him in grandly with most
unmstakable confidence. Drop no caveats,
but boldly point the way, and then stand by
with a will and countenance Of a true friend
Thus try twenty men, such as have been
named, and nineteen will succeed, .-4x .,I.
Year: 1872

The commissioners for examination Of candi-
dates for positions and promotion in the Custom
House have concluded their initat0ry labors and
will hold the first meeting in their new room at the
Custom House tomorrow morning. About two
hundred applicants who have petitioned for places
were notified to appear there. The following


RULES OF EXAMINATION
have been adopted:-


l. Every candidate Is required to present him
self punctually at the time specified in his nOica-
tion.


2. The examination will commence at nine
O'Clock A. M. and close at three p M.


B. Candidates will be permitted to leave the ex-
animation room for a short time after having given
up each paper before proceeding to the next, but
no candidate will be allowed to quit the room until
he has given up the paper on which he Is engaged.
4. Each candidate Is required to write his answers
on the paper furnished and to subscribe hts name
to every sheet of paper which he uses.


s. Any candidate WHO Is dissatisfied with the
pens. Ink apd paper supplied to him may apply to
one OF the examners but any one who IL
CustOmed to use q particular Kind OF pen should
bring 1t with him.


9. Candidates are warned that any attempt to
use books or manuscripts either in the examina-
ton rooms elsewhere, during the hours 0l ex-
animation, will be regarded as affecting the moral
character OF the candidate, and as rendering 1t
necessary that his certificate should be refused, and
any candidate copying from the papers OF another,
ceiving or giving assistance OF any description,
will expose himself to the same penalty.


7. Each candidate will leave his address, at the
close OF the examination, with the Board OF Ex-
aminers that the result OF the examination may be
made known to him.
Year: 1872

Patrick Barrett, OF Il Hamilton street. had his
leg broken yesterday afternoon on pier 10 East
River by piece OF wood falling upon him. The
police OF the Second precinct removed him to the
Park HOSPITAL.
Year: 1872

Daniel Dunne, eighteen, OF Brooklyn. was
severely injured yesterday morning by falling from
the second story OF 249 Grand street, while hang
ing out goods He was sent to his home by the
police OF the Tenth precinct.
Year: 1872

The annual parade OF the Police Department Is
to take place on the 11th inst The force Is to be
formed into hollow square after the review, in
Tompkins square, when superintendent Kels0 will
receive the nag to be presented to the police by
the citizens OF New York. A band of music will
accompany each battalion during the march
through the Streets and inspectors and senior cap
tans will be mounted, to attend upon the General
superintendent KelsO. AS aids-Captans Kennedy,
OF the Sixth; Byrnes, OF the Fifteenth; Irving, OF
the Detective force, and Uman, OF TIE Fourth pre-
cinct, will be all detailed for this service Tho
mounted squad and marine guard will take part in
the nrncpSSiOn.
Year: 1872

A gentleman of Dayton dropped in
to the reading room of a hotel in this
city a few days since, and while sit
ting there conversation upon poll
tics grew up between himself and a
stranger who was stopping at the ho-
tel Now, our Dayton friend, We
should explain, is blessed with nose
Of exceedingly rOseate hue. The
stranger soon began a TRADE of abuse
against the Administration: he de-
nOuneed President Grant as both a
knave and a fool, and asserted that
our whole Government was 8 very
eesspOOl of corruption.


Our friend of the rubieund nasal
organ heard him through; then rising
he astonished the stranger by laying
his finger upon his fiery red nose
"See here, stranger, Pm
not a Democrat; that's bOiln-Dog,-
ton Journal
Year: 1872

There can be no doubt in the matter


that a obeck-reiu upon q draught


horse is calculated 10 worry and in
jure the animal more than ali the
ordinary labor which he Is required
TO perform. If 4 man has heavy
load to push or draw, he lowers his
head by bending forward, and throws
the weight of his body against it, so
as to prOpel the lOad-sO does the
horse, under similar circumstances, if
permitted. If the mans head were
tied to a belt around his body so that
he could not bend forward. he would
lose the advantage of his weight, and
could only pull or push with his mus
cles-so also with the horse. If the
mans head were thus kept in a per-
pendicular position, he could not so
readily see where to step, and would
be more apt to stumble-so also with
the horse. No one in the saddle
would thus tie up the head of his
horse, and no one would expect a
horse thus tied up TO win a race. Let
US join our voices with that of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals and advise the abolishing
of the eheck-reiD, at least upon all
draught horses.
Year: 1872

A Young woman, VINO was think
ing of getting married, went to her
minister to ask his advice about so i'm
poTtant step. She told him she had
an offer Of marriage, and wanted his
advice. Her minister said he did not
know very well what to say to her:
but he should remind her OF what the
Apostle Paul had said upon that sub
Jeet, 'Fhey that marry do well; hut
they that marry not do better


Well, well. " she said, 'I'll away
home and do well, let them do better
that like. =
Year: 1872

There's no use in talking. Pm go.
ing to get married. said a bachelor
acquaintance the other day, while
busily engaged in sewing. "Here
worked just twenty minutes by the
watch trying to get this needle threa-
ded, and then just as / su -ceeded
pulled the thread out. Finally l got
il threaded again, and now afi er sew
ing this button ON good and strong,
find I've got it on the wrong side, and
now have my work all to do over
again"
Year: 1872

At social party. where humorous
definitions was one of the games OF
the evening, the question was put /:
What is religion ?" Religion. y
replied one Of the party, more famous
as a man of business than a man of
wit, is an insurance against fire in
the next world, for which honesty is
the best pOlicy;;n
Year: 1872

PEOPLE talk of originality. What
do they mean? As soon ss we are
born The surrounding world begins 10
operate upon US, and so on to the end;
and after all, what can We truly cali
our own but energy, power and will
Could point out all owe TO nv
great ioTeTunners and eOnteml lCraries,
truly there would iemain but little
over.
Year: 1872

A young lady in Camden, n. Y.
last week, dropped a newspaper on
the bridge. A young gentleman
who had not kept posted with the
fashions, picked it up and offered it
to the young lady. She Indignantly
repudiated the ownership, and he Is
wondering what made her look so
mad.
Year: 1872




One might suppose that corpse
would be about the last thing to become
the suhject,marter of a lawsuit; but
the remains of q man who has been
| dead for sixteen years are now ENJOYING
that distinction in Rhode Island. The
question Immediately involved is, which
has the right to control n corpse,-the
widow, because she controlled the de,
ceased when alive, or the child as his
heir and next of kin. This issue comes
up under the following circumstances
One Metcalf, citizen Of Providence,
X. l., a short time prior to his death,
purchased n lot in n cemetery, and
when he died was buried there The
deceased was u Jealous Unitarian, and
the lot was located in that part Of the
cemetery which is set apart for that dc
nomination. lie died intestate, and
the lot became the property of his
daughter, q Mrs. Pierce. Thirteen
years after his death, and three years
ago, the widow determined to have the
body removed from the Unitarian
bural'ground to another lot in the
same cemetery. Accordingly she pre-
sented to the officers of the cemetery -
written application, signed by herself
and six other persons who claimed to
be relatives of the deceased, though it
is alleged that only two of them were,
in fact, related to him. Mrs. Pierce
has, therefore, commenced a suit in
equity to compel the cemetery corpora
ton to restore the body to her lot, and
to rnjoin the widow from interfering.
The widow demurred, arguing that the
facts did not give the complainant any
right to relief at the hands of Court
of Equity; and the issue thus raised
was recently decided by the Supreme
Court of Rhode Island. The court
ovcrruled the demurrer, which is re-
garded as tantamount to II decision that
the corpse belonged to the complainant,
as property. This determines the rrin-
ciral point involved, which is new
one in American law, but does not
conclude the litigation, as the respond
ent Is allowed time to put in an answer.
One of the curious and almost comical
Incidents of the case was the discussion
as to the religious. belief of the de.
ceased. The bill set up that he was a
Unitarian, to which the counsel for the
widow replied in their brief that ''crecds
are for the living, not for the dead, and
perhaps in the new light that is now
vouchsated him, his prediction for
Unitarian association may have become
somewhat impaired"
Year: 1872

A celebrated Irish farmer once gave
the following excellent advice to a
young herdsman: "As Il breeder, you
must be careful not to lose the calf.
flesh. If you do so by starving the ami,
NAL at any time Of his growth, you lose
the cream-the covering of tle h so
much priced by all our retail butchers.
Where do all the scraggy, bad d-heshed
beasts come from that we see daily in
our fat market, and what is the cause
of their scragginess? 1t is because they
have been stintcd and starved at some
portion of their growth. If the calf.
flesh is once lost, it can never be re-
gained. A great deal of tallow may be
got internally 10y high feeding, but the
animal can never again be made one
that will be priced by the great retail
butchers
Year: 1872

Would this advice could reach every
girl in the land. The great curse of
woman is her dependence and help
lessness. And these are caused mainly
by her having no trade or profession by
which she may earn livelihood and be
independent. And not only girls need
this, advice, but their mothers also.
Mothers should impress upon the minds
OF their daughters, as much as upon the
minds of their sons, that it is their duty
to be selt-supporting members of the
Commonwealth. But this is far from
being the prevalent opinion to-day.
The common idea is that it is not wo.
mans place to do any kind of work ex-
cept unremunerative household drudg-
cry. Girls are taught that marriage is
the end and aim of their existence, and
that it is the duty of their husbands to
support them.


This might all be very well-aithough
1t is founded upon an unsound principle
If husbands did really support their
wives but they do not in the great ma
jority of cases. And the consequence is
that many, very many, with high aspira-
tons and noble longings-who, If they
were untettered from the thraldom of
the kitchen, would rise high in the
ranks of their profession or avocation
are tied down to an unremunerative
life OF toll and drudgery. We do not
say that woman should not cook or do
housework, but we do say they should
be allowed the same latitude of choice
OF the diversified labor of our country
that men have. If husband really
loves and cherishes his wife as he should,
would he not rather behold her in her
chosen profession or avocation receiv-
ing remunerative employment than con,
lined to the kitchen all her days ?-Neao
NerthweSt.
Year: 1872

The Nc,o Eaqiad Farmer says of
sailing hay:


We do not commend it. or at least


only in moderate quantity III extreme
cases. When our own food is too highly
salted, we reject 1t, or, II very hungry,
eat it with wry faces and disgust. All
stock probably require Il certain amount
of salt, and if left to take it as they
please, it would not be much in amount,
and in quite small quantities at any one
time. If hay is salted as many farmers
apply it, the stock consuming the hay
as they would if they could exercise
their own choice about it. This course
compels cattle to eat what they dislike
through several months of the year,
and it seems to us must tend to prevent
a proper thrift, and also to induce dis
ease in one form or another. Indeed,
it is stated that whole herds are at
tackled with the disease called scours,
in consequence of feeding continually
upon matter too highly salted. The
haying season, with most farmers, is a
driving one, SO that the very expedient
that promises to lessen the labor and
get the crop into the barn tempts us
strongly to adopt it. Under this idea
there is little doubt but hundreds of
tons of hay are got in not sufficiently
cured. "A little salt will save it" it is
said; good denl is applied to it, the
cattle are forced to live upon it, and
pernicious consequences are, sometimes
at least, the result. 1t is cheaper and
in every way better to cure the hay
thoroughly in the first place. 1t saves
the cost of the salt, secures better fod-
der, and does not incur the risk of
begetting sickness and disease in the
stock which is to be fed with it. Better
pay the money for hay caps than for
salt for the hay.
Year: 1872

If you belong to a wealthy family in
the city of Mexico nowadays, and
drive into the country few miles from
that capital, you will be gobbed up by
guerrillas, who will send the cheering
intelligence to your friends that they
want $1,000 or $1,000, and if it is not
forthcoming in so many hours you will
be shot. The funeral over you few
days later, when your body is found by
the roadside, horribly mutilated, will be
very impressive. Mexico is q more
healthy country for people at this time.